Shearergol

Wijnaldum wasn't popular here either. He did alright when he left.

He's not free, still another year on the contract.

Which £40m 21 year old English players have you compared him to?

Cash rich, FFP poor. They'll just pay him off.

You spoken to him? Why's he not excited about it?

Add at least another £20m for Maddison

That goal against Brighton was Burn's fault.

Without knowing exactly how much money we can spend, it's a pointless thing to worry about.

Have IMTTS and Penn both () gone from here?

I'm fully behind the club on this one too. I think he's gonna be a proper Howe player.

Only if Everton play the same tactics as us, and his role is identical?

I'm gonna be harsh and say it. Shit thread.

ASM can't get in our team.

and my heart

He means Everton, but yeah.

It’s gonna take more than that. I’ve booked a priest

Medicals booked

Talking to an Everton fan at work - they think it's gonna be done by this weekend. That's the talk on their boards.

We’ll sign Maddison in summer anyway

"Guys, we're pulling the plug on the transfer. I do realise as a team you've done extensive research on this one, but I'm afraid there's a user called Skeletor on Newcastle-Online who isn't a fan. On to the next one, who you got?"

This £40m price tag people keep mentioning, you all need to remember if we hadn't wasted £10m on Pope when we already had Dubravka, we could sign a £50m player instead. That's the annoying thing.

There isn't a chance Ziyech's adopts Howe's pressing style.

Because I assume you’re basing “decent” on his pre-Chelsea days?

He's done absolutely nothing of note in the premier league, but you'd like this deal, when you hate the idea of signing Gordon?

Pope, schar, Botman, Bruno, Isak and ASM class. The others pretty average but could still have won 5-0