Ash

We should all chip in and buy Mrs Benitez some flowers...

I've got it on the account I use sporadically for the offer but not on the account I use regularly.

Sky Bet are fine until you place a three-figure bet that wins. They're pointless once they restrict you to staking a maximum of £2.

Mehdi in, Colback out works for me.

He's been more impressive when playing in a back four. Can play on either side too.

And Sessegnon.

Home/draw double chance priced up at 1/100000 by Hills. They've clarified it isn't a mistake either. Utter morons.

The height of a winger is well down my list of priorities when looking at the attributes of a winger, like.

Not getting your mate Jack on it again?

It's almost like people have never experienced a transfer window before.

Adds depth to the squad and can cover both wings. No brainer for that price.

Can do, Disco.

Here's to what will hopefully be an exciting summer... In Confirmed: Christian Atsu (Chelsea) - £6.2m - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/magpies-confirm-atsu-arrival Florian Lejeune (Eibar) - £8.7m - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/magpies-complete-lejeune-signing First sourced: Northern Echo Jacob Murphy (Norwich) - £12m - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/magpies-confirm-jacob-murphy-signing First sourced: Chronicle Javier Manquillo (Atlético Madrid) - £4.5m - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/manquillo-is-a-magpie First sourced: Mundo Deportivo Mikel Merino (Borussia Dortmund) - season-long loan - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/merino-joins-magpies-on-loan First sourced: Marca Joselu (Stoke City) - £5m - https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/magpies-complete-joselu-signing First sourced: Stoke Sentinel Rumoured: Out Confirmed: Florian Thauvin (Marseille) - £9.5m Vurnon Anita (Leeds United) - free Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) - free Haris Vučkić (FC Twente) - free Ľubo Šatka (DAC Dunajska Streda) - free Kevin Mbabu (BSC Young Boys) - £500k Matz Sels (RSC Anderlecht) - season-long loan Yoan Gouffran (Goztepe SK) - free Alex Gilliead (Bradford City) - six-month loan Adam Armstrong (Bolton Wanderers) - six-month loan Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) £2m Emmanuel Rivière (Metz) - £2m Siem De Jong (Ajax) - £4m Grant Hanley (Norwich City) - £3.5m Achraf Lazaar (Benevento Calcio) - season-long loan Tim Krul (Brighton & Hove Albion) - season-long loan Rumoured: Finance Total Spent: £36.4m Total Received: £21.5m Net Spend: £14.9m Notes Confirmed = where a transfer is officially announced by the buying or selling club. Rumoured = where reasonably credible/respectable or multiple sources credit an interest. Fees based on media reports only (most are undisclosed these days). Current Squad: Goalkeepers: 26. Karl Darlow 1. Rob Elliot 41. Freddie Woodman Defenders: 2. Ciaran Clark 3. Paul Dummett 27. Jesús Gámez 25. Massadio Haïdara 6. Jamaal Lascelles 20. Florian Lejeune 19. Javier Manquillo 18. Chancel Mbemba 42. Jamie Sterry 22. DeAndre Yedlin Midfielders: 16. Rolando Aarons 30. Christian Atsu 4. Jack Colback 10. Mo Diamé 14. Isaac Hayden 23. Mikel Merino 7. Jacob Murphy 11. Matt Ritchie 24. Henri Saivet 8. Jonjo Shelvey Forwards: 9. Dwight Gayle 21. Joselu 45. Aleksandar Mitrović 17. Ayoze Pérez

He's been their best player ever since he broke into the side.

Nope, they're fucked.

The money through player sales is a key point for me. Means we're more likely to see the back of horrific shitehawks like Colback in order to have more to spend.

Know it isn't the most reliable of sources but fairly sure there was a piece in the Chronicle in the last week that ruled this out.

No they wouldn't but based on our recent history how can anyone sit there 100 % confident that Rafa will be our manager come the start of the season. Seeing these reports despite where they come from only puts more doubt in my mind. Ill only rest easy once i hear the meeting has taken place and Rafa is now planning for the new season. That's kind of the point. The meeting hasn't taken place so what's changed since Sunday (and last night with Rafa taking in the 23s game)?

Load of shite.

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Said this about Grosicki last week. Rinse and repeat again today, always the same from him.

Andrea Ranocchia available for under £10m apparently. Could probably get him and Maguire for around £25m combined.

He's got plenty of talent but is infuriating with it. His decision making is wank and his final ball is really hit and miss too. Workrate is very impressive, usually struggles in the latter part of games due to how much work he gets through off the ball.