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Thanks Mike

Thought he stood out physically last night, which is impressive for a 17 year old. Excited to see how he develops.

Chelsea at 1:15a and Brighton at 12:30a.

Very little Newcastle merchandise available in the US. Chelsea stuff overflowing and the other clubs here all had more. Castore really has to go.

Running sprints at halftime and not coming off for Isak, Tonali, Murphy and maybe more.

Maybe but that write-off is still in the 3 year period so that’s not really helping us yet.

It’s not even remotely close to sold out.

Could easily have 4 goals. But some sloppiness from the US that they will need to sort out against better teams.

The size and speed difference is pretty astounding.

That pass and flick.

We’ll see if the US hits double digits.

You got one in January

And the one that showed up more frequently doesn't interest any of the clubs around us.

Wish the blue was our away shirt and the green the third kit. I've never ordered from dhgate but think I'm going to have to. My son can't wait any longer for the new shirt with Bruno on the back. Might get him a Brazil one too since they are so cheap.

To be clear that Chelsea blog knows nothing. I just found it amusing they immediately assumed it would be a loan. Makes me really want us to buy him.

It’s mind numbing. I like the player, but I don’t think I’ve seen a single pro-ASM argument that acknowledges large parts of what they are saying are irrelevant if our manager doesn’t want to play him.

No There’s a Chelsea blog that already has an article up based on nufcblog and they don’t even consider the fact we’d be buying him. It’s about the risk of loaning him to us.

They are trying to catch up to us and we have the best signing of the summer between the two. They will be tough, but I see no reason to be fearful or jealous.

Ha, I’m not originally from here so my local pride is fairly low. Haven’t been to Cavanaugh’s - have had two kids since we moved here and now my 6 year old likes to watch with me. Some day. I think we’re in row 15 on one of the aisles.

Lower Merion

That’s annoying. I assumed part of the reason for the Atlanta base is they might have a bunch of big facilities for the teams to use as opposed to the Northeast where it can be hard to find space. They could be playing at UPenn or Villanova though and I could be in the bushes Adam P style.

I just think you're comparing to the wrong level of player. Isak / Botman / Bruno / Tonali are young, critical first team players changing leagues/country. Livramento is coming here as a squad player (presumably) off of an injury from a relegated team. The fee (which may be inclusive of bonuses) could be inflated because he's under contract for years and Southampton don't have to sell him, but it doesn't mean we need to pay him like he's walking into our XI.

Those two transfers aren't really comparable in any way. Also Isak was on £48k/wk before he came here. I'd be shocked if we give him more than £40k/wk and even that seems high (again, assuming what's available for his Southampton wages are roughly accurate).

Based on what? He's on significantly less than that coming off an injury. I'd be surprised if we'd 4-5x his pay in that scenario.