Lazarus

Its not unlimited funds though - thats the thing. The Saudi fund is for ALL of their investments, not just one they make in NUFC.

He didnt?

Is that from when he was sent off against the Argies?

Always remember there was a bloke called Angus who would tell a totally incomprehensible joke. Every single time he came on.

I know mate, i know.

Willock could be a good addition to the England squad - A direct player with a goal threat from central midfield. I hope he continues to develop and improve.

The Rafa aruguments have been done to death here - including by myself. But to re-iterate - he did indeed oversee some poor games but things improved. And they continued improving as the stats (which have all been posted previously) showed. Releasing Toney, Armstrong and Mbabu were for understandable reasons at the time. Its only with the benefit of hindsight you can say 'wish we'd kept so and so'. The reasons why each of those players were released has been discussed at length including Mbabu's lifestyle. How many younguns have Man City or Chelsea let go who have done well elsewhere?

I think saying hes shite is slightly unfair. Hes one of those players who never puts a run together of great performances and stands out but also doesnt stink the place out. Hes just consistently average.

Wasnt Aimar linked - or am i thinking of another Argie playmaker....

Further to that - I realise that there are many, many clubs whose existence is a series of relagation battles and that in one sense, Im lucky to support a PL club with players like ASM in the squad. I just want a bit of hope mixed in with the misery. A cup run, a gem of a player from the academy coming though, a club identity, the belief that everyone behind the scenes is trying their hardest etc etc Surely thats not being greedy?

'Stalled' suggests there was some inital movement

Yeah - Ive said before in here, as have others, that if it fails then I'll have to look at where I want to invest my time, my money and my sanity. Can't be arsed with worrying about a relegation battle as soon as the season starts, for what is it now, 9 or 10 seasons in a row?

FYP.

Put this in the OP.

In theory it would make it easy to identify terrorists/racists/protesters. Its an obvious slippery slope though isnt it

Is Lejuene back?

Its needed but social media websites don't exactly have a good reputation when it comes to securing data. Wasnt it the other month when over a billion social media profiles were for sale?

For me, theres a huge differrence between the emotional investment in England and Newcastle. A passionate manager and the sense of progress with the England team to a passionless manager and no progress at club level. Its a huge contrast.

I was thinking more of the ASM saga.....

Weve gone from the high of tournament football to focusing on our clubs again. Canny for some, but its a bit grim here.

Any football on tonight? My routine after work has gone to shit.....

Bill Gates. Apparantly its too hot and hes gonna spray some stuff in the atmosphere.

If Ashley hasnt spent at least a million quid on his legal team hes got to be VERY close to it. Unless hes got De Marco on some sort of performance based retainer.....

England have the 2 central midfielders who can break forward but are mostly cautious and defensive minded. If Foden or A N Other was to play in place of one of them then surely that would have to be balanced by an even more cautious, defensive minded player. Firstly, this would obviously changed the shape of the team and leave more room in central midfield for the opposition to exploit when posession is lost. Secondly, the even more defensive minded player would have to be someone like Kante, which we don't have. The answer may be that Southgate keeps the same shape, players and tactics but the players operate, when neccesary, 20ft or 40ft or so further up the pitch.