BottledDog

Extended highlights now up on .co.uk. Highlights include David28s face.

I know, right, we can go higher than that. It'd be crazy to say that that is our final offer.

If by exciting you actually mean painful, creeping, and cancerous.

I want, never gets.

Seeing Cabaye and Ben Arfa utilising Carrolls hold up play and knock downs to pile through and decimate the tightest of defenses, would be a thing of glorious beauty.

I'm sorry. What was that? Excuse me?!? He's right though, they had a chance to usurp us for the foreseeable future, or so they thought, and all they did was f*** around in the middle/lower reaches of the table buying s**** while we capitulated and rebuilt again. A few years ago they'd have been thinking we were going to be languishing in League One by now and look what's happened. Like f*** did Sunderland have a chance to better Newcastle. Not never, like f***. You know what he means. No need to play superfan like. /The very thought of it though. Honestly.

Oh Lawdy, no. He's a right miserable get.

Ah no, just jesting my friend. /

I'm sorry. What was that? Excuse me?!? He's right though, they had a chance to usurp us for the foreseeable future, or so they thought, and all they did was fuck around in the middle/lower reaches of the table buying shite while we capitulated and rebuilt again. A few years ago they'd have been thinking we were going to be languishing in League One by now and look what's happened. Like fuck did Sunderland have a chance to better Newcastle. Not never, like fuck.

Yeah, guessed that might be your take on our South American cousins.

And that is why the prodigal son must return to our bosom.

I'm sorry. What was that? Excuse me?!?

We have four right backs of our own. Not sure we have room for this lad as it stands. Like a Bizzaro-Lille.

Not sure what I'm basing this on, but I thought we had gone the other way in the post-Wise/Vetere/Keegan disaster. Got a fair memory of a Llambias article where he was laying into agents and wanted to remove them from the equation as much as possible. Could have been the LSD talking mind.

If we get Anita I think Guti will be eased out of the team. See him being a sub by the end of the season. Expensive sub considering we gave him a spanking new contract that'll see him through to retirement. If we get three new players I'll be surprised tbh, If nobody leaves I expect one or two decent signings now the last round of youth players have a bit of a make or break season coming up.

Hoilett all day long, in that scenario. Course you would. You'll be trousering the spare £12 million.

Carroll. Can't put a price on a local lad (right Dave!).

Dembele is the one i'd go after tbh, can play wide, upfront or in the middle and only got a year left on his contract. Already committed to stay this year hasn't he? And not sure I can see him leaving London if/when he does finally make a move tbh.

spill the baked beans man Nowt earth shattering. Just perusing his twitter and he's still really positive. Shuttleworth - "Really hope Debuchy signs for ‪#nufc‬. Starting to feel like he's slipping" Douglas - "Won't happen. Pretty sure he'll join ‪#nufc‬. Wouldn't take any of these 'AGENT ITK' accounts seriously. Complete whoppers."

Mark 'the textual masseur' Douglas has just soothed out the folds in my brow on this one. He's coming!

'Stop laughing! Stop having fun! Stop enjoying yourselves!' Yeah, pretty much.

Pretty standard for the Google translations best guestimate engine. Other options it offers are Drogba and Fabregas.

We have the best squad we have had in many, many, many years. Quit yer whinin'.

Delighted for the lad. Always good to see a young fellow fulfill his dreams.

Awesome.