tyneblade
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In my recollection competitive United teams always need to; be one of the fittest , if not the fittest in the league and have one of the best keepers. Both of those could be fixed without spending a fortune.Our fitness levels started to drop as soon as he left.
Hopefully his return will lead to an improvement in an area where we are sadly lacking.
Having lived here for 40 years I'm a reasonably regular attender at St James Park. From when he came in it took Eddie Howe and his staff around 6 weeks to get their team fit. The difference that made to an uncompetitive bunch of no hopers was amazing.