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I think we'd have bought Pieters at £4-5m, but when his club asked for £6m we probably thought we can get Cisskho for around that. Even if it's more it's probably a better deal so if we do it then I would agree it was the right thing to pull out of the Pieters deal. Agree, that's probably exactly what triggered the change of heart... If they'll both cost almost the same thing might as well go for the bigger name. I don't disagree with the decision, but it's pretty nerve-wracking.

Just as well Tiote probably doesn't understand the term "piss off" otherwise he'd have stuck the nut on Llambias. Llambias: "Chieck, we're not going to negotiate. You can take the new contract or piss off." Llambias: "You'll get your blank checks in the mail every Monday mate, cheers."

From what I can tell it seems like we decided to put an almost-done deal with Pieters on the back-burner because we felt that we could attract this guy. It's nice to be ambitious and all that, but I'm not really feeling confident given that negotiation really hasn't been our strong suite this summer. My faint heart wishes we'd chosen the safe option. What if we fail here, try to go back, and Pieters decides he doesn't really fancy being our second choice?`

If this is going to go the way of the Pieters thread we should just lock it right now

Ultimatums, that seems to be the only way we do business anymore. "Hi Kevin/Jose/Joey, here's your new contract. Take it exactly as it is or piss off." "Hi Sochuax, here's our 8m bid for Maiga, take it or piss off." "Hi Charlton, here's 100k for your keeper, not a penny more. Just piss off." Sigh.

For fucks sake does anybody ever sign a second contract at nufc anymore? Other than Shola, I mean

Keep the good news rolling!

We're all going to die one day. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Why would he want worldwide promotion for a brand that only exists in England and how would he accomplish that through a club that's very sparsely supported outside it's own city?

To be honest, the idea that we've shifted focus to him just makes me scared that we'll get neither

No left back Shola Could still win, I guess.

"fucking nobody" would run circles around Babayaro tbh. No way Carr back then was as good as Simpson is now also. I remember vastly preferring both Taylor and Solano at RB.

I think a lot of the problems would be solved by just replacing the "face of the club" with somebody who's not such a blatantly obvious cunt. The way we operate may be somewhat inept, but it's not necessarily shadier than anything other Premiership clubs do. IMO it's about 95% down to Llambias, his attitude, and his comical interaction with the press that make us look more unprofessional than we actually are.

Aye, now they'll get to start here and spend the illustrious parts of their careers elsewhere instead

Hart Samba Huth Cahill N'Zogbia Cabaye Van der Vaart Yaya Toure Tchoyi Aguero Bent Subs: Krul, Simpson, Graham, Gabbidon Pretty satisfied with my team. I'll probably manage to ruin all of their seasons now that I've gone and put them in, of course.

Pardew absolutely should not be criticizing the management in public. I remember what happened the last time we had a manager who valued "principles"

The one about no net-outlay and bringing through youths to sell at a profit thing? That's exactly what's happened tbh. Was any of that actually in the statement? I recall them just saying we were aiming to "break even" by 2015/16. My main beef is with the overarching theme of the board "not talking to the media," which has obviously turned out to be untrue.

Remember the "club statement" last summer that read like it was written by a grade-school dropout? In retrospect, it's not surprising either that basically none of it turned out to be true.

Fully agreed, but then again, this group of idiots have never been particularly good at PR.

Indeed. Same shit page after page. Same people starting it every time.

What an utter heap of toxic waste some people are.

Why, will there be p*ss drinking involved? Fetish or curiosity? You not getting the joke. I doubt it but you tell yourself that - go on, tell another funny about how miserable Dave is again these days. Hi Minhosa, still hate all the dirty foreigners ruining the boards for "real" fans like you?

Why, will there be p*ss drinking involved? Fetish or curiosity? You not getting the joke. I doubt it but you tell yourself that - go on, tell another funny about how miserable Dave is again these days. What? Where did you come from. Are you his wife or something?

Why, will there be p*ss drinking involved? Fetish or curiosity? You not getting the joke.