Emotic

Terrible day for Brexit Jim to see his team lose 2-nil. And to Ipswich, of all teams.

That's on Ten Hag, signing a teeny tiny fella to the Premier League to face up against the likes of Big Joe Linton. Totally baffling move.

He's learned to come a wee bit off his line during opposition attacks, and has been better for it, imo. That sweep-up of the attack in the 86th (?) minute today was something old Dubs wouldn't have done.

Why, obviously Calvert-Lewin and Scott Mctominay of course (although Mcdominate is putting in a decent shift at Napoli I see).

Barcelona are hovering and I'm sure Reuben Amorim will be gagging to make him his own "Antony signing", if not for the rise of Diallo. Trincao seems like a great match for Eddie's style of play, tenacious and always trying to make things happen, sort of like a Tonali for the right forward position.

Look at the match cam and he's chatting animatedly with the wee mascot as the team is being led out and afterwards crouching down with a big grin on his face next to the mascot. He's just a big happy kid revelling in his purple patch and I love him for that.

Emery didn’t even look at Duran as he left the pitch, he knew Duran done fucked up. He claimed they’d appeal the red, let’s see how that works out.

And yet, Teamtalk this past two days is full of clickbait shite like “Newcastle’s Italian STAR set to LEAVE as he expresses frustration.”. Teamtalk has fallen off a cliff sharply in the past year. Aggregating utter pish content masquerading as sports journalism.

Some rumours of Tomori wanting out at Meelan. Hope Sandro has a word and he comes here and we forget about Guehi. 24 mil for Tomori, another 25 to 30 for Bakayoko or Dibling, and that’s two critical positions filled for the price of a Guehi.

Didn't know Kepa is playing for Bournemouth now. Doing well so far.

He’s cultivated a good on-pitch understanding with Isak as well. The more they play together the better it’s been. This entire shift in the attacking dynamic with Tonali chasing back, Bruno advanced and Isak coming in deeper has provided more space and service for Murphy, seeing as to how defenders will be told to stay close to the two danger men (Isak and Bruno) and leaving the right wing with the space for Murph to exploit.

Can’t stop watching this.

Long ball to Grealish, Grealish passes it back. Long ball to Grealish, cross that goes nowhere. Never seen a City side so tepid and bereft of imagination.

Really good player, superb on 1v1s, quick and physical. Certainly hope we go in for him instead of making another bid for Guehi.

Bet Guehi doesn't love Jesus quite as much now, amirite?

This is why Tyler Dibling would make a lot of sense for us. A "prospect" who is already PL-seasoned, English, and Howe can only improve him.

It’s literally a Marcus Rashford “thing” and has been for quite a while. Watch our 2-0 against them last year and see how many times he attempted a feeble tackle, only to thereafter just stand still and watch the attack take place. He’s a talented player, just can’t be arsed to give it his all.

He was doing the thing that we were desperate to sign Marc Guehi for - playing at LCB using his right foot to play long passes cross field to the right. Never noticed that until now.

How much effort must a multimillionaire put in to look like a homeless tramp, ffs?

Why is he a free agent? He's only 27 and has put in a good shift for Lille and CSKA whenever he's played? Great at set-pieces from the right.

I remember our own Transfer Rumours thread two months ago, when Matt O’Reilly was supposedly looking at homes on Tyneside. What a disappointment our window has turned out to be

The "could" doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting there Edit to add: It literally is just basing it off the spanish-language tweet that was posted two pages back.

Not all dross, but too bad about the absolutely stupid wages. I'd take Kepa, for example.

Right, so, almost two dozen players he doesn't know or care about in the squad, then. Absolute shambles.

Probably because saying "yes, we want him gone" undermines our bargaining position.