KDT

On 27/07/2023 at 09:24, KDT said:

Full England International by the end of the season? I think so.

This still happening?

Pundits/Media crowning teams 6 games into a 38 game league season, take Spurs for example.

Nice finish

What's the reason for no 4.30pm game next Sunday?

Thought he’d been shite for the last 6 months anyway, why are people worried about a £100m + release clause anyway? Who’s going to play that for someone who should be on the bench.

2 minutes ago, Stifler said:

I’ve heard that it’s a disaster for the US market as well. The reason being is that most NFL games kick off at 6pm (UK time). So many fans in the US will switch over to the NFL, even for the broadcasters who have the rights, they risk losing too many switching over to the NFL instead. The same applies to sports bars in the US.

Yeah there's basically nothing that attempts to compete with the NFL on a Sunday on US TV because it can't.

Before last weekend's Derby this Milan team had started the season very well, I think it's more of a case of the Inter game being the anomaly rather than norm. As people have mentioned away wins in the Champions League are at a premium & we were the only pot 4 team to take a point last night. We didn't play very well but apart from that barrage of 10-20 minutes in the first half it looked like 2 pretty evenly matched teams. I don't think anyone can be disappointed with an away point in Europe.

1 minute ago, Whitley mag said:

Happy to re-visit these 2 deals at end of the season and hope I’m wrong.

 

Something tells me we’ll be looking to upgrade the wide areas again next summer though.

I think we will as well, but it won't be Gordon & Barnes that we replace, it's more likely to be Almiron & Murphy which is absolutely fine and part of our natural progression.

29 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

Underwhelmed by this guy

He's played 5 games man and had a blinder in 1 of them.

19 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Not enough end product for me, looked great at home against Liverpool for a spell but anonymous away from home for me this season.

 

Jury is absolutely out on him and Barnes, not sure it was worth sacrificing a talent like St Max to accommodate both of them.

 

Where really missing some unpredictability and X factor going forward this season.

6 games into the season

7 points pretty much guarantees at least dropping into the Europa League as well, so 2 wins and we've got that to fall back on.

They'll potentially have had their pick of the local and International talent whereas some of our players won't even have been the best players in Wallsend.

See they're currently fawning over Jude Bellingham because of Jobe, probably claiming him as one of their own with a Charles N'Zogbia inspired standing ovation should the very rare opportunity arise of a Jude sighting at SoL.

2 minutes ago, Shak said:

 

Aye, he can't get a game for us with Willock injured and Joelinton hobbling around the place.

 

Think he'll become a decent top flight player but I'll be amazed if he ever plays more than a couple of friendlies for England considering the depth of quality you have.

He's 20 and trying to get into one of the best teams in the league, give the lad some time.

Are people actually serious with this dropping Bruno stuff? Like actually serious serious? Or has he just became the new boo boy?

7 minutes ago, Orphanage said:

Theres a clear divide between going out drinking / clubbing in the city centre and for example taking your family out for a nice meal somewhere civilised . There are options other than drinking in the city centre which is mong central 

He's been here for about 8 years, how many times do you reckon he's been out in 'mong central' during that time with no bother?

Folk forgetting that 2 games ago his first goal was a proper 'number 9' finish and positioning then his second goal was all down to his pressing that apparently he's now really bad at.

This place and some of the views on football & life are absolutely bonkers like at times.

Who we signing this week then?

Really looking forward to this one, just seems like a great deal on so many levels.

2 minutes ago, buzza said:

The problem most of us are having is that we see that he is not at the same elite level he set last year.

He just hasn't really got going this season, again  we need to give him a chance to find his form.

2 games

On 19/08/2023 at 18:49, STM said:

Wonder how long they will keep hold of Bellingham?

He's been getting pelters from those on RTG for his performance in the first two league games, I don't think he's turned into Jude overnight.

1 minute ago, Joe1984 said:

So villa are going above us, lol ? 

Just the 4 more goals needed for that.

Proper signing this, we could arguably have signed England's full backs for the next 10 years this window.

4 minutes ago, McCormick said:

I imagine they’re being “rested” for our game.

De Bruyne is goosed.