Joey47

But Moukoko has 6 months left on his contract right? So he wouldn't be signing until the summer if we did get him.

Only Dortmund player we've been linked with this January is Moukoko right?

Haven't seen any rumours but I hope we go for Mohammed Kudus, can cover up top and maybe wide forward too? Also could play in Willocks current role really well.

Nick Pope being pretty much the best in the league at sweeping actions makes up for our slow back line, and it rarely gets exposed by pace as much as last night.

Such a weird signing, if he does well he will cost a fortune, if he doesn't it's 11m wasted on half a season.

Surely not on our left side either. Our left side is pretty much as defensive as it gets. Dan Burn, a CB playing LB, Joe willock a pressing monster in LCM and Joelinton a midfield destroyer playing LW. I do imagine the plan will be to move to a more balanced playstyle in the future though, playing a more attacking LB and moving Joelinton back into his best position which is in the midfield.

Also came across these two quotes . Don't know which forum they're reading as I've mostly seen people on here saying it's a really good choice of club for him to go on loan to.

Had a little read of that Jambos kickback forum. Seems like a lot of them don't think Kuol is going to start for them. But also a lot of them seem extremely excited and calling him one of the best/most exciting prospects in world football.

I understand the flip side as well. Just that I’ve seen clubs like Leicester and West Ham have really good seasons, qualify for Europe and then make a mess of both Europe and the league the next season. I still really hope we get top 4 though.

Might be best that we don’t qualify for Europe after watching that. Might stretch us too thin next season and leave us in the shit.

Donkey

Absolutely crazy stat

Don’t really want Thurman to be honest. He looks like a decent squad player but nothing special and already past the age where you can say he has bags of potential.

Wonder if this changes anything for Joao Felix leaving, seeing as they take up similar positions on the pitch.

From the Man U forum. With Liverpool also being up for sale, who is actually going to buy either of these clubs? Can't see a sale going through any time soon for either of them.

I personally think Pulisic would be an unreal signing. Has a lot of talent and ability and also has the work rate and stamina to press the way Howe wants the attackers to press. Also has better end product than ASM.

I think it originally comes from Messi stans calling CR7 Penaldo as a slight against him because a lot of his goals come from penalties or tap ins. Then it just spread from there, definitely don't quote me on that though

Funny that. Who would have thought that football fans (when you remove the extreme moral highground white knights and the type of people who would wear tea towels on their heads) have generally similar views on club ownership. I think this quote above from that forum pretty much sums up the opinion of the "normal/average" football fan when it comes to their own club. Yes, in an ideal world all clubs would be fan owned and money wouldn't be imperative to success but that's not how it is. Therefore, most fans will agree that they want the least bad owner they can have, while still being able to compete.

I agree that Wilson isn't on Kane's level when it comes to creating chances or passing range, but I don't understand people that say Wilson isn't good at holding the ball up. I think he's ridiculously underrated when it comes to his hold up play, I think becuase he's not the tallest of strikers. But he will battle CBs all game and bring balls down and retain possesion. I first realised how good he was at it when he first came to Newcastle as I didn't expect him to be able to bully CBs the way he does. I was then reminded of it when he came back after his injury and Chris Wood was covering for him. You would expect Chris Wood to be better at holding the ball up being that he is a massive lump and a back to goal type of striker, but Wilson is miles ahead of Wood when it comes to actually bringing the ball down, Wood could win headers but they would mostly be flicked on into areas and we would lose possession.

I also watched this and had the same thoughts as you. They seem to describe our form away as just we are playing very solid football with momentum and feel good factor. They actually compare us with Arsenal and say how Arsenal are playing brilliant tacticallly flexible football and that they don’t see any of that from Newcastle. I also find it pretty funny how the guy sitting in the middle who appears to be the boss of this tactics channel seems to know the least about tactics compared to the other guys on the channel. I also think he’s extremely obnoxious and his face looks very punchable . I do enjoy watching the videos when it’s just the Scottish guy and enjoy hearing his insight and opinions.

Question for @Froggy. I know the way Ronaldo has gone about this whole thing is very cuntish, but are Man U fans letting the feel good factor around Ten Hag cloud the fact that Ronaldo is the most high profile person to go against the Glazers so directly? Would this not have been a chance to really put pressure on the glazers, since most fans identify the ownership as the real problem at the club?

Ronaldo confirmed he was offered 350 million to play in Saudia Arabia for 2 seasons.

Always wondered how footballers make these bets on football. They obviously can't put it in their name or even have the money linked in anyway to any of their accounts. My first guess would be that they tell their friends what to bet on? If so how do they get caught in the end? Or do I just have it all completely wrong?