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Amazing. Quite chuffed for him tbh (I'm laughing in joy, haha).

Will be one of the greatest senses of justice in the governing football world.

The excitement...

If the mis-management of Ben Arfa isn't enough evidence of Pardew's ineptitude, then look no further than the treatment of Yanga-Mbiwa - again we've got a situation where we've ruined a good player through sheer mis-management. Pardew's blatant favouritism in starting that c*** Steven Taylor, has really been of a detriment to Yanga-Mbiwa's progress. Anyone who's seen our games should/will have clearly seen that the CB partnership of Yanga-Mbiwa and Williamson was one that was solid as it can be (and it can be argued that it was better than the Coloccini-Williamson partnership) and it was really unfair on Mapou to be dropped as soon as Coloccini became fit again. Yanga-Mbiwa should have been the future but as ever that c*** Pardew sees fit to get rid because he doesn't know how to manage a player of Yanga-Mbiwa's calibre. What a fucking shame and what a fucking shambles from everyone within our management. Pardew's management style knows no bounds - "oh I see you've played well...in that case, you're dropped". Pardew sure does know how to ruin players' confidence, man management skills you say...he has fuck all.

The anticipation is rather high...hope he makes the cut.

To be fair, that's approximately what we paid for Mbiwa from them. True but I expect attackers (highly rated ones, that is) to be worth a bit more money than £6.5 million...

No wonder the Montpellier president/chairman (as crazy as he is) hates us, £6.5 million is an absolute pisstake. (Plus looks like he's going to be proven right about Yanga-Mbiwa...).

This is quite amusing, haha. Go on Joey.

Dressed for the occasion, Joey.

What could possibly go wrong...

Anyone who still continues to defend this horrible c*** is just as clueless and disrespectful to the club/fans as he is.

Fucking QPR.

A very unspectacular loan spell, it has to be said. Just wasn't meant to be (though being managed by Pardew couldn't have helped matters).

Never thought I'd see this day come...this was certainly an overdue departure. I do like him as a person though so wish nothing but luck for him in his future endeavours. What it comes down to though is that Shola, unfortunately, simply offered nothing of real note on the field these days (and indeed during the past few years). The signs were promising between 2002 and 2004, it has to be said, so it was a shame to see Shola descend from being somewhat promising to that of an ineffective player especially when there was a time when he did seem to have an ounce of finishing ability. He won't be missed from a footballing point of view but I'll never forget his performances/goals against the mackems. Good luck Shola.

This will cement Dummett's cult hero status now...haha. If his tackle has actually knacked Suarez...hahaha. This is funny.

Know fuck all about this lad but all the best to you. Just hope he doesn't fall foul to the way we've (Pardew) been coaching youngsters though...our track record isn't great whatsoever...

Would be a mediocre signing at best, especially if he's going to be a first team regular. (Plus he's a fucking cunt and he can fuck right off. Fuck him).

Might as well lock the thread. This is clearly a no-go. Looks like the established pattern is continuing: - Linked with a big(ish) player; - Gets bigged up in the press, quotes from player/agent; - NUFC make an offer; - Offer declined due to it being derisory; - Up our offer by a bit; - Offer gets rejected; - Player goes somewhere else. - The above wastes 2 months and we start panicking as we have no contingency plan. Repeat the above steps for any other potential player we go for.

Would not mind Rodwell here, made a horrible career move when he went to City but think he would do alright here (provided he gets games of course...). Probably won't get Pardewed too easily...()

Oooooo.

That's a good finish...meh.

Clumsy play.

Oh wow

Boom.

That's not a penalty. EDIT: maybe it was...