The Prophet

Whoever said he is a contrarian is spot on. He's usually overly positive or overly negative, depending on the mood of the fanbase and what will illicit the most engagement.

I do find it amusing that absolutely no one had a clue that he'd signed a contract extension, but they're aware he's open to the England job.

It looks like he's just ripped a cracking "yer ma" joke about Mrs Reuben.

He looks on edge.

To play devil's advocate, he could go to England, struggle and he might not be able to land himself another top eight top flight gig again.

You'd imagine Howe will have communicated his intentions by then.

I'd imagine the PR will be handled in a way to ensure the door isn't closed going forward.

It doesn't seem like we're in any rush mind, should make for a busy end to the window for incomings and outgoings.

A few suggests he might use this to leverage a new contract.

I don't there's a "strong possibility" at all, there's a a chance, but it feels petty remote at this stage.

While I'm confident he'll stay, it'd be nice if we could shut this down early doors to stop the constant speculation.

Mad that it was ever thought carpets in pubs would be a good idea.

Now that the European Cup is over it feels like the club have a duty to us to ramp things up today.

We al know they will be.

Poch seems the obvious choice.

Saw that last night. Some scoop from Hope, "if s man is offered a job, he'd have a decision to make". "Howe’s passion is being on the grass and coaching on a day-to-day basis, something international management would deny him. His wife and three sons have relocated to Newcastle from the South Coast and the family are happy and settled on Tyneside. He has forged an incredibly strong bond with supporters and the city, and is focussed on continuing the fine job he has started at St James’ Park. However, should an FA approach materialise, we understand it would leave him with a decision to make, given his ambition to one day manage his country. It could be that Howe believes the timing is not right."

He's probably putting two and two together on the back of the previous link and Reuben's plane flying to Leipzig last night.

We were linked last summer if I recall correctly?

No idea why people still get hung up on pre-season results.

KI was right.