Whitley mag

Yeah, all the top clubs have membership schemes of sorts. Rather than getting rid of it, this may just be a cut off for this season. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to give members first dibs on new season ticket sales in the summer, and I say that as someone who’s not a member.

Aye, we’ll be in wonderbar before the game, get ya self in Fanny.

Add Raphina to the mix and we’ll be comparing them to Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkard at Milan, or Brehme, Voller and Matthaeus at Inter. I can definitely see us becoming a team full of samba superstars with a feeder club in Brazil.

We’ve simply got to stay up this season and I think this summer will be off the scale. It wouldn’t be unrealistic to imagine them signing Paqueta, Raphina, Nunez and Botman. Would be something special to see 3 top drawer Brazilians at St James, with Joelinton keeping them company on nights out.

Hard one to call this, can see them getting a big boost from Lampard and signings. No matter how bad they’ve been Calvert Lewin and Richarlison will be a big threat. Would love nothing better than beating these scruffy fuckers.

Dubravka Schar-Lascelles-Burn Trippier Targett Bruno Willock Joelinton St Max Wood

I think the key for us now is set pieces with Wood and Burn, getting the runners breaking past Wood from midfield (good signs of this in 2nd half at Leeds) and better delivery in the box to Wood from full backs.

Aye if Sarr comes back they will be under Hodgson, likewise if Weghorst and Cornet start firing for Burnley. However, I think overall now we are better than all 3 rivals at the bottom.

Try imagining Maxi, Willock, Joelinton, Fraser and a fit again Wilson bursting on to them. Wood gives the attack a focal point and with him and Burn we’ll be a big threat from set pieces now.

We’ve given ourselves a great chance. Regardless of another attacking option, if we can’t stay up after spending 90 million serious questions will be asked of Howe. We’ve signed an England right back and world class midfielder. The other additions are solid and I think Burn will surprise people, his stats for Brighton are impressive. We’re up against 3 teams we should now be finishing above, barring a complete injury crisis of epic proportions.

Stick with Willock no thanks.

He definitely hasn’t got a link to Mandy.

Alvarez to City is still to be announced ?

Midweek league game sold out well in advance, it’s a long time since we’ve seen those days.

Absolutely, they’ve been very agile in the transfer market. Very impressive January window for such football novices.

Still tentative links to St Juste and Fofana. Would be absolutely over the moon to add Fofana to our midfield, we’d instantly have an elite midfield overnight.

At this point I think a decent CB signed and I’m confident we have enough to stay up. The midfield position is a key upgrade, it should make a huge difference to us in terms of possession and protecting the back 4. Being greedy though, if we could still pull Lingard off it would gives us another dimension alongside St Max and potentially make us very good to watch for the remainder of season. Still think we’ll see another big story in the next couple of days involving a striker, potentially Nunez, Zapata or Isak, but have a feeling that might be just out of our reach this window. Great times.

Most attacking centre back partnership in the league alongside Schar. Attack attack attack attack attack

Parallel negotiations for multiple players if it is us, back up option in case Bruno falls through perhaps.

We we’re also linked with Paqueta earlier in the window, I’m presuming he is a more attacking midfielder. https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8100426/lyon-lucas-paqueta-newcastle-transfer-snub/

‘A deal for Lyon’s Bruno Guimarães is close. Arguments over the fee aren’t thought to be unsurmountable. They are working on other eye-catching deals’. “If they don’t have their players in before Monday it’s going to be carnage,” one recruitment executive predicted of the last minute rush. The first big test of the takeover is fast approaching.

Good watch that, particularly when he talks about how he’ll fit into our lineup with Shelvey.