christ

I don’t believe it yet. Italian press has been about as reliable as Burnsie so far this summer.

Theo Paphitis says it’s done.

Who’d have thought it was just as tedious as fuck being linked with every cunt as being linked with no one? Wake me up on the last day of the transfer window.

I’m obviously going to try but I’m not sure I can deal with the stress tbh

Good might be stretching it like. He made some showreel saves, but he waved quite a few in. Never seen a keeper play for us with so little knowledge of where his near post was.

Pope would be a sensible investment. Not too pricey, proven at PL level, provides much stiffer competition for Dubs who has had quite a few injuries in recent seasons. Incremental improvements to the squad are just as important as bringing big names during the immediate term. We need depth too.

Or he’s retiring after his leg exploded.

Happy? I’d wank myself red raw.

Old fashioned probably the operative term. Local sports journos are just chained to their desks and expected to turn out clickbait shite nowadays.

Mind blown here like. Genuinely had no idea you could watch it in Shearer’s.

The tape was holding his leg on.

Crock. Do not want.

No from me. I’m sick to death of seeing him cry.

It’s a matter of cost. Nothing more.

Our fans made our fans look like tits here.

All bar one Literally just me and Ando now with any credibility.

Honestly, they’d be better off with the Rich Energy charlatan.

Hence my hesitancy to go full ‘ITK’. I expected the owners to pull a rabbit out of the hat, but if that was the case I reckon we’d have heard by now.

There were quite a few reasons I was told but the way it was explained to me was that the new market value rules threw quite a big spanner in the works. Shirt sponsorship was on the agenda until then. It changed the mathematics quite dramatically, especially because of the long term contract with Fun88. Funnily enough I also asked about legal action at the time and the response I got was that the owners are quite keen to build up some goodwill within the league and build our influence that way. I don’t think we’ll see us back in court again any time soon. I was also told that Ashley had done such a piss poor job on the commercial side the club reckon there’s a load of potential there. It’ll go down like a fart in a phone box on here because of the Fun88 stuff, but it was actually a really positive conversation.

I’m not saying you do. However there are an awful lot of people on here getting themselves all worked up about something which is totally inconsequential and every corner of NUFC internet is going to be unbearable when they get the news they don’t want in the coming days/weeks. A couple of months ago I was told by someone who is close to the club (albeit not in a commercial capacity) and who I have no reason to disbelieve that Fun88 was staying next year because - and I’m paraphrasing - they’ve looked at the lay of the land and right now it doesn’t make financial sense. I’ve largely kept it under my hat because I wasn’t sure whether the info was good, but I’ve seen zero to suggest we’re about to change shirt sponsorship. Put as much stock in that as you want.

You might have missed this mate, but we’re owned by Saudi Arabia. A ‘good and pleasant’ brand isn’t going to make much of a difference. I don’t understand the desire to do damage to the club’s finances just to change sponsor when it’s going to happen very, very soon regardless. Relax. It’s just a poxy logo.

It does - and it’s almost certainly the rationale behind keeping Fun88 - but there’s a cadre of fans who seem who have invested an awful lot of their being into being able to walk around with a different company’s name plastered across their gut. Sponsorship should be at the very bottom of any list of concerns. The only measure is a financial one, and I trust those in charge to make the decision that makes the most sense.

Witsel?

But they’ve been mentioned? They’ve been leaked. There was a big carry on about the colour of our away kit. That was only about a fortnight ago. The reason there hasn’t been any subsequent discussion about the kits and sponsorship is that virtually all of the drama and speculation has been cooked up by the bored minds on here.

Drowning in info here.