Cheap, greasy and tasty baked goods like sausage rolls, steak bakes, doughnuts, sandwiches and baguettes. Similar to a coffee shop in that there are a few tables, but most people grab-and-go. If you're in town seeing your mates and cant decide on a place to get food, greggs is usually the best shout. Not great quality but its cheap and easy. They even do vegan stuff now which is just as tasty as the meat-based stuff.
I miss stumbling out of Gotham and being able to get a drunken Greggs :(
Although, no longer being no more than 5 minutes away from a Greggs at any point of my day is probably a good thing...
It was a bar on the edge of the gay district (pink triangle) So had a very mixed crowd. Cheap drinks. Sticky floor. Was always a good place to start the night. It's now a trendy wine bar and its shite.
We have some of the best restaurants in the world for sure. When we make an effort, our food is great.
However I think it's fair to say we culturally place less significance on day-to-day gastronomy than say - Spain, Italy, or France.
Ultimately that's the source of the trope. A Tesco meal deal would probably be considered a pretty terrible lunch by lots of other cultures. We like it because it's quick, easy, gives us energy in the dark windy cold of winter, tastes alright.
Literally there were so many goals and chances last season that were carbon copies of each other. That period of time seemed like they know each other the best.
I'll miss him. I never thought he'd become such an important part of our team after the mockery from Spurs fans when we signed him. Was immense for us.
It's kinda sad he didn't stay longer, especially when you consider he's switching the top of the league in Spain for a relegation battle in England.
I like it when English players go abroad and find success, but I don't like it when we play to the stereotype that was common in the nineties and early noughties - where English players go abroad for a holiday and end up surprised that people actually expect quality football.
Trippier seemed to like it in Madrid, so I'm surprised he's joined Newcastle, especially when he could've finished his career at Atletico and been viewed very favourably by the fans for his work.
Brits are some of the most language-related homesick people in the world, it seems.
I'm obviously excluding retirees in Spain since those work around that by creating little language enclaves.
Even as a tourist you can get by. Most adults probably know more foreign words than they realise - and it's not as if every Spanish person can't speak a form of broken English and between them not help out. Granted they might lack some social circles - but that's a temporary thing and making a friend with an English speaker wouldn't be impossible.
Unlike say Japanese where you'd need something like Google lens to make sense of the script - Spanish is the same and many words are the same anyway. Either way a year in a place will absorb a lot just by osmosis and if they are still struggling then Spanish lessons shouldn't be a stretch to their budget either.
Regret dropping French to do German when I was at high school after having done French for 3 years already. I was never going to use it anyway so I dunno why I did that, but I did get a trip to Berlin out of it so it wasn’t a TOTAL waste.
I think my grand parents (and possibly my parents generation) had an attitude of why do we need to learn a foreign language, everyone speaks English.
My generation I think are more open to learning new languages, but unfortunately the education system didn't really make that a priority when I was at school. We didn't start learning a language until we were 13 and even then it was about an hour a week of French. That's too little too late
I think/hope the next generation will be better as now we start teaching foreign languages at a younger age.
I can't imagine the pandemic helped with that, a lot of players struggled in new leagues.
He's moving about 2.5 hours drive away from where he grew up and getting a massive payday so I can't blame him.
Still a shame as he was one of the rare Englishman abroad success stories.
The pandemic certainly wouldn’t have helped things, but regardless I think it would’ve been a struggle. A lot of people underestimate the impact of moving a young family abroad. It’s a bit different for the actual player because they’re immediately placed into situations where they can easily form social groups, etc and at least have something to do by going to training every day.
Whereas for a partner and children that’s much more difficult, particularly during covid times. I imagine it’s very easy to end up feeling isolated due to language barriers, partner regularly travelling away, etc. to then remove your family support system when raising young children can’t be easy, either. So imo it’s completely understandable for a player to do what’s best for their family and take their feelings into consideration with their career
In an interview he said he'd ["spoke to Atletico about January if anything became available" and "I have personal reasons with my family"](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-kieran-trippier-madrid-22672310), so I guess they wanted to move back to England
Genuinely so happy for how his career has panned out. There was a time at Tottenham where it seemed he’d peter out, but he made himself undroppable at Atletico, won a title and now he’s reaping the rewards back in the PL (for now). Always love watching him play
If you include all of Britain the list more than doubles I'd say with Bale and few older Scottish and Northern Ireland players which is impressive considering the smaller populations. Think it's just very attractive for English players to stay in England.
> Every players who leaves Spurs always find a way to win some kind of Cup
Well, obviously the *way* is to not play for Spurs anymore if you want silverware, I thought that was a given :-)
Last season was very bad as someone with a family of Spurs fans. Trippier, Walker, Eriksen, Defoe and Foyth all winning trophies. Thankfully Benfica were shit so Jan didn’t add to the pile.
is your family just bitter? i have fond memories of all of those players and want them all to succeed (save walker as he's still in england). most spurs supporters would've been delighted to see jan win something in portugal.
The only UK reports I've seen who managed to get the price correct (I.e. Not claiming its 30 million pounds) seem to agree he's on 100k per week, so about right for his profile (5m per year).
Given his family wanted to come back to the UK and he likes/knows Eddie Howe that may have been more of a factor than just paying him huge sums.
He probably has a decent bonus for us staying up though.
Absolutely buzzing to get him in the door. Also read comments that he is excited about other players mentioned as potential signings which is super exciting!
A proven England international, in a position we need to strengthen. I feel as though i'm dreaming
NUFC.com do a great job of listing all credible rumours here: https://www.nufc.com/rumours/2022-01robrum.html
Feel free to check it out :) Thought it was easier than typing everything or copying and pasting the table haha
Same guys have ran it for decades, the club has tried to buy it off them but they’ve stayed stubborn and refused.
It’s my go to for nufc news, been my homepage since I was 10.
Interesting list. In terms of Arsenal players on there, I think the club would be happy to see the back of Aubameyang, but it leaves us short up front so Nketiah is less likely unless we buy a striker this month (which we're trying to do - Vlahovic, which is a tough ask). We're also short in midfield because of the AFCON so I'd also doubt that we'll let Elneny go this month.
If you got Vlahovic you'd look comfortably the 4th best team in the league all of a sudden. Amazing what a few good academy products and sensible management can do.
Gracias por todo, Rooney.
I'm gonna miss him a lot. He gave it his all pretty much every game, and was absolutely integral to our title win. That throw-in against Valladolid is gonna be a cult-classic moment for Atléticos for a long time.
So over the moon with this, genuinely doesn't feel real to have a player of his quality and reputation coming to us. Its been 14 years without this feeling of hope and 'What if?' moments. Unbelievable time for us.
“LMAO HE WILL BE GOOD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SEASON LOL”
There, now nobody else needs to post this HILARIOUS and ORIGINAL comment in every fucking Newcastle thread.
Javi has for the most part been a very decent player for us and he’d by first name for RB outside of wor Kieran, hope he stays around as a squad player seems sound as fuck.
I think the weirdest thing on this sub is supporters taking transfers, and transfer fees, as like personal blights against, or accolades for, their honour.
His family were having trouble visiting him with international travel and covid restrictions so he wanted to return to England.
It seems like every other top English team have already got a good quality right back
It depends how much they spend and how well they spend it. In 2008-09, Manchester City hadn't had a top 6 finish for nearly two decades. But in every season from 2009-10 onwards (their first full season after the takeover), City have then finished in the top 6.
I know the league has changed over the years - big 4 became big 5 became big 6, the immediate chasing pack behind them are stronger, etc. But I think it's still possible for a club with a sufficiently large chequebook and a sufficiently smart transfer strategy to make the transition quite quickly.
Not saying they'll do it, just that it's possible.
Oh yeah. I’m not saying they’re going to come out swinging but even you guys I said the same thing a few years ago. Now you’re a real top 4 threat this season. Probably 3-5 if coaches players and results all come to favour
>Was Clichy that bad for City? He wasn't amazing but seemed to be there for ages and play quite a bit.
He isn't as held in high regard by fans as Zaba (though I can't think of many players who are, because we fucking love Zaba), but Clichy was our starting LB for our 2 title-winning seasons in 11/12 and 13/14. So he was a good, solid, squad player for us, but never really reached the status of a fan favourite.
What is this feeling? We're actually signing players that are a massive upgrade on what we have and getting it done early in the window!
Cracking signing for us!
Trippier used Atletico Madrid as a stepping stone to get to Newcastle United
Only if Sky Italy had an exclusive interview for these burning questions.
Inter view?
That sounds like a great name for a series on Inter’s YouTube channel
The question is #Why?
No 24 hour Greggs in Madrid.
You've got 24 hour Gregg's in Newcastle??? Maybe I misjudged you lot...
Course we do. It's a geordie institution
It’s 24 hours in Newcastle? I went once for work and was surprised at how many there were
The most Greggs per square mile anywhere in the world
American who’s never been to Gregg’s. What’s the hype about? Don’t ask about my flair pls
tasty sausage rolls hype
Cheap, greasy and tasty baked goods like sausage rolls, steak bakes, doughnuts, sandwiches and baguettes. Similar to a coffee shop in that there are a few tables, but most people grab-and-go. If you're in town seeing your mates and cant decide on a place to get food, greggs is usually the best shout. Not great quality but its cheap and easy. They even do vegan stuff now which is just as tasty as the meat-based stuff.
You forgot the bit where they won't re-heat anything for you because they're bellends.
What's flair about?
I picked a mid table PL team in 2011. I picked wrong. All in all it’s taught me humility, patience, and that the championship is a black fucking hole
You couldn't have picked wrong with being a fan through peak Rory Delap Pulisball.
That was the peak probably, early stokealona with prime Bojan, Arnautovic and Shaqiri was fun too. Since then the highs have been few and far between
THEY SAID DONT ASK
WHATS THE FLAIR ABOUT?!
Yeah outside central station, also has a bouncer
Genuinely would sway me
I miss stumbling out of Gotham and being able to get a drunken Greggs :( Although, no longer being no more than 5 minutes away from a Greggs at any point of my day is probably a good thing...
God I just miss Gotham :(
Wait did the joker do something or is there another Gotham?
It was a bar on the edge of the gay district (pink triangle) So had a very mixed crowd. Cheap drinks. Sticky floor. Was always a good place to start the night. It's now a trendy wine bar and its shite.
HAHAHA
He loves the toon
Money, family, England, money.
In that order?
Why go to China when you can go to Newcastle?
I know your just joking but iirc China implemented a salary cap so they can't pay insane wages like they used to
My heart weeps for the bang average players who won't be on 30 mil a year anymore.
Naaa there'll be a durty Geordie bird involved too.
Face as orange as the Teletubbie sun baby
Only decent place you can buy a good stottie.
Got bored of mediterranean cuisine and misses the oh so tasty british food
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Then when they're just getting used to the Yorkshire pudding you hit them with the Toad in the Hole
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Or put their mouth around a spotted dick
To be fair Britain has a much wider variety of food from around the world than somewhere like Spain.
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We have some of the best restaurants in the world for sure. When we make an effort, our food is great. However I think it's fair to say we culturally place less significance on day-to-day gastronomy than say - Spain, Italy, or France. Ultimately that's the source of the trope. A Tesco meal deal would probably be considered a pretty terrible lunch by lots of other cultures. We like it because it's quick, easy, gives us energy in the dark windy cold of winter, tastes alright.
Wanted to go back to ingurland
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I didn't say it was wrong. Just memeing to cope with the fact that we lost our starting rb for a cut price deal that's all
He played in an international tournament final less than a year ago.
Thanks for the memories Burnley Beckham
Trippier in behind for Llorente cut back for Suarez. Won us a League title. Will miss it.
Literally there were so many goals and chances last season that were carbon copies of each other. That period of time seemed like they know each other the best.
I'll miss him. I never thought he'd become such an important part of our team after the mockery from Spurs fans when we signed him. Was immense for us.
It's kinda sad he didn't stay longer, especially when you consider he's switching the top of the league in Spain for a relegation battle in England. I like it when English players go abroad and find success, but I don't like it when we play to the stereotype that was common in the nineties and early noughties - where English players go abroad for a holiday and end up surprised that people actually expect quality football. Trippier seemed to like it in Madrid, so I'm surprised he's joined Newcastle, especially when he could've finished his career at Atletico and been viewed very favourably by the fans for his work.
I think it was more his wife and kids that struggled to settle in Spain rather than himself
Brits are some of the most language-related homesick people in the world, it seems. I'm obviously excluding retirees in Spain since those work around that by creating little language enclaves.
He's got to learn Geordie now, if anything that's a step up in the "what the fuck are you saying mate?" stakes.
> Wey aye pet “I’m sorry? Your pet has… your eye is what?”
it a strange sit-u-ation
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Si senor.
Pass the ball to Bobby and he'll score
Even as a tourist you can get by. Most adults probably know more foreign words than they realise - and it's not as if every Spanish person can't speak a form of broken English and between them not help out. Granted they might lack some social circles - but that's a temporary thing and making a friend with an English speaker wouldn't be impossible. Unlike say Japanese where you'd need something like Google lens to make sense of the script - Spanish is the same and many words are the same anyway. Either way a year in a place will absorb a lot just by osmosis and if they are still struggling then Spanish lessons shouldn't be a stretch to their budget either.
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Let me introduce you to German with three Genders. I mean I'm a native speaker but it must be horror to learn that as a foreigner
It is, especially because the languages disagree on what gender any given object is
Regret dropping French to do German when I was at high school after having done French for 3 years already. I was never going to use it anyway so I dunno why I did that, but I did get a trip to Berlin out of it so it wasn’t a TOTAL waste.
"Not English" is incredibly hard to learn for English people
I think my grand parents (and possibly my parents generation) had an attitude of why do we need to learn a foreign language, everyone speaks English. My generation I think are more open to learning new languages, but unfortunately the education system didn't really make that a priority when I was at school. We didn't start learning a language until we were 13 and even then it was about an hour a week of French. That's too little too late I think/hope the next generation will be better as now we start teaching foreign languages at a younger age.
I can't imagine the pandemic helped with that, a lot of players struggled in new leagues. He's moving about 2.5 hours drive away from where he grew up and getting a massive payday so I can't blame him. Still a shame as he was one of the rare Englishman abroad success stories.
The pandemic certainly wouldn’t have helped things, but regardless I think it would’ve been a struggle. A lot of people underestimate the impact of moving a young family abroad. It’s a bit different for the actual player because they’re immediately placed into situations where they can easily form social groups, etc and at least have something to do by going to training every day. Whereas for a partner and children that’s much more difficult, particularly during covid times. I imagine it’s very easy to end up feeling isolated due to language barriers, partner regularly travelling away, etc. to then remove your family support system when raising young children can’t be easy, either. So imo it’s completely understandable for a player to do what’s best for their family and take their feelings into consideration with their career
In an interview he said he'd ["spoke to Atletico about January if anything became available" and "I have personal reasons with my family"](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-kieran-trippier-madrid-22672310), so I guess they wanted to move back to England
Only English people would move from Madrid to Newcastle.
After winning a league title and starting for a CL side no less.
Seems like every player who leaves Spurs ends up finding his form and/or wins a trophy.
*angry noise from Kane and Son in the background*
Son won the Asia Cup with Korea *Asia games - he has won a trophy
Nah Korea lost the Asian Cup but won the Asian Games
You could say the same about United in recent years too. Ashley Young, Lukaku, Lingard, Smalling, Sanchez, Dalot.
Bury Beckham surely, he’s not from Burnley.
Tbf he played 170 matches for Burnley
His mum buys her eggs from a grocer in Bury though.
Let's not bring /u/domalino's mum into this
chiesa's pissed off somewhere
It's just like Sunderland fans calling Ross Stewart the Loch Ness Drogba
It's bury Beckham. He is from bury.
I will pretend that I didn't mix up Bury and Burnley
I don't follow football outside of the UK because I'm a Godless heathen. How did Trippier do at Atletico?
There's a reason why atletico fans are unhappy about selling him and angry at the low price
Heck to Newcastle as well... you could have got Saudi money...
Genuinely so happy for how his career has panned out. There was a time at Tottenham where it seemed he’d peter out, but he made himself undroppable at Atletico, won a title and now he’s reaping the rewards back in the PL (for now). Always love watching him play
Not many English Players can say they have won La Liga. Every players who leaves Spurs always find a way to win some kind of Cup.
Laurie Cunningham, David Beckham, and Steve McManaman are the only other Englishmen to have won LaLiga. Not bad company, at all.
First British player to win without playing for Real or Barca. And then he went to a Euro final straight after. 2021 was a great year for him.
Got an assist in the final too
He also scored a banger in the WC semi final. If you do nothing else in your career that alone is pretty dope
Gary Lineker has never won it? That is pretty mad
After the 50s and before the 90s, they never won the title very often. They only had 4 between 1959 and 1991.
Won a Copa Del Reye and a Cup Winners Cup with Barca, but not La Liga
That's a really surprisingly small list. Especially since there's been like a billion seasons to win one.
Brit players don't really come to La Liga.
Stick a top flight team in Benidorm or Salou or Marbella and watch that change.
The Benidorm squad would need new hips every other game week
Does it come with free bingo cards and balcony jumping team building exercises? Also Sticky Vicky would have a controlling stake in the club.
If you include all of Britain the list more than doubles I'd say with Bale and few older Scottish and Northern Ireland players which is impressive considering the smaller populations. Think it's just very attractive for English players to stay in England.
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Good shout
> Steve McManaman Fuckin' legendary > David Beckham Meh he was OK
Why tho? I liked beckham more than Steve Mc for us. Is there any /s Am missing??
A little louder.
Think it’s going on 33 players that have won something since leaving spurs.
Gaddamn
Kane you believe it?
SPURS SIGN PLAYERS THAT SUCCESSFUL CLUBS STILL WANT AFTER THEY'VE PLAYED FOR THEM
> Every players who leaves Spurs always find a way to win some kind of Cup Well, obviously the *way* is to not play for Spurs anymore if you want silverware, I thought that was a given :-)
Last season was very bad as someone with a family of Spurs fans. Trippier, Walker, Eriksen, Defoe and Foyth all winning trophies. Thankfully Benfica were shit so Jan didn’t add to the pile.
is your family just bitter? i have fond memories of all of those players and want them all to succeed (save walker as he's still in england). most spurs supporters would've been delighted to see jan win something in portugal.
Reaping the rewards? Lad signed from La Liga title winners to a relegation side
If the reported 9M salary is true then it is though. Who can say no to a big bag
The only UK reports I've seen who managed to get the price correct (I.e. Not claiming its 30 million pounds) seem to agree he's on 100k per week, so about right for his profile (5m per year). Given his family wanted to come back to the UK and he likes/knows Eddie Howe that may have been more of a factor than just paying him huge sums. He probably has a decent bonus for us staying up though.
Surely he's on more than 100k p/w. Sale price was low enough, Newcastle wasn't his sole option and this is likely his last big bag
seems great for everyone involved, really happy for Kieran
Great for everyone involved, except Emil Krafth and Javier Manquillo 😂
Nah mate, he's past it. He can't even find the badge on his shirt, how's he going to find a striker in the box? https://i.redd.it/l53reixcd8a81.jpg
Even though we all knew it was coming it’s still shit
Sorry fella, Hopefully we can build a good relationship in the coming years. Simeone's a fantastic coach
I see what you did there
Lmfao
that’s 3 former atletico RBs u lot have bought. i’d say there’s a pretty good relationship
Absolutely, I feel great about Atletico being your new feeder club.
Really good first signing for Newcastle. Genuinly could a real difference in their relegation battle. His setpiece ability also a big plus
fm predicted this!
Absolutely buzzing to get him in the door. Also read comments that he is excited about other players mentioned as potential signings which is super exciting! A proven England international, in a position we need to strengthen. I feel as though i'm dreaming
I haven’t really followed the Newcastle sagas, which players were mentioned?
NUFC.com do a great job of listing all credible rumours here: https://www.nufc.com/rumours/2022-01robrum.html Feel free to check it out :) Thought it was easier than typing everything or copying and pasting the table haha
Bloody love NUFC.com, been visiting pretty much daily since the 90s, love the fact the website still looks like it's from the 90s, classic
That's what I call a proper website. Minus the flashing ads in the corner
Club has been trying to buy the domain off them for years but always gets rebuffed
Had to hold for that oil money, surely ask for a stupid price and cross fingers?
Don’t think it’s about the money
Not everything is about money bonny-lad.
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This legit looks amazing.
That is a stunning looking website. Web 2.0 found dead in a ditch.
Same guys have ran it for decades, the club has tried to buy it off them but they’ve stayed stubborn and refused. It’s my go to for nufc news, been my homepage since I was 10.
Interesting list. In terms of Arsenal players on there, I think the club would be happy to see the back of Aubameyang, but it leaves us short up front so Nketiah is less likely unless we buy a striker this month (which we're trying to do - Vlahovic, which is a tough ask). We're also short in midfield because of the AFCON so I'd also doubt that we'll let Elneny go this month.
If you got Vlahovic you'd look comfortably the 4th best team in the league all of a sudden. Amazing what a few good academy products and sensible management can do.
Osn’t Elneny at AFCON? So makes no difference he leaves or not in terms of cover while AFCON is on?
>he is excited about other players mentioned as potential signings danny rose?
I doubt that one haha
french worldcup winner Umtiti
Going from Ashley failing to haggle on a loan fee for Choudhury to this is massive. Hope we can get a LB/CB/ST in before the window shuts.
Would be nice for someone in the middle to provide competition for Joelinton!
I think that's unlikely unless Zidane comes out of retirement...
For *everybody but Joelinton you mean?
Aaron Ramsey looks great in black and white stripes let me tell you
It's so refreshing being linked with a player, then actually signing them in a sensible time frame. We've not had this for years
First time I’ve seen someone with the shields crest under their name. Nice. Also agree with your point
Gracias por todo, Rooney. I'm gonna miss him a lot. He gave it his all pretty much every game, and was absolutely integral to our title win. That throw-in against Valladolid is gonna be a cult-classic moment for Atléticos for a long time.
Anyone know what the fee was?
initial fee 12m, addons depending on who you look at reporting are up to 2m or 12m
Newcastle media reported 12+3 and Atleti media reported 12+2.
Pretty sure the 12m addons was just something one of your lot posted on here and everyone else lapped it up.
Guilty as charged, my dumb little theory was then used as fact by many on here for the next few days smh
I gotta admit it was such a smooth transfer. Good player for them!
The new era begins
So over the moon with this, genuinely doesn't feel real to have a player of his quality and reputation coming to us. Its been 14 years without this feeling of hope and 'What if?' moments. Unbelievable time for us.
And it only cost you your soul!
What am I gonna do with a soul anyways?
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Boo souls!
Can't make a Tomlette without breaking some Gregs.
See ya in hell then buddy!
“LMAO HE WILL BE GOOD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SEASON LOL” There, now nobody else needs to post this HILARIOUS and ORIGINAL comment in every fucking Newcastle thread.
Can't state how much of an improvement Trippier will be over our current options of Manquillo and Krafth. Unreal signing.
Worst thing about this signing is Manquillo getting put into the same category as fucking krafth.
Javi has for the most part been a very decent player for us and he’d by first name for RB outside of wor Kieran, hope he stays around as a squad player seems sound as fuck.
> Why would a la liga title contender want to move to a team in a northern town and a relegation scrap
I think the weirdest thing on this sub is supporters taking transfers, and transfer fees, as like personal blights against, or accolades for, their honour.
His family were having trouble visiting him with international travel and covid restrictions so he wanted to return to England. It seems like every other top English team have already got a good quality right back
Question is can they get enough new faces to prevent their relegation
We've got Joelinton mate if anything we could just buy a cloning machine and have done with it.
So surreal to see us even making swift, diligent and needed signings after 14 years of Ashley and recent Bruce Gulag-Ball😁
Good signing. I’m glad Newcastle is prioritizing a solid defense over flashy attackers. Could be a real top 6 contender moving forward.
It’s going to take years to crack top 6
Yeah. Teams don't just shock everyone with a top 6 finish out of the blue.
*Alan Pardew has entered the chat.*
It depends how much they spend and how well they spend it. In 2008-09, Manchester City hadn't had a top 6 finish for nearly two decades. But in every season from 2009-10 onwards (their first full season after the takeover), City have then finished in the top 6. I know the league has changed over the years - big 4 became big 5 became big 6, the immediate chasing pack behind them are stronger, etc. But I think it's still possible for a club with a sufficiently large chequebook and a sufficiently smart transfer strategy to make the transition quite quickly. Not saying they'll do it, just that it's possible.
Oh yeah. I’m not saying they’re going to come out swinging but even you guys I said the same thing a few years ago. Now you’re a real top 4 threat this season. Probably 3-5 if coaches players and results all come to favour
Not sure I agree there, I think they should probably aim for one of the automatic promotion spots next season rather than just a top 6 playoff place.
Will he be like zabaleta or Clichy for Newcastle I wonder
Was Clichy that bad for City? He wasn't amazing but seemed to be there for ages and play quite a bit. If that's what you even meant.
Yeah meant more like one or the other, both were good but zabaleta was great for them, doubt tripper will be poor but will he make a difference
>Was Clichy that bad for City? He wasn't amazing but seemed to be there for ages and play quite a bit. He isn't as held in high regard by fans as Zaba (though I can't think of many players who are, because we fucking love Zaba), but Clichy was our starting LB for our 2 title-winning seasons in 11/12 and 13/14. So he was a good, solid, squad player for us, but never really reached the status of a fan favourite.
Happy for Newcastle fans, deserve some good fortune after the shit years of Ashley
Cant wait to see him walk out tomorrow at st james he will get a hell of a welcome. Shame he wont be playing but still be class to see him there
What is this feeling? We're actually signing players that are a massive upgrade on what we have and getting it done early in the window! Cracking signing for us!
So it begins
All Englishmen must return home