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    What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 23/24

    Try not to read what they write. It's the equivalent of being dying of thirst in an open boat surrounded by salt water. It's tempting, but it will fry your brain.
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    The Summer 2024 scouting thread

    Was pretty good at Fulham too.
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    Arsenal

    Miraculous recovery predicted.
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    Arsenal

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    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    If those are the options we're left with I'd sooner play Dragusin at RB and Emerson on the left. I'd prefer Davies at LB though, but in either case Mickey will have his work cut out covering across.
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    Match Ratings Ratings vs Newcastle

    Newcastle pressed the fuck out of us and, for some unknown reason, we decided it was a good idea to encourage them to do so by faffing around at the back and letting them win every 50/50 ball. We failed to engage in any area of the pitch.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    We certainly need to stop coughing up possession so cheaply when we attack. It's been a problem for a while now where we give the ball away time after time. Unfortunately, we don't have a 'hold up' option at the moment.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Part of the problem is that we have a player like LoCelso sat on the bench, and he has the ability to make things happen, but when we need that, Hojbjerg comes on. Giving Gio 10 minutes at the end is too little, too late.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    I think the tactics are OK but the intensity has just fallen off a cliff. Start of the season we were pressing the hell out of the opposition. Today we offered nothing and NUFC did exactly that to us. Their pressing energy kept us away from their ropey backline even though we had bags of...
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Start of the season we were pressing aggressively and forcing turnovers the whole time. That's exactly what Newcastle have done to us today. We've become more and more passive as the season's progressed, and now we offer next to nothing.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    And when you consider what VdV got carded for too.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    He's out of form, but no need to write him off. Showed a few signs of improvement lately since AFCON and malaria.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Made 2 absolute howlers within about 20 seconds last time out. If he starts I really hope he isn't the one receiving the ball from the CBs or getting anything on the half turn. OK if he's harassing them further up the pitch.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Good apart from 2 absolute howlers.
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    Match Threads Newcastle vs Spurs

    Would like to see Bentancur, Sarr, LoCelso midfield but it won't happen.
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