Andrew

Worth remembering that those lads are in the club and can talk to Howe and the management team about this stuff if they want to, the definitely know whats happening and none of them have agitated for a move. (yet) We're out here, essentially relying on unreliable people and piecing together what we think is happening.

Its well within Palaces rights to hold their ground, Parish is a twat though so I'm going to enjoy Guehi running his contract down and leaving for less than half our offer while palace manage yet another 12th-ish finish.

Hes played for Carsley in the england youth setup.

That purple patch of Miggys was fucking bonkers, I'm not sure I've ever seen a player go so high above his average level, it was like he couldn't miss.

3-1 Van de ven to have a PTSD triggered nightmare from Isak dumping him on his face last season.

Dougles thread

"Im not going to go there"

Aye, I thought we were well past "blerugh footballers get paid lotsa money so they cant be stressed or depressed"

Thats an absolute disgrace of a question, not unlike her writing shes obsessed with seeming clever and forgets what shes actually supposed to be doing. Howe was never going to justify that bollocks with a real reply, complete waste of time.

That price is dropping every week, it'd be mad of us not to have a crack at him if we can. Given hes been linked with Barca and Liverpool though you wonder if we have sounded his agents out and he's not keen

They sold caicedo for 100 million a year ago man.

Sven-former Eriksson. 76.

Could be worse

Regarding the other thread; Titles and results aside, one thing that has been correctly pointed out in this thread is that it isnt our next match. I will therefore remove the spurs thread TEMPORARILY pending the result of the the forest game. @Dougle

This definitely deserves to be in here https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/aug/24/newcastles-saudi-future-may-not-be-what-many-imagined-as-pressure-hits Sunderland fan having an absolute wank fantasy about our owners, just happens to write for a national newspaper.

3-1 Schar brace.

He wouldn't be all that keen on us signing Sterling though.

I hope hes off to saudi, its telling that none of the big boys have come in for him despite him seeming to think he has a right to be at one of them. His attitude towards brentford has always rubbed me the wrong way, he seems like such a cunt.

Tomori is one im genuinely surprised we havent been linked with all that much.

Aye, their decision making has proven to be excellent in the time since

Seen some italian twitter ITK saying if we're knocked back this time we'll leave it and turn our attention to Alessandro Bastoni at Inter. So presumably that means we're moments away from announcing Thiaw or Tomori or something.

Ginger hair?

We do have previous for that. The media were going mad over us pursuing Barella and then we announced Tonali instead. We've really done two pieces of huge business so far since the new owners came in, Tonali and Isak and both were without a peep from anyone until it was done.

Lots of meetings to sit in and say nowt this morning so I've gone back to this, some of the clubs they've got finishing above us make no sense to me at all. Villa - Lost the lynchpin of their midfield, douglas luiz, who also took a lot of their set pieces, signed a very different player as replacement in Onana, who is good but will change the way they work massively. Predicted to finish the same place as they did last season. Man U - up to 5th from 8th, based on fucking WHAT?! Nothing they've done this summer really addresses their issues. They've signed one child centre half who is now injured for ages, one who hasn't managed to make the step up from Ajax at Juve or Bayern at the biggest clubs in their easier leagues. A fullback Bayern were happy to let go for very little money and a forward whose best goal return has been at Anderlecht. Chelsea - Still signing a billion players but now they've got a less experienced manager who has less than 70 first team games managed under his belt...anyone having faith in them is insane West Ham - Fuck off, new manager with a totally different philosophy, completely new centre back pairing one of whom is just there til he can sign for man u, their 9000th forward off the back of a great season where he scored 12 (twelve) league goals... And then we're in ninth! we've got a better manager than all but one of those teams (I rate Emery similarly to Howe tbf) we haven't strengthened substantially (yet) but we haven't weakened either and Tonali is back before the end of August, our younger players are all a step up on where they were this time last season(Tino, Hall, Gordon) where we finished above Man U and West Ham, and one win behind Chelsea DESPITE one of the worst injury crisis' in the leagues history. Ninth. Fucking joke.

3-1 Guehi own goal for theirs