Absolute Elsewhere

Going on as if it was some sort coup ffs.

Yep. A free transfer from Bournemouth man. The worst thing Ashely has done is kill expectations and standards to the lowest possible level.

I really don't get where the hell everton are getting the money from, they've spent a lot of money on s**** and its not like they're making much back on sales

Moshri. Beyond me why he wants to invest in a club like that

Disgusting isn’t it. That little dump of a ground they have as well. They have wasted most of it too. Imagine where we would be if we backed Rafa with half of what them c***s have spent

Everton have a 25m bid accepted for Doucoure. 75m triple swoop for Allan, Rodriguez and Doucoure. Dat ambition

Bet they still finish 10th/11th like

Not bad nut. I would also say 2/3 of Trent, Robertson and Doherty are must haves too. Where else can you get 180-200 points for 6-7m!?

De Bruyne and Aubameyang are must haves for me like.

Ritchie and Murphy on the wings is mid table champo level

Nothing shocks me with Steve Bruce. Appoint the worst manager in the league then you get what you deserve

That team is minging too. Looks about the same level as our championship team 4 years ago

Fraser, Almiron, ASM & Wilson I reckon could just about scrape us to 15th or 16th if they click. Don’t think it matters which two play in the midfield, all seem much of a muchness. It’ll likely be Lascelles & Fernandez, Dummett no doubt left-back and Manquillo on the right. Grim but I think it might just survive. Yippee.

That’s the most frustrating thing. We could spend 30m on a striker and a left back then loan in say Holding and Brewster then get Fraser on a free. That’s still a disgraceful window for a non Ashley NUFC but even that would take a lot of flak off Ashley and probably have us lower mid table for the sake of 30m.

But we would rather do the bare minimum as always and take the 50/50 chance of relegation

Season long bets I’ve got £5 each on:

 

Watford, Hull, Bolton (all promoted), Man City, Bayern, PSG, Real Madrid & Juventus (all champions) For £1050.

 

Ajax (champions...I had them still on my slip by accident), Hamilton (to finish bottom), Luton, Accrington & Stevenage (relegated) to win £2100.

That first one won’t be far off surely.

Ritchie should definitely be surplus to requirements here. He should be sent to the glue factory. He’s done.

 

But he’s british, has grit and is loved by bacon boy and the donnay army so he’s going nowhere. Probably get a new deal.

 

Didn’t he already sign a new deal? I thought that he had done quite recently and that’s why I didn’t believe in this swap rumour one bit.

Aye think your right. 4 year deals for him and Shelvey wasn’t it.

Ritchie should definitely be surplus to requirements here. He should be sent to the glue factory. He’s done.

But he’s british, has grit and is loved by bacon boy and the donnay army so he’s going nowhere. Probably get a new deal.

I reckon it will be Callum Wilson and he will be here by next Tuesday.

I agree Batshuayi would be perfect but he will be out of our league and he will have far better options than us in our current state.

I think manor park has serious mental issues like.

Toney will be a massive miss for peterboro

True but they will still be up there and hopefully they get 1 or 2 decent signings with some of the money. Norwich still have a good team for the championship and plenty of experience in winning it and if Chelsea make a couple more big signings and have a decent start there odds will soon tumble. Worth a daft fiver I feel.

Chelsea, Norwich and Peterborough to win their leagues.

£5 on @800/1

:lol:

Dear god man

Predictions 2020/21:

Premiership

Winners: Man City

Runners Up: Arsenal

3rd-6th: Chelsea liverpool Tottenham Man U

Relegation: Aston Villa Fulham Sheff utd

Overachievers: Leeds

Underperformers: Sheffield United

Top Goal Scorer: Aubamayeng

Break Out Year: Eze( Palace) and/or Nkeitah

Season to Forget: Pogba and James Rodriguez

PFA Player of the Year: Aubameyang

PFA Young Player of the Year: Foden

Manager of the Year: Arteta/Bielsa

First manager to quit/be sacked: Moyes

Newcastle United

Where will we finish?: 13th for a hat trick of 13th places

Top Goalscorer?: Wilson 11 in the league

Will Bruce still be manager at the end of the season?: yes ?

Who will be the first player to be sent off for us?: Hayden

FA Cup: Arsenal

League Cup: Tottenham

Champions league: Bayern

Reeks of Fulham 18-19. Although I suppose they have a good manager.

The best one in the league.

That Qatari cash seeping in already it seems.

Van De Beek to Man U done apparently.

Unless we are intending to raise £45m by selling Lejeune Schar and Lascelles of course in which case might be a good deal

Do well to get around half that for them 3 imo.

It’s bizarre really. The club loses value every day he remains in charge. He won’t be able to get more than £150m for us in the championship

Yeah that’s the part I don’t get at all. Even a 5m loan fee for a good left back on loan for a year and even 7m loan fee for a striker like Batshauyi on loan would likely keep us up and save him 150m for a small outlay but it seems he would rather spend nothing and just risk 150m.

Sounds about right. I was just thinking what I would do in that situation but I can’t really even think of anyone we could afford to sell to raise funds to spend elsewhere. Only really Lejeune or Schar but there aren’t going to bring much in? Gayle would be best off sold if we could get 10m then put that towards a good striker on loan. Other than that we have very little room to manoeuvre.