Rich

Live for these updates.

https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/calcio-estero/tmw-newcastle-il-mercato-non-si-ferma-a-botman-offerta-per-harrison-1707751 The £24M is coming from Tutto Mercato and is just a paragraph. HITC picked it up and now it's on Twitter. Still reckon we'll get him, but it'll take at least £30M.

I reckon we’ll get Harrison, and that he‘ll be proper decent.

I do hope we sign Paqueta so that Shelvey doesn't have as much chance of starting, tbf.

We paid £25M for Chris Wood, so I’m going to say “aye”.

Not this again

At the moment, he should start. That could change depending on remaining business.

Looking forward to seeing something like our first XI, impossible to judge too much on these two games. The good players were largely good, the usual suspects were below-par.

Murphy

Anderson is pure taste.

Of the current squad, the XI I'd want to see together on the pitch is Pope, Trippier, Schär, Botman, Targett, Willock, Guimarães, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin, Wilson, Anderson. At least all of them can play and all want to get on the ball.

Was just thinking the same. Who you saying? Interested to see if our lists match up

Referee looking like an absolute deviant there.

(He hasn't)

Just a very clear pattern emerging, that's all. Made me chuckle.

Here he is, Captain Contrary.

Think this will be his final season here, but I do hope I'm wrong. Didn't seem to be much change in the 1860 game attitude-wise, to me, but it's very early days.

Nah, this is permanent beast mode.

Mostly wide left or attacking midfield.

Didn’t look at all out of place yesterday, mind. Imagine if he’d been on with Bruno, Joelinton, Trips, etc. Honestly think that RCM slot is there for him to grab, he’d have Trippier close by to guide him and think he could work up a great understanding with Bruno. Getting carried away? Probably. But let’s see how he does in the next few games.

They just source the candidates, they don’t make the final decision.

I think he's at his best in the middle rather than in one of the two wide slots, personally, allows him to be much more involved in the game and he can still break forward. It's as simple as Joelinton or whoever else just dropping in for him when he goes forward.

LCM in the 4-3-3.

When's the last time we had a RB wearing 2?