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A 4-3-1-2?

Ancelotti? Decent appointment if true.

Colo? granted but just finding it difficult to believe Ashley would sanction that kind of money on a cb now Yep..... At most I think we'll probably pay £5million for a CB. A £2million fee could get you a defender who would provide decent cover (eg. Ridgewell).

I think I should make my PL Fantasy Football team the same as my Sky Sports Fantasy Football team. My latter team is doing so well....

@OptaJean Opta XI - Opta's Ligue 1 best XI: Ahamada - Debuchy, Chedjou, N'Koulou, Monzón - Hazard, Pastore, Balmont, Nenê - Lisandro, Giroud. Index.

NUFC players' signatures: http://www.nufc.co.uk/staticFiles/4f/97/0,,10278~169807,00.pdf

Stupid thing to say, but no malice in it whatsoever. I don't think people should make too much of a deal of it tbh.

Guthrie on the right doesn't work. We would at least have someone on the right who'll be able to put a quality ball in from time to time.

I would tell you his name, but the baying mob then stoned him to death. A Liverpool fan with some sense! Never thought I'd see the day.

Giroud is another target, apparently he has a release clause of 10 million euros. I think it's a reasonable fee so I hope Ashley goes for it.... But first thing's first, we need a CB!

Shola getting a run of games Our strikeforce (forwards) when Ba goes to the ACoN = Best, Ben Arfa, Shola, Sammy, Lovenkrands [i've put Ben Arfa in there as he will be integral/key to our forward play when Ba's gone even though he's not a proper striker]

Oh Rafa....

Giroud is another target, apparently he has a release clause of 10 million euros. I think it's a reasonable fee so I hope Ashley goes for it.... But first thing's first, we need a CB!

I see Bordeaux have climbed to 10th in Ligue 1 They had a terrible start to the season so it's good to see them in the top half at the halfway point of the season. (Though, they're 5 points above 18th).

Need someone to start scoring goals as well as Ba........howay Leon! Tbf, as much as I like Leon I dont think he could hit a barn door. When Ba does go to the ACoN, I'm expecting Best upfront on his own with Ben Arfa behind in the number 10. So we really do need Best to rediscover his goalscoring form. Agree, cant see anything but that. If that is Pardews plan, he somehow needs to get Best & Ben Arfa some game time together. Yep, there's really no-one else. I'm definitely not trusting Shola to score the goals when Ba's away. Concerning the latter part of your post, there's the FA Cup game against Blackburn......

Need someone to start scoring goals as well as Ba........howay Leon! Tbf, as much as I like Leon I dont think he could hit a barn door. When Ba does go to the ACoN, I'm expecting to see Best upfront on his own with Ben Arfa behind in the number 10. So we really do need Best to rediscover his goalscoring form sooner rather than later.

Apparently, Celtic are interested in Kris Boyd.....

Any word on their next manager? Rijkaard was rumoured and I'd absolutely love that. Thought Rafa was linked with it a few weeks ago? Indeed he was. Rijkaard has recently been thrown into the mix though.

Not to write him off completely, but it sure as hell justifies dropping him to the bench. Dropping him could be the incentive he needs to buck up his ideas. Some one on one coaching would probably do him some good too because as it stands, he is making all the wrong decisions on the pitch. Definitely not going to write him off completely, like I've said before, I'll give him the full season to prove himself.

He always looks a miserable sod, but there is no way he can be enjoying his football here. Considering he's getting loads of stick from the fans in the stands, it's understandable why he'd look miserable atm (plus his form has been shite so a look of personal reflection possibly).

I don't mind Best though he should really learn the offside rule. It's getting beyond frustrating now seeing him standing in offside positions.

Like some have said, our second goal was great play in that Ben Arfa saw the pass was on and when it was put through Ba reacted quickly to it. It's things like that (and their link up play in the City game) which should indicate that Ba upfront on his own with Ben Arfa behind him in the number 10 can work. The understanding is definitely there, they just need a lot more playing time together to develop it further.

Well only geordiemonster and Ethi. Well I don't know what the Enrique body language thread was BUT the fact is Enrique's body language suggested he wanted to leave and it is an undisputed fact that he no longer plays for us..... Yes monster.... if this guy wants to leave he can i am not a big fan of people who can not pass balls accuratly his is the worst i have seen. 20 mil ha .... Mick's Helcophter should be used again... Are you on the wind up tonight? It's Ethi, howay. True, very true.