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If that's true then it's a disgrace. may contain some exageration like But probably true

Link? This is what have been said all day. Can we not just offer t*** Ranger in a part ex, and just lie about how good he is a la Ali Dia? Or our experienced, international striker, Peter Lovenkrands. No chance. Loven got homesick in Germany, I doubt he'd travel further south than boro after that experience.

Super. Charlton can finally get their dressing rooms painted. Quids in.

I thought he was very good going forward, nice passing and overlapped very well. He covered for quite a long time when Enrique was out and we didn't really miss him in all that time. Granted it was a lower level but still...

I was replying to the guy who said Nolan and Barton got the best out of him. If those two were involved in any team with Carroll it would end up being hoofball by design. Even at Liverpool they are saying that every time he plays they end up humping the ball long towards his head. And you are assuming that scousers are saying words that aren't complete self-pitying twaddle? I don't really care what the scousers say since I was saying it when Nolan was still here.

Haha. There is alot of them at the moment. Striker 2moz please! COME ON! C'MONN!!

because thats what their sporting director said Whats is he suppose to say before the fee got agreed he is for sale? That actually makes more sense than if you'd wrote it in English

I think Crouch will tell Sunderland to piss off and sign for QPR instead tbh. I'll be gutted but I really don't think he'll want to end up in the shithole on the Wear.

Money talks without a doubt. Will we put it on the table at the end of the day, that's the question?

I think there's still a deal possible but we'll have to be prepared to pay top whack. Clubs aren't going to lose their best strikers this late in the day unless we make it worth their while.

More like it took a year for him to get a game because our managers couldn't see he was a class player when others spotted it much earlier.

I was replying to the guy who said Nolan and Barton got the best out of him. If those two were involved in any team with Carroll it would end up being hoofball by design. Even at Liverpool they are saying that every time he plays they end up humping the ball long towards his head.

Too little too late. As usual.

Do they have a replacement? Are they even willing to sell?

You haven't heard of him? Best rule him out then he must be shit.

No deal failure more likely.

That's because Liverpool are a football team and not set up to play hoofball.

Pieters would have been a sensible signing as well, if unrealistic. He can play LB and in the centre so he could provide the centre back cover we need at this time and switched to lb with Santos on the right afterwards.

Ah well, see ya. Seems a shame you'll be missing out on possibly one of the most promising/exciting squads we've had in a long while. Sorry mate, but Andy Carroll is capable of being one the best strikers in England. Having someone like that play for us is exciting and promising. Not shipping him out only to replace him with a much lesser player on fucking loan from Manchester United. Seriously, even the most pessimistic of us could not have predicted that we replace Carroll with Federico fucking Macheda on a loan. Hopefully it's just rumors but I stick by that stance if this does happen and we don't bring in any other strikers. Loads of Liverpool fans are already calling Carroll a waste of money, clumsy, lumbering etc.

Let the thread die FFS. it'll only end in tears.

so true!

Nice face saving attempt but you must be joking if you think anyone's going to fall for that. £10m for a 30 yr old?

Baggio is right. While in theory of course everyone would like to have 5 spiffing CB's to cover every eventuality, keeping them all happy sitting on the bench is just not going to happen in the real world. Maybe we'll get someone in on loan, Pardew did say it would have to be looked at.

Aye, bet Bolton are feeling they got the right shitty end of the stick having Sturridge for a year. Likewise Sunderland with Welbeck. /Have no problem with adding the option of Macheda to our strikeforce for the season. Could you miss the point any more, do you think BottleDog? I'm not sure Beren. Do tell me again what is your point actually is, and why presumably you think that cases like Sturridge for Bolton don't make a mockery of it. In this day and age, if Citeh/Man Utd/Liverpool can loan players within the division, who aren't allowed to face their parent club, they've essentially got agents at other clubs. So basically, the big clubs can use the smaller clubs within the division to take points off their rivals. Also, the big clubs get to give their youngsters/newbies time to bed in to the Premiership without having any of the risk of dropping them points. They then get first-team ready footballers back. Clubs who don't have limited resources aren't afforded the same option! We need our youngsters because we can't afford two superstars in every position! All this just serves to increase the gap between them and us, when we should be trying to bridge the gap - even if it is unrealistic. It should at least be our aim. Furthermore, I haven't seen anything of Macheda (admittedly not a great deal) to suggest he's any better than what we have here. Also, I dislike Man Utd. Also, I don't think a short-term loan is the answer to our problems. Is Macheda a replacement for Carroll in your opinion? Or is he akin to unproven entities we have enough of at the club? Sunderland are suffering having had Welbeck yanked back from them, and wouldn't be surprised if Bolton struggle for a cutting edge up front soon (though Klasnic has had a decent start to the season). I want a long-term solution for Newcastle that is engineered with us as the number one priority. Not the development of the loaned player, or for the loaning club. But the point is we are trying to buy a striker outright. We would only bring in a loan signing as a last resort I would think.