McCormick

Imagine getting Šeško in and Liverpool show up rock-hard thinking they’ve got a free run at Isak now, only for us to give them the same “emphatic” rejection as before. Would save the summer for me.

That’s fair, but imo setting a clear example publicly is important to restore the club’s pride and send the right message to both current and new players. This has already been all over media and hasn’t exactly reflected well on us so handling it openly helps protect the club’s reputation. Ultimately, the club must come first, not Isak’s feelings.

Yup. We keep Isak, then.

If you want to throw your phone at a wall; there’s an YouTube vid apparently showing Ekitike looking the dog’s bollocks in training la’. We can’t be letting those dweebs get Isak too, man.

He hasn’t even put pen to paper, and Ornstein’s already framing it like we’re just a stepping stone. Typical agenda-pushing horseshit from the usual suspects in the media.

Ooh that fee so scandalous

Can we get an ONLY wanted #NUFC for once?

I’m happy for him to stay, like. More so to fuck over Liverpool than anything else.

We need to block them then.

Should call them back just to tell them to fuck off again. 110m?! All of that noise and that’s the take it or leave it offer? Piss-takers and dossers.

A CEO who dives in hands-on without first understanding the business is a red flag, especially when time isn’t on our side. Not ideal imo.

We’re not even linked to him, lads.

Exactly. Tin-foil hat on, this summer feels like a coordinated hit job; cartel clubs, media mouthpieces, and agent parasites all working overtime to put NUFC back in our "place." Pathetic.

Players who are desperate to use us as a platform to “better things” can fuck off anyway tbh.

We were up against it PSR-wise last season so it’s not that simple. Even Howe would probably admit that with a top-level recruitment team around him, we’d be seeing far better results in the transfer window than we have recently.

Most top managers expect to have a say in recruitment. It’s their tactics on display and their reputation at risk if things fall apart. I don’t think Howe is demanding total control; he’s earned the right to influence the structure around him though. He worked pretty effectively with Ashworth, which shows he’s more than capable of collaborating with a DOF, as long as it’s someone competent, reasonable and aligned with his vision.

The idea that Howe refuses to work with a DOF just because he, like everyone else, despised Mitchell’s egotistical and needlessly confrontational approach is utter nonsense.

Of course he’s nowhere near Newcastle after the stunt him and his agent have pulled. Daft rat knows he’d get drop-kicked into the Tyne the second someone spotted him.

Big fan of Van Hecke.

This. But man, it's no surprise emotions are boiling over… it’s been dickpunch after dickpunch this summer.

Honestly, this is some Wile E. Coyote shit now. Just when we think it’s over, we look up and realize there’s an anvil falling, again. So fucking done with it.

Had enough now, like. Embarrassing.

Can I just shock you? Etc.

It’s okay, he’s okay, the price is okay. Goalie box ticked on the cheap; now we can finally throw cash at the real problems.