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@BridgesLeo123 More fool nufc and our scouting team for choosing unattainable targets. We spent all summer chasing dead ends and believed what agents told us to keep us on the hook. It was ridiculous and exhausting and eventually resulted in panic buys who can’t get off the bench

People want to blame Howe more than PSR because it’s more fashionable. Had Howe been able to lure his first choice targets with the wages 15th placed Man Utd and other teams were able to do, we wouldn’t be in this position. The PL made these rules to stifle us - blame them more.

@CraigHope_DM Not really Craig and that is part of the problem. The midfield didn’t really have a shape again and that made us easy to play through again.

For those who have replied asking “did you watch the game? Woltemade was not No.10” Woltemade WAS No.10! Eddie Howe spoke afterwards about using him as a 10 & changing the shape I mean, wasn’t this obvious just by watching the game?

@PeteGravesTV Perhaps the targets were not realistic or attainable. It was obvious early on that some didn’t want to come or agents were playing us like a fiddle. More agility needed by all including Howe. He isn’t blameless for the transfer mess since he’s got his own way

Sickening defeat. #nufc minus Tonali/Bruno isn't same animal. Howe in/out isn't even a debate, he's performed wonders. Big summer ahead for recruitment team. Inability to land Howe's top targets early costing us massively. 7 games left. Big reaction required. Credit to #safc.

@BaptistSec @MsiDouglas @BenMTobin The keeper and 3 of those defenders who finished the game are England internationals. The other is a German international. Hard to believe that he can’t get them into a cohesive defensive unit

@MsiDouglas @BenMTobin We've conceded 1.75 goals per match in 2026, that's unsustainable and he's picking a back-line with players that he's had for over 2 years. So what is it about coaching?

🚨 Derby day nightmare leaves Eddie Howe facing his biggest moment of peril at #nufc. Same old unsolved issues, calamitous second half & boos as some fans turn. Where now? 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…

@MsiDouglas @BenMTobin That is a reason to sack him if the club has serious ambitions. No indication that he has the ability to manage a hectic schedule

@BenMTobin He is clearly a good coach. An excellent one. Newcastle are worse because he hasn't had enough time to coach them... but if you want to play CL regularly you have to cope with that. They were desperate today.

@CraigHope_DM 3 of that back 4 plus the keeper are England internationals. The other is a German international. Let that sink in

@wuds100 @King_Kevs_Rant It’s not the last 4 years that matter, it’s the next 4 after which the CEO is on there record saying he wants to be competing for top honours regularly. Twice it’s been shown that Howe cans sustain competing on multiple fronts without league form dipping dramatically

@King_Kevs_Rant You’d have snapped your hand off for these last 4 years.

Nobody wanting Eddie out can give a realistic name who’d A - Consider joining us B - Would be an upgrade Quite a few wanted Thomas Frank after our bad run last season so bear that in mind.

@wuds100 It is possible to think Howe has ran out of ideas but not have an alternative name to offer. We have an expensive CEO and DOF to do that for us.

@JamesCopley_ @mhardysport They played like cowards again so not that much of a surprise

Newcastle United have not put a player forward for interview by the written press after their loss to Sunderland. I think that’s appalling. You have to front up after a performance like that and speak to your fans. #SAFC | #NUFC

@CraigHope_DM Pretty much the same bullshit he came out with after the away derby

⚫️ Eddie Howe on Sunderland defeat 🗣️ "This was very, very painful. But it was most painful for our supporters, and it’s them I think about now. There is no excuse, when you have not performed & have not delivered. We have not done our jobs well enough. I understand the reaction at the end of the game. My first thought as a leader is to front up & absorb it. You can use whatever word you want, I won’t challenge it. The only thing we can do is come back stronger from it. 🗣️ "Our technical delivery was off today. We missed three midfielders who would have given us control. It left us unbalanced. The game became transitional & we made it too much like they wanted it. We lost control in the second half. 🗣️ "They were two poor goals to concede but that’s not a one-off for us. We have defended poorly since the turn of the year"

@LiamJKennedy23 It happens too often Liam. He’s taken us as far as he can. We are consistently shit in the second half. Either the players aren’t listening or they are following instructions. Either way it’s on Howe

Point to individual errors in games, including this one, all you like. This is Eddie Howe's team, his blueprint, tactics, style, transfers & more. Nowhere near good enough for a long while, bar odd flourish. As a football club, NUFC cannot & should not accept this as the norm.

@CraigHope_DM They have bossed the second half and deserve to win. Always an excuse but the buck stops with Howe. It’s as simple as that. We sit deep and invite pressure and seems good enough to defend what comes

Newcastle midfield non-existent at outset of move. But Livramento... second game in a row he's come on & been caught sleeping. He fails to react, twice.

@MsiDouglas Yet another second half shit show. Happens too often.

Sunderland ahead on 90 minutes! Brobbey pounces from close range, #nufc absolutely all over the place there. He had two goes at it. Defensively atrocious. 7 minutes for Newcastle to salvage something. #safc have deserved that

@MsiDouglas Trading is a fact of life. I just hope we’ve learnt our lesson and sell early in the summer if anyone is leaving. Can’t be having a repeat of the summer 25 saga

🚨 Safe to say reports #mufc are in 'advanced negotiations' over an €80m move for #nufc skipper Bruno Guimaraes is news to those at Newcastle United this AM. Bruno was in Barcelona supporting the team over last 48 hours, of course. Buckle in for months of this sort of thing....

@LiamJKennedy23 Their manager comes across as an entitled twat

Oooh, look at us, owning the pitch. Pathetic, performative, mentality bullsh*t. You can absolutely tell this was one of the manager's ideas, reeks of it.

@warrenbarton2 Should have grown a pair and booked them all

I can’t believe this..

@Walldanzig @henrywinter @EFL Isn’t that the whole point? You are basically saying they are not a going concern unless a sugar daddy bails them out or maybe they should spend less or ask fans to pay more

@MartinJohnson10 @henrywinter There’s not a single club in the top two leagues that are funded solely by the fans they all run in debt. No high street shop operates this way so not comparable. The last chairman was financially reckless he was also a poor businessman both were allowed to happen by the @EFL

Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest football clubs in the world, their famous name woven into the tapestry of the game. Formed in 1867, elected to the Football League in 1892, founder members of the Premier League, four times champions of England, three times winners of the FA Cup, and the League Cup once. Such honours may be far back in history but Wednesday remain a powerful force in many lives, in families, communities, in Sheffield and beyond. It would be devastating to Wednesday supporters and deeply damaging to the reputation of English football if Wednesday lost their membership of the EFL because of the behaviour of an owner in Dejphon Chansiri who passed initial EFL ownership tests, was welcomed (let’s not forget), but turned out to be shamelessly irresponsible. Wednesday fans fear the club's existence might be at risk if the EFL imposes further punishments and restrictions that deter potential buyers. Stronger oversight of owners is clearly required and the EFL and PL did tighten their rules in 2023. The new Independent Football Regulator will introduce a proper licensing system for clubs and better oversight of owners. Unfortunately, the IFR did not come into force early enough to prevent Wednesday's downward slide under Chansiri. Wednesday are currently in administration and threatened with further EFL sanctions – a 15-point deduction for next season. This season's 18-point deduction all but guaranteed relegation from the Championship (confirmed on Feb 22). The League applies sanctions as punishment for debts and also as a deterrent to other clubs/owners. The EFL emphasises it is working with all parties to “try and find a solution that can see Sheffield Wednesday continue as a member of the League....but ultimately we have to also apply the terms of the League’s insolvency policy…which seeks to balance the interests, not only of Sheffield Wednesday, but also of the other 71 clubs”. Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust, fighting hard for their club’s survival, has now released a copy of the EFL’s insolvency policy and argues that it gives the League, in the Trust’s words, “absolute discretion when determining how to deal with clubs experiencing an insolvency event”. The Trust argues that “…further punitive sanctions risk undermining the very factors the EFL states it must consider - including the effect on supporters, the impact on the local community and the wider credibility of the league itself. “Sheffield Wednesday supporters are not seeking advantage over other clubs. It is entirely right that all EFL clubs should be treated fairly and consistently. That principle must include Sheffield Wednesday that has already suffered enormously during a decade in which the EFL’s own regulatory oversight failed to prevent the damage that unfolded. “We urge the EFL to apply its own guidance responsibly and ensure that the focus now is on allowing the club to recover, stabilise and move forward under new ownership. Sheffield Wednesday supporters have suffered enough.” #SWFC #EFL @SWFCTrust

@Walldanzig @henrywinter How? They are businesses that are spending above their means. They have nobody else to blame when they spend more than they earn in players wages before they even start paying other running costs

@MartinJohnson10 @henrywinter It’s not managing itself and that’s not the intention going forward hence the introduction of the football regulator. This isn’t the high street football clubs are different

@MovetheWorld9 @afneil You’d think that but all of the evidence suggests otherwise. He’s spent an awful lot of time talking about gas prices so it is ironic that he and his mate are the sole reason that we are all watching the price increase in real time

@afneil This is all gossip and innuendo. The American and Israeli militaries would have been fully aware of the Strait of Hormuz and the challenges it poses.

That Trump started the attacks on Iran without even having the semblance of a plan to keep the Strait of Hormuz open is both a mystery and a scandal — from which he might not recover politically. Republican grandees in swing seats/states now beginning to panic, flooding White House with calls to ‘do something’ as gas [petrol] prices soar.