Dan Johnson

Was Pards the manager here when Puncheon fell out of favour? or was that after?

He was unplayable at times for Newcastle, 2013 he was being linked with Barcelona etc and was scoring some stunners!! He was one of their top performers when Newcastle finished 5th in the 2011-2012 season

Mane is a game changer but there are games where he is completely anonymous. £36 million is a massive fee, considering he didn't really excel on expectations last season. His pace is his best asset, as he doesn't have the best touch and he also isn't the most composed, I'll miss him for the 5-7 games a season where he flips games on their head, the £36 million will make me feel a bit better about the whole situation

Yep "Work with a management team who share both the club’s and our supporters’ values and ambitions"

Agreed, the other issue being, if they want to be classed as a big top 4 club then they'll need to be shopping in the same market as Liverpool, man Utd, Chelsea, man city etc who are all rebuilding and who are all a bigger draw. So they'll either have to pay much higher wages for better players to stand a chance of attracting them. as you've already highlighted, players like Barkley etc and other players who are decent prem players but not top draw will see the money floating around and be looking for 100k+

For me personally, Koemans own numerous public admissions that he wasn't interested in moving to Everton & his insistence on seeing out his contract were enough to show him in a bad light after he made the U-Turn, I didn't need a video to highlight that. There's a meme doing the rounds at the moment with a screenshot of a quote I remember quiet well, which I found quiet endearing and why I feel somewhat betrayed by his U turn. "One thing that I notice about modern day football is the lack of loyalty nowadays. players and managers alike are switching clubs much more easily, mainly just for more money. I'd hate to ever become that kind of manager, only focused on short term gains" Nothing surprises me in football these days, but I did think we had found a manager who would keep his word, he seemed to valued his integrity, unfortunately not though.

THIS! I don't think that many fans would be too disappointed if he left either, which is even more astonishing! Says allot about Saints rise (and a bit about the decline in the Italian national team!) I do rate Pelle, he gets allot of stick because he's not very flamboyant but he's a solid player and i'd be sad to see him go.

Also, de bore has a reputation with working with young players so makes him a better fit by the sounds of it

In Holland for work at the moment, general concencious over here is that De Boer is the better manager, talk in this mornings Dutch press that the delay maybe because Lazio are also talking with Koeman. They said Clasie is rubbish, always injured, vilenha (spelling?!) is regarded as the new Edgar David's although he will probably follow Koeman to his next club now.

We've just had 3 big players sign long new contracts! Offers on the table to other players and the manager himself, id say that's something we are doing at the moment

Shame that Rafa has just signed a 3 year deal at Newcastle

If Italy have a good euros with Pelle starting every game (looking like first choice striker at the moment) the big Italian clubs will surely be in for him, as a marquee signing for them too! Shows how far we've come that our players could potentially be marquee signings for by likes of juventus!!

Those were the days were every Norwegian was the next big thing! Erik Nevland Tommy Svindal Larssen Stig Johannsson Martin Knudsen Bjørn Heidenstrøm At least Bakayoko actually scored a few for Everton!!

You missed European nights at Anfield...oh!

That was supposed to say Man Utd EL not CL :-)

Or this 1st Tottenham CL Through League 2nd Leicester CL Through League 3rd Man City CL Through League 4th Arsenal CL Through League 5th Liverpool CL Through Winning Europa League 6th Man Utd CL Through Winning FA Cup 7th West Ham EL in Place of Liverpool 8th Southampton EL in Place of Man Utd

Could this happen? 1st Tottenham CL Through League 2nd Leicester CL Through League 3rd Man City CL Through League 4th Arsenal CL Through League 5th Liverpool CL Through Winning Europa League 6th Man Utd EL Through Winning FA Cup 7th West Ham EL in Place of Liverpool 8th Southampton EL in Place of Man Utd

Don't log onto these boards anymore because of the crap some people write, it's good to see some people still have some common sense though!! Two good posts and how I see it

That's pretty close id say, I reckon we will see tadic rested too

When putting the debit into context, this is the key factor... "our ability to service it" No debt would mean paying higher tax on profits, sustaining debt means we can (to a certain extent) have better control over the tax we pay back, allowing that money that would have gone on taxes to be re-invested into the football club

VVD was immense.... Utterly utterly immense what a player! Mane has the potential to be as good as he likes of robben and ribbery But my man of the match was pelle! Leading from the front, bring players into the game. Stunning performance

People enjoying themselves at football! Whatever next! Lighten up for **** sake

this.

I agree with the sentiment but Luke is being paid £100,000 a week, where is he going to earn £100k a week after football? When the opportunity to earn that kind of money is available, players will take it. I think the term "it's a short career" is more around the fact that the window to earn massive money is relatively small. Most players do retrain after their career and try their hands at other professions, most have the opportunity to do so because they have the money behind them to do so.

Looks like a career threatening injury, brings the transfer argument back into focus. You can understand why players decided to leave when big wages are on the table, when a tackle like this could end your career