steve_69

I think £20m would buy a decent striker, maybe 2 but if we keep him for a few years and he continues to develop, he'll be worth double or maybe treble that. More importantly, if we keep him, he might fire us into Europe.

Carrick is past his best. No thanks!

I guess this game highlights the difference in standards between the Premier League and the Championship. Routledge looks very average in the Premier League but very good in the Championship (just as I type this, he treads on the ball and loses it) I still think Taarabt could be decent in the Premier League but he'd be frustrating as fuck and I don't think he'd be great for team spirit - good to watch though

Carroll doesn't want to leave this club, he's leaving his dream of playing for Newcastle United and has just become an England international. The only thing he could get elsewhere that he isn't getting here is European football but there's plenty of time for that. No doubt Fergy and Arry will try and get their players to turn his head but I reckon they'll be wasting their time.

If that's true, it's a total no-brainer.

I get the feeling now that this is a club that players can and will thrive at. In the past we were the club where once-decent footballers came to die, but now our team spirit and collective mental strength seems so good that I wouldn't worry about signing the likes of Ireland.

To be fair there aren't that many midfielders who do score 15 goals per season.

He blocked me after I called him an insufferable cunt in response to some of his Carroll bullshit.

Well ... Get him to ask what he's doing. He didn't mention his cousin is female and she's now being Pardewed in the toilets. My cousin is female as it happens and she's a season ticket holder so I doubt she'd pass up the opportunity if it was on offer

My cousin is sat next to Alan Pardew on a flight to Heathrow right now.

Not such a bad move if we get Taarabt in return

His latest post on Twitter: Why does Januarys cause so much chaos... #sighhhh

No it's not buying for buying's sake man. Who do you suggest we spend our £3m on? I suggest we add another £2m to it and make an offer for Kranjcar CB is arguably our strongest position. We are desperate for depth in other areas of the squad

Opinions, I guess will always differ. I thought he was superb yesterday, worked like a horse and was very clever for our goal. The two clear chances he had should have hit the target but in fairness he didn't do a lot wrong as both scraped the woodwork. Poor Shola - runs himself into the ground for the team but gets remembered for the things he did wrong rather that the vast majority he did excellently. I agree to an extent because he does do a lot of very good work but I think the reason he gets criticised so much is because he often does all the hard work before dropping a bollock, which makes it doubley frustrating. He gets you on the edge of your seat and then does something so poor that you just end up getting really pissed off. Some of his second touches are school-boy level and most of his misses are criminal and come at crucial points in the game. But he does set up goals for other players, holds the ball up well and bags a few as well. If only he could cut out all of the shit he would be one of the league's better strikers.

Seriously? It's not just once or twice, it's every time he mentions him.

Jose Enrique

I really wish the tit on Real Radio would stop calling him Luis Enrique. Fucking pleb, just read the fucking teamsheet!

Is there a professional footballer with a worst touch than Shola?

Great, what's the fucking idiot going to do now?

I hope the club tell every player who signs that they're not a guaranteed starter. It's up to the players to show why they deserve to be in the team. Telling someone they're guaranteed to start every game will only lead to problems - laziness, complacency, arrogance

There's still time mate

He's got experience and commitment, y'know. Yeah, and a face like a pork scratching!

Hatem Ben Arfa ............hold on a minute!

Carlton Cole can get fucked! He's just Shola Abeobi mark 2 I'd take Behrami from West Ham if we could get him. He can cover right back and right wing, he's quick and he scores goals.