Kasper

Woohoo did you hear we're signing this Arfa lad! Come on Ashley you legend!

So where will Ben Arfa fit in their team if they get this Wesley guy? Doesnt seem like he would get to play in his favourite position....

Really starting to hate hughton, talks a good game, nice chap, but really don't think he has it in regards to identifying the players we need You are blaming Hughton? Jesus wept. He was already insane before this whole Ben Arfa thing really got started and he certanly hasnt got any better during it... Neesy that is, not Chris.

ha ha

Maybe he thought that a photo of him at the Newcastle airport would get some action to Bremen

Sometimes words fail me. Every other f***ing post tbh. His post is exactly what's wrong with a lot on here you included. It's always Ashley's fault, you can't see the wood for the trees and always see the pessimism in any transfer situation regarding Newcastle. What a f***ing dimwit you are. Whose fault is it then that we wouldn't pay a ridiculously low fee for a young French international? It's nothing to do with paying fee's. Marseille said to him, go and find a new club. He didn't say I want to leave, they told him to go, so he did everything became agreed, then some other clubs came sniffing around and they got greedy and decided to start moving the goalposts so to speak. The interested parties such as Benfica decided against it when they found out his wage demands, all the while we were still under the idea of a loan for 800k. They started demanding more money claiming more interest when there really wasn't. Rightly or wrongly, I believe rightly we said no because we had a deal in place, and the player was doing it all on his own by refusing to train. I think we were right to hold our position, they wanted an outright purchase, we didn't, and with good reason. He's a fantastic talent no doubt about that I'd love to have him here, but he has undeniable attitude problems, there's nothing stopping him pulling this with us when a bigger club comes in. If come September 1st , we have no one of similar potential or in that position, then I will openly criticise the club for not having contingency plans should this deal collapse. But to make out like we've dithered and made excuses is daft. They've tried to be greedy and we've not budged. Trying to get him on loan to me showed we weren't totally confident in him With good reason, too. Given his record of trouble at previous clubs, it would have been madness to try and buy him. Marseilles haven't exactly been stampeded with offers - most clubs were steering well clear. I've never been convinced that this move would work out, so I'm not too bothered. so would you prefer a team of kevin nolan's to players of quality that's right out of the gordon lee / graeme souness hand book of how not to manage Fuck me.

Maybe he just decided that 72k in Germany is better than 45k in England.....

Sometimes words fail me. Every other f***ing post tbh. His post is exactly what's wrong with a lot on here you included. It's always Ashley's fault, you can't see the wood for the trees and always see the pessimism in any transfer situation regarding Newcastle. What a f***ing dimwit you are. Whose fault is it then that we wouldn't pay a ridiculously low fee for a young French international? It's nothing to do with paying fee's. Marseille said to him, go and find a new club. He didn't say I want to leave, they told him to go, so he did everything became agreed, then some other clubs came sniffing around and they got greedy and decided to start moving the goalposts so to speak. The interested parties such as Benfica decided against it when they found out his wage demands, all the while we were still under the idea of a loan for 800k. They started demanding more money claiming more interest when there really wasn't. Rightly or wrongly, I believe rightly we said no because we had a deal in place, and the player was doing it all on his own by refusing to train. I think we were right to hold our position, they wanted an outright purchase, we didn't, and with good reason. He's a fantastic talent no doubt about that I'd love to have him here, but he has undeniable attitude problems, there's nothing stopping him pulling this with us when a bigger club comes in. If come September 1st , we have no one of similar potential or in that position, then I will openly criticise the club for not having contingency plans should this deal collapse. But to make out like we've dithered and made excuses is daft. They've tried to be greedy and we've not budged. i think you call that transfer negotiations, something all clubs do! if NUFC really wanted the player, they would of made an offer which marseille would want! trying to get him on loan to me showed we weren't totally confident in him Probably because we werent. Understandably.

Too bad for him. Doesnt get to learn from Vuckic now...

Great main attribute for a winger, that. When you're the only one in the team capable of doing it then it doesnt matter where you play.

And I remember thinking last night that he has been working on his crossing. He put a couple nice balls in the box.

Jonas' main attribute is the ability to keep the ball under pressure. That will be pretty vital for us in certain matches this season. Him keeping the ball at his feet for a while and running in circles like a chicken, like some of you always love to remind, allows the rest of the team to move forward and not stay under pressure on our own half.

Wouldnt count on that with this guy in charge.

200 already? OLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

200? edit: meh........

"So, he can leave"

Chris you're awesome

That's a pretty weak bench like.

I think it's probably genuine. The guy who found it is the manager of GAIS who play in the Swedish Elitserien (Premier league). Took it home to put it on his wall

http://fotboll.expressen.se/landslaget/1.2097042/skotska-taktiken-alla-pa-zlatan Piece of paper discovered from the dressing room Scotland used in their match against Sweden

I'm confused at how these guys become journalists when everyone on here could have told him that two days ago They only spend half a day going through all the French newspapers and football related forums. We pros here do it 24/7.

Not really.. I think he is looking after the interest of l'OM, not NUFC's, in the way you would expect him to tbh... That would be fair comment if we hadn't agreed a deal which he renegade on. The agent himself has said they set conditions which we met, only for them to turn around and change the conditions. Like we did with Milner a couple of seasons ago? What has that got to do with anything?The difference in that deal was that we actually cancelled that deal as we wanted to keep the player, we didn't just up the price. Like we did with Dyer?

one stat that amazes me, is that he scored more goals at St James' Park than Kieron Dyer did So what, Shola Ameobi has scored more in the Champions League than the entirety of the Premier league Bar, Man U, arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. It's a pretty unimpressive statistic, really.[/pedantic] wrong, shearer has scored more in the champions league than shola Didn't know that Shearer was a Preamier League team....

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2010/20100815_142203_diouf-met-son-grain-de-sel.html Former OM president Pape Diouf says Dassier is a tosser. Pretty much.