Begbie

Adriano, World class player to not wanted over night

Obviously young but I would play him at Leicester. Had enough of butterfingers. I totally agree with you. But it seems like our coaches doesnt even come close to rating him.. I must say that I dont see any potential in Alnwick, even if he has no confidence he should be able to show some abilities.

Seems like we all agree that Jak Alnwick is shite, still he is chosen before Freddie Woodman. Is really Woodman that bad?

Wow thats more saves than I thought he had. Didn't see the game today, did he stop like 3 shots today?

When Houllier left us, Lerner interviewed Benitez. After 15 minutes, it became clear that the sort of money Benitez wanted to spend was massively out of kilter with what Lerner was prepared to spend, and he cut the interview short. That was posted by the son of a director of the club on one of the forums, so absolute 100% gospel etc etc. Benitez is not going to go anywhere in this country without big money to spaff. The problem with that story is and was that Lerner wasn't interested in spending money. Villa have struggled financially since Martin O'Neill spending days, and Villa had to cut costs. That means Benitez would probably not be able to use any money and had to get rid of some key players to get down the wages. The point I'm making is that we don't know if Benitez wanted big bucks or just enough to buy a player or two.

I hope the next manager gets to choose his own coaching team and I also hope that he/they will work closer with our scouting team. I think our model can work, with the manager telling specific which kind of players he needs/wants and the scouting team finding those type of players for him. It will leave the manager with more time to focus on the team.

Best b-day gift ever if Pardew is confirmed gone today!

Please be true. It would be like when we got Souness from Blackburn, just this time we are giving away the shit!

Don't think so. We still have Darlow and Woodman. Darlow can't be on the bench though. He is just not up to it, that much is clear. Only going by the link Disco posted. I seem to recall City were allowed to get a goalkeeper in on loan despite having a keeper on the books and Hart on loan at birmingham at the time That was Man City.. We are not allowed but they are..

Can say Alnwick didn't take his chance as Newcastle goalkeeper. Think he is one of the worst goalkeeper I have ever seen...

What position is Gouffran playing?

Does Papiss Cisse have like 5 numbers to big shoes

He lost his armband to Tiote and his midfield place to Gouffran, I can see why he was angry...

Sissoko on the right hand side, with gouf in a free role in the middle with his back against the westham goal..

Is Anita getting pardewed?

Mariner got a signed Gerrard shirt..

We should sign this Yanga-Mbiwa guy, he looks absolutely class.

Obertan our man of the match. Cabella worst man of the match closely followed by the rest of our team.

Thought Josh Sims looked good for England u18 against Holland from the clips I saw. Reminded me of a you Michael Owen(before he found his horses)

Hate pardew...

Not having that. How do you explain the fact Colo, possibly even more of a ball playing defender, is untouchable under Pardew? Please don't tell Pardew that Colo is a defender

Bellamy was way more effective, for sure and for a period he was probably our most important player. Dyer had similar problems to HBA I guess. But then neither of them has/had the status Ben Arfa seem to have amongst Newcastle supporters, despite doing way more for the team (Bellamy). That's simply not true. Ben Arfa is moreso because it's ongoing and not ten years ago. Bellamy was absolutely worshipped amongst those who could see what he was worth on the field and it upset me for years afterwards seeing him play for others. I was very much in the Bellamy camp but there was a sizeable proportion of Newcastle fans who backed Souness 100%, and offered some of the exact same arguments - bad attitude, nobody likes him etc. Morons then and morons now. Was there really fans who backed Souness 100% back then? I remember I was gutted when he left for Celtic, and I had a hope that Souness would get sacked before he got back so he would still have a future here. Still getting depressed thinking we went from Sir Bobby Robson to Greame Souness.. Back to the topic, I hope we keep Ben Arfa and that we get a good manager in.

That Valbuena guy on France looked very good

Outscored by Shola Ameobi...

Dont jinx it, he isn't gone yet!