The Fish

I have a couple of questions for you; How many people do you regularly work with? Of them how many would you say are A ) good craic, B ) all right, C ) bit of a dick, D ) cunts? Then the same for your neighbours, Cycling club, family I want to see if there's a Patented Wykiki xC factor?

Just happy to see us score 3 goals, to be honest.

Not the behaviour of a bootlicking fanbase toadying for their new masters, now is it? 5,000 and I'm guessing the majority of those weren't match going Newcastle fans. I'm guessing it was mostly kids, Saudis, maybe some Costa Ricans and of course MLFs who only went to shit in a sink at St James' Park because they're absolute LADS.

I hope that's the case. A true blue DM would be a game changer for us. Bruno and Tonali could play further forward, we could play with two ball progressing fullbacks instead of just Trippier. All this would mean our high intensity pressing could happen up the pitch and we could cause the kind of chaos that undid so many teams last season; Spurs, Brentford, West Ham etc.

That thread man, I haven't seen a bigger disaster since 2001.

Happy Birthday and commiserations

I'm expecting a knock on the door early next week from an abashed Ewerk. I'm going to eat nothing but Taco Bell until then.

I know, some of them think that Bruno just needs a bollocking...

It's been 26-28 most of this week.

Uh oh, someone's gonna be FEWMIN

Who's Jewi?

I'm a fucking trend setter.

They link to the Mirror, if that's any better. I mean short of posting his payslip I'm not sure what evidence I can provide. Come on man, I really need this Ewerk.

My expectations are around the same as yours; 7th would, for me, be about right for this squad in this season. The match going fans know way more than the dickheads on twitter. But not more than me. Or Diego.

I also think that because he can cover in the midfield he'll get minutes here and there before establishing himself as first choice.

See this is where I think a lot of criticisms stem from. Just because we're in the CL this season there's a stack of people who think that we're already there. We're a long way away from that being a genuine concern, aren't we? Look at how congested the field is; ARS, CHE, LIV, MCI, MNU, TOT, and Newcastle. Plus challengers like Aston Villa and Brighton. That's 9 teams gunning for 5 spots. To establish ourselves as Champions League regular we'd have to not only oust one of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Man Utd, but keep the rest at bay too. We simply don't have the depth or quality to do that regularly, yet.

All we've heard is that this is a long term project, so it makes sense to sign two young players with high ceilings when they're available. We've also signed up a highly rated 16yr old fullback from Wolves, and Ashby from West Ham. Said it before but, we're 2-3yrs ahead of schedule so a top half finish this season (which I think is eminently doable with the current squad) will form the foundation for those young players to break through, maybe add some more players in January too? I'm zen.

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united-news-ps15m-stars-ps100k-per-week-wage-packet-revealed-reports-3728574

One of the good things about the transfers we've done so far, there are very few who I'd put in that bracket. Target, Burn, maybe? Even then Burn's wages aren't crippling and he's one of those players who'd 'do a job' for a lot of teams in the Premier League after a couple of years. Target's reported wages are eyebrow raising (£100k), and so we may find him harder to shift. But the rest of the deals seem like good business. Our issue is getting shot of legacy players like Hendrick.

I note you've chosen managers from times gone by, but would Guardiola, Klopp permit it? maybe, yeah. Also mutliple title winners for what it's worth. He's not as good as he was last season, but nobody is. I don't think he deserves to be singled out for criticism. I don't think his performances have been particularly bad, and maybe his mind is on his kid, but the problems at Newcastle this season aren't because he's out of sorts. I also don't think him being out of sorts is significantly down to the child, or instagram or anything like that. I honestly believe it's more to do with the system and his teammates.

Fuck that, move to Cheshire. The trains are fine, worst you have to put up with is a Mortimerian Train Guy. Driving is better though, main roads can get canny busy, but the back roads are generally quieter and lovely countryside. Plus, and I know this would be a deal breaker, fewer seagulls.