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Wages though? If there is a taker and we could replace him with an experienced defender on much smaller wages it would make more sense to do that. If we do go back up then we will still be in the same situation of either having to replace Coloccini after paying him his huge wages for a whole season, or replacing the defender we brought in who we would have been paying smaller wages. I'm not doubting that Coloccini will be fine in this league, but he does seem a bit expensive when we could definitely get someone cheaper in who could do a just as effective or even better job in this division.

If we can get this takeover complete this week then that might give us time to get Campbell in (considering he is supposed to be signing without the takeover), and sell Coloccini if there are any takers and buy a suitable Championship experienced centre back next week.

OMG Taylor isn't wearing a bib. Thats the end of him then!!!4O346JT3

All that stuff seems to good to be true really. Especially the pace of everything from now until Thursday.

I'd like Moat just for the fact that he is a Newcastle fan and has the club at heart, but I won't be gutted if somebody else buys the club. Anything as long as Ashley goes. I know we said the same about Shepherd thinking things could only get better with a new owner, but surely nobody else is gonna buy this club without a plan and knowledge.

Mate on facebook wrote "Has just served frazier campbell, and sat with him for an hour and crackd on. Hes sound as fuck. He did say shearer rang him to sign for the toon..and if shearer was in charge he wud have signed for us. Top guy". Think he works in a a mobile phone shop.

A child probably. :lol:

He is out of contract in June, Fergie couldnt give a rats chuff in all honesty Fergie does look after players he's brouht through though. Why would Simpson come here if he wasn't gonna be first choice? He would have had plenty of takers.

Why are people not including Simpson in their teams? Fergie wouldn't have let him go if he wasn't gonna be a first choice.

Fuck sake

Fucking hell thats quite a shock actually. I know he's only a young lad but he could certainly have signed for a Championship club at the least. He obviously likes Sven though after the opportunities he gave him when he was in charge and he's probably on a nice little wage.

Our defence wouldn't be too bad now if we got could keep what we have and managed to get in a centre back or two. Ideally Coloccini would leave with replacements brought in but its not gonna happen. I'd say we're well covered at full back now with Simpson, R.Taylor, Enrique and Kadar. Only problem is we're so short on numbers everywhere else.

Surely if we were actively seeking players we would have brought one or two others in this week. This Simpson signing indicates that he is going stright into the team with Taylor pushing foward. We've probably had him in mind for a while, but waiting for Jonas to leave rather than Duff.

No way will Lua Lua play. Simpson has not been brought here to sit on the bench. Team just about picks itself again: ---------------------Harper------------------- Simpson----Taylor-----Coloccini-----Enrique R.Taylor----Nolan------Smith-------Jonas -------------Ameobi----Carroll--------------- The only other thing I can see maybe happening is Barton in for one of the strikers.

Yeah, we replaced a winger with a fullback... I know. Simpson coming in for Duff with Taylor moving to right wing and Simpson at right back.

So Simpson is Duffs replacement then?

He's exactly the sort of signing we need to be making and I would be very happy with this but I find something a bit suspicious about the timing of this signing. Maybe I'm reading too much into this like but its crossed my mind that he's been brought in very quickly after the alleged bid for Duff. Is this Duffs replacement (with R.Taylor moving to right wing) rather than an addition to the squad to make it stronger?

Lets hope an offer doesn't come in for Jonas before Saturday or we could have Geremi and Lua Lua on the wings

His competition for Ireland is Stephen Hunt and Aidan McGeady so his spot isn't guaranteed me thinks. He isn't capable of performing to a high level in the Premiership anymore though. Surely having a good season for us with a few goals and assists would do a lot more good for him than him struggling in a relegation battle (assuming its a bottom 5 team who want him).

I just can't see why any more players would be allowed to be sold unless Ashley is definitely 100% leaving. If he's planning to stay then surely he knows there isnt enough time to replace all of these players now. The only logical reason I can see is that it would help the sale. If Ashley stays and he sells more players then we are gonna really struggle and the value of the club will go down even more.

I'm not sure if he will want to leave actually unless its an established Premiership team. He is on very good money here and he doesn't need to be playing in the Premiership to get in the Ireland team. He seems happy enough here as well

Mixed feelings about this one. £4m is a very good price for him and it would be a huge help to the wage bill. On the other hand the squad is far too thin and we don't look like replacing anyone at the minute. The worry is that its very likely that Jonas will leave so if we let both of them go that leaves us with no wingers

Can't find the interview anywhere. What did Daveed say? Not a particular interview, he's been on tv a few times last season talking on programs. He surprised me. Went up a lot in my estimation.

I actually really like listening to Ginola from what I've seen of him on TV recently. He talks a lot of sense and with a real passion.