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Diaby is clearly a very talented player but I think the reason why we didn't pursue him - other than the cost - was there were question marks about his work rate. Very good going forward, not so good tracking back. That might be one of the reasons he wasn't starting regularly.

Whenever the cameras panned in on her at St James Park it always looked like she was kicking every ball. I think that's what endeared her to Newcastle fans.

Not even sure they still want Almiron tbh, that's all gone a bit quiet. If it was that club Gerrard manages, I thought I read that they were looking elsewhere.

That would be the best outcome possible. They break all the rules thereby taking the legs out of PSR as a viable policy, while crashing and burning themselves. They'd have basically done all our work for us.

For Spain to win they will have to win outright, if it goes to pens I think England will win. Never thought I'd hear myself saying that, but we looked incredibly confident against Switzerland. Spain have played by far the best football in the tournament though, and they've had to beat all the good teams, so if they win as expected, they'll deserve it.

Love it personally. They are showing zero respect for the PL's myopic rulebook, the more of this we get, the sooner it gets binned.

He looks boss in more ways than one in that perfectly tailored trackie.

We were literally a couple of minutes of going out to Slovakia in the first knock out stage after playing some absolutely dire stuff. Even with the luck of the draw we've squeezed through at every stage. I suppose you could give him credit for getting the penalties sorted assuming he had anything to do with it, but I just think you could put any manager in charge of this England squad and they would have got at least as good results.

Amanda was a great public spokewoman for NUFC, I think that will be missed. I'm sure her replacement will be equally if not more competent, but she brought the passion which everyone connected with.

I do remember even before the takeover you were skeptical that the Saudis would be that interested in buying NUFC, although feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I understand where you're coming from, but as long as football is one of their big projects, and I include the Saudi league in that, then I think Newcastle will matter as well. Our success and failure reflects on them ultimately, at least until their own domestic football gains credibility.

All youtube channels seem to do the same wrt reading out paid messages tbh. I tend to just skip forward to the parts where Alex (or Statto as they call him) does the in depth reviews of possible targets. Even then I will only watch the ones where the interest has firmed up. He's very thorough and knows his stuff so sometimes worth a watch.

Pretty sure her and Mehrdad will continue to show support unofficially, they just won't be part of the decision making. It was probably inevitable, but she's become such a great ambassador for the club it will still feel like a big wrench. Wish her well with whatever she does in the future, she played a massive part in turning us around, and won't be forgotten.

Won't be long now, just waiting for Amanda to take down her curtains, then he can start unpacking.

Aye they do They also slag off other channels for throwing around rumours without substance, justifying their own rumours because they've been reported in the press.

They put out a new name every day more or less, doesn't really mean much.

Only on here...

Not liking the sound of that tbh. Stavely is the link between the fans and the owners, she's done a great job of providing a public face for us.

It comes down to PSR at the end of the day. We've just had to sell two young players with potential because of it, personally I would rather have hung onto those.

I have absolutely no problem at all in bringing in DCL if he's a direct replacement for Wilson. Good to see he's called Everton's bluff, they have already missed out on Minteh trying to be clever cunts. If Howe wants him that bad, he'll make it work.

Going wide I thought but was still harsh that it's an own goal

2-1. What a game this is!

what a fucking goal!!!

He has in the games I've watched.

He's had a good tournament before today tbh. I guess he's always going to be weak at the back post though.

Well that miss might come back to haunt Spain now. Similar chance for France and they bury it easily.