Dinho lad

He's going to a team that wins things, if it was QPR I would have been first in line to shoot him with shit but can you blame a player for wanting to play for a team who will challenge for stuff? Oh, let's just bow down every time that a bigger clubs tries to pinch our players then. Why does he have to to leave? You can't bring-up that excuse that you've just mentioned because Ba was linked with moves away for nearly a year now. Are you telling me that 6 months into his NUFC career he suddenly decided that he actually wants to move to bigger things? (Even though we were doing well in the league at the time) Nope, it's nothing to do with that. There's a clause there and him, and his agents, know that this is a great opportunity to make big money for themselves. I'd seriously question your judgement if you can't see that money the biggest issue here. Obviously he will get more money but he is going to a club who will challenge for stuff, you're questioning my judgement because you can't understand why a player would leave to join a club who are likely to win things? No. I'm questioning your judgement because you seem to be naive to the extreme in not believing that money is a major motivating factor for Ba to leave. And when I say "leave", the size of the club he's leaving for is not the issue here. We all know that talks of Ba leaving started surfacing nearly a year ago now and therefore I don't accept that Ba, 6 months into his first NUFC season, suddenly decided that he wanted to better himself. Especially after we know that he was desperate to come here in the first place. Anyway, I'm wondering why Shay Given is still receiving abuse and insults on here? (Don't agree with it, btw) He left us in similar circumstances to this one and signed for an equally ambitious club. Given refused to play for us and forced his move, Ba played yesterday scoring 2 goals. Quite a big difference iyam. Refused to play?? According to who? What's your reasons for actually believing this, then? Okay, if we can't provide facts, let's, at the least, simply use rationale and reason here- Shay Given, during the press conference upon signing for City, revealed that the club (Obviously he means the NUFC hierarchy here) "made him do things that he didn't want to do". If I remember correctly, Given was declared "injured" by the club and missed a game just before he he signed for City. Now, for whatever reason, you seem to believe that he refused to play, but it could be that the NUFC board simply lied about his availability status (perhaps to avoid any potential injuries ahead of the transfer.) Maybe this is what Given meant when he said NUFC ""made him do things that he didn't want to do". i,e by missing the game even though he was available? I don't know.... but I'm not holding either scenarios as facts...... I just know which party I'd rather believe. But it's up to you, fella. ( Incidentally, Given made his City debut 7 days after signing for them. )

Apparently MA & DL are good in getting good deals for players!

He's going to a team that wins things, if it was QPR I would have been first in line to shoot him with shit but can you blame a player for wanting to play for a team who will challenge for stuff? Oh, let's just bow down every time that a bigger clubs tries to pinch our players then. Why does he have to to leave? You can't bring-up that excuse that you've just mentioned because Ba was linked with moves away for nearly a year now. Are you telling me that 6 months into his NUFC career he suddenly decided that he actually wants to move to bigger things? (Even though we were doing well in the league at the time) Nope, it's nothing to do with that. There's a clause there and him, and his agents, know that this is a great opportunity to make big money for themselves. I'd seriously question your judgement if you can't see that money the biggest issue here. Obviously he will get more money but he is going to a club who will challenge for stuff, you're questioning my judgement because you can't understand why a player would leave to join a club who are likely to win things? No. I'm questioning your judgement because you seem to be naive to the extreme in not believing that money is a major motivating factor for Ba to leave. And when I say "leave", the size of the club he's leaving for is not the issue here. We all know that talks of Ba leaving started surfacing nearly a year ago now and therefore I don't accept that Ba, 6 months into his first NUFC season, suddenly decided that he wanted to better himself. Especially after we know that he was desperate to come here in the first place. Anyway, I'm wondering why Shay Given is still receiving abuse and insults on here? (Don't agree with it, btw) He left us in similar circumstances to this one and signed for an equally ambitious club.

Lets see, bettering his career, pay rise, London, a manager that isn't Pardew, genuine chance of champs league football next season, huge sign on fee, bigger club, better players, a manager that actually won things, not far from title challenge . List goes on Can we blame him? No. Don't forget lesser chance of first team football.

He's going to a team that wins things, if it was QPR I would have been first in line to shoot him with shit but can you blame a player for wanting to play for a team who will challenge for stuff? Oh, let's just bow down every time that a bigger clubs tries to pinch our players then. Why does he have to to leave? You can't bring-up that excuse that you've just mentioned because Ba was linked with moves away for nearly a year now. Are you telling me that 6 months into his NUFC career he suddenly decided that he actually wants to move to bigger things? (Even though we were doing well in the league at the time) Nope, it's nothing to do with that. There's a clause there and him, and his agents, know that this is a great opportunity to make big money for themselves. I'd seriously question your judgement if you can't see that money the biggest issue here.

Surprised that Demba Ba isn't receiving a bit more criticism here. (And criticism is what it should be. He's not deserving of some daft abuse.) Why exactly is he leaving? He's playing in his favoured position and is scoring goals. Alright, maybe we're not preforming well as a team, but so what? He's part of that team. People mentioning that he was a free transfer and therefore we should be grateful for what he did for us (agree with that part), but let's just remember that it was Ba on the phone who was pleading with Pardew to sign him-up for NUFC. The favour is mutual, imo.

He can play a bit. (Thought he'd a destroyer type of player solely.)

If it had came from our end, fair enough.

http://derpface.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Oh-Boy-Reaction-Gif.gif That GIF, man. :lol:

I knew it would be only a matter of time before he shows why he's got the potential to be nicknamed the "Marfox".

I think he's form has been quite patchy from what I've seen and heard. Still..... can't complain if we do get him for a reasonable price.

No... his attacking game has not improved.

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Because we might be relegated by then. Therefore why waste the money when we'd need it then.

I got that impression also.. We absolutely must hold on to him though Thank fuck, was missing the body language analysis. There was definitely something wrong with him there. Had an uneasy look on his face as his team-mates were gathering around him to celebrate. Definitely.

I think deep down he's already given up on this title and, probably, his job.

Starting to feel sorry for Mancini.

Stoke fucked me up. David fucked up NUFC.

Arsehole. Hope he gets diseases off Tulsa.

wee club in manchester, tbh.

It was gorgeous. Nobbyesque. Edit: dat pass.

Can't wait!

Load of fucking rubbish. He was, I agree. Sorry that was flippant but come on man, he was fucking car crash today. He looks done in and a result I think he could with a rest. Unfortunately the options to bring someone in are more or less non-existant. I agree that he was awful today. But to give him a "rest"? Come on man, who's going to come in for him? We're in a middle of a horrendous run and it wouldn't make sense to drop a player, who's been pretty consistent this season, when there's certainly no one good enough to come in and replace him. The only option I could come-up with is maybe to move Perch to LB and Santon to RB.