James

To be honest, I just want to see Campbell sign for us, so we can see Phil Brown's reaction when he finds out Campbell would rather take a pay cut and come here, than go there.

No problem myself like, but I just wanted to bring the possibility up to see who gets riled by the idea.

If signing Campbell meant Shola as No. 9, would you still want it?

Most shortlived transfer rumour ever. Started and killed in three consecutive posts by the same poster.

When he can be arsed he's definitely worth having in the team. Not close to justified his fee, wage or reputation though. Also I think his all round passing is poor, and whilst his running relieves pressure elsewhere his reluctance / inability to start anything that looks like it might turn into a goal he doesn't exact very much if any pressure on the opposition. I agree. He is of use though against the defenders in this league if we manage to keep him.

sounds like insider dealing if they are betting on him buying a house in newcastle when he's helping him to do it. edit...i've searched betfair and ladbrokes and there is no housepurchase books being ran. Sorry I meant the NUFC job. This betting did actually occur a few years ago though, glad I didn't put money on this myself tbh. Am still convinced though that Mancini was in advance talks to become NUFC manager a few years ago though.

My friends housemate's brother is an estate agent, and he's helping Roberto Mancini buy a house in Newcastle. The housemate has put £1000 on it, and my friend put £100 on. they seem very sure of it.

I can't see why we couldn't negotiate the following with a bank: You give us the money we need, and the club will give you 5% of stadium revenue for as long as it takes to pay off 125% of what you gave us.

To be fair to Shola, what he actually means is: Please don't bring Kinnear back.

Little does Mike Ashley know that the man behind them is Thomo.

No way the wage bill is under £30m, more like mid to high 40's. I definitely agree with the rest though. yeah by my rough calculations with duff gone some 23m a year has gone off the wage bill since the end of last year so that would leave it in the 40-50m bracket I dunno, I couldn't remember figures for what it was before, so tried counting upwards, as as far as I'm aware, the likes of Rozehnal were on the last wage bill estimate and we know that more have gone out than in since then: Harper £40,000 Colo £50,000 Enrique £40,000 Nolan £40,000 Barton £50,000 Guthrie £20,000 Simpson £10,000 Taylor £30,000 Smith £50,000 Jonas £40,000 Xisco £40,000 Geremi £50,000 Butt £50,000 Shola £35,000 Carroll £15,000 Taylor £25,000 = £495,000 a week x52 = £25,740,000 Obviously plus youngsters and staff,

Oh dear, Butt is bound to find his way into the team somehow.

I have a feeling that if Moat gets the gig as owner, Llambias will stay. How many times though has Ashley made a statement on the club's secrets by what he does at the match eg. names on the back etc. Which again was something else I wondered about, the fact that he wasn't in his usual kit.

I don't know why people are so worried about pace in this league. So far, the quickest players in this league have been the likes of Jonas and Enrique. Even Shola looks quick with the players he is up against. Campbell would have no problem with the pace, well maybe he would against Earnshaw, but you can get around that just for one game. Good organisation at set pieces is what we need right now, and it is something Campbell would be perfect for.

We've got the wage bill under £30m by my best estimate, and these players, with a couple of loans, freebies and cheap deals to reinforce the squad will win the Championship. Then the owner will have a Premier League club that wont need a new stadium to be built, and will collect the third highest matchday revenue in that league, and with all that has come to pass, the owner would have a completely blank slate with regards to what he can do. Even though we are in a division below, you can do more with us in 10 years than you could ever do with Everton, West Ham, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Wigan, Sunderland, even Man City if you were rich enough. We should be the best value for money purchase ever made in football if someone had money, ambition, and foresight.

Why would you play a stupid defensive formation and not have our new signing and best player in the team?

Could be fans making shit up, but it could be a goer...

Some players will take a massive paycut to carry on their careers in the lower leagues if they love football. Perhaps Campbell would?

Courtesy of Skirge: Was at the match today.

Sol Campbell, or Nobby Solano?

Shola confirmed that he is the designated penalty taker this season.

We'll pass it about, wear them down, then go for the jugular. 4-0. Shola, Carroll, S. Taylor, Xisco.

It'll be Simpson RB, Taylor RW

It was me. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,63787.msg1936468.html#msg1936468

Like I said after West Brom, the players are comparatively fitter, faster and more skilful in this division. We'll boss the midfield whoever we play, and we can play out of the back, so if we get a good final ball and finish on a regular basis, we'll coast games and win this league. Defensively, we'll always look shaky with set pieces but the finishing isn't as good in this league so we'll get away with it more often. Just don't fucking sell anyone else!