Andy

A crack team of carrier pigeons are en route to Saudi as we speak asking for PIF's thoughts

2D branded chess boards

Every position in the game can be expressed using an X and Y value, therefore I'd have to agree that it's 2D. There could be an argument for the dimension of time, but we don't typically include time when determining what is 2D or 3D. You could also argue the Knight jumps over pieces in a 3D way, but this is an illusion, in reality it warps between coordinates. Long story short, Interpolic is now banned. He had a good run.

If true, they're needs to be more trust put into the people making the decisions at club-level. I assume this is why we've seen things slow down since Amanda and Merdahd left, as co-owners they were probably able to make decisions without going through that chain.

Hopefully this is the catalyst for us to stop pissing about with premier league clubs and go and seek some actual value abroad again.

The Murphy comparisons are difficult to understand. At the same age, Murphy could barely hit a shot on target never mind have consecutive seasons of 14 and 17 Premier League goal involvements, in a team most people would only regard as being fairly average from an attacking perspective. You'd think Almiron and Longstaff would have shown us a thing or two about purple patches and players eventually reverting to factory settings.

Aye if it's only £45m (no add ons etc), there's no chance. Can only imagine we're trying to unsettle him, but there's no way they're letting him go at that price. It's a borderline insulting offer for a young, capped, established Premier League winger these days to be honest.

I look forward to our revised offer of £45m being submitted

I reckon the heat's getting to you with that last sentence like I can't even remember a single bit of noteworthy communication from Charnley and Llambias.

To be fair he had a 2 in 2 goal record for us last season which is pretty clinical

To be fair it's pretty infuriating that we've let Liverpool swoop in and take Isak, Livramento, Guehi and Pedro from us all in one window, especially after we only signed Guehi and Pedro next month.

Just imagine where you'd be if you'd stuck in at college.

Isak was hit and miss at Sociedad before we signed him too. It's about how he fits in with the system and squad.

We've moved from "monitoring" to "set to" though lads

Probably in the minority here, but I'd rather be closer to the bottom of that list than the top tbh. Nowt I hate more than defenders and keepers fannying on with the ball.

Now compare their premier league numbers when Murphy was 23 years old. If we're after Elanga, it's because we feel his ceiling is lot higher than we currently have.

He did, but we're not the ones making the decision on who is 2nd choice.

To be fair though, it's somewhat understandable. The last few windows have justifiably left people skeptical of our work in the transfer market.

Where are we getting 3rd choice from? The end of the season suggests he's very much still 2nd choice. It could be a Lewis Hall type situation with Osula, but there's been nothing so far to suggest that Eddie sees him as being a preferred option to Wilson up front.

If you're keeping a player purely because he's a good guy, nice to have around the place, then you'd just offer him a job in your staff surely? If we're offering him an extension to his role as a player, taking up a squad space, then to me the intent is clearly to try to put him on the pitch, which suggests we won't sign a striker this summer.

True but Dubravka isn't bad with his feet either, but as we've seen from his stints in the team, we need defenders who can cope with a press too. That is more urgent than a keeper IMO.

Bring them back as DOF

Feel like they can have their name back for a bit. I'm sure they'll earn the Roflham Lolspurs title again in due course.

Spurs will never build on anything while Levy is there.

I'm fine with this outcome. Man Utd would likely build on champions league qualification, Spurs almost certainly won't. For Newcastle, this is the best outcome IMO.