Dr Jinx

Well he didn’t state that’s what the contract was, he said that was the asking price. So there’s enough wiggle room to be vague ?

7 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Porto fans on twitter are amazed that we bid that much and even more amazed Porto would turn it down. Not the best signs ?

To be honest can’t say I’ve seen it heard of him before now, a quick Denis Wise scouting mission revealed that he has the most shite “amazing skills, assists & goals” clips I’ve seen all summer.

He reminds me of Kern from Highlander.. just has that sort of Neanderthal look about him ?

He was definitely riding around on a horse beheading people in a past life.

20 minutes ago, Cookie1892 said:

anyone else getting Anelka vibes from this kid?

 

seems like he is talented but has a wanker for an agent and will be doing the rounds of clubs just like nicolas did for his whole career

Yes! I’ve been saying this for weeks!

I don’t think he cares too much, it’s a piss take of an industry.. as Steve Bruce figured out, no matter what he does, there’ll always be some other fool willing to give him his next severance pay out.

This kid doesn’t care because he’s got plenty of options but that just goes to show he doesn’t want to be here, or at least couldn’t be bothered either way. So, no thanks.

But the club still seem to be interested, despite the current noises “all but dead..”, which I find more interesting.

He was all for the move before he saw that little creep hanging around outside 

If Hugo is higher up on the list of targets than these mentioned above, just how good do they think he was going to be?

25 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Bruno's agent in Newcastle. Wasn't he on a flight with Mehrdad recently?

 

 

Nothing in this, he currently lives in Newcastle, moved here for his home base to help Bruno settle in and help him look for a home.

He said he’d stay for 1 year.

Agent: “we want x, y & z before we sign.

The club: “nope, you can have x but not y & z”

Agent leaks info.

Media: “Bayern want to sign…”

The club: ……………

Agent leaks info.

Media: Newcastle are back at the table for talks…

And so on.

The situation around football is beginning to turn, PSG, the main one’s driving the lunacy have stated a shift in policy, they want homegrown Parisians in the side.

Yeah they just did that with Mbappe contract but you have to ask why? It’s not that they think the same system and strategy will win them a champions league.

That ship has sailed. Messi coming in was last throw off the dice as far goes their serious CL ambitions and it didn’t work.

The reason for that signing is the same end goal as keeping Mbappe, it’s about their (Qatar’s) self image before the World Cup starts.

They couldn’t be seen letting their star player leave for Madrid and were prepared to strangle themselves financially (ffp) to do so. They might try to sell the club afterwards, but if they don’t, it’ll be a total cutback compared to how they’ve been doing it.

World Cup will be over, and so will the motivation.

Spain is a hard one to make sense of, if reports were to be believed, Barca would be in danger of bankruptcy, Madrid too when that stadium work needs to be paid for, yet they continue to spend, albeit far far less than what they once did.

The PL will set the tone once PSG exit the stage.

Man City will be ok for a few more years, relatively young squad etc, at least they’ll only need to add one or two quality signings each summer to keep things fresh, but when the overall squad needs an overhaul, they might have to drop back a bit, their success also depends on how long Pep stays.

Man Utd have such high turnover that they could afford to keep throwing money at a problem they don’t know how to fix, but there’s no sign yet that they have a clue where to start. It’s a 2-3 year rebuilding job, unless Ten Haag is the worlds best manager? I just can’t see anything other than history repeating from previous seasons.

Liverpool are well run, refusing to pay the money that their players can get elsewhere, which means players coming in are joining for sporting reasons, something we should aspire and stick to at all costs. But financially they will be vulnerable to clubs like us when we eventually get to their level, they won’t be able to compete for signings if we’re happy to pay that extra 10m etc. (ie Lille holding out for us over Milan)

It may not necessarily be a case of the party being over but thankfully I think that Mbappe deal was the peak of it, or as Hunter Thompson wrote.. 

“and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high water mark — that place where the wave finally broke, and rolled back.”

2 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

I agree with your sentiment, but he’s making no money like. Perhaps a couple of hundred quid a month, max, from YouTube.

See that was True Geordie as well, he used to do those Mike Ashley rant videos like he was the biggest fan going, then as soon as he got the fancy studio and stooges to back him up, I’ve quite literally heard him say.. “well I’m not exactly a die hard football fan”.

But the main difference between them is that I’d happily go for a pint with TG, I’d want to get a restraining order again the other lad.

There’s no way he’s playing a character, it’s like saying that about Michael Owen, that he just decided to be the king of cringe. Nah, proper creepy behaviour.

While I do subscribe to the “if you’re good enough, you’re old enough”, I also think it doesn’t do any harm to have some experience in there (in the midfield), especially when things are not going for us.

Although Shelvey is one of (if not the) the oldest in there for us, he’s highly unreliable when under pressure.

The Maguire signing was mental really, he looked decent at Leicester in fairness but am sure if you really watched all his games there you’d see his traits quite clearly. * and he had Kante protecting the back 4.

Just imagine what a cb pairing of him and Lascelles would be like..

13 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said:

Well find out when he stands next to Dan Burn

He’s 6’6

He’s not slow man!!

8 minutes ago, Milanista said:

Are you guys confident on getting Paqueta?

I’m not entirely sure he’s a priority of the club, I think he’d come to be with his best friend, but aside from that there’s no major interest, I’m not sure if we’ve even scouted him. But he’s quite obviously a very good player..

They wanted Botman and have missed out on some solid alternatives while they waited this out, if it somehow happens, it’ll be a major coup given the level of the clubs competing for his signature.

We’ll see what happens with the young French lad, but wouldn’t be surprised if they are playing the same game of chicken with this one.

Just now, Milanista said:

Is there a general thread that you guys tend to congregate in?

We have saga threads, the takeover was the big one and before that the endless soul destroying that our previous club owner inflicted on us.

But this summer, Eketike and Botman have both been sagas ?

That first one looks like someone pointing at him telling him he’s a shit manager.

1 hour ago, Holloway said:

A number of Burnley fans bemoaning the low fee, saying it's payback for the Wood business, that'll do me

I don't think we needed any payback, we quite literally relegated them ?

1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Sterling?

I think we’ve seen his best and it’s downhill from here so am not sure if he’s even maintaining levels from previous seasons.

Thats not to say he isn’t a very very good player, he’s still excellent but my point is that wages at a point higher than 200-250k a week have for the most part played a negative part in the trajectory of both club and player.

If you’re earning that sort of money, many many times more than a manager etc, you’ll never respect them fully. It’s fuck you money essentially.

And then for a club, if you’re paying that sort of money it creates a culture of entitlement while being unmotivated due to the colossal amounts of money involved.

Man Utd are a prime example of this.

Aside from Messi and to a lesser extent Ronaldo, has any player who’s been paid more than 250k a week improved on their game (or even maintained that standard) from when they were on less than 100k?

Yep, abusing him on twitter is sure to make the deal happen. ?‍♂️

11 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

As long as he can hand the ball off to a ball playing CB I’m okay with it 

Which is why we’re persisting with Botman.

Nout to do with us anymore. I don’t even want to think of this cunt while our club is now in the early stages of its revival.