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I quite like Townsend but Spurs have got a fucking cheek playing for big money. Not good enough for their 18 but worthy of a £14m price tag? I get Daniel Levy driving a hard bargain for a world class player like Bale or Modric, but this is fucking Andros Townsend

Would have liked to see us go for Byram. He'll be a class player

Eh, thought they said Curtis was in charge for the rest of the season? Swansea have gone from "the model" for a small club to a complete shambles

RIP Perhaps fitting that he died outside St James Park having watched his beloved team

Aye that's it Pilko, his timing of runs is outstanding

If he can play away from home as well as he does at SJP we've got a right player in our hands

Nah I'd pass on Shane Long. One of those players that accumulates massive transfer fees but never really delivers anywhere other than against us? Everyone plays well against us

I think QPR assumed if they kept him (plus Fer, Sandro etc) they'd be up there in the promotion places and it was a gamble worth taking. Now they're stuck in mid table and no chance of promotion they might as well take whatver money is on the table

Nah I'd pass on Shane Long. One of those players that accumulates massive transfer fees but never really delivers anywhere

Payet vs Dummett.... 1-3

We replaced him with Ben Arfa.

what a way to end the thread

Agree. Although we've got to remember the players do train every day. Fans might scream give him a chance, but if he's absolute shite in training he's never going to get in. Manager's credibility with the players would go down the pan if the lad that tarts around all week gets a game regardless

Never seen this guy play but I'm scared he is the next Amdy Faye

He'll be called a "beast" soon, as with any other big black midfielder. Big, white midfielder like Shelvey gets shit labels like "enforcer"

I hope he saw the offside flag for that sitter he missed. The most half hearted attempt I've ever seen

We'd be screaming Pardewed at this kid 18 months ago. Started well and now looks like the white Shola. What do we actually do in training? All this talk that McClaren is a poor manager but top class coach. Fuck off

Agent Wraith reminds me of Stephen Merchant on Extras.

Probably because for every Wijnaldum or Perez we have, we also have a Dummett and a Colback. Only seen the MOTD highlights but there was a part when Dummett was running back (Perez ahead of him) and looked like he was running full pelt, but looked more like me running to the bus stop. Embarrassing:lol:

Agree - more likely to go to Palace I think and stay in London.

Not sure. They're stuck in midtable, little chance of the Play Offs so they might feel it best to get something now than nothing in June If they were up the top it would make sense to keep him but they're not. I reckon about £7m

Can't link to Twitter on my phone but Agent Wraith got his knickers in a twist as True Faith are selling a Pavel is a Geordie tshirt for the Bobby Robson Foundation. He was pissed off as he says his tshirt being sold via the Back Page is the "official" tshirt that the family are supporting.

Good to see Steve 'agent' Wraith being some humble about these bloody t shirts. Never read such petty tweets. i want to buy Pav's book but the last thing I want to do is line the pockets of that bellend.

Loved how the old kits had padding on. The kit material also had a really distinctive smell that I can still sense now 20 years later. I was a Pav inspired keeper when I was younger too. He used to have a white stripe down the side of his shorts and I used to copy it with masking tape (see below) I also used to try and copy Pav's kicking technique from goal kicks. His standing leg used to go quite low and I thought it looked amazing' http://www.sportsignings.com/images/products/products/NEWCASTLE/Image37.jpg