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Really do envy The Fish's patience posting on there. Articulates stuff well with sapient logic but then is piled on with the usual mackem tripe. Don't know why he bothers.

The hairy tory fucker is talking shite there like. No way is there only 6k on sale after selling only 1k more STs this summer.

It's Ponteland Airport, the bridges over the Tyne are in Gateshead not Newcastle, if you're born in Shields or outside the city centre you're not a Geordie and a plastic mag. They actually believe that and perpetuate it in their minds. They're fucking mental.

Emotional quick "not for sale" claim from Everton to calm an already very fractured fan base. Wonder if that'll change if we (god forbid) offer more than £35m. Just offer the money for Diaby. It's far better value anyway.

I'm sure he's a talent has a high ceiling but £35m+ for a good half season? His FBRef stats are also shite. No thanks. Diaby at £45m-£60m is still much better value. Hope we don't pursue this one.

Man City (h) shifted to Sunday 21st August, 4:30pm kick off, Sky. Wolves (a) shifted to Sunday 28th August, 2pm kick off, Sky. Liverpool (a) same kick off date and time, BT. West Ham (a), shifted to Sunday 11th September, Sky.

Longstaff only started 5 of the 17 matches after the January window, he's hardly nailed on. I get the calls for a midfielder, truly, but a striker and a winger are far more pressing issues imo hence why I've been talking those up far more. Obviously I'd be delighted if we sorted all 3, but I'm not expecting it. We're as it stands a Wilson injury away from having to play Wood again and let's face it, given Wilson's injury record that's bound to happen. Arsenal and Burnley games were evidence that we can be a far different, more commanding side with Wilson in the team whereas we're more passive with Wood so that has to be sorted. If for our striker or main source of goals we're relying on Wilson and him being fit again then that is an enormous failure of squad management, given how desperately we've needed one. I have faith it'll get sorted though. Winger is also far more important than a midfielder as ASM aside we have nothing from wide areas. Almiron last assisted a goal in the opening game of 2020-21, and has scored 5 goals since then also. Fraser is marginally better but 5 goal involvements in his last 27 appearances is still shite for where we want to go. The burden on ASM of being our only decent winger has clearly taken its toll and some fans started turning against him as a result. That needs sorting and I think that ASM will also benefit as a result; the burden on him being our main outlet is gone, sides won't double up or even triple up on him as they have done in the past so he'll be in more 1v1s which he tends to win which will result in more chances.

You're forgetting that Joseph George Willock exists. Didn't get the goals of his loan spell but grew right into the season after Leeds away and before his injury.

Lived in Chester-le-Street all my life and have to put up with it again for another year. Hate the place. Just use it as a transport hub for town or Durham.

Under Ashley I always maintained that I'd be more than happy to pay more for match tickets with a new owner to coincide with the rise in quality of product on the park. Alas, here we are. Not overly arsed about this though as they're friendlies and I never go to friendlies. Ticket prices will only start becoming a concern when the cheapest single ticket is in excess of £60-£70 and STs are close to a grand. Newcastle and the North East aren't exactly the most affluent of areas and given this is Tory Britain with a cost of living crisis and disdain for the working class I hope that if tickets ever do rise to that we can do what Liverpool fans did back in 2016 and walk out of a match or something in protest as they did when their tickets were put up to £77 and STs were over a grand for a club whose catchment area is very similar politically and economically to us.

Everton in for Broja.

I'm 21, turn 22 in December and I enjoy going out in town especially around a matchday, before and after and really enjoy it. I'm much more of a pub person than clubs so the late night culture around people aged 18 to about 23 has never appealed to me. I think it's arose from student culture and being skint, people nowadays have 'pre drinks' where they buy alcohol in house, meet at about 9pm, drink until 11pm to midnight then go out as it means they're already drunk so don't spend as much money when out on more expensive drinks in a night club. That's never been me. I'm more of a day drinking, pub person. Pints, scran, back home pissed by about 11pm-midnight when all the others I mentioned start to come out. I drink in town down the Ouseburn, Pink Lane, Westgate Road, opposite train station, Grey/Shakespeare Street, Pilgrim Street, High Bridge, Quayside and Dean Street. Avoid the places that get a disgrace after a certain hour; Mosley Street, Collingwood Street, Centre for Life, Dog & Parrot and Grainger Street (due to the McDonalds). I think student culture, especially in a city with two unis, is the reason for you auld gits complaining its not as good as it used to be.

Almiron last assisted a PL goal in September 2020. He scored 1 goal in the entirety of last season. Fraser had 2 goals, 3 assists in 27 appearances last season. Absolutely not. A CM is a medium term issue imo which we can sort next summer. A striker and wide player are massively important this window.

Wouldn't like Nike, all their shirts this season have the same template no matter the club. Umbro, Adidas or New Balance for me. Adidas would probably do redone retro stuff like they have done for Arsenal, if they did that for us they'd make an absolute fortune

Broja on loan with an option to buy with the main chunk of the budget going on a RW would be good business. Haven't watched or know too much about Broja but him pushing Wilson or coming in when Wilson gets injured would be good. Diaby in pls.

Yep, fully agree and what I've been trying (and failing ) to articulate. Bruno has been amazing for us in the role he currently has, restricting that or moving him deeper to accommodate Paqueta doesn't make too much sense to me as good a footballer as Paqueta is (not that I've watched him extensively, which I haven't). We could then change from 4-3-3 to another formation, but I don't see why we should alter the formation that has us in top 4 form post January just to fit him or another attacking midfielder in. If we want to compete in midfield in the games against the top 6 you need that destroyer; Liverpool have Fabinho, Man City have Rodri, Spurs have Hojbjerg/Bissouma, Arsenal have Partey, Chelsea have Kante. Man Utd are washed. No idea who that could be as like I say its a medium term problem. Striker and winger are far more important.

He's a known WUM/fraud/wannabe ITK. Ignore anything he says.

Agree with this. Hence my want of a DM/#6 to cope with that scenario, but it's far from the most pressing matter that requires attention in our squad. Striker and winger are far more important.

Can't find any highlights anywhere unfortunately.

Quite a few. Attached links to some highlights. Couldn't find some only for 1. Livid, Newcastle 3-2 Liverpool, August 1971. Newcastle 2-0 Burnley, March 1974. Newcastle 1-0 QPR, August 1982. Newcastle 3-1 Brighton, May 1984. Newcastle 3-1 mackems, January 1985. Newcastle 1-0 Portsmouth, April 1992. Grimsby 0-2 Newcastle, May 1993. Newcastle 7-1 Leicester, May 1993. Newcastle 4-2 Sheff Wed, September 1993. Oldham 1-3 Newcastle, November 1993. Newcastle 3-0 Liverpool, November 1993. Newcastle 7-1 Swindon, March 1994. Newcastle 4-2 Chelsea, September 1994. Newcastle 6-1 Wimbledon, October 1995. Newcastle 5-0 Man Utd, October 1996. Newcastle 7-1 Tottenham, December 1996. Newcastle 5-0 Nottm Forest, May 1997. Newcastle 3-2 Barcelona, September 1997. Newcastle 8-0 Sheff Wed, September 1999. Newcastle 3-0 Man Utd, February 2000. Newcastle 4-3 Man Utd, September 2001. Arsenal 1-3 Newcastle, December 2001. Leeds 3-4 Newcastle, December 2001. Feyenoord 2-3 Newcastle, November 2002. Inter 2-2 Newcastle, March 2003. Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham, December 2003. Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea, April 2004. Newcastle 2-0 Portsmouth, February 2006. mackems 1-4 Newcastle, April 2006. Tottenham 1-4 Newcastle, March 2008. Newcastle 6-0 Aston Villa, August 2010. Newcastle 5-1 mackems, October 2010. Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal, February 2011. Newcastle 3-0 Man Utd, January 2012. West Brom 1-3 Newcastle, March 2012. Chelsea 0-2 Newcastle, May 2012. Newcastle 3-2 Chelsea, February 2013. Newcastle 1-0 Anzhi, March 2013. Man Utd 0-1 Newcastle, December 2013. Newcastle 2-0 West Ham, May 2015. Newcastle 5-1 Tottenham, May 2016. Newcastle 4-3 Norwich, September 2016. Newcastle 1-0 Man Utd, February 2018. Newcastle 3-0 Chelsea, May 2018. Newcastle 2-1 Man City, January 2019. Everton 2-2 Newcastle, January 2020 (due to the fucking ridiculousness of it ) Newcastle 3-1 Everton, February 2022. Newcastle 2-0 Arsenal, May 2022.

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Not really concerned about it as I have absolute faith we'll get one but we desperately need a striker far more than a midfielder. Upgrades anywhere on the pitch will be massively welcomed of course, but can't help but feel that this summer will have been a bit of a failure if we're just hoping Wilson doesn't get injured again (which he will looking at his record if he's our only quality striker) and we have to play Wood.