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Agreed. I mean, what the f*** is he going to do with £221,000 per week? What would anyone do with it? Well, Oba would spend it somehow I suppose. Presumably he'll support himself and his family, buy himself some nice things, and invest the rest in interest bearing accounts or his own personal business ventures. Like everyone with a sense of money management would. It really is not that much money. There are many people who have a much larger stream of income for a mcuh longer period of time than footballers. I don't begrudge him for following the money. That's very easy to say for somebody who is from a country like Nigeria where they are often handing out $1m wins over the phone on a daily basis. Sorry, but that was hilarious.

I don't mind versatile players as long as they only move around when needed because of injuries. They should always focus on their best position IMO.

I was just thinking this. I still think we were right to sell Milner, even though most people now seem to think he's world class.

One billion pounds a week.

Could be a soon to be departure in the works? Think many people misunderstood 'no capital outlay'. I think it meant that Ashley wouldn't be injecting loads of new money.

Just heard that on SSN's. Why is that shocking?

I feel mostly like this, we have a number of players with a point to prove... hopefully they will.

At least he's not proven to be bad at prem level, unlike most of our current players.

Why do I feel underwhelmed? Didn't we go in for him in the January window? Yep, our offer was "derisory"... surprise surprise.

Canny if true, at least we're going after people. Any source?

Mine too. Many a time watching Newcastle you can hear cries of 'FORWAHD MAN FORWAHD!' One of my pet hates is people not understanding that football is about protecting possession as much as about getting it forward. Especially evident during the World Cup when the non-fans come out of the woodwork.

All of them are eligible, all of them want to represent Germany... any questioning of them is totally irrelevant.

it insinuates we're looking at the Pompey cast offs too. As long as it's Boateng I'm happy.

Newcastle united wear black n white stripes as the club kit historically NOT black n white stripes with a white patch. That makes no sense... all shirts are 'designed' now and have been for years. It's a bit like saying we don't wear black and white stripes with a puma on the chest, or saying we don't wear black and white stripes with three white stripes down the arms, or whatever other design feature we've ever used. Nonsense. The kits have always been designed and for about a hundred years the basic format was to have black and white stripes back and front. Then greed intervened. Using your logic an all red home strip with a black lace trim and a picture of a penis on the back would be fine, as it’s a ‘design’ feature. Think you might be extending my logic a bit too far there.

Truth. At the end of the day, we're in the Premiership. We're scrabbling around at the top table again... so let's enjoy as much as we can.

I'd be tempted to give it to someone who is more than just blood and thunder... so not Barton or Smudger. Really don't know what Colo is like personality wise. Probably Nolan, maybe S Taylor if he's actually going to play (or not be sold).

Maidenhead Utd for the same reason, also they're called the Magpies. And I used to live there for a bit.

Ghana!!!! My ex-gf was born there, their performance in this world cup is mint.

That was the biggest disappointment of the World Cup for me... I always thought Capello would pick the form players and the players to fit the system. Not sure why I thought that, but it certainly didn't happen.

Newcastle united wear black n white stripes as the club kit historically NOT black n white stripes with a white patch. That makes no sense... all shirts are 'designed' now and have been for years. It's a bit like saying we don't wear black and white stripes with a puma on the chest, or saying we don't wear black and white stripes with three white stripes down the arms, or whatever other design feature we've ever used.

I quite like it, the only problem is the sponsor box - but we always knew it would have that. Don't understand why everyone gets so worked up about the back not being striped, I couldn't care less.

Looking forward to it now, but ask again 6 weeks in and I might not be so happy.

I've been saying this for weeks, is the whole of Africa really behind Ghana? Seems a bit patronising to me... it would be a bit like all Europeans getting behind Germany, wouldn't it?

Gerrard on the left is horrible for the balance of the side, and to a lesser extent so is Milner on the right. Both together is footballing suicide. They both like to tuck in and wander all over, meaning very little cover for the fullbacks.