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Mainly here for the Toon. Former sell-side analyst dude. Econ/Markets. L/S trader. Bullish Lewis Hall. Not financial advice, DYDD. #NUFC
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how many tea-ladies can Man U sack to pay for all of this??
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Your work is absolute top-notch Kev.. Deserves the widest audience possible.
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5-4
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and not just people replying Pessi or Penaldo..
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like the look of Maghnes Akliouche at Monaco. 23yo, left-footed, 15 GA Ligue 1 & 4 GA UCL.
Had been Liverpool, Man Utd interest for reported 59m fee - but if they are getting Wirtz and Mbuemo/Cunha..
Maybe Mitchell can get it done as a parting gift.. 🤷
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haha - would be if it were The Chronicle :)
He's from Blyth.. (3,3,4)
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I'm equally baffled by Delap's move to Chelsea - he'd better hit it out the park right away, otherwise he'll drop down into the abyss of Chelsea's second and third squads..
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We have a CEO about to leave, and we sacked the DoF last week (with the suggestion DoF/manager have been at each other's throats for 11 months).. I'm not sure we're approaching this window in the best shape to be honest..
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Yeah - we're clearly underestimating the pull the cartel clubs have - even if they're on their arses..
Mind you, I think Guehi was uncontested bid last summer - and we still managed to humiliate ourselves there.
Maybe this is the sort of "edge" that Mitchell was supposed to bring to proceedings.
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Heigh-ho, onto the next..
My only concern is just this lingering sense that we're just very slow (for whatever reason) at this stuff - and generally only able to get things over the line if no-one else is involved..
I don't remember us winning a competed bid for a player - maybe Botman..
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Yeah - always a risk off the back of a "hot" season.. Just hope we go for someone **like** Mbuemo who has some technical trickery, positional savvy, as well as finishing - so we can break down some of these low-block teams - as opposed to just raw pace..
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For sure.. but we have to plan for the worst e.g. say if Isak gets injured for 2-3 months and we're lining up in the UCL with Wilson or Calvert Lewin.. Might as well go home at that point..
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honestly, if we go for DCL imma start flipping tables.. 17 goals since the 2021-22 season. He's absolute garbage..
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Mbuemo feels like Maddison couple of years ago.. Lot of expectation from fans, logical move etc.. but he goes somewhere else. Hope I'm wrong..
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Bluesky needs to add this to the roster..
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do we have accepted emojis for "helmet" "melt" and "wet-wipe"?
.. asking for a friend..
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I'm also mystified by the fixation on Trafford - he was god-awful last time he was in the PL, and a good record in the Championship counts for little IMO..
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raiding Southampton... sounds about right..
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poor scoring record, low ceiling, frequent injury history - sounds a perfect fit
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wish Eddie would be as ruthless with Wilson as he is with Sporting Directors..
A soft-touch with knackered players, but an absolute assassin with the suits..
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haha... now back to our scheduled programming..
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Yeah - clearly been something simmering with MItchell vs Howe all this time, as you say.. And after the whistle Sunday EH clearly had the ear and a lot of goodwill from the Chairman, and made his play. Not saying rightly or wrongly..
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we're going to end up spending the budget on Trafford, Guehi, Dibling and Calvert Lewin
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why go abroad when we can recruit from Palace and Burnley?!?
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I'm guessing that's what's behind it, for sure.. But honestly, which major successful clubs leave this stuff to the manager?? Every big club has a good, focused DoF/SD..
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No mention of a replacement. Knowing us the new guy will be just about finished with his HR orientation by the time the window closes..
Divvent get a minute's peace with this lot.. Couldn't we just look forward to a decent window and UCL.. ?! Too much to ask?
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an absolute shit-show of a club like Man U is signing pre-contracts with Cunha, while NUFC decides instead to have a massive shake-up in the operations leadership instead. Nice..
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anyone coming in is not going to be up to speed - I have no idea how this won't be bad for our summer business..
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who in the actual fuck dumps their Sporting Director a week before the most consequential transfer window for years?!?
🤡🤡🤡
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absolute buffoonery from us.. rest of the clubs will be pouncing next week, and we'll be browsing CVs.
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absolute farce.. the week before the window opens.. can't make this shit up..
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FFS - can't believe this is going to help us get shit done..
Was excited to see what Mitchell would do with the PSR shackles loosened - guy was rated more highly than anyone else we were talking to for DOF
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Could be.. let's hope that's the extent of it. He's been collecting 2.5m a year in wages for minimal contribution. I do hope he leaves before we start to really begrudge his continued involvement. Might sound harsh, but this is a real opportunity to draw a line under this kind of sentimentality..
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Ornstein apparently reporting NUFC potentially exploring new performance-based contract for Wilson.. FFS..
I will absolutely lose it if we sign him on again..
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his contract is up Dec 2025 - so might be a fee if he moved this summer. But 100% here for it.. Would love Bardghji.
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US 30yr bond is still yielding under 5%. Personally, I wouldn't trust this admin to pay me next week, let alone over the next 30yrs.. So I'm bemused as to why 5% interest would tempt me..
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good lawd, he's awful..