RobsonsWonderland

3 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

Longstaff, Burn, Hall, Murphy and (I'm assuming) Anderson. When was the last time we had this many Newcastle fans in the team?

When Ossie brought all the young lads through.. i say brought, we were bloody skint lol

Clark, Watson x 2, Elliot, Thompson, Howey etc

We might not have the same success on the field this year but my God we are going in the right direction off the field..

6 minutes ago, oldtype said:

Is any of this history explained in later episodes?

This might help explain why we don't go big on the past.

And to be honest I don't want to give him anymore excuses to try and rinse money from us

11 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

As I said last week ours is a different story.. it's about rebuilding the club from scratch and undoing 15 years of wrong.

When they started recording behind the scenes nobody, even ourselves would have believed it was about the club ending up in the champions league.

You might have your own reasons not to like the owners or the final cut of the program but for fucks sake can we go back a couple of years and appreciate where we are now! 

21 minutes ago, KingArthur said:

 

Miley and Longstaff are nowhere near England squad.

 

 

 

Would be good to see Miley and the younguns break into the 21s this year

To be fair with the exception of one or two games we were never at our best.

Injuries to our key players leading to the finals already had us on Plan B or maybe C.

One good thing is that this might make the manager think she will have another crack at it in four years time whereas she was talking about leaving after the euros.

Oh and as my niece joined Newcastle Ladies last week... we love in hope for the future!

Unbelievable by the ref... Bottled the second yellow 

I'm still convinced refs should watch the incidents in real time once... Much as they do in actual time

Think there was a genuine sense of disappointment in the crowd tonight (a bit like the cup final) where we went in with a real believe that we could win.

Other years we have sang in defiance as City thrashed us by 4 or 5.

But I also take it as a badge of honor that both the management and city fans celebrated like it was some sort of title decider... They know we are coming, just not yet

If you listen to Wilson's podcast this week they laugh at Miggy not speaking English.

I do wonder if has problems communicating with his team mates 

2 minutes ago, Hot Since 1882 said:

 

First I've seen of that! 

 

Shitbags 5 a side - Zouma, Sigurdsson, Paqueta, Greenwood, Toney (Zouma rush goalie)

 

 

 

Surely Bruce Grobbelaar goes in goal?

Still think we would have won that day lol

12 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

MacAllister had 1 year left on his contract at the start of last season and got that deal prior to the World Cup. Hence negotiating a good release clause price. 
 

Clubs like West Ham could’ve put the feelers out to him and have been rebuffed. That’s what I think may have happened to us with Maddison. He probably said that he didn’t fancy the move so we weren’t linked again this summer. 

I also think it's a genuine factor in Brightons operating model.

They get players in with the promise of game time and show casing their talents in the premier League.

Maybe they were unlucky setting McAllister's contract at 45 million in a summer when fees jumped up massively but then at the same time got lucky that there was no clause on Cacidoes.

7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Thought it was decent but very shallow. Little but disappointing compared to the Man City one where you get details of everything that goes on inside the club, training, tactics and all that. 

I think the starting points are different.

Man city you were guaranteed a winning story on the pitch... We didn't.

As much as there was hope and belief,  we could have went down the Sunderland to I Die route and become a laughing stock on and off the pitch.

We as fans get to see the football on TV, youtube by the minute and personally I like the fact we are seeing what's behind the games etc.

Oh and you do wonder if clubs have more control on the output after Mourinho / Ali etc

15 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

I'm sure he does, but I think we can all agree that we haven't bought the finished article. 

He has played 130 times for Milan and 14 for Italy... I'm thinking he is well on his way?

4 minutes ago, Hovagod said:

Who’s the top one?

The Murphy twins! 

1 minute ago, Memphis said:

 

You're right, but I purposefully ignored it b/c ultimately I don't think it played a huge role for us in targeting him - don't get me wrong, it's nice to have, though.

If only every player/fan had signed for us 

We are not just building a strong first team but a quality squad.

The drop off from first 11 to the bench is getting tighter and that's going to make a massive difference this year.

Will only benefit the group

2 minutes ago, huss9 said:

its the saudi national team.

they arent a reflection of the saudi regime.

seperate the two.

 

dont know why anyone would be interested in these games though.

I would be more interested in the pif teams coming across for an end of season kick about.

5 hours ago, jonny1403 said:

 

It's not robbing a living at all. The club voluntarily offered him a contract and he accepted it. It works both ways.

 

A quick google suggests he's on 60k a week - £3.2 million a year. The idea that just because he is already very well off he should forfeit £6.4 million pounds (obviously he'd be paid at a champ club, but much less), is laughable. You wouldn't do that with your employer so don't expect him to. 

Just imagine if there was a club out there signing a whole squad of players on 8 year contracts on lot higher salaries... Would hate to see them  in this position with 5 or 6 they can't shift ?

2 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

This is a no brainer, if Hall and Tierney are the same price you would go for Tierney all day long. We needed an upgrade for that LB position not cover. Hall wouldn’t start hence wouldn’t improve the first XI so shouldn’t be prioritised over Tierney. If there’s a limited budget go for the surer thing not promise. See

You buy Tierney, you end up buying again in a couple of years.

You buy Hall, he adapts this season and first choice for the future.

Chelsea sell him they claim the full profit... Which is the only reason he is on the market.

Rule of thumb is nobody knows nowt... And when we do buy someone it's a surprise.

So I'm not getting wrapped up on targets to replace targett just yet.

I think this has now become the biggest shake up in football since clubs were allowed to buy more then three foreign players per team.

And one thing is for certain... The premier League are no longer the biggest fish in the pound. 

We will still have the best product and league but it does make you wonder if this and Chelsea etc inflating fees  will start to cripple or limit the spending at some premier League clubs.

7 minutes ago, aussiemag said:

In someways it’s smart. Transfer fees seem to be inflating at ridiculous rates (mainly due to Chelsea). They are locking in all their business for the next 5-8 years before that inflation gets worse. The risk is that if the players fail, they won’t be able to get rid and also they will have minimal FFP space for the next 5-8 years to reinvest further into the squad. They will have to sell more young players to stay afloat. 

No football club can plan for a five / right year period.

Players can be one season wonders, pick up long term injuries or sit on their long term contacts and not be arsed.

Unless they can be moved on, it will also stop them buying and new players two / three years down the line.

I know... I play Football Manager lol

1 minute ago, Weezertron said:

He's playing?

Yep I think it's my eyes!

Or more the fact I keep expecting him to be more involved but it seems to be the game is being playing around him

Had Mount went off? 

Or have they decided not to pass to him ?