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Gene, your illicit love affair with the semicolon offends me personally. Can you please look up how to use it correctly? Here's a helpful resource.

And of course the "35 years" he refers means that "radical Islamic terrorism" recommenced in 1948, the year when Israel was created and fought their war of independence. Quelle fucking surprise. The pigs' blood libel was a lie in Indian history (Sepoy mutiny, Mangal Pandey) and it's a lie here too. Pershing wasn't even a general while he served in the Philippines. Yawn. This guy needs to take a history class or something.

Lejeune looked good to be fair. Murphy at 12m was looking good when we thought it was only going to be the beginning of our summer spending, but now spending 12m (the majority of what we have, evidently) on an unproven player is looking very questionable. Merino is a loan, Manquillo is a PL reject, Atsu is a PL reject (good signing imo all the same), Joselu is a PL reject, and Kenedy is a PL reject. Tepid has not even been the word for this transfer window. If we end the window with Gayle, Mitrovic, and Joselu as our strikers we are fucked beyond belief, I'll go on record as saying that now.

I can't believe the depths you are plumbing in this thread, Rayvin. That shrill sound you hear while you're sat there going "oh yes we should let the proper authorities take care of this disgraceful, shocking display of open racism that has not been so blatant since the 70s, not have 'vigilantes starting a clusterfuck'"? That's the world's loudest fucking dog whistle, being given by the "proper authority" sitting in the White House. Fuck off man, have a fucking word with yourself. These cunts were dead and buried until Trump came along to revitalise them. Now they walk openly through the streets again and talk about a white man's country like the entirety of the previous century never happened. The leader of the KKK endorses Trump and he takes a week to disavow it. Literal nazis ram cars into protesters and all we hear is hand-wringing about "violence." If it was some bloke called fucking Hassan there'd be terror alerts blaring on the news before 5 minutes had passed. Wake the fuck up! This is not OK! Everyone does not need to "join together to end hatred" or "share their viewpoints in legitimate discussion." All sides are not to blame. There is no middle ground on this issue. Those people represent the antithesis of what Western civilization has achieved. They are the terrorists of the Western world and they should be treated as such.

That's the last he should play for us.

We'll politely call that a "workmanlike" half of football, but we looked like a Rafa team, well-drilled and disciplined. Atsu has been the best player comfortably, he's had the beating of Walker-Peters every time. Commentator on NBC mentioned a lack of faith from Perez and Gayle that he was going to get the ball into the box, and I agree with that. There was no risk from our forwards, no dangerous runs, so all Atsu's endeavor went to waste.

It was a filthy tackle and Kane should have no complaints whatsoever, the fucking shitehawk. Let's see how many more of our players we can lose today.

I'd swap Aarons for Murphy and Merino for Hayden. Rafa is likely to start Dummett over Gamez. Apart from that I think we may well see that lineup.

Winger isn't he? Rubbish anyway, I hope this isn't what we're reduced to. I don't care at all about his China comments - the furor over that was a perfect nonsense - but the fact remains that he just isn't very good, and we have loads of wingers already.

I'd be more worried about Rafa's judgment if the story is true to be honest. Joselu is pants, 12m would be chucking good money down the drain. Stoke would never have rejected it either. Luckily it is 100% made up.

Really sad, cringeworthy stuff actually. They went down bottom of the league, have no players worth the name, no money, got knocked back by the Aberdeen manager () ended up with some bloke we trounced a few times last year, have got drunken dullards mouthing off about teammates, got humped 5-0 on their own patch by fucking Glasgow Celtic before their season opener on Friday, and this is what they cling to.

Sky Sports live feed cites the Chronicle as saying Rafa is after a striker and a keeper: "TOON AFTER CLUCAS? Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez has made it clear a new striker and a goalkeeper are his priority in the remainder of the transfer window, according to the Newcastle Chronicle. The Magpies have also been linked with Hull City's Sam Clucas but it is believed that no approach has been made yet for the left-sided midfielder." This smacks of Pardew all over again, as the window goes on the list of positions we're in the market for gets shorter and shorter until we get nee fucker at all in. We need a lot more than a striker and a keeper to be competitive next season.

You're having a laugh with that video surely? Don't get me wrong, I want to be pleasantly surprised by Manquillo, but he looked like shit in that.

Be honest man, you're just happy it's not your throat getting jumped down. For the record, I wouldn't touch Markovic with a barge pole. He's like the midfield version of Manquillo, another Liverpool reject who spent his last season on loan at a relegated shitheap.

We could've done a lot better, can't lie. Rafa's record with fullbacks has been pants so far, this guy looks like a nailed-on plum. Let's hope I'm wrong.

I think Krul has run his race here. Good keeper on his day but those days are getting fewer and I don't think he fancies competition for places. Darlow was responsible for a few spectacular cock-ups last season that cost us points, but he also had amazing games like the one against Forest. Good to keep as no. 2. Not sure if that's what he wants.

How unfortunate. To be honest I find it hard to conceal my contempt for him. The last 3 years of his time with us were one piss-take after another. We should've got shot of him far sooner than we did, but of course the ludicrous wedge he was on made that difficult. Of course, working with the defensive powerhouse that was Mike Williamson for so long hardly made him look good....

Minging shirt as well, the all-red back is horrific. Looks like something Brentford would wear.

My son is 2 1/2, the first six months were wretched (because we had no idea what we were doing), and I have to say, it was pretty blissful for about two years. Now he's turning into a right little terror though, a proper little troll. The "terrible 2s" are real apparently.

Don't really want any of those players you mentioned that are "not happening" so no loss.

Wouldn't touch him with yours. We've been linked for so long it'll be another Thauvin situation, he blatantly doesn't fancy coming here but we'll throw enough cash at him to make him dirty his boots a few times a match. Avoid at all costs.

I thought we'd broken him down for parts years ago. The fucker probably is more metal than man by now.

Their assistant manager, who was due to take training on Monday the 29th, has done a runner as well. Pretty soon the tea lady and "Catts fer me like" will be the only ones left at the club.

It would be just like fatso to bugger off once things have stabilised, but either way, this isn't going to happen.

God rest his soul. No time at all to go, what a tragedy.