Shays Given Tim Flowers

Can't help but feel it would have been better to say and the late Cheick Tiote.

He could get the money he has put in, including purchase price and 'loan' easy, hell probably interest on it all too. He doesn't want out, he wants to hold onto us for his own benefit, all whilst not running Newcastle United as a football club.

Why has our commercial performance been so poor under Ashley's tenure?

Why doesn't the club receive revenue for Sports Direct Advertising?

Why did Ashley have to loan the club loads of interest free money?

Why were we relegated in 2015.

Why is Ashley NUFC's only line of credit?

No. If it's not Mike Ashley's money I don't want it.

Didn't we get a £40,000,000 parachute payment?

Ashley doesn't care if we get relegated. It may well cost the club money but as long as we come back up he doesn't care. There is no ambition. If he cared we wouldn't be arseing around with recruitments at this late stage. We wouldn't be jeopordising league status by insisting the dead wood goes first, or insisting our player valuation is correct with no ifs, buts or maybes. Expecting Rafa to abandon his ambitions is ludicrous. Ambition is not the same as expectation. We don't demand a team that wins we expect a club that tries.

We must be looking at him for number 10. If we were to get him still a worrying lack of goals in the team.

As has already been mentioned, it's concerning. But you have to consider he's a #10 playing in a new league. And was deployed in a wide midfield role in a 442 diamond or as 1 of a 3 in the middle of a 433. Not exactly his natural or preferred position. After watching a lot of YouTube videos of him (I know), I think Rafa wants him for work rate alone. For a #10 he's constantly hassling and niggling at players and when out of possession is chasing back and often, regaining possession before playing it forward quickly. The issue is he would be here too.

Fucking hell

http://www.lizardtypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/water-monitor-2.jpg

Eyeing up those January deals for when Mikes gamble hasn't paid off.

Honest to fucking Christ why are we watching players when a transfer window is open. If we want a player we should bid on them.

So you can make an arguable case for Mbemba (at LB) being our MOTM today. That's the guy who wasn't fancied in his preferred position in a worse league last season. Going to be a real slog this year. We really need Gayle to sharpen up and stay fit and a genuine number 10. Probably put us at about a 5 or 6 right now.

Doesn't look it imo Merino and shelvey will look decent.

He's clearly rusty but looks to be a very decent addition.

LOoking better.

Really can't afford to gift bottom half clubs 3 points this season

Fuck fuckety fuck fuck fuck

Gayle looks ragged.

Perez 'pinches' his pocket

Huddersfield will go down.