Theregulars

I get this line of thinking but I think we’d be hard-pressed to spend the money poorly. It’s not difficult to imagine an upgrade at centre half and at right wing for a combined £65-70m, especially if you purport to have hired one of the most exciting scouting minds in the game. If the club’s formal position is that they don’t think those players exist I’d have to take it at face value, but I’d have serious reservations about the new set-up and the ownership’s continued appetite to improve.

Think it’s absolutely one where justice would dictate it being rescinded but politics will dictate it can’t.

That’s a rare sighting

I don’t understand the logic of posts saying we’re no better than last season - of course we are. Tonali’s back and we don’t have 13 players injured for 2 months. We don’t lack quality or even now (in my view) depth - we lack momentum because last season was a rotter, we’re not in Europe and we haven’t made a big news signing. Im happy for us to be underestimated by the usual rent-a-bleat former players who wouldn’t know adequate subject matter expertise if it teabagged them live on air.

Which car shall I buy tonight

I personally don't think there's any use judging Tonali on the contribution he made before being banned. He looked great at times, he looked crappy at times. Clear destabilising and mitigating circumstances given what happened to his career and personal life shortly after arrival (aside from not speaking the language and leaving his home city [and I assume friends and family] for a different country). Bruno misplaces passes and loses the ball, Isak misses sitters, Gordon runs into too many players... it's football. You have to try things quickly, you don't have much time, you have to be hyper athletic etc. Players make mistakes.

Put down the spade pal

At no point was the match 2-1.

Just to be clear, we did win the match 1-0 with a player less, so the consequences of such a comprehensive tactical outthinking were limited in practice.

"world exclusive"

He’s played one game in the league against a (likely) lower mid-table side whose attacking line up isn’t particularly ferocious. If our team seriously thought he was a better option I’d imagine he may have been at least as interested as he was in joining Bournemouth.

Agree with this. Been thrice and have no memory of anything there beyond the pissden tunnel on the way to the ground

Spot on - I know him. He absolutely gets Newcastle as a city and a club and likes both personally.

Fuck Dan ashworth

Red can go either way for me. Main gripe was how needlessly petty and fussy he was, putting the ball back to the exact spot of fouls etc. Game suffered as a spectacle. Let Southampton play the plucky away team panto role pretty perfectly.

Aye wasn’t gonna say but ye stink

He sold woodgate and replaced him with ronny johnsen, pocketing the profit. Openly dismissive and contemptuous of fans. Fuck that guy tbh

“Yes Michael, we will make you our highest paid player despite your open contempt for the club and fanbase, and trigger a needless pay rise for an ageing shearer in the process”

Excellent use of “pissfarting”

To say this guy is worth more than Isak and double Botman is just silly. Bloke is on record as being anti our owners. Probably thinks this is a right good laugh.

I think they raise the price each time, saying you can have him for X then move goalposts again. They can be small time if they like, that’s fine - we can get other players just as useful for less money and less public nonsense.

I disagree, I no longer think they’re negotiating in good faith.

They’re entitled to do so but it’s time to move on now. They’re not serious negotiators.

Oh I hope Eddie hangs that in the dressing room. What a slap in the face.

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