09 May 2026 14:51:34
I'd like to know how Bowie feels about tomorrow and what the score might be?
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09 May 2026 10:40:58
Come on Munmad, mate, what’s your team for the Geordies tomorrow bearing in mind injuries and that it’s our 3rd game in 6 days (which is ridiculous), plus we have Big T and Netz available.
Newcastle have had 8 days off...
I’d go, for what it’s worth...
Sels
Williams Milenkovic Murillo/ Cunha/ Morato/ Abbott Netz
Anderson Yates/ Dominquez
Hutchinson Jesus.
MGW/ Ndoye/ Mcatee
Anoniyi/ Wood
Thoughts?
Ps I’m putting Yates in to counter Jolinton who always bullies us and is fresh
A point will do us tomorrow.
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09 May 2026 14:16:33
Yes, come on, Munmad, I need a good laugh after the other night. 😁
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09 May 2026 14:34:44
My view is Bakwa is better than Hutchinson at this moment, and Tiawo is better than Wood/Jesus. Is it time to drop two up front, especially if MGW is not playing? Then 5 at the back, with Netz and Nico as wing backs. Midfield: Anderson, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Tiawo.
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09 May 2026 10:24:21
I don't think it was a case of players not turning up on Thursday night, it's simply a case that players like McAtee, Jesus, Morata, Chunja, Abbott, Dominguez aren't good enough at this level of football. They can get away with it when good players like Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Aina, Murrillo are in the team, but they can't do a satisfactory job without them.
Dominguez is showing that he can't improve and move onto the next level - he showed promise at first. Also we were without a world class goalkeeper in Sels who boosts confidence in the defence. If these players are still at the club next season, I'm afraid it will be another relegation battle and no silverware?
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09 May 2026 12:55:44
We'd gone 10 games unbeaten without most of those players. We were still in the game until one of our established players came on and gave them a penalty. You're wrong. They played poorly and let the club down.
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09 May 2026 13:34:53
Abbot and Jair are 19 and 20. They will be inconsistent, and they play out of position.
Football is a team game. Of course, more talented players help other players around them, that's how it should be.
We didn't match Villa's intensity for whatever reason on Thursday.
Time to look forward to tomorrow's game and go for the win and cement our Premier League status.
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09 May 2026 13:55:52
Just a reminder that James McAtee cost thirty four million pounds. Should he need other players around to carry him?
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09 May 2026 14:10:56
It's not carrying him, it's teamwork. McAtee makes passes that some players can only dream of, granted he is a little bit lightweight in a battle.
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09 May 2026 14:19:35
McAtee will do ok in the Championship. Next season, when we sell him on cheap as chips to a Championship side, another reminder of the shower edu wasted on bang average players.
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09 May 2026 10:07:57
Not posted for a while but I wish people would calm down after the result the other night. The performance was poor, and the line up a little odd from VP despite so many key players missing.
For me, VP has exceeded all expectations and if we stay up (which we will) he has done much better than I feared.
What the result highlights is that the squad was nowhere near good enough for Europe really. We did well to get to the Semis, but the other teams were quite weak, and against the best team in it (Villa) we were played off the park when we had to play lesser players.
But the overall message is we need stability and planning. Anderson will leave (good luck to him) and I suspect Murillo, but how we redeploy those funds and actually sign with some logic, is all that really matters (and keeping Morgan).
That, together with proper support for VP, is what he deserves, what we need and - also - what we deserve in many respects.
The problem is this has zero chance of happening without owner, I assume. VP may or may not stay and any player arriving will have seen the turmoil of last 12 months (longer?) and have concerns.
That team. squad as it is an 8th-10th place team and it has chronically underperformed (albeit without Wood it is harder to tell). With some stability etc we can stay at that level and get rid of the annual relegation drama. I hope that happens but I very much doubt it will.
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09 May 2026 12:09:38
Great post, Agen! 👍👍👍
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09 May 2026 12:41:00
Good post, Agen.
In VP we trust.
COYR.
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09 May 2026 09:05:56
Do we have 'bouncebackability'?
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09 May 2026 09:17:55
Newcastle ain't exactly having a good season, so if we turn up, we should get a result.
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08 May 2026 22:17:44
Find it quite intetesting how all rhe wind up merchants have fell out with wach other tonight.
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09 May 2026 06:04:12
I've not fallen out, dtp. Even posters that get on can disagree on the team, and how we see things. That happens in everyday life.
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09 May 2026 08:21:39
👏👏👏 Skeggs.
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09 May 2026 08:37:27
Rogie, stop taking the pee. 🤣🤣
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09 May 2026 08:42:24
Sorry mate!
👏👏.........👏.
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09 May 2026 08:56:51
....And 👏👏👏 for calling me "Rogie" again!!!
😚
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09 May 2026 09:18:31
Ok Roger. 😁
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09 May 2026 10:29:50
Skeggs,
You're just too funny!!
👏👏👏
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08 May 2026 21:20:37
Hull v Millwall terrible game.
Are these two sides seriously?
Potential Premier sides?
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08 May 2026 16:26:59
I'm not sure what's more depressing, the performance last night (and yes, disappointing but understandable given the key players missing) or seeing two so called reds actively gloating at last night's result. About time you pair looked in mirror and questioned if you like the troll that looks back at you.
Call yourself reds? 🌳
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08 May 2026 17:38:05
What's up rrh you feeling left out pal.get yourself off pal you have homework to do.and yes we had players missing last night but not just the injuries every single player on that pitch
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08 May 2026 18:25:47
Who's gloating, just calling it how it was. So you thought we played out of our skins then & were unlucky to lose. 🤷🏻♂️ 4-0 & no shots on target, fine margins, eh.
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08 May 2026 19:03:11
We should feel sorry for their ignorance, RHR. It's a shame for them, really.
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08 May 2026 19:30:41
They spend too long on a recliner and talk out of it winter.
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08 May 2026 19:32:23
No ignorance from me, strawberry blonde. It's the others, probably including yourself, that think anyone actually put a fight in to win or even get a draw from that game last night. Like I said, not one player turned up last night.
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08 May 2026 19:10:23
Any respect i had for either of your footballing opinions has completely evaporated in the last few hours. Neither of you have a clue about football and how a dressing room works. Tell me how many of last nights lads would have started if we had and entire squad available? Half? Jair Cunha for instance, how many times do you think he's played full back in his short career? Does he even look like a fullback? No!.
If you hate the club so much, how about you both stop slagging it off and go to another banter page more suited to your expectations.
'Larry the Lamb' can i direct you to the Dirby site and 'The Butlins Bin Dipper' to the fester site. If not do us all a favour and mute yourselves until you have something constructive to say.. Should be a while thank f***. 🌳
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08 May 2026 19:47:32
Legendary RedRobinHood!!!!!
👏👏👏
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08 May 2026 19:55:19
Thats took you a very long time to work them out, Winter.
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08 May 2026 20:34:09
🤣🤣🤣 do you think I care about what you think winter.aka pothead.and like I said I will say it as I see it.and Roger you clap at anything I've noticed a crap performance and rrh the weed head about says it all 🤣🤣
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08 May 2026 21:17:53
Well said mate!!!.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
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08 May 2026 20:51:06
Not sure where you get your information from Skegs but you are wrong, i haven't even smoked a cigarette in coming up to six years.
Attempted low blow failed there duck. Kinda says a lot about your personality though. let's just leave it there before you make yourself look like a bigger idiot(if possible) 🌳
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08 May 2026 21:31:07
Live chat fallout in the imaginary pub by any chance?
Think you need to give your heads a wobble and realise school ended decades ago.
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08 May 2026 21:48:26
Don't you start, DTP. Just because I haven't dug you out in a while doesn't mean you can get away scot free. The intended point of this thread was that we all supposedly support the same side, and I, like many, felt crushed by last night's game. And the last thing anyone needs is people digging out their opinions with s***y comments. 🌳
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08 May 2026 21:46:00
Yes think it's best and again I will say it has I see it in a game as everyone else does that's my opinion and I stick by it we was rubbish let's hope they turn up next 3 games hey
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08 May 2026 21:56:04
And yes, you can all thank me for diverting their attention from the rest of you for most of today. Anyways, I take my leave for a while, and let you all have at each other. The toxicity levels are rising again, and I really can't be bothered. 👋🌳
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08 May 2026 21:57:22
Says it all about you winter
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08 May 2026 22:35:13
Rrh, that's what this site's always been about: opinions. What's the point in having it else. Sorry that the truth hurts, but I have no excuses for the way we didn't turn up last night. And these players are on more money weekly than we can earn in a year, it's their job, and none of them turned up to do a little bit of work last night.
Oh, they had too many games, boohoo, running round for an hour and a half kicking a ball. A chance to get into a European final should be any footballer's dream, and, personally, I didn't see one bit of effort. I probably, like some on here, will never see us reach this far in a European competition again, so sorry for being a bit miserable about it.
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08 May 2026 23:51:05
Let's be realistic.
We had a 6'5 centre-back playing right-back.
8 players, by my count, unavailable. The writing was on the wall before a ball was kicked.
I, for one, have some great memories of this European journey.
Bigger picture looks like we are staying up.
I'll take that. Go again next year. Maybe we can go again there.
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09 May 2026 06:00:04
So, what you're saying then is the squad of players isn't good enough, which I've been saying. But a lot on here were raving about our squad after the Chelsea game. Just saying.
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09 May 2026 09:28:15
Nets and Awoniyi couldn't play, as well as the injured Skeggs, due to Dyche leaving them out the squad, leaving few options and players out of position, and it took a lot of pace out the side.
If you watched all three Villa games against 6s, they were all similar, with them having possession and chances, and us having very few.
Give credit to the fact Villa are a very good side.
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09 May 2026 10:38:48
We had Woods on for Awoniyi. He will be first choice in any game. So that makes no sense. Fans are saying now, after the Villa game, we were expected to lose because of the squad.
Yet, after the Chelsea game, we had the best squad in the world and a manager that was a miracle tactician. On both accounts, we were very poor, and again, my main problem was nobody even tried.
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08 May 2026 14:20:55
Wow, some of the fickle posts on here are astonishing.
Forest have done well to get where they did despite a heavy loss last night.
Villa are a very good team and with a weakened Forest team we were playing against all odds.
No doubt VP will dress down the team and praise them, he'll encourage them to play the remainder of games to the best of their abilities.
Look, yes, we didn't get to the final but it's still a great achievement.
COYR!
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08 May 2026 14:43:43
We might as well not have been in the competition. To not turn up in the biggest game for years is unforgivable.
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08 May 2026 14:53:23
I agree, Skegs, no respect for the traveling fans & the followers at home.
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08 May 2026 15:07:09
Load of crap. No player decides not to turn up for a semi final. See, we l8st a game, balloons, and you're back with your nonsense.
We had no recognised right back, for starters.
Too many injuries, that was bound to catch up with us eventually.
Yes, Ripley, they soon forget Sunderland, Burnley and Chelsea.
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08 May 2026 15:28:08
Don't know what you watched last night, but no player turned up. And anyone who says different is deluded. Made the Aston Villa team that played Spurs look like world-class players. Shocking and unforgivable. Cost me 12 quid for my crate of beer and 10 quid for my chicken gyros. That was 22 quid wasted and 2 hours of my life watching that s****.
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08 May 2026 15:31:33
We won't forget Villa though.
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08 May 2026 15:37:17
The best one was "They're deliberately missing!!."
🤣🤣🤣🙈🙈🙈
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08 May 2026 15:49:15
It would take a shot on target to miss on purpose, and we couldn't even do that.
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08 May 2026 17:05:48
Villa deliberately lost to Spurs as it damaged our preparation for the game. Had Villa beat Spurs (given their next game is Leeds), we’d have headed into that game safe with a different outlook.
MGW probably doesn’t enter the fray on Monday if Villa had beaten Spurs.
Gamesmanship, brilliantly executed by Emery, changed everything and gave Villa a psychological advantage last night.
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