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I'd love Hughes to take them down. Would be fantastic.

they got some dodgy aussie on there... a tit The whole operation just sounds amateur imo. Fucking 5Live having the rugby be on today

Aye. Fulham, Swansea and Everton will all do well this year - wouldn't be surprised if Everton or Fulham finished in the European spots.

Listening to commentary on Absolute Radio. It's fucking woeful.

Have those deluded cunts started banging on about them having a better side than us yet?

Aye. There's certainly a case for 4-3-3 here, albeit with HBA and Ba/Jonas dropping deep to pack the midfield when necessary. Would like to think Pardew would play Cabaye-Anita-Tiote to cope with Mata/Hazard/Torres, etc. Anyway, will lose this 2 or 3-0.

I've honestly not seen anything from him in a Toon shirt so far to suggest otherwise. Has looked shite even against lesser opposition.

Hope Bigi does well.

Even if this offer is genuine, there's no way it'd be accepted imo.

If I was Spurs, I wouldn't mind getting rid of him. Never been impressed by him tbh.

To be fair, he's improved a hell of a lot since the time at which he went on the transfer list. Many, including me, thought he was getting a bit too big for his boots. Credit where it's due, though, he's come a long long way under Pards' tutelage, and long may it continue. One of our key players imo.

Really impressed with what Swansea are doing tbh. Thought at the time Laudrup would be a real coup for them and reckon they'll do extremely well this year.

Absolutely gutted we didn't go for Clyne. Would've been a superb signing, and free.

Aye. Thought their additions were decent before the sales but I reckon they'll miss Song. Think he's a great player.

Christ, they're buying a whole new team. So Rafael is already out of favour there .. LOL They loaned the other one, I think - Fabio. He's a LB iirc. Mark Hughes is a massive cunt btw. Would love them struggle next year.

Didn't realise he was only 5"6! Can't wait to see him in action.

:lol: Great news also that Pardew seems to indicate a willingness to play him straight away. Hopefully we'll see him on Saturday.

The only matter of any quality in this picture that i can see is the turf The guy in the middle was actually top quality that moment of time. 100%. As much as I hate the little b******, I was over the moon when he signed. Bad manager - Uninterested footballer - Terrible chairman B.U.T Still to this day I'm utterly perplexed as to why Souness was appointed. Was on the verge of being sacked by Blackburn at the time an'all. Had disaster written all over him - he didn't have a fucking clue.

Good bit of business from Arse to get £24m for 29 year old with one year left on his contract imo. They'll miss him undoubtedly, but they'll be 3rd or 4th again this year.

No, he's as reliable as they come when deployed. Versatile too and you never hear about him mouthing off/being a dick in the press. He's only 27. Looks about 40.

Would I have to be 'on call' 24/7? Or a straightforward 9-5? its nearly $3000 a poo. Do I still get paid if it's a no-wiper?

Tevez is better at holding up play, creating and rattling defences. I'd say he has quite a lot better dribbling technique. Van Persie is brilliant at making space for himself and is probably the best volleyer of a ball I've seen. He is technically superb at striking the ball off both feet. You can't get much better than him as a striker of the ball The other thing you get with Tevez is tenacity - he's a mega twat, but he can, on his own, lift a team/fans in a way that I don't necessarily think RvP is able to do. Both are brilliant, however.

Personally think there's no excuse not to be looking at another CB. If we're hoping on progressing on last seasons achievements we're going to need better options. An injury to Colo/Taylor and we're painfully short of quality/experience.

It's been slow for most teams without mega money, though, tbf. That we've not bright any 'first-teamers' in wont be for want of trying, I'm sure.