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I make it roughly 34 hours left. It really looks doubtful we are getting anyone - I hope this means JFK won't be able to show his face at SJP this season after the exaggerations and lies.

hope not. him staying there is what we want. Definitely - he will ruin them eventually!

PDC will not be there much longer imo. Apart from the 0-3 and a few results when he joined (probably due to the new manager bounce factor) he has done nowt apart from buy a load of very average players, flog them hard in training and slag them off in public.

Sadly I think you are right and I don't know why I am refusing to accept this!

Ince plus one of Ba or Gomis would be perfect with Lightbulbheed sent to Forest/The Glue Factory an added bonus. Unfortunately we have less than 48 hours to pull these off unless of course we are already somewhere down that bloody line.

You hear all kinds of stuff and it is more likely to not be true. My own old man was told by someone he trusts we had signed Bendtner a few years ago and that was bollocks. I was told by the bloke next to me at the game today that Gomis is "in the bag" which may also be totally wrong. Guess we will find out in 50 hours time!

The fat fucker should sell us then!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/8899831/ Down to one "over the line"

Will be into hours soon.

Big fan of Thauvin but he does not seem interested in joining us at all. We won't be able to rely on Cabaye's persuasion anymore either!

More great news - I thought he might have been JFK's preference over Douglas. Seems we are getting Nee Buggerall instead.

But the 5% sell-on clause is not resolved!

Has agreed to lower his wage demands to join if you believe GFN.

Pardew in the Journal tomorrow saying he does not expect a backlash. Think he will definitely get booed - too much negativity around at the moment for it not to happen.

Seems nowt in the papers tomorrow at least so far. Hope it is the calm before the storm but somehow doubt it!

From .com: Demba Ba-ck? Update: the BBC ran a piece on Thursday quoting a representative of Demba Ba as saying that the player would rather remain at Chelsea this season and there's nothing in talk of a return to Newcastle. The almost inevitable claims of a return to Tyneside for Magpies old boy Demba Ba did the rounds ahead of Wednesday's League Cup win - seemingly prompted by Chelsea circulating the player's availability. There's undoubted interest from Newcastle in the striker, but some confusion over whether his present club are content to loan him out or prefer a permanent deal. A temporary switch seems to be our preferred option, but the claimed loan fee of £3m will doubtless be a problem. However the issues that clouded Ba's goal-rich time in toon remain, not least of which is a pre-existing issue with his knee that didn't affect his availability while a Magpies, but have contractual/medical ramifications. There's also the little matter of the tactical dilemma of pairing Ba with his Senegal colleague Papiss Cisse that was never resolved to the satisfaction of both players. And it's also unclear whether Ba (and his numerous agents) would be keen on making a return to Tyneside, or would prefer to take his talents overseas. Previous claims of interest from clubs in both the Gulf and Russia have been made, while more recently a link with Serie A side AS Roma was doing the rounds. Sky claim that Newcastle are one of six Premier League clubs to have enquired about Ba and that list is likely to include another of his former clubs - West Ham. A second stint at the Boleyn could appeal to the player if he's developed a liking for London life, although his departure from the relegated Hammers left a sour taste in the mouths of some fans and prompted some racist abuse from one guest at the club's end of season awards night. Of course, this could all just be a huge misunderstanding caused by our Director of F***all asking for directions to the nearest ale house. If not, let's hope someone checks with Ba that our latest shirt sponsor is acceptable...

Put him on the bench.

Think there will be boos!

Maybe Tom Ince might be back on? A winger an CF would make a big difference - get on it JFK!

About a 100 hours left to make it happen Alan....

I bet you're not. Looking for a bite? Spent too much time checking that nothing has happened.

4 more days of this to go. Be happy when it is over.

Press conference on soon. Hope he has some positive things to say (without any clichés).

http://tyneandwear.sky.com/newcastleunited/article/79088/newcastle-united-in-demba-ba-and-bafetimbi-gomis-talks-today Sheer guesswork and conjecture imo.

Shola will never leave!