Lenny

The JFK move made the status quo look like progress when there were no matches on. Kinnear will have us rocking all over the world! We'll probably just roll over lay down in the Man City game.

Meh, I thought he was the best performer overall out of the January signings. Really like him.

Fucking finally! Really happy with this signing. As others have said, it's going to be depressing seeing all the talent we have not utilised to it's potential.

Cracking goal

Open goal too (not easy though).

Blackburn fan for the day

Best coming on...

If we were to sign another centre back I'd be happy with Haidara going out on loan because MYM can step in. From what I've seen I personally think MYM is our best left back.

I liked him aswell and felt he was harshly treated. I remember people rating Nicky Butt over him, which I found mental. Nicky Butt was far better than him in 06/07. But wasn't that partly because Butt was given the simple job of being a DM, while Parker was expected to get forward and create because he was considered the more talented of the two? I felt we should have stuck by Parker and I thought it was crazy how quickly people turned on him. Thinking about it, you could replace Parker's name with Tiote there and you'd have the situation we're in now with him.

Yeah because that's an unpopular opinion There's still people out there that persist with it, i won't rest until the idea of them together is eliminated completely I'm on the fence with the seemingly common agreement that Tiote is now shit, but it seems to be a pretty popular opinion that Tiote + anyone is not a good partnership

Yeah because that's an unpopular opinion

100% correct imo. Err... isn't this a skill that makes someone a good scout? Particularly a head scout?

Could be playing Tuesday?

I wouldn't write off the idea of Mbiwa playing there a few times this coming season, especially if we were to bring in another defender.

Looking at it from his perspective (i.e. looking around him and seeing the actual talent we have in the squad, and not being involved in anything above), I don't think 5th or 6th is an unrealistic target. You certainly want the players aiming high that's for sure. It's just when you start considering all the other shit that goes with the club it becomes unrealistic.

I sat and watched firmly perched on the fence.

To be fair to Cisse, he's not (as far as I'm aware) come out and said anything publicly, and it has been dealt with in-house. Bit harsh to hate on him since all we have to go on is paper talk because the reality of the matter as we can factually see it is that he had a problem, he spoke to the club, and it was resolved. I know, I never made the point about the move. I was just saying it must have been difficult for him to resolve it in his own mind. I don't think he did anything wrong, I never have. Yeah, sorry, I was continuing on your point, not opposing it...

To be fair to Cisse, he's not (as far as I'm aware) come out and said anything publicly, and it has been dealt with in-house. Bit harsh to hate on him since all we have to go on is paper talk because the reality of the matter as we can factually see it is that he had a problem, he spoke to the club, and it was resolved.

Just come out of a meeting with Faye Downey? http://i3.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5116540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/14-5116540.jpg

This guy looks familiar: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Paracelsus.jpg/220px-Paracelsus.jpg

Despite pretty much never seeing him play, I've kinda always wanted us to sign him

I guess Pardew's shite about having to wait on other things to happening before we make our moves could be regarding the resolution of the Cisse issue. As much as I hope it's not the case, it makes sense that Bent would be a replacement for Cisse at this stage.

Shame they didn't think like this when designing our home kit. The home shirt hasn't been seen in action has it? It doesn't look very nice, but I never find they do until they've been seen on. Will probably grow on me tbh.

Really like our away kit. Shamefully, the colours go really well with the wonga logo. Suppose if we gotta put up with them being our sponsor it might as well look half decent

I did have this thought for a second but then remembered it's Shola. The chances of him getting a premier league team is slim to zero, not to mention him scoring 12-15 He will be with them for 10 years though.