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Yup I’m not sure what it is either. My sense is that they were only all in on Botman and Ekitike, and those 2 plus Targett and pope would have been it, maybe another. I think the “plan” that we are seeing snippets of is them working out what to do instead of Ekitike. I don’t share your frustrations re: striker. It’s a very hard sell and a very narrow corridor - someone super talented who we can develop but can already contribute as a Wilson replacement or as someone else across a front 3. There aren’t that many players good enough and willing to accept those terms so I think we are seeing them try different solutions. I do share your frustrations re: winger or attacking midfielder. That’s been plain as day since last season. Perhaps they know Wilson is a crock so they want to get the striker sorted first as they see that as more immediately necessary (as we have lots of wingers and midfielders, but barely any strikers). I don’t think it’s a like “one transfer at a time” - I think it’s more like let’s see what we have left after buying the striker, which we think is the priority, and then choose the winger / AM accordingly. That’s also why I reckon the Paqeutá links resurfaced, because perhaps Pedro leaves us enough budget. It’s all speculation. Clearly a lot of thought and analysis goes into your posts and they’re interesting I think.

Do you concede that you don’t know what the plan is?

I’m sure Garnacho is a steak house

Reading this and a number of other transfer threads makes me worry about the impact of a football club on people’s lives.

Oh fair enough. Yeh certainly being overused in this context, those 3 signings I was all very whelmed about.

Why?

So your analysis is an oxymoron? Nice work Tobes

Don’t think he’s a lemon. This one is all about psychology. He needs a very particular type of manager and situation to succeed I reckon, and had it at Spurs. There will be managers who can extract it, but his move from spurs was crucial. Everton was an awful option for him - I think managers like Howe/Potter/Frank would be his right kind of landing spot. A manager with empathy and great people skills. If he was on a free or thereabouts I’d pounce like a randy puma. No expectation of playing immediately but a few months to sort his head out.

Understatement. His father is an all-time cunt.

Did Murphy offer more?

Done a lot more as a Newcastle player than Murphy.

To keep ASM on? Pick someone else there? That’s normally the two choices you have vis. a substitute - keep the original on or choose another.

There’s one part of Howe i don’t like and it’s the finding time for Murphy. He’s not good enough.

Tindall’s got monkeypox you say?

Man I’ll have some of whatever charity you’re experiencing.

Packetar. Accent on the second A in his surname.

I would very easily be able to distinguish between the teams whatever one of our 3 kits we wear. Needless shitshow and cynical money making. The kit and merch part of the new version of the club is thus far the worst aspect, coming across as unprofessional and cynical.

Your post illustrates my point - I don’t mean that in a shitty way. “A £100m player” - I think it will haunt him.

Grealish won’t ever get near “justifying” that price tag. I think it might always haunt him - in reality he shouldn’t be judged by it (although even ignoring the fee I’d say he’s not yet considered a prominent player there), but I think he’ll always be the hundred million pound man to some degree. I think he is a cracking attacking player and, for the sake of our national team, I hope it doesn’t ruin him. I concede it wouldn’t not be funny if it did ruin him mind

Oven-ready transfers

1 definite success, 1 success.

That’s extraordinary.

I’m super excited about this. It’s an interesting challenge - there’s an element of the unknown with the amount of new players they’ve bought and it being their first game back at this level. You’d be disappointed if we didn’t win against a newly promoted side at home though.

Was different for me - I didn’t really know much about him before he joined so was neutral on him to begin with. See your point though.

I get why people want him but personally I can’t stand him, he’s an arsehole of a player, would find him difficult to root for.