Whitley mag

Is Barnes a better fit for us than Johnson ? I like Johnson looks electric at times, could be a right handful alongside Toney when he’s back.

Some Newcastle fans deserve Mike Ashley to return due to being ungrateful thick cunts, who can’t go 2 weeks without a signing, have a melt down if we lose and really lose their shit if PIF have the audacity to spend their money on another sporting venture. A far more appropriate topic for discussion.

I mean corporate seats right behind the goal isn’t exactly conducive to creating a great atmosphere. I’m betting this upgraded corporate area is a lot pricier than the previous sports bar seats they’re replacing aswell. No excuse for Corporate seating behind the goals, they should be the cheapest seats in the ground and it reduces the number of ordinary fans who can get in.

Nah Luke Edwards gets posted in here so anything goes really.

Their pit village thread literally Is the fucking pits. What the fuck is this daft cunt on about. Basically Durham Mags have no links to Tyneside, but Sunderland fans from South Tyneside are the most loyal of all. ‘south shields and other south tyneside towns are on the river tyne. Most loyal sunderland fans of all. Durhamags however have zero links to Tyneside and have absolutely no reason at all to support the mags. Weird weird people’.

Not a priority signing would be my guess and they’re currently working on something else. They like a lot of players but if something better is available and they can do a deal, they’ve shown they’ll be flexible and change course in an instant.

Castore’s designs have been very good can’t fault them. If they had the distribution side sorted and iron out quality issues they’d be better than most. The main thing that bothers me though is the actual quality and feel of the strip. Compared to an Adidas Ajax away top I bought last year, there’s no comparison. Not quite sure how adidas can provide a breathable quality material, but Castore can’t without buying a pro shirt. On a hot sunny day you’d sweat your tits off in the current home top. I can buy a gym top for about 20 quid that is perfectly breathable with latest technology, so not sure how they can’t do that for 70 quid.

Fucking Chelsea man is there any player they don’t want.

I like the look of him can only be we don’t think he’s ready for the first team. Think Lazio are current favourites to sign him.

Sounds like this could run for a bit, especially if West Ham come knocking with the Rice money burning a hole. If Leicester know West Ham are interested they’ll play hard ball and it might take 35 million to get this done, in which case it comes down to how badly we want him.

The town centre, I struggle to call it a city is on par with somewhere like Luton a fucking shit hole. You’ll see more seagulls feasting on left over rubbish than people. As for the coastline, Seaburn has a few shipping containers now, Morrisons and a shitty old hotel on the front. Compared to the North Tyneside coastline it’s fucking shit. As for Newcastle declining where does the imbecile get that idea from, there’s millions going into the City Centre and the quayside is due a major overhaul that will make it one of the best waterfronts in Europe when completed.

The takeover was murky as fuck on all sides, but the current board haven’t put a foot out of line since they got the keys. The PL weren’t playing by the book so it’s hard to blame the Saudi’s for playing their hand in negotiations.

Ours would have been like that also if the PL had their way. Can’t knock our current owners playing everything by the book, despite the obstacles being created by the current elite.

Frightening

I’ve still got high hopes for Gordon due to his age and there’s definitely something there. I just find Barnes a tad disappointing though on the back of that transfer, and not sure if Howe has a blind spot when it comes to wanting homegrown players But everything he’s touched has turned to gold so far, long may that continue and hope he weaves his magic with Barnes.

Losing to South Shields. On the plus sign they’ve probably slapped a few Shields Mags.

I think he’s speedy in transition and can hit a ball, but stats from last season in terms of progressive passing were shit, though granted in a poor team. Be good to see what his assists, progressive passing stats were like in season Leicester won cup etc, just to see if last season was a one off.

I back the club whatever they want to do, they’ve barely put a foot wrong in the transfer market. However, I can see why some are not overly thrilled with this move, the goal scoring side to Barnes is clearly a big upside, but everyone was expecting a player who could unlock the door. The below is a comparison with Lindstrom from Frankfurt and undoubtedly Barnes creative ability is rightly called into question, if that’s what he’s been brought in to do, they don’t scream CL elite player let’s just say that. ‘Lindstrom is closely ranked to the Englishman in a number of metrics including: goals per shot (0.16 vs 0.13), shot-creating actions per 90 (2.94 vs 3.30), and % of shots on target (42.2 vs 43.4). Furthermore, although Barnes is an impressive goalscorer, he still has much to improve on regarding build-up play, residing within the lowest 23% in Europe’s top five leagues among his positional peers for passes attempted per 90, pass completion, and progressive passes per 90’.

Never underestimate the impact a quality full back can have on a team. The 2 most stand out examples in our recent history are John Beresford and Trippier, completely transformed the team. Now if you added one of the Milan left backs to our team, I think we’d have a completely new dimension to our play next season.

I actually agree with this think there we’re signs towards end of the season that teams were targeting Burn. If we want to play a high line against top teams you also need pace, think back to Liverpool at home and thought Rashford roasted us a few times at Wembley to name just 2 occasions.

I think Barnes is the wide forward for the summer and Maxi stays put. Howe will want a joker in the pack and some unpredictability off the bench at least.

The lad from Sporting Lisbon would probably be about 40 million.

A lot will depend on him doing that if you have a front 3 of Gordon/Almiron, Isak and Barnes. Gordon shows some signs of getting his head up, but Barnes and Almiron are very head down type of players for me.

If he’s a straight replacement for St Max it’s to be hoped they have somebody with a bit of X factor lined up for the right side. He doesn’t solve the problem of breaking down a stubborn defence at home, and we lose a lot of unpredictability if St Max leaves. We’ll control games and keep possession with Tonali and Bruno, just not sure where the creative spark, killer pass is coming from to break down the top teams.

No it’s a Liverpool based journalist who writes for the Echo Dave Powell. They’re fucking rattled to fuck simple as. Business of Football Writer at the Liverpool Echo covering off-field matters at both Liverpool and Everton, as well as general football finance stories on Merseyside. Former sports editor any Chester FC reporter at the Chester Chronicle. Email