jonny1403

Surely Isak and Willock won't start. Starting Isak twice in 3 days after the injuries he's had this season is idiotic.

2 hours ago, Zero said:

Fucking hell. So we let go a youth international midfielder to Chelsea for nothing, good enough to sit on their bench, and then agreed to pay Chelsea 28m for a similar player that the manager has no interest or no trust to play even when we are having injury crisis

 

Jesus fucking christ

I don't think sitting on Chelsea's bench is any indication of quality like. You (and 99% of Newcastle fans) have absolutely no idea how good he is and whether it was a good decision to let him go.

The Chelsea fans were similarly fuming last summer when we signed Hall ffs 

Tom Davies is a bellend 

13 minutes ago, Away Toon said:

We haven't made an innovative or original transfer since he joined, no sign of any Brighton style transfers at all which is disappointing. 

Minteh is the definition of a Brighton style transfer tbh.

also it takes time to set up a scouting network like brightons - he’s not travelling around the world looking for these players himself 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/13071448/dan-ashworth-manchester-united-planning-formal-approach-to-newcastle-for-sporting-director

1 hour ago, nufcjb said:

would Karius be any worse than Dubs right now?

What have you seen from Karius that makes you think he'd be better than Dubs? Dubs has had some poor games mixed in with some very solid/good performances. 

33 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

If he gets to 7 or 8 he might be better off taking a second yellow, no? That will give him a 1 game suspension rather than 2? And then he's only got to get through 1 or 2 games before it moves to 15?

The red card doesn't reset the yellows to zero.

32 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Went for it, Haaland triple captain.

Why on earth would you triple captain on a single gameweek 

2 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

A lot of footballer wages depend on the fee you've joined for and the clubs you've left. 

 

Morata has bounced between Real Madrid and Juventus before landing at Atleti. And he's the starting 9 for Spain. Of course, he is on megabucks.

 

I don't have strong views on the Joelinton contract thing. I want him to stay but don't really know what is fair for both parties wage wise. 

Yep, this sums it up pretty well for me 

First start in 20 months and helps Rafa to a crucial 3-0 away win 

https://www.themag.co.uk/2024/02/javier-manquillo-first-start-for-20-months-helps-rafa-benitez-and-celta-vigo-to-stunning-victory-newcastle-united/ 

1 minute ago, STM said:

Lowest I've felt about us since the takeover.  Made worse by those who actively want us to get beat.

Get a grip 

Just now, Mazzy said:

Seems like Forrest have got Reyna on loan. Why the fuck couldn't we have got that done. Would've suited our situation perfectly.

An injury prone CAM who has barely played in 12 months and doesn't fit into our formation?

29 minutes ago, Nobody said:

Pope

Trippier Lascelles* Stones Livramento

Rice Bellingham

Saka Foden Gordon 

Kane

 

 

 

*If fit

No Lewis Miley?

On 14/12/2023 at 00:19, BullyDogs said:

Weve seen him in 3 games now and being honest has anyone seen anything that gives you any semblance of hope that he can be able to make key saves or decisions that will ultimately make us win a game or prevent us losing one 

 

I see nothing in him i think hes probably one of the worst keepers in the division i certainly cant think of anyone worse maybe the kid at Luton or Foderingham but thats it

Hope the likes of the lad above have learned a lesson about laying into our players prematurely. 

One of the worst keepers in the division 

1 hour ago, TRon said:

 

 

Yeah I get that. I was surprised that Maxi agreed to go tbh, he didn't seem all that sold on it. But for some the money will be enough of a sweetener to give it a shot. I would imagine that if the buying clubs in Saudi get a whiff that the player isn't keen they'd cool their jets pretty quickly as well. When Gerrard did an about turn, his club didn't really show much appetite to keep him.

Eh? They've just offered Gerrard a new three year deal 

19 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Last year, rolling with Bruno, Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock and Anderson for the back end of the season seemed (and was) risky. This year we're going to try again without Joelinton but + Miley, without much information on what's happening with Anderson. Throw in the fact we've literally never won a match without Bruno since he signed... it just doesn't stand up to any real degree of scrutiny. Massive, massive risk from the perspective of returning to Europe in some form.

That does ignore the fact that last year one of those 4 CMs frequently had to play LW, which won't be the case this year.

5 minutes ago, 1964 said:

And we've been so great away from home....? 

Two wins on the bounce away tbf 

6 minutes ago, Stottie said:

Gordon could easily play #10 in a 4-2-3-1. He comes inside so much he's half doing it already.

Bruno and Tonali as the two.

Would be a waste of Gordon's pace and directness playing at 10.

3 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

Who’s taken issue?

ScottishMagpie for one. 

Find it odd that people would take issue with anyone protesting against ticket prices tbh. 

18 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

 

This.

 

Alternatively we should have done everything in our power to stop the surgery on his groin until he signed the contract.

What a mental take  Sign this contract on our terms or we'll jeopardize your career by refusing to perform urgently needed surgery  I'm sure that'd go down great.

Delighted he's leaving. Gutted we've never had the chance to see his face when we beat them.

7 minutes ago, Mountain said:

 

I'd take that, great finisher but he's injured for over half the season, every season and he's 31. 18 mil would essentially be 54 million re FFP purposes.

I love how people just assume they can x a transfer by 3 for FFP purposes and that’s it 

2 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

I’m not counting Miley as a senior CM.
 

We have 6 senior CMs and a literal kid. The number of CMs is perfectly fine.  
 

Our summer transfer strategy left us with no room to do further business if it was needed in Jan. there were good reasons to do this. But there were also good reasons to not do it, as we are finding out now. There’s always a risk of needing to strengthen in January for whatever reason, not having any contingency budget is poor planning. 
 

The transfers themselves haven’t worked out at all bar 1. That’s another issue. Again, you can question the fees, profile and position of the transfers for value for money. 

 

 

 

As if you wouldn’t be whinging saying we should have made more signings last summer if we’d signed one or two less in that window to account for Jan man 

You’re a relentless hypocrite.

1 hour ago, Beth said:

Paully D 3rd choice CB for the rest of the season.........

3rd choice is obviously Burn.