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Isak feigned injury Isak didn't go to the far east Isak went to Sociedad to train Those are the facts to my mind. The rest is all conjecture and drawn out story telling to placate the media/Scousers it seems.

imagine man.

Shola Ameobi got some iconic assists.

I kinda wanna hear it from the horses mouth me tbh. I don't trust agents or the media any more than any of the other stakeholders in this debacle. It could be any one of a whole host of scenarios. In summary; 1) Isak wants a new contract doesn't wanna leave at present 2) Isak wants a new contract and the ability to leave next summer 3) Isak's agent wants Isak to leave for a pay day and is pressuring him to do so 4) Isak is happy here and the media are stirring it up for their own kicks 5) Liverpool are reaching out via the media to unsettle him in order to get 'their' man 6) Isak is fed up and just wants to go because he feels let down 7) Isak just wants the opportunity of winning more shit at a bigger club. It could be any of these things, it could be none of them, it could be other things, no one really knows do they? I don't wanna be outright calling him a cunt, cause imagine we made his position untenable based on half or totally untrue "truths". Would be mental. Likewise, I don't want us being made mugs of and if he doesn't wanna be here and this is all him he can fuck off and then some. I just feel there needs to be open minds until the club and/or Isak come out and she'd more light on it. The best outcome for us at present is that he stays - like it or loathe it, because we're drawing closer to the season beginning and will struggle to reinvest properly, and in time. Get him in, his head screwed on and get a season out of him. Sell him for big bucks after the CL and as he embarks for the WC. Reinvest it.

I can confirm it was me. A young budding Shay Given.

We did what we had to, to quickly bridge a gap and it worked. The evidence is there. We won a cup and got the CL twice and haven't failed FFP yet? So it actually baffles me that you think we've somehow failed in our transfer policy. Transfers are a changing landscape and even moreso for Newcastle, the world's richest football club that cannot spend it's own owners money. We wouldn't have achieved the CL twice or indeed the cup win without doing what we've done. Now we have CL football the opportunity is there to invest, you'd think, or at least enough to maintain European football at some level and to slowly consolidate ourselves as a top 7 side that then grows (ideally). It's improved our 'trendiness' and subsequent TV revenue, matchday revenue and merchandise sales by simply being a good, entertaining side. I'm not saying it is the right and only model, only that it was a means to an end and a one that has propelled us forward, so open, public criticism of it from Mitchell, a new employee in a new business was just a bit naive and stupid, in my opinion.

I don't think many would say anything other than that they were good signings. Who made them wouldn't matter. The fact people are pointing out Howe's good signings is more down to the fact they feel the need to defend him, based on opposing speculation, to my mind. I couldn't care a shite who makes our good signings if they're working and the system is working. I don't mind criticisms of Howe or anyone for that matter I'm just struggling to see the validity of the basis for it that's all. I think I just need to agree to disagree

There's absolutely nothing wrong from Howe in that article and it's all related to Mitchell's public outburst... For me, the issue is that Mitchell has come in shouting his mouth off, immediately lost the respect of the people he is tasked with working with and has fucked off when he didn't get his own way and Howe, meanwhile, managed the team to their first domestic cup win for 70 years. Any plans or discussions would (in my view) have been based with Mitchell's involvement and him opting to leave at the start of the transfer window is both his (Mitchell's) fault and that of those who appointed him, not Howe. Howe now has to pick up the pieces and fill the voids from that debacle whilst dealing with Isak's twattery and preparing the squad.

Two players who weren't getting in our first 11. Chelsea & Man City also buy or bring in young players and sell them for a decent amount, just to name two sides. It's not that much of a fucked model. Brighton have done that incredibly to enable them to be a sustained top 10 side (or there abouts).

What was this power play? Genuinely curious.

Was he? Not aware of that like tbf. Again the latter bit about Howe getting the power he wanted is just speculation to me, as, if @HaydnNUFCsays our best window (since the firstt) came from with Ashworth and Howe at the helm what suggests he wont work with a DoF?

Every other PL-CL club seems to Last time I checked we signed top draw players and got rid of bit part players to make up for FFP. Seemed to have worked for us to date

Edit: quoted the wrong person. Not sure how to delete a post.

Wasn't aware of that, but again that's not necessarily saying Howe is the issue too. Perhaps those above the DoF weren't listening to him... I am evidently biased, I know. But I just don't see sufficient for Howe's stance or transfer ability to be questioned that's all.

Maybe Ashworth felt the Man United job was a bigger, better opportunity and Mitchell just came in blabbing on about shit? I'm not saying you chaps are wrong, for what it's worth, with regards to Howe "not wanting that model" but I am just curious as to what evidence there is of that and also as to what signings "Howe has made" that have been bad? We signed Trippier, Burn and Bruno all without a DoF, as well as Chris Wood who we then later sold for more money. I don't get all this talk about poor transfer activity (from EH). It seems to me the transfer activity has gone backwards since having DoFs. The reasons for that of course returns us back to the speculation, but again nothing to suggest Howe picks out bad players or indeed that he only goes for proven PL footballers. Bruno and Joelinton being just two and the somewhat questionable (at the time) punts on Lewis Hall and Tino? Apologies in advance if my timings are a bit out or whatever but don't really see anything suggesting Howe is the issue.

On what basis did Howe chase them? Have I missed something? Mitchell came in and criticised the whole transfer policy publicly. The same transfer policy that saw us go from rock bottom to a top 4 side? What did Mitchell do in his time here? People (to my knowledge) assume Howe doesn't like that model and is the one fighting it but I'm not really sure on what basis tbh. Surely the structure is set by the club and Howe would have known the intentions before taking the role?

Mitchell was a tit. Not sure why folk are defending him tbh.

Let's take it little by little

Good signing this I reckon First of 3, following Elanga.

Maybe. Definitely maybe.

Maybe I was joking mate. Maybe I caught a Bravefish. Maybe.

Maybe you were the arsehole?

If all that is true I'd far rather it was just out in the open tbh. The fans at least deserve to know. We've supported him.