BottledDog

that'll be colback trying to murder one of the other midfielders in training then Riviere is available for contract hits.

Normal people wouldn't wear a signed shirt, you do know a few people will end up wearing it, then washing it, because they are thick as mince. I had a signed shirt 1991/92 ish, the old bar code one with the blue star on the front. Was signed by Ossie Ardiles, Micky Quinn, Lee Clark, David Kelly, Robbie Elliott, Steve Watson and a couple of others. The signatures were in permanent marker and didn't come off in the wash. Even after all these years? That's fantastic.

Hated because he's local is utterly ridiculous, but hated because 'he's really, really bad' is also utterly ridiculous. He's played his part, and have no real hate for him. It has been balls that managers choose to play him, but arguably only because it's been shit, and frustrating that we have had nobody better player to take his place. Wish him all the best if he does get fucked off, though no arguments if we can (and almost certainly will) do better. Nevertheless, it'sa shame when a local lad doesn't make it with us.

Oh man, that is gooooooood. Guessing it's for season ticket holders that have held a ticket for 25 years+? ...or. er, 125 years?!?

No. Smokescreen.

Fuck that. We need a striker better then Gayle and Mitrovic. I'm happy to give them a chance, but it would be criminal not investing in a top striker. I really need someone to pin my hopes to, and that is not Gayle or Mitro.

Riviere looked all but gone until his thread became awash with 'Ha ha, wot mugs' posts. Coincidence, or evidence of wilful jinxers and usurpers? We may never know.

Reckon we're up for taking a hit in these deals tbf, but like Haidara/Riv/Hanley, the players look less prepared to take the pay cut.

Slow and sloppy. Usually a good thing, but not in Mitros case. Still looks on holiday.

There is only one Robbie Elliot out there. One Robbie Elliot. One Robbie Elliot.

I have no idea who any of their team are.

Program has started. Howay the lads.

about 45million was spent pre-season. Ashley's main issue is suspect/clinically insane managerial appointments. Aye and without that spending we would have been certainties for the drop, Ashley only spends when he's investment is in danger. I don't see that changing and i really don't see why people think any different. Because the numbers are simple. The club is allowed to spend what it earns. He takes nothing out, and puts nothing in outside the loans when we (often) fuck up. In that sense you can discount Ashley from the equation bar possibly drunkenly accepting or pulling the plug on a deal. No idea if that ever actually happens though, he has been increasingly removed himself from the picture and has admitted his lack of knowledge so his appointments have and are the key to what we do in the market. We have less to spend now as the year in the championship has crippled us to some extent, but a year or two in the premiership should change that, and it is up to the manager and those Ashley has delegated to to decide how and when it gets spent.

Ashley has been fairly straight in the sense that the club pays for itself now, he won't take owt out, nor put anything in. Until we generate as much as the other Prem clubs, we'll be at a disadvantage.

And Caballero, both free/loans so not really to do with money I'd have thought. Be interesting who the actual 4 were. Got the impression from the talk in scripts that it wasn't just the money, but also the players/agents were just not as interested as we'd hoped, and we switched tack to younger players enthused about the club/project.

Season-long loan. https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/merino-joins-magpies-on-loan

Never going to be convinced by his grin.

If any of you fuckers have jinxed this or put off the buyers (don't listen to them, Rivs is a top top player, check his goals Vs Palace!), I swear to god...

"intense disappointment when proposed deals for Willy Caballero and Tammy Abraham fell through" Fair play, it could still be the case that the doomsayers are right and we are screwed. But as far as evidence goes that Ashley has reneged on giving Rafa money to spend yet still only able to give the examples of Caballero (going on a free) to Chelsea, and missing out on a loan player from Chelsea seems, well... a bit shit tbh Mr Wilson.

Been used so many times already that this has now actually become aids of the internet Think you should apollogise for this. It's cool, I should be the one apollogising for making him feel so unfrappé.

Herakleion Fyp.

Would he be a Moussaka Sissoko replacement?

Very disappointing.

https://audioboom.com/posts/6144890 Benitez going off on one about how shit and bloated the squad is and how it's all going tits up because nobody even looks like touching any of ours, not even with somebody else's.

I love you too. Group hug.