The College Dropout

He was very unlucky not to get 25+ points in the last DGW

Probably going Solly March

Gabriel > Shaw Saka > Bruno I'm thinking this. There's a haul in waiting for both players i'm taking out.

I spent much of last season around there and ended up "slumping" to 60k OR. Felt like such a massive failure at the time. Being at 350k now really puts things into perspective. -12 to bench boost...hmm... Who is going out?

Aiming for a top 10 NO league finish. Think last year I was 6 or 7. This week i'm bench boosting. Could roll a transfer or -4.

That’s not true. Look at wor Jamal.

Burn is a better player. Particularly on the ball. But Dummett was much better 1v1.

Has Dummett played a single minute of league football? How many minutes in total?

Yeh Isak is a level or two above Wilson. It's that simple.

Dummett Longstaff Gillespie Anderson Thats our 4. In a 25 man European squad we could then register 21 non Newcastle HG players. We could bring back Forster or Krul so we have 2HG GKs.

This season he has been tbf. And he’s always been good at attacking headers. He might be the best in the squad for that.

But better in the air then Fab

Watch a lot of Palace and nope to both him and Olise. Unless we can get them for under £20m. It's Zaha & Anderson for me. Palace won't go down mind.

European football. If we're in the Europa or Conference they'll get good minutes there. And in the CL. We'll just need the depth for everything. If we have no European football. I would consider doing a Chelsea style thing where we bring them in for modest fees, long contracts and loan them out again so their value increases. Use the following season or sell.

I wasn't thinking of him tbf. Had they got relegated we would've got a better price.

Think relegated teams in particular you get a decent price. We sold Gini & Sissoko for a combined £55m. They went on to both make over 200 appearances each for Spurs & Liverpool - that's one Naby Keita. Robertson & Maguire from relegated sides. We got Pope from Burnley for a good fee. Lots of talented lads in that relegation scrap. A lot of talented youngsters in particular. Would love them to come in for the likes of Murphy & Ritchie.

Generally - signing the best players from mid-lower to relegared PL sides is a good strategy.

We've got a decent chance of 4th like.

I said 12-15 earlier and I stick by it

I had read they wanted to give him a long contract but that doesn't seem to be the case. But the latest Athletic article suggests there are a number of complications particularly the new regimes fondness of highly-incentivised contracts. I like that idea across football. As I understand most high-level contracts are 80-90% secured e.g. 100k p/w no matter what. Then 10k appearance bonus. Maybe 15k goal bonus etc. Much less common is a 50k base. 30k appearance bonus for 49 minutes + or 15k for any appearance. 40% bonus for qualifying for CL etc. That changes the whole complexion of the contract.

Mount wants to be paid the same as some of those coming in. Chelsea don't have to sell. But they are only offering crazy wages AND a 8/9 year type deal. Chelsea aren't interested i putting Mount on 250k for 3 years. They will only do it for 7.

This is so crucial for us. Tbf Villa already have a great academy but getting a Chelsea or City like conveyor belt of quality through the youth system is something that will separate us from the likes of Villa in due time. FFP wise and on the pitch

Isak would be great. Gangly legged horn of Africa lads are elite at 5-a-side anyway.

Any player we are strongly linked too, he has a hard-on for. He's at least 30 years old. Maybe 40. Perhaps even 50.

Thuram seems determined to do a Juve, Atleti or Paris type move.