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I’m not sure. We needed versatility before because we didn’t have 11 PL quality players and/or we had nobody capable of playing a given position competently. Of course it’s nice to be versatile but it’s something a well managed squad should really need that much of IMO.

Having lost Anderson because of this bollocks last season would be nice to be able to reap the benefits of it this season. Swings and roundabouts ayy.

Northumberland one is vile

We had some cracking keeper tops too. Shame adidas don't give a fuck about them anymore. Seahorse purple, Tyne bridge, the green one in the same sesaon, even the Hislop/Pav blue grey ones were great.

Yeah but they obviously couldn't get past thinking ours was better.

Looked decent against us, if memory serves.

Don’t see why it needs changing but if it has to be simpler design, I wouldn’t be massively upset with this.

Would like to see us play the ball more into the central zone between the centre circle and the opposition penalty area. Think it's zone 11 and 14 when they divvy up the pitch. Ideally it would not be Isak receiving the ball here but one of our wide forwards or one of the CMs. Bruno has the passing skills to make that work but not the pace to escape a recovering defender. JL has the power and pace to drive forward but lacks the ability to play a killer ball (his stats bear this out). I don't honestly think Gordon or Murphy can do it either. Barnes, maybe.... It's very much a position Bournemouth use to great effect. It really opens a team up. We've seen it done to us. We love going down the wings. We're very cross heavy. We're 3rd so it's clearly got lots of merit. When we occasionally go through the middle though I think Isak really comes alive.

I'm not convinced that City will beat both Bournemouth and Fulham and can see Southampton getting something against Arsenal last day the way Arsenal have been playing recently. So even a draw on Sunday and I think 2nd is a real possibility

yeah, my personal feelings are that it’s either strongly based off the current badge or we use one of the older badges. All the new designs I’ve seen people doing just look really shit and just aren’t Newcastle United to me.

Kind of, but even then you have Dan Burn, who played a very competent LB for ages. Krafth too. And we will need versatility in the system they can play, too. I think it's different but even by CB standards, I still think we want versatile players.

Agree, but I think you can except CB from the list as well.

If we have learned anything from the last few seasons, it's that Howe prizes versatility more than most. I would imagine that every player we target (apart from Trafford obv) would be able to play multiple positions at a high level. Any rumour involving anyone who doesn't can be immediately dismissed.

I’d even buy that 2nd one.

Ut il rectuminus

All fun and games until one of their £50m generational talents gets flung into the hoarding

What's the latin for 'get into them'? Can we have that on the new badge?

Black cats aren’t they? As it happens the ship one they discarded for it was a better logo.

Couldn't give a shiny shite about a bit of play-acting these days. Address the institutional bias against everyone outside 'the big six' and I might feel more strongly.

Please don't say we burden ourselves with offering Wilson a year extension in the hope we get a fee too risky let him walk on a free.

Can almost crown Liverpool with the best signing of the window.

The 02/03 away top is my favourite. I’d love a modern version, or even an Adidas re-issue. It was my first top.

I still think we need a smarter transfer policy than going after all the best players from the rest of the premier league, if you believe the papers.

Pope not top 10