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With cabs going in the Summer.... surely you would be buying the replacement now and settling them in....... Oh wait thats Anita.....

Lacina Traore signs for Monaco then gets loaned to wham.... http://www.sofoot.com/lacina-traore-a-monaco-puis-west-ham-179126.html Bonkers....

Hes going to score a screamer tomorrow and his celebration will be immense. He may not have the armband but he really is the club captain.

What would you say his natural position is? Is he a creative type or a ball winner? Not an attacking midfielder at all. More of a deep-lying midfielder I would say. He's a ball winner with the ability to go forward as well. I don't know, can't think of another player the same way. Possibly Ramires, but still not because they're different in their playing styles even if both probably fulfill the same ability in terms of positioning. Anita with a bigger engine ?

Totally agree which makes me think we will go after luuk dejong

We paid £6.7 million for him, its going to be scary to see how good hes going to be.... We don't part with that sort of cash lightly... I guess we are all starting to see what Graham Carr saw on a regular basis.

If Pardew doesn't get top 8 he has to go at the end of the season, this squad should be aiming to achieve that. If we are 11th-10th in January give him some money and get us to push us up there. If it doesn't work just part ways and get in a new manager who can get the best out of our current crop of players. Sure I'm upset that we didn't spend any money in the transfer window but at the same time I can look at our squad and say well there was probably only two positions that needed players in immediately but we have players who also need to be given a chance in those positions before we go on and bring in replacements. Gouffran and Cisse will work as a partnership if Pardew is good enough to explain to the players how to make it work. If he can't well then its only more of a reason to replace him. There is a lot of sense not overpaying this window, once again there will be value in January, we have to buy players for value we can't go out and compete with anyone in this league and that includes southampton/norwich/swansea the reason being we wont offer silly money to beat another team, we want players to actually come here. I know its difficult for players to want to come to this club when the club fails to show true ambition. But the only way you will get success in this environment is continual astuteness in the market or be bank rolled by a sheikh. Getting one of those monster players on loan that everyone was preaching moses/sinclair/lukaku was an absolute waste of money, it was a 3 million upfront, no buyout option and you had to pay their full CL wages. There is absolute no sense in Newcastle touching any of those players. Of all the clubs that got value in the transfer window the Remy transfer (if it includes a reasonable buyout option and we aren't paying his full wages) the Eriksen (out of contract) were the only true bargain transfers of the window. The new PL money just over inflated the entirety of the market. If the Gomis transfer stories are to be believed I can see why NUFC were hesitant in splashing the cash. If our January business + Remy had been our summer business everyone would be saying how magical we were considering what everyone else over paid for during this last window. We have to make our dollars go further then every other club because we want to compete at a higher level then mid table mediocrity. I'm sure if Eriksen wanted to come here we would of stumped up the cash to pay for this move. At least in January we can either look forward to seeing a new manager come in or a new player or two. I hope to see a new player as it would mean we are pushing upwards and onward however if its a new manager it better be the best person available not the cheapest. That's the point in which I would truly lose my shit with this club not at a transfer window in which almost every player sale has been inflated.

u do that draft league by yourselves via good spreadsheet or on a pre-made website?

I honestly think Pardew has gotten into his head and f***ed him up. For example tonight Pardew gave him instructions to track the deep lying midfielders of Man City as soon as they got on the ball..... It would have been ten times more beneficial if he was just to track silva/augero all night and not let them draw our central defenders out wide. Getting Tiote to press defensive play makers is just silly. Just give him a piece of territory to mark or a single player and he will do well enough to justify selection.

15m plus sakho plus someone on loan Arsenal have to pay 25+m end of discussion

At least I like watching Anita play (:

I'm going to guess he means buy Christian Eriksen and put him behind the striker and move Sissoko back to a more defensive role.

damn straight, but do u really think he could find a position in a team if he lost a tenth of his speed due to injury, not at the level he currently is that's for sure. So any big fee is extremely risky.

I think hes a great player, but i also believe he is one injury away from entering a downward spiral, alot about his game is physicality and movement, hinder it and he will struggle.

His injuries have impacted his physical performance too far to even play for us I think.

fellaini to follow moyes? That would be annoying as fuck.

I think if we still had demba and bought in who we did over the window we would of shot outwards and upwards. We just need another striker who can actually change agame.

Manu (h) last season?

I think hes playing better now as there is genuine competition as well.

He has a history of back spasms probably just agrevated it

hahahah

BTW i think hes third choice now btw, mapou will play there over him now with taylor central.

Redknapp after samba, you cannot make this shit up.............. http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/29/harry-redknapp-confirms-qpr-want-peter-crouch-and-christopher-samba-3371546/

To our entire scouting network not just our cheif scout, Mr. Carr. From the guys that do the translations to the blokes that watch 14 year olds in the rain of the obsecure unprenoucable place you happen to end up (probably south of france but). You have all done your jobs remarkeabley well and hope to see a positive upswing in the senior team for not just the rest of the season but next season too. :clap:

Same agent as mapou, small wages, one year left on contract. NUFC written all over it.