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Is it just me or is the vertical "Newcastle United Football Club" stripe missing?

FA Cup Ah, forgot about that one. Cheers!

Just a random question, but looking through the fixture list and there aren't any scheduled for weekend 15-16/2. Why is that? As far as I can see there are matches in the Championship and no internationals...

Poor mans Shola tbh

Didn't Allardyce field 7 defenders against us when Blackburn beat us 2-1 at SJP in 10/11? Robinson Samba Givet Nelsen Salgado Jones Chimbonda Emerton Kalinic Pedersen Hoilett accoring to nufc.com. So if you count Emerton as a defender, which he almost is, you're right.

I quite like that 10+ games in this case actually is 10+1. And winning 10 out of 11 games for City, playing what I only can assume against lesser teams isn't really all that impressive. Don't know why I got all this worked up for by this particular stat

Potentially worth £8m according to BBC!

As a defensive midfielder he's immense. But my only problem with him is that he tries too much in the attack. He's nog the most gifted passer of the ball and should only make short range passes to more creative minds. Leave crosses and such things to others. If I'm not mistaken, one of his crosses almost cost us a goal but luckily Lennon(I think it was) couldn't convert. Overall he's great. Quality attitude and he could probably crush a diamond with his fist

In the first half he couldnt cope with Bale. Probably should have been sent off as well. Last season he did alright, not as bad as many wants to point out, but today he was poor.

It looks so cheap. And I'm not to fond of having white as the dominating colour. Well, at least the away strip is nice!

Such an ugly sponsor. Now, wouldn't it be sort of funny if the didn't manage to qualify to the group stage of the Champions League?

Not the bump I wanted either and I'm dubious about the interesting aspect too. Boy, you lot are a tough crowd to please!

Reading an article on a swedish fan site about Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas' latest rant. He has apparently said that he wasn't too pleased with some of the high earners performances last season and that they will be looking to flog some players. One of those mentioned in particular is Cissokho who has been pretty vocal the last few days (according to the article) about his intentions of leaving Lyon and has also hired a lawyer who specialises in sports. Could we be lurking in the shadows perhaps?

Now, Imagine me coming on your forum and telling all the Spurs fans that Fraser Forster was signing for Celtic. No-one gives a monkeys man. To be fair though, this thread is called "other clubs' transfers" so there's really no need to act like a dick. That said, some of the posts by Martin Jol are not suited for a Newcastle forum, but overall do posters who support other clubs contribute a lot to this board and we shouldn't push them away.

Are people warming to the idea of spikes because they honestly like it or because they realise we're stuck with spikes so might as well embrace the design?

Their best football?...

Tunnel cam from our game http://mcfc.co.uk/Video/Features/Manchester-City-v-Newcastle-United-tunnel-cam-20-Nov

Love the deadline day! From BBCs watch: Andy in Leeds via text: "Just seen Alan Smith in Leeds City Centre, replacement for Gradel? Triumphant homecoming?" EDIT: Massive Giggs I see now..

Just try Firefox. Tried it first in Safari 505 but it didn't work, then opened Firefox and it's working beautifully. And oh, what a legend the commentator is!

My first away shirt but I only just realised that the black pattern on the shirt is the seahorse part of the crest. Well done me!

can't see that being pulled off, real are lining up for the summer (thats the common theme anyway) whats his buyout clause? No clue tbh (need village here asap). €36m from what I can find. Think he'd be class in the Prem. Some say €63m though which is a bit mad. According to Sid Lowe on the Guardians football weekly podcast his buy out clause, with VAT included, is in the region of €60m. So without VAT it should be around €50m I would take it. Since there has been a VAT discussion here already, I might add the reason being he told the buy out clause with VAT included, is that the Bilbao president is adamant Llorente won't leave the club(election coming up) so if any club are to buy him they will have to launch a hostile bid which would have the VAT

I'm lost for words. He truly deserves to work for someone better than what our boardroom can offer. Served the club fantastically and has been a class act since day one. And him in a suit

Speaking of Yak, it's his 28th birthday today.. Or so they claim

Or the free kick against the Mackems at SJP in 2005, on my 18th birthday and all

Doesn't Hodgson have an awful away PL record? IIRC, according to the Guardian podcast he has only won 11 games away from home in his last six years as a Premier League manager..