Doctor Zaius

Pretty sure Chris Wood will start

Can he play on the right too or is he an out and out striker?

Stevie G gotta be close

They might have to deviate from the plan of not meeting selling clubs valuations else they'll end up with nobody.

At one point we're just going to have to meet the selling clubs valuation of a player. I get that we won't pay over the odds, I get FFP and all that but this charade of bidding for players and the selling club saying, no that's not enough is getting tiresome. We're going to have to start bidding for players that are within our price range. The summer has largely been a waste of time so far.

I'm not sure we've done enough in terms of other signings to convince him to stay. Regardless of who we signed, I think he'd want to go to Real Madrid. Who wouldnt but I think we'd be more inclined to get a bit longer out of him if we'd actually made some moved.

Think Pulisic is pie in the sky for us

Pulisic would be a tremendous signing imo

Masterclass this like

Josh Da Silva a steal at 4.5m. Two goals in two weeks. Ive had him on the bench for both...

I'm really not sure he leaves for a team not in Europe tbh. Wages wont attract him because he's already on a decent wedge either.

What worries me is that none of our supposed targets seem all that realistic. Diaby, Maddison and now Pulisic. None of them feel achievable, either through lack of player interest or through us not being able to agree a fee. Just over two weeks left and we really need attacking options if we are to kick on this season.

Hopefully PSG get him and he's decent, thus pushing Ekitike further down the pecking order. Chris Wood is a price worth paying.

Barcelona are mad like

What an incredibly fair and mature take. Fair play to you. Personally I hope their misery continues indefinitely and this decline is only the beginning of a much longer period demise for the club and utter dejection for their fans.

The bites on this tweet. NUFC Twitter is painfully thick like.

Why does 27 year old multimillionaire Rabiots mother have so much influence and say in his life!? There's loads of articles on her causing bother throughout his career. No wonder his attitude is shite, cunt must be cutting about in a constant state of embarrassment. Must have serious mother based issues like.

As well as we played on Saturday I think we really need a few more like. Almiron has been decent in pre season but a good right sided forward/winger changes this side. It adds much needed quality and frees up ASM from getting doubled up on as much. Desperate to get one over the line and a backup striker for Wilson too. Feel like we're so close to a very good side, but just a little off being there. It'll be frustrating if we don't get anyone. I'm pretty sure Bruno will be off at the end of the season if he maintains this form, regardless of who we sign like but we need to be matching the ambitions of our players. Mind, I do recognise how difficult it is with the players available and the FFP constraints.

A$M has been tremendous today. A good right winger changes this side though.

Aye, enjoyed the H2H one last year.

We doing a Head-to-Head league again?

How much is this fan funded then? Just seen one of the organisers of the Sunderland display insinuating it isnt.

Sneaking feeling that we'll dominate, miss a load of chances and they'll do us. 1-2.

scabs scabs scabs scabs

Thought it was a pretty dull match like. Very pre season kickabout-like. Thought Almiron and Longstaff did well. They didn't trouble us much. Really don't think Anderson is up to scratch quite yet. I think I'd loan him out.