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Ghandis Flip-Flop

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  1. Only one team trying to actually play football here, hashtag are all just physically strong but not much in the way of skill
  2. There’s an awful lot of presumption that all the new attendees would be plastics, rather than the next generations of kids who are currently locked out of watching at St James'. There are lots of people of my generation who were effectively locked out of the stadium bar the odd cup or European game under Keegan. I’d really rather that the same situation didn’t occur again as young fans are the lifeblood of the club and often of developing atmosphere
  3. I'm pretty sure most of last year and most of the summer there was constant gripes (Including from yourself) about how we needed better numbers from out wide players as Miggy purple patch aside, non of our wide players consitently scored or assisted enough. Particularly true of those who played on the left last season. 2 goals all comps from ASM and only 1 from Gordon. In that context Barnes made perfect sense. Yes we needed more goals from the right too, but that didn't also mean that the left didn't also need strengthening. We now know it was a flash in the plan but Miggy and Murphy had 15 goals between them last season from the right in contrast to the 3 from those previosuly mentioned. Even if you add in Willock and Joelinton it only rises to 12. Also given where the majority of our chance creation occurs (Trippier) it made sense to have a finisher on the opposite flank. Theres some amazing captain hindsight revisionism occuring all over the place at times
  4. Because the clubs retail operation was subcontracted out by...... you guessed it Mike Ashley. Under really oppressive terms which meant the contract couldn't be ended early (Something I believe they investigated very soon post-takeover). I suspect the kind of issues of which you mention are how the club did manage to extracate themselves from the Castore deal without significant financial penalty.
  5. not for £15m, he has his limitations and may not be good enough for where we want to end up, but £15m doesn’t buy you a surplus to requirements full back these days never mind a centre mid who has been a starter in an upwardly mobile team. He's not yet hit his peak years age wise either. lots of people want rid seemingly, but we have to become better sellers, not just get rid for any price sellers.
  6. And as other have said legal challenges here can force quick about turns from UEFA. See the recent case on agent fees being capped for a recent example
  7. Just saw it on Twitter when I was supposed to be working 😂 https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2024/03/18/newcastle-embarrass-mackems-on-monday-as-toon-kids-beat-strong-sunderland-side/
  8. Aye despite them using 6 first team players too 😂
  9. Sound more like the sports science team than the manager myself, or is bad info given to Howe, his fault too now?
  10. That’s true, but from personal experience a bone bruise on my knee initially hurt way more than it did when I did my ligaments; where I was able to play on for the remainder of the game only realising what had happened a few days later when it locked when I was out walking the dog. TLDR no one knows what the injury is or for that matter exactly what the hell caused it.
  11. You forgot Alex Murphy too
  12. His wage is thought to be £1.5M a year, so hardly a big chunk of £20M to keep paying him til September
  13. I think people are also forgetting, this summer sees the Willock transfer and the first post takeover window losses, fall off in terms of ffp too. So we really might not have to sell one of our better players, moving on the likes of Miggy, Target, Lascelles etc might give us a good bit of wiggle room financially.
  14. Make sure you don’t curl your toes when cringing, the little ginger weirdo might latch onto them 🤮
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