Optimistic Nut

Even after they got relegated with Ravanelli and Juninho leaving, they managed to take the likes of Merson, Gazza & Branca down a division which was pretty impressive.

I actually liked them mid 90s to mid 00s. Liked the way they played and the names they managed to attract. Now though, just meh. No opinion towards or against them.

British & Irish Liverpool fans are just as bad, but with the added massive chips on their shoulders.

Oh God, Salia has liked the video. It was nice knowing you.

If you can get Botman 22/3 fit then there's no contest, that's not being critical of Burn either.

Absolutely weird club. Throw daft wages around willy-nilly, then scrimp on an area and keeper who'd have transformed them.

He or his people clicked a like button. Far worse.

Wouldn't be surprised if he has a "knock" the game up here next season.

I bet there's been more shite wear the number 9 than legends.

Football fans will always be hypocritical and will always want what's best for their own club.

They ignore them buying players in the Second Division at First Division prices in the 1960s to turn them from an also-ran to the club they became in the 1970s.

The top 4 get the honour of being able to pay players £200-250k a week.

"Welcome to Newcastle" - by Alexander from Sweden.

Feel like Liverpool should have went big on a centre-back and got a Wissa/Larsen type over Isak but there we go.

Damn that's a shame.

I think Martinez would have been a brilliant signing for them so hope it doesn't happen. He makes a few mistakes but I reckon he makes up for it with his all-round keeping and feet.

Yeah we've literally been going for top strikers all summer. If we'd taken £110m last month I doubt Brentford would have turned around and just let us have Wissa for £35-40m.

Think it'd have been a 10 without the Isak fiasco, him staying and signing one of Woltemade or Wissa. Always going to be hard replacing one of the best strikers in the world, would have been a 9/10 window if we'd got Ekitike or João Pedro as I think they'd have been perfect and could match Isak's level. We'll see if Woltemade can do it.

I think the striker situation is hard to judge. In terms of where Wilson was last year we've went from a 10/10 and a 5/10, to probably two 7 or 8/10s. I was expecting Isak to be here when last season ended and we'd get stop gap back up options like Calvert-Lewin. If the two new ones start scoring I think we're better off.

Fair play Pardew (I feel sick). The host and McAdam wanking themselves silly over what a great transfer window it's been, then he jumped in saying PSR is a disgrace and its holding back the likes of Villa, Palace (I'll give him some leeway this once) and Newcastle. Says the Premier League need to look at it. Guy sat next to him agreed (not sure who it is). Host and McAdam looked sheepish.

7.5 Think we've strengthened the squad massively, the ceiling hasn't improved though and I don't think there's much we could have done with the Isak situation once he started acting up.

All Osula offers is a body. You could put Dan Burn there and it'd be the same output.

Any idea on the buy back clause? To be fair if he goes there, they polish him and he becomes a £50m player or something and that's the clause, brilliant.

What a sale that is. Maybe we knew we were shafting these so thought we'd go up on Wissa/would accept the Isak fee to get shot.

Only if you think you're getting a striker who's just scored 19 goals for anywhere near £25m.