Shak

Talking to a friend this morning and this old classic came up. He's just Patrick Bateman in footballer form.

Haha Leffe can't get a full erection.

Just wading in here looking for a fight, I see?

Obviously Kane would be on a different level to anyone we've had play for us in a very long time... That said, part of me would much rather we target players who aren't established stars yet. Throwing huge money at the likes of Kane would feel a bit slimy IMO.

Yeah Rich's post more or less nails it. Would like an extra wide player though. Don't think Murphy is good enough, Fraser is an ideal squad player to have as your fourth choice wide player but an injury of any significance to ASM of the new winger and we're in a bit of bother.

Yeah my hope is that we'll spend big on two wide players and a centre forward this summer. Wilson and ASM gives us a nice group of five battling for three starting spots and then some actual quality on the bench. Wood as emergency third choice striker would be OK for a year or two. Fraser fourth choice wide man. Add a new GK, CB and CM and I'd be very excited to see what the squad could do next season. It's just accepted that we're gonna go balls to the wall and spend a fortune, right?

Just burst out laughing in the middle of teaching a class FFS I'm typing this with a frown so it looks like I'm doing something important now.

Great win, Howe is class man.

Amateur hour again, seems that we could easily have just waited until the summer and spent a month on this before pursuing any new targets. Miss the old regime on days like this.

I've always thought the PL should have a rule that the away fans have to be placed directly behind the goal at one end of the field. At ground level. Would be great for atmosphere.

Jesse Marsch? Jesse Darsch is more like it.

Love to see Joelinton get the armband for a few games.

Didn't see the game yesterday but I did think a huge part of the reason we looked so good at West Ham was that Burn and Schar are so comfortable on the ball. Lots of times in the first half it was just those two knocking it back and forth and they were always a willing outlet for the midfielders to play back to and restart the build up. It really allowed us to take the sting out of the game, quiet the crowd and stop West Ham from ever getting going. I'm not sure you can ever play like that with Lascelles in the team tbh, he's just so very limited with the ball at his feet.

A bag for me A bag for you Let's get wrecked on bags of glue!!

Harrowing stuff, this

You'd hope that ultimately Bruno will take Shelvey's place. Willock has had some struggles but is still only 22, there's a lot of room for growth as a player there. Shelvey meanwhile turns 30 in a week and his athletic limitations are only going to get worse in the coming seasons. In the short term we could see Bruno play Willock's spot if needed though, looks a very capable all rounder who can fill a number of roles. Once the fixtures start coming thick and fast I expect we'll see plenty of rotation.

Seeing glimpses of the player he could have become since Howe came in. Lot of ability there, he really could have been a quality player IMO.

Fairly hilarious that we've signed this guy and then our 3 CMs have all played fucking immense since then

Great point that. We weren't hanging on either, fully deserved. Really can't wait to see this team with three top class attacking options.

Was horrendous, so much space there.

Literally run himself into the ground, apparently.

They were people from on here. Luckily I was a Shak in Peace.

I made the mistake of pointing this out in a pub full of Geordies once. It was not well received

I reckon he'll get one or two but he doesn't look up to much, does he? Lot of money to pay for a guy who will hopefully be 3rd choice striker next season but I do think just having him as a focal point the last few weeks has been important. Maybe next year he'll be useful as an extra striker off the bench when we want to go more direct? He doesn't look particularly great in the air from what I've seen of him thus far, mind.

You ever feel weird hating the inhabitants of a town you've never been to? I feel like I should but I don't, really