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They're usually alright with this stuff to be fair, would hope they'd help the groups with publicity given that it's a very pure cause. Or maybe Biffa just likes to see the teams coming out?

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Typical Sun typo. Her name is Linda (mad woman). And she's not his wife, they're divorced. They got married again. Marrying Mike Ashley twice, what an absolute lunatic. That's worse than hiring Joe Kinnear twice. I wonder what she sees in the billionaire Mike Ashley.

Why’s there nothing about this on .com??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42271172 "Do I want to lose him? Of course not. Do I fear losing him? Of course I do."

Anybody else miss him?

Already trying to sell Evans. Good lad.

You lose some protection in mid though, he gets through a ton of work and allows Shelvey to play. I would like to see him in the ten though Hayden serves the same function IMO, albeit in a more limited capacity when he's in possession. I'm just sick to death of Perez/Diame/Joselu really, scratching for a solution.

Doesn't Merino play #10 for Spain U21s? I don't think it's too much of a shoehorn, especially given other options. The benefit of putting him up there would mean we'd have an aerial target beside/behind Gayle for goal kicks and the like, it would also mean his higher risk style of play wouldn't necessarily be punished as much.

Darlow Yedlin Lascelles Clark Dummett Atsu Hayden Shelvey Murphy Merino Gayle Better still would be Merino/Shelvey with Mitro and Gayle up top and natural wingers (swap Atsu/Murphy)

Aye, darlow looks like a decent GK. Good shot stopper, he’s been giving the defenders no help though. Massively lacks command.

Is Rafa running on a time delay at the minute?

Best defender at the club apparently Needs some time out of the team, clearly has a lot of quality but he’s lacking communication and confidence.

New bid or bollocks? Story in The Sun apparently taken from The National. Apparently still under £300m but in a lump sum. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5045271/amanda-staveley-mike-asshley-newcastle/ I enjoy the URL.

I like Group H, would've loved England in there.

Doesn't seem so.

Isn't there a fourth horseman of the apocalypse? Stoney Need to kick it longer lads.

Pulis is everything Pards wishes he was.

I know it’s a bit PFM but a lot of stuff I’ve read from players who were in the team with Shearer and Ferguson is about that as a factor. Who would fancy it against those two? Now swap that to Joselu and Perez. Can’t be the only one who secretly enjoyed when Hughton would pair Ameobi and Carroll as well. Gray on Saturday was a great example of how even just one physical striker with nouse can unsettle a defence and make space for others, he was occupying both CBs time and time again. You very rarely see any of that from Joselu.

As well as everything else he’s just too nice, you’d love to play against him as a defender.

Delicious.

Start both.

Seems to be buckling a bit at the moment, howay Rafa!