And we'll score an early set piece and then defend our penalty area desperately for the next 80 mins.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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For one, that team would have waltzed THIS iteration of the Europa league given unrestricted freedom to throw league games every weekend to prep.
For another thing, the Europa League is much closer in quality to the Conference league, heck, the intertoto cup, than THE European Cup.
Bit micky mouse... like the charity shield or whatever its called nowadays. If you win, you claim it and rub it in your rivals faces and if you lose, it's a preseason friendly. I fully expect Frank to play his best and sacrifice Burnley game. Guarantee we look flat in that one and out on our feet from the 70 minute mark.
It’s Burnley at home. We should be able to manage to put the game away in the first half if we have anything about us at all.
They have barely invested and are set to definitely go straight back down.
Bunch of cheap punts
Yep our team when we said goodbye to WHL
Lloris
Walker
Alderweireld
Vertonghen
Rose
Wanyama
Dembele
Dele
Eriksen
Kane
Son
look at us now
to be fair though it was the usual same old mix of opportunistic buys, and youth projects
youth projects
kane
walker
rose
dele
opportunistic or cheaper levy specials
Toby
Wanyama
Dembele
Lloris
vertonghen
son
only Eriksen i think had a whiff of ambition like lamela, to ease the blow of selling bale.
The stars just aligned at that bunch, and through great training/tactics. maybe they will again with Tel, Gray, Bergvall, Odobert etc
Once in a lifetime confluence of luck, excellent recruitment, real team chemistry, a manager who was actually “ahead of the curve” and we just bottled it. I cannot believe that team didn’t get a trophy, the 16-17 Spurs side was easily our best I’ve seen in my entire life with no close second.
Everything came together perfectly and we still couldn’t win. I’ll never understand it
The difference is the quality was far lower in the PL 10 years ago. European football was strong and Spain and Italy could afford to keep players.
Now you can’t just get by with punts. You have to spend on real quality.
What do we have about us?
"BBC Sport was told that Benjamin Sesko has an informal agreement with RB Leipzig that he can leave if an elite team offer about £70m.
Newcastle have now reportedly submitted an improved offer comprising an initial £69.5m fee plus add-ons."
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Have Newcastle hired Levy on some sort of advisory role basis?!?
Newcastle have now reportedly submitted an improved offer comprising an initial £69.5m fee plus add-ons."
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Have Newcastle hired Levy on some sort of advisory role basis?!?
Does any of our current squad get in that team. And no, before anyone even contemplates saying it, Romero and Micky don't at it's not even close.
We’ve played 4-2-3-1 all pre season we’re not suddenly changing to a back 3 as the season starts.
With the squad in its current state, could we finish in the top half of the table?
I think it’s 50/50, but we’ll probably be 11th. Also bear in mind this may be the final time we can offer CL to new players, so it’s only downhill from here.
I think it’s 50/50, but we’ll probably be 11th. Also bear in mind this may be the final time we can offer CL to new players, so it’s only downhill from here.
Not as drawn out as the Wendy alternative.
Better than being 3 nil down by halftime then coming out "fighting" in the 2nd half to only lose by 1.
We will bring in players. 2 or 3.
"BBC Sport was told that Benjamin Sesko has an informal agreement with RB Leipzig that he can leave if an elite team offer about £70m.
Newcastle have now reportedly submitted an improved offer comprising an initial £69.5m fee plus add-ons."
.........
Have Newcastle hired Levy on some sort of advisory role basis?!?
......... but that informal agreement is not activated anyway, it stipulates elite club, so the above is null & void.
The classic early August ‘we tried’ Levy special
Tick it off your bingo card
Tick it off your bingo card