Consigliere Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Yep, annoying but hopefully it's not too much longer. Ox should hopefully be ready to play again in a couple of weeks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I doubt we’ll see Ox or Thiago in time to help with the crazy December fixtures. They’ve both had serious knee injuries and need to rebuild fitness around that before going into a full tilt game. We’re going to have a LC line-up in the PL and CL for a while longer. And every new injury means the remaining players have fewer rotation options. It’s really grim watching players be fed to a meat grinder like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Awful stuff but glad it wasn't worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Considering that Luiz's skull was the item which fractured Jimenez's, absolutely absurd that PL protocols didn't trigger his immediate removal from the game. It'll never happen but it would be funny if teams (player/managers, not owners) protested the stupid Xmas congestion by just jogging around passing the ball for 90 minutes with all the games ending in a 0-0 draw for one week's worth of fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, kairparavel said: Awful stuff but glad it wasn't worse. Well that doesn’t sound good. I know a couple of guys who’ve fractured their skulls playing rugby and it apparently wasn’t actually that serious, relatively speaking, but if he’s had to have emergency surgery it definitely must’ve been bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Ajax tonight. We could probably do with playing Fabinho in the midfield for this one and giving Wijnaldum a game off before he breaks too. Rhys Williams and Matip should be okay in defence, Neco Williams not so much, but there's nothing we can do about that at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Newcastle training ground remains closed on Tuesday after coronavirus outbreakhttps://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55139821 Quote Newcastle United's training ground remained closed for a second successive day on Tuesday in an attempt to deal with an outbreak of coronavirus. Manager Steve Bruce said on Friday that three players and one member of staff had tested positive and on Monday the training ground was shut. After a round of tests on Sunday, further cases were identified and players have since remained at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Alisson injured yet again. We'll probably need to make a new goalkeeper our main priority in the summer if Alisson's determined to go full Jack Wilshere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 There’s no chance we’re getting a keeper who’s not a drastic downgrade on Alisson. We do need to get a more reliable back up than Adrian though and that should be achievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 He is a perfectly adequate player, but Henderson being top 6 for SPOTY is weak as shit. But it is the weakest line up ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: He is a perfectly adequate player, but Henderson being top 6 for SPOTY is weak as shit. But it is the weakest line up ever. Not in a world where Princess Anne won it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 If Alisson is going to miss half of our games, then our second keeper is just as important as he is. If we have a shitty backup, we end up with a Pickford-style Jekyll and Hyde situation, only with two keepers instead of one. And it's not like he's been all that good when he's been fit recently. He was outstanding in his first season with us, but has slowly descended to above-average. He doesn't make many obvious mistakes, but his save percentage has dropped a fair bit since the beginning. I hope the club can figure out what the issue is, and that he can find his old form, but it's a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Shakhtar bang Real Madrid again. Gladbach-Inter should be a good game hopefully. Inter have to win otherwise they will finish last in the group while a win for Gladbach guarantees that they win the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Liverpool being outplayed comprehensively so far. We're basically just a shit Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Newcastle's game against Villa on Friday has been postponed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 what a goal by Curtis ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Most of the credit for the goal has to go to Onana, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 A little better in the second half, but still not great. So many brainless long balls punted the length of the pitch. Mane awful again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Good result for tired legs and a threadbare squad. Liverpool are guaranteed to top the group now and can send the u-12s to Denmark for the final group game. Kelleher did well for such a big occasion. Jones took his goal well but probably should have scored two in the opening minutes. Onana made a mess of conceding the goal but made several other saves. Mane has been in a slump for a while. Firmino looked a bit sharper though when he came on. Fabinho and Matip are doing quite well as a makeshift CB pairing. Gini’s physical resilience is incredible. This team is limping through an injury crisis ever since the GBH by Everton. It’s not getting better any time soon. Alisson, Ox, Keita, Thiago, Trent and Shaq are all expected back within weeks, but the other players will get over-played and injured in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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