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Ashley coming to a newly Sports Direct decorated St. James' Park on 10th August with Mark Hughes in the dugout and no new players:

8 year contract wasn't it?

How dare you. Support the team. Only thing I can do with my child/brother/sister/mother/father/grandfather/grandmother on a saturday oh the memories.

New Ashley stand?

Yep. My daughter, who is a high school/club soccer player, can't stand watching men's games because of that bullshit. My least favorite part of the game. Well, apart from Jack Colback. Goes without saying.

Seeing him humbled and having to make do with an average wage and pension for the rest of his life would way surpass him getting bitten by a snake.

Both work for me. Sad truth is that it would have no consequence for him at all. New manager in without time to get new players in. "Support the team not the regime" and full st.james' for the first home game.

He was appreciated when he played well, and criticized when he played poorly. Had a poor start, needed some sorting out by Lascelles, went into beast mode and at the end fell into mediocre mode. All in all served his purpose for us as we did for him. Good luck in the future.

So much for client confidentiality. You'd think a big and renown law firm that specializes in these things would value this a bit higher. Maybe that is a bit naïve on my end, but I'm still skeptical.

He played quite a bit for Palace towards the end of the season at least. Think he might have been out with an injury prior to that.

Is that real?

It's entirely possible to feel bad for someone even if they made a mistake.

It’s not as simple as that. What if Ashley gives Rafa a new deal giving him everything he wants then the takeover falls thru? That would be fucking amazing tbh Besides the fact we'd still have Ashley as owner ofc.

He was pointing for the defender to follow the overlap run coming in, and Sane probably aimed towards his arm deliberately (if it doesnt hit the arm, the ball ends up in a dangerous area).

Regardless of new owners we NEED as a minimum, in the following order (assuming Diame and Hayden as a minimum goes): 1. Central midfielder (2 if more than Diame and Hayden leaves) 2. Striker (Rondon) 3. Left wing back 4. Right wing back If we address these we should be targeting 8th-9th place next season and have a more solid foundation to keep improving. General disclaimer, as always: Above only relevant as long as Rafa stays. To hell with the club if he doesn't stay.

I've just heard some nutjob in Arabia has just signed an "mou" with a well renowned research company to breed flying camels. Take it for what its worth.

"mou" money, "mou" problems.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48449380 I guess Samir Nasri didn't do much at West Ham then? I wasn't following how he did. "Free" + massive signing on/agent fees and about 200k per week or probably even more Yes, I'd mentioned agents fees, signing fees, etc for 'free' transfers in an earlier post. I'd assume all 3 of those players won't be able to command anywhere near their current, expiring contract weekly wages due to their injury records. Maybe you have a decent striker for half a season if patch them up as good as possible and combine their appearances. You'd only have to sign one or two squad players to fill when they are injured.

It's true though. It doesn't really determine whether someone is fit nor proper. A so called fit and proper test.

Yeah, it would be almost admirable the job hes doing. On a side note, we will hear from Ashley/Bishop soon. It will either be "I've sold the club because I care about its future," or most likely, "these guys are time wasters." The interest may be genuine. My main concern is that MA/Bishop is using the situation to serve their own agenda since the opportunity has presented itself. I still don't think MA is interested in selling. I won't believe a sale has gone through until I see his highness in a picture on nufc.co.uk holding a nufc scarf over his head confirming the deal is done.

Missed golden opportunity to write that you're frenkie in need of talent and young blood.

Don't worry. Rafa won't be here in July in that scenario.

I love the cross for Rondons diving header. Couldn't have hit it any more perfect. Most times when I read about young players that "play maturely" I always get suspicious that they are most likely just a bit shit. They do the easy things because they can't do the hard stuff (playing safe, playing maturely), while looking tidy and doing some running around (prime example being Cack Jogback, but a more recent example to me at least is Tom Davies at Everton). Longstaff though just has that maturety but also the confidence and ability to do the hard stuff when it makes sense. He's also got a good frame/build for a central midfielder and is more athletic than I first thought. I just can't wait to see him on the field next season.

Still don't buy it until I see it on the official site and SD signs get taken down at St. James'.