Nuno Out

[northbankfrank]

2,500 posts by the end of the season?

[Massive Attack]

Good point about Fabianski being brave enough to try and come for crosses at set pieces. I'd give him a go. What a sad state of affairs though.

[GBHammer63]

Whatever team selection, the best way to relieve the pressure on the iffy defence would be to set the fucking team up to attack and not do what they’re fucking iffy doing, I’d also put Fab in goal, for two reasons, he’s the calmest keeper we have so might reassure that iffy defence and he looks the most adept at fucking catching the ball from corners (which as sure as eggs are eggs) is what Eddie Howe and Scott Parker are going to tell their teams to play for.
i think we’re already fucked, but these 2 games are more than crucial, stay in touching distance and who knows, get cut off and everyone knows.

[Come On You Irons]

Is Kilman actually better than Macropanos?  Serious question.

Can we really do worse then trying Mav and Igor at the back?

No, he's not. Mavrapanos is our best centre half. That's how shit the others are.

However, isn't Mavrapanos out injured? If he's fit for Newcastle it's Mavrapanos and Igor the Brazilian at centre back for me. Kilman and the mardy French mercenary cսnt both need dropping.

Team sabotaging No hope Nuno the numpty would never dream of doing what needs to be done though.

[Massive Attack]

Is Kilman actually better than Macropanos?  Serious question.

Can we really do worse then trying Mav and Igor at the back?

Macropanos was a genuine typo - but it made me laugh so I'll leave it there.

A couple more posts he could end up being called Micropenis.

[scott_d]

Is Kilman actually better than Macropanos?  Serious question.

Can we really do worse then trying Mav and Igor at the back?

Macropanos was a genuine typo - but it made me laugh so I'll leave it there.

[scott_d]

Is Kilman actually better than Macropanos?  Serious question.

Can we really do worse then trying Mav and Igor at the back?

[eusebiovic]

Thats the team and formation most of us seem to favour. Except, Im a tad worried about Diouf’s defending. KWP is the better defender and we are shipping goals for fun. Diouf coming on later might be better against Newcastle? 

Diouf could also replace Summerville on the left if KWP can fill in at LB. 

From this moment forward I'm going to start calling Summerville...

"Jimmy"

[Sir Alf]

Thats the team and formation most of us seem to favour. Except, Im a tad worried about Diouf’s defending. KWP is the better defender and we are shipping goals for fun. Diouf coming on later might be better against Newcastle? 

[With Kind Regards]

Massive Attack » 25 Oct 2025 16:31I want him to pack it in with all his silly bollock wacky tactics and go for this next to against a well drilled and disciplined 4-3-3 Newcastle side. 

                    Areola  

Wan-Bissaka Igor Kilman Diouf     

    Fernandes Potts Magassa   

     Bowen Wilson Summerville

Agreed.

[Keep dreaming]

I want him to pack it in with all his silly bollock wacky tactics and go for this next to against a well drilled and disciplined 4-3-3 Newcastle side. 

                    Areola  

Wan-Bissaka Igor Kilman Diouf     

    Fernandes Potts Magassa   

     Bowen Wilson Summerville
 

That is about as good as it gets with what's avaliable but for the love of cսnt, please fucking play players in their actual positions they are used to playing in and get some continuity flowing back in to the Team!

That's more like it Massive. This looks very much like my team prediction from last night.

[Council Scum]

For me, he's come in, seen what a shower of shit it is and is looking to get out asap, no professional would put put teams out like that. He's needs fucking off now. 

[Massive Attack]

I want him to pack it in with all his silly bollock wacky tactics and go for this next to against a well drilled and disciplined 4-3-3 Newcastle side. 

                    Areola  

Wan-Bissaka Igor Kilman Diouf     

    Fernandes Potts Magassa   

     Bowen Wilson Summerville
 

That is about as good as it gets with what's avaliable but for the love of cսnt, please fucking play players in their actual positions they are used to playing in and get some continuity flowing back in to the Team!

[GBHammer63]

Another emperors new clothes appointment that only Sullivan can see.
Brady fucks up the appointment of Potter and fought to keep him for so long, Sullivan passes his pint to her and says look and learn slag.

[Massive Attack]

I now fear Nuno has made a rod for his own back for his approach to the last 2 matches. The crowd will understandably be on his case with Newcastle upon next at Home, he can't afford another display like he's just produced this week.

He's got to give the Fans - and the Players! - something to believe in. Anymore wacky tactics that don't work then the writing will begin to appear on the wall for him much like it did for Postenoclue at Forest. Dyche has understood that instantly and yet both arrogant twat managers Nuno and Fat Ange seem to think they can be clever about it all with their utter stubbornness.

Nuno has also entered 1 of the easiest run-ins a new manager could wish to ask for, only having to play at the Shithole just 3 times and so far just 1 point with 0 wins:

Everton
Arsenal
Brentford 
Leeds
Newcastle 
Burnley
Bournemouth 

3 games left to save his job if he doesn't manage to win 1?

Likely to be rooted to the bottom of the League should Wolves beat Burnley at Home leaves us with little room for error now. Park your fucking ego at the door Nuno or this won't end well and it will be fully deserved if not..

[Sir Alf]

The squad is lacking in most areas for the super fast, intense Premier Lge.  Play the players most suited to cope in their preferred positions.  We could almost guarantee better results than our last 2 games following this revolutionary approach 

[Fauxstralian]

The Brentford selection was an utter disaster hence the h/t subs
To revert to that v Leeds is literally beyond belief 

If you make an astounding cock up at least learn from it

[Massive Attack]

4-4-2 in this day and age without the players to achieve it was next level bonkers for me. Especially for a new Club that's 1 of the last formations you go for when a Team is struggling. That alone hung players out to dry leaving them over exposed on the pitch and why so many managers nowadays give it a wide berth.

Wingers hugging the touchline away from the centre of the pitch and 2 players left up top means wide open spaces. Just cannot do it unless your players are shit hot and mainly in possession of the ball and even then it's used sparingly as many Managers like to go with 3 players in the middle.

[eusebiovic]

It's almost as if most modern day managers can't resist the temptation to try and prove they are a genius.

We have a shit squad. Play as many of the salvageable ones in their best position on the pitch and keep the lines as tight as possible. Overcomplicating things by giving obscure tactical instructions to bang average players with zero confidence is suicidal.

I don't get it.

[Maverick180180]

I still can’t believe there’s fans saying it’s not the manager it’s the squad

Nobody denies the squad is shit, but where the third manager in a row is failing is that despite the squad being so poor, they can’t identify the good from the bad.
Starting players that shouldn’t be playing and playing people out of position when not necessary isn’t down to the squad, it’s down to the inferior brain of the bloke making these decisions.

 

[Sir Alf]

Is there a “time warp” around the LS and at Rush green which makes managers and coaches think its 1995?  How can anyone with even basic football understanding think that Soucek and Irvine, with their athleticism, could be the central midfield double pivot? Its as bizarre as the selection of Scarles and AWB as inverted backs.  Btw, Diouf needs to be benched. Cant defend currently. Positionally a mess. 

 

[THUNDERCLINT]

This cսnt still here?

[Takashi Miike]

he shouldn't stay after the last two games, the bloke either hasn't got a clue what he's doing or is deliberately sabotaging our chance to win games by his disgusting team selections. whatever is the reason, he still needs to fuck off now

[Come On You Irons]

You seriously think:

a) No hope Nuno would want to stay after relegating us
b) The fans would want him to stay after relegating us
c) The cսnt Sullivan would not get rid to deflect from his awful running of the club?

You're delusion to think No hope Nuno would stay after relegation. This isn't 1978.

[southbankbornnbred]

Irrespective, it’s over for us this season. We will be relegated with these players.

The question is whether Nuno can show enough ability in the role that the fans want him to stay beyond May.

We’re going down, though. This is just not a Premier League playing squad.

[southbankbornnbred]

Yes let's sack another manager and make it 4 managers in a year, this time after only 4 games, because that always works out so well.
Who next, Ange for a few games.

One of the main reasons we are in this predicament is not giving managers enough time but letting them sign players they wanted but the next manager won't.

 

But the bigger reason we’re in this predicament is because we have the worst chairman in all of football, who relentlessly appoints poor managers because he’s such a cheapskate that he won’t buy a good manager out of a contract.

Its like trying to get a Michelin Star when all you pay for is broken biscuits.