toontownman

Fantastic stuff, get Ben Haim and baines in now, then its fill the gaps time.

Thats without Sky Sports and various other sources saying we are close to Rozenhal, then papers still saying we are after Baines, and now cacapa and jaures. Less we forget the echo saying sam was lining up an 8m move for Anelka and papers talking up Ebondo. Silly season is certainly here.

Oh but its a pleasant dream you wouldnt want to wake up from! Ideally we need that many at least. RB: Solano, Ebondo (carr) (dyer?) CB: Ben Haim, Taylor, Rozenhal, Cacapa (ramage) LB: Baines, Jaures (Baba) would make deeper reading although the four players from abroad are unknown quantities to me. Id expect us to keep Ramage as a backup utility, as for baba and carr who knows.

Double unveiling with Viduka tmrw maybe? Maybe more? Maybe less? Maybe no one?

If we sign another striker after Viduka it will be Anelka. Smith wouldnt be a bad signing, but I think we will get better if needed, especially given the new financial backing.

Parker Barton Emre Owen Martins Viduka Would be too funny for us to F**K off West Hams Parker bid now. Swerve of the century! Id expect Parker to be signed for them by tmrw lunchtime. Got to say out of all the paper articles tmrw the Telegraph is my favourite although the least likely. If we get Barton, Viduka, Ben Haim, Rozehnal, Baines and Ebondo within the next couple of weeks we will be looking a hell of a lot healthier. With the rest of the summer to touch up the rest of the squad and improve it with big money should the take over go ahead smoothly.

Juve match is just a rumour at the moment isnt it? Was supposed to be a part of the boumsong deal. Nothing confirmed yet though.

Carew was a decent signing, big strong viduka type player. Im suprised he scored so few, but he is great at bringing others into the games aswell as imposing himself on opposition defences. Was decent everytime I watched him in a villa shirt.

Sibbers wasnt better than Shola tbh. He is neat with the ball sometimes and maybe a little more intelligent than Ameobi, but overall Shola comes out on top for me.

Thought he was considering retiring from International Football anways after the next couple of matches? Still reports we might try and get Anelka aswell as Viduka. Would certainly have us covered if true.

take a valium Supertoon. He was "apparently" signing on thursday, but has "apparently" turned back to complete the deal tonight. ALL WORD OF SKY SPORTS NEWS. Its obviously going to happen, so just chill.

So is it right after Barton has signed we tell West Ham to forget about Parker as we never had any intention of selling him? Or is that what Parker tells them, before we tell him we were actually serious.

If McClaren was thinking of playing him RB wouldnt it have made sense to try him there last week when he had the chance to experiment? Dyer threw the toys out of the pram at SBR for playing him out of position, but has always been happy to do it under Souness/Roeder. Id expect him to do anything Allardyce tells him, he isnt going to be moving anywhere much better than here and like mentioned his versatility will only enhance his England chances. Sceptical he could do a great job there, but you can indeed look at ashley cole as being lightweight, will be interesting to watch if true.

bugger, i was only joking, that will teach me.. double or tiple unveiling on thursday/friday then?

Stop making so many bloody new posts that could just go on the end of existing ones! Other than that, im quite happy too, hope it continues.

wont be tied up til thursday then at least!

If we are talking a Hobo being hunted by every loan shark in the world. Shh, shouldnt let West Ham know there is another English Midfielder on the market, they might offer Reo-coker double his wages and give them selves £18m.

Alonso would fit into most sides in the world, classy player. Barton is nowhere near the finished article, not that that is a phrase anyone in Newcastle will ever understand.

It will all be in hand.. I dont see him turning up at the first day of training then realising he didnt buy any defenders. It will piece together in time. I would doubt we are really interested, but Anelka would be an excellent signing, would possibly signal the end of Ameobi if we signed Viduka, but 5 would be a decent pool of players to pick from, especially if we want to compete on 3 fronts next season and given our luck with injuries.

could cope with Anelka, Owen, Martins, Viduka and Shola as our striker pool.

you should know thats a fact where willie mckay is concerned.

Barton is without doubt a talented footballer, unfortunately with alot of anger management issues. Like a few people have said, these people should be ostracised but helped. He isnt someone that goes out living in large, much like the bowyer we saw at Newcastle he is reasonably reclusive, likes going fishing rather than lording it up in clubs covered in bling. Im not excusing some of the things he has done, for instance players like dyer and bramble in the past were not violent whilst constantly getting bad press. Maybe the support given wasnt enough in the past for him, or the people advising him are also guilty. Whilst obviously wrong his crimes are more of passion than stupidity or ego driven, his openess of his problems and willingness to get help is a good sign. Its strange, ive sat and watched a sport where fighting is all but actively encouraged throughout the match all night. football players fight like girls to people over here. Had Barton, bowyer and alike been Ice Hockey players they would be the hunters rather than the hunted.

Meh what do the press know.

seems a bit late in his career to be teaching him all the defensive responsibilities. Alot of older players revert to the back line, but they are usually ones with a decent footballing brain, ability to tackle or with discipline. Im not convinced Dyer has any of those attributes. He certainly wont be worse than carr though. Cant see him being better than Solano though. Interesting but doubtfull IMO.

so after all that Sven like whoring about to come back to England, runs straight to the first big club that comes calling. 5 minutes ago he was talking up Man city, 10 minutes ago he was talking about taking Leeds back into Europe. Mind you he would be a fool to turn Juve down.