HawK

Found our level.

Hauled off at half time today.

Is that true? Yes

Extremely believable, you been asleep for a decade?

I think they just mishear him as saying 'yup' but yeah that's great

If it was that bad you'd think we'd be willing to help subsidise wages on new contracts for the dross that we need to shift.

And here for our live match, Newcastle United vs Tottenham Hotspur, is Alan Pardew. Alan, what's your thoughts on this match?

Saha mk2 ?

Did say it earlier in the summer, I think Rafa sees Ritchie as more capable there in the PL than a winger where we need the pace of Atsu/Aarons/Murphy etc. Good to see him try it at least.

I can see it now, after we get tonked 4+ nil vs Spurs ... "Rafa, what was your summer preparations in terms of transfers like? Did you get the support you thought you would get from Mike after his comments at the end of last season ?" "I'm just focused on coaching and training the team"

About 4 momentums if my calculations are correct.

Not that surprising really.

Am I right in thinking we can only register 25 players (not including any players under 21?) Yes, but U21s don't count towards this total.

In that pose it almost looks like a King's garb, with a white fur-trimmed cloak (minus the cloak at the back ) Very regal looking anyway.

That's still a weird one though. Leicester would demand a very high price for him and he's really not that good. They could bolster their homegrown players by buying someone much better and much cheaper than Drinkwater. Yeah, reminds me of when City got in Richard Wright and Scott Sinclair, but they weren't doing much for their clubs at the time unlike Drinkwater would be.

Doesn't he need a work permit, thought Brazilians coming to the EU (excluding Portugal) needed to have played a certain amount of games for their national team?

That's a dashing shade of red.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40788135

De Jong looks like an extra from Bladerunner.

So what's it now, drunk and slagging off your teammates, noncing, and using £20 notes for toilet paper/confetti. It's almost as if they buy players to best represent the lowest common denominator of their fanbase.

Probably 'MEH-rin-oh', emphasis at the start.

Point I was making is that Shelvey would look better in a team that sits back and breaks, as his main attribute is his long range passing. Quite hard to pass it long range if you're already past the centre circle with the ball.

He'll look a lot better in a team playing counter attacking football, i.e. us next season. A long-game quarterback with no runners won't look great in any team. Some of the passes/passes to assists he pulled off when he first signed in the first PL games he played where he was bothered were world class.

No spitting Of all the caveats, you'd have to go for no teeth first surely. Bit of grating is acceptable http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11500000/Blackadder-the-Third-hugh-laurie-11589570-305-244.gif I think this will be my favourite transfer since my wife gave up on me. Can't wait, hope they don't drag it out too long ffs, grim

No spitting Of all the caveats, you'd have to go for no teeth first surely. Bit of grating is acceptable http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11500000/Blackadder-the-Third-hugh-laurie-11589570-305-244.gif