James

Unusual place for a meeting They're under the impression that the are going to Liverpool, and they aren't very good at geography.

According to Radio Solent, Bale has said that he doesn't intend on going ANYWHERE today.

I think the Piquionne deal is a smokescreen myself. Newcastle want the media to be spying French airports so that no-one notices Babel and Emmanuelson and Huntelaar meeting up with Fat Fred at Liverpool St. Station.

Apparently Mascherano's weird contract including payments to whoever had stipulations that £X had to be paid every Y games until 200Z. Tevez does not have this clause.

Just seen the Onyewu interview. Apparently, we havent won any Championships for a couple of years.

He is waiting for a work permit.

After his medical he needs to apply for a work permit before he is allowed to sign.

Someones gone and totally edited out my Wikipedia entry. They are now saying that it is up on the Liege website that Gooch isn't coming here as they've accepted a bid from Marseille only... Hopefully just some Marseille kid who cant accept the truth.

I hear that we now have a centre back who is better than all of Spurs centre backs put together.

Oguchi Onyewu. Has done absolutely nothing during his time at the club.

He's got the No. 6 shirt, so if he doesn't get it, can someone change it for me please. Thanks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6310085.stm

I've just edited his Wikipedia entry, so the transfer is definitely happenning.

Other clubs mess things up. The longer they hold onto a player they want to keep, the more rash the bid is going to be when nearing the closing of the transfer window.

Given that you got the Souness sacked a few hours before it happenned, and also told us that the player was gavranic last week an hour or so before the news broke, I'm pretty confident that you are right.

Although Martins can use his right, he likes to dribble on his left. A Martins Babel strike force would seem slightly unbalanced to me, and I cant see us buying Babel to play left wing!

According to Football365.com a group of Napoli fans are about to move to bring Ronaldinho to their club. They intend to agree terms with the striker, raise £2m and place the money on Ronaldinho signing for Napoli at 67-1 odds. They will then take a loan out to pay the full £100m+ buyout clause, and then use the money from the bet winnings to pay off the loan.

Sounds like Roeder has heard on the grapevine that Babel is looking for a move to England, and with Arsenal not making a move, he has decided to have a go, as it will probably be our only opportunity to sign him if he is meant to be that good.

http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/news/tm_headline=shola-on-course-for-early-return%26method=full%26objectid=18545628%26siteid=50081-name_page.html I have a weird mental image of Glenn Roeder, Freddy Shepherd and the academy boys running with Big Bird around St. James' Park while The Jackson 5 sing 'ABC' from the touchlines.

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He's signed for Marseille? http://soccertimes.com/americans/2007/jan26.htm

If we think he's worth £1.5m it would be pretty bloody stupid to cough up almost twice that much, no doubt you'd then slag the Board of paying over the top in transfer fees. Is this the way you run your personal finances? You think something is worth £15 but instead you offer to pay £27 for it just because you've got the cash? If so, you're a mug. I've got a digital camera that I reckon is worth about £150 on the secondhand market, but just for you I'll let it go for £270. What do you reckon? Do we have a deal? Footballers aren't digital cameras. Footballers are all unique, while digital cameras are mass produced in factories so there are many identical items available all over the place. Also, digital cameras are only as good as the person who uses it. The same does not apply for a footballer. As there is no possible comparison, only the owner of the player's playing registration can know the true value. Not Shepherd.

Good chance that all Deportivo players are damaged goods. Wouldn't touch any with a barge pole.

Was against Luton though. I think a Liverpool poster once said on here that he is a bit of a liability, but that may just be in Liverpool standards. You have to worry that a couple of years ago (Warnock was 24), Benitez prefered Traore.

Papers this morning are saying that Pearce will manage the U21s during the summer World Cup, but that before then, Nigel Pearson will be in charge in a caretaker capacity. Pearce will then depart in favour of a long-term successor. May be a worry that we could lose Pearson if the FA and McClaren like the look of him. Even worse, Shepherd might think that he could make a good manager to succeed Roeder.