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Sounds familliar? ....lack of transfer activity, owner sold their best player with no replacement etc. At least the Lazio fans made a stand..... Lazio fans boycott match in protest against president Claudio Lotito Lazio supporters boycotted Sunday's Serie A home match against Atalanta in protest at president Claudio Lotito's running of the club. Fan anger has grown amid poor league form, a lack of incoming transfer activity and the January sale of playmaker Hernanes to Inter Milan. Maximiliano Moralez's goal gave Atalanta a 1-0 win over Edoardo Reja's side at a near-empty Stadio Olimpico. "It's a real shame to see the Olimpico deserted," Lazio boss Reja said. "We were in with a chance of achieving something significant but it's difficult to play in these conditions. Lazio: a brief history "This situation can't go on. It's a disadvantage for us, as we've seen today." Those Lazio fans who did attend made clear their opposition to Lotito with banners draped over empty seats. One read, "it's him or us", while another displayed the message, "Lazio is ours and we will leave it to our children". http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73470000/jpg/_73470803_stadioolimpicoone.jpg http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26509338

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/barton-say-pardew-headbutt/? It was maybe a no-brainer that Joey Barton would have his say on the Alan Pardew headbutt incident. Maybe it also is no surprise to see what side of the fence he has come down on. Interesting to see Barton speak so highly of his ex-manager, whilst having yet another dig at Mike Ashley. I’ve also just looked out of the window and indeed – ‘…the world hasn’t ended’. This is Joey’s take on the situation via Twitter in the order they went out - ‘Oh Pards! Nooooooo!’ ‘I bet its nothing’ ‘Seen Pardew incident. As per usual. Massively over-hyped…’ ‘Don’t let a couple of stupid incidents detract from the job he has done at Newcastle. Especially with what goes on behind the scenes there.’ ‘Got a lot of time for Pardew. Regardless of what people think, he is a top manager. One of the best I’ve worked with.’ ‘After sleeping on it, still think Pardew incident is blown way out of context. I see the media are having a feeding frenzy.’ ‘Whilst, I agree its not great for manager of such a great club to act that way, he has admitted he was wrong and been fined accordingly.’ ‘Just looked out of the window and the World hasn’t ended. Don’t forget, ‘Its only a game.’’

Palermo striker Abel Hernandez is ready to leave Serie A – and has identified Newcastle United as one of his dream destinations. The 23-year-old has previously been linked with moves to both Arsenal and Tottenham and was largely expected to leave the Rosanero during the summer after they were relegated to the second tier of Italian football at the end of last season. But Hernandez has since announced his plans to leave the club at the end of the current season, identifying three possible destinations. "I dream of Newcastle, Real or Atletico for the future," Hernandez was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport. "(In the summer) I decided to stay because I owned it to (Palermo owner) Maurizio Zamparini and the fans."

Gateshead, Smoggies and Carlisle would be in my list, need some more northern teams. I suppose Leeds too then....they can have their yorkshire derby with the smoggies

#askTayls Papiss has 5 apples, he gives 1 to Tiote 1 to Haidara and keeps the other 3 what are the chances you'll send them a racist tweet? #asktayls Can you count from 0-3? #asktayls as a footballer you must want to really help the club, as a fan you must want yourself to leave the club. Is this confusing? #asktayls What would you rather fight, 1 Andy Carroll sized duck or 10 duck sized Andy Carrolls ?

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Former Newcastle skipper Rob Lee has warned Alan Pardew he faces a major fight to hold on to his best players if owner Mike Ashley does not back him with hard cash this summer. Asked if four big signings would be enough, the 48-year-old former midfielder, an ambassador for the Budweiser Open Trials campaign, which will provide amateur footballers with the opportunity to play at Wembley in front of professional scouts, told Press Association Sport: "It's a start. Is it enough? No, probably not. "Is [Loic] Remy going to sign for us? I am sure after the season he has had - he's only on loan - he will have a lot of options and if he sees Newcastle selling Cabaye, their best player, what's he going to think? "It's not as though he's going to have a shortage of offers, so my instinct would say he won't sign, so you have got to replace him; there are rumours that [Papiss] Cisse is not happy and is going to go; Shola Ameobi is out of contract; [Cheick] Tiote, is he going to be happy with Cabaye going? I think there will be a lot of people after him. "You have to keep these people happy - [Fabricio] Coloccini again, is he going to stay? There were rumours he wanted to go back anyway. "Again, it comes down to when you start selling players, your best players that are left are not going to be happy." Lee was not surprised to see Cabaye leave the club after he was unsettled by Arsenal's bid in August, but was astonished that a replacement had not been lined up before PSG were given the green light. He said: "Everybody knew it was coming. That's fine, but you have to have somebody lined up to replace him. He's your best player. "He went very, very cheaply as well - if you look at [Juan] Mata going for £37million, he's a bargain, he's an absolute bargain for PSG. "We had to have someone lined up to replace him straight away, but typical Newcastle, we didn't." Whatever happens during the summer, Pardew faces the task of trying to plug the gap left by Cabaye. His initial attempt to do that in last weekend's Tyne-Wear derby proved less than effective as Newcastle were trounced 3-0 by Sunderland to invite further recriminations after a dreadful week or so for the club, and Lee admits the manager has a problem on his hands. He said: "You look around and you think is there anybody there who can actually do that at the moment? I would say no. "It's a major rebuild for Newcastle in the summer, but it depends how much money you are given. For a major rebuild, you need to spend a lot of money. Will Mike Ashley give him that money to do that?"

Maicon of shakthar donestk killed in a car crash in donetsk RIP

What about Van Aarrnholt? He's been making hints that he might have to leave Chelsea in the summer. Done well for Vitesse

really surprised they have 12m euros to spend. Better than having Senderos and Ricardo Costa in central defence though.

Racing Santander got banned from next years Copa Del Rey for making a stand against unpaid wages Most had not been paid for 6 months wtf . Well done Spanish FA

Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has apologised to the club's fans after suffering the worst day of his career against Sunderland on Saturday. The 3-0 derby defeat at St James' Park, the second in succession the Magpies have suffered at the hands of their arch-rivals, left the Ivory Coast international totally deflated. The 27-year-old said: "All I can say to them [the fans] is sorry for this defeat again because we cannot accept that. "It's two seasons now we have been beaten by Sunderland at home and this is the worst, worst thing in my career, so I just want to say sorry to them. "That's football, we need to focus on the next game now." Newcastle face the task of attempting to bounce back against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next Saturday. Tiote knows a trip to Chelsea may not represent the ideal opportunity to attempt to repair the damage of a poor, poor day, but he and his team-mates will travel hoping to do just that. He said: "It's going to be hard, but we have got a chance. We have some good players in the squad, so if we do the right things, we have a chance to win. "It's going to be tough because Chelsea are a good, good, good, good team. But if we do the right things, we have got a chance to win."

Markus Rosenberg ....ex Werder Bremen , Racing Santander and Ajax striker. Did well at those clubs but didn`t score at all for West Brom though Just released on a free according to BBC

Markus Rosenberg released on a free by West Brom.

Was listening to the Football Weekly podcast the other day and the German Bundesliga pundit there reckons he`s a decent player that just unfortunately didn`t fit in with their coach`s system (apparently prefer number 10`s / attacking midfielders up front) rather than an out and out penalty box player like De Jong (as he described him).

certainly viable since they just sold their main striker Jose Solomon Rondon to Zenit

I remember us being linked with him back in the mid 90`s under Keegan

How long is he out injured for?

Ever "webcam" Banega has signed for NOB on loan from Valencia.

Salomon Rondon to Zenit. I`m sure the Zenit fans will take to him

Spurs willing to listen to offers for Chadli and Sigurdsson.....

played 8 games and scored once The English wikipedia is not updated regularly.... Benfica like Porto will want big money for him....not sure if 10m would be enough. He played in the Dutch league last season and we know that Carr regularly scouts there so there might be some truth in the rumour.

Fabrice Pancrate

According to? RMC

GFN France Newcastle's Sylvain Marveaux has been offered to FC Nantes we understand. ‪#‎FCN‬ ‪#‎NUFC‬