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Optimistic Nut

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  1. See I disagreed with this at the time and still do. The squad is going to be a bit imbalanced for a couple of years yet while we get rid of the legacy Ashley era players and replace them. We probably wanted a RW, but the long term replacement for Trippier became available for example. We could have probably spent £30-40m on a RW if we wanted but only if it was the right one. Let's say we'd spent on someone we didn't particularly want to, in two years time we'd then be still wanting a first choice RW but would also be needing to buy a first choice RB to replace Trippier for example.
  2. What do these clubs do with the excess money they generate?
  3. Would be pretty funny if after all of this, promotion was wrapped up before the final game. Leeds v Southampton being a dead rubber before they potentially meet again in the Play-Off Final.
  4. Saying that, surely Haaland should be on it. Edit: it's 7 years old.
  5. I'm not so sure. There might be a couple of clubs transitioning but the likes of Man Utd and Chelsea will come back eventually. Missing out on the CL a second season has shades of us in Bobby's last two seasons losing to Partizan then finishing 5th. We've only just recovered.
  6. You're in effect counting on Man Utd and Chelsea remaining shit, with the likes of us and Villa continuing to be held back a bit. Getting CL this year would give you a bit of a head start on 3 of those clubs next season at the very least. Europa League and you're on par.
  7. Patrick van Aanholt scored PSVs 8th goal tonight from a Luuk De Jong assist.
  8. Think when I checked a while back, Beardsley and Allen scored 8-9 pens between them in that 93/94 season. Even a 50% hit rate would have got Cole to close to 40 in the league, 45 total.
  9. The most typically "Newcastle thing" to happen from here would be for us to catch Spurs to finish 5th and miss out on the CL.
  10. 3 wins leaves Chelsea needing 4 wins and a draw from 6 games, West Ham needing to win the last 4, Brighton to win 5 out of 6. Should be enough! 6th would be dreamy.
  11. Starting to get into "3 more wins should get Europe" territory now. Amazing achievement.
  12. Just back in from the Hebburn game. Just didn't fall for them. Hope they do it on Saturday.
  13. Yeah I think Poch will get it right. Think they'll be top 3/4 but think the whole thing is shite that Everton fuck up for a couple of years spending big and it's ruined them, the likes of Chelsea can do the same and they're fine.
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