TheBrownBottle

Not for me. Lots of Nick Hornby-lite pieces for me. Each to their own, of course. I just find that misty-eyed football writing bores me.

(I also can’t picture Kimmich joining)

Also, can’t Kimmich play RB too? So Tino would have cover if needed

I mean, I wouldn’t. But I’d be over the moon if he did. Would be some signing that one.

If it’s a swap deal then that suggests that this is 100% Howe’s call. I’ll happily back the manager if it happens - Trippier has been costing us game after game the last couple of months. Maybe he knows something that others don’t?

Yes

I chinned Bill Cliff once mind, and broke more house bricks than him. I’ll take your Jin ti an do style

I was thinking we’d be having to get on the blower to Manquillo and to persuade him to come back to Tyneside, like we did with Ferdinand when we flogged him to Spurs

Don’t make the mistake of the laughter of hate

It’s alright, MrRJ created a mock-up tweet. It wasn’t a real one - the rumour mill is toppling over into just plain silliness at this point.

Who?

“Jackett has been on PIF’s radar for sometime, with sources confirming that the Saudi owners of Newcastle were impressed by the record points haul he achieved in the third tier with Wolves a decade ago”

Me too on both counts. It would mean a likely 7th place finish, which would be an excellent season, especially if we can get on an FA Cup run

And the article will end up looking nothing like the tweet …

They aren’t being punished for the same thing twice - they had the opportunity to fix it and continued to breach FFP FFP may be ill-conceived but Everton cheated when others didn’t

He didn’t leave the impression of being a deep thinker in that long interview with the tiresome twat from off of BT

And Villa, if they win it, will end up making a figure not a kick in the arse away from what we did in the CL groups (not that money should be the primary concern), as well as winning a trophy and qualifying for Europe again next year.

Yep, the average football supporter of reasonable vintage should recognise pretty much all of that lot in fairness.

The League Cup is a major trophy - it doesn’t have the prestige of other competitions. The second division isn’t a major trophy. The Charity Shield isn’t a major trophy

I do agree, but I don’t think a DoF gets five years to achieve results

Difficulty of winning it doesn’t come into it tbf - the UEFA Cup was harder to win than the European Cup until relatively recently. But the European Cup had more prestige.

Last summer’s transfer window and his appointment of the physiotherapy and medical science teams are questions for me. Wish I had a job where no-one got to question performance for five years.

Questions and mild criticisms still stand for me

That wasn’t on the cards when they were given the ground - and the improvements were still less than the cost of a new stadium.

It definitely is for me - any of UEFA’s main tournaments are. It would trump a League Cup