He was really good last season but idk how much of that was down to the Jovic / Rebic / Haller partnership.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
I know him from his spell at Utrecht, during which he was already impressive. Hate to see a quality player like that end up at WHU.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
They have made two good signings this summer and appear to be doing an anti-Newcastle which is disappointing behaviour from the Premier League's second best comedy club.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
tbf, Anderson / Diop / Yarmalenko was a good summer for them last year too.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
I think people are being harsh on Steve Bruce. He'll have a good chunk of the summer to make his mark on the team, assess the gaps in the squad and then spend the entire transfer budget on Yannick Bolasie on deadline day or whatever
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
bolasie come home
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
Xp irl lol Sgt
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
LOL I'd forgotten Bruce had been Sunderland manager. How many games do we think he'll last?
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
You're forgiven for forgetting that, as it's just one of the many, many reasons those poor toon fans are up in arms.
Wiki taught me chairman Mike Ashley - who wouldn't open his wallet if he had a gun to his head - "stated that he regretted buying Newcastle United, but admitted that he was "wedded" to the club." Lmao.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Bruce will be there all season, or at least won't be fired until March when it's too late for his successor to do anything about it.
Great season to be a newly promoted club, Newcastle look doomed already and Brighton don't appear to be in great shape either.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
I hadn’t realised Llorente is out of contract. Fiorentina would probably be a good move for him.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 18 July 2019 07:51 (four years ago) link
twould be a good move for any of us ifaith
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 18 July 2019 08:36 (four years ago) link
It was tough to settle initially, there's a language and food barrier
Wolves U-23 Ed Francis on the alien food culture of, um, the Netherlands.
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 July 2019 12:17 (four years ago) link
Have a heart NV, I see they had him parked at Almere. Wouldn't wish that city on my worst enemy.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 19 July 2019 12:37 (four years ago) link
I'm guessing it doesn't have a Nando's
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 July 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
food is v bland ime tbf, like fried egg on plain pasta bland
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 19 July 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
A shocking experience for Cheshire-born Ed
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 July 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
lol
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 19 July 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
Netherlands is right up there for worst "national cuisine" in Europe
― Number None, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
theyll have their fun wont they NN
hard times when two paddies have to defend british isles cuisine against the self loathing brits wha
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 19 July 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
My initial point, sir, is that the cultural difference could hardly be described as a "barrier"
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
not til october anyways
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
no need to worry about the food barrier if you're not allowed to play in Europe tbf
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
First trophy of the season
― jou're much too jung, girl (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 July 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
big Xi is wearing a Wolves top now!
― calzino, Saturday, 20 July 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
still hasn't quite got the cachet of the JPT tho :p
― calzino, Saturday, 20 July 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
Vincent Janssen off to my favourite Liga MX club, Monterrey!
― ShariVari, Sunday, 21 July 2019 06:34 (four years ago) link
sympathies
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2019 08:36 (four years ago) link
at what stage is zidane a workplace bully
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2019 09:59 (four years ago) link
Really don't understand what's going on here at all.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 21 July 2019 10:10 (four years ago) link
It's gonna be really disappointing when he just turns up at PSG and his career completely fizzles out from there.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 21 July 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link
i can see it as an utterly ruthless "its a lot better for me that you not be here" set of power moves.
beckham was iirc treated much the same by capello so obv at rm theres a cultural thing that possibly british players might be missing where the fuck-off-hints are expected to yield results far earlier in the process and tetchiness ensues
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 July 2019 10:30 (four years ago) link
Did the same with mcmanaman he ignored it as well and picked up another la Liga and champs lge before seeing out his contract iirc
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 21 July 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
WHAT A GOAL FROM HARRY KANE 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HRhTqqaEiQ— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) July 21, 2019
― groovypanda, Sunday, 21 July 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link
Niche interest but as someone who watched an enormous amount of Australian football last season, for lack of anything better to do on a Saturday morning, it’s good to see Sarpreet Singh get picked up by Bayern Munich.
He’s one of the best passers of the ball in the league, albeit with next to no competition, but it’s difficult to judge how useful he would be to a decent team. It’ll be interesting to see how he develops in Germany over the next couple of years.
― ShariVari, Monday, 22 July 2019 10:20 (four years ago) link
Biggest NZ transfer in history, surely? Had never heard of him before but am keen on seeing him play.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 22 July 2019 10:28 (four years ago) link
£17m for Phil Billing from Bournemouth will be astonishingly good good business. And I like the idea of such a tinpot player as him going to such a tinpot shit ground no fans club. He puts in a couple of 8/10 shifts and scores a pretty amazing goal tbf then starts thinking he's a superstar who should be at Barca. He's a total diva who downed tools and spat his dummy out when the going got tough. It probably didn't help with one of our morons calling him a "black donkey" on twitter, but he's still a total waster and probably no more than a few mill worth of midfielder at best.
― calzino, Monday, 22 July 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
if he doesn't get his move in this window he'll end up playing with the reserves, so the pressure is all on him.
― calzino, Monday, 22 July 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
We are delighted to welcome our new club record signing - Joelinton!Full story: https://t.co/t7Qe83xUnX #JoelinToon #NUFC pic.twitter.com/wmzjHbkJxE— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) July 23, 2019
― Number None, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
40m, reportedly. That is a lot of money.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
Disaster waiting to happen or what?
― Arthur Lowe & Love (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
don't know if we were genuinely interested or just getting linked to every player on the market this season. lol at Bruce with a 40 mil striker tho
― Mr Jolyon Posts Next Door (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
jolyon ton
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
keeping up the proud tradition of brazilian footballers exchanging their perfectly nice real names for unholy monstrosities
― imago, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
Had the same goals per game ratio as James Ward-Prowse last season but maybe he is worth £40m too now.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
We have reached agreement with Mexican side C.F. Monterrey for the transfer of @vincentjanssen.We wish Vincent all the best for the future.— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 23, 2019
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
(xp) His scoring record doesn't suggest the new Alan Shearer.
― Arthur Lowe & Love (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
goodbye sweet vince
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
lots of buzz around ISP providers being encouraged to crack down a lot harder on streams this coming season.
reason to be fearful or unlikely to be effective?
id pay except they dont offer a package to just watch one team so absolutely fuck em
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 July 2019 07:19 (four years ago) link
Unlikely to be effective. If you've been following the footy w/ streams for years I don't see how that would suddenly change now. Alternatives will pop up (no pun intended), there will always be streamers in it for a couple of hundred quid a month on ad sales.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 25 July 2019 07:43 (four years ago) link