BottledDog

Ah well, see ya. Seems a shame you'll be missing out on possibly one of the most promising/exciting squads we've had in a long while. Sorry mate, but Andy Carroll is capable of being one the best strikers in England. Having someone like that play for us is exciting and promising. Not shipping him out only to replace him with a much lesser player on fucking loan from Manchester United. Seriously, even the most pessimistic of us could not have predicted that we replace Carroll with Federico fucking Macheda on a loan. Hopefully it's just rumors but I stick by that stance if this does happen and we don't bring in any other strikers. Neil, time for a new sig quote. /cheer up man, there is plenty to be proud off in the squad, whoever the striker is that comes in.

Santon says we're an abitious clubs and he wants to help us progress. Hate the lying puppet cunt already.

Well done to all involved. Absolutely cracking signing. :celb:

Gradel's gone to Saint Etienne? Fuck me Sochaux, you could have got the lad.

Ba Abeid Marveaux Obertan Cabaye Santon Cissokho Roux or Maiga Macheda(Loan) That goalkeeper blurke ...would be a 'decent' window. I would say that that would be an pretty outstanding window tbf.

Ah well, see ya. Seems a shame you'll be missing out on possibly one of the most promising/exciting squads we've had in a long while.

Aye, bet Bolton are feeling they got the right shitty end of the stick having Sturridge for a year. Likewise Sunderland with Welbeck. /Have no problem with adding the option of Macheda to our strikeforce for the season. Could you miss the point any more, do you think BottleDog? I'm not sure Beren. Do tell me again what is your point actually is, and why presumably you think that cases like Sturridge for Bolton don't make a mockery of it. In this day and age, if Citeh/Man Utd/Liverpool can loan players within the division, who aren't allowed to face their parent club, they've essentially got agents at other clubs. So basically, the big clubs can use the smaller clubs within the division to take points off their rivals. Also, the big clubs get to give their youngsters/newbies time to bed in to the Premiership without having any of the risk of dropping them points. They then get first-team ready footballers back. Clubs who don't have limited resources aren't afforded the same option! We need our youngsters because we can't afford two superstars in every position! All this just serves to increase the gap between them and us, when we should be trying to bridge the gap - even if it is unrealistic. It should at least be our aim. Furthermore, I haven't seen anything of Macheda (admittedly not a great deal) to suggest he's any better than what we have here. Also, I dislike Man Utd. Also, I don't think a short-term loan is the answer to our problems. Is Macheda a replacement for Carroll in your opinion? Or is he akin to unproven entities we have enough of at the club? Sunderland are suffering having had Welbeck yanked back from them, and wouldn't be surprised if Bolton struggle for a cutting edge up front soon (though Klasnic has had a decent start to the season). I want a long-term solution for Newcastle that is engineered with us as the number one priority. Not the development of the loaned player, or for the loaning club. Of course, I have no interest in helping the bigger clubs to get bigger, but that has to run alongside the fact that Bolton and Sunderland could have been in a fair bit of trouble without those loans so I disagree that they'd agree with you that they've suffered. More importantly indeed, newly promoted teams would be severely disadvantaged if you took their ability to loan players away, thus making the divide between the divisions even greater; something I'm sure you'd be against. Out of interest, would you be just as sickened if we brought Sturridge in on loan (independently of whether we sign a permanent striker or not)?

Aye, bet Bolton are feeling they got the right shitty end of the stick having Sturridge for a year. Likewise Sunderland with Welbeck. /Have no problem with adding the option of Macheda to our strikeforce for the season. Could you miss the point any more, do you think BottleDog? I'm not sure Beren, I'm just not sure. Do tell me again if possible what your point actually is (and why presumably you think that cases like Sturridge for Bolton do not give a clear indication as to why all the clubs are happy with the current ruling).

'kin'el.

Aye, bet Bolton are feeling they got the right shitty end of the stick having Sturridge for a year. Likewise Sunderland with Welbeck. /Have no problem with adding the option of Macheda to our strikeforce for the season.

It's true, thanks to Charnley and Llambias I guess, we are getting some stonking deals. All credit to them.

Fuck me, are we getting a fucking glorious looking squad or what.

Why would we need PVA as well? /Also Douglas has twatted that after going backwards at Leicester, the club have lost all interest in the bloke. Not that Dowie'd. .com wrote... "Before the Santon deal was confirmed, it's claimed that United were monitoring availability Chelsea left back Patrick van Aanholt, who had a successful stint as a Magpie during the 2009/10 season." .com claim a lot these days. Anyhoo, still can't get my head around why ON would at this point take PVA as if he's some last ditch option when we have just captured a left back. Loved the lad when he was here, but we're not going to go for him on loan as long as we have Furguson, especially considering what Douglas has said.

Levy is an evil genius Bruce is an evil genius.

Why would we need PVA as well? /Also Douglas has twatted that after going backwards at Leicester, the club have lost all interest in the bloke.

He's as about as right/one footed as they come from what I've seen of him... How do you equate adequate?... If he's adequate he could at least pass with his left, maybe even put a cross in? Then he's not adequate from everything I've seen of him... Makings of a very good RB though... It's a disgrace that we have tracked and seem like we might buy this bloke without even realising, as you to your credit have easily done via Youtube, that he's not a fucking left back. Graham Carr is a fucking joke, and our club is yet again a national embarrassment.

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Me too, in a very similar vein as to how I loved Bellamy (and to a degree Robert when he was castigated in the press for speaking out and saying nothing actually wrong). Just a very passionate bloke.

You can justify his signing. You can justify not signing him too. You can't justify flying off the deep end in either scenario, and that's what people were doing. YOU can, and indeed will, justify anything the people in charge of this club do. If I can, I will. There is some good there. Other times I can't, because for a large part they have a habit of being charmless uncommunicative and cowardly tightarses.

Good, shows we're ambitious. /with our passing.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

Delighted. FWIW she also reckons Carr has been tasked with finding a replacement, can't see it. Whey, imagine the expense of a taxi or Mikes helicopter.

Neither have been as bad as him when? Getting stuck in prison etc etc.

Oddly enough las season Cabaye got the same as Barton. 4 goals, 9 assists (previous season 15 goals, 11 assists). Ba got 16 goals so that sorts out Carroll. Hopefully between them Obertan, Marveaux, Bafra, and Gosling (plus breakthrough players like Abeid, Vucic and Sameobi) can come up the Nolan goals. I think they might.

Can see us conceding 2 here, just hope to fuck someone steps up to get us some goals in reply.