morpeth mag

Must be going to wear 7 or 8.

press conference 3pm - always ITK

if it was just a football issue then he would be loaned out - must be attitude as well

Harper to SAFC!

We've turned down Cabeye even though he was desperate to join

Jonas will only be sold if Enrique goes: will Liverpool buy them as a pair when they're so heavily linked to the Zog?

Barton has said something funny on twitter?

Probably thought the cops were coming for him at the end

The timing of his decision just as our deadline expires gives me a bit of hope. Maybe some friendly faces and a hard sell will make him turn his back on CL for a year or two.

Whilst I have no problem with the team Ferguson picked i think he got the tactics wrong by leaving too much space between the midfield and defence. They had to press as a team or defend deep depending on the circumstance and they did neither. Was disappointed in Valencia and Henandez showed his youth. Giggs showed his age and the effect of outside pressure. Scholes was better than Carrick.

There's also the age factor as at 29(?) he might only have 2 or 3 years left as a premier midfielder. Personally I like him but he's not worth breaking the bank for and I'm not sure if other clubs would pay him £60k pw even if he was a free transfer. I think a deal will be done at some stage.

Went in to the box office yesterday to discuss my move. They said they have only just started to look at moves and had 4000 to work through. They were all on paper and they were therefore unable to find my request and told me I had to wait. Sounded like they were snowed under with one old gadger and his dog on the case.

He went back to France but returned for the new kit launch and stayed for today.

We were unable to keep the ball once Smith came on. Ferguson is a much better left winger than Lua Lua. Simpson can't defend. Shola is pants. Lovenkrands is not a premier player, Nothing we didn't know. Over to you Mike / Alan. Happy spending.

done but we're in 6th place

Don't be too hard on Krul today. He was positive all game coming off his line to clear and whilst he got it wrong for their second goal; every young keeper has to learn. Keep the faith.

No point in not playing Krul. We're safe and it's time to see what he can do ready for next season.

Got the same email even though they have my form - I hope its because we asked to move. Phone call imminent.

Good call from Pardew - he's more than a winger and from the bits we've seen of him so far he isn't going to hug the touchline. I think the other option is to play 433 and use him as a wide roving striker.

I thought Pardew deserved credit for the HT re-organisation which deserved to bring 3pts. I thought our lack of depth on the bench showed and we need HBA to exploit the breaks that came near the end. Defence was agains solid.

tactical understanding based upon u21 games where he played different formations to good effect to suit our strengths

Would be pleased with him - good tactical understanding of the game to go with Pardew's motivation - who knows a couple of decent signings and a win at the SoL and it will be Chris Who!!

Nolan, Barton, Colo amd Williamson were the only players to come out of today with credit.

You need energy to play in CM in this division - next please

Didn't think they'd work well together based on last season but these past two games they have been a real threat. Credit to this is partially with Barton who has put some excellent balls into the box.