Geordie Ahmed

It doesn't matter who we sign they'll spin it to make it out as a bad signing I noticed a few had said we should be signing Coady as he's better suited to what we needed, guess what the narrative will be if we did sign Coady? Yep, he's bang average and we only got him cos the fancier names turned us down

Mackems making stuff up to make themselves feel better? There's a shock

Opens up a squad space I guess (though I also assume we'll be getting a CM as well because otherwise we'll be left short)

Considering our sponsors are likely to be from Saudi I don't think we need to worry about maximising profits and the fact that Man-U fans hate him speaks volumes

I only know 1 who is like the worst of RTG but the vast majority are relatively normal

I did quite enjoy that window when we signed Debuchy, Sissoko, Yanga-Mbiwa, Gouffran and Haidara

Out of contract in the summer, his performances after that initial purple patch have largely been poor, reckon £2-3m at best

I'm sure when we signed Wilson they convinced themselves that Danny Graham was p4p a better signing

Sign someone like Trippier and we are being stupid and short sighted If we signed a lower level calibre of playing it would have been, haha no one decent wants to join them, they have no money Mackem law is that whatever Newcastle do is automatically bad

Very generous saying a bit

What time was it on?

Heavily linked with Man-U so think he's a bit unrealistic but would be one hell of a signing

Also his record is 64 in 138, just a fraction under 1 in 2 Edouard in comparison was 66 in 116 I think Morelos struggles to hit 10 in the PL and he'd get a few red cards along the way

You're suggesting a player that you don't know which club he plays for?

If PEA can't be arsed for Arsenal, why would he suddenly be up for a relegation fight? Not like we can even motivate him with money since he's on a daft contract already

No idea how to embed tweets but Fabrizio has tweeted the below "Kieran Trippier deal now sealed. Paperworks have been signed between Newcastle and Atléti, medical to be completed right now and then official statement in place. Here we go confirmed. #NUFC Trippier will be announced as first new signing of Saudi ownership."

Not sure I would regard it as them fucking about. He's their player and they are entitled to either not sell him and/or push to get as much money as possible. The ball really is very much in our court, we either up our bid or we move on.

Unless you are called Ronaldo

If the £13m is legit then that's a ridiculous price like.

Ashley was holding us back, obviously wouldn't want PIF to walk away but it's not the disaster they are painting it to be but that's all part of their coping mechanism Ashley going was the key and that's been done, we can finally move on, hopefully that is with PIF as potentially they can do things bigger and faster

If PIF did sell up, as long as it wasn't to Ashley I don't see how it is on an even footing, we are a bigger club and bigger draw than them We just need someone to run the club to be the best it can be, obviously the money PIF have means potentially that can be a level much, much higher than we would get ordinarily

Also, in any deal there are numerous parties involved, why are people automatically having a go at the consortium and accusing them of leaking stuff If it gets to the Watford game and we haven't signed anyone then I'll be concerned

Shaping up to be a 4 team mini league, if another team or two get dragged into it in 3-4 games time then happy days We are in a better situation than I had expected, we could really do with getting a run of wins

I totally get why under Ashley people were angry, bitter and pessimistic but for people to still be so dramatic now is ridiculous Though I guess it might take some time for old habits to die

That's a difficult one that If we are wanting more teams to be involved (which is always preferred) then I'd say a Burnley win, otherwise a Leeds win puts them 8 clear of us but keeps Burnley right amongst it Just hope it's a draw