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That's my thoughts Mick The way the club are so quick to deny stories, ban newspapers suggests something is going on

Pardew will have given him the charm sell that he likes possession football, taking the game to the opposition, be a fret etc. Doesn't take long for a good player to get disillusioned when in reality the tactic is a far post free kick to Mike Williamson

Unless Pardew took Carver, Stone and Woodman with him, don't forget they're all on long contracts too for some reason. All roads lead to an internal replacement, probably Beardsley. The media can then tell us we've "got what we wanted" and replaced a Cockney with a Geordie

Why does Lee Ryder Write such Short lines?

We are absolute mugs when selling man, we only did 1 good sale deal in recent memory and that was 35M. The rest have all been sold well below value. Even then it was hardly inspired negotiation. A desperate buyer and us just picking a number out of the air

Someone will have surely said this before on here, but Taylor and Williamson always take it in turn to be shit. Whichever one is out of the side instantly becomes a better player simply by not being the other one. Gets back in the side, starts well then reverts back to shit. Etc etc

Still not convinced Santon has been injured. Has a 'knee injury' but there's been no reports of any kind of operation. Ryan Taylor goes to the toilet and its on the news section of the website Not usually one for a conspiracy theory but something doesn't quite sit right.

Why are we announcing October's player of the month at the end of November?!

How long til Dave Whelan comes out and says "come on it's not like he properly raped her, he'll be a great signing"

I heard him on talksport this morning and he sounded ridiculous saying that Mackay had only made a small mistake and apologised for it. Screamed of a bloke who found the texts hilarious

Certainly doesn't read as "beyond reasonable doubt" does it

Exactly what happened to me. "What if it was your daughter?" etc

Can I just point out that there is absolutely no evidence that either bloke had sex with her while she was sleeping or unconscious, in fact there is evidence that this was not the case (from the night porter who was listening outside the room). Nor is there any suggestion that the sex was actively against her will. The only question was whether or not she was so pissed that she was incapable of giving consent. An expert witness at the trial estimated from the amount that she drank throughout the night, that at the time of the incident she would have been about 2½ times over the drink drive limit, (which I believe for the average woman would be the equivalent to the state they'd be in after drinking around 3 large wines). Apparently she was capable of texting her mates, capable of buying a pizza with the correct change, capable of picking up the bloke and inviting herself to his hotel, capable of remembering she'd left her pizza outside and nipping out for it (while being supposedly barely capable of standing), but subsequently - without having anything more to drink - incapable of offering consent. I can only hope that noone on here has ever had casual sex with a woman who has had any more than a couple of glasses of wine, otherwise I guess they too should be considered rapists if the woman subsequently can't remember what happened. I also hope the police are actively pursuing any other men this woman may have slept with on other occasions where she would "normally and regularly drink well in excess of what she had consumed on this particular night out." Having researched it this is my take too. I said something similar on Facebook and soon abandoned ship as women went mad saying "rape is rape" but I think it's clearly different between a man who attacks someone in a dark alley vs drunk "consent" The appeal will be interesting

Facundo Ferreyra....I see he`s a Velez player (13 in 15).....looks a good prospect that we`ve been linked with in the past. Inter have been sniffing around, from what I've read.

Totally agree.

19 out of 500 coaches being black doesn't sound great to me TBH. Not that I can actually be bothered with the debate! From a quick google, could be wrong, 3% of the UK classifies as black or black British. Of 500 that's 15. Why do job types have to represent the makeup of society though? (I know this isn't your point). Only 1 in 16 FTSE 100 board members are "BME". Surely that should be highlighted more than football, after all the vast majority of the UK work in a line of business other than football. Football management is all about who you know, who your agent is etc. it's naive to think the job vacancy goes through the same process as one you'd see on Jobsite and that a Chairman has a pile of CVs. That's why the same shit managers do the rounds like Warnock. So Jason Robert's argument that they don't get an interview is bollocks. If Pardew got sacked tomorrow and took a new job next week do they really think he'd run an Assessment Day for his next coach to ensure he's covered the marker and ensured diversity? Will he fuck, he'll call Steve Stone who will be there in a flash!

Does the 'Rooney Rule' debate exist in another thread? Lead headline on BBC Football is another non news story driven by Jason fucking Roberts. Tosser

It's all or nothing with The King. Win every game for a while or lose them all

The better Pardew / IKEA comparison would be building some flat pack furniture, thinking you've done a great job, posting pictures online as it looks so good. Then it all falling to pieces when you put something on it because you actually built it wrong What a retard he is

Agree and all his pals in the media would say the Newcastle fans make it the impossible job here

Agree. Always been a Hayden Mullins fan too

Something about a left foot for me. Obviously the likes of Messi, Maradona but also people like Gary Speed who bring a nice balance to midfield. Maybe one day Jack Colback

Llambezee looks fucking rough there

Caulkin is an excellent writer. Such a tragic loss

Don't think I've ever felt so "meh" after am excellent win