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It's not that I don’t doubt your prowess or anything like that, but I'd love to see a video of you putting it up in 10-15 minutes. OK it is entirely me doubting your prowess. I'd also like to know how long it will take you to put it down, pack it up, and put it in the shed for its early retirement.

Clearing the rights with DC for his intro video.

A great signing for Nooncastle United

Is that the third shirt or the away?

I don’t have anything against him, but by the time the world cup rolls around he'll be 32. I don't really think he'd be a great fit into our side also, and would expect he's on big wages and will be wanting to keep it that way. Could be good for helping Botman to settle having another Dutchman about.

Too old. Though it would be nice to have a player who used Newcastle as a stepping stone to play for Newcastle.

New MLS experience? More like new golf courses and different coloured money.

Is it possible that he loves the slide tackle more than Paul Dummett?!?

+30M to the Raphinha fund.

This one?

I concur and have signed off on the deal, expect him in the next few days.

Defense will hate us if we have Raphinha, ASM, Bruno coming at them with Joelinton enforcing. You've got to pay for the quality attacking spark that someone like Raphinha brings. He'd be a fantastic signing but personally can't see it. Can you imagine if we got him and Paqueta, four Brazilians aged 24-25.

It's a bit of a defeatist attitude but they're spending a lot of money to do what? Try to be an upper middle table club?

We got Burn instead of Carlos, slotted straight in and is all heart. Know who I'd rather have and there would have been no interest in Carlos from us this window. Won't be surprised if he's not a success at Villa.

He must fit right in then.

I don't remember this at all as I was tiny, but that's a great looking logo.

Oh, hai west ham

England, Iran, USA, Wales. Inside, outside, inside, scales.

Whilst you're right there's also the chance that he just fancies playing in the slower paced less physical Italian league against inferior opposition. If that's his temperament we don't want him anyway.

It's another case of watch the games, don't just follow the results. Getting a relatively easy run and then being soundly beat by the first highly rated opponent flatters to deceive. It's only against minnows that they seem to be able to consistently create chances and defensively there seems to be no cohesion and a lot of reliance on the goal keeper to have standout games in order to get the results. For the quality of players they have he's underachieving IMHO, and as much as he has respect that counts for nothing in a major tournament. Something needs to change, whether that's only team selection or team selection AND the manager remains to be seen.

A lot of that is great when all players are 17, but less so when you're playing against fully grown adults. I'm not saying he's not a prospect but "very tall for age", "adult build", and "can match adults physically" are not particularly advantageous except that it may mean you learn their true potential a few years earlier than you otherwise would.

Luque. Pretty sure that they were watching the wrong Nacho on youtube when Gonzales was signed.

Looks better than many fancied players in that compilation to be fair because he shows his physicality and determination to win/keep the ball. I know if I saw that video for a player we were rumoured to be interested in I'd be super keen. I'd then go on to say that it goes to show why you need to do proper scouting, except I can't because Joelinton is superb.

There's not playing your best and then there's being played off the park by Hungary at home.

Absolutely, it would have been mad if we didn't sign him given the chance. The speed in which he fit in was phenomenal and the prices being mentioned are a bargain these days for a known entity.