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I’m not sure there’s any evidence of his age catching up. Just a short period of worse form at the moment.

Fine by me.

My bro bought 3 XXXL shirts from China and they don’t even fit me. I usually buy a large.

Assume the money involved for Philips was silly.

Yep, we really are done for unless we get a CM in our this kid turns out to actually be Messi.

Clicks?

I really will feel old when we have two lads called Harrison and Alfie combining down our wing.

17m seems a bargain after the prices I’ve seen talked about.

Can’t believe we’re risking the long term financial future of the club like this.

Yes, the NUFC school of we’ve run out of midfielders.

If you mean the club, I don’t think they ever had the idea.

But if the game is in any way open or dynamic, Shelvey would just get walked past anyway.

Guess it just feels worse when the stadium is so poor and you’re sat looking at empty stands. I’ve spent similar money at other National League teams and not really worried about it too much. They have character and nice match-going experience. And everything else in life was much cheaper of course.

If it’s that easy to spread the cost of big signings you would think you could do it without selling players. Surely FFP has to be more sophisticated than selling 30m allows you to spend 150m? I am by no means an accountant

Wish Gateshead wasn't so expensive. I know they have to keep the lights on, but £20 is a bit pricey given it's a genuinely awful place to watch football and the place is dropping to bits.

Q&A with who?

Edwards is an absolute weapon.

Well he’s been significantly better than both, so I’d take 75.

I love the random quoting of ages in transfer chat. He's 27, means he only has about 8 years left as a top player?

Wouldn't let him go to Saudi for less than that.

Why?

You're assuming we're buying a CM though? We might be.

I think the difference is that Shelvey was effectively useless so it didn't make much difference if he was in the squad or not. Whereas Miggy is a key part of the starting lineup at the moment.

Yeah, but can you fine the right signings to come in right now?

Barnes is off a long-term injury, usually plays on the left and Murphy is not a PL player.