steve_69

Not the most convincing denial i've ever seen

Oh yeah, him............?

Who the hell are Stearman and Kolarov?

Fuck him then. He'll be full of regret when Jose arrives next week

I think that's a bit harsh on Geremi to be honest. He hasn't become a shit player overnight, he's just been playing to the instructions of a very unimaginative manager. Same goes for Smith. I'm sure they were both just as frustrated as us.

He's an England U21 regular and a Spurs first team player. I'd be surprised if they'd let him go for less than that

I be tempted to stick in a cheeky £8m bid for Huddlestone. He's a very good passer of the ball and he'd score a few goals from midfield. More like Carrick than Scholes but there aren't many truly creative CMs available for anything other than ridiculous money.

I reckon they'll go for Defoe.................and fail

Did Arry try to sign D'allessandro permanently when he was on loan at Pompey?

I'm sure whoever comes in will be given more than £20m but not straight away. I expect us to spend big in the summer but i don't think we'll go mad over the next couple of weeks. Maybe just a bit of strengthening.

I don't have an obsession with Ashton and i don't think he's Shearer either. I just think he's pretty good. If you don't like my suggestions then come up with some better ones of your own. That's the whole point of the thread

Alright, i think we're all now resigned to Harry Redknapp being our new manager. To be fair if someone had offered me Arry in exchange for Allardyce last week (and every subsequent week since the beginning of the season) i'd have snapped their hand off. If further rumours are to be believed he's been given £20m to spend. My question is who would you like to see brought in with that money (realistically) Ashton 11m Diarra 5.5m D'Allesandro 3.5m

Ashley and Mort were perfectly within their rights to sack a man they didn't employ because he didn't meet their criteria. If THEY had hired him and then sacked him after 8 months it would've been a different matter. If you bought a company that was performing badly and you wanted to turn it around what's the first thing you'd do?

Yep, he's a cunt!

Surprised they let him go for so little.

I think it will be another walk in the park for Sir Alex Ferguson's men against a team they have had much joy against over the years at Old Trafford. Regardless of whether Newcastle get a new manager or not by Saturday, I don't think the Magpies will get a sniff. But they could help their cause by playing players in the right positions. Regardless of who we get in next, thank fuck we won't have to watch players being shoehorned into positions they're not comfortable in.

I'd only be happy with Hughes if he brought Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Bentley and Gamst Pedersen with him. Not saying he's a bad manager but i think we can get better

Don't get me wrong though I'm not championing Redknapp, and i certainly wouldn't turn down a Wenger, Ferguson or Benitez but i would at least like our new man to have a personality. Allardyce's post-match interviews (when he could be arsed to give them himself) were painful to watch.

I totally agree about this being a special club - a one off. And I believe it needs a character in charge. Unfortunately there seems to be no place at the top of the modern game for characters. Other than Jose i struggle to think of anyone else. There are one or two in the lower leagues - Boothroyd, Holloway, Warnock and one that i can think of in the Scottish league - Strachan, but other than that the game is full of serious, dour, emotionless managers. Hughes, Grant, Wenger, Allardyce, Bruce, Benitez, Jewell, Hodgson, Ramos - barely a personality between them. Unfortunately i think the nearest you can get to a character in the Prem is Harry Redknapp.

The one difference with Harry is that you know he will be going out to win every game. He'll set up with an attack minded team and go for the win whether at home of away. Although it would be a hugely underwhelming choice, at least we wouldn't have to put up with Owen getting no service, N'Zogbia played at left back and the slowest most stagnant central midfield pairing in the league. Trying to take the positives out of another bad situation.

Yes, i think we can blame the booing and the reactions on FF. He promised us world class managers and served up Souness and Roeder, then sat back with his pockets full of our money while his "top managers" predictably served up shyte and set this club back 10 years. We'd have had a lot more patience with Allardyce had we not had to endure the crap that came before him.

We're a laughing stock thanks to our calamitous former Chairman not because of anything we've done. The reason we're still regarded as the best set of fans is because despite the shite we've been served up for the last 4 years we still fill our stadium. So what if we boo at matches, what set of fans doesn't when their team aren't performing. At least we're at the match in the first place.

According to Vitalfootball: In just a typically bizarre NUFC move it looks like we agreed a £5.5m fee for Arsenal`s Lassana Diarra just hours before Sam left St James`. However it is alleged that the management had given Sam a pot of just £8m to work from for the January window. Where this leaves any move for the bairn is anyone`s guess. The same can also be applied to Hungarian youngster Tamas Kadar. Having been set to sign under Allardyce, is his move set to break down or was it Chris Mort/the scouting network responsible for his purchase?

Slavan Bilic, Phil Scolari, Didier Deschamps

Anyone else remember the comment Mourinho made when in charge of Chelsea about it being one of the hardest/worst jobs in football in some respects, because no matter how successful you were people just pointed to the money at your disposal? He didn't feel he got the respect or the credit he deserved for making Chelsea into a Premiership superpower. The disappointments we've experienced regarding dire managerial appointments happened under a previous regime. Hype about a world class manager resulting in pure frustration and despair as Souness, Roeder and Allardyce were unveiled. Those were the days of Freddy Shepherd. Our new owner has been sitting with the fans, listening to our grumblings and the opinions of knowledgeable football fans. I have a lot more faith in this man and Chris Mort than i ever had in Fat Fred. We're just so used to the disappointments of the past that we find it impossible to believe that something incredible could happen. The board gave Allardyce their full backing at the weekend and i really believe they meant it, but given the timings and nature of his sacking something has happened to change their mind - namely someone better expressing their interest in the job. Otherwise why now? Allardyce has just signed 2 promising youngsters and has made enquiries for two new players - obviously sanctioned by the board, and had (if you believe the papers) been given a few million to spend. I'm not saying it will be Mourinho but I don't think anyone is in a position to say it won't be.