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"It is hoped that a compromise will eventually be reached with Trafford still keen on the move, but it could be a transfer that drags on into the summer." Good stuff...

Plus the small NUFC crest from 1983-88 in orange and purple on the back for what it's worth. Away kit has the even earlier crest on the back which looks pretty good tbh.

No trim, pretty much just plain purple but with orange sponsor and Adidas logo.

Leeds interested according to The Athletic. https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1932544870582730852?t=9Qe22napdEA6_xcNFMxN3Q&s=19

And would also dent us in the homegrown stakes. Just way too valuable in all senses to let go.

Oh without a shadow of a doubt and for a variety of reasons - to protect relationships, to avoid potential libel or where they won't have 100% proof or evidence. I've heard so many stories over the years on people within football that I would never dare put onto a public forum, let alone in the press.

I've been thinking about this. Suppose the journos did know how bad Mitchell was in terms of internal reputation and his approach to the role - how would we have reacted if they pummelled him and these stories came out while the season was ongoing or whilst he was still in the role? We'd probably all be fuming at the disruption it would have caused, so I can see some argument for keeping certain things out of the public domain until his notice had been handed in.

Aha thanks! That passed me by completely.

What on earth is a purple and where did this phrase come from... Seen it here used loads.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6387324/2025/05/28/paul-mitchell-newcastle-exit-inside-story/ Good read - essentially links it to Eales and nothing more than that.

I don't believe we're incompentent but I also don't believe Palace were particularly easy to deal with given what we saw last summer. It takes many parties to seal a deal.

Do you reckon we thought the same last summer?

Tbf the article does mention how Mitchell is working for 4 more weeks and wants to secure at least 1 major signing before he goes.

Withdrawn from the Sweden squad - good news to rest that groin up!

Hope confirming that he expects Bunce to stay. Maybe good for the long-term, but doesn't half throw the summer transfer window into a bit of a mess (unless this has been secretly agreed for weeks).

Just learnt that his real name is Brent and he was born in Nottingham. Sounds legit.

Agreed. It's divided by the total number of clubs playing in Europe that season so hopefully they can contribute! Generally UCL clubs earn more than UEL or UECL clubs so would be more important for the UCL 6 to perform well than Palace or Forest, but it would help!

And on a sidenote, we'll want all English clubs to do well again hopefully next season to ensure the PL once again gets 5 spots as that's done on a seasonal aspect, rather than a 5 year average.

It's worked on a 5 year sum though. Hence why ours should continue to build now. If your sum is lower than your national average then you get that total instead. Ours is only 8000 but the English average is 22.982, so we get that instead. We'll hopefully surpass that over time with more European games and build our own meaningful coefficient.

Indeed. Added benefit of qualifying for the UCL this year is that we get another season now to really try to build up the coefficient which will increase future revenue shares and to a lesser extent the pot allocation. Crucial to consistently qualify for Europe each season now as the higher the coefficient, the more we'll receive from UEFA each season due to their dodgy merit/broadcast payment system.

Given how bent over we were for the deal, I'd be staggered if Forest allowed that.

Surely a club with European fixtures offers him more opportunities for minutes though? With Isaks injury issues, he'd get a lot of opportunities here I'd suspect.

Aha yeah that makes sense. Thanks both.

So not only did we get bent over on Vlach but he's under contract for more than 1 year too?!

Pretty much same as this year (black) but hooped on top rather than just white. Also think the home shirt is better than the reaction - a JD coathanger photo doesn't do it anywhere near enough justice imo.