jimharri
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Hopefully SuperKev MKII can fill those magical boots today. Losing Merlin is a big blow though. The best midfielder in the PL, any side would miss him.
He's our best player and we really REALLY miss him! I hope he's back for Newcastle!
His absence is so much more pronounced this season than ever before because in Sterling and De Bruyne we've bought 2 players who are best suited to the counter attack.
People talk about De Bruyne's passing but it's the throughball which he is good at, not orchestrating possession. De Bruyne is more like Ozil than Silva.
Don't need to go into Sterling's possession game.
Yaya playing further forward, leaving the Ferns to be the ball players from deep - something neither are good at - made it even worse today