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Who? Cause it's not Arteta, his corners are fucking diabolical! Much grumbling when he steps up for a dead ball these days. When he was injured Manuel Fernandes' delivery was brilliant.

What time is kick off for this?

Very. Assuming we're up for selling I think it would be for a big price and to a Spanish club, not another English club. Also, no offence but I really don't think he'd consider moving to Newcastle anyway. If he leaves us it would only be to a better team or a Spanish team who are roughly on a par. struggling with injuries iirc? sign him! Pretty sure 1878 wasn't right impressed with him. Yeah, he never had a good season but he's still a quality player at the end of the day. I wasn't that impressed with his attitude and sceptical about the on/off niggling injuries but he's ended up having an operation now that the season is finished so there must have been something in it.

They have a better team, have just won the FA Cup and are in Europe. There's plenty of legit reasons to join them over Newcastle. In fact, Newcastle's advantages are all non-sporting ones- more cash, more fans, better stadium.

Rio loves it down the Bigg Market apparently

Redknapp must tap up more players in the media than anybody else. He's always saying how such and such is a "good little player" and how he'd be interested in signing them if they were available.

Maybe it's just a cheap transfer then cause it looks crap

The badge, sponsor etc look clearly photoshopped to me.

Should be disciplinary measures for players tapping up other players the same way clubs can be punished for it. Though I don't mind one bit LFC showing that they've got about as much class as Las Vegas.

Is he really that terrible? Rememeber when he was one of the countries brightest talents, just needs a steady club. Nah, don't remember that because it's never been the case. He's shit. Had a few decent games on the spin when West Ham were an unknown quantity and because of who his brother was the tabloids started going crazy linking him to Barca and all sorts of stupid stuff.

Some sevilla fan over at the spurs forum is claiming it's down to the VAT in spain. VAT? That's a new one

I didn't get all the fuss about that goal. Class strike but goal of the season contender? No way. Wasn't even goal of that month for me.

Alonso hasn't actually had a good season for what, two years? Only his first season was impressive. Gareth Barry has been doing it pretty consistently in this league for a long time.

Anyone see the snippet in the Daily Mail (I know) today about NUFC scouting Gomis? It said Keegan & McDermott sat in separate seats to Wise and co and then at half time they were all in the same hospitality area and never said a word to each other.

Juan Vargas is a good left back that plays for Catania who just avoided relegation on the last day of the season. My amazing foreign language skills tell me that you, Fiorentina and Inter want him.

Oligarch. Abramovich rich. Currently imprisoned on made up tax fraud for upsetting Putin but expected to be out soon and regain up to $100bn of assets from the Russian government. I remain sceptical but you never know.

A senior journo from the Liverpool Echo was told by Kenwright that we're in talks with a London representative of Khodorkovsky at the Newcastle game the other week. He then apparently blabbed about this to anyone in the boxes that would listen. Before that story came out this week it had been hinted at on forums by "ITK" people. It hasn't been printed in the Echo yet because it's basically a PR tool that prints whatever EFC say especially with Trinity Mirror being involved with the club doing our programs, magazine etc.

Cheshire is not in the midlands at all, it's the north west. You don't just divide a map into equal segments with straight lines, that's not the way it works.

While this is true, it completely ignores the fact that we probably offered more money to get them here in the first place, which doesn't seem to be on the agenda anymore. I think, amidst all the unmitigated s**** in here, that's a key issue that people are on about. I think apart from the money, at the time you beat us to Emre & Parker sure we'd finished 4th but it was a real bolt from the blue. Nobody had anticipated it and Newcastle would be seen as a safer bet for a player. It's fair to say that the tables have turned on that score now. Anyway, still unsure about all this Turan bid business. Turkish media is hardly a brilliant source and none of our papers have picked it up yet.

We could have won something during Sir Bobby's days if we had Weir. Even now, an aging Weir would be value add to us. Rather Taylor plays like the current Weir rather than like himself. A load of bollocks tbh, he was average at best. You're making out David Weir is f***ing Maldini and would've made our defence solid just by his mere presence... Am I about to get whooshed? Weir in his prime was not average at all. He'd be no use to you know obviously but he's easily better than any defender I can remember you having over the same period bar Woodgate. Man Utd were sniffing round him at one point. I'm guessing they signed Blanc instead? Not taking the piss there btw Can't remember tbh mate I just know there were strong rumours of him going there years back which wouldn't have been far fetched.

We could have won something during Sir Bobby's days if we had Weir. Even now, an aging Weir would be value add to us. Rather Taylor plays like the current Weir rather than like himself. A load of bollocks tbh, he was average at best. You're making out David Weir is f***ing Maldini and would've made our defence solid just by his mere presence... Am I about to get whooshed? Weir in his prime was not average at all. He'd be no use to you know obviously but he's easily better than any defender I can remember you having over the same period bar Woodgate. Man Utd were sniffing round him at one point.

So supposedly Turkish media is saying we've made a firm approach for this lad. Can't say I'm too excited tbh. Rather we go for Arshavin.

He's been linked to us a few times over the past 18months and some of the big French clubs. Must have just been agent rubbish if he's going to end up at a newly promoted team.

I knew Anelka would miss. When your main striker on the pitch is 7th in line to take a pen then he clearly is not arsed or scared. Compare that with the opposition equivalent Tevez who was first up and slotted it.

Can't believe the the commentators are calling Man Yoo's front 3 the holy trinity. Including Andy Gray, the sell out fucking twat. So disrespectful. Gutted they won.