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I definitely agree with the first team which leaves Jenas out, and I honestly thought this was what was going to happen before he was given a brand new deal! I doubt he would have been happy to sign it if he knew he wouldn't be playing as big a role anymore. Shall certainly be interesting. Ideally Jenas should be the one to be left out if you do sign Arshavin and a DM. Not sure Gio woul be too thrilled to move to Spurs' bench from Barca's.

Looks like his agent is just pimping him all over the place. I think perhaps Spurs considered him instead of Bentley at some point, but their interest is over now. Modric, Jenas, Bentley, Dos Santos and Arshavin would have been too feeble. If they now land a good strong midfielder to go along with the first four i mentioned (i.e. no Arshavin) then they will be looking very interesting indeed. Bent and Pvluychenko to battle it out for the lone striker also. That would be much better for them I think. Dont agree with you on that. Arshavin would have been an excellent signing and he would have been easy to accomodate. Still dont think we've ended our interest. I'm also not that sure about signing Pavluychenko. Sure he had a good euros, but i'd be far more comfortable with a player like Pandev or Milito than i would Pav. You have so much creativity from Bentley, Modric, and Dos Santos, with Jenas occassionally, no very occassionally , doing something half decent also. Will Arshavin really add more to the team then than what an Albelda or your boy Palombo would? How would you line up Bentley, Modric, Dos Santos, Jenas and Arshavin beaing in mind none of them can play as a lone striker? They would all take up a midfield position, whcih I don't think would be great defensively.

Looks like his agent is just pimping him all over the place. I think perhaps Spurs considered him instead of Bentley at some point, but their interest is over now. Modric, Jenas, Bentley, Dos Santos and Arshavin would have been too feeble. If they now land a good strong midfielder to go along with the first four i mentioned (i.e. no Arshavin) then they will be looking very interesting indeed. Bent and Pvluychenko to battle it out for the lone striker also. That would be much better for them I think.

Is their policy for signing strikers 6 ft 4 or more only? Weird.

Baptista would be great and his versatility would be very handy indeed. I would love to have him here.

Perfectly valid comparison there, of course. You can deride others for having no opinions (erroneously so), but what's the point of you expressing your thoughts when they're all really f***ing stupid? I can't see Tiger Woods going on a drunken rampage through Liverpool city centre any time soon, having committed numerous other indiscretions. (that's just my opinion, though. You really are tedious ... And still you have nothing to say for yourself. The point of course was the stature of the athlete you silly fool. Do you think if Rooney had done this Nike would ditch him? Rooney is definitely capable of it too so don't even bother arguing that.

I wonder if Nike would have ditched Tiger or Lebron James in the same situation. I doubt it. Barton is nothing to them. I dodn't even know he had a deal with them tbh. Just a nice way to save a bit of money and get themselves a bit of publicity.

Kevin Monnet-Paquet could be an interesting one. Similar to Bassongs situation and could therefore be a similar signing. Another young talent who has also represented France in the younger age groups and his team have also been relegated this season.

I think the deal will be done. No one else has come out of the woodwork to offer anything near what we have, which is what I think the president was hoping would happen, so it's time to do this thing. The manager is already resigned to it and is happily looking for a replacement already. Game over.

Man this sucks ...

Rubbish. What an intelligent debate from the man with no opinion on anything.

Define best player. Most valuable to the team? If it is our most valuable player then I would say Martins. The team just isn't the same without him in it. When Owen was out at the start of last season we still looked dangerous with Martins in the team, however when he was out due to the ACN and Owen was fit , we looked very poor from an attacking standpoint.

Oscar Cardozo. Whooops! I just spilled the beans!

dont think i't true tbh. Think Levy is being his usual stingy self and the deal will go through eventually. Brummie, that pic makes it look like he's celebrating the goal and nothing else. btw where's kaka lately? he said we'll definately not sign Bentley because he'll be off to villa (add to that his claim that kewell will be a spurs player). I'm right here punk! I see you were clearly rattled by the Bentley to Villa comment then Spurs are getting good players in no doubt, but something still isn't right. If they indeed intend to play Modric, Arshavin, Bentley, Dos Santos and Jenas (!), who for some reason they gave a new contract, then where does a DM fit in?! You lot look like you are going to be very, very soft next season. You will play some pretty stuff at times though and embarrass some weaker teams, but then again, thats what you did this last season passed. I don't see a major improvement at all. Why. The. f***. Are teams suddenly obliged to play with a defensive midfielder now? Because Makelele was quite good for Chelsea? You're talking s****. As always. Spurs have made massive strides compared to us this window and look set to continue to do so. Absolute self-denial to claim otherwise. They're spending silly money to do so, and it could go tits up, but I know which signings I'd rather have. I talk s*** as always? Well at least I have my own opinions while all you always talk about is how others opinions are s***. Grow up. I doubt you've ever even played a sport in your life never mind football. I've been involved enough in the game to be confident in my opinion thank you very much. Last summer I heard the same crap about how awesome Spurs would be, but I wasn't so sure and I didn't believe for a second that they would be anywhere near the top four. Yes, they are buying pretty names, but it really is a different story when the games begin. I saw them enough last season to know that they need some strength and character in that midfield, and this hasn't changed, and in fact you could argue the situation is worse. In my opinion it's an imbalanced team. They will dominate in some games and look brilliant, but then I also feel they will lose a lot of games like the first game against Sunderland last season, where their opponents are nowhere near as talented, but get stuck into them all game. Yes it would have been nice to sign SOME of the players they have brought in but if we, Newcastle, had exactly the same team (on the whole) that they have right now, I would have the same concerns also. This is my opinion. Deal with it. Care to let me know why exactly you think that team will be succesful, other than because of the names of the players in it? Do you actually have a valid argument as to why you don't think they will need a defensive midfielder and why it will work without one? Or are you just going to swear and claim everyone else is talking rubbish again? Tbh you'd still find faults with us, even if we did get a dm and cb. If you signed Amdy Faye and Titus Bramble hell yes I would! Otherwise you're just speculating aren't you. If I genuinely think a team is going to be good I would say so. I'm not that petty. I could easily accuse you of being overly optimistic of your team also. It was the same last summer and look what happened. I feel like I was right then and I haven't seen anything to change my mind. You want me to say something nice about Spurs to make you feel better? Look back over my posts and I have numerous times. I loved the Berbs and Keane partnership, and I wasn't too happy when you signed Bale having seen him a good few times, he is class. Also liked hutton also. Didn't really think much of anyone else you had last season though.

Well Ameobi does score goals... Goals happen to occur off of Shola. Shola doesn't score goals.

the strikers :owen,martins,smith,carrol and ameobi if we dont buy anyone before man utd game KK will play oba and owen smith is sub and i rather will give chance to carrol then ameobi This is what scares me, as we do have a number of "strikers" on the books. I fear we will only bring another one in if someone comes in for both Alan Smith and Shola. Quite frightening. I'm quite looking forward to see this look again http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/51911107.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A64CCBC918532AD2848BC3F87336C851A1 I really hate it when he does that. It implies he came close when in actual fact he hardly ever does! But i'll even let that go ... what I hate the most about Shola is not his inability to hold the ball up regularly or even his basic goal average, but his penchant for fouling the opposing defender evry single time he goes up for a ball in the air despite being 6 foot 3. Drives me crazy. He then procedes to whinge at the ref who then makes a point of blowing his whistle at Shola more regularly and it all goes further and further downhill from there.

the strikers :owen,martins,smith,carrol and ameobi if we dont buy anyone before man utd game KK will play oba and owen smith is sub and i rather will give chance to carrol then ameobi This is what scares me, as we do have a number of "strikers" on the books. I fear we will only bring another one in if someone comes in for both Alan Smith and Shola. Quite frightening.

Andy Carroll would be a best case scenario if we don't sign a striker, but he's crocked too! Alan Smith or Shola, now that would just be too much to take. What a way to start the season that would be. A brand new season beginning with Shola or Smith upfront. That is just tempting fate really and just begging for another season of failure.

Calm down superwoman.

I have to say it is amazing the state some of these pros allow they're bodies to get into. Unless he really gets his conditioning sorted and gets into really good shape i.e. loses the extra weight he is carrying, he will continue to have these little problems. It's pretty disgusting. Total lack of professionalism.

I think this is good news, as hopefully it really encourages us to get another quality target man in, as Viduka just cannot be relied upon. Alan Smith and Shola will hopefully prove in the meantime that they are without a shadow of a doubt not short term solutions either.

Don't be such a wuss! If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen brother.

Look. We are obviously looking for a top quality defender. If this doesn't work out it certainly isn't our fault. Luisao or Burdisso would be just as tasty. Patience is a virtue.

dont think i't true tbh. Think Levy is being his usual stingy self and the deal will go through eventually. Brummie, that pic makes it look like he's celebrating the goal and nothing else. btw where's kaka lately? he said we'll definately not sign Bentley because he'll be off to villa (add to that his claim that kewell will be a spurs player). I'm right here punk! I see you were clearly rattled by the Bentley to Villa comment then Spurs are getting good players in no doubt, but something still isn't right. If they indeed intend to play Modric, Arshavin, Bentley, Dos Santos and Jenas (!), who for some reason they gave a new contract, then where does a DM fit in?! You lot look like you are going to be very, very soft next season. You will play some pretty stuff at times though and embarrass some weaker teams, but then again, thats what you did this last season passed. I don't see a major improvement at all. Why. The. f***. Are teams suddenly obliged to play with a defensive midfielder now? Because Makelele was quite good for Chelsea? You're talking s****. As always. Spurs have made massive strides compared to us this window and look set to continue to do so. Absolute self-denial to claim otherwise. They're spending silly money to do so, and it could go tits up, but I know which signings I'd rather have. I talk shit as always? Well at least I have my own opinions while all you always talk about is how others opinions are shit. Grow up. I doubt you've ever even played a sport in your life never mind football. I've been involved enough in the game to be confident in my opinion thank you very much. Last summer I heard the same crap about how awesome Spurs would be, but I wasn't so sure and I didn't believe for a second that they would be anywhere near the top four. Yes, they are buying pretty names, but it really is a different story when the games begin. I saw them enough last season to know that they need some strength and character in that midfield, and this hasn't changed, and in fact you could argue the situation is worse. In my opinion it's an imbalanced team. They will dominate in some games and look brilliant, but then I also feel they will lose a lot of games like the first game against Sunderland last season, where their opponents are nowhere near as talented, but get stuck into them all game. Yes it would have been nice to sign SOME of the players they have brought in but if we, Newcastle, had exactly the same team (on the whole) that they have right now, I would have the same concerns also. This is my opinion. Deal with it. Care to let me know why exactly you think that team will be succesful, other than because of the names of the players in it? Do you actually have a valid argument as to why you don't think they will need a defensive midfielder and why it will work without one? Or are you just going to swear and claim everyone else is talking rubbish again?

I put Spurs slightly ahead of Pompey now. I agree, Spurs are doing very well, I just think traditional "big" clubs like Newcastle, Villa and Everton seem to be stood around doing bugger all, sneering at Redknapp, whilst he puts together a pretty impressive set up. Mmmmmmm not sure about spurs. there main problem for the last few years has been lack of strength,physically,defensivly and i don't see that being remidied. i can see sours going 4-2-3-1 next season but i have no idea who their vital "2" will be. Veloso and/or Albelda are the two high up in the list of options, though wanting them and getting them are two totally different things. That said, with our dealings in this window, I'm reluctant to discount anybody as pie in the sky wishful thinking. See my previous post MJ. Who sits on the bench if a DM is indeed brought in though?