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Mitro for his first English league hat trick? As for Joselu, maybe he'd score goals in the Championship? No one can say he would or wouldn't.

NUFC probably prefer his wages getting covered by Benevento. He's going to be a problem to move on.

http://www.nufc.com/

Full squad fit apart from Slimani and Gamez.

I noticed not one of our players made Garth Crooks' team of the week. I thought all you had to do to make that team was be in a winning side and ideally score a goal.

Already did. He's called Mike Ashley.

Does Lascelles even lift? We need to blast our defenders with gamma rays. The results can be impressive.

Because it was a Man U player kicking a NUFC player. Do you really think he'd have said the same thing if the roles were reversed? Was it not Steve Bower who used to work for MUTV? Explains everything if it was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bower

If it had been a NUFC player raising his foot that high into a Man U player's face the commentator would have been calling for a red card. Biased media scum.

No. He has started on the bench for 2 games, coming on early into the second half of both games. Played around 80 odd minutes in total so far.

To be fair, the journalist rarely writes the headline. That's the editor's job and headlines often sensationalise the actual story.

Read something the other week that makes depressing sense. Mike Ashley hopes NUFC stay in the Premiership but if we don't he's only spent £30m in transfer fees (not including sales or player wages). Even relegated the club still get £100m+ TV money this season. He'll probably think we'll get promoted again if we get relegated so he'll consider himself in profit. Get promoted, spend £30m, get relegated with £100m+ in the bank, spend to get promoted, yo-yo between the leagues pocketing the cash.

Isn't it true though that when someone has wanted to buy a club in the past it tends to get done quickly?

On the bench.

Ironic considering you're Mitrovic's biggest champion (apart from that Serbian who used to post on here).

Toney? Reserve squad: - http://www.nufc.com/2017-18html/squad-reserves.html

Merino was brought on for his height. Before he came on we'd barely won a ball in the air. His introduction reduced the waves of pressure as we finally had someone competing in the air.

We have no reliable, regular goal scorer. Hopefully Slimani will be. Ritchie was our 2nd or 3rd highest goal scorer last season but has none this season. None of the rest of our players can be relied upon to score a goal. It's a team of infrequent or non-goal scorers. Not a good recipe for staying up.

Looking at: - http://www.nufc.com/2017-18html/squad.html Player contracts ending Summer 2018: - Massadio Haidara, Jesus Gamez and Curtis Good. Player contracts ending Summer 2019: - Mohamed Diame and Jack Colback. Players loaned out who will return: - Henri Saivet, Rolando Aarons, Freddie Woodman, Jamie Sterry, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Matz Sels, Adam Armstrong, Achraf Lazaar, Jack Colback, Dan Barlaser and Stuart Findlay. A busy Summer of transfers awaits.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/david-beckham-officially-awarded-mls-11934843

Pretty sure he said the players would share a £10m bonus if they won the FA Cup so he's saved himself some money today. He probably also promised to pay the money to anyone who can jump over SJP in a single bound. It's almost as likely to happen.

Makes me laugh when the TV pundits complain when the TV companies they work for are picking these mismatched games. BT Sport only seem to pick games involving the top 5.

We're something like 11th in the league for chances created. A finisher is what we need. We had 4 decent chances against Swansea in the first half and took none of them.

Another story written from the point of view that Mike Ashley is using his own personal money (not the club's TV money or gate receipts, etc) to save us from relegation (and no more). He told Rafa 3 weeks ago the club sale wasn't going to happen so why is he only looking to spend money now? These journalists must think we're all morons (maybe the writer of the story is a moron).