adios

It really is a cunt being a Newcastle fan these days. Always waiting for the other shoe to drop. "When will Ashley push Benitez too far", and watching an awesome display from a new player like Merino, "where will he be playing next season?" Apologies for any depression caused.

The commentator said the Merino deal is loan-to-buy. Really hope that's true. I'm very slow... http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/details-newcastles-mikel-merino-deal-13412581

Eh?

ITK?

Shhhhh! Merino is class like. And great composure from Mitro for his.

COME ONNNNNNNN!

Nah, the signing so underwhelming we don't even remember it comes next Thursday night.

If the situation wasn't depressing enough, I fear John Anderson may drive a few of us to suicide.

And 3 of those are the starting lineup.

Might be carrying a knock?

That's Joselu up top btw.

Not with these players, though.

Don't worry, we'll spend £60m in the last 5 days!

On a completely unrelated issue, the ignore feature doesn't appear to work for me at all.

Cheers, @Ant . I've no problem with him having it out with whomever (ahem @The Fish ahem) but would rather be able to keep up with the Benitez/Transfer situation without trawling through this shite. Maybe ignoring this whole mess that is Newcastle would be doing me a favour though.

Can this be contained to one (unimportant) thread, please?

He's a polarising player between you and everyone else who's seen him play.

Should have had more and his off-the-ball work was non-existent.

Given how the Clark signing turned out, I'm going to hold off on judging Josulu and particularly Manquillo until we see what Rafa does with them.

Finding myself agreeing with @The Fish a bit too much this morning. Better.

Just because they're not mutually exclusive doesn't mean they're not heavily correlated. I am on the fence about this btw (for a change), but still leaning "fuck the Cup". Basically, the only reason I see to play the first team and risk injuries is Billy's argument about momentum.

3 points at the weekend is easily an order of magnitude more important than this match. Rafa doesn't have the squad this season. I guess it's easy to disagree with you when I agree with his priorities. I'm pretty worried about this season too, but we may as well wait a week before we start digging the grave.

Fuck me, beds floating down the street.