Armchair supporter supremo

Well i wasn't supposed to say anything but I've just cleaned my boots and dug out the old shinnys.... 😉🤫

Fantastic is pushing it quite a bit! But either way going forward is half the job of a modern fullback 🤷‍♂️

Never really understood the class of 92 nonsense, that squad still had top rate senior internationals as it's spine plus a good smattering of them elsewhere in the squad

I think he's the kind of player that will always find the net regularly in the championship, sort of a billy sharp type, just knows what this leagues all about. Read earlier he's not even getting a number at Newcastle this season because of some ffp reason. His high wages are whats kept/keeping him at Newcastle, but i think now newscastle will need to compromise to get at least some of his wages off the books, so a loan deal would make most sense for them

Marcus Gayle on loan would be ideal if were talking about strikers. Edit!!! course I meant Dwight Gayle Yes before anybody says it.... It does currently feel like wed have more of a chance of signing Markus😅

Wonder if JDT would be able to get a tune out of Zeefuik 🤷‍♂️ Seemed to have the energy and attitude to suit a pressing game, just seemed very lost positionaly under Mowbray(but then thats no surprise...)

That's the gamble that our overlords have been unwilling to take, unless there's a few surprises left to come this summer.

Personally just think we need to get the backline sorted before the first game of the season. Every other area of the team can wait because I'm not expecting much this, but obviously don't want to be in a relegation scrap, which is where we'll likely be until we have a solid backline. Need to decide if Ayala is staying or going and need a solid dominant cb and rb regardles.

yip. Sign losers and you lose, simples.

Not surprised at all, judging by Lenihans ball licking comments on speaking to Mowbray about leaving rovers, I believe mowbray will have told/advised all the first team soon to be out of contract players(at the time) to leave long before he even left himself, that would be him all over, he couldn't care less about the club itself more interested in helping his crappy little proteges and agent pals out, especially with the north east shysters. plus he's a vindictive turd bag👍 really hope middlesbrough crumble this year, shit club.

Haha im not that desperate! Just watching "pieces of her" on netflix, good twisty turny thriller, nothing original about it, just solid easy on the brains entertainment

Watched a titchy bit of Sherwood last night, looks like it's going to be a real heavy hitter of a show, gonna have to put it on the back burner until I'm in the mood for something heavy though, right now I just fancy something in the 'guilty pleasure' spectrum of shows

Hughes pulling Nelson and Samba (and mokoena to an extent) out of thin air for next to nothing! At a time when our defense was absolutely on its arse, those where the days 😍😍😍 Where. Times have changed, not just for us but for professional football in general, so hard to find a bargain and get them in on the quiet these days, especially an overseas bargain! There's eyes everywhere, as soon as one club puts a bid in for a player its news in minutes causing other clubs to perk up and the vultures descended.

This season I'd rather wait for the right players that are going to make us stronger in the long term than waste money signing players just for the sake of it. That said, still sooner the better, especially at right back and cb 😂 😂

spot on

Why are you and others on here searching so desperately for things to be cynical about before a balls even been kicked! Just such a poisoness place sometimes here, unless we're in the middle of a winning steak at the top end of the table its nothing but ultra pessimism (and I'm not always the most positive and optimistic person so that is saying something)

Oh dear god! This thread has gone into drama queen mode (and over nothing but a transfer rumor for a player that nobody has ever really seen play or likely even heard of until very recently)

Exactly! I know we all want to see fresh new players but you've got to keep some perspective

Still looks a bit gangly and awkward yet, needs another year or two to fill into his body and toughen up i think, hopefully he can get a dozen or so games under his belt this season though if he's really as good as made out

It's how they respond when he has to give them a half time rollicking that matters more

Despite his impressive physical attributes he's doesn't seem to have impressed at any club he's been out on loan to, like you say though his attributes could be idea (in theory!) for JDTs style, Could be a late bloomer like Samba 🤷‍♂️

Mowbrays mystifying decisions already starting to sound like old folk tales

In recent years its been salaries that are more the stumbling block than transfer fees 😩 Cant imagine this guy will be expecting too much though 🤞🤞 unless shef unt or another team offer him silly wages.

BB has to be off unless he's signing a new contract(which seems unlikely considering howmuch I imagine prem and foreign clubs will be offering hims in salary)

Bent was a real beast for us initially, shame he was apparently a complete scummo off the field so we soon got shut