Transfers, 2024-25 season

[JawD 99]

4 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

Who does he think he is man?

 

This all probably appeals to some of the more arrogant amongst the team's following (so about 80% of them), but it's doing him zero favours with the actual people he needs to negotiate with. 

Quite enjoying seeing another team get ran by someone who doesn't seem to have a clue about football.  Or at least, just nice not being us!

[JawD 99]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Good start to trimming the squad. Hayden and Fraser next please.
 

I imagine Krafth, Lascelles, Dubravka and Targett arent in the longer term plans. Gallagher probably cemented as our 3rd choice keeper. 

 

Almiron, Wilson, Trippier all available for the right price too

looks like Fraser and Southampton should be sorted, don't imagine we'll ask for anything.  Maybe his kit for the u12s.

[Kid Dynamite 7590]

1 hour ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

Noel or Liam

I've got a mental block with Gillespie for some reason  

[john 78]

5 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Good start to trimming the squad. Hayden and Fraser next please.
 

I imagine Krafth, Lascelles, Dubravka and Targett arent in the longer term plans. Gallagher probably cemented as our 3rd choice keeper. 

 

Almiron, Wilson, Trippier all available for the right price too

The only one I would keep out of all that lot is Krafth tp be honest. the rest are either not good enough or injured most of the time or past their sell by date.

[OTF 8372]

11 hours ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

Noel or Liam

Either way we'll need a wonderwall.

[RobinRobin 12425]

13 hours ago, JawD said:

Quite enjoying seeing another team get ran by someone who doesn't seem to have a clue about football.  Or at least, just nice not being us!

When even Simon Jordan talks sense about you, you know you are incompetent  

[The Fish 11313]

3 hours ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

So since walking into Man Utd, Ratcliffe has demanded:

 

 - The taxpayer pays for their new stadium

 - Newcastle do the decent thing and let them have Dan Ashworth

 - Everton do the decent thing and let them have Branthwaite

 - Everyone returns to office despite there not being enough desks

 - That the staff he's brought back into office then vote on VR

 

Anything else been missed?

Mentioned before that I know a lad who works there and he says the morale is through the floor. So many colleagues of his are looking for new jobs, he is too. Something he mentioned is that Man Utd will have to fish in a pretty small pond for his replacement. A pond that's getting smaller with every press release. The amount of people with the right experience for his job, who'd actively want to work 5 days in the office, for an apparently regressive board is vanishingly small. 

[RobinRobin 12425]

18 hours ago, The Fish said:

Mentioned before that I know a lad who works there and he says the morale is through the floor. So many colleagues of his are looking for new jobs, he is too. Something he mentioned is that Man Utd will have to fish in a pretty small pond for his replacement. A pond that's getting smaller with every press release. The amount of people with the right experience for his job, who'd actively want to work 5 days in the office, for an apparently regressive board is vanishingly small. 

[Alex 36617]

Feel sorry for the people whose livelihoods are being messed with. But otherwise, couldn’t happen to a nicer club 

Edited May 31, 2024 by Alex

[The Fish 11313]

47 minutes ago, Alex said:

Feel sorry for the people whose livelihoods are being messed with. But otherwise, couldn’t happen to a nicer club 

My sympathy can only extend so far for this lad. One of the major reasons he doesn't want to go into the office 5 days a week is because he doesn't drive and would need to get the train from Ilkley to Manchester every day. Not that he can't drive, he's got his license and everything, but he just won't do it. 

 

One of the jobs he's applied for is with the same company Mrs Fish works at. Which is a remote office entirely inaccessible by public transport and is 2hrs from his house by car anyway. Also, they insist on 3 days a week in the office too, so.....

 

Like I said, sympathy only goes so far.

[wykikitoon 22668]

I bet he's in the Crescent on an evening snorting with a well know Ilkley family eh  

 

The way Ratcliffe has handled this is fucking shocking man.  Yet you have people applauding him.  I wonder what duck lip Ferdinand thinks of it.

[Howmanheyman 36390]

1 minute ago, wykikitoon said:

I wonder what duck lip Ferdinand thinks of it.

 

He thinks he would've been a fashion designer if he wasn't a footballer.

 

 

[JawD 99]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

Feel sorry for the people whose livelihoods are being messed with. But otherwise, couldn’t happen to a nicer club 

 

Reminds me of when Ashley came in to NUFC and got rid of half of the turnstile staff.  Rather than trying to flog a few more shirts or advertising, elects to take away peoples income.

[The Fish 11313]

49 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

I bet he's in the Crescent on an evening snorting with a well know Ilkley family eh  

 

The way Ratcliffe has handled this is fucking shocking man.  Yet you have people applauding him.  I wonder what duck lip Ferdinand thinks of it.

 

Which one?  

[Howmanheyman 36390]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

 

Which one?  

 

The Glover family.

 

Il Capo di tutti capi:

[wykikitoon 22668]

13 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

Which one?  

 

They like cars lol

[wykikitoon 22668]

8 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

The Glover family.

 

Il Capo di tutti capi:

 

[Dazzler 11674]

25 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

 

They like cars lol

[RobinRobin 12425]

14 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

He thinks he would've been a fashion designer if he wasn't a footballer.

 

 

I'm not sure he thinks at all

[Polarboy 2317]

The same Italian journalist who was one of the first to confirm Botman signing has said that Kelly is done and dusted to be signed on a three year deal when the window opens. 

[RobElliott 1785]

3 minutes ago, Polarboy said:

The same Italian journalist who was one of the first to confirm Botman signing has said that Kelly is done and dusted to be signed on a three year deal when the window opens. 

[Kid Dynamite 7590]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1796842982190006302
 

Tosin off to Chelsea. Disappointing given Lloyd Kelly has a worse injury record than Wilson 

[Polarboy 2317]

Maybe Maresca has spoken to him, actually wants him, and has given assurances about playing time etc, but as a Newcastle journo was saying it's likely that Chelsea upper management see him largely as a free asset given their financial issues, as opposed to a piece of the jigsaw of their first 11. If it's the latter then Chelsea are welcome to him. Unfortunately this could have major consequences in terms of the level of attacking players we can go after, given it's unlikely we'll find a bargain and or free transfer on the level of Tosin, and will therefore have to spend 30 to 50 million if Howe is set on getting two centre half's with Botman and Lascelles out until at least Christmas.

Edited June 1, 2024 by Polarboy

[wykikitoon 22668]

16 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1796842982190006302
 

Tosin off to Chelsea. Disappointing given Lloyd Kelly has a worse injury record than Wilson 

But Casey said it was a done deal for us and anyone who said other were wankers.

[Kid Dynamite 7590]

I imagine he's Chalobah's replacement. They need to sell him or Gallagher by the end of the month iirc