McCormick

The fact that he’s upset a known good thing in Howe, means I care. We haven’t seen anything from him so far to suggest he’s worth the PR blunders and disharmony in the camp. All we have to go on is his poor first window and his poor public speaking so I’m judging him on that until he shows us something to get behind.

Like I said, it’s irrational and just a feeling. Monaco fans seem to think he’s a bit of a bullshit merchant as well. He hasn’t had much time to prove his worth,in fairness so I’m being quite harsh, I know.

Super early days and irrational for sure but I can’t shake the feeling that this guy’s just all bluster. Talking about getting pissed and Brenting it up in front of fans isn’t helping either…

Low-pleasure? You’ve obviously never had a really good buttery mash. I’ll put you on to some life-changing mashed potato; use a potato ricer, infuse some cream with rosemary, garlic and thyme and add that to your potatoes with an ungodly amount of butter, then add salt and white pepper. Heavenly stuff.

Non-negotiables for an English Christmas dinner are: Turkey with stuffing (sage and onion preferably), gravy, cranberry sauce, roasties, Brussels sprouts and at least 1 other type of roast vegetable (carrots, parsnips etc.) Once you have that core, you can add whatever sides and additional meats and it’s still a Christmas dinner imo.

Brazilians fans can be pretty weird/ out of touch from my experience. Argued many times with a good mate of mine from Brazil who’s adamant that Newcastle would get relegated in the Brazilian league; I’ve said -and I stick by this- that’s it’s far more likely we’d do an Arsenal-style invincible season than get relegated.

Great Christmas present, that.

It was obvious he’d do better in a less physical league. Always liked him but 30m for him at the time was a no-brainer to accept.

A testament to our “not fit for purpose” transfer policy.

Was about to post that I feel sorry for the lad, didn’t see the new noncing allegations though. Christ . Could have looked like @Mike here championing sex pests (sorry for the cheap dig, I just want to fit in).

When he first arrived he said he fancied himself as a cm tbf. Can see it as well, looks to have a lot of the tools.

For his crossing, I don’t think he has that kind of top-level technique in his locker unfortunately (he obviously has other stuff going for him though). Should focus more on getting his cut-backs into the right areas and he’ll be a world-beater.

Have it on good authority that he was kicked off the coach to Nottingham for constantly telling the driver he was going the wrong way.

Already gets in to the Newcastle all-time xi for me. Fantastic player and personality.

This is great.