TheBrownBottle

I’d add Muto to the ‘not good’ list edit: apologies; I can see that Muto was discussed - though I would say that he was Benitez’s signing.

He’s our David May

Still feels like the oddest signing we’ve made under Howe (we know that the Greek bloke was a bit of PSR chicanery). Hope the lad kicks on, but he just looks miles away to me. His stats look worse than they are due to the limited mins (31 PL appearances, 0 goals - but he’s only played the equivalent of ten games). But if anyone can turn a big, strong centre forward who doesn’t look likely to find the net into a much better player in another role, it’s Howe. Ask Joelinton.

I’d be astonished if they did - we’re unlikely to sell at a loss, so they’d likely need to cough up over £40m, and none of them actually need a right back (if anything they’re all well stocked there). Porro, Timber, Gray, White, Lewis, Gusto, Dalot, Mazrouai, James, Bradley, etc etc

It did Anderson good going to Bristol Rovers - that’s the level this lad should be tried at.

I mean, he didn’t like - he came off the bench for the ‘A League All Stars’ and spaffed a chance to score, hit the bar, and Xavi gave him some praise after the game. This is the ‘A League All Stars’ that NUFC took so seriously that we played our kids against them. It’s a training match which European sides do for daft money - no-one should take any part of it seriously. The lad couldn’t get a regular start for the Mariners, and couldn’t step up to the Dutch or Scottish leagues. Obviously I’d like to see it work out for him, but the truth is that the lad would’ve been better off staying at CCM and seeing if he could develop rather than being shipped off to England far too early on in his development. He was raw and he’s been hopelessly mishandled by Ameobi; it’s now a couple of years since he was last selected for Australia, and I’d have thought if he’d stayed he’d have added a few more caps. If anything NUFC - if they wanted him - would’ve been better off loaning him back to the A-League. He’s still reasonably young and there’s time yet - but I wouldn’t be loaning him to the ‘Championship’ at this point; it’s still too high a level based upon past experience. He needs a loan to a third or fourth tier club for a short time to see if he has the talent.

Tim Flowers was the most expensive keeper in English football history at that point (£2.4m); I think the world record at the time was Pagliuca (£7m). But you’re right, Hislop was expensive in 1995 (from memory it was the highest fee paid in world football for a keeper that summer). Even Mike Hooper was a decent fee for the time. KK never did get it right - I still think if we’d went to Palace (who’d just been relegated) and offered a couple of million for Nigel Martyn, then we win the title in 1996.

He absolutely was for me - if KK had spent proper money on a GK we win the title in one of those seasons. It was always such a strange Achilles heel - a good keeper is worth their weight in gold; I’ve always found it odd that they don’t command close to the fees that great centre forwards do. It’s the second-most important position on the pitch IMO.

An opponent which took 97 points in their division last season

Because ‘Black Cats’ is weird and embarrassing and so obviously a recent neologism, ‘Mackems’ was meant as an pisstake of their accent (and older folks from Sunderland may still take umbrage at its use), and ‘Rokerites’ is no longer applicable. They’re a club without a nickname.

Champion - I’ll take that any time

Good ball that by Krafth

Leicester could’ve saved us all by simply forfeiting the game beforehand and giving us an automatic 3-0

Haha

Wilson’s legs do look like they’ve gone - that old burst of pace over five yards isn’t there

The bairn is so young he’s got a sponsor-free top. Like my NUFC top when I was six which didn’t have ‘Greenalls’ on it

We’re winning a top flight game at a canter, minimising injury and fatigue risks. Nee complaints from me.

Leicester have been atrocious here, and this season generally. Mind, can you imagine the mental somersaults the Mackems are doing at the moment (you know they’re watching). This lot took 97 points in Division Two last season - this is the fate which awaits them if they come up. They’ll be oscillating between ‘we’re better than theyse’ and ‘nee point gurwin up marra’

If they’re my age, the memories of the four major trophies they’ve won would probably be keeping me comfy in that seat

Fucking hell when your luck is out it is out

Yes!

True, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t a yo-yo club. This will be their fifth relegation of the PL era https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo_club

I’ve seen quite a few of those tbf - Leicester are the embodiment of ‘yo-yo club’

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