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For once, I agree - but why aren't we part of the 'dozen or so'..? Man United Arsenal Chelsea Man City Barcelona Real Madrid Inter AC Milan Bayern Munich Liverpool? Juventus? Is it realistic for us to aim to break into this group of clubs? Not unless we get bought by Shiekh Moneybags or Bill Gates. At no point in our history were we ever part of Europe's top elite, and that includes under Keegan and Robson.

I had to Wiki it just to find out if it was a country or a city

Aye, we obviously can't score. It's not as if we've put in 12 in our last six league matches or anything.

If we're a "feeder club," so is every single club in Europe bar about a dozen or so.

I'm embarrassed that NUFC have been forced to stoop this low. I agree, I'm particularly livid since we've never, ever made emergency signings of this nature before.

Oh please, Man United are already annoying enough without infinite money.

Why do I have the bad feeling that he's going to take the "out injured for so long you forget you even have him until he makes a comeback and then immediately reinjures himself" course. AKA, the Dan Gosling track.

Why is this embarassing? It's like signing Lamine Diatta. He probably costs next to nothing and will play only when absolutely necessary. A couple of years down the road most of us won' t even remember that this happened.

This is a striker that generally scores about three goals a season we're talking about here. Eh, you remember Leon Best against West Ham? As a goalscorer, Kuqi makes Best look like Inzhagi

This is a striker that generally scores about three goals a season we're talking about here.

I love Sabri Sarioglu. Great player.

Korea's first international without Park and Lee just kicked off, up against Turkey (coached by the God of Football) I made out the name "Emre" in the middle of all the Arabic

Might as well bring Ollie Bernard out of his Crepe shop to play backup to Enrique while we're at it

I always thought he was Egyptian, by the way

This is a signing that is so blatantly bad that it's difficult to hate. He probably costs us close to nothing and... How cool would it be if he actually defied all odds and played decently?

He's better than nobody I guess and he's probably signing for two pence and a bag of crisps a week. Find it difficult to dislike him. Maybe he can be the new Sibierski

The Lamine Diatta of 2011

Huh? What? Why?

For me, Aliadiere is firmly in "I'd rather play Airey" territory. At least we don't know if Ewerthon is shit or not so there's the possibility that he could be useful.

I'm in Abu Dhabi and I think I might be in the same hotel as the Qatari national football team.

I've just started to notice that all of the posts on this forum that have recently made me say "ugh, what a Mong" are actually by the same person.

Best RB we've had since uh... Habib Beye I guess.

Spot on. Same with illegal streams of games from abroad. If there was a decent quality and reasonably-priced way to watch your club's games when you can't attend, it wouldn't be so much of a problem. As with the music and film industries, the football industry just hasn't moved fast enough to supply people with what they want at a decent price. Jesus Christ yes. This is the twenty-first century and I should not have to be scouring the interweb for illegal streams with rat's ass picture quality just to watch Newcastle play whoever. I have no compunction about stealing from people who are too stupid to properly exploit their product. I would buy it if you sold it you stupid cunts.

Of course Tiote will off if any of the top clubs are desperate enough. Same for every single player in every single Premiership team bar five or six.

Did somebody just mention a Korean?