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Hopefully the club will be run sensibly as it has been so far, with the relevant executives knowing their stuff and having autonomy. We don't have any reason to think someone from PIF is going to be on the phone asking for the manager to be sacked.

The acceptable face of PIF, and the link between Newcastle and PIF is what I feel we'll miss. I hope we have a plan for that and how the communication between PIF and the club will work.

I think both are true, they're a big nation but they're not a particularly good team right now. Not many people are though, so who cares. I would say if we do win it then Spain will be the only good team we had to beat.

Is the comparison not fair though? FWIW I agree it was a soft pen, got mixed feelings about it.

I mean, you can challenge for the ball, just like you can make a slide tackle if you want. But if you miss the ball and play the man it could be a foul.

Por favor.

Who knows. I don’t think we’ll beat Spain FWIW, but in a way it would be the logical conclusion to this era.

It’s grim to watch at times but you have to say Southgate has stuck to his approach. If it delivers him a trophy then fair play. We stay in games, we stay in tournaments, we give ourselves a chance.

So why do we bother getting commercial deals and sponsors etc? PIF could just allocate us a billion. Oh, you mean they can plough money in but it doesn't count as revenue, got ya.

Well not entirely is it? Because income is limited by related party and fair market rules. If the owners could plough in as much cash as they wanted, we wouldn't be talking about finance at all, would we?

Is bigger investment allowed to come in? Guess so if it's for things like training ground and stadium?

Maybe not but I was asking about how it would cause her to sell.

I don't fully understand how this works, each shareholder has to invest relative to their percentage? Couldn't they just let her off her bit if she can't afford it?

I don’t understand.

Maybe they mean he's not going to be a success anymore? BTW fair play to anyone who can actually find the content on the Chronicle website.

He's not RW though is he?

Is Philogene different from Philogene Bidace? Also thought he already played for Villa. I'm confused

I was talking about someone who has won things and who can help us through difficult times etc really, rather than just age.

I think we'd up there with the same squad and less injuries TBH, but obviously we will do a lot more than that.

Only own astro boots now, can't imagine wearing proper boots ever again. Had the same pair of Nike Magista X for about 8 years, love them.

Ugarte and Lisandro is rock hard like.

Used to sign Jonathan David on FIFA about 4 years ago, feels like a link from the past although he's only 24.

I think Barnes potentially has the tools to be a striker but obviously we haven't seen it.

Same, I don't care for the rumours but I like the deals done.

Jesus