Minhosa

I said so on here at the time and stand by it, I think Pardew has guaranteed him a start when he's fit in order to get him to sign the new contract, probably (and hopefully) in order for his superiors to make a profit when we flog him rather than lose him on a free.

Steve Howey.

Barton? Ah. Forgot about JB. Very good shout.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/9407235.stm Signed on a free?

Wonderful news.

Most improved player to date has to be Danny Simpson.

The Irish economy being on it's arse won't help the brigade of new fans who probably started coming over after St. Niall got involved with them. I should think that'd knocked a couple of thousand on the head.

Because he would be in a contract still, ever heard of the Bosman ruling. He'd be in a contract with a release clause he agreed to and his agent negotiated on his behalf so it would hardly tie him down if we went down. Bosman only benefits players wanting to leave and clubs wanting bargains. If he's holding out for that, then he's as good as off imho. There's no smoke without fire and the most interesting comment he's made is that about 'broken promises'. I suspect there's a lot to that. Edit - if he's that worried about Ashley spending the AC money and Ashley has genuinely committed to investing in the squad as Pardew would have us all believe then why doesn't Enrique agree a new 5.5 year contract now with a £3m release clause in the event of relegation? We shouldn't be relegation candidates after large investment into an already talented squad, so if Ashley and Pardew are that sure of their vision and plans for the club why can't they demonstrate that to Jose now?

Remind me again why he wouldn't just sign a new deal now with a sensible relegation release clause?

Coyle's turned them into a very effective outfit, capable of playing some very good stuff. Very shrewd appointment, he's looking.

Agree with this - Tiote is a more important player for now.

Cracking finish.

£0 - £5m.

Returns 180€. Happy with that. Fair play - I couldn't see a Man Utd win at all today.

Man City Liverpool £7.25 returns £45ish.

That's right lad - hopefully try your best, that's the spirit sonna.

What's Michael Ricketts up to these days?

Good job Alan was prepared to 'knock the door down' after coming in. I can only assume the room was a fucking empy mess with half drunk bottles of champagne strewn all over the shop, old pizza boxes, cigar ash throughout, an xxxl pair of soiled y-fronts with the words "thirty five fucking million", "yee ha" and "Mike & Dekka was here" on every wall. Happy days.

Do you realise you are getting more and more pessimistic as time passes? He's got fucking good reason to be cynical with Beavis and Butthead running the place.

Wrong. Aye. Doesn't even make grammatical sense.

Wrong.

Groundsman, cone 'putter outta' a la Terry Mac or HBA Fluffer? You decide.

FML.

FML.

Crazy decision.