Optimistic Nut

The way shirts are out every single season, not a lot you can do with stripes, I'm not against the occasional attempt at something different like we did with the 91/3 home shirt.

Similarly Jean-Kevin Augustin to Leeds. Loaned him in the Championship with an obligation to buy if they reached the Premier League. He played 3 times contributing nothing to promotion, they tried arguing against having to buy him, ended up paying £18m to RB Leipzig.

Feels like we're stepping up the quality of prospects we're targeting now? We're not just signing other clubs' academy players but him and this Georgian kid have already played a fair bit of senior football at a very young age. You'd be confident they'll either become useful squad players or nice little PSR flips like Minteh.

5 goals & 5 assists in 18 starts & 13 sub apps. Málaga in the bottom half of the Second Division.

Just read he's out of contract in the summer. Wonder if he's one we've got earmarked with a route to the first-team, if he goes to a lower end La Liga club on loan with a view to flip him to Real or Barca or a Minteh type fee.

Yes.

Cash out dropped to £82 after this weekend. Gap at top of Turkish League still 3 points but Gala won away to the 3rd place team which was their toughest game left.

Wonder if Wolves would fancy Willock. Obviously a lesser player but if he's fit he can play in most of those positions on Cunha's position map.

Love Wilson and we possibly wouldn't have had that Champions League campaign without him. The build up to the World Cup when Isak was injured he was on fire, but has to go this summer. If we don't quite trust Osula yet I'd sooner see us go with Gordon up top for 20 minutes or so if Isak isn't able to.

Could we make him into an almost better footballing version of Joelinton in that LCM slot? Feels like Joelinton gets into good positions but doesn't always have the composure to finish moves off. They'd both still get plenty of game time.

I like the idea of him.

Having their rivals singing "Ben Dawson's black & white army". Also the irony that their manager on the night is now at Newcastle in a similar capacity to what Dawson was here at one point.

Chelsea for £80m before Brighton sign El Regeno to replace him for £4m.

I'd like to see Bournemouth get in the Europa Conference League. Best team we've faced this season by a mile and they'd have a good chance of winning it which for a club that size would be immense.

Yep. It's only really been the last couple of weeks that the mainstream pundits have really pegged us as CL contenders, even though we've at least been on the fringes most of the season.

I thought the other day there's maybe scenarios where one could play as a 10 maybe? Not a traditional 10 I guess, but could see Gordon's pressing alongside Isak and maybe doing some of his defensive work being a decent weapon.

Newcastle in general. Second goal, the Longstaffs, Carroll & Allan in the build up.

Brilliant win for Gateshead away at Forest Green the other night. Hopefully going into the Play-Offs with some form after that massive dip.

Does his second goal yesterday not fall under that category?

Shame Guehi's back. City picked their defence apart at will. 2-0 win.

Bloody fantastic though if we're 4th with them 5th & 6th and 2 points ahead.

Really not a fan of the blacked out club badge on the white jackets.

I thought this when he signed. His link up, and knowing when to play the ball to Vardy was a big factor in their play and relative success. He's so much more than just a finisher.

They're dreading becoming fodder to the likes of Fulham, Bournemouth & Brentford next season going by RTG. They have this chip on their shoulder that because they have more supporters and were successful before World War I that they have this right to be bigger and better than those clubs. They don't.

Having him available again is what gives me confidence we'll see it through to CL qualification. Just means we're strong on the wings for the full game again.