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? I echo Dave's sentiment. ah, many thanks to Ginola and Senegal :-)

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Guthrie - No rush over contract Magpies midfielder to look at options in January Newcastle midfielder Danny Guthrie is in no hurry to put pen to paper on a new deal, despite the fact he is out of contract at St James' Park at the end of the season. The 24-year-old has struggled to push his way into the first team this term, with Yohan Cabaye and Cheick Tiote in impressive form. Guthrie, who was hindered by fitness problems last season, is focused on impressing in training and says he will look at his contract situation in January. The Toon man said: "I've got six months left at Christmas, so we'll assess it in January. I'm not worried about deals or things like that - there's no rush. "I'm happy with how things are going, and I just want to get back in the team. It was frustrating last season because of all the injuries. "It was an ankle injury, and I was out eight weeks or so. It was the same injury I had at the back end of last season. But hopefully, I've put them behind me. I've got to wait for the opportunity to get in the team and stake my claim." http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11678_7235359,00.html

Your opinion isn't worth much considering you haven't been watching football long. You inferred that Liverpool had NEVER been in the same class as Arsenal, United or your own team, which I found ludicrous. Where do you think Keegan learned his trade? Do you think he played in a team that didn't play fluid football? Dalglish knows exactly how to play fluid football, he's proved it, and the big difference between him and Keegan is that Dalglish was a winner at attacking, fluid football, Keegan never was. Not that it should bother you at all, enjoying going to the match and watching good football is great, but don't try to judge other clubs teams when you don't watch enough of them live to make judgements. Your comments about Rafa and Allardyce are so ridiculously wrong I'll not comment on them. Hate to break it to you, but that's some serious bullshit. Are you talking about the King Cnut who sold all our star players in the 90s that *cough* Keegan brought in? and replacing them with such fine, attacking, fluid-playing footballers such as John Barnes and Ian Rush... who were in their late *cough* 40s?

oh-ah Demba Ba!

Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba !!

I think this a a good article: http://www.thenewsgrind.com/news/uk-news/pardew-faces-newcastle-united-axe-amid-growing-fears-of-stability/

Meh...

Who is Michael Owen?

Nei takk:)

If I look forward I see Carroll, if I look backwards I see Enrique

The new "Hatem Ben Arfa"...

This is a stupid comparison tbh.

Can see us getting raped when we play against so-called top 6 sides.

We lost 2 points. Quite disappointed with the game. Toothless.

I think an exciting mid for the next few rounds would be: Jarvis - SWP - Barton - Silva/Young - Anderson

Mike Ashley will only sell Toon if 'an incredible offer comes in' says Llambias Mike-Ashley-Newcastle cropped Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias has insisted Mike Ashley has no intention of selling the club - unless he is made an offer he cannot refuse. The sportswear magnate has twice unsuccessfully tried to offload the business he bought for £134.4million back in May 2007, but has since embarked upon a blueprint to make it self-sufficient, a policy which has not gone down well with his critics. Supporters who expected the £35million the Magpies raked in when they sold Andy Carroll to Liverpool in January to be invested in marquee signings this summer have been disappointed, and the strained relationship with the hierarchy has grown ever more toxic. However, answering fans' questions submitted by the city's evening newspaper, the Evening Chronicle, Llambias revealed that Ashley, who has invested a total of around £280million in the club, has no plans to sell up. He said: "Mike Ashley has no intention of putting the club up for sale. He is still extremely passionate about strengthening the club and making it a real success. "We are balancing the books and getting the finances in order, but there's plenty more work to be done and he's committed to doing that for the long-term. "That said, it's worth going back to the analogy of the house that's not for sale. If suddenly an incredible offer comes in, he may have to consider it. "From time to time we are approached by people claiming to have an interest in buying the club. Our message to them is clear: buy a box for a commitment of five-seasons and then we will know you are serious. No-one's taken us up on that offer." However, Llambias also hinted that the anger which has been directed at the regime has done little to encourage Ashley to pour more cash into Newcastle. He said: "Criticism is part and parcel of the job, abuse is not. This makes life uncomfortable and certainly doesn't make Mike feel more inclined to put his hand once again in his pocket. "That's not stubbornness, it's human nature. I think most of us would feel exactly the same." Much of the ire from supporters surrounds the club's summer recruitment policy, which saw Kevin Nolan, Jose Enrique and Joey Barton leave after failing to agree new contracts and seven new signings arrive, but not the striker on whom both manager Alan Pardew and the Toon Army had set their hearts. Llambias said: "It was everyone's desire at the club to bring in a striker. We worked hard to make that happen, but ultimately couldn't complete a deal that we had hoped to." Asked further where the Carroll money had gone, Llambias replied: "We made it clear when we sold Andy that the fee we received would stay in the club, and it has. "The money will be spent prudently within the club and on new players as and when we are in a position to do so. We didn't promise to spend all the money in this window. "Money will be available going forward, for the right player at the right time. If the club had been able to move on other transfer targets this summer, then more money would have been spent." However, Llambias, who revealed that wages will account for around 65 per cent of turnover this season, seven per cent up on last season, confirmed that the days when the Magpies could sign players like Alan Shearer and Michael Owen are over. He said: "The days of Newcastle United acquiring 'trophy' signings who command huge salaries for past successes on the pitch are over. "Yes, they have generated excitement and anticipation in the past, but ultimately many of them have left the club poorer and with little to show for it in terms of our standing in the league." Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Newcastle-Mike-Ashley-only-sell-if-incredible-offer-Derek-Llambias-article796767.html#ixzz1XYXlDp1S

35%...£35 mill... fuck yeah, I'm good at spotting shit like this!

Nah, they'll get a striker in IF we lack goals and/or are in danger of relegation come January.

True. Which goes on to show you that no-one really knows whats going on, and that this is thread is better off named something else.

and, to further explain my view; at several EPL clubs there are some coherence between what the fans expects and predicts, and what the club are looking for. I'd say NUFC's actions are quite hard to predict in any way.

I think these threads are the most useless on the forum for the sole reason that, time and time again, what fans consider realtistic and what the board consider realistic is two totally different things.

Pre-QPR quotes: Pardew - don't blame me for striker shortage Comments from the manager to reporters on Thursday: "The criticism that's going to come from not getting a striker in has some validity to it because seven months is a long time. "But I can only say that from my point of view, we put the targets in front of the board and then it comes down to financial decisions, and that financial decision didn't take place. "We bid for three or four players to fill one position and none of them came to fruition, and that's the disappointment that we have to face. "I feel within the squad, there's a real camaraderie in there, a really good, strong spirit. Defensively, we have shown we are a tight unit and it's just about getting the goals now. "It's going to be important that people step up to the plate and come out of the pack and score goals and contribute to goals with assists, and there's certainly enough talent in that squad to do that. "Joey (Barton) is a controlled animal now on the football pitch. He's an aggressive player, but he has brought that under control. "He's a very, very good player and somebody we need to make sure doesn't influence the game as much as he did for us. "He hasn't got anything to prove to me or the staff here because the players all know how good he is. Obviously, there was a falling-out with the board that wasn't going to be rectified, so Joey has moved on. "He's got himself a contract that he has earned through not just his ability, but the way he has conducted himself in the last couple of years especially, and we wish him well." Link: .com