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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.

Not sure I agree with that. They had a mediocre season by their standards and haven’t improved the squad. We have quite obvious momentum and upward trajectory and look a good bet to be at least a consistently decent team and push for European football on the regular in the not distant future. No idea if this stuff factors in but I’d certainly rather be hero worshipped at SJP instead of fanned by inflatable clappers at the walkers bowl

Oh do you not like Almiron?

No, not seriously. In joke at Neesy.