morpeth mag

1 minute ago, jonny1403 said:

 

Just play Dummett as the LCB and Manquillo LWB.

....and Manquillo or Lewis LWB till Gosens is fit

If we are targeting six players that may be four buys and two loans. The loans are likely to come in the last few days of the window.

So we are just past half way through the window and have made two of our four buys.

I know we are al keen to see reinforcements but we also need to accept that progress has been made and the real negotiations are still ahead.

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

With ASM down the left I’d probably be OK with playing a purely defensive LB if we had to.
 

Anything but witness another goal or two because Ritchie doesn’t know where to look or stand. 

Not sure I agree we you about Ritchie. Recently he has learnt to stand still and look at the ball, ignoring his man.

At least he'll know Hendrick's game when he arrives

Just bringing in some extra gold reserves so we can bid again for Botman

1 minute ago, Chris_R said:

 

I'm currently stood in Tesco preparing a bid for this loaf of bread.

 

That said, I work for a company where we do bid for things which can cost several million £, I can tell you first hand that it can be a long process because although it's not my primary role, I get involved in a lot of the bid work. Our bids can take several days to put together, sometimes more than a week, involving many different people.

 

I imagine that like what we do, for football everything has to be legally watertight for both sides - terms of payment, dates of payment, who to pay, any intermediaries to pay such as agents and how much, any clauses, when the clauses trigger and under what conditions and so on. If there's an appearance bonus, is that just league games? What about sub appearances? Making sure all that is fine and legally sound will necessarily take time.

 

I imagine its very rarely as simple as saying "We'll give you £30m", there's just too much involved. I get that it's very frustrating from the outside though.

Wait till you get to the checkout and you find the price of that loaf has gone up.

2 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

If I bought a listed building for £95m and had it for 3 years I'd, at least, have a tarpaulin over the roof 

and ideally a dead pigeon too

16 minutes ago, Minhosa said:

Never heard of him. Will take him.

Never heard of him..... but must be better than we have at present

Need some big CB to head in a Trippier cross.

I think that is the full backs, midfield and attack we will start with against Watford. It's a trial run for an hour before we rotate on the hour 3-0 up.

8 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

I’d prefer one if it meant getting a new defensive midfielder in.

I say get both, a new LB and a new DCM (Kamara please). We need all these players sometime; so get them now.

Just now, 1964 said:

We need to recreate the exact weather conditions as well, it's only fair if its originally a cold windy Tuesday then the replay should be the same   

Same suspensions, same injuries, same crowd, same grass length, same planetary alignment etc etc 

Or we could just do it the same way as we have done for the past 100 years or more

More interesting is why Ralph and Moysee feel the need to say anything. They are making their excuses for losing long before the game takes place. We have them rattled.

6 minutes ago, Cronky said:

 

I think there are already enough restrictions on signing players, but you've hit the nail on the head with your second point. You can't change the rules of a competition half way through.

Unless you change the rules on commercial deals... that's ok and totally different

Just now, Mazzy said:

I'd rather not risk him. We have enough players who can play RB(manquillo/Krafth), it's not necessary

We will be a better team against Watford if he plays today; unless he gets injured. A risk worth taking imo.

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

A couple of hours without a bid for someone. Worrying.

8am is the new 3pm. Set your alarm.

8 minutes ago, Disco said:

Had personal issues I heard on a podcast recently. Didn’t allude to what they were though so might be one to avoid or perhaps he just needs a fresh start. He’s been absolutely terrible the couple of times I’ve seen him this season.

Child health issues I think. 

1 minute ago, Dandy Man said:

Preferably we sign Digne and Botman for the potential of "Digne Digne Digne Botman"

Got to be worth £60m to hear that!

There was a hint somewhere that we are going to pay a supplement in the summer if we stay up and up to £3m if we win xxx.

Maybe the quoted figures includes add-ons for the ingoing bids?

Depends on his agent. Does the agent want a massive fee now or does he hope his player doesn't get injured before the summer?

31 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

 

That would be hugely underwhelming if true. I really don't rate him. I could perhaps understand a loan move though

Watford

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

I disagree I think they want one of them and then Tarkowski.

Howe wants a beast and a ball player. 

29 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

I still have a feeling we are using this to try and press Lille into accepting the Botman bid.

Using it to persuade Botman to sign. We want them both.

1 minute ago, Lazarus said:

 

Ive just heard he dropped a bottle of salad cream and tried to control it with his bare foot as it fell.

 

Hes on crutches for 2 month.

I might have believed you if you'd said mayonnaise.

Evening Standard reporting Digne's wages too high for WHU, especially given that Cresswell returns soon.