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I know what you mean, but do people really care about "Sterry says the toon will come out fighting!" articles? They must do tbh, aye. There was a recent editorial decision to focus only on Newcastle and Sunderland at the cost of grassroots football and other sports and that must be based on some research of what their now small readership want to read. Losing access to the club would be catastrophic for them, the printed version would be finished after a few months of that.

(Rafa) You don't have to put on the red light.

Incredible that they gave Mourinho a new contract in January.

The Chronicle would fold without access to the club, it's barely hanging on as it is. It's a difficult situation for them given how ban-happy Ashley is.

I know wages are a massive factor but loans in that type of situation always amaze me. Juventus presumably trying to cover the €100m they spent on Ronaldo but decide to loan out a player they paid €90m for. Really weird.

Did Ashley not think he could make some money out of it?!

Mamma Maia

That last sentence is written the wrong way around

Mitrovic, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Cabaye, Carroll - that's 5 players Ashley has sold for £20m+, yet the most he's spent is £14m on Wijnaldum. So much fun being a selling club while raking in ludicrous amounts of TV money.

They'll be planning their next PR move as we speak, wonder if it'll be the club is up for sale again, nobody wants to buy the club so what can I do, I can't compete in this crazy transfer market, I can't commit to a manager that won't commit to the club, I've made mistakes but another few years TV money and we can start spending, I'm looking for investors to fund transfers, I'm determined to run the club on a sound financial footing, I don't charge any interest for the loan, I've spent x on transfers since 2014 and it didn't work... ... Or a combination of the above, or who knows - maybe some new bullshit we haven't heard yet. Every time the pressure is on he does or says something to weather the storm somewhat until the next storm comes his way, hopefully we're at a stage now where there's absolutely nothing he can do short of selling up and fucking off that would get people off his case.

Thought we bid £22m or so for Plea after getting Dubravka in and have only spent £12m or so since. How strange :rollseyes:

FFS I messaged you about Ableton expecting some level of privacy, Jesus Christ man.

These ones too https://twitter.com/AshleyOutdotcom/status/1023119981628796928

Have to pay for this week's recklesss spree somehow.

Garlic bread?!

Geordie boys, signing the Swiss

Schär enough.

With Fabian Schär I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live With Schär

Still no tweets from Sports Direct

Came good last part of last season tbf. Top scorer was he? Not that it says much as our strikers couldn't finish their dinner. When's he ever performed well across a whole season? I've always had time for him but it's a joke to have no alternative there, again. His debut season had probably his most consistent performances. Again, if we were a normal football club I'd be clamouring for an upgrade there also but the desperation for a striker is greater imo. Priority was striker then #10 this summer, it was clear to see. They cost money though. We had better options there in the Championship season but since Diame dropped back we're making do in one of the most important positions in 4231.

Came good last part of last season tbf. Top scorer was he? Not that it says much as our strikers couldn't finish their dinner. When's he ever performed well across a whole season? I've always had time for him but it's a joke to have no alternative there, again.

Yet another fucking season with Pérez as our only #10 then

Yeah it's classic diversionary tactics here, similar to the Man City comments to divert attention from us actually spending the square root of fuck all. We finished 10th last year and that fat mug thinks we can get away with spending nothing or almost nothing this summer, simple as that. No desire to improve the club in a sporting sense whatsoever, there never has been.