Shak

This will do quite nicely.

I hate the way you talk to me And your silly short blonde hair I hate the way you dive all game I hate your lack of flair I hate your big dumb football boots And the pass you never find I hate you so much that it makes me sick And even makes me rhyme I hate the way you're always shite I hate the shots you sky I hate it when you make me laugh Even worse when you make me cry I hate it when your play confounds And the fact that you lose the ball But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you Not even close Not even a little bit Not even at all

PSR will continue to be an issue and we'll likely keeping skating on thin ice as we seek to push as hard as we can to challenge for top four. Hopefully we'll be able to shift less crucial players when the time comes, however it's entirely possible that we'll have to sell Gordon, Isak, Bruno or one of our other stars next summer. However, if we do you can be sure that we'll reinvest every single penny that we can to try to make it a net gain for our team. Personally hope we roll the dice to some extent. Fuck it, life's too short.

Guehi just ticks too many boxes. Good on the ball, adds the pace we lack, proven PL player and seems to resoundingly pass the "no dickheads" rule. Aside from bad injury luck, it's almost impossible to see him not being a resounding success here.

Aye, there's an argument that it's somewhat petty on my behalf but I do hope Tosin's career goes as badly as is possible from this point on, must admit.

There's a decent possibility that Hall was more someone Ashworth wanted? I think there'll be some games where Kelly may be preferred at LB but I'm hopeful that Hall will have a chance to compete for the first choice role. That said, even if the plan is for a more defensive LB to be the standard there's a role for Hall. Can absolutely see him being extremely good in the LCM role. Also, he's still a teenager. Don't think we need to panic if he's not a locked in first choice player. Him being comfortable at two positions means he'll see the pitch plenty.

Says in that article that Newcastle supporters aren't hopeful of a deal coming to fruition. Bit of a setback for me as I thought we were.

It's very hard to see a way that a front three of Gordon, Isak and Bowen wouldn't score an absolute raft of goals

Aye... "And the best way to do that is for you to take this offer to play in Saudi and we'll invest that money in one hell of a new striker!! Toon Toon!!"

Get Roque in and move Wilson and Almiron on. Gordon, Barnes, Isak, Roque, New RW, Murphy and Osula is hardly an embarrassment of riches for the front three, like. We're all collectively just used to having no depth at all so it seems like it is.

That's a promise, mate.

I agree. FUCK gjohnson.

Massive championship Manager flashback there with Trevor Benjamin

If this is who they want and they make it happen then I'll be really excited about this one. Exciting to see us shopping in this market. A top tier CB and a top RW and I'm going to be very bullish on our top four chances this year given the lack of European football.

You're so close to scoring a huge win here man, keep the pressure on for an answer and then rub it in his face. That's what this is all about.

This is the whole point of Mitchell. You trust he sees the qualities in this lad to develop into a quality player. Seems right up Eddie's street too, in terms of his physical profile. Not sure what this means for Wilson, hope we still move him on if there's a chance to get any sort of decent money.

FWIW I've a friend from Turkey (named Emre, funnily enough) who is hugely into football and he's been of the opinion since last summer that the Madrid move was too early for Guler. Top talent but a couple of years of having the team built around him would have been better than going to Madrid and trying to work his way into one. Anyway, hard to see any way that Madrid let him go. Maybe a loan.

On paper Gordon, Isak and Barnes is a really good front three. The issue is that after those three the drop off is massive. We need better players, not just to rotate the starting lineup but to give Eddie the ability to impact the game with his subs, not just sending on extremely limited players who will put in a shift when the good players get tired.

It's strange because I'd be confident he could play at a high level next season if he stayed. Thing is that Livramento is good enough that he needs to be playing every game as first choice in his best position.

Think CB and RW are essential, we have holes in those positions in our squad right now. I think in an ideal world we'll sell Wilson and Almiron and bring in a player who can provide depth in both of their positions. If we can't move them on, that addition may be delayed until next summer. I think we will once the market warms up a bit, but it'll be later in the window.

I mean, Kelly hasn't kicked a ball for us so I'm not sure why he'd be above Hall in the pecking order as of right now either. Agree with your general point though, there's a fair chance Kelly will be seen as as deluxe version of what Burn was at LB, being more capable of holding his own when getting forward but still offering the extra defensive quality that you maybe don't get with Hall there. Could see Eddie maybe viewing Hall as a LCM in his system.

Still got a nagging worry that Eddie wants a LB that will act as more of a third CB. We've played a lot of really great stuff with that system so it would be hard to argue with it if he wants to keep at it with Kelly as an upgrade on Burn. If we do intend to play Hall and Tino as attacking full backs then it will require some tweaks elsewhere.

Nah fuck you Prophet, find us tastier scraps please.