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The way that tit Romano and now some other journos word their tweets does my head in; player wants only this, players will join only that. Like texts teenagers barely passing their grades would send to each other.

Knowing Chelsea they'll actually get it off some club in Saudi.

Ah my cousin who works down in Kenya would have loved a plumbing joke or two He blessed the drains down in Africa

Don't be silly. He'll be drawing up the list of 35 year old GKs to target

I read it Atlanta at first and thought ffs

It seemed like a decent appointment at the time, given his work with Atlanta from their stadium to commerical growth etc. I thought it was astute in terms of having him build up NUFC from scratch in a commercial sense post Ashley. Since then it's just been turmoil at the top, as others have said why our ownership continues to leave it unaddressed alongside critical decisions such as stadium, training ground sponsors etc in the face of how royally PSR is fecking us; only they know. The other concern of course is if things dont improve at the top Howe will get frustrated at some point.

Saw his fat useless arse in the mirror maybe

Difficult to see how we get the 4 plus players needed at this rate, especially once the seasons starts since if Howe continues to be running everything at the club. You could say maybe the dominoes fall into place and we make multiple signings in a couple of weeks but we just don't seem to operate that way, we work on one target at a time and try to tire down the other club into selling. I realize we were salivating about the prospect of having Ekitike play with Isak barely a week ago so things can change fast. It's just difficult to fathom how we're having to manage another summer in this ad hoc fashion, especially given that the club has has its best season in the pitch for 70 years against all odds.

With a squad that already needed strengthening to be able to compete with European fixtures, we have since January lost: Miggy Kelly Wilson Longstaff 3-4 additions we would have hoped for anyway, plus 4 replacements.

We dont sign keepers unless they are fifth choice.

Aye its not like we've never dealt with a dumbass billionaire eh? I do think PIF will sort it out and we'll get more players in before the end of the window, but the confidence in how well run we thought the club was took a hit last summer and it's not gotten much better since then.

To the point earlier on replacing Mitchell and the minimal impact it might have had for this window, I agree. But well run companies have contingency plans, succession plans and at the very least can make interim setups to try and get through critical periods. I could be wrong of course but the way this window has gone so far and Howe's words and body language in that piece it just seems we haven't done any of that. That is hardly a surprise given there has been no word on Eales' replacement or other strategic decisions. The ownership needs to get its act together fast especially after the drama of the meetings right after the end of the season.

Right after they make the stadium decision eh

It feels like he's not having much help on the transfers front, what an absolute shit show the DoF situation has become and we continue to fail to address it. Howe might be knackered before the season even starts.

Wait what. I rate Wissa but Mane was outstanding man, different level altogether.

I do envy the average journo at times. Write recycled pieces containing things everyone already knows and make a living travelling, attending football games and such.

I'm hoping Liverpool's strong arm tactics have ticked off PIF enough to decide to dig in their heels and send a strong message. If not by signing Ekitike then using the money elsewhere on the squad. Reassures the likes of Bruno and Tonali too that this is the place to stay and win more things. Now would definitely be a good time, we have a fantastic base to build on. A bit of ambition now and anything is possible in the next 3-5 years.

Cheers Andrew!

This is worse than the 'FFS' Wyki yells during match threads

An absolutely vile scumbag, just look at his face. Proper hate this man

26 and only just married, 3 kids too Just tragic

I think we could take a brake from the jokes here, getting pretty tiresome. If the poor lad's lass read them it could rubber the wrong way.

Personally when I complain about the speed of decision making at this club it's got more to do with the lack of replacements for top execs, stadium and sponsor decisions etc. rather than just this window (for which it would be too soon of course)

Maybe we wait a few more weeks before judging the window but the lack of progress in appointing exec replacements is pretty damning. It's almost as if they've decided that the only management person that seems to do anything here is Howe so let's let him manage the transfers too.