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From that three minute video above, it's clear to me that he's actually twice the player of him already and we can put our name on the Premier League trophy now.

Good stuff. With Lazaar and Riviere not in the Ireland training squad, I'd imagine they'll be out the door sooner rather than later too. I can only imagine (hope) that our business will pick up a bit from here. Unproven in the PL or otherwise, he's definitely better than Gouffran. And I've seen him play about 10 minutes.

Aye no doubt it'll be a while before the club finally announce it. Lee will be waiting for his apology from Troops for all the abuse he took in the transfer thread.

I'll bet your lass has been saying that for a while like.

Jimbo's telly?

Except he didn't have the engine or the mobility to have anywhere near an effect in that role.

I've been busy arguing that Super Hero movies are mint as fuck.

'Optics'.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I remain unconvinced that Ashley gives a fuck about the day to day running of the club, and as long as it 'wipes it's own nose' he'll be happy. Charnley is the one who got us relegated, will be responsible for replacing Rafa if he goes, and actually, is responsible for keeping everyone singing from the same hymn sheet. He is woefully out of his depth running this club, and has proven it repeatedly. Charnley is paid far less than any other CEO in the Prem. Largely because he's a compliant, incompetent fucknut. But he'll be topping up what he earns through profit related bonuses. He's probably more interested in those than in building something for the future.

I think both parties have spent the summer mindful of what can be brought to evidence when it gets down to the court case. Privately I think Ashley promised funds for transfers and an increased wage bill to keep Rafa happy. Keegan says he always got told what he wanted to hear by Ashley, and then he wouldn't hear from him again. Rafa, learned from Keegan though, he wanted a public assurance that he would get funds before he would commit longer term. Ashley had season tickets and kit to sell, so he was careful to say that Rafa can spend every penny that the club generates. With nowt in the bank and payments coming monthly rather than in bulk before the window closed that was about as worthwhile as the promise of "no capital outlay" but many took it as a positive promise of £150m revenues being spent in the summer. Ashley covered his arse for any court case when he could say the cupboard was bare. Rafa's gone further than Ashley, he's saying publicly that Ashley personally promised there was money for transfers AND WAGES (which is important when it comes to free transfers and loans). If Ashley doesn't refute that, either publicly or in writing then his position is weakened when he gets to court. If Rafa walks before the window closes then the club can always say "we still had business to do" and rafa has no case, so I don't think he'll go until early September. I'm not confident he's going to get anything near what he wanted though. Question will be whether he's satisfied enough to plough on with what he gets or thinks he's been set up for a fall, can't achieve mid-table comfortably and jumps ship.

Thanks for the feedback, will pass it on. Re. Cathro I think he'll definitely be given until January to see how it works for him. He made some signings in the January window to get us through to the end of the season and on paper the signings looked decent but it seemed to destroy any team harmony that was there. Seemingly that's going in the right direction with the signings of Berra and Lafferty. Hearts #11 isma goncalves is on his day a fantastic player, some don't take to him as he tends to "conserve his energy" but he's strong and got great feet. I travel down with my son as he follows toon as his English team so have seen them in the Prem and the Championship. My honest opinion is (and I know your team the other night was chopped and changed) that I think you might struggle a bit unless you get a few signings in. Shelvey for me is far and away your top man, Aarons had a good half and Gayle will get goals, if you play it on the ground. There are similarities between how the teams play, on the ground, attractive stuff until the opposition press then play long when pressured. Re. your fans they made a great noise throughout the game and speaking to some I think they enjoyed their day up the road! Hearts really scored an own goal not giving toon a bigger allocation as no doubt you would have filled the end. Nobody could really understand that one. That said the tickets went to general sale and there were plenty toon fans in the home end with no bother. Whats your goalkeeper situation? Is Darlo not about? Elliot made a couple of outstanding save the other night. We could do with a loan of one.

Fuck I sold that many on Apple ibooks

Morning mate, Nice work from the lad, maybes have him do a bit more stuff to camera before and after the game to bookend it? Predictions for and review after? What do you lads think of Cathro? He came to Newcastle with a good reputation, and was the only member of the 1st team coaching staff kept on by Rafa after the McClaren debacle. Your #11 apparently looked good, what's he like? What did you think of our lads? Fans?

Interviewer: Roger, what's your favourite thing about being Swiss? Federer: Well, the flag's a big plus.

De Jong will get shamrock poisoning