Tiresias

Nick pope injured lol

Howay

We need to increase our revenue (and there is a lot of room for that, plenty of low hanging fruit) and we need to just be smart with recruitment. The owners have been clear they do want the club to be run sustainably in the long run in line with those rules. It's just annoying that all these reforms are fairly clearly trying to pull up drawbridge after them, rather than rules to cut down on ludicrous overspending like wage caps, caps on agent fees etc etc

How many years contract does he have at Chelsea? It feels like he has been a promising youngster for about 10 years.

People always see a price tag and assume if you have that why not when there are all kind of other considerations, some nonsense like agent fuckery, some less like player genuinely responding to the buying clubs overtures and being won over, others like family demands of where they want to live (yeah I know it's frustrating London has sway like that but it very much does) etc etc etc.

Willian going to Fulham apparently? What is that about he was absolutely awful for Arsenal looked finished

Sounds more like he's pissed them off behind the scenes than results wise. The club ultimately seem to have decided that they'd rather go down and collect parachute payments (and you know maybe use them to build a squad that may stay up next time) than risk a big investment now. I'd be disappointed by the lack of ambition by owners who it seems clearly thought they'd got promoted sooner than hoped for, but nor is it necessarily outrageous if the finances are as the owner says.

He's becoming Bane

Fair and yes there is selectiveness, but I don't think it's fair to say there was no outrage about Abramovitch owning Chelsea at all, there was plenty and I think people need to guard against reading everything about how awful PIF are because we are Newcastle fans, but because we aren't chelsea fans we didn't pour over every article about dodgy russian mob connections and so assume they didn't exist. Football should not have become an arena for nation states to play around in, it is an absolute wrong for clubs to be owned by nation states and by billionaires with dubious agendas and ethics, but unfortunately thsi is what the premier league and all its audience and money has ushered in. Newcastle fans had absolutely nothing to do with this, and do not need to feel guilty over it at all, this was all done to us, and I am enjoying the side effects of us being invested in as well. Supports don't need to be cheerleaders for PIF though, if anything the ashley years ought to have taught fans is you are not obligated to support your owner in all things. I do have more qualms than most. As a gay fan seeing our players swanning around in an advert for Saudi Arabia rather undermines all the work with rainbow laces etc etc, the messaging there is somewhat mixed, and to those that think that wanting to appear more palatable will force Saudi Arabia to look after it's own citizens better, well that argument has been made for 30 years. No the UK isn't perfect either, and nor are many many many of our 'friends and allies', but that is whataboutery there are still things that are just wrong. But I am not going to take the shitness of MBS take my fucking club away from me, I am going to enjoy this, but my trade is that to combat the 'sportswashing' I am also going to remain vocally critical in my own tiny way of slightly easing my conscience, but for the record and I've said it before, I do not expect, care or need other fans to give anything of a damn. The club is not the owners. The only fans I will be remotely critical of is the ones flying saudi flags themselves for reasons that are beyond me. Anyway sorry for rant, hope that makes things clear.

I'm sorry being uncomfortable about being an advertising board for Saudi Arabia is not fucking racism and I'm not having that accusation thrown at those of us who are a bit uncomfortable to be promoting a regime that murders journalists, conducts mass executions, imprisons women for reading twitter and people for being gay.

hell of a lot of hindsight merchants in here, I don't really understand why people are so angry at anything, we have had a solid start to season, we aint gonna get relegated, owners are investing and manager is good. Spate of injuries isn't ideal but i don't expect us to be seriously pushing for europe this season anyway, this might be only season where it's just no pressure do as best as we can. Actual clear targets of european qualification will come in next year or year after and it will start being really nerveracking again

Fear this going to be brutal

This game is why we won't reach the heights some have predicted this season, with a few injuries away from home we are still pretty average. The squad is too thin when bruno is so essential

I mean its always been clear a few injuries and we're very much less impressive. Bruno wont be out long, Isak coming in, we will sign more depth in mid next few days wolves arent a bad team, its too easy to be getting super angry lol

If this is a win probably going to be an ugly one

That's a frustratingly good deal unless broja is crap after all never know with Southampton players from last season

So i was browsing Twitter, and click on a thread about the rumoured (and likely innocent) dude who got accused of being the Zodiac killer and i see this tweet, look who shows up https://twitter.com/gawdz0rz/status/1562353827914956800?t=VVu-ZbjsdEKbiAkoG7BLTA&s=19

In fairness saw it reported they are after a midfielder as next highest priority. Hopefully not cos Bruno's badly injured lol it seems more likely he's got a minor nick and they are going to assess him last minute, hence silence on the issue

Who wants to bet man u do a massive deadline day bid for mitrovic

Prisons too good for em

You can't see his right arm or legs so can confirm they have been chopped off

Yeah saw a few reporting howe does want isak on right when wilson is fit

Hmmm I really want a patient passer who can help us when we want to slow games down so not sure if passing not a strong point, Joelinton already good destroyer

Who is Sue though?

if the case then fair enough but hmmm