George Bailey

Think the Sun (ugh) are reporting (loose sense of the term admittedly) Man U as being Harts destination if De Gea leaves?..Welcome to him as well, bag of shite.

I'm hoping its not just Dreams, and that we can get some quality players in, or I Don't want to know.

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Succinct and spot on. Or what neesy said

Better the 'devil you know' according to a lot of our fans. idiots If there is one person, one human being alive today, that is capable of the crass stupidity and ignorance to allow the chance we currently have at seriously re- building under a genuinely top class manager, then be assured that utterly cretinous, moronic, imbecile is Mike Ashley

Great performances throughout the games I saw of the tournament. Excellent save as well for that pelanty... Number 3 next season? Or out on loan again?

Ditto, far from being good enough but far from being the worst we have. Finding the Gouffran rumours rather worrying in all honesty.

Would be excellent signing.

Not sure I agree with that. Palace have a bit more potential in terms of developing and being a 'successful' side in the top flight. imo.

CH is one of the priorities imo. The 4 we have are not good enough, as paired starters together. Add an experienced CH alongside one of the other 3 and that makes us a lot stronger. Two new ones and it's all a lot better, in an ideal world. (maybe realistic over 3 windows) Hanley is not good enough and undoubtedly is on his way, with a big thanks for his efforts this season.

Apparently Gibson is going onto radio Tees with some sort of announcement. My Boro supporting mate reckons there are rumours he is putting them up for sale. Whatever you think of them he is by far one of the best owners, god help them if he does go.

He must be off? They have to recognise that he is a shot bolt? Pearson next season for them....

Some of the 'older' ones just seem not to have developed at all: Good, Vukic etc Can't believe we still have some of them on the books, assume we must be getting close to the end of some of their contracts.

Dianne Abbot is on the counter.

Was just looking at our players out on loan and in the U23 squad. God we seem to have had some of them for ages.

Both will have suitors in the Championship I would imagine.

Oh for Palace to be dragged into this

If Begovic is available he would be a cracking shout. Personally I think Hart is still way better than Krul (for me he is as good as he is ever going to be) and Darlow (at this stage of his career) so on a loan deal or reasonable fee I would welcome him as well. Around 10m for a good premier league standard keeper is canny value imo. Sales of Mitrovic, Colback, Hanley, Sels and maybe even Krul would recoup that surely? without putting a dent in the rest of the 60-70m?

I would think Rafa will have a new CH as his 'first' choice and number 1 target imo. Stable and strong leadership (to quote the mantra of today) I would imagine as his first priorities. Not saying we aren't in need of a new striker etc but I would imagine the deficiencies at the heart of our team will be his 'major' concerns (CH and CM). As for King, he is certainly better than we have so provided it wouldn't be silly money then I'm all for it. Ditto with Hart. Unfortunately wages are going to be an issue with a lot of players who would be better starting at a club like us rather than bench warming at City, Chelsea and the likes...but if you're offered daft money for doing not much work then who is realistically going to say no to that. Millionaires by their mid twenties. Happy days.

Is Conte not an admirer of Llorente? Markovic from Hull...is his loan now up? Not sure if they are looking to loan out again but he seems canny when on it. Bit inconsistent maybe but talented. Undoubtedly value in some loans that rafa can take advantage of I'm sure.

An upgrade, irrespective of if they are 'names' or not, at LB, CH, CM and striker would see me ecstatic.

Fair points Mole. I'm feeling positive about NUFC for the first time in ages though Undoubtedly NASA will announce the impending comet/asteroid soon enough and barring Bruce Willis and an unlikely mission involving Steve Buscemi everything will start falling on it's arse sooner rather than later. Okay Ponsaelius I bow to your knowledge on this one. Everton fans I have spoke to certainly gave me the impression that he is not fancied by Koeman, rather than it being about his lack of committing to the club. Time will tell re his next move. Be daft to go and bench warm imo but I guess 120 thousand a week at a bigger side etc speaks loud and clear to many, if it comes to that.

Personally no I can't see it being a shoe in and I am also not suggesting he is destined for us at all. But players of his ilk, at top 7 sides who are out of favour , for whatever reason and aren't necessarily going to be courted by bigger sides are possible. As for barkely Koeman doesn't rate him that's pretty evident. Spurs don't need him, Liverpool is a no go, Chelsea certainly don't need him. I guess you may be right if Man U are the touters but other than becoming a bench warmer at City I think he will be limited. for England it would probably be good for him to move abroad (as with a lot of our playesr, btu of course that isn't happening..other than China)

I think we may well be pleasantly surprised by a few of who we attract. And I can't agree on any of the top 4 or even 6 looking at Barkley. Outside the top 6, if I was a Stoke, Southampton, West Brom supporter (sides that may be considered to be more established in the PL than us) I would be concerned at our promotion. A defective NUFC was attractive to Benitez. A functioning NUFC with Rafa in charge and given funds must be bloody worrying to some chairmen and managers of the teams we will be competing with next season.

So if he leaves Everton, which looks a strong possibility, you think he will go upwards? I think he may be limited in options in terms of a 'bigger' club. Not saying we are , just asking the question Don't see why we couldn't be an option though, apart from the possible ridiculous fee.