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I'm pretty sure it's part of the contract for anybody who works at sky. It should be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42kzEA9l8Q

Stats don't tell the whole story (as if anybody doesn't know that) Last time both strikers were in the premiership Mitrovic was a promising youngster beginning his adventure leading the line for a team that lacked creativity, whilst Gayle was a 26 year old, struggling to get a start for Crystal Palace. I would say their most recent stats are the most revealing.

Sigh, ok, in the premiership then: Mitrovic = 1 goal every 4 games Gayle = 1 goal every 4.7 games Joselu = 1 goal every 5.3 games So yeah, Gayle has more goals, but he's played more games, so your point is moot. Actually if you factor in that Gayle scored a lot of goals as a sub he scores a goal every 206 mins whereas Mitro scores one every 226 mins. Link? https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aleksandar-mitrovic/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/51152 https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dwight-gayle/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/196522 Mitrovic in Prem: 1 goal every 227 minutes Gayle in Prem: 1 goal every 211 minutes Gayle in Prem 17/18 for NUFC: 1 goal every 352 minutes. Mitrovic in Prem 17/18 for NUFC: 1 goal every 152 minutes. You can make stats into whatever you want tbh. You're only as good as your last performance.

In fairness he was allowed to sign the likes of Higuain as well so not exactly shopping in netto like he is with us. He was but then he also signed players like Koullabily. Sure, like he's found us a gem in Merino as well Possibly Murphy as well. He was our biggest buy in the summer and represented a huge risk, but he is beginning to show signs that Rafa was spot on.

The attention of a massive, passionate fan base.

A horse. Oh yeah.

What's the brown thing supposed to be?

"But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit. At least I did that."

Yeah. If £20million is all we are prepared to spend, you have to accept that in today's market that represents a risk. Rafa is better than most when it comes o trusting with that risk.

The thing is, a £20 million forward shouldn't be breaking our record transfer. In simple terms he should be 4 times the player of Joselu, but given the difference in their respective clubs desires to keep them that difference is narrowed. How much? Time, if he signs, will probably tell.

Dembele was also class in the Championship as an 18/19 year old for Fulham. Really highly rated in France, got into the provisional France squad at the start of this season, had a hat trick for their u21s lately too Gayle was class in the Championship. Mitrovic is clinical at International level for Serbia yet neither can cut it in the Premier League. I'm still convinced they could work well together.

I was at Anfield when they beat us 3-1 in 1985. We were ecstatic that we scored a goal at Anfield.

Aye. It's ruined my shopping trolley scam.

I love it when they say "locked in talks". Paints a wonderful picture which I'm fairly sure bears no resemblance to any reality.

I'm going for 3-5-1 as described. I could put an extra central midfielder in there but it seems superfluous.

Atsu can't play in the middle, imo. Too scatty. Play 3 at the back with kennedy and murphy and let Atsu overlap which ever side we are attacking. Hopefully dragging somebody out of position that our midfield can exploit.

Looks like he's bust her lip and blacked her eye in that photo. And there is some severe swelling to the chest. Poor discipline you say? A bit too aggressive, hmm?

He's Danish then? I was dreaming of the next Van Nistelrooy. Laudrup it is then.

Never heard of him but if Rafa is happy with him then just get it done.

Cunt's been quitting and reloading hasn't he?

What has Slimani done in this league to show he’d do any better than what we’ve got in Mitro? Especially when he would undoubtedly be more expensive. Selling Mitro to WBA or Brighton or any other club in a relegation battle, at any price other than somethinf extraordinary, would be f***ing tragic. If we had to sell Mitro to buy Slimani I'd take that chance. You can't sit on your hands and hope for the best. Pretty sure Ashley will pull the plug on it anyway so probably a moot point. Ashley would pull the plug in between the two deals. Once Mitrovic is sold He'll decide Slimani isn't actually worth it. But yeah. If it's a choice between a new striker who might do something and an old striker who won't get his boots dirty, it's a no-brainer.

True, I mean, Murphy’s only a year older than Kenedy after all. Well then we have Murphy to rotate for Kenedy. Smart-arse.

Knowing our luck we'll sign a quality striker who likes nothing more than playing on the big stage. He'll walk out to the roaring passion of 50,000 geordies. His first pass will be so sublime as to take everyone's breath away, leaving St. James in momentary silence which freaks him out and he's never the same player again.

Nah, you just missed the market changing. The market where, for example, other English players such as Andre Gray (£18.5m), Oxlade Chamberlain (£35m), Danny Drinkwater (£34m), Jordan Pickford (£25m), Michael Keane (£35m), Kyle Walker (£50m), John Stones (£50m) aren't worth what they're bought for either. Shelvey didn't become a £20m player, a £20m player became Shelvey. Either way he's certainly not a £12m player. £12m for even a relatively established English player now gets you someone like Sam Clucas, Will Hughes, or if you're lucky Jack Cork. All overpriced, but each a better player in what they do and their role for their respective club’s than Shelvey. 12m though is a p*ss take given we probably paid that for him, no? Andre Gray isn't like, arguably Michael Keane as well. Put it this way, Jay Rodriguez was £12m, and yes he's a striker and it's slightly different, but those players above are on the new scale. Shelvey on that scale as anything less than a £16m player is outrageous imo. To my shame I always assumed Jay Rodriguez would be South American. Oh little old vile racist me.