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Yeah buts how’s the bacon?

That's the one cheat code the PL actually did block (Infinite Athletic)

Homage to Joey Barton. Next he’ll be quoting Aristotle whilst stabbing Paul Van Hecke in the face with a snapped corner flag pole.

“Without going into the individual situation here, we've tried to sign several players,” Howe admitted when asked about putting sole focus on signing one player in Guehi. “It's never been about one player. It can never be about one player, because as soon as you're in that position, then your negotiation strength is over.” “So, no, we've tried for several targets, but it still has to be the right player though. And there isn't an unlimited number of players. It's not like you can, well, we'll just go on to the next one, the next one, the next one. Because then the quality dilutes and then you have to question whether you're doing the right thing for the long-term future of the club. "There isn't a bottomless pit of money. We're not able to spend that way. Everything that we do has a long-term consequence. So you've got to be very sure whatever you do is right for the long-term future and short-term future of the club.” When asked what the ‘right player’ is for Newcastle, Howe added: “The right player is multi-factored, really. “It's the right age, the right deal as in transfer fee, the right wages, then the right player to actually come into your squad, the right positional need. “There's loads of things. If one of those things is not right, especially financially for us, it puts us in a difficult situation." That’s what Howe said last summer and it’s very telling. Certainly explains why we get so hyper focused on certain players.

Who is your role model? "Me in a year's time" Alright Jake Humphries.

It's that famous self-help motivational classic, "Plato's Republic." He's translating it from the original Greek for the lass sat next to him.

Sky Sports bringing back Sunday Supplement. Can only think that Ornstein and Winter are the only two worth listening to if they are picked. Paddy Barclay was good too (RIP). All the others seem to be so far up their own arses.

No, we lose out Pedro because we ain’t willing to pay 55m+5m. That’s what concern me most - I don’t think that’s a crazy price.

Only the 2nd most embarrassing flag association with NUFC:

What's the joke with AG reading a book?

Yet never wore the number before joining Newcastle.

Surely it was this lad?

“Tojo, General Tojo, General Tojo, Tojo’s got no limits…”

It’s all cool. As long as we lock away his “General Yamashita’s black and white army flag” for the upcoming visit to Singapore, we should be golden.

Depends if there's a disconnect between Howe and whoever is doing the transfer deals. We lost out on Pedro but that's as much because he wanted to go to Chelsea than any other reason. I'm not sure we can do much about situations like that if we are competing with the biggest spenders in the PL. If we start getting a bit more creative in the transfer market and look further afield we could probably get 3-4 decent signings but they might not be PL hardened. Is everyone on the same page with that though?

3 years?

The wages and you don't even really have to play. Just sit in London making nearly a million pounds a month.

Craig Hope lives for something like this. Probably cut short his holiday to write something up.

Agree. Each club develops an identity over time and ours giving the success is turning into what Howe is delivering. Hard pressing, runners, aggressive play. He’s stamped his style successfully that should now be our identity for many years to come and DoF comes in that compliments that. We can then moan in 2031 when some manager comes in playing tippy tappy bollocks that it’s not the Newcastle way.

Lovely. Can see the embarrassing headlines in the Daily Heil coming out way. Just have played safe by just having 2 minutes of digs at the 5 Steve’s of the Apocalypse.

Well, that is pretty embarassing but hopefully, won't overshadow what a great vid it was anyways. What was Sandro wearing with the Trefoil on the back?

I just don't see how there's any excuse. We've literally done fuck all for the best part of 3 years and we seem to be as ill-prepared as it's possible to be. Obviously we can't legislate for other clubs coming in for players, but why haven't we been sounding out their agents beforehand?

Confirmed as because of the flag

“Same as last year, lads?” It’s genuinely quite hard to believe we haven’t identified other/better players than the ones we’ve been chasing for multiple transfer windows. Are Elanga, Pedro, Trafford etc the best we can find? And if they are, why are we fucking around over minimal amounts of money? We will obviously have other options but given our activity they’re clearly not considered better than the usual names.