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I'm beyond impatient, i've resigned myself to not caring when we get took over as long as it is before the start of the season. I'm already thinking about how important the january transfer window could be for us. For the record i genuinely don't think a takeover is far away.

Did he say something about a wealthy European bidder too? Or did i just imagine that?

I see Owen coming off the bench to score goals for them because he will be a bit part player for them it will benefit him. He will have something of a Solkjear(sp)/Sheringham role.

I agree with the thought that Campbell would be a great mentor for Bassong/Taylor and know doubt he knows Shearer quite well, which would help.

I have a horrible feeling that Owen will score hatfulls for them lot. Forget what he did here, Fergy is a brilliant manager.

Nope but i think it could be close.

Little village in South Tynedale called Bardon Mill, 11 miles past Hexham.

Seems like things are finally drawing to a close, even if it is agonisingly slow. Hopefully by friday we will be given the news that one bidder is in the proccess of formally taking over the club. Fingers crossed that preperations can begin very soon.

Pamarot can play right across the back four, decent player on a free.

I've been to loads of games at SJP and have never heard any racial abuse towards Bramble. Heard him called a Donkey plenty of times but i assumed that was because of two other reasons

I don't know why .com thinks it has anymore inside knowledge than the rags. I'm just as unlikely to believe the papers as i'm an unoffical website TBH.

AC Milan turn down bid from an English club for Pato. Chelsea have been linked with him but it could well be Man City, i'd be surprised if it was anyone else.

Their prospective buyers agreed to buy them before Ashley had even announced he was going to sell our club and their takeover is STILL not done. This is why the end of a month is an unlikely deadline for us.

I feel that we keep on making this mistake of getting rid of youngsters such as Edgar. I realise that he is no world beater but in the championship he would be a more than adequate squad player. Now we will have to go out and by someone to replace him, along with ALOT of other outgoings.

I think that within the next week and a half we will officially accept a bid from one party(with the intention of them taking over the club), however i think it will take another couple of weeks for anything real to happen in terms of the new owners even arriving in Newcastle. I expect every step of this takeover to be long and drawn out. However, once one party is clearly ahead of all others, a manager may be appointed.

Three positive articles, all saying the same thing and dare i say respectable papers? Guardian, Times and the Journal. It may just be a glimmer of hope but it is hope. BTW there is no chance a takeover will be completed by the end of the month, no chance. Shearer might be in charge though.

Sturridge/ Evans on loan?

Maybe he can re-sign Kleberson. This. Ferguson isn't very good in the transfer market IMO, he's bought more **** than most over the years and at high prices. Veron anyone? Fair point, I just think there's been an overreaction to the imminent departure of Ronaldo. Important player but certainly not irreplaceable. I also think people will be surprised by how well Nani and Anderson will do this year both players have the potential to be excellent. As well as a crop of good youngsters, Macheda, Wellbeck, Frazer Campbell etc.

There has got to be someone more proven than Benzema fro Man Utd. Don't get me wrong, he's a highly talented youngster but surely there's a more proven goalscorer out there, now money is not a limit (not that it ever has been with them). EDIT: In fact Eto'o to Man Utd would be a better shout and as i mentioned earlier it wouldn't surprise if they re-signed Rossi this summer.

They have its Leeds did you miss that massive "you'll be amazed" announcement Fucking hell, only just realised that Leeds is a home game. Is that the best they could do?

Fulham is a good shout, simply because Al Fayed is stupid enough to try and bring him in and Hodgson is one of the few who could get something out of him. Still it wouldn't surprise me if Benitez signed him on a smaller wage (surely he'd take the cut for Liverpool) in a Robbie Fowler esq signing. As for Dave Whelan.... knobhead (and yes i would have him as chairman).

So who's that then? Leeds Darlo Huddersfield Dundee Surely the club could arrange one big game at home?

Not saying we would have sold him am just saying he would have wnated to go, no way Al would have agree'd to selling him but the lure of joining Wenger at Arsenal would have turned his head. Sometimes i think there are certain players who always just "want to leave", N'Zogbia, Martins and Bassong fall into that catagory. Why can't they just keep there mouth shut and just leave? When they do leave, a little thanks to the fans wouldn't go a miss too. Zoggy, Milner and Faye yes but Oba has never said anything like wanting away, all he has ever done is declared his love for the club, city and fans. OK,OK i can see i may have had a misjudgment with Oba. Might have known that one would bite me in the arse.

Although i do think the papers stir shit, i think there has been one too many "false stories" when it comes to Martins. Some people give him the benefit of the doubt but i'm inclined to believe that he has been guilty of "engineering" in the past. Either way, the type of player i'm talking about does exist.

we only have speculation to defend him with aswell. exactly. So let's give him the benfit of the doubt then instead of having these daft arguments everytime no i wont give him the benefit of the doubt. i'll await evidence before i decide which side of the fence to be on. I dont even know why you ever consider even parking your arse along side ashley tbh, given what we have seen the last few years. "i dont know who to blame because i havent seen any concrete evidence" "omfg ashley arselicker facepalm pwnd" as usual. My big gimps minge. What evidence do you want, we got relegated because of the decisions coming from the owner and his cronies. i'd like to know why keegan quit, not (with the benefit of hindsight) what happened after. time will hopefully tell. Allerdyce, KK and Kinnear all said we needed players, all 3 of them were ignored. Allerdyce was sacked and KK quit what does that tell you. that we have very little money? thats actually a fact. allardyce practically wasted about £20+ million btw. Only actually spent about £10m iirc (Parker, Dyer gaining money). Wasted all but about £4m of it mind and racked up a staggering wage bill in the process. indeed. but buying barton, smith, rozenhal and enrique (until recently) was a complete waste. i see that as a small scale model of the "souness summer". The problem with both Souness and Allardyce is that they signed some good players but had no coaching ability whatsoever to anything constructive with them.