Howay

Wait until essembee sees this! Can we just not have a captain? We should just give it to Mitro and watch him go mental.

Fair enough about Bamford. As I said I'd be more into loans if we weren't signing players of the quality we've managed to bring in so far. For what it's worth I'd like to see us being in another striker if we were planning on playing 2 up top, although the lads we have now have enough about them for this league imo. The hard part with loaning players from big sides is that the ones that would improve us are already on the bubble of first team games, like iheanacho and Loftus-Cheek, or they're generally overrated, like Will Keane at Man utd who is currently getting transfer interest from the Mackems and others, he's scored about 4 goals in 50 games and is 23 years old.

Why do you keep bringing Bamford up? Mitrovic is a year younger and a far better player. As I pointed out in an earlier post Gayle has an equally decent Championship record and has actually managed about 1 in 4 in the prem. Perez is clearly better than Bamford as well. There's no point loaning someone if they won't improve us, Bamford probably wouldn't get on the pitch for us so what's the point? I'd have been tempted to go and loan a bunch of players if we couldn't attract anyone but so far we've taken one of Bournemouths better players, a full back who played 14 games last season for a top 3 side in Spain, a really highly rated youngster from Arsenal, Blackburns captain and possibly best player, and a striker with a respectable championship return who has actually found the net in the PL. I think people are genuinely confused by who you think we could loan that would be more exciting than that bunch, iheanacho from Man City? Absolutely no shot at a lad like that and that's the sort of youngster the top clubs might have that would improve us.

Gayle got 13 in 29 for Peterborough in the championship = not exciting, Bamford who got 17 in 39 = exciting. Also Bamford has been fucking diabolical at the PL level and Gayle has managed about 1 in 4 as a sub.

I've thought the same thing about him just making sure he gets his shots on target rather than have a proper go. The amount of one on ones where he has ended up side footing it directly at the middle of the goal is ridiculous.

Aye this could be a good season for him to make the step up, saying that he'll probably break down with some injury against Fulham .

Could you imagine how much he'd fucking sulk if his move didn't come off, to be honest it's what the bloke deserves but I do hope he leaves now simply because there seems to be a chance teams are willing to pay a fuck load of money for this absolutely shit player.

I'm not sure why he would use Okacha as an example of managing top players, the bloke never played for a top class side. He was a bit of a cult hero because he pulled off some good showboating, like a PL level Lee Trundle. He's a shit manager and will struggle massively with England, he'll fall out with half the squad because of his massive ego.

Aye they'll finish 16th or 17th again.

Aye Moyes will keep the tramps up, as I've said before he's the best manager they've had in fucking yonks. He made his name on shoestring budgets at the scouse mackems, hopefully he's a flop and they go down but I do think they'll survive with him. Irrelevant anyway as we'll fucking pump their rabble regardless of who is in charge (I know you're lurking you fucking bamps)

They might think his orange hue is a pop at Trump

He'll look world class over there, Liam Ridgewell looks like a rock at the back ffs .

Quality finish by Perez. I know pre season means fuck all but it's good to see us scoring plenty of goals, must be doing their confidence good after the nightmare that was last season

Lascelles captain, I had a feeling Rafa liked him. The lad has all of the makings of a class CB, hopefully he'll really develop under Rafa.

They are my favorite type of shithouses.

I hope not, he is completely unbearable to listen to. I switch off Barcelona games because of him.

Thauvin and his big titted missus will be back on Tyneside in all. As much use as he is.

He had a big kite on him anytime he come back from injury in all so it meant it took him longer than most to get back to match fitness.

True, £35m isn't a whole lot for them. Imagine how much Real Madrid's whingy fan base are going to fucking hate him when they catch on that he's a million miles for their clubs level.

Do they bother scouting? Even if all they watched was the Euros he did basically dick all in a shit tournament.

"Seen as the ideal replacement for Pogba", have they watched the bloke play? He has also been playing on the wing for 3 and a half year.

Nah he's fucking wank. The fact the mackems rated the fat cunt shows how utterly shit they have been as a football club.

£5.5m isn't a whole lot in the transfer market now, Jonjo Shelvey cost us £12m ffs. The lad is clearly a steady championship player and he's only 24, it's a fine bit of business and who knows he might make the step up to the PL he's still young enough to improve especially under a defensive manager like Rafa.

I'm not worried, as I said in my last sentence they're permanently shite. He's a decent manager, maybe he has lost his way though but he'd still be the best they've had in a long time.