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My thought as well. I think 35m is a ridiculous offer and Ashley cannot turn it down. Therefore he left the decision to Carroll. That's probably what Carroll said "he told me to go". Bullshit. If Ashley did want to sell Carroll or Carroll did not want to leave us, he would not make the transfer request. Unless his agent was pushing it? AC is a pretty young lad, if his agent is pushing him one way (think of the rise he'll get) it would be quite easy for AC to perceive that as the club pushing him.. I dunno, I want to have some skerrick of sympathy for him.

What the fuck happened overnight? Without reading 100 pages, how did this unfold?

Each nation gets a baseline points, so that is what Newcastle gets by virtue of being English.

To get from the hotel to the ground.

Yes. Definitely. Would look bad in defence without a couple.

Australia's paying 3.00 to regain the Ashes with Centrebet. Sounds pretty good to me.

He looks like a cross between Pinky and the brain to me.

Scott Pendlebury to win the 2011 Brownlow Medal. Get on it, paying $21 at the moment.

I'd say no, unless cancelling the debt owed to Fat Ash was part of any deal.

They want £20 million for Parker???

My mistake, thanks.

Summer 2007: Ins: Faye, Beye, Enrique, Barton, Viduka, Colo, Geremi, Smith, Cacapa, Rozehnal Outs: Bramble, Moore, Parker, Dyer, Solano, Luque

Yep, Colo, Enrique, Barton all came in from memory.

I know exactly how you feel. Pretty good time for this article to come out (from Ashley's point of view). I thought the Hughton sacking was essentially the last straw, but this article reinforces what I think everyone has known to a greater or lesser extent all along- NUFC were in deep trouble pre-Ashley, and he has done a lot for the club. Now it comes back to the same old story- transfer window coming up, how will it play out? A couple more modest signings that improve the team with nobody leaving? Admittedly, the last couple have both been okay.

When does his contract expire? Because, keeping him (and Colo, Jose etc) medium to long term obviously means he'd have to re-sign at some point. What sort of a pay cut would he need to take to stay on- assuming that part of the reason for CH being sacked was to get rid of the high earners? Would he be willing to take that pay-cut to stay at Newcastle under the fat bastard? As Newcastle fans, how much should a player like Joey Barton be earning- same question for the other high earners? If he does love NUFC and his teammates the way he professes to, would he happily earn less here than elsewhere? And what sort of wages would he command somewhere else. A little captain obvious, but I'd be really interested to hear thoughts on this.

I dunno, he sounds like a tactical genius to me.

Not many other people will get that. Collingwood is great. So very true.

@msl_82

I like the idea of the three of them having a male model in the car with them as well. I'm looking forward to the freak gasoline fight accident.

More important question- what's done with the hypothetical 5M.

In nine months or so?

Winner! What's the tune for it? Darude - Sandstorm. :lol:

Even if there is a clause, I'm sure he'd still be entitled to a pay-out. Otherwise it's meaningless, and goes against everything a contract is. Unless any clause is performance-based? I dunno, but then he'd be fucking mad to sign it.