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How dare they use their money in order to progress! I'm bitterly jealous of their riches, of course, but I don't have a problem with what they're doing really. How the fuck else are you supposed to get places in today's game? Money talks. Their has to be a limit and accountability when it comes to funds, otherwise its not a competition, its just a bloke buying trophies. They might as well just give the money to the FA and FIFA and buy the Premiership and Champions League directly. Loads of clubs spend money they don't have, but the big difference is they either have to succeed on the money they've borrowed or risk a steep penalty (eg Portsmouth). Man City can spend absolutely whatever they want without their ever being any risk to them, with no chance of failure how the fuck you can really succeed at all?

MONEY MONEY MONEY...and the jealousy that the haters' own clubs dont have it. Thats where the hate comes from. What a load of bollocks

The big difference is Luque didn't really want to be here, Ben Arfa definitely does want to be here. Does he? Or does he just NOT want to be in Marseille and we happened to be the main club interested? Obviously he didn't want to stay at Marseille and we were his favoured destination out of the interested clubs, hence he wants to be here.. You don't fly to another country to a club that your club hasn't even agreed a deal with because you don't want to be there. The big difference between that and Luque, is that allegedly he didn't want to leave Depor, but made the decision to go when Shepherd gave him an absolutely ludicrous wage offer that he just couldn't refuse. I always tried my absolute best to give Luque a chance, but it seems he really had no desire to play here.

The big difference is Luque didn't really want to be here, Ben Arfa definitely does want to be here.

you're just operating from the reduced expectations viewpoint, doesn't mean that the investment we've made (given the income from the PL) can be considered fantastic in any way... adequate i'd agree with what involvement has llamblias had in any of this? do you know, 'cause i don't but i'm guessing nowt The expectations have been reduced for a fucking reason, we're now a newly promoted side who have been in financial problems for years. If you expected a club in our position to do much better this window then I hope your next day trip out of the padded room is a pleasant one. Ashley and his employees have fucked up big time in the past, but so far this window (and in January) they've done a great job.

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2:1 to Newcastle

I'm managing Darlington in FM10, haven't gotten the Newcastle job yet.

Come on get it confirmed!, I want to put him in my FIFA 10 side

They're clueless, they mentioned something similar last week about the bench looking very weak and how we had to strengthen without realising that we had about 7 players out at the time.

To be fair if he really is another player coming in and here at the same time as Ben Arfa its an easy mistake to make.

Nah there's a one inch difference that would never hold up in court.

Do the same thing with the other pic, go on, I dare you!

But seriously Cooper, how do you know that's the same bloke from the other picture?, and where did you get that pic from anyway?

No, this was the bloke in the van: http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/82056366/images/13/VC_hoodie.jpg

Do we want to take that kind of a risk though? Either way its a risk, don't sign players like him and you risk going down through lack of quality in the side.

As far as Douglas's comments go I think most people know the lads trouble. If he wasn't troubled we'd have to pay £20m for him not a loan with a £5m future fee or whatever. One player, who isn't even contracted to the club past next year, can't destroy the morale of the entire side IMO. If his ability doesn't end up being worth the hassle send him back early.

he brings up a fair point imo Which is? He's a bad little boy? Who fucking cares, we need a player like him and if it goes tits up our outlay will have been minimal.

I know we can score 6 goals every single match but playing with no defence or keeper is a poor decision IMO.

Celebrating the fact they havent beaten us in 11 years. You've really got to wonder what it is they're putting in the water down there. 11 Years They beat us 2 years ago. They were celebrating the 11th anniversary of their last win at St James' Park

Sorry for my english. It's not the same player,ben arfa is much better. He can be the future idol at newcastle No offence mate, and thanks for posting, but I don't think anyone outside of Newcastle realised how good Laurent Robert was. Robert it's good player but it's not the same talent that ben arfa. You will see.... At his best he was a great player, but I agree they're different players with different abilities. He didn't have the ability with the ball that Ben Arfa has, but his shooting/crossing was the best I've ever seen.

Sorry for my english. It's not the same player,ben arfa is much better. He can be the future idol at newcastle That was meant as a compliment , I know he's a different kind of player. But as far as attitude "all or nothing" describes Robert perfectly, luckily his all was fucking incredible.

That's it for me now, I officially don't give a fuck about them again

All or nothing?, sounds like Robert