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First line is real according to the player second line is a joke in case it wasn’t obvious

Saint-Maximin said yesterday that last January we went for him but Nice refused to sell. Apparently Rafa rejected the idea of Messi and Ronaldo though Mike offered it him but he said no

Who told you all this your mam or did you dream it up? Best part “From what I’ve been told” You know when they start with that they’re talking absolute agenda driven garbage Made Keegan leave & made Rafa leave and we still haven’t all learnt the issue. Incredible.

Brighton will sign Neal Maupay in next 24 hours for club record £20million fee. - talkSPORT sources understand. Brighton spending again. I think they’ve spent near £200million net since promotion

Great shout has this been said in the press?

I’m not willingly supporting a guy specifically...have you even read my posts? I’m saying that there is a lot more to support there than I thought there was. I was previously of the opinion that Rafa was the only thing keeping me interested. But yesterday proved I was wrong. There is a really good squad of likeable and decent players there to support. Yeah likeable and decent squad thanks to Rafa. I honestly think if Rafa hadn’t turned our sinking ship around we’d be in League 1 right now. Can you imagine if Rafa hadn’t came and asked for the Newcastle job who Ashley would have got with us going down to the Championship. For us to be a midtable Premier League club right now being able to splash the cash is due to Rafa. Mike just ran the man who did that for the club out of town. And has since tried to trash that mans name. Unforgivable.

Yep Newcastle 5 v 1 Spurs/Poch Newcastle 2 v 1 Man City/Guardiola Newcastle 3 v 0 Chelsea/Conte Newcastle 2 v 1 Arsenal/Wenger Newcastle 1 v 0 Man Utd/Mourinho

What new front 3? Bruce has us playing 3-5-2

Everyone saying Brighton could go down, I think Southampton have quietly went about fucking themselves over. Eh? They have done shit business, they have bought in Che Adams, who is a gamble. If we went into the season with Che Adams, Ings, Austin, and Shane Long, we’d be fucking pissed. It’ll be awkward when Hasenhuttle finishes above Bruce with our £78million strikeforce then They’ll finish above us. We’re practically going to swap places with Southampton.

Wolves in advanced negotiations with Southampton for Mario Lemina on loan with an obligation to buy. I thought our loan for Jetro Willems was good but that would top it.

Best description of the situation I’ve seen.

Good loan signing to be fair. And smart to just loan should give him the motivation to get back to his PSV form win a permanent move. Found it understandable difficult to displace Kostic who contributed to 15 goals from wing back for Frankfurt Not sure I’m allowed to post players form at other clubs but there you go for those who are interested.

I reckon we might see some fans anger under Bruce if he keeps leaving one of Joelinton, Saint Maximin, Almiron out for his 3-5-2. Our Twitter fans seem to think we’ll just be playing Rafa’s 3-4-2-1 next season

3-4-3. In a front three with Joelinton. 3-4-3 worked last season and most of our players know that system. Also don't see the reason to have 3 central midfielders when we play 3 central defenders. I think you get more balance between defence and attack in a 3-4-3 than in a 3-5-2. 3-4-3 is the best way to play football at the moment. I think Rafa Benitez is the last we’ll see of 3-4-2-1 unfortunately Most likely to play his 3-5-2 he’ll rotate Saint-Maximin & Almiron to partner Joelinton. He might go 4-3-3 at some points in the season though(Played it at Villa)

Agree. Looks like Napoli might get him after missing out on Pépé.

Crystal Penalty Fc set to complete signing of Real Betis midfielder Victor Camarasa in €15m deal. Good signing that Might get them some goals from open play.

YES I WAS

KNEW IT Said it a few days ago he would come out with it to con the fans.

Won 5-3 You missed the main point pal.

West Ham having a terrible pre season. Still can’t defend for bubbles under Pellegrini

The Villa lad? Manure, England under 21 CB. Bruce had him on loan at villa. We need literally everything but centre backs or goalkeepers. What I thought. Apparently he plays RB too, which makes more sense. Same as N’Soki better as a defender than a wing back. They need to be targeting a wing back that offers some attacking quality.

Surely we won’t keep hearing the pundits say it’s a miracle that he keeps them up?

This and exactly what I said about Fulham last summer.