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Comfortably mid table??.....i very much doubt it, as it is i think we are certs for the drop....lose Gayle and we won't score goals and even Gayle will do well if he hits 10+ desperately need another striker and number 10 to chip in with goals I'll be very shocked if a fit Gayle hasn't scored near 10 by Christmas Prepare to be shocked We are a much more united team this time round despite lack of quality in areas, however we will comfortably be in a relegation battle if we don't bring more players in. I actually think Gayle, Ritchie and Shelvey will have a good season but if any are injured we lack good enough replacements and are severely short in centre mid and up front. I reckon Gayle will get 10-12 over the season, he will struggle to get that by Jan, so we need goals from elsewhere as well Gayle definitely has the quality to get 15-20 in the Premier League IMO, just depends on how much support he gets from his team mates.

The market also seems to have gone up far more than the increase in TV money.

I already said Townsend. Sissoko and Janmaat were absolute donkey shit that season. Wijnaldum scored goals, but was a dead weight away from home. Look at the players we've gained since then vs the ones you just mentioned. Reputations aside I'd prefer the likes of Ritchie and Gayle. Still there's absolutely no excuse for not improving the squad further.

Said that the last time we got relegated and this squad is nowhere near as good as that one Really? Which players from that squad would improve us now? Not just considering perceived quality at that time by the way, but how they were performing. I'll give you Townsend (though we now have Ritchie and Murphy), but who else is missing that makes this squad nowhere near as good?

I wish..

Last season in the Championship?, have we fuck.

This fucker is going to be absolutely class!

Three year deal?

i like the swiss army knife analogy Rafa's new Dirk Kuyt?

Well I mean 10 goals in 36 games last season looks ok. But better when you see it was 1765 minutes total (so basically just under 20 full matches).

Not a chance we'll get anywhere near £6m for Hanley.

Ask for £4m, cheating cunts can pay through the nose or fuck off

Makes me wonder if our relegation season might just have been a bad dream when I read comments like this. Yes he's got a lot of quality, for the right side in the right role he's very good. But I'm in no hurry to bring back a lad that I was desperate to see dropped at times in our relegation season. He was fucking awful for big portions of that season, including the time Rafa managed us in the Premier League.

Like him or not, Gini would be the best player at the club by an absolute mile whether in the number 10 role behind Gayle, or as one of the two in the centre. We'll get no-one near as good as him. In theory, in reality in our relegation season there was a reason people couldn't stand the lad, he was anonymous most of the time and that's not what we need.

Either it all goes ok, Benitez is happy and I can enjoy the season. Or that cunt pisses about, Benitez leaves and I forget about Newcastle United. Either way at least I have some closure, not like waiting for Pardew to be sacked with the thin hope a good manager may be able to push us forward despite Ashley. If it goes wrong here its been made 100% clear that its utterly pointless to support them under Ashley.

I'd have no issue at all about going back in this case. But I do agree that Benitez won't be looking at him.

I'd go out and get a shirt with Ben Arfa on the back and instantly be twice as excited for the start of the season. Just having him on the pitch makes the game more exciting.

You should be embarrassed like.

Aye should definitely match that like, hopefully the Daily Star accept the bid!

Oh aye, absolutely desperate like, that's why we won't match the £16m asking price.

I'd hope that its a case of Darren Randolph being offered and Benitez telling then to fuck off.

Who? EDIT: Darren Randolph I mean..

That anyone who wears those shoes and/or shiny pants gets kicked in the head daily. Don't know if that counts as two wishes or one?

Wish he'd go in there and eat till he dies to be honest.