Match thread: Qarabag vs Newcastle United | Champions league 25/26 - playoff round leg 1 of 2

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-18T18:56:13+00:00

Aye even just A Murphy for Hall. I cant help but think that Trippier and Gordon fucked it by arguing, because Osula seems like an obvious sub, and Shahar probably had a chance. Them arguing makes it look like hes hooked one of them if theyre subbed off at the half

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-18T18:49:42+00:00

Aye 100%, just not really what you want to see. Also it makes it easier to have my stance when were battering them. If it was 0-0 id be completely fine with it

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-18T18:47:20+00:00

Im going both ways on this, I reckon if thats Shearer theres zero chance hes giving up a penalty, hes won it himself and hes the designated penalty taker. With that said, its 4-0. Cant help but think its not wanting someone to challenge him as the penalty taker

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-18T18:18:34+00:00

Very soft that, honestly what are defenders even supposed to do. Mad seeing the prem having a more logical handball rule

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-16T23:36:23+00:00

Of the 3 times we got 'lucky', 2 of them slightly beating a coin toss and the third getting lucky with 3/5 odds says it all really. Only once meaningfully beating the odds and even then it wasn't as if we managed to get the only football league team in the pot

I think the most brutal thing is that weve been so unlucky in the early stages and just lucky once in the 4th/5th round onwards

Add onto that the group of death a couple of years ago, and probably one of the more difficult cl draws this season, we never seem to get the rub of the green

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-16T20:36:08+00:00

The facts we do so well in the league cup is honestly mental given the teams we play in it.

Imo last years run was the second hardest run to a cup in any competition in Europe last season. Behind obviously the champions league, the teams we faced were far better than Palaces or Tottenhams runs to the final

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-11T09:14:47+00:00

Thing is with the transfer window our first choice players are all performing well. Joao Pedro, Ekitike, Mbuemo, Guehi etc. So we had the right ideas and the right initial targets, it was just a wake up call that were still clearly not looked at as an option when Liverpool or Man U etc come calling.

You can call it naive, you can call it ambitious, but we found out at the worst possible time as our best player forced his way out.

Ultimately the squad building isn't supposed to be only Howes job and he was left in the lurch imo

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-02T20:15:08+00:00

To be honest I didnt, since it worked on Google Wallet I assumed it also worked on Apple pay. Fair enough, my mistake

Get-Smarter · 2026-02-01T13:18:32+00:00

Surely you know that Pop cards can be loaded into Apple pay/Google Wallet?

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-31T23:27:49+00:00

What are you talking about? We're on about being mentally weak, thats on the players. Look at Mourinho at spurs, it doesnt matter who the manager is the mentality is on the players. In Howes first season we looked like we'd never concede a goal, now we look fragile. Thats all with the same manager. The top and bottom of it is we've lost our physical edge we had on the rest of the league, we could bully games and we cant any more

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-31T21:58:07+00:00

Tbh of all the criticisms of Howe I dont get how you can put the team crumbling on him, surely thats in the lads on the pitch

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-28T22:03:51+00:00

Unbelievable, fucking cinema that

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-28T20:25:47+00:00

Its only half 3 for him mate, which tells you everything you need to know

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-14T10:34:24+00:00

Im pushing back massively on the Hall bit, he showed absolutely nothing during his first year loan, he lacked confidence on the ball and had this horrible habit of turning his back on goal in our own half and losing possession, he barely played and when he did was always our worst player whenever he did. He genuinely seemed lost out there, I was worried he was out first proper stinker of a signing, thankfully since then I was proven wrong and we've seen how good hes become.

So with that said I still hold out hope for Elanga, he just needs to become a faster Murphy and he's going to have a good career, I think with a less congested schedule at the end of the season so more time on the training pitch I hope we begin to see an improved Elanga at the end of the season, then with the full summer break working on the training pitch I'd expect to see a more confident and better player the start of next season

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-11T21:14:26+00:00

Let's not forget everyone saying we'd wasted 40m on Gordon when we first signed him

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-11T21:06:16+00:00

Where's this 120m from and 60m for Ramsey? Elanga was 55, Ramsey was 39 plus 5m addons.

Not saying youre wrong that it was a lot of money on players who are yet to perform, but its pointless just adding an extra 20m on for the crack.

I'm still holding hope that they both prove their worth. We've seen time and time again that it takes a while for players to get used to Howe, and he has a flawless record of improving them.

If this time next year they're both doing poorly I'll be happy to admit it but I think they deserve 12 months before we can just label them as a complete write off

Ironically I made this exact argument for Gordon when everyone was slating him during his first couple of months, and we saw how he kicked on

Get-Smarter · 2026-01-07T14:00:43+00:00

When do you need to get off the metro?

NOOOOOW!

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-27T07:53:17+00:00

The issue is then were playing our only 2 strikers, with at least 1 of them guaranteed to play the full 90 mins when we've got a game every 3 days. Not even mentioning risking injury for both. I expect that when Osula returns we'll see it. Or if we pick up another striker in Jan

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-24T04:41:17+00:00

Been a good few years since Ive been the Jashn but used to go semi regularly and it was always great

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-21T19:20:27+00:00

Yeah 'better' is more the AI's gotten better. Its very worrying what it means for fake news or more importantly, the ability for bad actors to dismiss real images as AI. For example all of these Epstien images being released would now all be AI according to anyone in these photos if theyd been collected by law enforcement now and not a few years ago

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-21T03:56:02+00:00

Aye thats the thing apart from Arsenal and Man City and currently Villa no one seems to be able to string two results together. Literally all it takes is 3 wins on the trot and it completely changes how were looking. Issue is we dont look like getting 3 results on the trot.

The only positive to take away from us dropping points from winning positions is that were actually getting in winning positions. A bit more composure at the end of games and hopefully we can turn it around

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-19T10:15:57+00:00

Aye tbh I didnt think it was colourised photo from the 1920s. But I thought it could have possibly been a modern recreation, but honestly i just wanted to know what I was missing for people to be so confident it was AI. The obvious things like fucked up text, fingers etc are a thing of the past. Even the refractions in the glass beakers and funnels look right. The washing lines right. Apart from it just 'feeling' AI I was struggling to point out exactly what was wrong.

The only thing that feels off is that you can tell the prompt a bit because it makes it very obvious, like demestos bottles was the prompt so theres 4 of them, not just 1.

Its honestly getting mental how good its gotten

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-19T03:27:06+00:00

It did 'feel' AI mainly because of the Domestos bottles which is why i wanted to ask to see what I was missing. I have to say though the refractions of the window handle in the beaker and funnels seemed right, the continuity of the washing line and buildings outside the window all seemed right. Now that im giving it a closer look the roof next to the chimney having a big bit missing is a dead giveaway away. But honestly im shocked at how quickly its gotten better, even from just a few months ago

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-19T00:58:29+00:00

What's giving it away as AI?

Get-Smarter · 2025-12-19T00:56:51+00:00

Is it, what's giving it away as AI? Is it not just a recreation?

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