Dr Venkman

Already keenly anticipating that name in their accent.

We’ll get better as well mate.

He’ll be aiming top 2 IMO.

He did not.

I played against him quite a few times in school games/county trials.

He delivered it really well I have to say, drew his hand across his chest while looking at me, the lot.

Checking out of our hotel in Milan today and the fella behind the desk asked where we’re from. I replied Newcastle and he looked down at his computer then looked me straight in the eye and said ‘you have taken half of the heart of Milan’ I told him we’d look after him and it ended with handshakes and ‘see you in the champions league’.

Big picture of him in his Italy kit on the wall in Milan Linate airport.

Would be canny scary I reckon, people with families there and there’s radgies joy riding around with guns.

It’s clear that no-one is thinking about this inside the club, it’s reckless spending.

Anyone thought about the likelihood his injury could reoccur?

Looks like a DM to me.

I was thinking of Pardew all the way through that.

This is me. I really like ASM as a player, he makes things happen and he's exciting to watch. He was always going to move on at some point, though. Howe's been incredible, give him the players he really wants and let him work.

I don't understand this, never have. Surely it's been obvious to all from day one that ASM is not an EH player? Barnes is, that's an automatic upgrade in effectiveness before he's even started improving.

Great point. This is the sort of signing we used to watch competent clubs make while we made massively speculative buys, at best. He might not be a world beater but he'll make the squad better, no doubt.

Agreed. I think he looks a great prospect and, as already mentioned by a couple, EH will make him maximally effective.

I like ASM but it’s beyond obvious he’s not an EH player and never will be Partridge shrug.

That was my first thought, but fonts.

Fontses?

And?

That’s an extremely generous ratio.