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Needs to start ahead of JBL on Saturday

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 9:04 pm
Broja and Flemming both look like they are a few weeks away from fitness

Humphreys too

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Four or five of our lads look pedestrian

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My team prediction was spot on bar Humphreys ( which is great to see him back)
Really good team and shows our depth with Roberts and Tuanzebe to come back still

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 1:44 pm
Are we expecting a Tresor appearance? I'd love to see him start.

Must be due another 10 minutes

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 5:11 pm
Yeah not sure the point of playing somebody who clearly has no future with us. Plenty of lads need action who we might need in the next few weeks. If all fit think the back 4 will be Sonne, Worrall, Tuanzebe and Pires.

Agreed-I opened this thread last Sunday with exactly that back four

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How reliable is the source Newcastle ?? Sounds too good to be true

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Would not be messing about with Delacroix tonight as some have suggested We know what he has to offer-did nothing at Swansea of note otherwise they may have bought him and there are 6 better players than him at CH and that excludes Breyer Tonight really is a good opportunity to play the likes of Wor...

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Think wages might be a problem ! Manuel Akanji earns an annual salary of £9.3 million (or $9.36 million) with a reported base weekly salary of £180,000 at Manchester City, according to multiple sources including Spotrac.com, salaryleaks.com, and AiScore. This figure was part of the five-year contra...

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Whilst Ekdal has had a great start I think we need a serious centre half to either start or be the first defender on if Esteve or Ekdal get injured. Say this mot knowing is Humphreys is going to struggle with injuries. Akangi is being let go at City-what a defender he is. And a play maker like Barkl...

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Two ex players training with Sheff Utd with a view of getting a contract are Redmond and Ings. Plus talk of Mee attracting attention from Sheff Utd too . Someone previously mentioned on here-Soucek is target for David Moyes, but the real bargain for me who is probably leaving Man City-Akanji is subj...

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CT--lets hope there are many more winning reports. I know its only two games but the psychology of a win has been a wonderful lift. Its the highest position we have been in the PL in 24 months

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Would not surprise me to see him v Derby, more as a number 10. He has strong competition from our current wide men who are prepared to come back and put a shift in by helping our full backs

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Amazing what a run of games does-not only for the player's confidence but also in the trust fans at the game give him

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Weiss
Sonne
Tuanzebe
Worrall
Pires

Laurent
Ramsey

Edwards
Flemming
Tchaouna

Broja

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Its not as if there were'nt a few good managers available-Edwards, O Neill, the ex Boro manager, Dyche, to name a few

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I think Scott is going to have to find him a starting position soon-looked great in both substitution appearances he has made

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Similarity to the way Ipswich strengthened 12 months ago, though they did it largely with UK (Championship in particular) players. THey spent well in excess of £100m

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Great performance all round, thought they were crap tho. I couldn't pick a MOM. Probably between Cullen and foster. Can't believe foster got a 6 in the ratings thread, thought he was top notch today Agreed about Foster. Some on here have a dislike of some players and cannot accept a really good per...

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The one thing about Flemming is he scores spectacular goals. If he can get full match fitness and sharpness he will have a key role to play

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Wembley09 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 23, 2025 8:58 pm
I might sound like a t*at, but I thought he did ok for them.
The most invisible for me was our own Jacob Bruun Larsen.

Yes he chipped in to help Walker at the back, but he was non existent in the Sunderland half.

Seen enough in two games to know Tchaouma should be starting

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When fit I would like to see Broja playing No 9, and Foster behind him. Could be a handful for some defenders

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Feel a bit sorry for him, it looks like Foster has taken his chance and jumped him in the pecking order. Also clear that in this league the games probably more suited towards a Foster more than a Flemming. With Broja arriving as well, he may end up as 3rd choice striker for one spot through no faul...

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Dubravka 7-was there when required early on, then not much to do Walker 8-a powerhouse and organiser. What a signing Ekdal 8, growing nicely in the team. Great game today Esteve 8-more composed than at Spurs. Has become more physical than last season Hartman 7-looks to be very polished and consisten...

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Hes not in the "elite " league of keepers in the PL but from what I have seen he is reliable and sound and looks particularly good with crosses

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This is sounding a little reminiscent of the feedback about CJ after a few games last year. Lets hope he gets a run of games and that performances remain good, and he stays injury free

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The opposition have not created too many chances in our first two games
Spurs managed to take all of them

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Truly captain’s performance
Was one of our best at Spurs too

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Think he will grow in the PL

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:08 pm
Really like the look of Les and Tchoumba. Great work by Cullen and Anthony

Tchouama looked great when he came on at Spurs too

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I think when Borja is fit and I have said it before would play Foster as one of the wide men as our wingers have not looked threatening in two games now

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 9:57 pm
Far, far more a pen than the one against Tarks the other day
Exactly my thoughts-that would have wound up Dave Moyes

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In the spirit of getting our best available players on the pitch I'd expect a back four this weekend. The highlights don't suggest Sonne did too much wrong (and two of the goals came down our left, and none down the right) but I'm not sure he's close to our best XI players and for that reason alone...

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Well no better judge than Parker

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warksclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 9:49 am
When all fit would like to see

Dubravka
Walker Esteve Humphreys
Tanzuebe Cullen Ugochukwa Hartman

Anthony Foster Taoucha

Broja

Silly me-in which case Foster would go to bench

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Linked with Getafe attaching central midfielder Christantus Uche by Ekrem Konur on X. Konur has 239k followers but i've no idea how reliable he is. Sunderland, Leeds and Wolves also linked. Thanks Claretlegend and congratulations on providing a link, as opposed to all the garbage debate on Koleosho...

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When all fit would like to see

Dubravka
Walker Esteve Humphreys
Tanzuebe Cullen Ugochukwa Hartman

Anthony Foster Taoucha

Broja

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 21, 2025 9:28 pm
Its a massive shame for the lad and us but i'll be surprised if he ever gets back playing at a good level.

Sadly starting to look that way

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they are singing Godfrey on loan, have a bid in for Tanganga and another who's name I don't remember - both Godfrey and Tanganga can play fullback. The lad who I got the info from feels they could have offered Mee the deal as a back up but they have definately offered one and at this stage Mee hasn...

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Can’t say that I saw him being overweight but my god his pace looked slow compared to the spurs defence. He just appeared to give up on one ball as I think he knew the defender had the better of him. It was limited in what we saw of him though so hopefully we will see him playing to his strengths m...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 21, 2025 5:14 pm
If he's not fit we start with Zian up front

I like Zian but was surprised to see him at Spurs looking as if he had gained weight-his movement was slow too. Probably missed some of pre season and friendlies which hopefully explains it

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Reminds me of Chris McCann’s lengthy injury but he did eventually make a full recovery

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Man of the match and player ratings result v Spurs See link https://www.uptheclarets.com/walker-is-the-day-one-winner Thats exactly how I saw the top four players performing. Walker showed great reading of the game combined with speed and physicality. So pleased to see Foster get close to him. Lets...

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Doesn't have to be better than Worrall & Ekdal, but maybe more suited to the PL. But I would think it strange to have both Thomas and Worrall in an oversize squad, and as I mentioned earlier there could be a deal to be done with Cov and Worrall going the other way. Personally I think he may be more...

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Did i say that? What i said is via the modern metric of moneyball Thomas has better figures. He was player of the year at Barrow at 18 years old in the 3rd division. Regular at a team that just missed out on promotion. I didn't know anything about Tarkowski and i will admit i haven't watched enough...

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:56 pm
I’d love to know how many of these injuries are from:
A)Training.
B)Match action.
C)Recurring injuries pre-signing for us.
But silence is golden.

Its not match action

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Not sure he is the answer but what he has going for him is: -seems to stay injury free -very good in the air, and attacks the ball well (we have lacked this quality since O'Shea left us) -price seems reasonable -he knows our club -he is right footed -Brentford appear keen and they have a good track ...

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Ive had a lot of cars in my job role, my favourite has been the BMW 4 series or Volkswagen Passat estates. Big cars, comfortable and no issues, had a couple of both and would probably go VW given a choice due to the space. Agree about the VW, never owned a BMW. Had a VW Passatt for 3 years , did 12...

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I have watched most games this week-end and get a sense of what the PL is going to throw up this season. Its going to be a long hard one, but need to stay positive and support the club, the manager , and the players (and I mean ALL of them on the pitch). If we can build on the 60 or so minutes of th...

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Jeez-hes not scoring many goals but as he showed on Saturday he put in a great shift against a side who were 2-0 up v PSG a few days earlier. Then we have a guy in our squad who cost more than Foster and has played for 20 minutes in the last 16 months getting away scott free and drawing a wage. If y...

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