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Fuck, imagine just being able to show the first 22 minutes of that match to any potential new signing

David Tennant would be a bit left-field mind.

lol @Skeletor, great minds eh

.. Chiesa o.O

Oh for sure, I'm not trying to be a revisionist here and suggest it was the norm. But moving forward as we seemingly look to play a more possession-based system and we have to break down teams that park the bus, Isak is so clever on the ball and dropping into pockets he's gotta be starting there for me. But I don't think he'd do well when he's pushing back the defensive line himself when we're already camped in the opposition half. Spearhead of the attack on the break, give and go, but can come deep when we're up the field is how I see him playing to his strengths.

I remember he also had some really good games when he dropped deep when were in possession, allowing midfielders and wingers to bomb on.

Isak should be up front, it's his best position and we're better as a team with him there imo. Sheer amount of games will mean Wilson and he will share minutes up front, I don't think starting with Wilson & Isak is the way forward.

Is there room for interpretation in the last sentence?

Surprised PIF haven't tested the water with something stupid like a £100m bid for Maxi from one of their Saudi-based clubs. FFP bites the dust...

This is a complete fantasy land signing. I can't believe this. If we can pull this one off, there's almost no-one I can't imagine us targeting. He's absolute quality and Milan born and bred. I thought he'd be their next mainstay, a la Maldini.

For every silver lining..

Would love a re-run in the Brazilian media of the notorious 'we didn't know you were THAT good' interview, hopefully alongside Bruno who then launches into the interviewer.

There's an alternate reality somewhere where Joelinton is still shit, we're being managed by Chris Wilder, Murphy has been released and Trippier has just won Man Utd's player of the season for 2022-2023. Between that reality and ours, I'd have to say that our reality is the fantasy. And we're living it

English lout disrespects local customs and thinks he's king of the world gets a shock when local customs bites him in the arse.

Gosh I had forgotten that, how he had no idea where Jetro played and the whole palaver was caught on camera and he tried to deny everything in the following days. Started well for us didn't he, Brucie

Aye I can imagine the Negative Nancys living somewhere like that actually.

Just remember him being quality from the little I saw of him. A LB that actually got in the box, was our first decent LB since Enriqué if memory servers.

Sneaky screenies for those of us above a certain age who don't use instagram?

Ah, a nice photo of our once great striker, Sir Les Lerdinand.

And Matt Ritchie, what an important person to have around the squad. We've got some real good eggs here.

What an amazing lad, top bloke. That his happiest moments ever in a Newcastle shirt are when his brother scored against Man Utd and Burn got his goal against Leicester speaks volumes.

Our quarterback

In deep concentration, looking to the sky to remember his canned, media-trained responses Bless