LooneyToonArmy

99% of people on here will have no fkcing clue who you're on about unless they play the Argie league on FM religiously

There's only one little donkey! http://www.mtnfootball.com/content/Ariel_Ortega.jpg Hope we take a look at denis stracqualursi while were at it. Would be cheapish but I doubt he's good enough. If Boca find some money I'd not be surprised to see him go there to replace San Martin. If we were to go for a striker I'd prefer Téo Gutiérrez although by all accounts he was pretty poor in Europe last time out. Mental that we're being linked with Martinez. Leftfield as f***. The two times I've watched Velez I can't remember him doing anything but I wouldn't have been paying attention on him. He looks the dibs of Ortega in that pic n all. Velez won the league this season right? Seems he is quite highly rated in Argentina, but he'll need an EU passport to play here. looks a bit like gervinho in style of play from youtube vids, wide forward who cuts inside and takes players on. there's an amazing goal on there that he scored against racing. aye, i seem that too....worth having a look via that popular site.... Title : Juan Manuel Martinez golazo vs Racing Club, Apertura 2010

Paul Brayson

This is probably the best we can hope for. Get to see a full season of both Krul and Forster in the PL and then we can make the big decision next summer. Harper is fine as a backup (as long as he never plays). Do Norwich need a keeper now? I have no idea who their no 1 is and if he's any good......

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no fking chance Shola will leave

dont remember but had a quick look on nufc.com and it says he was.... http://nufc.com/2010-11html/transfers-allardyce.html

could you imagine not being interested in that move ffs? don't know....alot of British players prefer to stay at home in their comfort zone unfortunately rather than try a foreign experience....but Bayern ffs....he'd be stupid to not go there.

some mad pitch invasions.... goto the well known video sharing site and type /copy paste *Incidentes en Belgrano de Cordoba y River Plate "Invadieron para apurarlos"*

many players have turned out to be shit managers

Can only see Belgrano going down. River lost 2-0.......they have been fkcing awful in the last few years....well since 2008 especially. The whole set up and league system of the Argentinian league is to protect the bigger sides from relegation with the points aggregate over several seasons but still River have found themselves in this position. Even the play off itself against Belgrano is set up to aid the bigger side. If the scores are level after the two legs there is no extra time or penalty kicks. Belgrano have to beat them outright and River don't even have to win the games just avoid defeat....but 2-0 man PS: Santos won the Copa Libertadores.....quite a poor game actually...Santos clearly better on the night despite the 1 goal difference

You watch a lot of games from the french second tier then? or spends too much time on FM

I agree with that....he really took the pressure off when he ran with the ball/workrate up the other end of the pitch.....of course his crossing isn't great but if he had some other half decent attackers around him (which we seem to be getting), he would be more effective and create chances for others because of his runs. hope we dont sell him

stil can't believe Julian De Guzman left Europe so early to play in the MLS....I'm sure he had some nice options after Deportivo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2005670/Martin-Samuel-So-whats-left-make-Toon-swoon.html It was the eve of a European away game in Germany a few years ago. Manchester United were playing, but Newcastle United were giving them a run back home. A few journalists, a few beers and the talk turned to that most futile of debates: what constitutes a big club? Specifically, did Newcastle now qualify? There was a significant Geordie presence around the table. The sceptics were outnumbered. And yet, as much as anybody ever wins a pub argument, we thought we carried this one. Our case was that the reach of a truly big club must extend beyond their locality. International stature was required, and therefore a significant European pedigree. Newcastle were huge in the North East, granted, but invisible beyond. Kids in areas not served by a Premier League football club did not gravitate towards them the way they did Manchester United or Liverpool. Half of Singapore were not signed up to the supporters’ club. Name the biggest club in Germany. Easy: Bayern Munich. Now the second. The consensus was for Borussia Dortmund, very strong at the time. And the third? There was much discussion. Finally, it was agreed: Hamburg. And nobody even mentioned Schalke 04. Nobody advocated the third best-supported club in Germany, regularly pulling in crowds of more than 60,000 from the industrial outpost of Gelsenkirchen. Schalke were omitted for the same reason Newcastle would be absent from any list of English juggernauts — because they had never experienced great success in Europe. Hamburg played Nottingham Forest in the 1980 European Cup final and signed Kevin Keegan in his prime. These men, of a certain age, all knew Hamburg. None would recognise Schalke as greater simply because of local support. QED, the same applies to Newcastle. Now, who’s getting the beers in? And without wishing to reignite the hoariest of disputes, never has Newcastle’s place in the hierarchy of football been more relevant than now, having lost arguably their best performer, Kevin Nolan, to second-tier West Ham United. Nolan missed out to Joey Barton in the player of the year polls, but Barton is likely to be on his way, too, as is Jose Enrique, Jonas Gutierrez and perhaps Fabricio Coloccini. Even with £35million from the sale of Andy Carroll in the bank, the men who own Newcastle have looked at the numbers and decided many salaries are too rich for their tastes. Size does matter. The Toon Army will consume the dreadful new shirt and fill the ground as always, they will plaster the name of Demba Ba on the back while waiting for the next local hero to emerge, but it is no longer enough. Nolan was earning roughly £45,000 per week and was offered an extra year on his contract at £50,000, plus a £500,000 bonus if Newcastle finished in the top 10. West Ham proposed £55,000 per week and the chance to work with Sam Allardyce again, and Nolan took it. Potential is the key here. West Ham may be in the Championship, but the club are eyeing a swift return to the Premier League and a move to the cavernous Olympic stadium. Mike Ashley, Newcastle owner, clearly believes his club are operating at capacity. What would it take to compete with the new elite as represented by Manchester City and Chelsea, or even those bubbling under, like Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur? Ashley needs resources that Newcastle cannot generate alone, money that requires global revenue streams he has been unable to exploit. He either throws his own fortune at the problem, or finds a conservative third way. So Newcastle are in limbo. Still big on expectation, hope and desire, just not big enough to stop their best midfielder dropping a division. Previous owners may have been unrealistic in their ambitions but at least they shared them with those in the Gallowgate End. Ashley, an outsider, simply sees Newcastle for what they are. He would have been on the side of cold, hard logic that night in Germany but where is the fun in that?

just watched it....ended 0-0 but Penarol should have took the game by at least 1 goal...they had the better chances and had a goal disallowed. Santos definitely the happier of the 2...they made mistakes and were fortunate to get away with a 0-0.

Anyone else listen to the World Football Phone in with Tim Vickery? http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wf

Krul for me also......but I'd like to see both given an equal run out in pre-season

Surely worth a go. Bryan Ruiz too. My outside guess for the new striker. Ruiz was excellent in Twente's title winning season (Valencia and a couple bigger clubs wanted him) but last season not so good I think......so his value will have gone down I guess. I doubt we're in for him anyway...unless Tiote has had a word with Pardew.

I remember Juventus wanting him but that was at the time after Euro96 when he joined us ahead of other clubs.....a bit later on Parma were also interested (when they were good). tbh, if Shearer knew he was not going to win anything there is no way he would have came here ......but we don't have the benefit of hindsight. Still a legend though.

was just looking at a few of the newly promoted teams earlier........Granada CF? It looks more like Udinese's B team.....no fewer than 11 players are on loan Udinese players

Guatamala are 105th in the FIFA rankings and he wont get a work permit because of that (has to be top 70 IIRC).....unless he has some long lost Spanish/italian granny to gain a European passport.

They were bought out by some sheikh so no surprises that they`re making some quality signings now.....Pellegrini in charge too.

not highly amonst Rosario Central fans Report: Barcelona's Lionel Messi assaulted by Rosario Central fan Newell's fan Messi was punched in the face on the streets of Rosario by a supporter of rival Central, as he enjoys the post-season break in his native Argentina. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/88/spain/2011/06/02/2515232/report-barcelonas-lionel-messi-assaulted-by-rosario-central

have we been linked with him? what paper? I watched the Bundeliga about 2 or 3 seasons ago and Kroos was immense for Leverkusen as an attacking midfielder and a massive prospect for Germany.....hard to believe Bayern would sell