Teasy

Wolves?, that's nearly a month after his last game in the ACN.

The other match isn't relevant if they lose here.

What a chance for Guinea.

Cannot play a high line His undoings this year Johnson and Long have really highlighted this Do we really want to offer a lucrative 5 year contract to a player who is only going to get slower (tin hat) Hmm that makes no sense. If a players game is based on pace then you worry about them slowing down. Coloccini is class despite lacking pace..

That's a nice attitude to have there (unless you're ). If he's not taking the piss then he needs mental help.

Newcastle still have squad players on £60/£70kpw , not for fucking long though:

We've already shown that we can match most teams in this league "on our day" now. If we signed a top class LB/RB, CB, RW and striker we'd be a match for anyone.

Maybe not, just get the currency right though

Euros, not pounds.

Our board bringing here was a fantastic piece of business. The board aren't to blame. How was it "fantastic piece of business"? well no actually it was very good business by your board as Ba is an excellent player but how exactly is it "excellent business" putting a low relase clause in his contract (if thats the case). By doing that your board have more or less agreed to take a player on, showcase his skills and prove his fitness..and as soon as the window opens allow the player to leave for a small fee. http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/funny-gifs-cool-story-bro.gif (To be fair, I agree with most of what you're saying. I just wanted an excuse to post this!) Nonsense, there was more than just us after Ba and with his injury we can't risk giving him a big contract. Because of that he'll want a get out clause for a relatively low price so that if/when he proved himself he has some negotiating power. If we'd have refused another club would have accepted it and we'd have missed out on one of the best strikers around. There's nothing to blame the board for here, there is however something to blame that horrible saggy faced c*** for and that's constantly talking about other people's players, its not on and not even a Spurs fan should defend him! I will never defend Harry Redknapp when it comes to opening up his big mouth and talking about other clubs players and i'll never defend him for the way he conducts himself. You can't defend the indefensible. Fair enough.

don't be so naive. I don't think it's naivety. I really don't understand how you can make such an assumption and try present it as a flat out fact. It's a stupid clause (if it exists) which would show they didn't have an ounce of faith in their signing. The blame would lie with them, after all most stumbling blocks can be negotiated through compromise. If he was prepared to sign for us on the same terms without the clause then the clause wouldn't be there. Yeah we could have got him without the clause if we were prepared to give a player who can't pass a medical a much more expensive and longer contract.. But then again nobody else was prepared to offer him more than we did in the first place so why should we blame our board for not offering him more? IF we lose him on the cheap then have a go at the board. But its a bit silly to have a go at them at the moment IMO.

Our board bringing here was a fantastic piece of business. The board aren't to blame. How was it "fantastic piece of business"? well no actually it was very good business by your board as Ba is an excellent player but how exactly is it "excellent business" putting a low relase clause in his contract (if thats the case). By doing that your board have more or less agreed to take a player on, showcase his skills and prove his fitness..and as soon as the window opens allow the player to leave for a small fee. http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/funny-gifs-cool-story-bro.gif (To be fair, I agree with most of what you're saying. I just wanted an excuse to post this!) Nonsense, there was more than just us after Ba and with his injury we can't risk giving him a big contract. Because of that he'll want a get out clause for a relatively low price so that if/when he proved himself he has some negotiating power. If we'd have refused another club would have accepted it and we'd have missed out on one of the best strikers around. There's nothing to blame the board for here, there is however something to blame that horrible saggy faced cunt for and that's constantly talking about other people's players, its not on and not even a Spurs fan should defend him!

I wouldn't make that kind of assumption to be honest, not with him just going away for a month to play in the ACN. Not only would it be awkward to get the deal done (especially trying to do a super thorough medical for a player with his knee problem over their) but it also means they'd miss their new signing for a month and he could also get injured over there and never play for them. You might say so what its only £5/£6m or whatever, but the fact is if he moved he'd want a better deal then he's getting here, and a big signing on fee and likely a longer contract. No doubt you'd be talking about an outlay of at least £20m.

unlikely people will sign a player with a 'dodgy knee' prior to the ACoN imo...those pitches are a fucking disgrace to humanity, it wouldn't make sense even at a knockdown price imo I assume this isn't Ba's first ACN? Would the clubs all agree to hold fire on a bid until the ACN is over then battle for his signature? £5m for a £25m forward is a worthwhile gamble. Liverpool were willing to gamble £35m on a striker with half a seasons experience and a few injuries himself to put this into context, in fact if you looked at how many games Carroll has missed through injuries the last 2 years compared to Ba I would be surprised if Carroll's wasn't actually worse. That would mean going for him in the summer since obviously the window will be closed by the time he gets back.

Why? Because we've been bit in the balls in the past regarding signing players on long term contracts, and then getting long-term injuries (*cough*Owen*cough*). I'd imagine Ba's the only player at NUFC atm with a release clause purely because of the apparent 'dodgy' knee. How would a minimum fee release clause help us avoid that? It wouldn't, that kind of clause is there purely to benefit the player, not the club.

What constitutes good business? Getting 35 million and then going on to strengthen the t......... Oh shit, flawed! Where's the flaw like?

probably agree tbh. gardner's fk was ridiculous and cabaye's free kick was a lot easier to save that vaughan's goal Cabayes free kick curled away from the keeper and went in off the bar, Gardener's free kick curled towards the keeper and well inside both post and crossbar (then again it was initially heading away from goal which makes it unlikely for the keeper to even move for it). In reality neither was savable no matter who was in goal, only a petty moron would claim otherwise (not saying you said either was savable, I'm referring to the original inbred comment).

WTF is the team?!

Wide forward maybe, but not a traditional winger, no more so than Ben Arfa IMO.

I think he will as well. I don't believe Obertan will be fit to start so he'll play instead of him. I wish, but I really doubt he'll start, especially instead of Obertan. Pardew just refuses to play him on the wing no matter what. If Obertan doesn't start, Sammy Ameobi will (despite Sammy also not being a winger..).

I asked at what point does the manager become a proble, you said "when there's a threat of relegation." I defined nothing, you did. You do realise that we are currently going through what is probably our worst set of results since relegation, don't you? If we are to improve on last season then we have to finish higher than 12th, we finished 12th but were 45 minutes from 10th. Not quite, we also had a 5 points from 8 games run last season, arguably an easier set of fixtures last season as well.

Gutierrez has been poor, Obertan has been abysmal.

My magic 8 ball says ask again later.

In that case I'm back to being fucking baffled at the odds for Ba to score.

I don't put bets on often, do all bookies definitely void a bet if the player you're betting on doesn't play? Knowing my luck he'd be considered fit enough for the bench and come on after the first goal..