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Guys, It's never too early to bump the relegationometer!

The state of my Facebook Newsfeed will be unbearable if manu win

Park will be epic

There's a line between gutsy and idiotic, and Barton's belly-flopped right over it.

We're talking about Mike Ashley, Derek Llambias, Joey Barton, and Willie McKay here. All of these people have either sold their sold to Satan, are clinically insane, or both. Don't even try to analyze the situation rationally.

I see we're still doing the "if he looks like he's shit automatically assume that the rumor is true" thing.

You know what? He's insane. Sell him.

Who? Huh?

Wonderful, more inflated transfer fees for the rest of us to deal with

I don't remember something like this ever not being entirely anti-climatic

I've just realized, didn't the club make a statement when we were promoted that they wouldn't be talking to the media at all anymore?

And if he does? Come on Hughesy, you know what you have to do here.

If only Mike Ashley sacked his managing director as often as he sacks his manager.

Just because they want to leave doesn't force you into saying yes though. Money from the sale isn't always the best option, as we'll probably find out. Besides, Ashley probably forced them to hand in a transfer request anyway.

I don't believe that and never said I did so I'm not wrong.

For the record, I think Barton is still staying, and Enrique hasn't been sold yet. So to answer your question, # of key first team players moved on so far under this mob = 1

I don't really like Barton anywhere near as much as I used to like Carroll or Enrique. He's had three seasons of sucking up wages and doing absolutely nowt to make up for. He's only just gone up in my estimation from the "Alan Smith" level to the "okay, good player" level. If this isn't just McKay being McKay and he is indeed trying to hold the club hostage over this contract, he can fuck right off.

So they're called 'loans' when the lender wants the cash back and they're only actual loans when the lender has no intention of seeing his money again? Just making sure I'm understanding the concepts here. The owner will want his money back - there's nothing more certain than that. Question is - how is he going to get it? Never mind. Wasted attempt.

So they're called 'loans' when the lender wants the cash back and they're only actual loans when the lender has no intention of seeing his money again? Just making sure I'm understanding the concepts here.

Lack of ambition - why should top players want to stay if there is no drive to push the club forwards? Reading between the lines, Ashley's intent seems to be to keep us in the PL on the cheap (and nothing more) to keep the cash rolling in, via selling players, TV money, s/t money which he can then take out of the club to pay back his 'loans'. The ability of this club to keep on shooting itself in the foot is staggering. Just out of curiosity, what's the difference between 'loans' and loans?

Who would you trust between Mike Ashley and Willie Mckay? ....

The club has to be aware of a player's personal issues, but to offer his mentor a playing contract with that in mind, is going too far. Those two are starting to talk like they're the sole guardians of team spirit. Joey in particular always seems to get a round of applause when he starts telling the owner what he should be doing, and criticizing other players, but for me, he's getting too big for his boots. He should stop trying to run the club and concentrate on continuing to sort out his own contribution. Some of the sounds coming from these two reek of "player power" and I fear that it could eventually become a problem. I get a sneaking feeling that the club may just decide to ship both of them out, disband "this group of lads," and try to just build a team from scratch if contract negotiations start to stall. Think this will actually happen now. Barton (and possibly Nolan with him) has overplayed his hand and Mike Ashley isn't having any of it.

To be fair, if you take the high horse and the negativity away from Colocho, you might as well be asking him to stop posting

Every fan I've spoken to outside this forum thinks Defoe is class and would be a brilliant signing... including a lot of Newcastle fans. Most people on this forum don't rate anyone who's not foreign or under 24 or both

Blatantly been bingeing. At this rate there's a decent chance he's gonna be a f***ing wreck when he retires. Never thought I'd see him as the leading candidate to replace Gazza. Sadly as appealing as this image is, I can't see him turning up at an armed seige with a fishing rod, 6 pack and a KFC. More like the 'Posh' version of Gazza. He'll turn up in his Helicopter with a betting slip, bottle of 'cheap' Champaigne and a bowl of boiled sweets. Imagine his twitter meltdowns when people laugh at him.