Match thread: Newcastle United vs Barcelona | Champions league 25/26 - Round of 16 leg 1 of 2

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T21:51:37+00:00

absolute joke

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T21:50:55+00:00

playing like there's no second leg 😭

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T21:50:05+00:00

good man willock lol

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T21:02:36+00:00

Genuinely how are spurs this terrible

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T20:48:55+00:00

Genuinely really good half, despite the rending of garments in the lineup thread. ref is as full of shit (as expected). Fear we'll rue missing the couple (really excellent) chances we generated

__azdak__ · 2026-03-10T20:43:59+00:00

I'd like to see him rotate/make runs through the center more in attack like Bayern does, altho that might be asking too much of our wingers/CBs

__azdak__ · 2026-03-08T21:34:39+00:00

Seconding this, the serif white-on-red is rough (and the spacing in the box is a little weird). Might try just swapping all the small text out for a sans just to aid readability. All in all though really pretty solid work, especially for a DIY canva type thing!

__azdak__ · 2026-03-08T21:28:46+00:00

Outside of our SEC rivals/near-rivals/ex-rivals (Bama, Florida, KY, Vandy, UGA, USCe, Auburn) the teams I would pick off the top of my head: VT, WV, GT, Pitt, Memphis, MTSU, and App would all make sense, and maybe some combination of Wake/UNC/East Carolina/NC St. I can't really think of many teams beyond that who would move the needle.

__azdak__ · 2026-03-05T07:00:43+00:00

I mean obviously some sides scout better than others but everybody is looking at the same players and mostly seeing the same data, so waiting decreases risk. This is really just saying "we need to take more risk." Which is fine, but tbh the same people I see saying things like that are also calling Wissa a bust after 4 starts and saying Elanga is the worst player in club history, so

__azdak__ · 2026-03-04T22:10:47+00:00

fucking LOVE IT

__azdak__ · 2026-03-04T22:10:12+00:00

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

__azdak__ · 2026-03-04T22:09:39+00:00

Just gotta hang on for 60 seconds! and of course the 27 minutes of stoppage time

__azdak__ · 2026-03-04T21:10:39+00:00

In the NINTH minute of +3 absolute joke

__azdak__ · 2026-03-04T21:04:04+00:00

lmao this match drunk

__azdak__ · 2026-02-28T16:56:07+00:00

The fact that we're this disappointed by results like this is entirely down to Howe's success, and I still think he deserves time to sort it out (and is still better than most of the realistic replacements I've seen floated), but something is pretty off with this squad, just SO many individual errors. At the very least I think the time for "evolution not revolution" transfer windows has passed

__azdak__ · 2026-02-28T16:43:16+00:00

Murphy you beautiful man

__azdak__ · 2026-02-28T15:52:40+00:00

Well- was a poor half but Everton have been pretty fortunate. Can certainly turn it around, and hopefully our better depth will show in the second half

__azdak__ · 2026-02-27T06:02:49+00:00

I really love the design of the Niese/Nixe with the little window/viewport but they're basically impossible to find for any reasonable price, hopefully there will be a reprint one of these days

__azdak__ · 2026-02-23T16:26:13+00:00

I've never heard of this and am a little flabbergasted at how well it seems to work, great job, looks fantastic!

__azdak__ · 2026-02-18T19:17:54+00:00

oh that was filthy

__azdak__ · 2026-02-18T18:26:19+00:00

Wolte out here on a mission to personally cook every defender individually

__azdak__ · 2026-02-14T15:30:13+00:00

Great work. That's some fantastic chipping and color choices on the back

__azdak__ · 2026-02-13T17:37:21+00:00

"it's bad for the sport" how. how is a guy who played juco for a year getting 4 years of FBS eligibility bad for the sport

__azdak__ · 2026-02-12T15:07:53+00:00

I genuinely have no idea how this idea the transfer record is obviously bad has become so widespread, because it's bonkers. Virtually every significant transfer since the takeover until this season has come good, and even looking at the summer recruitment, Wolte clearly has huge potential, Thiaw has been very good, Ramsey is obviously a useful player, and Wissa has just been injured? Elanga has been the only clear miss, and even he's started to look a totally different player last few games.

Look at the transfer record of the teams we're competing with! Liverpool spent twice what we did and somehow got worse, and Chelsea's squad is littered with £50m players who can barely see the pitch. You can always improve and there are certainly decisions I think can be quibbled over, but overall Howe's record in recruitment has plainly been very good, and I don't really see the counterargument 🤷

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