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Jesus christ what is our net spend going to be now Has to be some kind of world record. Asset stripping selling all the top players and keeping the Premier League money.

Manchester United are on the verge of signing #nufc midfielder Sean Longstaff. Deal is very close. [Guardian]

I’m laughing at our spending compared to Aston Villa/Fulham/Everybody else

He will, he plays 4-42 Hull mates both said get ready for 3-5-2. Religiously played 4 at the back at Villa. If he's got any sense he'll keep it the same as previous for as long as possible before the coaching starts to wear off. Agree.

He will, he plays 4-42 What do we think will be the Steve Bruce lineup? Dubravka Lascelles Clark Yedlin Dummett Shelvey Colback Ritchie Aarons Almiron Gayle Oh actually scrap that I forget he hates left footed players with talent.

Imagine they give him a 4/5 year contract After offering Rafa only 1.

I almost hope they finish top four now just so you stop with this weirdness. Bottom 5 more likely.

GFFN Aston Villa are in advanced negotiations to sign 24-year-old Belgian central defender Björn Engels from Reims. Aston Villa signing another player Will they outspend Fulham as the team that has spent the most from a promoted side ever? Probably.

Yep He knew Perez would be sold and he wouldn’t be allowed to keep Rondon. Also the contract said “Less say on transfers”. Basically made Rafa Benitez leave. He wanted to stay at Newcastle but leave Mike Ashley F.C.

Is this a wind up? In what way? I'm just questioning why they didn't go for Hughton given that he was available for nowt? Question asked a few hours ago is all, caused the same uproar https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=103091.msg7033049#msg7033049 Unless you've secretly been Gallowgate End all along?!?! “Same uproar” not sure he’s getting the abuse I did UncleBingo just make sure you have the same opinion as everyone else only way you won’t get abused on here ha.

Bruce said he was going to walk his dog yesterday but he went to meet Charnley in Manchester. Looks like we’ve got a deceiving compulsive liar as manager now too

And people believed it And people actually thought Mourinho was coming ha. Now that’s mental. You really need to stop goading supporters that have been fucked over for so long that they grasped upon a slither of fucking hope. It's not productive, boring and speaks more about your personality and decorum then theirs. Rafa deserved more respect is my point. From who? Who are you saying didn’t respect Rafa? What are you talking about? Media and fans talking about Mourinho all summer. Who would you rather have and all that garbage. We will never get a manager the level of Rafa Benitez.

Apparently Ole Gunnar Lampard played Kenedy left back in his first pre season game last night. Drew against a team that played a 14 year old

And people believed it And people actually thought Mourinho was coming ha. Now that’s mental. You really need to stop goading supporters that have been fucked over for so long that they grasped upon a slither of fucking hope. It's not productive, boring and speaks more about your personality and decorum then theirs. Rafa deserved more respect is my point.

And people believed it People actually thought Mourinho was coming ha. Now that’s mental. You are such a gimp. Stop laughing and having a go at people for having hope. You are pointing your gun at the wrong people Just thought Rafa deserved more respect. He must have laughed at the Mourinho stories tbf

Remember the good old days when Rafa was our manager? Yep

And people believed it And people actually thought Mourinho was coming ha. Now that’s mental.

Wolves are interested in Hoffenheim forward Joelinton, according to kicker. The Brazilian striker was linked with Newcastle in the January transfer window but nothing concrete happened. Joelinton Ambition

It would be interesting to know if Schar and Lejeune were scout choices or Rafa Benitez just wanted them via La Liga contacts. Both great buys that have more than doubled their value under Rafa Benitez.

I think we'll stay up. The Fulham thing is nonsense, like. As if the sensible thing to do would be not to sign new players. Better than big-spending Fulham and worse than big-spending Wolves. Only sensible if the manager is right. Will Dean Smith get Top 10 first season up like Rafa Benitez(Without money) and Nuno Santo did? Nope. I think Aston Villa will be more in the Fulham and Brighton category = underachieving PL big spenders. I think they might be in the Brighton category - teams who spend the TV money and achieve exactly what they aim to - Premier League survival. The big advantage they have over Brighton and Fulham is ground capacity and potential support, which means they will be more likely to push on, backed by owners who are willing to spend. Do you really think Brighton are underachieving? Massively have you not seen their net spend? Reason why they’ve underachieved in relation to their net spend = The manager. Aston Villa will have the same issue. Net spend is kinda irrelevant - what matters is whether they are making a profit/breaking even, and whether they stay up. Don't know this year's figures yet, but here are last year's: https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2018/12/11/brighton-and-hove-albion-post-11m-profit/ They made a profit and they stayed up. Isn't that the bottom line? Just go look at their net spend You’ll be surprised. I did. Like I say, it doesn't mean much on its own because you have to factor in the enormous amount of money available from the TV deal. Their TV income went up from 7.7M to 110M when they got promoted. If they can argue that a net spend of 60M or whatever it was this year kept them in the Premier League then good luck to them. I'd be surprised if they broke even this year because presumably their wages went up again, but they stayed up, and that's the key achievement. Rafa Benitez and Nuno Santo would have them Top 10 with their net spend. Please stop saying "net spend". I think there's a fair chance that Aston Villa get 44pts next season, which is what got you 10th. As to where that will get them, who knows? 44pts would have been 15th last year, and if you offered Villa that now they'd bite your arm off. Will Aston Villa get 10th first season up like Rafa Benitez did? Will they even get between 10th-13th. I’m predicting bottom 5 just like big spenders Fulham and Brighton could only manage despite spending big.

Steve Nickson.

Here man, just f*** off will you. One of the worst posters this place has seen and given their was a Nazi lad back in day it’s a congested field. Absolute f***ing bellend. Hughton still has fans though. Not think it would be a smart PR move by Mike Ashley? I’’m a Hughton fan. Why are you maligning the good man’s name? As I said it would be a good PR move too. It's irrelevant as to whether it would be a good PR move. The important point is that Hughton has actually met Mike Ashley before and has more than a shred of self respect, dignity and credibility so would come nowhere near the job even if it were offered to him on a silver plate. Chris Hughton hasn’t got a job and wouldn’t get a Premier League offer from anyone else though? I think it’s fairly reasonable to assume he’d take the Newcastle Utd job given he won’t get another chance in the PL. I think it would be a great PR move by Ashley too. Would fans abuse Hughton? Nope.