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I think they are caught off-guard by the garden leave and compensation stuff. If they had knew it right from the beginning I can see them go for someone else

I just think that probably explains why our players always keep injured again shortly after “coming back” I completely disagree with this approach. I mean, it’s actually very fortunate that a player can fully recover from any injury. Just think if Botman cannot back to his best (pre injury) and keep on like this. We should have a very solid CB who can be our centrepiece for the next 10 years. The injury might have ruined it already. Its just regular league match FFS. I care both the player and our clubs future more than that 3 points. I would be fine if it’s cup final. But no.

I love they use the word “stable”

I think only championship promoting teams would have interest to bid something like 12-15m for him.

Thanks god

A big clear out would only be possible if it’s funded with sales of BG and/or Isak. People got to be realistic

Pretty sure Howe’s played a part of it tbh.

I got a feeling we will win this. In Howe we trust.

Just win the next match and this place will be in peace for a few months

I would love to try offer 40m for Lavia.

Same. Hope a win against Man City would shut their mouth

Pretty sure if we manage to beat Man City, a lot of questions / doubts raised above would disappear for a few months

That’s probably our last meaningful game this season so we have no choice but to give it all

You definitely expect him to do better if you believe he is the one to lead us to winning trophies. There are tons of questions on the table but I hope a win against Man City would wipe them all away

Under current FFP you gotta sell the players that you have bought a few years ago so you can buy better prospects and repeat the process which also means if Hall failed to get any minutes in next season, we will have a very difficult time to recoup any fees which would be a hard hit to our transfer capacity under FFP

When you see it’s 69m you know it’s a pile of bullshit made up by the press/agents

Same

a player can contribute more to the team than just scoring goals. I don’t quite understand why always say Barnes is a better footballer or a better fit to the team than ASM because “he score more goals”. Just like Wood, they can be a very useful plan B and do something that other players cannot, even they may not be the best fit to our plan A. That’s why we need a squad. This becomes even more obvious now when Howe’s main tactics no longer works. Jesus Christ

It’s probably a chance for Howe though. If he managed to win this game, he would have a great chance to win the cup and got the boards backing for the summer / next season just treat it as the Final and fuck the citeh

I think it’s a bit unfair for him to compare with ASM. I mean, our team lacks creativity and pure footballing ability and that’s what ASM is excelled at. Of course he looks like a downgrade (which is correct imo) but that’s not his fault. It’s Ashworth/Howe decision to sell ASM and buy Barnes.

Aye I start to think in this way as well, we should just ignore last season results and we all would appreciate Howe again. Everything looks different if you just regard us as the former old Newcastle that always fight for relegation under the Fat Cunt. That’s a huge step forward in the sense that we ain’t fear for relegation anymore.

please have a get out clause. 30m for a bench warmer is a nightmare, and we have lots of positions need to be strengthened

We field a strong squad, our players gave maximum effort, and we were just fortunate to beat a Championship team who is fighting for league survival. Yet people said Howe should not be blamed for the tough display. Some even said we did a good job. A few weeks ago it’s Luton was a good team and it shouldn’t be unacceptable to lose points against them, according to some people here. I am very confused. I feel like our club should be something like Luton instead of Newcastle United.

That’s a wild suggestion from me. The point is we are fortunate to win the game and, we field out quite a strong lineup which everyone agrees. So you are saying that we are just unfortunate that the Championship relegation fighter team (Blackburn) was playing in a lever even better than us (top half team of EPL at worst) and we shouldn’t be worried why we are having such a tough time? Who are we actually? What level should we playing at? I feel very confused looking at the posts here.

Yea I know but I can’t think of any reason that we can be that shit against Blackburn. It’s Blackburn man.