Pete Donaldson

yes yes that is didn't know that that is weird very weird yeah i'd like to point out that it is jimmy rubin not yes i'll uh yeah we don't want yay turning up no no that would be that would be difficult that was news to me um as so many things often are on this podcast jamie rubin was once asked who he would put into who he would sign for newcastle you know through history and he went uh pelle

Brilliant.

Come on.

Yeah.

It's got to be, hasn't it?

You would sort of say that it is a regular thing, but it is also like... It's a bit more tasty than it usually is, one might suggest.

But he's also had a lot of time and a lot of money as well.

I don't think there's many managers who get better after their fifth year.

You know what I mean?

It's always diminishing returns.

Right now I do, yeah.

But you know what I mean?

All of like, if you've got the same, you've had the same squad for a little while and it's been quite settled, one might suggest that it's diminishing returns with your PowerPoints and your chat and you just hear the same old thing every single year.

And Howe's argument will obviously be, you know, losing a 27, 28 goal a year, a season striker is huge.

And nobody could have foreseen how shit was, post-injury obviously, but also Alanga, a player we really wanted to have been.

Yeah.

But you can't argue that Eddie Howe, in the last two or three matches, he's signed every player in the starting 11.

He's signed every player on the bench.

So, like, it's his side.

He's in the rare situation where a manager has complete control of the club, him and his nephew.