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Barnes, Zarate, Shorey, Muamba -could- all be more than useful players for us.

WTF!? My name would be: Bson You can't even pronounce that...Have to say im dissapointed.

Don't forget Luque(60k?), Babayaro(25k?), Bramble(25k?), Sibierski(15k?) and Solano(30k?) who must have been on pretty big wages. Personally I think it sounds strange that the wage bill actually got higher. After the summer I thought it had went down tbh.

Not actually. The £18m was supposed to be paid up over three seasons, so that would £6m out of a £20m budget. That's right like. However, does that mean we've potentially got £70M to spend as far as entire transfer fees are concerned if we structure all the deals like that? "Nobody knows" is the only answer to that, though, it's all just speculation. EDIT: But if the Sun is right (ha) it does mean that we were either going to blow the entire budget on Modric or that we have got upwards of £60M to spend in total transfer fees? Does anyone really think either of those is true? Over the course of three seasons, no doubt.

What a crappy team 1977 Dropping three of our best players (Owen, Beye, Faye) for Martins, Chimbonda and Hangeland is madness. Riise for Enrique is like Roeder dropping N'Zogbia for Duff. Let's try and do the right thing for one times sake.

Not actually. The £18m was supposed to be paid up over three seasons, so that would £6m out of a £20m budget.

I know, and im sorry. I know im irrational here, but I can't help it. I hate him, his dumb as f*** mother and retart wannabe-John-Arne brother. Wanting him to break his legs in 3 places?!?! Your one of these radical internet users that makes the opinions of people who use the internet worthless. something happend here...obviously i was answering to the "Wanting him to break his legs in 3 places?!?! Your one of these radical internet users that makes the opinions of people who use the internet worthless."

If we sign Riise I hope he breaks his left leg in three different places in his first pre-season match. I know it's petty to hope for such things, but the thought of him playing for us is so agonisingly painful that I just can't help myself. Really can't stand the guy, and don't really rate him at all.

Toni Who?

Isn't Emirates the biggest?

@ Sholas youtube movie

Hows Arshavin doing? Could that Tymochuck be a potential replacement for Butt?

I've got a mate who supports Dortmund who waxes lyrical about him n all. Sounds like a certain Hugo Viana.

FFS, fuck me sideways! Will the Riise link just stop already? I get so nervous everytime his name is mentioned. i wouldn't touch him with a broomstick. Maybe slap him with it a few times if needed, but that's all. When that's said, another thing bugging me is why left back is such a big issue. We only have one real right back as well, and he is getting on age wise as well. Why isn't another right back as big a issue as left back? Personally, I don't think fb is a big priority position.

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=519359 A norwegian liverpool supporter went mad when Dirk Kuyt scored. He jumped up and grabbed a beam on the roof just by the outdoor serving and startet to swing from it. "Unfortunatley" his hand slipped, and he took a nice nosedive 2 meters straight into the concrete and had to be taken to the hospital with an ambulance immediatley. The article finishes with: "At least he didn't have to see the second half..."

Would Ginola be a high enough profile to play himself?

Don't forget Geremi. And Babayaro

McGeady was pretty good I thought(never seen him play before). He were never going to get an easy game the way Rangers played, but he tried, and got past his men (seemed like he always had two men on him) quite a few times, and deliverd some fine crosses. Cuellar had a good game as well I thought. Good in the air, good positioning and well timed tackles. He saved a goal for Rangers, and even though it didn't matter at the time, it looked like he saved Rangers a point untill OT when Celtic finally scored the winner.

Rotting in the reserves on giant wages in Chelsea, og rotting on the bench on giant wages in Newcastle - there isn't much difference. If he came here, we shouldn't guarantee him a place in the first team, and he wouldn't come unless we did so.

Arsenal: Gallas, Toure, Senderos, Djorou A.Villa: Mellberg, Laursen, Davies, Knight B.Ham: Taylor, Ridgewell, Jaidi B.Burn: Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Khizanishvili, Mokoena Bolton: Meite, O'Brien, Cahill Chelsea: Carvalho, Terry, Alex, Ben haim Derby: Stubbs, Todd, Nyatanga Everton: Yobo, Gardner, Jagielka, Lescott Fulham: Bocanegra, Stefanovic, Hangeland, Baird, Hughes, Christanval Liverpool: Agger, Skrtel, Carragher, Hyypia Man City: Dunne, Richards, Onuoha, Corluka Man Utd: Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Brown, Pique Boro: Wheater, Pogatetz, Huth Portsmouth: Campbell, Distin, Primus, Hreidarsson Reading: Ingmarsson, Sonko, Bikey, Duberry Sunderland: McShane, Nosworthy, Anderson, Evans Tottenham: King, Woodgate, Dawson, Kaboul, Rocha W.Ham: Gabbidon, Ferdinand, Upson, Collins, Tomkins Wigan: Scharner, Bramble, Hagen, Granqvist, Boyce If I've done my research properly now, this is all 1st team centre halves in the premiership bar the ones on our books. That's 79 centrehalves. Out of all these centrehalves, I would only prefer Upson, King, Woodgate, Campbell, Distin, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Brown, Dunne, Richards, Agger, Skrtel, Carragher, Yobo, Lescott, Carvalho, Terry, Alex, Ben haim, Samba, Nelsen, Laursen, Davies, Gallas and Toure. That's 26 out of 79 in the premiership. Clearly above average then in my books. That's not shit, crap etc as some people say. Shit is what you fint in lower divisions. It took me some while to gather this info, so I kind of forgot where I was going with all this. But Taylor isn't shit, crap, poor etc. Hes a little better then average in PL standards. Ok?

I agree with James. Think of Kanoute for Sevilla. (Im not meaning Ameobi is as good as Kanoute though)

I think Enrique is better than average. Take all first choice left backs in the league, and put them in order of who you would like most to be here at Newcastle, then I bet Enrique would be on 4th-6th place on most peoples lists. Im happy with that, as we arn't in a situation where we can attract players of Evra, Clichy and Cole's calibre. Best of all, he is still young and can develope even further. Keep him, play him.

Mascherano was disrespectful over the ref from the start. Got what he deserved. Ref didn't ruin the game, Mascherano did.

Looked like he streched something in his right leg at the end of the game. Hope it's nothing (serious), and that he is ready for next trainingsession already.

It's really hard to judge the players today. I thought all of them put in a good shift. Harper - 7 Beye - 7 Enrique - 7 Taylor - 7 Faye - 7 Geremi - 8 MOM - Assists for both goals, should have had three, but unfortunatley Owen somehow missed Barton - 6.5 Butt - 7 Martins - 6.5 Owen - 7.5 Viduka - 7.5