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Meh, I’m not bothered missing out on Pedro. £50m seems like far too much of our budget to spend on a backup striker. Assume we were only in for him because Brighton wanted to sell so he might have been much cheaper if no one else was interested.

I like to think this is step 1: can we fill the positions we need, with young but PL experienced players, at a price we like? Stick in bids for Elanga, Pedro, Trafford, RCB?, and see if we can get them for the price we want (say 50m, 50m, 30m, ?) Each one that works out, great. Each one that doesn't work out, move onto step 2: can we fill the positions we need with young but experienced players from the other top european leagues, at a price we like? Stick in bids for [I know nothing about other leagues, sorry!] for say (45m, 45m, 20m, ?). After that, there would be other steps (hot cheaper propects, older cheaper players, etc). Anyway, that would be my sensible, structured summer transfer strategy for bringing players in for the positions we need filled for the squad this season. Anyone know of a club that's looking for a new sporting director? My rates are very reasonable...

They’ve got a bit of a sexy pyjamas vibe. I like it.

20m euros for Trafford? £17m? That’s cheaper than all the other reports I’ve seen. Decent if true…

There’s a big incentive for clubs that aren’t hampered by PSR to get deals completed before 30 June - because they know that clubs like ours won’t be able to bid against them. Similarly, we’ll want to keep very quiet about any of our actual targets until after 1 July. Would be nice to pick up someone on the cheap (squad player / youngster) if any other clubs have PSR jitters next week, otherwise I don’t expect any movement until July. Makes this bit of the window boring for us. I’ve resorted to watching the cricket.

He’d only been on the pitch for 4 minutes 🤣 Should help settle any doubts in Maresca’s mind on whether Delap or Jackson is first choice.

Scored a couple tonight for the Denmark u21s, against the Netherlands. Playing as a striker.

Aye, it wasn’t bad: https://streamin.me/v/304b1f52

Shit, which one of these three have we sold?

Sometimes, a team plays so well that they make the other team _look_ rubbish. This is not one of those times. Would love Murphy to get his hatrick, then bring him off and give Osula a go.

Rubbish from Isak, zero goals so far. Reports in Italian press that Arsenal have made contact with the club over a £100m offer for Murphy.

Lol from schar, inside his own half. murph on a hatrick

Tino is so good on that left side. Can we clone him and play him both sides?

What a start, murphy!!

Managed to lose my Toontastic account details for a while, just got back in, so here is my slightly delayed reaction to the final: Fucking get in!!!! I was expecting another anti-climactic 2-0 loss with barely a moment to shout for. But not only did the team show up, not only did they compete, but they gave a complete performance. Tactics, effort, quality, bravery, big boy balls - we even scored from a corner, that never happens, what a time to pull it all together! I’ve rewatched the match back in full including all the buildup and celebration afterwards; I’ve done the same with the commentary on 5 live (incidentally they had Isaac Hayden on throughout the match, spoke really well, had great things to say about Howe); I’m still hoovering up all the analysis Youtube can throw at me, podcasts, the radio Newcastle special. Haven’t got bored of it yet 🙂 I had a much longer version of this post, but it’s all stuff that’s been said more eloquently elsewhere, so I’ve trimmed down to keep my gushing at a minimum. Right, Youtube is telling me to watch some bloke called Adam Clery talk about the match, so I’ll go do that…