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Will they not be fined? It's not exactly match fixing but it's on the same spectrum. You cannot pre-plan in-game actions for a proffessional match ffs.

Shelvey wasn't set to be a starter in the Championship either tbf. At the minute I wouldn't trust anything we hear in the papers, they pretty much never guess our transfers this far in advance iirc. I don't think we'll be spending £30m+ on 2 central midfielders personally.

https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/newcastle-v-fulham-the-full-90 Can have a quick flick through this I suppose to see it. Johansen's #14 and Cairney is #10 Cairney's allowed to get forward a lot but Johansen is definitely the AM. It seems a pretty weird system but I guess it's to allow Cairney as much time on the ball as possible.

Cairney's played a fairly free role whenever I've seen him (I never saw the game at SJP like), when Jonansen is ahead of him they often seem to switch, but he did (does?) start behind him. Always thought he looked like a Lallana type who would be comfortable anywhere across midfield.

Haven't women been through enough?

fucking hell

Gouffran's only hated because Pardew kept on playing him when he was absolutely shite. It was a slow transformation iirc, from "this guy looks exactly what we've needed" to "he isn't good enough, stop playing him please" to "I wish he would die". Sissoko's was a pretty sudden "this guy looks amazing" to "actually this guy looks shite, but he can run with a ball*". *something we desperately needed.

If we spend anywhere near the £70m we're reported to be spending we should be aiming higher than a freshly promoted Sean Dyche managed Burnley imo. I don't think it's a certainty we'll do well or anything, I wouldn't be too shocked if we finished 15th, Rafa would have to make some pretty big errors for that though.

Saying that now is different though. I think many would be happy with that now, but after a season playing shite (which we would have to do to finish outside the top 10, see Leicester & West Ham) it would feel pretty grim. Most people seemed to find this season disappointing until like the last 3 games

Why? Our competition have been shite, they need to improve just as much as we do. 49 points is the max anyone can finish on outside the top 7 this year. We were 3 wins and a draw off that when Carver was trying to relegate us. We were 4 wins off last season - the standard this year has been appalling. "a lot less" man, howay mole. Unless the league greatly improves anywhere outside the top 10 will be disappointing.

We'll finish top 8 next season unless Rafa gets fucked over, anyone who thinks that is overly expectant or delusional is a nutjob.

:lol: haha, what a night

That's actually a really good drawing, skill wise like Just something ever so slightly off around the eyes giving him the look of a 35 year old 'I'm a bit wild like' who absolutely lies about every aspect of his life.

Are they SFW?

It's canny shallow and a bit naive like but Sissoko did rub me up more than any other player. An absolute nothing player speaking so openly about how much we were beneath him - probably made worse by the fact he was almost right. That's one of the best things about Rafa, we'll not be at the mercy of wankers looking for a better club. It was just depressing.

Plus Cabaye was absolutely lush.

Canny bitter Puma are making better tops for fucking Swindon than us like

You've been a tad creative with the negative reasons behind this like.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-new-benitez-idUKKCN0XF0ZZ I suppose Rafa is as good a source as any

There was far more English speakers like, and the only French speakers he played other than Sissoko were Cisse, Tiote and Mbemba I think. Is this something you've actually heard from a credible source? If so then fair enough like.

French dressing room?

His passing and final ball is just absolutely awful.

Was about to post the same, Lampard has always seemed dead canny.

It's by far the best kit we've had like. It depresses me how well the Brown Ale badge (both the modern and older blue star one) fit as a sponsor.

Remember it would be whatever we pay plus the £24m we'd lose out from Spurs selling him.