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I'm sorry but I was at the Fiorentina game which best was in and he was just awful.

 

Not surprised he's down the pecking order.

He was crap in a pre-season game played in an ocean, we better kick him out, right?

Not one of his best games today for me. Gave some sloppy passes and almost set up signission (sp) with a perfect assist. That un-marked header too.

Signission. :D

That's probably the worst spelling error the world has ever witnessed.  :colo:

I think Torres looks much sharper than last season and will probably start soon to score again.

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=619380

I'm just lost in words when reading through this thread.

Career-threatening to anyone else but Colo.

SHOCKING tackle!!!!

Is Obertan out wide or upfront?

He's nowhere.

For once we have a decent bench and Pardew doesn't do anything.

We need Obertan subbed ASAP...

Who cares about the fee.. Whatever someone is willing to pay for Enrique is not going to be spent to improve the squad anyway so would rather keep him for this season and let him leave on a free when his contract runs out.

 

Get a grip man..Of course he'll improve the squad..He's amply proven that already. That's why we need the money for Enrique, so we're able to buy a PROPER replacement. Besides, if he wants to sell the club, he'll get much more for it if the squad is full of prospects and is fighting in the upper tier of the table. From this perspective, he got every incentive to plow the money he earns from player sales back into the team.

 

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3222/unledhjc.png

 

So a French international in Cabaye isn't a reinforcement? He's cheaper and better than Nolan..BA is better than Shola, and his stats are impressive. .MA managed to haggle over Nolan, Carroll and Routledge's fees.We  got more than they're worth imo. You're so f***ing negative that you refuse to see the positive aspects that actually are happening.

 

We've brought in nearly £40m in transfer fees this calendar year and yet we need to sell Enrique to be able to afford a replacement. f***ing hilarious man.

 

Ma has always said that wages have to be considered as a part of the picture when calculating how much of  the £35 mill from Carroll is used. I'm pretty sure that Mav and Cabaye are both on 40 000 a week, minimum. Over five years, that's £20 mill on two players, in salaries only..On top of that we have sign on- (Mav and Ba)agent fees (Mav, Ba and Cabaye) . And you're forgetting that we actually had a £10 mill bid for Gameiro accepted.  With the current economical climate in USA and Europe,  our current debt situation and turnover vs salary ratio I think MA's conservative spending is a wise approach.

 

I'm pretty sure that we have a replacement for Enrique ready. Everything depends on him. We cannot use £5-6 on Mbenge and paying him £40 a week without selling Enrique first. What if Enrique decides to finish his contract? Then one of them has to be benched. That is a luxury(sportingly and economically) we cannot afford. And it's not a solution neither Enriqe and Mbenge are satisfied with.

You say Ba is better than Shola. I think the point is how can you say that we've done well if Shola is still our nr.2? And only income of football clubs isn't transfer fees FFS.

There's no excuse if we don't offer Colo a competitive new contract if he performs the same way as this season. And by competitive I mean no reduced wage. We'll be getting rid of lots of deadwood next summer. He's our captain and most important player with Tiote. He's never injured and can IMO play on high level to mid-30s. And with the history we have on CBs I'm almost sure we would struggle next 5 years on defence if Colo leaves.

 

Based on when Carroll left, doing that could bankrupt the club because everyone else will want the same money and we'll have no option but to give them all it without question.

Fair comment, I guess I'm trusting that the other players could also see him as glorious captain and a great human being.

Who knows if he even wants to stay?

There's no excuse if we don't offer Colo a competitive new contract if he performs the same way as this season. And by competitive I mean no reduced wage. We'll be getting rid of lots of deadwood next summer. He's our captain and most important player with Tiote. He's never injured and can IMO play on high level to mid-30s. And with the history we have on CBs I'm almost sure we would struggle next 5 years on defence if Colo leaves.

The moment we lose Colo because of this is already breaking my heart.

Comparing Smith to Diarra. 

 

Slight difference is Smith can't run.  But it's not that different.

 

And nobody loves Smith.

Class build up to the goal by Raylor and Ba.

Think I've just seen Stevie running past my window.

 

Same.

In Finland now...

imagine Carroll on the end of those Cabaye corners! 

Or Shearer or Asprilla.

Cabaye seems to have good pace.

Disallowed goal was a well taken inswinging free kick, disallowed for off side.

 

Which the replay from the back clearly showed.

Ridiculous by Saylor.

And the stream is late few mins...Shocking.

Hmmm, shocking quality for 11£.

Mind, been paying for Finnish broadcaster 9€ for a game that are not on TV and nquality is even worse there.

How can the NFL stream their games on HD quality? They should share the technology ffs.

Crushing for Finland. Once again qualifiers over before start.

Not that we've been any good in couple of years but still. How can we draw Spain and France when there are teams like Greece and Norway (no disrespect) as topseeds. Depressing...

The commentator on the highlight video says Run Geordie Run runs 31000 miles across America. :D

Sika means pig in Finnish.