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I'd sell Maxi for Barnes and one of either Chiesa, Diaby or Lindstrøm. But only if we got 2 players, not 1.

It's bollocks. But he doesn't successfully take on his man anywhere near as much as other wingers.

Just read that Barnes averages 1 take-on every 3 games? That can't be right?

"Set to sign" but not even bid yet.

Let me cut to the chase. We are not getting Chiesa. Or Lindstrøm. Or Diaby. Or Harvey Barnes. Or Kudus. In seriousness, personally do have slight reservations about Chiesa given that ACL and subsequent form after, mind. As much as I'd be chuffed if he signed here.

Internazionale Newcastle.

That article doesn't actually say that much other than we're after a LW. Which surprises me unless there's a significant outgoing.

Some reach, that. Of course I trust Ashworth and Howe and of course does every signing not have to be £60m+ otherwise they're crap. I was talking about one specific player, Moussa Diaby, whom is likely going to have his club command a similar fee to what we paid for Tonali. There may be a gem out there in South America or somewhere that no one's ever heard of that we end up getting and ends up being class. Who knows? ASM started 31 matches in 2021/22 btw. He's just been unlucky with injuries, confidence and increased competition this season just gone. And someone as good as he is or at least possesses the factor that he does (that we've probably heard of) likely won't be available for £30m-£45m which is likely to be what we get for him.

I can see Leverkusen asking for a similar fee if not higher fee than what we paid Milan for Tonali, so I don't think what we'd get for ASM would cover the fee for Diaby. It's part of the reason why I don't want ASM sold, we won't replace him with anyone better for the fee we'd get.

Don't understand the Harvey Barnes link, he's as LW as a LW can get whilst we have Saint Max, Gordon, Joelinton and even Isak and Anderson who can play there. (FWIW I don't want Isak on the left, he's our future through the middle. And I don't especially rate Anderson but the one performance of his where I've been impressed with him was Forest away where he was on the left). On top of that, Joelinton and Willock interchanging on the left was brilliant at times for us last season. A RW is what we need. Would be both an upgrade and competition for Murphy and Almiron. Diaby, Raphinha, Lindstrom, Kudus; that ilk. Only issues I can really foresee is the fee it would take to get any of those given FFP constraints.

Had a flick through this thread again and these posts articulate how I feel about ASM far better than I could word on my own. (cheers lads @St. Maximin @Kid Icarus @LFEE)

"Are you looking forward to having your name repeated by the fans to the tune of Seven Nation Army?"

IMO it's strictly because of the 5th season and everything else is forgotten about. People on Twitter remember that season; I remember 2012-13 and 2013-14 where we regularly got battered and excuse after excuse was made. 'Europa League's fault', 'thank God we're not in Europe', 'we can't compete with Swansea and Southampton', 'science'. Losing 0-6 at home, losing 0-3 at home to Sunderland twice on the bounce, the sheer amount of pastings we took at SJP in the second half of 2013-14. I saw someone claim that Pardew has a 5th and a 10th placed finish. That 10th place finish forgets a huuuuge amount of context. That was 2013-14; we were 6 points off top on Boxing Day. We sold Cabaye at the end of January and fell to bits; we only won 4 of out the last 15 matches and that included a record breaking 6 consecutive defeats and a record breaking run of falling to score in 4 consecutive home matches. And the scorelines of the home defeats post Cabaye; 0-3, 0-4, 0-3, 0-4, 1-2. That second half of 2013-14 was the most miserable I've ever been as a Newcastle fan until the COVID era Bruceball. As you can tell, any of our fans trying to dress that season up as a positive for Pardew has me absolutely rattled.

In order of the *gritted teeth* job they did. Howe Benitez Pardew Bruce Carver McClaren In order of feeling towards them, top being like the most and bottom being hate the most. For me anyway. Howe Benitez McClaren Carver Pardew Bruce Feels harsh on Benitez that he isn't at least equal with Howe given I hung off every word of his when he was here tbf. But the game's the game. McClaren did an absolutely dreadful job. Benitez proved in the final 6 games that there was a decent side there that should never ever have been relegated. Hate to think how many internationals were in that 2015-16 team. But he was just an uninspiring wet flannel who conjured up no hatred, just a 'meh'. Good analogy for the Ashley NUFC at the time tbf. I certainly had nowhere near the hatred for McClaren as I do for Bruce and Pardew. Carver was just incompetent to the point where whenever he opened his mouth it was just embarrassing. Should never, ever have been given the job. We had 30 points from 23 matches in January when he was appointed interim manager. We just stayed up on the final day of the season with 39 points. That Carver was given the job, who almost ended up taking us down, to wait for McClaren to become available whose Derby team imploded in the Championship who ended up taking us down the following season anyway is just Thomas Tuchel said he would've been very interested in the job had we approached him when Pardew left. For fuck sake man. Didn't have the dislike of Pardew I have now when he was here but I really resent the revisionism of him 'because 5th you know'. Been over his impact on this club many times before. Still hasn't worn off of some of our fans imo. Despise Bruce with every fraction of my being. Without doubt the manager I've hated the most out of any. Heinous cunt.

Few 30 somethings putting their own skills and highlights compilations on at an afters with 1 lass. Unreal.

We signed Barreca on loan in January, made 1 appearance as a sub away at Spurs for 4 minutes in early February and made only 2 matchday squads between then and the end of the season afterwards. What the hell so odd

Antonio Barreca was the name. Legend.

Santon, Pistone and that LB we had who made 1 substitute appearance on loan under Benitez? Weird signing. Can't remember his name. Could include Giuseppe Rossi as well.

Tier 1 - Ornstein, Romano (ik he's a tap in merchant but he's a good aggregator regardless of whether its from other people's sources or not) Tier 2 - Keith Downie, Chris Waugh, George Caulkin, Jacob Whitehead, BILD Tier 3 - Mark Douglas, Luke Edwards, Simon Bird, Martin Hardy, Lee Ryder, Pete Graves, Ben Jacobs, John Percy, MARCA, L'Equipe Tier 4 - Tuttomercato, Ekrem Konur, Graeme Bailey, Nicolo Schira Tier 5 - All NUFC Twitter creeps pretending to be ITK

RW, LB and CB in terms of order of priority for me. RW is our weak link atm, a LB means Burn can go into being cover for Botman and medium-long term we need Schär's successor.

Katie Cutler doesn't I reckon.

"The club believe funds will be better assigned elsewhere, with another midfielder, a winger and left-back on the agenda." Good to hear.

?? Made me wish I was dead.

Would take Nelson as a squad option but we need better for that RW position. Our other (assuming we're only making 1 more) big money signing has to be on a RW upgrade.