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Glad hes got the full pre season to prepare

Gerrin ?

I'm normally one for downplaying the deluded thing, but no they're not. Currently yes they are

Not way even Newcastle United would release that without transfers being fairly imminent Transfers are on there way ?

Everyone seems to believe him with the Keane tweet

It's not really no But plenty of teams apparantly wanted Sandro, but yet he mentions us? If this was his first time he had done it then I wouldnt have mentioned and just taken it as he was simply letting us know he was a target for Newcastle But when you look at the other articles he has a written about us and what he has said on twitter previously , it feels like another slight little dig

Not to go full media paranoid like but that Graeme Bailey seems to have a weird vendetta against us Constant digs at us Was just going to post the same thing. I've noticed his sniping for several months now. Aye, I know some people get really sensitive with journalists giving a bit of critisism, but over the years at times we have arguably deserved it But since we've been promoted hes done loads of negative articles regarding Newcaste, im pretty sure he said that Rafa was ready to walk not so long ago and because he took some stick from some fans on twitter he started biting, he seems to be getting worse.

Not to go full media paranoid like but that Graeme Bailey seems to have a weird vendetta against us Constant digs at us

The way, they announced it

Would be a great signing I feel he will have better offers though tbh

I'm relatively happy Dummett being 2nd choice left back though He can still do a job for us if Gibbs misses some games Gibbs is worth the risk

Would be a class signing for 8m Really hope we go for him

Butland was injured most of last season and didnt look amazing when he came back into the side, although a good goalkeeper with time to develop. Due to Begovic being first choice and his injury last year, Butland has only ever had ONE full season being first choice goalkeeper in the premier league. Forster is decent but still makes plenty of mistakes Pickford is an overrated kid who although has potential, has loads to prove also People single out Harts mistakes as hes been Englands first choice goalkeeper for a long time now. If the the others I have mentioned became Englands first choice goalkeeper, there mistakes would be highlighted a lot more Currently right now hes the best option England have in my opinion

Still despite what gets said, currently Englands best goalkeeper

Is that the same bloke :lol:

He told the chemistry teacher yesterday first iirc

There's our new signing Happy 1st of July, boys and girls ?

We spent 80m when we got relegated... The problem wasn't how much we spent, it was spending it on the incorrect players Ofcourse McClaren takes a blame for poor coaching etc but in the past 2 seasons we havent consistently gone for bargain players Bakumbu only made 17 starts last season due to a poor injury record, with West Ham reportably having a 20m plus offer rejected, is he really worth us spending a large chunk of our budget on? Its a big risk imo We spent 80m after years and years of spending next to nowt and if you look at the players we bought it was the same old story of signing personnel mainly on the basis of resale value when we needed players for the here and now with the right talent and characteristics. We very rarely pay the going rate for players that are likely to come in and do a job, it's always about saving a few quid here and there. The example here being Bakambu, yes he has no PL experience but looking at him, he's mobile, strong and a good finisher so there's no reason he wouldn't succeed. But we'll only ever sign players like that if it's below market rate and/or we think we can perhaps turn a profit later on. Having that attitude to all deals doesn't work. I agree in the relegation season we needed players for the here and now, players like Mitrovic a prime example didnt work out. We paid big on players like him and Thauvin, in hope the value would increase for possible future profit and the risk didnt pay off However we havent done this for all players, this past season has been different, signing older players such as Gamez, Murphy etc it hasn't just been about cutting costs or future transfer fees but about getting the job done People think we have this massive budget where we can hoy 20m bids at players such as Ake like Bournemouth have done, but the difference is they only needed to invest in a couple of players when we need (in my opinion) atleast six players. We still have Riviere, Saviet, De jong, Hanley, Murphy, Gamez, Haidara, Lazaar etc who we need to shift off the wage bill, and our budget needs to stretch a long way Our transfers are critical to the club staying up this season and hopefully building something for the future, we have to make sure recruitment is bang on this season Although its frustrating, I understand the skeptism of the club spending big on one 'unproven' player

We spent 80m when we got relegated... The problem wasn't how much we spent, it was spending it on the incorrect players Ofcourse McClaren takes a blame for poor coaching etc but in the past 2 seasons we havent consistently gone for bargain players Bakumbu only made 17 starts last season due to a poor injury record, with West Ham reportably having a 20m plus offer rejected, is he really worth us spending a large chunk of our budget on? Its a big risk imo

Although prices have increased on players such as Bakumbu, that doesnt mean we have to go out and pay 20m plus on players who we arent sure will do the business Still bargains out there

Ofcourse, ofcourse

What?

it's what is going to make things hard for us in midfield next year as well, trying to play him in rafa's system I would like us to go 4-3-3 and play 2 solid hard working midfielders next to him, James McCarthy types. Shelvey McCarthy Lucas Hes a good player who we need to get the best off