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He gets more like Joe Kinnear with every quote.

Supposedly paying his full 70k wages as well.

Howard Webb the ref.

Leonardo AC Milan Leonardo? No way. Yes about a month ago now.

Nervous wait now.

How long do we have to appeal?

Routledge thinks he is Messi today.

Pitch is shocking.

Get the job done early lads.

Good selection. Get the job done early, and then rest players.

Suprised they didn't wait until after the Man Utd game tomorrow.

There are loads of players from the top teams that would walk into our team.

Not now Bentley has signed.

Left winger as well isn't he? Sounds versatile.

If we have a full strength team, we have a real chance if we weather their early onslaught.

Above them all.

He always has been.

Signed according to the BBC.

Left winger as well isn't he?

Glenn Whelan? Another crap centre midfielder.

Who?

Plays average in a mumber of positions?

What if the rumours about Routledge are true and he goes? Sounds ridiculous to me but if someone was stupid enough to offer £8 million ish anyone with half a brain would snap their hand off once they had sorted a replacement. If they didn't sort a replacement if Barton then gets injured we are a bit screwed. Even if Routledge doesn't go Routledge is not all that. An OK ish sub. Larsson would be an upgrade here. We need squad players we don't have strength in depth. Larsson seems a bargain at £1.5 million. You need two decent players for each position ideally. No arguments about how good Barton is at the moment. Barton is 100% number one choice on the right, he's in some of the best form of his life, very much a big part of the reason we are doing well at the moment and i personally would be trying to extend his contract asap. 60k a week may not fit well into their wage structure. But we can't afford to be without him on the pitch and replacing him with someone better for less would be near impossible. I would snap their hands of for 1 million.

The praise Pardew has been giving Barton suggests he won't move him.

Sunderland fans seem to think he is going there.