Ex Lion Tamer

He still looked well off the pace in the first couple of games and got written off here

I suppose the positive is that if he can learn to defend, then his ability on the ball will make him one of the best in the world. Big if though

Bear in mind that lots of people thought Mane, Pelle, Ings were poor signings early in their times with us so it's never exactly been a case of signing ready made replacements. That said we do seem to be spending less this summer and that's reflected in the players

I have reservations too but Watford saw something in him as well

If he's good enough, he's old enough, though. Personally I've never seen the kid play.

If we want established back up then that means we need a first teamer, a senior backup and an up and coming youngster, which is not only more expensive but means we probably won't get such a promising young player as they'll be third in line. Going with just two players is more risky for first team quality but increases our chances of making a big sale in the future, which is essential for us financially

I think it sounds like a good transfer for back up at left back but obviously we still need a high quality centre back

Given that we're no doubt paying him a lot more and only getting an extra year added on, I can't imagine we've agreed to a particularly low release clause as well. Otherwise it's not in our interest to give the contract

Good lad

McCarthy Livra Bedna Salisu Perraud JWP Romeu Armstrong Tella Armstrong Adams KWP on for Livra after an hour

I'm not totally convinced that selecting a young kid out of position on his second start for the club, against man utd, is a great idea, but it could work out

Seven Premier League clubs have had less owner investment than us over the last 10 years apparently. Shows how lucky we were to have Markus really - these figures are from the period after he died although I guess it was perhaps still his money. Plus we've spent more on club infrastructure than 10 other clubs which I guess is where some of our potential transfer money has gone.

Not sure Ashley has put any of his own money into the club though. Aside from the (unrealistic?) expectation that an owner's job is to pump money into a club, the disillusionment has a lot to do with them being relegated twice under his ownership, some woeful managerial appointments, and unpopular moves like renaming the stadium. Plus the Geordies' inflated sense of where their club should be challenging in the league, and some spells where the club didn't spend any money, possibly because they were paying off the debts built up under Freddy Shepherd

It's basically a badly worded survey. I don't have confidence in Gao to invest and take us to the next level. I do have confidence in him to oversee a decently well run club which makes the most of its limited resources

This is quite an interesting video on Worrall in that it shows his bad bits as well as his good bits: I'd be willing to punt on him although can't say I'm certain he'll step up. Forest fans seem to think he will. Seems like a good lad. Nice car:

To be honest I think it's good for the Spanish League if some other teams can compete. And I'm sure Barca will be back in the future

That second goal was a rocket, no way he was to blame there

The last thing we want is Howe getting involved in transfers

For what it's worth, while Broja's obligatory YouTube vid showed him to have lots of potential, I wasn't convinced he was ready for the step up to Premier League football and his goalscoring record in the Dutch League would back that up. I expect he'll get some minutes as the season progresses

The point is that being a nasty bellend doesn't make you a good manager. Nor does having worked as an assistant manager. Nor does having been a good player. So what exactly is it about John Terry that makes people think he'll be a good manager?

How was Roy Keane as a manager?

Bryan Kidd Steve Kean Carlos Queiroz Paul Clement The list goes on

Pellegrino was a pisspoor choice and it's not inevitable that the same thing would happen again. Agree that we should be willing to pay for in-contract managers though

We've just managed to turn around our transfer strategy, the last thing we need is Howe signing those sorts of players

I'm looking for someone we've never heard of but who has the potential to be the next Poch. There has to be someone out there that's better than Howe, Lampard and Terry