Super Duper Branko Strupar

Get the fuck in man!!!!

Fucking cooome oooon

After all this time, I think we can all be united with one voice in saying Fuck Sky.

Would you mind putting this in the OP @toontownman?

There's no need to bring that back up, like

Catnip is only meant for the cats

Make sure you take all your teeth with you as well you tit.

Can someone get @Isaksbigrightfoot some more ritalin, please?

What's Christmas like at your gaff, Beth?

We can only make changes incrementally, man. We all knew at this point in time we'd not have upgraded everyone we'd have liked to, and have quality backups,to be realistic top 4 challengers. People are going on like we've failed because we've not made all the changes we publicly said would take a couple of seasons to make.

I'm taking them all with a huge pinch of salt, personally.

Integral. We were noticably worse without him.

One injury

Absolutely no chance we'd let Wilson go this January. Lots of content being created from purposefully misinterpreted messages from the club imo. Its not like theres much newsworthy transfer content elsewhere.

I think you're getting your knickers in too much of a twist over our FFP worries, Beth. It's not that bad.

Have you spoken to him, like?

What would letting our first choice RW leave in January acheive? We're not going to be able to replace him with anyone ready to come striaght in you'd doubt. Aye we have Murphy comeing back and Barnes too and Gordon can play RW, but we'd be weakening a position we're not strong in. Makes much more sense to be doing all of this at the end of the season. I know we need bodies in, but we'd need even more by letting people go. Just seems all a bit far fetched to me. I'm sure he's fairly comfortable finance wise as well.

This whole short saga sounds like a lot of noise about nothing to me. He has no desire to leave, we'd not look to sell. Bid comes in and its reported, then all the bluster about recouping money and FFP is spun to bulk out the story. "Newcastle REJECT Bayern bid". I mean, of course we did, it's peanuts and he's worth more to us than that and 13m gets us nothing in terms of transfers. Then the Eales interview is wound in to it, Newcastle in the FPP mire etc etc, which again I'm sure is shorseshit. We're probably tighter than we'd like if we dont get Europe but I'm sure we're fine, we're not stupid. Might be wrong but I dont see him leaving at all and I dont see us accepting any mid teens bid for our captain and talisman and best player (maybe not lately).

He'll be sound enough to say "If you want to sell me for the money then I'll go", I reckon.

Yep, but we were limited in our play back then. Both at Bournemouth and since he's had the personel here, Howe seems to rely on his CMs being interchangable to give us some unpredictability. Of course that means you rely on the players managing that situation themselves rather than it being dictated, because if it's dictated you've become a bit more predictable in the centre of the park. Limits the high press too. Im also of the opinion its a weakness that needs addressed. I just dont see us buying someone to specfically fill that gap I suppose. In Tonali and obviously Bruno we should have 2 players that can fill that role, but to retain the dynamism in CM it has to be up to them to do it, and that'd take time between them.

Oh yeah I agree, I'd also like them to be a bit more aware of when one of them has to drop in to that role, or for one of them to maybe be the *wink wink* nominated DM for particular games (Bruno, really), as that hole is a weak point for us against better oppostition. I just dont think Howe would ever want a specialist DM with limited ability elsewhere.

Dont see Howe every playing a specialist DM, personally. Never has from what I remember. He relies on the CMs being able to interchange and share respnosibility.

Ideal situation for me is we get whoever we need in this window, Miggy stays for the last part of the season and fires us in to the top 6, deal made end of the year with Saudi club for the same money we'd have got if he'd went this January, Miggy says his goodbyes at the Brighton game (Home win, Miggy goal) to Wor Miggy flags everywhere.