BottledDog

You know who else blamed the training ground surface for injuries.... I don't recall there being so many injuries in the harder Winter last season, and haven't most of our training ground injuries come post-Winter. The problem with the training ground was that they couldn't use it and had to train indoors, not that they were training on it while frozen. Yeah, if Souness thought it was a problem then clearly it's a pointless decision to go ahead and actually get the chairman to spend some wedge on wasteful undersoil heating for the lads. Poor show Pardew. Poor show.

So every other signing he made for us, all of whom did something decent counted for nothing, what a fantastic bunch of cunts. No. Besides the fact that this is the express, and there are zero attributable quotes, there is, to be fair, a good deal of difference between a 'factor', and 'largely down to'.

I don't think anyone really classes him as worth £35m, the fee was just a result of the crazy Torres transfer. Dalglish and the Liverpool board did. Only because they got £50m for Torres. Still deemed it worthy of spending £35m on it on a striker who'd only had one half season performing well. The Liverpool owners craic was the Torres deal had to be £15m more than what we were asking for Carroll (meaning they could buy Carroll and Suarez for £0 investment). It wasn't Liverpool that paid the £35m it was Chelsea, via Torres. So what you are saying is that we refused to even discuss a transfer unless it was for something insane like £35m (fair play to Ashley for that then), the bin dippers then wen't to Chelsea and Chelsea said, aye, no bother, we'll just go up to £50m then, gave Liverpool the dosh, who then despite not valuing Carroll anywhere near £35m said to us, here you go, go nuts. Brilliant!

Sold at any price? Not sure you can promise something like that tbh, especially if clubs get wind of such an agreement and take advantage. That said, I still think the national issue is the primary problem, which I don't think changes whoever we manage to bring in... ...barring an established Spanish International.

Good post.

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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/05/13/ranger-hopes-goals-tally-will-be-talking-point-72703-28688477/ Good words from the lad. Dare we think Pardew is now having an effect and he's starting to take his job a bit more seriously? Hope so.

Never. Go. Back.

Where is the notion that he is waiting to see who we sign before he does coming from? The only thing we know for certain is that discussions on a new contract were put on hold until the end of the season, not the start of next season which would be the case in your scenario.

I humbly disagree.

The badge the bloke has on his shirt is wearing a San Lorenzo one by the looking of it. His dad was a pro & played for them so I'd imagine it's him, putting 2 and 2 together. www.fotolog.com/boedo_1908/14803817 for a photo of a young Colo with his pa. Brilliant. Now I have diabetes.

Heh, top of the page says it's happening on the twelfth. Ok so far, nothing very direct regarding his future, etc. He says that he doesn't want to leave the PL for Spain unless it's for a top team, though. He praises the PL a lot and says he wants to keep playing in England (which since he's talking to Spanish readers means something). Also says that it's very hard to make the Spanish squad playing abroad unless you're in a big team, but he hopes to get his reward in time if he keeps doing things well. And this is the problem we can't solve. If he does go, I'm almost certain it will be down to this rather than an unhappiness regarding any wage issues, or our ambitions for next season. even though he keeps mentioning our need to bring in players? I think what I'm trying to say is that I reckon his pimary concern is that he's is getting to the age now that if he doesn't start pushing for an International cap now, he never will, and if there were stronger indications that he could get into the Spaninsh side without being in a Champions League team or heading back to Spain, then there would be much less hesitation signing a new contract (regardless of the players we might bring in).

Heh, top of the page says it's happening on the twelfth. Ok so far, nothing very direct regarding his future, etc. He says that he doesn't want to leave the PL for Spain unless it's for a top team, though. He praises the PL a lot and says he wants to keep playing in England (which since he's talking to Spanish readers means something). Also says that it's very hard to make the Spanish squad playing abroad unless you're in a big team, but he hopes to get his reward in time if he keeps doing things well. And this is the problem we can't solve. If he does go, I'm almost certain it will be down to this rather than an unhappiness regarding any wage issues, or our ambitions for next season.

Fat mike will make them pay though He'll get at least 10 mil off someone How many left backs have gone for 10 mil + 60k a week. That's a big outlay for someone with faults If you think Ashley will hold out for £10m for a player who can walk away for free in 12 months time you've got a different idea of Ashley's resistance to offers than I have. This is the same bloke who sold N'Zogbia and Bassong for the first decent offer he got despite the fact they were two fo our best young players being held back by aged decrepit shite who couldn't negotiate a free transfer to the J-league. If Jose is set on leaving now or talking to clubs in december in advance of walking away on a free, then I'd happily take just £4 - £5m for him now tbh and get someone else in. Not that I'd ever want him to leave, love him to bits. But saying in his interview that he came here for 5 years, and always said he'd be here for 5 years, and that this was his last year, well... that doesn't bode well. I think it all boils down to whether we can somehow persuade him that the national team will suddenly start picking players outside of the top 4 in the prem. If they did, which we all know they fkn don't at present, I don't doubt that he'd be happy enough to stay. Same with Colo regarding Argentina if he continues to get looked over.

Love Carrolls surprise.

Nah, it's oldschool.

Same.

equally by a number of our fans. Change the record man, you're boring as fuck. Don't worry, our PR department are already working on him being made out to be a 'Judas'.

Going to have to check out the gold patch in person. No doubt a bit of a one off but looks well odd in the pics.

Damn that launch video. BEN ARFA CLEARLY WANTS TO LEAVE.

Yeah, says if he has to go to another league, he's happy. Will just go wherever he can to play football but he's happy right now. Anyone worked out when the interview was? Assuming it was at the start of this season. A month or so ago, or at least not that long before the teaser trailer would be my guess.

Shane Ferguson is the real deal according to Simpson. @shane_fergie

No. Still, pointedly clapping the Bin Dippers is not going to be appreciated either.