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Nice to see return of the avatar too Dave.

Rebuilt mine with bits of my knee cap, do they do with semtex and dynamite now What happened with your knee bimpy?

Get in! Take it that means Xisco's on the way oot! Either that or....Xisco 9.

Does anyone know why on this site they're selling two Arsenal tops - one for £40 and another 'authentic' one for £90? What's the difference?

Where does Barnetta stand in relation to Zoggy in terms of ability?

Really don't mean this in a cuntish way, but it's frightening to think about where we would be if he hadn't had that heart attack.

Aren't these quotes from a local rag? Anyway, if Jose's serious about Chumps League that excludes the bin dippers, thank god. Might also mean he'll go abroad. Only the Arse haven't got a settled left-back and I've yet to see Jose linked with them.

Surely there must be some latitude in the 'reducing costs' aspect of Pardew's remit though? Frankly, if 'reducing costs' means bringing in players like Ba, Cabeye for £4mil and selling Nolan when he's after 5 years at 55k, then Ashley is on the right track, surely? If people take this 'reducing costs' at face value, why is the club just not bringining in cheap shite to replace Carroll, Nolan, etc. 'Reducing costs' could mean a number of things and not all of them negative.

To be fair on the Nolan front, he and the club did try to keep Nolan. From the sounds of things he was offered a reasonable deal but chose to turn it down. What else can the club do? Offer him a whacking £55k 5 year deal? It wouldn't be sensible. As far as the Carroll saga goes, too much has been said already, but £35mil was a great price. Anyway, we're in a rebuilding phase at the mo. So far I'm pleased with the acquisitions of Cabeye and Ba and by the sounds of things there's more to come. I for one am optimistic for the future.

Eric Djemba-Djemba. Quinton Fortune

Wasn't that Sam Hutchinson bought from the Smoggies - remember there was a big hoo-haa about him being pretty decent? Obv. not now of course, but you do wonder why these players were bought in the first place.

From some of Pardew's comments earlier in the year regarding Tiote, I think he'll be given a bit more of a box-box/midfield engine room role next season. If this interest in Matuidi materialises, it'll be a midfield three of Cabeye, Matuidi, Tiote. Mr. T won't be sold......at least not this summer.

Look at Dogleish's face on that advert top right. Smug cunt.

This. Dust has settled somewhat now and I can honestly say that it says a great deal about Nolan as a player that he's moving to the Championshit and not another Premiership rival. Personally, I wish the bloke nothing but the best. Great captain, great leader and seemingly a good bloke who helped us get back and stay there. Thank you and good luck.

Agreed. Will be very competitive indeed. Lots of good teams and a number of top managers in there too. Sven, McClaren, etc. I just wonder how far the fat cunt's brand of football is going to get him next season.

Nolan, Faye, Gardner - I see the fat cunt is trying resurrect his old Bolton side having found himself incapable of succeeding with a group of different players at Toon and Blackburn. What odds are there on Davies moving to Wham?

Not just one player they're selling though because the likes of barton and enrique are next to leave the circus run by the biggest and dafest clown of all time, mike ashley. And who are we bringing in? Neil f**king Taylor and some lille player with f*ck all premier league experience. Come on man, if you go for players with Premier League experience then 90% of the time you over pay. There are countless examples of players who have no Premier League experience and come in and do well. We signed Tiote for, what, £3.5m from FC Twente? If we sold him to a Premier League team now, how much would he be worth? £15m+? Tiote is not worth 15 million no club would pay that for him 8 million would be more like it he is very good for us but he is no michael essien.

Jay Bothroyd here we come! What a day. Never dull being a Newcastle fan, ffs.

There best be other irons in the fire is all I can say. Whilst his knee would have possibly been a problem, the fact he was free was a big positive.

The fact he was so integral on bringing a relegated team together is perhaps one of the reasons why that fat cunt wants him down there. West Spam are a complete shambles at the mo. The good thing is I suppose he won't be lining up against us next year!

Nail on head for me. Epitomises my mixed feelings on this. I actually really like Nolan and think he's been a fantastic captain for us. He's one of the main reasons why I fell back in love with the 'team' having had to tolerate so much shit and so many mercenaries over the years. He's also scored some crucial goals which Pardew will absolutely have to replace before I can see any sense whatsoever in selling him now.

If there are any positives to be taken out of this, providing of course that we sign someone for that position, it's surely that we won't have to deal with the ACN. It'll be bad enough losing Tiote.

...and in particular how that relates to transfers. The deliberate, blatant attempts to unsettle players and ensure that they end up playing for Man U, Man C, Chelsea or Arsenal. Or Liverpool. To be fair, Redknapp has done his fair old share of unsettling players through his media chums too.

Who's that in the picture with him. Am sure I've seen him before but just can't remember.

That's not Alexander Frei is it? Or am I just being a wee bit thick?