Rich

I'm just a bit concerned about who we could end up with at this stage and also perturbed that we brought in Sels under Rafa's watch (although the blame for that appears to have been passed to Carr.) If we were getting Reina then I'd be delighted as that is a clear step-up in terms of almost everything on our current crop. Hopefully Rafa's got something up his sleeve still, if Reina isn't still a goer.

ST > AM > LW > GK > LB > CM remaining on my personal wish list, in that order. With Merino here and Manquillo capable of covering at left-back, those positions have dropped down a fair bit. Still think we could stretch that far if we're able to shift all of the crap on our books, but was hoping we'd have seen at least one further departure this week.

Aye. It's why the whole 'other clubs haven't made many transfers' argument doesn't wash. We're in a different situation to other clubs. Was it ever realistic that we would sign nine players? Still time yet.

Still think we've got a few holes to fill, but we're getting there.

Love this bloke like.

didn't the Chron have numerous stories saying the next one would be a striker?

Gets me every time. Northumbria Water will be partying tonight.

IT HAPPEN

This guy seems like a menace in the air from corners and free-kicks. I like it, I like it a lot. The silk of Hugo Viana with the aerial presence of Gary Speed. #hyperbole

Imagine if he comes here he'd be playing in midfield rather than at CB. Think that goes without saying, aye.

https://twitter.com/mixedknuts/status/882680781721698305 Respect this guy's opinion on stuff and he posted this 3 weeks ago. Promising.

He's a mere slip of a lad these days. I quite like him to be honest, good distribution and a good communicator - plus his attitude is sound. Serious question marks over his agility and shot stopping, of course, which is never good. Think Rafa will get a 'keeper sorted, regardless, but I'm not as worried about that position personally.

A big Greek signing in a World Cup year, really hope there's something in this. The fact it's in the Greek and Portuguese press does not fill me with optimism, but the link has persisted through the summer.

Like the general thought behind this post. Although I did have the same feeling when we came up last time. It was nice being the underdogs and being led by a good man/manager while it lasted and we had some cracking results early on.

Was really just falling back on the "Gayle works best with Diame" thing. Although I'd like to think that if De Jong stays and remains fit he'd be a better foil. Don't like Perez + Gayle much at all.

I'd like Samaris, simply because it gives us the option of fielding a proper double pivot with two players who are both physical and defensively capable. Having that to fall back on in certain games would definitely increase the creative burden on the three behind the striker, but would allow us to deploy a more effective counter-attacking approach. In addition to this, I always like having players who are useful from set pieces and this is something I think we're currently lacking. Too many times last season we had Shelvey and/or Diame marking from corners and losing their men, for instance. In truth there are only four players in our current "best team" I'd trust with this responsibility (Hayden, Lejeune/Lascelles, Clark and Dummett), which isn't enough for the big league and means that Dummett almost has to play (regardless of us not having any other decent option anyway).

Elliot; Yedlin, Lejeune, Clark, Dummett; Hayden, Shelvey; Ritchie, Diame, Murphy; Gayle Is this our current best XI?

Feckin' Greeks

This guy.

Current count of season ticket seats left available on the NUFC website: Gallowgate = 6 Milburn = 28 Leazes = 81 East = 114 Total = 229 Not sure where they've all disappeared to, but could first week of summer holidays have provided a jolt in sales? Or have they taken off all seats that have been sold on an individual basis to members for Spurs?

Probably worth looking at other football club pages on companies house to cross reference, I would but I'm on mobile and have pho on the way.

Not just this? New money laundering regs? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-uk-anti-money-laundering-measures

Love how he asked Ryder to investigate.