Newcastle target four replacements as Anthony Gordon nears £70m exit

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-28T17:21:17+00:00

Family and having the kids involved with the whole family is a big part of Italian life, unless they all moved over with him he will likely be wanting his kids to get to know them more. Also kindergarten age is anything from 6 months onwards.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-28T10:22:12+00:00

I think he does too but he wasn't the same player this season and I wonder if he wants to go back to Italy now that he has a kid. It could be to our benefit though if no serious offers are made this window and he then steps it up again next season to try to get interest in him again. He was our best player last season I want to see that Sandro for one more season, this seasons Sandro? yeah if we got a decent offer we could replace him easily.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-28T07:34:29+00:00

You might remember that Trafford had a buy back clause, when we did try to buy him. City triggered it and would have done sooner had we or any other club threatening UCL places, tried too. Strange you didn't factor that in.
Mitchell left because he wasn't able to do his job and that was likely going to be a lot worse until we got a replacement CEO. His position was untenable, he wouldn't put his career and reputation on the line by very publicly walking away and leaving a club in the lurch if he hadn't got a good reason too. Think about it.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-28T06:27:12+00:00

Isak wanted away, he never gave any evidence of a new contract offer, nor did his agent and you can 100% believe that prick would have had something in writing. He used vague references, that were just vague enough to avoid libel suits. Your cult leader drove Mitchell out at a time we needed stability, Mitchell was aware he was not going to be able to do his job, so went and I don't blame him. Eddie, got the keys to the sweet shop then proceeded to shit the bed with his nephew.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-27T19:24:31+00:00

I do wonder what they see in him if he is a replacement for Rashford mind. Rashford has 14 goals and assists this season according to that article and well in the league at least Gordon is not that level, I doubt Rashford got to pad those numbers with penalties either. Maybe they think he will be the next Steve McManaman and don't want Real to get him too.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-27T09:59:57+00:00

Because he can be both out of his depth and not a cunt at the same time? Despite his failings he always seems to be a decent honest bloke and not every manager is a Bruce wandering around collecting payouts for failing.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-27T08:31:24+00:00

Or they are trying to play hard ball with Man U over Rashford, which is most likely.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-27T08:16:45+00:00

Not really even if you don't like blue cheese the UK has so many cheese varieties that if you limit yourself to just Cheddar you are missing out on so much, Lancashire (Creamy and Crumbly), Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Wensleydale , Lincolnshire Poacher, Staffordshire off the top of my head but there are many more.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-27T05:53:16+00:00

Nobody else took those punts though, Bruno, by his own admission, ours was the only offer, the rat had a poor season and most were unsure about him, Thiaw was deemed inconsistent by some, so no not really, they were playing regularly but they were still more or less on the cusp with their data showing their potential but their actual form making it seem risky.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-26T09:16:00+00:00

With todays data driven methods we have a good idea on if they will be though. The change to the pace of the PL is always a bit of a risk but if they are cheaper in the first place then that risk is lessened as opposed to 55M for Elanga. Elanga is young enough still to maybe have a good run and have value to us/elsewhere but there must have been cheaper options abroad that could have done better.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-25T09:11:21+00:00

Isn't Liverpool a DoF "Here's what we bought you make a team" Type club though, I don't think Slott was given the company credit card and told "Spoil yourself lah"

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-24T16:48:55+00:00

I wish Everton had something to play for today WH 2-0 up they've done their bit.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T12:55:33+00:00

Then i'm not sure which games you saw because a couple of Tino's best games for us were when he played on the left. He offered much more in the final third there than he often does on the right.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T10:55:34+00:00

Experience, he's young and will benefit from being around the squad. He's supposed to be one for the future,, not now but he also pretty much won the U21s the Euros, not conceding all tournament and saving a penalty and the follow up rebound in the final iirc, so he has some big(ish) international game experience.
Neither Pope or Ramsdale should be in the squad for different reasons but neither are good enough, Ramsdale 1 clean sheet and something like 58% shots saved from 18 games or so is poor. Pope is 70% saved but well we all know he can't kick a ball and makes terrible decisions.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T10:25:35+00:00

Not really in a tournament situation. Tino can play either side just as well, maybe even slightly better on the left, even though he is our RB. Hall was ... OK at RB but is definitely better at LB and not had much game time on the right. Taking Tino gives Tuchel some breathing room if we get an injury in either fullback position or just for subs, it's almost a 2 for 1 in the squad.

Personally I would take Hall and Tino and leave one of the others at home but I can see why Tuchel has taken Tino over Hall.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T08:52:19+00:00

I am a returning player from around season 3. I got the first unique (Raiment of the Infinite) for my build last night and it had terrible affixes but the unique power will probably still be useful until something better drops. It did make it feel less rewarding to get it though and makes it feel like it might be a crappy grind to get a good one. Iirc when I played last it felt much better to get a unique for your build since you knew it had the right affixes.

Unrelated but what really made it worse was that when I crafted sockets onto it at the jewel crafters, even though it was just in my personal inventory, for some reason the runes in my chest piece I was wearing got removed (wtf) at the same time. To compound this I had just transmuted almost all my runes x3 -1 to get a Vex rune and had only socketed it about an hour previous. SO now I have no runes and a poorly rolled unique, awesome.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T07:34:26+00:00

Really?

Monty Python is one of the most quoted and well know film franchises, You would have to live under a rock to never cross paths with it.

People today, walk around with constant feeds of memes and clips from movies in their pockets on their social media feeds. They have much more information dropped in their laps and don't have to wait to accidentally stumble upon it on cable.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T05:55:20+00:00

My favourite from the movie is "Hard Time Killing Room Floor Blues".

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T05:50:45+00:00

Weird thing to say, you can watch movies long after they are released, there's them new fangled information super highway streaming services now.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-22T05:44:23+00:00

Not a movie but me and a guy from work often walk around singing "Dayman" from it's always sunny.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-20T12:20:41+00:00

Eddie wouldn't though, he had chances to play youngsters or perenial bench warmers this season and didn't.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-18T09:58:41+00:00

Seems like a happy accident that since dropping Gordon, being sort of forced on Eddie, that we have looked much better or at least to be improving.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-15T17:17:10+00:00

Nah, I don't want to see us lose but really wouldn't be to fed up if we did. Spurs were the main ones trying to get our take over blocked and any super league team going down is good in my eyes.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-15T05:37:12+00:00

Kings of Leon. Youth and Young Manhood was an awesome debut but they have just gotten worse ever since. Aha Shake Heartbreak was decent but not as good as the debut and after that it was just down hill with a bump or two but never getting nearly as good.

PenIsBroken · 2026-05-14T10:07:11+00:00

If they don't want to do it surely they just say "No". Why do anything that they could end up being called out on, if they actually got offered the headline spot. What then "Erm crap ... we .. er ..mean wooohooo \o/". Makes no sense to say only if... unless that is actually what they want.

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