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I'd be surprised considering Hughton mentioned after the Crystal Palace game that Kadar was more comfortable after he had been moved from right back to left back.

http://www.skysports.com/football/transfer_clockwatch

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100129/double-swoop-delight-for-toon-chief_2240137_1948714

Probably isn't true then. Our transfers mainly come out of nowhere.

In some ways Shepherd was just as much of a gambler as Ashley, he just gambled the other way. Ashley has screwed things up badly but if he'd done due diligence and not bought NUFC there's a good chance we'd have done a Portsmouth. After Ashley had bought the club and revealed the debt Shepherd claimed had he stayed in charge he would have refinanced the club. He talked about it as if it would have been easy. As we now know with the Credit Crunch it would have been very hard to refinance. On the one hand Ashley buying us has been bad but on the other hand it might just have saved us.

How many players can a club loan again? The one month loan makes sense, especially if it is to cover for Enrique's injury. Loan deals are permissible until March in the Championship. If Enrique is fit in a month and we don't need this player we will be able to use this loan 'slot' to get someone else to plug other gaps in the squad.

Who cares if he's just "protecting his investment"? We both want promotion so his current actions benefit both parties. Even if he does try to sell the club again at least we'll have a bigger and hopefully better squad to try to survive in the Premiership. There is a very real possibility that he won't find a buyer or even worse, finds a buyer worse than him (like Portsmouth's owner). The football bubble is bursting. I have no complaints about him making the club run on what it actually earns. At the moment it seems like a club is in the financial shit every week (Portsmouth, West Ham, Hull, Crystal Palace, Cardiff, etc.). We chased the dream and lost under Shepherd.

http://www.nufc.com/

Confirmed on http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100129/breaking-news-united-snap-up-chelsea-starlet_2240137_1948576 One month loan.

When I skim read the thread title and thought it meant Mike Ashley had considered putting Newcastle in to administration!

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2010/01/28/hughton-left-hoping-for-jose-enrique-reprieve-72703-25705226/2/

We can keep dreaming! Lets hope we get a spare left back in the process. might it be worth getting in touch with droopy 'arry about getting gareth bale in til the end of the season? NO WAY! How many games have they won when he has started? One. Their last game Tottenham 2-0 Fulham.

Cheers pal. As per usual with Sky Sports News "the goals are after the break" means the goals will be shown sometime between "after the break" and the end of time.

It hit the back of the net sounds ace! http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100127/full-time-nufc-2-cpfc-0_2240137_1946792 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8480665.stm

In the Premiership - 21 November 2009 - Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal

First team we've done the double over this season.

As far as I have been able to ascertain, it's because he said "STR88888888888 like a Banana" on his MySpace page.

Mercy is for the weak!

Ashley was still handing out crazy contracts to players last January (R.Taylor and Nolan got contracts without Relegation clauses in them).

Pancrate's deal expires this Summer. It was only a "to the end of the season" deal.

I think people are misunderstanding my post. I'm not complaining about Newcastle not gambling on expensive, untested players! My example is demonstrating how the Simpson, Routledge and Williamson deals are a hell of a lot more sensible than the likes of the Xisco deal. Especially given the current state of Newcastle, football and world finances.

Until recently Newcastle would sign up untested players (e.g. Xisco) on huge weekly wages and long contracts (apparently Xisco's runs until 06/2013). Simpson, Routledge and Williamson (if he signs) will in total cost less than the fee for Xisco and their combined wages are less than Xisco's. That makes Simpson, Routledge and Williamson very low risk by Newcastle standards. If things don't work out we'll be able to get most of our money back on them if not make a profit.

http://www.nufc.com/

How long is he going to take to get "match fit"? We'll be lucky if it's by March. He isn't back in full training with the first team yet and has barely played football this season (or much of the previous 2 seasons).

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_5884178,00.html