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Grilled, not cut into rings, just olive oil and salt, nothing else. You should know batter about Spanish tapas and calamari tbh.

I did loved Bilbao last time I was there, some parts not being as posh and touristy as San Sebastian, pintxos cheaper but mostly as good. But can’t really judge as a lot has changed in the last ten years tbh.

40M for Quansah being mentioned in the media. That would explain why they paid so much for Wirtz. Shades of the Anderson/Vlad deal here.

It's fine. Im sure Mitchell and Eales have a long list of names to move onto after we were priced out of Delap, Mbuemo, Guehi, Cunha, Pedro, Elanga and Trafford....

That ceiling just keeps getting higher.

Easy fix, keep pope in goal, have Trafdord hiding behind the boards. Distract the ref when there is a goal kick and then get Trafford to take it. Simples

Am pretty certain we'll have a pre 30th June budget for any potential PSR bargain (when £80 Mill iirc losses drop out of our PSR equation) and a post 1st July budget, we won't be buying major targets before July.

this is a man who got things done....

There's a substantial chance it may or may not happen, fuck me 😂😂 (Not funny at all in truth)

ummm, yes. bring back charnley. quickly.

Don’t blame you now I’m here, it’s a lot chiller here than in Bilbao and the food is nicer from what I’ve seen

Quansah looks like he’s off to Jormany. So there’s one premier league only transfer for people to pretend to be annoyed about missing out on.

Israel furious that a missile hitting a hospital is a war crime? Hello? How the fuck can they say this with a straight face?

Absolutely bizarre the amount of threads on " Mag tops" that appear on there. As soon as on is locked another one pops up whackamole style. This one is 120 posts since starting this afternoon, same old shit on repeat. And yet. They swell with pride when they see MLFs wearing deck chair tops. Strange bunch.

Ummmm, no

If we're signing Trafford (how long have we heard it's happening), then Pope is gone. No way Trafford is moving as a number 2 or potentially no 1. No way Pope at this stage of his career is sitting on the bench. Wouldn't be surprised if both Pope and Dubs left (assuming Trafford signs), which leaves a bit of a hole. Pope is class but for me there's been a clear regression since his shoulder injury. He doesn't get down quick at all and he simply does not catch anymore, not engaging in any form of battle to cling. He's always been abysmal with his feet. He's a great talker, great shot stopper and generally OK at box management. He also plays that keeper sweeper role well, helpful with two old centre backs with very limited pace (not inc botman here). We need an upgrade and if Traffford is that person, we need him in this summer. His price won't reduce in the next 12 months (2 years left with option to extend) and he's in the England set up now - so price will inflate further if anything. Don't think it'll happen this summer and reckon Howe "accepts" Pope for another year. I'd be delighted with Lucas Chevalier personally, who has very similar attributes to Pope but is considerably better with ball at feet. Wouldn't have to change the way we play but have that ability to pass back and relieve pressure much better. Wouldn't see those hooked 30 yard clearances to the benches anymore!

Fucking County Durham Mackems man. Lowest of the low

But why not keep both and let Trafford bed in properly?

if there's no incoming transfers by the start of the season, no new ceo, no new d.o.f. and they're still telling blatant lies about updates with the stadium..... they're officially worse than ashley, the saudi cunts.

if Trafford is coming in then I guess he’d be number 1. Pope is top-class until he has the ball at his feet

I keep hearing that we're exploring shifting Pope to Leeds. Anything in that? Not sure I'd be up for it tbh.

I remember going to Durham a few years back with a friend I invited up from London - born and bred southern lad, fairly sheltered from the realities of life north of Watford Anyway I told him Durham was a really nice little city, nice walk around etc. We got there over a bank holiday weekend and it felt like all of Sunderland had emptied itself into the place. Arrived at 1pm to absolute chaos in the main town areas, drunken fistfights, screaming mackem spawn, it was breathtaking in its depravity. I could tell my mate was reeling from this a bit so I said we'd get some money and head into the quieter bits around the Cathedral - stood in line behind a bloke in a Sunderland top. Waited for about 60 seconds before I realised he was pissing on/into the ATM in a drunken haze. The whole scene was like Mordor had emptied and successfully conquered Minas Tirith. We just got back on the train in the end, and I felt incredibly ashamed of the north for a good few hours... thanks for that Sunderland.

I was gonna but couldn't be arsed. What is it?