Coffee_Johnny

We could work on the Billy tag. To tune of ‘Billy don’t be a hero’ ? Billy, our local hero, another goal with your right, Billy, our local hero, setting the Premier alight! ?

Must be some ‘surpass to requirements’ we might like to poach?

I miss the days of being on holiday and seeing NUFC tops alongside Man Utd, and very little else.

We’ll ‘cut our cloth’ according to the opposite. Sexy flexy Howeball (copyright).

That is way overpriced. We won’t pay that and seems clear that perceived ‘value for money’’/fairness is something none negotiable at the moment. Might change if we’re shitting it towards the end of next month!

Found this image which captures his game well. Slowed down as he is too rapido for the naked eye.

Sleek big cat… lean and sexy at that. Strong man to man—someone who muscled past Burn first half (and got a shot in) just bounced off him in the second. Some hints of passing ability/progressive and another reason Shelvey doesn’t have to drop so deep to pick up the ball. Promising start, quality of opposition, acknowledged.

There’s nothing like matches for errm, match fitness. I thought a few, Burn in particular, looked knackered against 1860. Though probs just an indicator of who is working hardest.

Toney added

Thought he did ok yesterday. this season, I hope he receives the ball more often in better areas so he doesn’t have so much to do in order to get in a shot. Also seems like we rarely have open options for him to lay off an easy pass for someone else to shoot (thinking lay backs to edge of box). Some of this is to do with established patterns of attack/system and some to do with having players intelligently finding critical (goal threatening) space.

Where did he play for Rovers?

I totally understand the Gini marmite argument. Have to say I really enjoyed having him here. To echo a conversation from yesterday, I don’t think he was used effectively by McClaren, particularly away. Given a too structured deep role. Should have been just left to do his thing, ala Keegan style, though it is obviously much easier to do so with better players at your disposal who will fill holes. p.s. he did score 11 goals from CM in a relegated side and we made £10.5m on him (bought for £14.5 sold for £23 + £2m add ons).

☝️ this toxic sounding scrote is getting a lot of publicity on here. (errr, not talking about Darren Eales ?)

Wijnaldum is reportedly one of a group of PSG players left out of preseason and told to find another club. He is apparently on 9.2m euros per year. So £7.8m or about £150k a week (52 week year). If we could get him on loan, the year’s worth of wages would equate to a very reasonable transfer fee for a player of his quality and the potential benefits of having someone of his stature in the group. Given a standard, say £15m transfer would probably have an additional £4 to 5 m wages on top of that. Bruno and Gini are very adaptable/can do it all in CM. Joelinton would complement and provide additional energy and combativeness. Longstaff (and all) could learn from him, would be great for Botman having the former Dutch captain here (who was dropped by the Netherlands last year due to limited game time at PSG). Plus having a Premier and Champion’s League winner in the squad can make such things seem more achievable. Could be a solution to our third positional gap which improves us and doesn’t eat into up-front transfer funds needed for the other two gaps this summer.

Another James Dean headed for a trunk of trouble on Jessie Dene? No thanks from me too.

Do they not have to have an odd number (casting vote)?

This is a nice graphic showing relative performance (to Lique 1 forwards) on eight criteria. Particularly like the bottom left: shots per 90 minutes.

I reckon Eriksen will do week for you. But take your point.

20 years older than you and heard it in Gateshead as a youth, but just from older folk. Never said it myself. Thought it was probably a mining thing, which might have some truth though maybe Viking origins: “Marra, as a slang word for a mate, derives from a local pronunciation of marrow, which has been used to mean “companion” or “workmate” since the 1400s. No one really knows where the word comes from, but it's possible that it might be related to an old Scandinavian word meaning “friendly” or “outgoing”.”

? Every time I open this thread that bloody reel of German crap pops up first!

Nearly being shaken off the camera gantry in the Gallowgate might have put him off live reporting a little!

Gini on loan anyone??

Some of the forwards we’ve been linked with, in one place. By ‘estimated’ value (transfermarkt). Strikers Osimhen, 22yrs. 24 in 51 for Napoli, previous 13 in 27 for Lille. 15 in 22 for Nigeria. Market value £55.8m. Gouiri, 22yrs. 22 in 72 for Nice. 10 in 21 for France u21. Market value £37.8m. Calvert-Lewin, 25yrs. 45 in 164 for Everton. 4 in 11 for England. Market value £36m. Toney, 26yrs. 43 in 78, Brentford; 40 in 76 Peterborough; 25 in 89 (loans); 0 in 2 Newcastle Shortsighted. Market value, £31.5m. Isak, 22yrs. 32 in 103 for Real Sociedad, previous 18 in 33 (in Germany mainly 2nd tier). 9 in 37 for Sweden. Market value £27m. Scamacca, 23yrs. 16 in 39 for Sassuolo, previous 18 in 81 (various loans). 0 in 7 for Italy (9 in 15 at u21). Market value £27m. Zapata, 31 yrs. 66 in 126 for Atalanta. Previous 40 in 141 (various Serie A). 4 in 34 Colombia. Market value £25.2m. Barbosa, 25yrs. 88 in 137 for Flamengo. 5 in 18 caps for Brazil. Market value £23.4m [Ekitike, 20yrs. 10 in 26 for Reims, also 3 in 11 Vejle BK (loan). 0 in 6 France U20. Market value £25.2m.] de Tomás, 27 yrs. 44 in 85 for Espanyol, previous 82 in 128 in three Spanish loan deals from Real Madrid. 0 in 4 for Spain. Market value £22.5m. Broja, 20yrs. 6 in 32 for Southampton, previous 10 in 30 for Vitesse. 4 in 14 for Albania. Market value £19.8m. Kalimuendo, 20yrs. 19 in 60 for Lens, previous 0 in 3 for PSG. 13 in 24 for France u17/u21. Market value £16.2m. Dennis, 24 yrs. 10 in 33 for Watford, previous 19 in 85 for Club Brugge. 1 in 7 for Nigeria. Market value £12.6m. (Has played both wings as well). Gabriel, 17 yrs. 0 in 54 Santos. 1 in 12 (Brazil u15 and u17). Market value £9m. Sesko, 19yrs. 22 in 44 for FC Liefering ( loan ) Previous 5 in 25 for Salzburg. 2 in 13 for Slovenia (13 in 34 underage). Market value £9m. [Mara, 19 yrs. 7 in 34 for Bordeaux. 2 in 9 for France u20/u21. Market value £2.9m.] Wingers [Diaby, 22yrs. 22 in 92 for Leverkusen, previous 2 in 25 for PSG. 0 in 8 caps for France. Market value £54m.] Danjuma, 25 yrs. 10 in 23 for Villarreal, previous 15 in 47 for Bournemouth. 2 in 6 caps for Netherlands. Market value £45m. Asensio, 26 yrs. 28 in 160 for Real Madrid, previous 11 in 90 (Mallorca & Espanyol). 1 in 28 for Spain. Market value £36m. Paquetá, 25yrs. 18 in 65 for Lyon, previous 1 in 37 for Milan. 7 in 33 caps for Brazil. Market value £31.5m. [Gordon, 21yrs. 4 in 49 for Everton. 4 in 7 caps for England U21. Market value £18m.] Sarr, 24yrs. 23 in 89 for Watford, previous 13 in 59 for Rennes. 10 in 47 for Senegal. Market value £24.3m. Hudson-Odoi, 21yrs. 4 in 72 for Chelsea. 0 in 3 full caps for England; 4 in 9 U21. Market value £22.8m. Harrison, 25yrs. 26 in 154 for Leeds. 0 in 2 for England U21. Market value £16.2m. Cornet, 25 yrs. 9 in 26 for Burnley, previous 31 in 184 for Lyon. 6 in 29 for Ivory Coast. Market value £13.5m. [definitely not happening]

Don’t know but hope so ?

I’d like to think it was because he’d watched the plethora of fouls we’d been on the receiving end of in the first half.