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We should still get decent fees for Vlachodimos and to a lesser extent Dubravka..Matt Turner is going to Lyon for 7 million pounds from Forest

No trim, pretty much just plain purple but with orange sponsor and Adidas logo.

Botman was straight in as well, I think?

I fucking hate him.

Aye, but for all Souness is a sour prick who won’t take responsibility for his own poor performance, he’s making those comments as a person who I believe was actually trying to make NUFC successful. He was just shit at it. Pardew was an entirely different thing, for reasons plenty of people, myself included, have written thousands of words about on here and elsewhere. I’ve thought about this a lot and I think the word vampire is the best I can come up with to describe his (intentional) effect on the club and the fans. He was an absolute disaster for this club on so many levels, and he knew what he was doing. It was intentional. The rest are just shit managers.

"Understand that" is twitter "journalist" for: I made it up

Looks to me like dubs will be sold then, unless we are hoarding them for a game of top trumps with Chelsea. 😂

Yeah Mitchell is leaving so it makes sense.

Did Any of the senegalese players look canny?

Mitchell is away on a free transfer so could be true.

Oh it was. So many tight games.

It's click bait

I was probably just a tad too young to fully appreciate the role that Pardew played in the destruction of expectation et al (I'd just turned 14 when he left for Palace ) making Bruce my most hated manager by some way. But as time has allowed there's been a bit of revisionism about him and all of it flat out wrong. Pardew's shtick throughout 2012-13 scarred many of our fans and Ashley. After every shit result, performance, defeat and/or injury he'd blame it on the Europa League when was more than happy to only bring in Amalfitano and Anita in the summer before he started to do the 'its cuz of yewrup' to cover his own arse.* Many of our fans bought it and I think still do, in seasons gone by a few of our fans have said how they don't want Europa League or Conference League: Champions League or nothing so nothing is fine, and imo its due to those tropes and it all stems from Pardew and that season. Think also that Ashley bought it hence why we never overly strengthened in January from a moderate position of security (like bringing in Cisse in January in 2011-12), the ambition after 2012-13 was just to float from 17th-10th as Europe to the club then just like the cups ( ) only brought a risk of injuries therefore a risk of relegation and that sweet Sports Direct advertising. *He's since brought up that the remit in summer 2012 was to keep the 2011-12 side together as the funds weren't there for improvement due to Ashley, yet would dedicate wins like the 2-0 one over Chelsea in 2013 to 'Mike'. The only half decent thing I can say about Pardew is he's never gone down the road that the likes of Souness has done after leaving here regarding NUFC being tough to manage because of the fans and expectations etc etc when he easily could've done since he's left. Shame he just couldn't be positive about the club when he was actually its fucking manager.

Nice when the system is rigged such that it allows you to spend

The lad’s fucking crocked.

Random! But fair enough

Never not impressed that a thread got to (at least) page 365 for a player not employed by Newcastle United.

Ridiculous price that. He’s a very talented player but that’s mental, but when Chelsea can sign Enzo/Mudryk for mad money, is it really that mad? They can just write it off if it doesn’t work anyway.

They not at risk of losing Mitchell this window? Target's on a similar level (when fit)

I think Pardew going to Palace was one of the happiest days of my adult life up until that point. Bruce was worse. That’s the best thing I can say about him.

Not to start this off after last summer... but Chiesa may be up for sale by Liverpool. He never played there. I'd definitely take him as decent backup across the front line. If we have new RW, Chiesa, Murphy, Gordon and Barnes - that's an excellent set of wingers with a bit of everything.

That's a crazy buy. A worldie, the equivalent of buying Musiala, Bellingham etc not even in their prime yet. What's higher than a purple chip?

Mitchell may be leaving on a free, Targett is more than a good enough replacement for them