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Wouldn’t say he’s necessarily a significantly better player, but he’s more established, has played well for multiple seasons and in the PL. I think both Diaby and Isak still have a lot of room to grow and may have higher ceilings but I don’t think they’re quite at Maddison’s level of consistency yet

Edwards clearly furiously stuffing his face with cake to stave off the sad feelings until this gets rejected. Can’t imagine what sort of state he’ll be in if we sign Maddison

Be surprised if Colback doesn’t leave the pitch in a body bag

Aye, you guys were class last season if I remember correctly. You’ve managed to get Martinez and Eriksen. Granted, Eriksen is outstanding but he’s coming into a dysfunctional team. You’ve got a Ronaldo situation to sort out, De Jong clearly isn’t keen to join. You’ve not strengthened up top where you’re weakest. You sound pretty confident for a team that most people have said need major changes

Thing is, Trippier is one of the best dead ball players in the league. I’m not sure Ward-Prowse is dynamic enough apart from his amazing dead ball ability. I’d not be in for him

Three of my major non-NUFC hopes this season are that Chelsea underperform, Man U underperform and Everton get relegated. All three clubs’ transfer business is interesting. Everton are probably weaker currently than last season after losing Richarlison. Man U have had a terrible window so far. Chelsea have spent a decent amount so far and seem desperate to do a lot more business but I think they could well underperform

Do agents work as part of larger agencies rather than independently? If so, maybe there are French agents working at the same agency that got wind of info and shared it?

Get fucked Leeds

Can’t see Botman pulling this one out of the bag

Russo: Giz a look like

Couple of cracking German sad-face gifs in the making there

Kelly didn’t have a clue what was going on

Jill Scott is only a couple of notches above immobile

The quality is starting to drop here, extra time could be a rough watch

Commentator just won’t stay quiet for a second

Leah Williamson is so good

Sensational goal, got so much lift on the chip

Surely going to be a red in this game at some point

This ref loves her cards

They’ve made so many changes to their squad that I reckon they’ll be completely run over by how organised we are

That agent thinks he’s the real deal like

Give them Murphy and £40m, problem solved

Anybody able to confirm what Rod is agreeing with? Other than himself?

Based on his performances I expect he’ll do more than cameos if he can keep this level up once the season begins. It’s hard to find fault with his game, he looks ridiculously complete for a 19-year old

That second half was about as good as we’ve ever seen from him in a Newcastle shirt, he played some nice balls into others with deft flicks and used his body more to get to shield the ball and not give it away cheaply. Not exactly amazing but some hope at last that he can have some impact as a sub