James

Shola and Carroll in the Fash the Cash role, and Kevin Nolan in the Marcus Gayle role.

SpinS and Big TRon, sounds like you are saying who you would pick. But that's not the question. The question is, who would Joe Kinnear pick?

Even if we did get him, something doesn't quite seem right about this one. Just for a moment, try to imagine that you are Joe Kinnear. Now look at the following central midfield options: Joey Barton Nicky Butt Geremi Danny Guthrie Kevin Nolan Miguel Veloso Who do you pick?

Just had the first long hanging period of the day a couple of minutes ago.

I'm sure even Giggs and Scholes would become mercenaries if they played for NUFC. It is upto the clubs to gain loyalty, not for the players to provide it.

Based on what? The fact that we didn't sign a direct replacement for Milner, who most fans recognised wasn't worth anywhere near the £12m we got for him? Yes, the Milner scenario could be one. Also the fact that the Nolan transfer was probably done with the idea of using money fro Shay's transfer to fund it. With only one day of the window left, we'll be very lucky to get anyone other than Ryan Taylor in.... So all based on speculation then, probably possibly. N'Zogbia has recouped Nolan with money to spare. If we can't spend the money we raise, Given should be told tough shit, he should have sorted this out a month ago. We could spend it in summer though, yeah? If Given doesn't want to play for us he should be sold. Same as every other player at the club who feels the same. It's time this team was made up of players who actually want to be here, not players who came here to pick up stupid wages. If it was another player yes, but Given is proffessional enough to perform on the pitch, and would make a difference. The money doesn't make a difference if unspent.

Based on what? The fact that we didn't sign a direct replacement for Milner, who most fans recognised wasn't worth anywhere near the £12m we got for him? Yes, the Milner scenario could be one. Also the fact that the Nolan transfer was probably done with the idea of using money fro Shay's transfer to fund it. With only one day of the window left, we'll be very lucky to get anyone other than Ryan Taylor in.... So all based on speculation then, probably possibly. N'Zogbia has recouped Nolan with money to spare. If we can't spend the money we raise, Given should be told tough shit, he should have sorted this out a month ago.

I also doubt there is a player involved, as I suspect the press will have picked up on it.

The BBC say the fee is agreed also, they estimate £8m.

Unfortunately, today was going to be the day to get the best fee of City, as it needs to bedone today for him to be allowed to play in the UEFA Cup.

S. Taylor and R. Taylor will probably be what's on the back of the shirts iirc when it comes to players with the same last names. Don't think S. Taylor will be happy with that like

So how are we going to name Taylor and Taylor to know who we are talking about?

Matty Pattison the way things are currently going.

Yes i think butt would go in that scenario imho. False hope imo.

Would Kinnear want to play him ahead of Nolan and Butt?

An advantage of Taylor is that he will make the opposition team more afraid of Gutierrez and Martins, as right now, giving a free kick away against Newcastle is a way of stopping us.

Something we need right now though, and obtained in a deal that is pretty much twice the cash Zog is worth plus a body. In other words, this is £1.5m + Nolan and Taylor for N'Zogbia. Now we need to spend the Given money on the best midfielder we can find.

Does not compute. First line was a childish jibe (sorry).

Thought we knew he was out for months a while back.

So we are now getting outspent by clubs like Wigan, swapping our best players for money and inferior players didn't happen under the old board. Very pleased with this deal, we've got someone much more needed by NUFC and a lot of money for it. Zog was woth no more than £3.5m in my opinion, and that was before his outburst. Now we just need to ditch the manager.

Wonder what Kinnear is saying to have the need to cross his fingers behind his back?

Nah, Narcolepsy

Nile Ranger's Dreads are 20 today. Happy Birthday.

All irrelevant with the man in charge.

This isn't up to date. We could be lower.