Dandy Man

Usually try to look for the positives in these situations but that was turboshite

Not felt this sickened by a football match in a long time. Life goes on..

This is 100% it and it's only getting worse, starting to feel a bit like the "English Super League" this season

Not sure what could or could not have been done to convince him to stay or get a better price off manure but it is a total shitter of a deal for us on face of it, only scenario where the buy clause gets triggered is if he is playing well for them and the 5m is looking like a bargain.

Kinda mental that Chris Wood scored as many as he did for Burnley really

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down/

Feels like the longer the gaps between signings the higher the inflated expectations are getting. No point rushing things and paying over the odds now with several weeks left, total confidence that we'll get more players in and we'll finish in a respectable position in the league next season - after the last decade and a half I am entirely content with that situation to be honest.

Gordon is decent, 35 mill seems about right and would rather we got him than DCL if we have to give Everton money. I think he's an awful little shit but that opinion will likely change if he's wearing a Newcastle shirt.

Alex Murphy's last match for Galway United next week and a replacement left back been signed today. As per my previous post, still lots of areas he needs to improve on and hard to gauge his current level but fairly certain there's the makings of a very good player there, be very interested to see how he develops with a more professional setup.

Just glad that my compulsion to check this thread on an hourly basis will soon be over

Shame that Simon Church has retired anyway..

Didnt think that GK was a priority as Dubs is more than capable albeit injury prone but I think he will do very well here, comes out surprisingly well on a lot of statistics

Yes to McNeil as a backup with potential to really improve as a player. Pope similar level to Dubs and prefer to have someone clearly better if we must get a new keeper. Fuck knows with Cornet, has ability but very inconsistent. As others have said none of them are significant improvements and squad doesn't need that much padding out.

Craig Fagan, broke his leg too

Yeah they're not great but not sure they've ever been that strong under Gareca, all their better players now getting over the hill and for all Lapadula has been something of a revelation he's no Paolo Guerrero, but they have been greater than sum of their parts for a while and definitely a better side than they showed tonight. Massive credit to Gareca's managerial ability either way for what he's achieved there, be a fairly big rebuild on the cards now.

Brutal. Imagine going through all the hard graft to get 5th in SAM qualies and then bottle it and lose on pens to Australia.

Absolute shite match and Peru look a bit shellshocked, may as well throw Nobby on at this stage

Peru don't really do the attacking possession stuff for sure and they tend to rely on being organised but they are better than this, very sloppy in possession and Lapadula totally isolated up front

Peru been looking very nervy - especially their best attacking threats like Cueva and Carrillo but they'll more than likely get the job done eventually

Van Basten

Part time Galway United fan here, been an open secret that he was heading to Newcastle for a while. Is a big move for the kid and for Galway Utd, he's been scouted by a few relatively big clubs including Brighton and Celtic in last few months. He is good getting forward from left back, solid defensively and strong enough in the air but very one footed. Has progressed rapidly in space of a year and has been one of best players in a team that has done well this season with a call up to Ireland U19s recently but is still very raw and second tier of League of Ireland is probably comparable to bottom end of the National League in England. Hopefully it all works out well for all concerned anyway.

2:03 in that video is great, "eerh just defend... defend"

Marco Di Vaio

Backs to wall in second half but never felt in too much bother despite barely getting a foot on the ball. Incredible turnaround in space of a few months, lots of good work completed but lots more to be done, onwards and upwards.

BT going on like Atleti have murdered a child here