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Sylvain Marveaux who was set to join Liverpool may not complete the deal due to a disagreement between the player and club over the terms. It had been suggested that an issue with the medical had put the deal on hold, but Marveaux told L'Equipe that if he had to do a medical he would pass with no problems as he was training with Rennes at the end of the season.

I think he has got raw attributes to potentially be a decent player, but needs a loan spell to improve his composure in front of goal. The fact he has been in the news for the wrong reasons of late makes it hard to give him a chance. If he addressed things which would affect his game like turning up late to training, not trying as much as he could in training or turning down help from more experienced professional's he could make some minor improvements. Sadly I don't think he is going to change his 'gangster' image anytime soon, but getting a stupid smiley face tattoo on his lip despite isn't going to affect his game.

Ranger in Aspers yesterday evening.

I think I might look into the youth awards for the next few months. Chris is linkedin good? I think I might get one, but had a quick look and unsure as to how it works!

Random spot was Joleon Lescott outside Subway along from Tup Tup last night.

The Brighton bet returns £39k so no way that will come in ha. Also Wigan just took the lead so doubt Blackburn will pull it off now.

Accumulators prior to KO. Blackburn, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Everton, Stoke, Aston Villa £1 returns about £70. Leicester, Ipswich, Leeds, Burnley/Norwich, Palace/Boro £1. Hull, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Forest/Watford, Millwall/Doncaster £1. Brighton, Huddersfield, Bournemouth, Brentford/Plymouth, Sheff Wed, Carlisle, Notts Co, Charlton, Oldham, Colchester, Swindon £1. Northampton, Rotherham, Shrewsbury, Hereford/Lincoln, Chesterfield, Wycombe/Port Vale, Stevenage/Accrington, Cheltenham, Gillingham/Oxford, Torquay, Bradford £1.

Although its come so late in the window I think £35m+ was too much to turn down for Carroll. Personally I think he is a bit of a knob and despite some great performances and goals I didn't really like him as a player. He was in Aspers on Saturday night and was acting a big timer at the black jack table. What's more annoying was we did it so late and now its unlikely we can replace him with another striker.

Deal close to £12m rejected by Wigan

Cole, Crouch and Heskey all been discussed as possible replacements. Crouch camp deny any deal happening. Cole camp has denied a deal will happen. Heskey has been rubbished by sources close to club (David Craig SSN)

Who said that David Craig? Aye. After he was on about the Carroll money he mentioned Llambias was trying to work on sorting out a short term deal to cover the striking options.

Sky Sports reporting that a short term deal could be done to solve Newcastle striking options.

Just back from the game so here are is my view. Before the game I said we would lose 2-1 so I'm happy with a point, but disappointed at how we couldn't hold on to a win naturally. I thought Danny Simpson did reasonably well, he put some good blocks in and tackles, but needed to close Lennon down more often. Coloccini scored a great goal, the control on the chest then the placement was tremendous. Leon Best did ok, but needed to be more alert when we had the chance to start play quickly. It was hard to say whether Ranger could have squared it for Lovenkrands but he was extremely close to going in. Guthrie harried the play along with Barton and most passes went to our team (one superb cross field ball by Guthrie to Gutierrez in the second half). Gutierrez had a good game causing Hutton many a problem (how easy did he go down as well?!). Van Der Vaart is obviously talented, but the amount of moaning was getting tiresome. Positives and negatives, but its another point toward safety.

The table is very close in the bottom half so I think its hard to say which teams are safe as results have been so indifferent. After the January transfers some teams could hit great form or bring in better quality players. Birmingham look to be in real danger. Their last league win was at home against Chelsea in November and they have not won an away game all season. They need to invest in a striker as they have no one able to score (Jerome and Ridgewell top scorers on 3). Wolves form has been indifferent often winning a game then losing the next game. Most of their wins have come at home apart from Liverpool away. They suffer from the same problem as Birmingham as they don't really have a player able to score 10-15 goals a season that can change draws into wins. West Ham, Wigan and Fulham are the other sides who could be in danger. West Ham have recently hit better form with only 1 loss in their last 5 beating Fulham away recently and in January you could see them spending some money on some more players. Wigan seem to be a team capable of securing a draw, but if they lose N'Zogbia in the transfer window then they lose their creativity. Fulham need to start picking up some points and stop the rot. They have had Zamora out for months, Dembele is no longer scoring as frequently and Andy Johnson doesn't seem the same player after injury troubles. These sides do however have goal difference in the favour as other sides around them have -10 goals plus. If Newcastle don't buy a player capable of scoring goals (I don't think Best, Ranger, Ameobi or Lovekrands are capable) then we could soon drop down the league. So far Carroll's goals have been getting us results. A lot of those teams near the bottom have been able to get draws and pick up a point, whereas I dont think Newcastle could keep a draw without some investment in a winger and a striker.

What did Toure do? I just heard the reaction from people around me and missed it. I did see Barry kick Barton though, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

Aside from two mistakes in the early minutes I don't think Man City outplayed us. We did well considering we put ourselves on the back foot and if Carroll had put the ball either side of Hart with his header we might have been back in the game earlier. What happened between Tiote and Toure?

Panathinaikos, Rangers, Schalke, Twente, Barca, Inter, Lyon and Man Utd - £2 pays £5558. Lyon, Barca, Man U/Valencia, Buraspor/Rangers, Benfica, Kobenhavn, Inter and Twente/Tottenham - £1 pays £1270. Kobenhavn, Inter, Lyon, Rangers, Schalke, Tottenham, Man Utd and Barca - £1 pays £481. Lyon, Barca, Man Utd, Buraspor/Rangers, Benfica/Schalke, Kobenhavn, Inter and Twente/Tottenham - £1 pays £500.

Have put £1.50 on Palermo and Sherif when both games were 1-1 which returned £20. Before games today put on £1 that PAOK, Villareal, Palermo, Dynamo Kiev and Sherif would win returning £27.

Won £40 off some random Argentinean accumulator a few nights ago so spread a few £1 accumulators on for tonight. Rosenborg, Man City, Atletico, Gent, Sporting, Zenit, Sampdoria, Getafe and Hajduk - £424. Leverkusen, Man City, Atletico, Gent, Lille, Zenit, Stuttgart, PSV, Odense and AEK - £2662. AEK, Getafe, Samp/PSV, Young Boys, Metalist, Zenit, Sporting/Lille, Gent, Atletico, Man City and Rosenborg/Leverkusen - £2000. AEK, Odense/Getafe, Samp/PSV, YB/Stutt, Metalist, Zenit, Sporting/Lille, Atletico, Man City, Gent, Rosenborg/Leverkusen - £6000.

Oldham, Crewe, Torquay, Aldershot, Lincoln, Chesterfield and P'Boro £1. Barnsley, Boro, QPR, Doncaster, Coventry, Leeds and Millwall £1. Wigan, Man Utd, Wolves/Sunderland, Fulham/Birmingham, Man City, Bolton, Everton and Arsenal £1. Bayern, Real Sociedad B, Leverkusen, Hannover, Hamburg, Crotone, Torino, Empoli, Siena, Ascoli and Pescara £1.

Wolves, Man Utd, Chelsea, West Brom/Stoke draw, Celtic, Cardiff, QPR and Burnley will return £527.

Not been the best day for betting today, however still hoping Al Ittihad can get me about £40 after putting £3 on them whilst they were 1-0 down. Also have put £5 on Twente, St. Etienne, Bordeaux, Caen and Inter.

Him and Nolan were in Tiger last night.

Jonas and Xisco in Koos last night. Jonas got photos with everyone and even danced with some people. Lita, Boyd, Robson and Bates from Boro in Floritas part. Mate went over to Lita to ask how he was doing and he just blanked him before asking him to go away (obviously standing on your own waving your fingers in a dance move is too cool). Boyd acknowledged him with a handshake at least. End of the day the Boro players seemed like knobs considering not everyone knew who they were and the girls didn't chat despite 'I'm a footballer'.

Justin Hoyte, Marvin Emnes, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson and Michael Chopra all in Tup Tup last night.