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David Craig gets his stuff straight from Llambias. I know that but remember "lying for PR purposes" from the KK tribunal. I just think Llambias uses Craig to get out whatever propaganda they want to promote at that time.

Lee Ryder saying Carroll wants to stay. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/01/31/andy-carroll-says-he-wants-to-stay-at-nufc-72703-28085042/

If this was just coming out of NUFC via David Craig, I would be sceptical but it looks like it is also coming form Liverpool. I think it would be madness to sell - what would we replace him with? Another Championship hopeful or someone from abroad who doesn't give a toss. We've not been able to find a partner for Carroll as it is never mind a replacement plus most clubs are desperately looking for strikers with little success (another reason for the high price). And we won't pay the wages for a proven striker. Anyway, if we have a £30m striker on the books that has come through the Academy surely that raises the value of the club in terms of its assets. And it won't be £30m in cash either - probably £10m downpayment with the rest over the duration of a contract and it will include performance related payments. Once this window is over, I would like the club to offer Carroll a new contract to at least show their commitment to keeping him as he will now know that he will get the big money elsewhere so his agent will be looking for that from Newcastle.

The thing is we just don't know what floats Ashley's boat. All we know is that he wants to run Newcastle as a business but for all that, Carroll might just be his favourite player and he might fancy having England's centre forward playing for his club. He might decide to toss a coin in the morning to decide whether to keep or sell. Who knows. I am just starting to get worried that this team that everyone has become so fond of is going to be broken up in the Summer. It is good that there is interest in Carroll, Enrique and Tiote plus if he continues in his current form possibly Colo because it obviously means we have some very good players and they are wanted by good clubs. Then of course if Ben Arfa proves to be the player we think he is, we will probably be worrying about losing him next January. If we keep the players, we could be at the start of something exciting but as ever is Ashley happy for us just to survive or does he want to improve year on year.

The way Spurs are going on desperately trying to buy any striker and trying to use their current ones in part exchange is not going to do much for morale for the remaining strikers.

Think it is going to be long Summer. Interest in Enrique and the Sunday Sun also say Chelsea are interested in Tiote and no doubt the Carroll saga will resume. This month has been bad enough but the 3 months over the Summer are going to be a nightmare. I can imagine Jose moving on. He might be happy here but he has come to England as a career move rather than for Newcastle so if a bigger club comes in for him, I am sure he will be tempted. Whereas with Carroll, I am sure he will stay if we want to keep him (until wages become an issue).

Interview with Lee Clark http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/29/lee-clark-huddersfield-town

I just want to enjoy watching Carroll for at least a couple of seasons banging in the goals for us and improving as a player before we think about selling him. I can accept that he will move on in time but just not yet and please not to Spurs. I would never have believed that he would be so highly sought after 6 months ago - the only clubs interested then were Wolves and Stoke.

Aye I've heard them go on about that on the radio. That's one of the reason that they reckon they don't need to worry so much about a striker as they are likely to pick up few points from those games (whatever they are) and once they are through that run, the rest of the season is a doddle and all the strikers will be fit again.

I think Westwood is out of contract in the Summer and earlier in the season, Celtic fans seemed to think he would be going there in the Summer hence the reason for loaning Forster for the year. I can never understand why the media constantly link us with goalkeepers as that has never been the main area of concern. Other areas are far more of a priority.

The journalist must have pleased to hear that Pardew interview on Radio Newcastle otherwise he would have had nothing to write.

The scouscers (in stereotypical scouse fashion) pinched that from man city. I just been listening to radio city and the commentators said that the empty seats where due to the irish/foreign supporters could not make it due to being a rearranged mid week game. It's more about the song then the fans. If any group of fans sang it before every match, it be just as good. Minus Sunderland. Back in the 70s it was sang on the terraces of most clubs. Not sure when everyone else stopped singing it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1350676/Northern-Exposure-Joey-Bartons-form-earned-second-chance-England.html Joey Barton's form has earned him a second chance with England By Colin Young Last updated at 1:24 PM on 26th January 2011 Should Joey Barton play for England again? Only Fabio Capello knows the answer. But it is a very difficult question for the England manager to ponder as Barton continues to enjoy the best season of his career. If the decision was based on form and the influence he has had in games against the top sides, Barton would be adding to his single cap. Based on his past, his reputation and one or two daft incidents this season, and he has no chance. Few players have played as well as this controversial figure this season, and certainly not for so long. For different reasons to Andy Carroll, Barton has been Newcastle's best player so far, and central to their comfortable place in the top ten and the 30 points already won. And if he wasn't Joey Barton, he would be joining Carroll in the England fold, no questions asked. But this is Joey Barton and because of his conviction and jail term for a drunken assault two years ago, there will be plenty urging Capello to simply avoid any controversy and ignore him. After all, this is the same player who gesticulated inappropriately at Fernando Torres, even if he was suggesting the Liverpool striker didn't have the guts to carry out his threat to finish their little spat in the tunnel. And didn't he punch Morten Gamst Pedersen in the gut in November? That apparently unprovoked attack was missed by the officials at the time, but inevitably picked up by the cameras and he was banned for three matches. Chris Hughton's last three matches as it turned out. Newcastle, and their manager, suffered in his absence. The midfielder was quick with his personal apology to the Norway international who had made the mistake of winding Barton up as a fairly innocuous attack broke down in the Newcastle area. It was heartfelt, it was articulate. But it was too late. Barton has admitted he faces a daily battle to fight his demons and his rage. No team-mate is immune from his acidic criticism if they make a mistake in a game, and he constantly walks the line between abusive and helpful. His captain Kevin Nolan keeps him in check, and Newcastle's players know how to take it now. But it can't be easy to play with, or against. He sets his standards high, though, not least for himself. He berates himself for a missed tackle, a poor pass. Newcastle were passed off the Park by Tottenham last Saturday, but it was Barton who provided the pass of the game to release Nile Ranger, only for the young striker to waste another opportunity to break his top flight duck. Equally costly - and no doubt noted by the England coach - was Barton's reckless injury-time pursuit of a second goal against Spurs. It was his careless loss of possession which then resulted in a quick counter and Aaron Lennon's simple equaliser. His manager Alan Pardew put it down to 'naivety' but both men know Barton should have known better. It wasn't naive; it was daft. And it will have been eating away at Barton during the break in Portugal this week. Whether playing on the right, or in the middle, Barton makes Newcastle tick, plays to Carroll's strengths in particular and opens up defences like few others in the entire Premier League. Not all Newcastle's strikers thrive on the service, mind you. In the first minute of the derby, after getting on the end of another probing Barton missile beyond Anton Ferdinand and Titus Bramble, Shola Ameobi was the guilty party. If he had taken the chance, it seems unlikely Barton would have ended the day on his knees, holding back tears. He thrived in that hostile Wearside atmosphere. When he eventually walked off, smiling and with more abuse being thrown in his direction, Barton responded by holding up two hands to Sunderland supporters. One showed five figures, the other just the one as he reminded his tormentors of the Halloween derby scoreline. Every time he took a corner he seemed to be asking the home crowd for more stick (if that was possible). But his decision to repeatedly walk to his mark, and then slowly place the ball was to backfire. Referee Howard Webb was counting every second, giving Sunderland time for their late equaliser. Capello does not seem like an England manager who will be swayed by outside influences, but he will have been warned about the nest he is stirring with Barton's inclusion in an England squad. He is a complicated player, an even more complicated man, and you don't envy Capello trying to manage him within the precious world of the England camp, but if any player deserves a second chance from the FA, it is Joey Barton. When he scythed down Xabi Alonso at Anfield, his final contribution to Newcastle's doomed fight against relegation, I was not alone in sharing Alan Shearer's assertion that he should have played his last game for Newcastle. Circumstances probably saved his Newcastle career more than anything. That he was to play such an important role in Newcastle's immediate return was no surprise. The man lives for adversity, and he was always going to enjoy being back in the Premier League and putting all his hard work off the field to serious effect on it. I'll be honest. Because of his disciplinary record, and, believe it or not, his reputation, I had doubts about putting him in my Daily Mail Fantasy Football team, but he was just such great value at £5.4million that it had to be done. He has been one of the FF signings of the season for Dunga's Bizarro FC. And with talks opened to extend his contract, Newcastle are about to make one of the signings of the January transfer window. He wants to stay for the rest of his career, thankfully Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley can see the sense in that. But like Pardew, and Newcastle's players and fans, I hope he's not the only January signing.

And also that the reported interest is from clubs like Bayern, Milan and Man Utd.

Agree about loaning to other clubs within the same league. I also think that clubs should not be allowed to buy players and then immediately loan them back to the selling club. If they can't accommodate a new signing then they don't need them and are just trying to buy them before someone else does.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8276221/10-English-teenagers-to-watch-for-the-future.html Adam Campbell Newcastle United Age: 16 Position: Striker. A product of the Wallsend Boys’ Club, he was voted MVP at Nike Premier Cup last summer, an award previously won by Carlos Tévez, Andreas Iniesta and Fernando Torres (he was joint top-scorer too).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8276220/Premier-League-plot-a-youth-revolution-in-English-football.html Plans to get rid of reserve team football and replace it with an U21 league.

Think Liverpool might be interested as well - and might appeal with Torres and Reina there as he would be noticed more for the Spanish national team.

I think it is sad when a good young talent appears that the media seem determined to move the player to a "bigger" club as soon as possible. Carroll has potentially 15 years ahead of him if he looks after himself (a big if in this case) and stays fit. Why can't they leave him to enjoy playing for his hometown club for a couple of years before trying to move him to another club. It is hard to believe that back in August, we were more concerned about whether he could maintain his form in the Premier League rather than worrying about whether we would be able to hold on to him

Quite a few players for both teams slumped to the ground at the end of the match so were clearly exhausted. The squad are off to Portugal for a few days and I think the free Saturdays coming up with not being in the Cup are going to be needed to give the players a rest.

Lad behind me kept saying "that'll do, that'll do" every 3 seconds when we hoofed the ball out only for it to go to one of their players. Well no, it won't f***ing do will it because we're constantly giving the ball away. Pissed me right off. aye - you'd think SOMEONE would remember Shearer's fantastic ability to take the ball into the corner and waste hours wouldn't you?? Lineker said on MOTD last night that Shearer went mad with the late equaliser and I thought Shearer was probably thinking that wouldn't have happened if he had been on the pitch.

Erm... has he not just signed a new contract??? Would be a brilliant sign of intent like. A lot of clubs so this with young players that keep improving. Their contracts get renewed on a regular basis - so that the player is content to stay but it also maintains their value as the contracts are not allowed to run down.

He's done OK so far but will reserve judgment until next season. At present I think he is still trying to show some sensitivity in view of him a replacing popular manager and not wanting to upset things too much. It will be interesting to see if he changes once he starts to feel more settled and comfortable in the role.

West Ham were relegated with the highest number of points under Roeder. Was it 42?

Pardew said it was cramp.