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Bald 1 - 'This is exquisite planning by Geordie Steve who will know he'll be able to better assess his United squad come January. Plus with Andy Carroll firing and a young Paul Dummett to come back in the fray there is plenty of local strength in depth.' Bald 2 - 'Keeping his powder dry makes sense, a wise decision by Steve Bruce's United not to spend more than they can afford and leave themselves exposed later in the year. The money may have been there to spend but Bruce knows the market and league well.' Bald 3 - 'Heroic Steve Bruce has managed this English transfer window to perfection. Gone are the summers of unbridled waste on lazy, overpaid foreign mercenaries by previous managers as Steve, a real bloke who loves his football and his country, has provided a 10/10 window with added pouring butter as a treat.' PP - 'I am a top lad, sound bloke and real fan. Mike and Steve are too and have once more proven it with this excellent window. I give it 10 programmes out of 10. I'll be a live Q&A with Toon ledge's Steve Wraith and Dennis Wise on my Insta at 8pm.' :lol: :lol: :lol:

Please say those studs've been soldered in...

I would suggest m'learned friends are perhaps getting somewhat carried away, your honour.

It felt like the resumption was very much easing back into things and just doing whatever was necessary to finally get the season finished and done with. Now, everyone's started afresh and players are used to having no fans (which I do think makes a difference). It's given teams like Villa and Leicester the belief that they can just go out and take the game to the likes of Liverpool and Man City, where before they'll have been more tentative.

This is absurd.

Are PL keepers all in on some dodgy Chinese betting syndicate?

He's just Norwegian I think.

:lol: :lol: Well that was majestic.

Just had BBC Radio Leicester on in the car and they're tearing into him, saying he's getting nowhere near Cresswell to stop the crosses coming in and his decision making in the final third is poor. Matt Piper on co-comms reckons he'll be dragged off after an hour, tops.

If Darlow's seriously getting a mention () then you've got to include Ramsdale tbh.

We're signing a fuck off big bag of pork scratchings.

Could've just not loaned "big Flo" out like.

Having a pop at the fans again. Keep going, Stephen.

Redknapp's just twice used the term "the Toon Army" the utter mess.

Already started. Edwards and Douglas in a race as to who can get a little chub first.

Again.

Well done you rancid pig-on-a-spit. Have an extra pot of clotted cream for your efforts.

Already people on Twitter talking about the league table (we're a point above Villa who have played two games ffs ). In years gone by, the papers didn't even bother printing it at this stage, did they?

He's not a winger whatsoever. It's almost as painful to watch as Carroll masquerade as a capable striker. This is no dig at Hendrick - more than happy to see him in the middle. It's just another thing the fuckwit in charge fails to grasp.

Here we go, Bruce is going to be "answering his critics". It's still fucking dire. We're totally reliant on ASM creating something. Fuck all consideration will be given to the fact we're playing a god-awful Burnley side.

"4-2-3-1 if you want to call it that, or a 4-4-2" Fuck off you shovel-faced ballbag.

Not gonna lie, if we get to see Shelvey lying in the centre circle, face-down in the sodden turf having had his leg broken by one of their cloggers, the result won't matter. My night'll have been made.

Nailed on there'll be an element of "it's his old club, he'll want to get one over on them" to Stevie Benecol's logic of starting Hendrick anarl.

Didn't he say we're trying to go two up top? He's played three. Bloke can't even bullshit properly.