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Simon Jones was first on one of our transfers since the takeover I just can't remember which player it was

It should also be noted all of these ffp workarounds are inflating the transfer market as well. If we or anyone isn't doing these things we in a worst position than you would initially think due to the second order affects.

Which is all fine and well until you factor in that we tried to spend £65m+ on Guehi last year. So somethings amiss. Maybe our PSR position hasn’t been quite as dire as has been played out.

Yep - and there’s nothing to suggest that the rules are going anywhere. Ultimately you do run out of assets to sell, and find that the club doesn’t actually own anything. Sales of stadiums is the next step.

What's all this Dibling hype about, then?

He’s got some lofty (and pretty outrageous) ambitions left so he won’t stay here to pat the lads on the back like Ritchie or the National League Nesta over in Carlisle. Him staying means something has gone pretty drastically wrong, if that happens. I don’t want to be remotely negative but he’s never been an impact sub, clearly will never be fit enough to start games - we know how that story ends (for several weeks if not months) - and what does he give you on the pitch anyway? His place in the side was always about goals through physicality, pace and sharpness and at least 2 of those aren’t coming back.

So the bloke with zero connection to the area or team that chose to support us because Alan Pardew planted his Tony and Guy quiff on an opposing player ten years ago turns out to be a bit suss (assuming it was his flag of course). Who’d have thought it?

Probably be Samuel holt Andy Dunn 😂

“About 25 years ago on ‘Hold the Back Page’ Martin Hardy told Brian Woolnough that the London and Manchester press were complicit in writing disparaging articles about Newcastle. Aghast, when Woolnough put this to a young John Cross (Arsenal fan) he said yes.”

Has that been confirmed? Didn’t think they’d chance it but pleased they are if so.

You’d like to think we’ll have two in (one being Trafford) before we play Celtic and certainly before our trip to Korea. Not that short term optics are that important you’d think the club would be keen to showcase a few new players on tour. Goes without saying EH will want them in ASAP as long as it’s the players he wants.

What grates me with the selling the infrastructure to yourself is that we know how it ends, and it's not good. Look at Derby. The intent of PSR here is completely broken.

2nd July.......2026 Eddie finally lands long term target DCL after he was released following an underwhelming season at Hibs

Given time he would’ve been a good player for us. Howe init.

We just need a cap on player registrations (25) for players over 18 years of age, no more multi club model and all loans to include an option to buy.

To ne fair, I'd rather be in our financial position than Villa's.

Agreed - if FFP is a thing, it should be to balance the league out, not to crystallise the existing hierarchy.

Imagine if some random Irish betsite nailed our transfers, while Baldwards is just regurgitating Clavert-Lewin and the like.

It's odd, he genuinely looked a good player at Bournemouth. Don't know if it's confidence or if he peaked early in his career, but thought he might turn it around with game time.

Lee fucking Ryder.

They need a league wide Financial Fair Play ruling on what can be spent, and not linked to income if they want to be fair. The smaller clubs can naturally then put more money in to close the gap and spend their capital, whilst the top teams can work to bring down wages and fight back against player power.

He gained his fame writing articles defending the concentration camps during this conflict, describing them as "causing the minimum of suffering" whilst there was outrage at home due to the rate of fatalities there. (Only for the white Boer's though, fuck the black South African's). I mean given we were talking about Imperial Japan and their forced labour camps, can we at least acknowledge where they got the idea? And again, was my assertion that the British used them again in the 50’s in the Kenya incorrect?

https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/leonardo-balerdi-the-argentine-defender-emerging-as-marseilles-man-mountain/ Longer read on Balerdi if people want to learn more about him ahead of his move to Chelsea next week

July 2nd.