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We're a different club now, you may as well be looking at the record of another team. I'm not expecting anything obviously, but we've got the best chance for a long time.

Will try my best to help too, but I’ve traded down to a smart car again so limited capacity.

You can definitely see how he might be good as a LCM.

Drove past the venue yesterday, the anticipation in the area is definitely building.

Worst possible way to do it.

We probably need to start thinking more along the lines of how strong are the pair of players we have for each position, rather than who is 'first choice'.

I really want to believe that all the critics actually care about human rights in Saudi Arabia, but I think most of them are just happy to have something to use against Newcastle fans. I’m completely for making arguments against the things the Saudi regime do. I just don’t think it has a place in the realm of football fan rivalry. I don’t think needling other football fans is very comparable to satirical comedy.

He was gaming last night with Tonali at about midnight, according to his instagram

I don't really like Doucoure from what I've seen, just seems rash and otherwise 'alright'.

There are a lot of people with weird opinions.

I am amazed by how seriously people take the super cup, even the fans. Maybe this is a typical English view of European competitions, I dunno.

Think I'd give us about a 30% chance, which isn't bad considering the opposition. And much better than usual.

I don't really care about outgoings personally, if we have to pay those wasters to do nothing then so be it. Can't really expect the club to find takers for players who are that bad.

I would have said he'd be about 36.

Having a left-footer will be good though.

I don't think we could have done any better than this TBH, whether it works out is a different question for me. Unless we were going down the route of multiple £60m players in one window. Admittedly Hall and Livramento both carry a risk, but they'd be in the best place to develop.

"Able to re-enter" isn't clear to me. Are they going to ask for another ballot entry? Anyway, who cares, we will see.

His physical style is a really good sign for me too. Even though he's young he's very strong, and the way he moves is quite compact, he's not forcing it. His balance is excellent as well and running with ball seems to be very natural to him.

They've sort of implied that, I wouldn't say they've said it

Ideally I would like a CB as well, but it’s a lot of squad turnover and Lascelles is OK for cups and the odd PL appearance.

I’m not sure about that, I wouldn’t expect absolutely every question to be answered ever really. Every signing has been absolutely quality and has a clear plan behind it. All have the potential to be world class. IMO the weakest starting position is Burn and next Longstaff, Miggy maybe third. But all could be considered important parts of our system. I never really thought we would buy a RW.

They might be able to persuade Targett that he’s still in the same position and Burn is now considered a backup CB. Hall is only 18, ideally I’d want to keep Targett and Burn around.

It’s a straight 10 for me if we get Hall. 11 if we manage a CB as well

Hall does take set pieces, corners at least.

Nah.