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I'm liking the look of Branson in a NUFC strip tbh.

Good news. It should be Ryan Taylor right-back and Santon left-back. In terms of defending, I rate Simpson higher than Raylor.

Erdinç, what a fool Looks like he'll be wasting his career if he stays at PSG. The lad needs a move if he want to progress. Like someone has said, it's looking like he's the French-Turkish equivalent of Alan Smith

Another journalistic masterclass from Ryder.

The Sky cameras will probably try and find Barton in the stadium. Can see him travelling up for the game really despite being suspended.

On Saturday, Pardew was asked about Ba's supposed clause but he dodged the question. We need some sort of comment from Llambias really.

Why? Because we've been bit in the balls in the past regarding signing players on long term contracts, and then getting long-term injuries (*cough*Owen*cough*). I'd imagine Ba's the only player at NUFC atm with a release clause purely because of the apparent 'dodgy' knee. Still doesn't make any sense, the only reason this clause would be activated would be because he is playing well. If he was injured or s*** we would accept anything to get him off the books, NOT give him a release clause no club would pay when we were desperate to get rid. It does make sense though Jon, if we've given him a low basic wage and made his contract highly performance-based then it's potentially something negotiated by Ba's people to compensate for that. Nobody's saying it's something the club's insisted on, more something we may have agreed to. In that context I suppose it does, that's not the way I read TU's post though. I still find it hard to believe, criticise the board for whatever you want but f***ing themselves out of money isn't something they do very often and Ba's 'exploding knees' had us in the driving seat when negotiating a contract. Maybe the clause is true, just a number of factors make it very difficult to believe (as said we were holding all the cards, why hasn't a club spoken to him yet especially as the ACN must cause some difficulty trying to sign a player once it's under way etc..). A player who has scored 15 goals already this season at £5m isn't any sort of gamble at all, especially given the amount of games he has managed the past few years despite dodgy knees (think his career average was about 30 games a season, which means with a 1 in less than 2 goalscoring record you are looking at 15 games a season) as said, doesn't make any sense. Hmm, good point

The condition of Ba's knee could put off some clubs actually. Would the more bigger clubs be willing to take a risk with him? As in will they be willing to offer him a better contract than what he has here and one which is long term? There's always going to be that risk that his knee could go at any time.....

Has to be.

I've read that allegedly the team needs to be in the top six or be playing European football for the clause to be activated. If it was top 6 i would have thought strokeface would have bid already, he talking about Demba in a way that makes you think he wants him but cant have him, but doesn't want us to have him either, jealousy like, if you get what i mean. Indeed.....

I've read that allegedly the team needs to be in the top six or be playing European football for the clause to be activated.

Nope, because Virgin Money have only bought the shirt sponsorship rights. That Douglas from the Chronicle tweeted earlier that discussions about the naming rights were going on with Virgin Money fwiw. Ah so I see

Nope, because Virgin Money have only bought the shirt sponsorship rights.

indeed. Still i don't get how Redknapp is allowed to say these things. I mean fair enough if you have been leaked details or a player's contract but you should not be allowed to then publicly spill them Because Redknapp is the world's worst at tapping up other clubs' players, that's why. He does it every summer and every January. There he is for the SSN cameras, leaning out of his Range Rover talking about players who play for other clubs. I was whinging on generally in the boozer earlier saying IMO all players (aside from commercial interests) should be represented by the PFA. They get paid, generally an obscene wage ruining football, and IMO it's only going to end in disaster. Not a bad plan whatsoever.

Ba's quotes from earlier: The man himself has said he is happy enough here and is only focusing on the ACoN atm. Sure, he's mentioned that he would possibly like to go to PSG some day but as it stands, he's not really thinking about leaving us properly. It does sound like he's still committed to us. As a result, I'm confident that he's not leaving us this month. (Summer however is a different matter).

Hopefully.

f*** off Redknapp

More: So yeah, definitely written for him by his people EDIT: Actually that "The king is dead" quote reminds me of when he was talking about Hughton's sacking.

Just had a look there, transfers aren't unlimited for me.

@Joey7Barton Joseph Barton Gutted to hear about the manager losing his job. We have to stick together as a club at times like these and believe in those above. I'd like to thank Neil, Keith and Mick personally for all they did whilst I was here and wish them all the best in the future.

The night is still young...

Pisshead.