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And yet still seen as one of our best players. Name a full back who’s equally good at attacking and defending? It’s highly unlikely you get both, hence why people get exasperated at Burn because he’s been trained as a CB and not a marauding FB.

And yet people are forever clamouring for a more attacking Trippier ‘type’ on the left.

Fuck off

I read yesterday that supposedly the players will play an extra 3 games in total with all the added time this year. It’s fucking ridiculous.

Sheff Utd losing to Palace

West Ham beating Bournemouth- Bowen

Brighton beating Luton

Mackems lewsing

As is any potential move for Tierney now

Tierney won’t be going anywhere if Timbers injury is serious.

I can’t see them loaning him to us at all unless we have an obligation to buy at the end.

Don’t worry- it won’t be at 17:30.

Yeah, of course. But it’s also be nice to have a RW in the same league as the other forwards, etc etc. LB will no doubt be upgraded at some point (next year if not this, I’m sure) but we had the best defence in the league last year with Burn playing the majority of games.

Non existent options is pushing it- we’ve got Burn, Targett and also Trippier if required (and possibly Livramento?). They can be upgraded, sure.

Paqueta also got bought only last year for over £50m on a 5 year contract. If anyone wants him, then obviously they have to pay well above that figure.

I wanted him before he went to West Ham, and would obviously still take him now, but there was no way we would have (or could have?) paid the money that West Ham did at the time.

MBS? Wow! Are you BoRiS Johnson?

I had a hospitality seat for a game last year- meal before the game in the area above Shearer’s, then got walked around the outside of the stadium and got sat in a regular seat around L2G/H in the Milburn stand, near the Leazes West corner.

Daniel laughing though

“Newcastle are looking at centre-backs and have explored fees and availability for the likes of Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), Edmond Tapsoba (Leverkusen), Odilon Kossounou (Leverkusen), Perr Schuurs (Torino), Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton) and Antonio Silva (Benfica).” (Craig Hope)

Not expecting much to be honest. One more in probably - we’ll try for a CB but if it doesn’t come off for whatever reason, we’ll revisit in January. I think the club are generally happy with what we’ve got, and will look to ‘keep the powder dry’ for any urgent, ‘give us a lift’ in whatever competitions we’re still seriously involved in, in Jan.

I don’t understand. Surely the players would want to go to Man City over any other club?

Negative. Kovacic is VPA Sports, Gvardiol is Marjan Sisic

“Caicedo wants to move to Stamford Bridge after turning down the chance to join Liverpool, despite the Reds agreeing a British record £111m fee with Brighton. Chelsea had been prepared to offer £100m for the 21-year-old but are now working on upping their bid to £115m, which would break the British transfer record fee paid by the Blues who paid £106.8m for midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Benfica in January.” (Sky Sports)