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Szoboszlai>Maddison The Hungarian is younger. The Hungarian will cost a lot more money to transfer, but he will ask for less salary, so the price will probably end up being quite similar. I like that Maddison has played well in the Premier League and we agree that Szoboszlai is a bit more unknown, but that's not 100% effective either. How many players who played well in other Premier teams did not here? I think Maddison's peak level is where he is today, but Szoboszlai can still improve and become a star. I really like Maddison (in fact, last year I commented here that I would sign him before Paquetá), , but I think the Hungarian can go to another level. I think Maddison's style of play is slower, calmer and he doesn't have as much pressure. Szoboszlai seems to me a player with much more drive, with a good stride and capable of playing very well on the counterattack. I think Szoboszlai can play both on the right and in the middle and he can be a good long ball shooter and a good passer against tight defences.

it doesn’t a matter what happens in the future, this season will always be looked back on as one of the best. A squad massively outperforming, players who played like donkeys under Bruce transformed. Expectations smashed harder than Gemmill’s predictions. Returns even more impressive than CT’s crypto portfolio

You’re just saying that in a vain attempt to get me to read your posts.

Will they live vicariously through this one’s mild successes as well?

I’d hate to see the ESL happen and don’t think it will. However two things are particularly funny with regard to those entitled cunts whinging on RAWK. Firstly, they only want the ESL because they’ve missed out in the CL next season. Secondly, do they not realise Man City (and ourselves) would get an invite too?

Comparing themselves to barca has striking similarities barca average attendance 83 k marras 25k barca never played 2nd or 3rd tier marras have barca play in the champions league 3427 games in Europe competitions marras 2 Marras rowed a boat to the Basque Country barca didn’t

Of course Tyne and Wear exists. We had to get them to pay for the airport and the mag-etro after all.

tremendous article that. think if tony gillian ever went transatlantic he'd be a shoe-in for a pulitzer prize.

It would be funny enough anyway but they absolutely love vastly inferior players like Cattermole and Kevin Ball. The latter would’ve probably needed a Vanuatuan grandparent to get an international call-up.

Your post quality is dropping off a cliff under a bit of pressure.

And as I said before, they did the same thing before when they formed the premier league.

I checked on that chat GPT about this as I had not heard of the Battle of Boldon Hill. This is what I got: I couldn't find any information about a battle specifically called the Battle of Boldon Hill during the English Civil War. It's possible that the name is either incorrect or refers to a smaller skirmish or engagement that may not be widely recorded or known.

Prediction: 66 points Actual: 67 points Feels like expectations were smashed quite a bit harder than what will godown in history as really quite an excellent prediction. I think you might be looking for a MUCH bigger expectations gap. Maybe something like "Liverpool WILL win all their remaining games" compared to what actually happened.

Their desire to rewrite history etc., man. I don’t know if you’ve seen all that Durham thread but they make a few references to The Battle of Boldon Hill. I’m not sure but I’d bet the Wikipedia page (which it definitely doesn’t warrant) was created by a Mackem. Almost all the citations come from one source. It was basically a minor skirmish in the English Civil War. It was part of a much wider series of battles etc between the Royalists based in Newcastle and the Scots. The Scots were allied to the Parliamentarians in convenient ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’ arrangement. The Scots wanted religious autonomy following the Act of Union and there’d been a war even before the English Civil War over it. I did that period in a-level history and we had a local historian who came in and told us all about the Battle of Marston Moor and the Siege of Newcastle and so on (no mention of Boldon Hill btw). The Scots being victorious in the siege was significant because Newcastle was a crucial coal port (as well as it diverting Royalist soldiers from fighting the Parliamentarians). The mackems have interwoven their supporting the Scots in this skirmish at Boldon Hill, despite there not being much evidence of any Parliamentarian forces in Sunderland at that time. Possibly because Sunderland barely existed. But the Scots did garrison in the area that is now Sunderland. Anyway, and I apologise for the waffle, this (possibly fictitious) mackem involvement (in an insignificant event in the context of that conflict) is what forms the entire basis of this ‘the Sunderland v Newcastle rivalry goes back to the English Civil War’ bollocks

Bizarre article, brings Bolton into it, said there might be reasons why it's better for them to remain in greater Manchester but says he couldn't be arsed to look into it. Sums them up, especially with Brexit.

The local press are on to it now: https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/opinion/why-sunderland-should-rejoin-county-durham-4146591 I read it twice in case I’d missed something but no, that’s it

We've just feigned interest so Villa buy him.

This you?

20 years in, yours continues to flatline.

You’re comparing him to a toasted cheese sandwich? 🤔

I thought this too "Dunno what the mags are talking about marra, there's mackems in the PL" "Gerrin, that goal against the mags went in off Clarke's arse, 7 in a row that" "Always loved Palace me, proper club. They love us down there an all"

Dead cat

Not enough.

Interests- Choking on oranges, pegging, Narnia.

Can't recall if I posted this the other day but RAWK has a thread where posters are so enraged by the audacity of clubs like City and ourselves being state owned that they want to bin off the entire premier league and go and make a super league instead. State owned teams would be banned and only 4 teams could enter from each country. Naturally Liverpool would be first on the list for England. https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=354280.0 Bitch, before we were taken over I couldn't even have told you who won the league on a given season two weeks after it ended, that's how low my interest in your big 6 nonsense used to be. And while I'm not saying that it'll be more enthralling for the other clubs now that Newcastle might threaten to win it at some point, let's not pretend that the apathy will be new. What's new, I suppose, is that Liverpool fans may be the ones feeling it for change.

County Durham doesn’t speak to the likes of plebs like Tyne and Wear.

Has anyone asked County Durham whether they want them? 🙂

That’s his cojones. Hes all sack and no sausage

Did you fail your history A level? I only aak because the civil war was 1642-1649 and the act of union was 1707

Honestly I know he's not an elite 'keeper but I think not properly replacing Schmeichel was what really fucked them. Not just because his replacements were terrible, but his leadership wasn't replaced at all.

Looks like his penis is holding itself up

The second division aristocrats, the Barcelona of the EFL know the real deal when they see it, their players, yes, our second player to get a call up to the actual Brazil squad, not so much.

Basically says Szoboszlai'a not a diving fanny and is much more suited to Howe's pressing tactics. He doesn't push as high up the pitch and is a better passer.

shhh, this board might form a part of their scouting network

No but I think I know him…

Honestly same, giving a shit about the actual football right the way through genuinely helped. That and being desperate to keep hold of first 😅

They did almost win it at the end though. If Pope doesn't make that save, the whole gameplan would be lauded as a masterstroke. If they'd opened up and played us properly, they would have lost by 2 or 3 goals IMO.

I'd do it but instead of a zoom call or whatever they can talk to me on the phone and put a pic on their screen like this while I blow them out of the water answering their questions on NUFC......

I’m happy to have a crack at the picture round.

The mention of Shola on MTV cribs reminds me of the story about the time he rang the police to report a burglary. Only for him to subsequently realise it was just a fucking tip

Just started reading this thinking it was predictions for next year. I was wondering where people thought Spurs resurgence was going to come from and I also thought people had thought people must really think the Champions League is going to really damage us next year. It just goes to show how big a season it has been all around.

His grandad was a bit of a diver apparently

They've a stack of good players, to be fair. Is Watkins better than Wilson? Arguably, yeah. Martinez is a fantastic goal keeper, Luiz is a very good defensive midfielder and they've an embarrassment of riches in attacking midfield. Emery's performance this season is more like Howe's last season. But Howe's performance last season was better than Emery's performance this season because he had less to work with.

Villa had a much better squad than Howe had to work with. Emery did well with them cos they're basically a good squad that was being criminally mismanaged by Gerrard.