Unbelievable

Chronicle well and truly back in the club's back pocket and helping pave the way for a Carver announcement after the Southampton game. Bastards, the lot of them.

I'm sure it came out that he never actually said these things but could be wrong. I remember reading the quotes at the time and thinking 'this is it' Ashley never gives interviews and Im pretty sure the paper made this guff up. Its everything NUFC fans wanted to hear, where in reality we constantly get told the opposite, cant compete , 5 year plans, no money... "wallop" Such a northern expression, no way would Ashley used that kind of word. IT came out on a sunday, to sell papers. Load of guff. That is simply not true. Before the relegation/promotion there were plenty of statements from Ashley, Mort and Llambias indicating a similar level of ambition. Hell, Keegan was ordered to London for crunch talks for daring to suggest top four might be beyond us without very significant investment.

Surely not?

He's getting the gig isn't he? FFS

Ours is definitely thicker than your like. Yours may not be interested any longer and unable to find a buyer to cut ties, ours is a devious cunt who takes pleasure in taking apart something many people hold dear.

As long as he can drip feed Rangers enough cash until the end of the season (with his cost-cutter in chief already in place) then he can get on with the business of selling NUFC and that's why I suspect we are dragging our heels over a new manager. Rangers can't raise equity and no-one else is going to loan them money while Ashley is the majority creditor, meanwhile the club bleeds millions each month. He's got this one sewn up. He will find a way around the dual ownership/Scottish FA issue imo. Good things don't happen to this club unfortunately.

Oh and James, lay off the drugs man

This is not outside the reals of possibility if you ask me, the good news being he might well get killed by a Rangers fan.

Chaos factor

Link us up. http://threeandin.com/remi-garde-lined-up-for-newcastle-hot-seat/

Will Ajax be there still?

True. They were paying him wages though, which has to be taken into account in how much the Defoe deal will ultimately cost them.

Defoe's game is about more than pace to be fair. Fires his shots very quickly with little back lift catching out goalkeepers and seems to score a lot of his goals from distance in open play. Not injury prone either for somebody relying on pace if I remember correctly. I think he will definitely keep them up this season and next, which will have made the investment more than worth it. Whether the length of the deal comes back to bite them in the arse after that will depend on how quickly he tails off, but I don't think it's a bad deal at all personally, especially when you factor in they've got rid of Antiscore. Yes, they overpaid a little (wages mainly), but then they have to or no player of his ability would even contemplate joining them.

Could just be a case of Colo asking for an update on the new manager search on behalf of the squad. If we feel so frustrated at how long this takes and the lack of communication from the powers that be, imagine how the players must feel.

Plus he has no future at the club. Points to Charver imo, so hope it's not true.

This club

Yep

They're overpaying as per usual, but if he keeps them up in the next few seasons it'll be more than worth it.

Where's this?

with fire Having said that, what is a Pardew quote from May 2014 doing in this Garde thread?

God damn, hope he doesn't get him. Fuck off Pardew!

Almost

Has anybody seen the source for this? I know your media are rank, but come on.

Great game that