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Since when was this the case?

Says in the Shields Gazette we're not willing to pay £6m for him, there is a link somewhere.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/team_of_the_tournament.html

The legendary "stick 12 of them on and see if no-one notices" formation Move Ballack to bench then instead of Van Der Vaart.

Donny tickets are likely to be £15/£5 as this is what the home fans are being charged.

What was the green and white flag Ramos was wearing ? Andalusia flag, his and Puerta's region of Spain.

He's got a lovely slag of a ladyfriend Guiza n all. She's more than welcome on Tyneside.

GK - Casillas LB - Capdevilla RB - Sabri CB - Puyol CB - Marchena DM - Senna CM - Iniesta CM - Xavi LM - Schweinsteiger AM - Ballack RM - Sneijder CF - Pavyluchenko Subs: GK: Buffon Def: Anyukov Mid: Frings Mid: V.D Vaart Att: Villa

Any links to that on the net yet? Whoop There It Is http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-utd/newcastle-utd-news/2008/06/29/toon-open-talks-with-swiss-star-79310-21168213/

Cacapa is a good player when faced with a small, nippy player but when faced with a bruiser type striker he struggles as he doesn't have the physical force to gain the one-up on him but he is far from a shite player, past his prime maybe but he will still be a decent alternative to have in the squad. Some peoples over-reactions on here are farcicial.

TBH, fuck all chance of Baptista coming here, reckon he'll go back to Seville like

Chelsea away?

Sure he was quoted when at Arsenal that he didn't think much of the north of England.

Not sure it would beat Mars though.... Out on penalties probably. Midfield is too attacking, need to axe Gerrard or stick him on the left and put Ince/Batty in.

Michael Carrick sounds the same as he did 5-6years ago, if you asked a bunch of people that didnt know where he was from, after listening to him speak ar least 90% would say north east

Agree, but he is big,strong & difficult to shake off the ball so he could be a focal point. Viduka is one of only a few big lads who have mastered the art of playing football along with the Zlat

Has signed for undisclosed fee http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3747201,00.html Should be a good signing for them. After all, he got Toulouse into the Champions League the other year, and was troubled by injuries this season. His Euro performance is of no interest since he played on the wing for some reason. He has also shown his ability on a higher level when he scored against Spain and had a terrific all round performance against them last fall. Good signing for Bolton! Good player, interesting to see how he copes with having the ball belted at him from all angles. Suggested him in the other thread as a Viduka replacement.

Legend, brilliant news.

think he plays for Athletico Madrid...isn't he? ah shit aye forgot about that, what a spacka, same applies though.

McBride has moved to Chicago Fire, his hometown club.

Much like Martins he's a good player when he doesn't have to think. Take him in a heartbeat like but why would he leave CL Villareal to move here. Brilliant workrate too.

Eren Derdiyok, Hamit Altintop (not sure if he'd move though), Daniel Pranjic

They actually win stuff tho. F**k me they have revamped their team and we've done nothing but the Spears kid. Come on Mikey, get your wallet out man. I suppose that's the hard bit for a Newcastle fan to take as there never is a great difference in the two clubs, Newcastle have fallen just short in the Premiership and the FA Cup, while Spurs, never challenging for the League, have picked up the occasional bit of silverware. I think the fans' views would have changed a lot had Newcastle won one of the the FA Cups, one cup success can generate a lot of optimism for following seasons. It's the 'we've done it once, we can do it again' thinking, not 'is it possible to win something this year?' As for revamping the squad, I'm surprised, I thought the Newcastle management would have done a lot more than they have. Maybe not so much that no-one for the first team squad has been signed but the lack of links to players who may be added. I'm not rubbing at old sores but Gomis looked poor in the Euros and Arshavin now looks to be completely out of reach, so does Turan. But are £15m players (give or take) really what Newcastle need when the squad overall needs significant improvement? My view, rightly or wrongly, is that Newcastle needs to adopt a Portsmouth approach, a bigger squad mainly made up with experienced freebies or players costing around the £7m mark. Diarra, Muntari, Kranjcar, Utaka, Defoe and Johnson individually look decent enough but put together they're a lot more effective than the sum of the individuals. As for the Spurs squad, there still seems to be more work in progress with a solid DM, Bentley and 1 or 2 CD's left on the list (plus a new striker if Bent moves on). The pleasing thing from the Spurs point of view is that Ramos wanted most of the new purchases to be made before the start of pre-season training so they could bond together better and, so far, that's been happening. For the opening day of the season, the team could look something like: Gomes Hutton - Woodgate - King/New - Bale New/Zokora New/Lennon Dos Santos Modric Keane Berbatov Subs: Pick 7 from: Alnwick - Gunter - Gilberto - Dawson(?) - Zokora - Malbranque - Jenas - Huddlestone - O'Hara - Bent Diarra is still the #1 pick for DM, whether he can prised away from Pompey is another thing, Bentley has to tell Ince to his face that he wants away before that can progress and the list of CD options is almost as long as the GK list prior to Gomes' arrival. I'm happy with how it's gone so far. That midfield lookslike one that will be good at home but will get trampled all over away especially playing with two very attack minded full backs. Tottenham, as with last season, be a good team to watch.

Deco didn't play in the hole really though, he much more a box to box player, something Arshavin is not. If Barca do buy him it's probable they'll stick him on the left cutting in as they have with Messi on the right.

Yossi Benayoun isn't the worst shout I've heard, can play all over midfielder/off the striker, bags of experience and chips in with a few goals. He's offensive to the eyes though.