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Can't see why not, people regularly fantasize about "Luigi'ing" people on here, along with the general elimination of humanity. Assassination is a mainstay of the forum culture.

Put some effort into it. Hugo Ekitike, Can't you see, Sometimes your goals just hypnotise me, And I just love your mazy runs, I Guess that's why we're winning all the cups

Elanga and Schar will speak perfect French so they can play Good Cop, Bad Cop to straighten him out.

Feeling conflicted as I'm starting to enjoy this hunt despite having been looking forward to the boy having a career defining injury for the past couple of years

Even allowing for how polished it was, that was a massively promising first interview. Feels like he's been part of the club for years.

Getaway, would never have guessed.

Waka Waka Elangalangala eh eh Anthony oh eh eh Elangalangala eh eh He's not from Africa Elangalangala eh eh Anthony oh eh eh Elangalangala eh eh He's from Scandinavya It's a hit.

Looking forward to when we're more interested in trophies than numbers. P.S. I wonder how Mick and Leazes are getting on.

You're right, but the aim is to grow the club in other areas. It shouldn't be a secret that if we don't make champions league a second time in a row this season then we're staring at a mighty clear out next summer i.e. Isak and co. But we have to speculate to give us a chance of that also, and a sale like this potentially let's us bring in the next Wharton and Minteh if we've got our decision making right.

Thank you for the service and all the best. No hard feelings about the injuries and such, any issues around keeping him too long were more our fault than his. But a really fantastic forward when fit and well, who played a big part in getting us to where we are now. One of the very few other clubs would've wanted in their side at the time of the takeover.

Given everything else we've seen from all participants concerned across time, surely there's a solid chance Howe is impeccable here and we've got others who are clowning about. There was no sign of him sulking over signing unproven foreign defenders and strikers like Botman and Isak when supposedly his influence was at its zenith. Something changed between Tonali arriving and Amanda going.

Tried to get an AI to do me a picture of Lee Bowyer in a skirt, but the AI said I was a sick bastard.

Don't think it was ever specifically stated, but apparently it required an operation to avoid affecting the rest of his career.

It's pretty amazing that many seem to emphasise the latter over the former though. A 'safe' pair of hands is pointless if you've got nothing worthwhile to protect. It was obvious in December 2021 that we were predestined to have a serious run in with PSR - so long as anyone wanted us to achieve more than with Ashley, it was just a question of when and how. Building things is far far harder than sitting still and letting them rot to pieces under the guise of steady, sober leadership.

The whole situation has demonstrated that there can be value in us (intentionally) looking to sell young players we truly rate with an attached buy back clause. It can make men out of them.

For reference. The competent but unambitious middle third is where we struggle. 5 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws against the top 7. 12 wins and no reply against the bottom 6. 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses against the middle 7.

She's my top transfer target for this summer...

"When he accepted the role, Mitchell was unaware of the extent of Newcastle’s PSR limitations" If true, this would make him a real dummy and Eales a piece of work. Sounds more like an excuse invented after the event, though.

6th highest average attendance in England across history. About 800 behind us, but ahead of Villa and Everton et al, according to a random website*. *Can't be bothered to look properly but that conforms with my understanding for the past 20 years.

It did start being briefed as mitigation by his side after his attempt at going to Man U became a shit show, but not beforehand. Then, after his stint at Man U became a shit show, his side started briefing that he really liked working with Eddie Howe and he'd suggested him as a replacement for Ten Hag. Ashworth spreading self-serving bollocks seems to be the consistent theme.

I assume they're properly split by now, mind.

Bang on.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14793871/Duncan-Ferguson-reveals-current-England-international-battered-training-ground-boxing-match.html Apparently he stopped sparring, maybe we need to get him back in the ring.

Oh aye, we gave it both barrels for the last couple of months of the season, frequently playing them both together (Brentford away sticks in my head as being the first real time, rightly or wrongly - the Gordon hissy fit match). But it was as much that Isak became our favoured left winger in that period, it didn't exactly strike me as an official striker rotation policy... Not arguing about whether it can work with Pedro next season, mind.

That rotation was mostly injury inspired... We were extremely lucky that they kept timing their injuries just as the other was returning to fitness from a long layoff that season.