Howay

Interesting idea and statistics.

“He admitted the event "wasn't everyone's cup of tea", adding: "We have apologised but how many times do you say sorry? How many times do you have to be penalised in life?" Happened just over a week ago “you’re bringing that up again it was ages ago?”, and playing the downtrodden victim already he must be a mackem.

Bursting action man’s bubble would be an enjoyable end to the season.

I liked this reply: So our fate is to be bought for £4B by a very wealthy American consortium that plan on spending a lot on the club? Sounds like a nightmare. It’s also way more preferable than being bought with the clubs own future revenue, before further investment comes in for form of IOU’s and Monopoly money. Dangermows also says finishing top 6 every year and not winning anything is the same as them not winning anything in League one sure you big knacker, no difference watching a way higher standard is there?

I’ve thought for a while now that we’d not be signing Targett, recent quotes from Howe along the lines of “he’s done well but there are still games to assess” made me doubt us wanting to take that option, and now this link to Lodi seems to be becoming more widespread. At first it seemed weird as signing Targett seemed a bit of a non brainer move, due to the fee and that it would allow us to focus on other positions, but I think Howe really prioritizes the full back position in his system so having Athletico Madrids title winning FB pairing might be in our future

Aye it’s definitely an intentional shift to match Saudi Arabia. I’d have preferred a yellow and green one but they were always going to start to do things like this tbf.

Spot on. I can see Joelinton being a bit of a James Milner type utility player in the squad going forward. Especially as the quality level of our squad goes up, having a bloke that can basically cover anywhere in the front 3 and midfield is useful.

Brilliant buy, based on absolutely nothing but my desire for us to have a giant scary Eastern European CB. Always thought Ivanovic scared the fucking shit out of opposition players (aside from that maniac Suarez ). So I say sign him up.

Pancrate was another one, I’m still not entirely convinced he was an actual professional footballer. Had no fucking clue who he was when we got him, nor a clue what he did after he left. Scored a thunder bastard once iirc.

I don’t even understand the hype about Lingard. He was good for about 4 months at West Ham, outside of that he was always just a bit part/role player. He might be what he showed in the 4 months but he could also be rank average (as we’ve seen with many players that are similar at Man United). He’s more than likely an upgrade on Fraser but we can do better tbh. Free transfer barely matters now when you’re paying over the odds in wages, then have all the increased signing and agent fees.

“Are you sure you want to say the message from that chair?….. okay maybe lose some of the medals and jewelry?… no you’re right it’s definitely not too much, you’ll definitely come across well”

Tbf I’ve went back and had a read and the mood turned against ASM when Clarko aka Mr Logic came on here like Scrappy Doo setting about the whole forum.

Don’t let the mackems see that, they’re convinced anything that touches South Shields belongs to them so he is therefore now a MLF.

I was tenuously using the “mags got a fingerin” sentence which was his match report for this game as my reason.

Is this TGQ

We might need 8 more videos voiced by blokes that are likely called Tarquin Hesseltein to explain what it is.

Tbf we likely won’t ever have the intriguing, confusing, or hilarious windows like the will we won’t we loan Hamza Choudrey, Shefki Kuqi or Sibierski signing on the last day. We will probably just be effective and methodical in signing players.

He runs like he has a 40 a day habit mind.

Tbf if they were to do that I’m almost hoping they win. Imagine a fucking open top bus parade through the streets of Sunlin, past the scope charity shop, and the Milligans pasty shop, all the lal lads and lassies (all MLFs) with their alsatians and staffy’s lining the streets, a week later Newcastle signing Lucas Pacqueta for £50m leads the headlines “weyyy warrabbout the newuz that Danny Batth reupped and is playing fowwuh for another year? Fuckin media man obsessed with them lot up the road”, after resigning Sunderland legend Jack Rodwell back on a free they lose their first 10 games of the season. Questions are asked of Alex Neil, why did they spend all their transfer budget on an open bus parade the massive lads fans ask. The Maggie coonts are playing scintillating stuff with their 6 new signings, another stretch in league one awaits the MLFs but they’d not have it any other way - no way would they trade places with the terrorist sympathizers, sure they’ll constantly hurl abuse at their players and managers mainly out of complete jealousy over what’s happening a few miles north but definitely wouldn’t swap marra. Still, they can add the memories of THAT wall outside Lidl in 2022 to the one on the same wall next to where the staffy’s do their love making in 1973.

I’ve also took a quick look at the xG and xA per 90 for him, Fraser, and Murphy. There’s nothing between them tbh: xA: ASM - 0.17 Murphy - 0.15 Fraser - 0.12 xG: ASM - 0.16 Murphy - 0.15 Fraser - 0.15 He also has less passes into the penalty area per 90 mins than both (1.06 compared to 1.34 and 1.26). While it might be harsh to say he creates fuck all, I think a lot of the praise he gets for these stats is a stretch. He also is more of a liability than the other two in that he loses the ball more and shirks defensive duties. I get people hoping he will come good with better around him, but I just feel it’ll be more frustrating.

That’s not what the reporters say though, whether it’s true or not I don’t know but like Gemmill says I’d sell him without a second thought. If we improve our front line we won’t miss him at all imo, I’ve also little to no doubt he wouldn’t accept a sub role (which is fair enough) whereas others would - which is another important consideration in this.