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Imo Ashley is running the club the right way for the long term. See West Ham how it can all go horribly wrong by splashing cash just because you have some.

No, no it could'nt. Imagine if we did Spuds would be gutted should be ashleys masterplan, totally f*** his spurs mates over now right at the end of the window when it's become totally apparent that without more signings they're gonna struggle ashley steps in and nicks anyone quality from them! Whereas, in fact, he is doing exactly the opposite. The 'promised land' of us being owned by a billionaire appears to have turned sour. He owns us - but does he have our interests at heart - or does he have the interests "of some other club (s)" at heart? The whole "we are second class citizens thing" (Keegan) and "we are not spending big money thing" (Ashley) . . . is VERY odd. Don't suppose you've got a link to that have you? Missed it. It is implicit in pretty well everything he has said and done for the last few months. He is wanting to cut down the wage bill, he is not going to spend big on the wrong sort of players (obviously good but seems to be code for "he is NOT going to spend big on ANY players") - but mainly it is his A C T I O N S (allied to Keegans words). He is committed to firming-up our (realistic, as some on here delightedly say) 'Second Class' (nothingness, as Sir John Hall used to say) status. Great fun. A record fee for a defender (£10m), a record bid for a midfielder (£18m). Yup he's not willing to spend any money

Its a difficult one imo. No doubt Milner will always give 100% no matter what his situation is, and that attitude should be supported. But an over the top showing by the crowd could give a powerful message to the players over where we feel the balance of power lies

Seriously not the player they need or the club he needs at the moment

Re the 'going public' aspect. How are the club supposed to let other lcubs know that a request has gone in without it being talked about outside of the club? And once it has been communicated it is bound to get out into the public domain. 'Ok James, we accept your request, but we are not going to tell anyone about it and if you or your 'agent' do then you are acting outside the terms of your contract'. I don't think so somehow! My guess is that the club had been tipped off that a story was going to be running about the transfer request and for once it has been pre-empted with a press release.

Not really what anyone wants to hear the day after the "big meeting" with the directors. If this is the case and no-one is lined up to join us then it is even more important that Milner doesn't leave the club. Thats from Tuesday, not after the meeting

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Why would he not be interested in Man City or Everton but would be in coming here? KK that much of a pulling factor? And his Dad, The Toon is the one club he wished he had played for. He won't let Shaun make a mistake twice in his career with choice of club

name me a better player that you could get for £1mil. Jonas?

Re first sentance. What a load of rubbish! OK, so he could have put a request in sooner. Maybe something has happened to tip the balance in the favour of moving in the last week. Would you rather he drops hints in the papers that he wants awy whilst sitting on a loyalty bonus from us? Its refreshing to see players slap in a transfer request when they want to leave. Barry could learn a lot here Has Milner not stated that he has been unhappy for ages, hence the link with Villa for the past four or five transfer windows? I could be imagining it, but I could have sworn that he has been "on his way out" for a couple of years now. In any case, I agree that it is refreshing to see players hand in transfer requests but, once again, the power has been displaced from the club and onto the player. He is under contract and should Villa (or whichever club is apparently interested) decide not to pick him up, I wish him all the luck in the world trying to perfect his skills in the reserves. I'm so gald Jonas saw out his contract Point missed. If Jonas announced that he intended to leave a few minutes after proclaiming that he was happy to stay, I would have no problems with the fans of his old club being annoyed. Just because we have taken advantage of another player getting out of his contract does not mean that we have to be happy when one of ours does it, especially if Milner has been unsettled by O'Neil. So in an interview just after a game which we won Milner is asked about the speculation (direct question). 'Actually I'm off to speak to the gaffa tomorrow to slap in this transfer request' Would you be happy? Ever since Milner returned from his loan he has been nothing but professional in the way he has applied himself on the pitch and in the press. If he wants to leave good luck to the guy, I personally have no problem in him deciding he wants to leave. If he stays for whatever reason you can guarantee that he will continue to give 100% on th epitch, thats all you can ask for really

Re first sentance. What a load of rubbish! OK, so he could have put a request in sooner. Maybe something has happened to tip the balance in the favour of moving in the last week. Would you rather he drops hints in the papers that he wants awy whilst sitting on a loyalty bonus from us? Its refreshing to see players slap in a transfer request when they want to leave. Barry could learn a lot here Has Milner not stated that he has been unhappy for ages, hence the link with Villa for the past four or five transfer windows? I could be imagining it, but I could have sworn that he has been "on his way out" for a couple of years now. In any case, I agree that it is refreshing to see players hand in transfer requests but, once again, the power has been displaced from the club and onto the player. He is under contract and should Villa (or whichever club is apparently interested) decide not to pick him up, I wish him all the luck in the world trying to perfect his skills in the reserves. I'm so gald Jonas saw out his contract

William Prunier?

What are the quotes in relation to, a response to what? They were before the match btw

Re first sentance. What a load of rubbish! OK, so he could have put a request in sooner. Maybe something has happened to tip the balance in the favour of moving in the last week. Would you rather he drops hints in the papers that he wants awy whilst sitting on a loyalty bonus from us? Its refreshing to see players slap in a transfer request when they want to leave. Barry could learn a lot here

Yes after about 3 weeks, my point was the deadline is monday. You can't negotiate like that at the end of a window if you MUST sign some players. Edit South Tynedale Mag: yes we did sign him for an excellent fee and I like the way he negotiates but like I said above deadline is monday adn nowt is tied up. But you could negotiate like that when he did! I don't know, but would assume that its a case of horses for courses where negotiating is concerned

I'm assuming that there will be vids on UTUBE (in work and can't check) but check out SWP in his Citeh days. A front 4 of SWP, Jonas, Owen and Martins would scare the winnits out of defenders

My ratings Given - not much to do, not much he could have done with either goal Beye - unspectacular Colo - Steady and assured Bassong - steady and assured Enrique - Proved we do have a left back in the squad Butt - Time has come to phase the guy out Guthrie - Tidy, can and will get better Zog - Proved he is not the left back in the squad Jonas - Played with heart and a brain Milner- Played like he wants away Ron - Steady Owen - Ronseal

Wounded!!!! Did you buy it within the last 14 days? If so it's not fit for purpose therefore you are entitled to a refund legally. No its not, its a personal modification to the standard design therefore falls outside the fit for purpose tag unless the numbers fall off

We don't need another hero!

Smokescreen

I'm sure they do have ocnference call meetings. But in every business from time to time you will have a sit down meeting (lunch provided, dress code business casual) where you finalise things and thrash out the big issues. Both Mike and Kevin seem like people who would prefer face to face contact anyway

So what time is the meeting then? This board is going to be rumour overload later

Mike can that still be classed as racism or not? I went with that because the of the black and white. I didn't see what you saw. If there is any racism, it's yours, tooj. tsk tsk tsk, man. Aye because the title of the picture clearly shows that's what you meant. What film is Isla in there mate? Has potential by the looks of it Was a TV show back in the day. Was godawful as all hell. Power Rangers? Was quality that man

England's Michael Owen scores yet again for Newcastle United. This is why we need to tie him down to a new contract, the man scores goals when it matters

Mike can that still be classed as racism or not? I went with that because the of the black and white. I didn't see what you saw. If there is any racism, it's yours, tooj. tsk tsk tsk, man. Aye because the title of the picture clearly shows that's what you meant. What film is Isla in there mate? Has potential by the looks of it