LionOfGosforth

Nailed it

In a nutshell. Loved watching them spank Liverpool and Chelsea last year. Their model seems to rely a lot on idiot clubs like Chelsea overpaying for their players (and manager, wouldn't be shocked if Chelsea, vile cunts that they are, tried to poach De Zerbi next) but they've made enough in the past couple of years to sustain themselves for a long time it would seem.

Just the fact you trousered 178m quid for Cucurella and Caicedo to Chelsea is enough to salute what you as a club are doing

Made me chuckle Jamo

Aye, he's actually an excellent young player from the bits i've seen

Gewch the ewtility man off to Sterk as well. Fire-sale marra but aye let's laugh at the Mags playing Dortmund, Milan and PSG

One fit forward on the bewks marra. Wonder who they'll drag in last day.

Have a misty recollection of Paul Moran too. He was on loan from Spurs around 91 I think. Only played maybe a half against Wolves, seem to recall him missing from a yard out and was painfully terrible. Actually looked drunk on the pitch. Turns out he went out and got absolutely shit-faced with Gazza the night before the game

Didn't have a single solitary attribute that would be considered useful for a professional footballer. Some players kind of look the part, even if they're not. This bloke even looked rubbish.

Even give me someone like Billy Whitehurst over a pea-hearted git like Pingel. At least Billy dismembered the odd CB and put the keeper in the net with the ball a few times.

Fair

He was garbage but he could run. Believe it or not, we've had strikers who couldn't even do that.

Wish there was a "love post" option. Pingel was just the worst. Throughout the 80s, we generally had decent strikers, even very good ones at times. Even George Reilly and Tony Cunningham were tryers, gave their best, just lacked talent. Pingel though...what the fuck were they thinking? I think he was a Jim Smith signing but could have been a ghastly Mcfaul or Colin Suggett-sanctioned buy a bit earlier. What a season 88/89 was

Pingel and McDonald were the worst I saw. I only recall Pingel scoring once and it went in off his lug against Liverpool of all teams. McDonald was a big useless lump as well though I saw him notch a header at Sheff Wed in a 2-1 win. Dave Mitchell was canny useless as well but I think the Ashley era strikers were almost as bad.

I remember him playing with Cole, signed in Autumn 94 I think

Loved Malcolm Allen, fearless and committed little radge who scored a fair few and loved his time at the club.

Kitson missed from about 3 yards against Arsenal, same game that Beardsley won it with a last minute raker in 94. I still remember the bloke behind me yelling "I could have put that in with me knob ya useless cunt". Ruthless, he wasn't.

I can't tell you how excited I was that we were trying to sign Kitson, thought he was great at Derby and Leicester and would be brilliant up top with Cole and Beardsley behind. Then he messed us about and left without signing (he later did anyway but wasn't great). I still recall the headline in the mirror "It's Paul Twitson" as he drove away without signing over some small cash thing

Riviere was Romario compared to Rob Macdonald

Grey French bulldog. Very cute like.

At Bamburgh Castle the day with his lass and dog

For US-based Mags, just in case you're not aware, this is now on US Prime as well, first two episodes are up. Hoying it on now Edit - fuck. They're not. They show like they are but when you click on them it says "This video is currently unavailable". False alarm. Sorry

Coming back for a visit in October, never heard of that place, sounds class and will definitely visit for a coffee and a sandwich

"Joey, the common denominator of controversy on this table is you" I love this era and all the players and staff, never want it to end

Good call