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63 before bonuses for Kane© and Firmino, with Elliott, Lascelles and Sterling still to come.

Initially went for Firmino then switched to Kane. I haven't done well with a single choice of captain all season, so I'd go with Salah if I were you.

Merry Christmas Jill and gentlemen. This place is still without fail, the best place on the internet. Wishing all a great year ahead and especially NUFC.

Merry Christmas and all, but seriously fuck off with that

What's going on?

But the dross were his signings. No one told him to buy Joselu when he clearly could have spent the 5m on someone far better.

Any chance the announcement is not being made in order to keep prices down in January perhaps? So we can get the most we can for the money being made available? Hoping that's the case. This, along with the "info" that Rafa has no clue what he has to spend in January would make the most business sense IMO. The downside is the visible effect this whole saga has on the players.

I'm not a brain deficienist like but anyone thinking or saying "he needs to go" should bury their heads in hot lava for the betterment of humanity.

Nah. Sack and replace with Bono.

It really isn't though. Once in 3 matches he'll actually get a tackle right and that's about it. Everything about his game apart from some of his freekicks and sideways passes is substandard.

How has Yedlin gone from excellent to insufferable trash in such a short space of time? Diabolical since his return.

He's a liability from open play. Utter garbage footballer with an eye for a freekick.

There's been two or three weak attempts at puns and they haven't taken off so far. God willing it stays that way. Needless pun jab. Excellent

This is the crux of it for me. I don't blame him for being just an OK player. He's adequate I suppose for where we are, but he should really be accepting responsibility for his own mistakes especially when he's meant to be one of the more senior players.

Effort to do what? Bollock his defenders when he gave the ball away in a dangerous area to a dangerous winger because of his own stupidity? Not having that like. He has some quality but his decision making is shockingly bad, and his arms constantly waving about only mask his own ineptitude.

Yup. Grade A wanker.

What a pair of donkey cumstains. I don't know which I hate more, al pards or Carver.

He knows he has no competition for his place, so he isn't even trying. Been woeful the last few games. I'd cash in on him as soon as the season is over.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BV7sv5OjZBC/?taken-by=firetotheworks Why is Stephen Ireland buying us? #Irelandout.

This is exactly why the national team is powderpuff. Nee fucker in the country knows anything about the damn sport.

Yup. We also have no idea if the decision to accept or reject a bid is entirely down to MA himself. I doubt he's doing the negotiations himself, and I wonder if he's making decisions himself or taking advice from his advisors.

I played 5-a-side regularly against a Swiss guy who made something like 5 professional appearances for Sion in his entire career. By this point he was 45 years old, overweight, and could still put the other 9 players to shame twice over. The touch, awareness and balance he had was on a totally different planet.

IMO the club is worth 300m. If he was offered 330m cash, he would be out the door faster than you can say No.

This 100%. It's the only thing that makes any sense, and they have every right to insert that clause to try and speed up the process. If Ashley wants to take his sweet ass time and allow January to pass without any investment, we could be in serious danger of going down.

This post misses the point by a good light year.