MPH

Thank goodness the Bilal fee is already agreed..

14 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Alves, maybe not a star, but has scored and assisted in the championship and in League 1.

 

Plus he is our, if Monga stays I'd develop them both, but if he goes I'd be looking to develop Alves and bring another young winger.

 

Not loan a player back who we have sold.

 

whilst Will can play in the left or the right, he’s primarily used down the middle, as an CM, AM or a number 10.

5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Good job you weren't in charge when Barnes, Chilwell and KDH came though

 

Development of your own players is never naive, if it was why do club spend millions on academies? 

 

Short term thinking is what got us in this mess.

 

 

 What?  we never had anyone miles better than them to replace them they were already stars with bags of potential and ability

who is this star on the left you think we should develop in his place? 

4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

I've not seen anything last season to say he going to take league 1 by storm, have you? 

Still better to develop a player own then a playet you don't.

 

Like less season we would have been better investing minutes in Page rather then develop Muskasa for Man City!

He’s shown skill  that no one else at our club has shown, except maybe   Fatawu.  he would absolutely walk all over the 1st Division, plus he already, at not even 17, is miles better than anyone we would be able to attract to the club.

i just think this whole ‘ develop our own talent ‘ is all a bit naive, because it presumes that person we bring in is going to progress,  we should be willing to do whatever it takes to get out of the 1st division 

4 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

MOONLIGHT SHADOW

Dont get carried away…

2 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

Why develop a player for them, when we can developing someone still here?

 

If he leave he doesn’t want to be here, we have sent enough time playing player who don't want to be here.

because the difference in quality could be huge. And it could be a case of ‘ promotion at all costs’ and you need the absolute best players possible to do that.

besides, how do you know that player you want to develop, will develop? Maybe he won’t kick on? And then you are left with an inferior player not progressing  all because you wanted to look to the future. If that’s the case, the future might still be in league 1

38 minutes ago, don_danbury said:

He is not overrated at all. No one rates him

he rates himself quite highly…

9 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

A bit of melt indeed, but there have been plenty of players in that bracket over the years who clubs have managed to get playing well.  Danny Drinkwater is hardly stable, but was excellent for us at a key time.   If Russel can get him onside, playing and feeling like he is the star like Enzo did, we will have a much better last year of his contract that it appears.

I agree with the concept of what you’re saying.. but with regards to Winks himself, you bypassed my main point and this is… if he is any good, why havnt we had offers for him? Why is he still here, he’s not wanted to be here for a while, we’ve not wanted him for a while, yet he’s still here!

What are South Korea doing? They seem to be randomly hoofing the ball everywhere..

If he was actually any good, we would have had offers for him before now… he’s clearly wanted out for a long time, we clearly realize he’s a bit of a melt and yet  he’s still here.  He’s rubbish and no one wants him!

On 09/06/2026 at 14:05, Samilktray said:

I got banned after saying that anyone who votes reform is thick (I think) so I’m not entirely sure what the agenda is

i got banned once for calling Ginger_Fox a copper knob.  

29 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Can't believe his dad scored that many goals for Brazil and then produces a son like that...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and with his mum serving 20 years for treason. Unbelievable…

We rejected the loan. We want a straight sale only. So does he!

30 minutes gone and only 1 total shot in the Uzbekistan v Colombia game.  It was off-target incase anyone was wondering.

Guy who just came on for Panama has 4 goals in 160 appearances..

I’ve been really enjoying the World Cup so far and this game has definitely contributed to that.

Just now, RowlattsFox said:

It's coming home 

Trump cancelled more visas?

Lovely.

Just now, Sly said:

Dry times?

That Emma is rougher than a badgers bum..

Good response for this second half..

Someone make Modric a cup of Horlicks, or something..

Just now, Muzzy_no7 said:

Hossein Kaibi won us a pen😂😂😂

how dare you criticize that little man..

Scoring 3 goals against Croatia means we are no mugs..

but having said that , we are absolute mugs to concede those two goals..

1 minute ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Agree but so had Noni and Jude first half 😂

In fairness noni won us a penalty first half..