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Any links, and most importantly, loan or permanent?

Said it before, will repeat it again. Mohammed Abdellaoue - Hannover.

MIGHT. Don't rate him though.

Hey Ashley, this must be looking sweet on the blance-sheet... the balance-sheet for yet another relegation... When have we are we breaking even or "debt free" ? Never ever ever ever ever? Sports direct(ly to hell).....

link link link link link link link ?

Bumpeti-BUMP. *honk honk oink*

Mr Mike Ashley... go f*** yourself! Seriously At the moment I'm not sure what I am supporting. Can someone please tell me what they mean by "supporting the club"? The brand? The players? The staff? What? Only place they show consistency is fucking it up.

fuck fuck fuck

Reported £5,5 mill according to Daily Express.

I'll take a "shot in the dark" and say 1-3 to Arsenal.

Good god...... just realized we're never gonna get rid of him.

Replacement for Enrique: Cheikh M'Bengue. Also, we should've had a contingency plan in place a long long time ago. How much have you watched Cheikh M'Bengue? How much have you watched Erik Pieters? I haven't seen any of them play. My response were purely based on what other members have said on here (in regard to their abilities). Thus, Cheikh M'Bengue sounds like a 'safer' bet than Erik Pieters if we are talking about replacing Enrique.

There's a piece in The Sun that Valencia is after him. Not gonna link it, because it has no qoutes whatsoever.

Replacement for Enrique: Cheikh M'Bengue. Also, we should've had a contingency plan in place a long long time ago.

↲ In other words, no real replacement for Enrique? At best, a back-up? Yes, I can imagine we might sign a Dutch international as, at the very best, a back up player. ↲why would a dutch international come to be a backup? He was being sarcastic. Obviously it's daft to think he's coming here if we keep Enrique. I wasn't being sarcastic in my responds at all. By the sound of it, I'd take most of us would prefer Enrique over Pieters any day. If he brought in as back-up for Enrique, assuming that is the case, it all good and well. If, on the other hand, he's brought in to replace Enrique, I'd be disappointed. Eventhough punk77 says: this does not justify the replacement signing. We need a backup, not a replacement. We need to keep what we have, build on that, and have consistency in the back-four. If we are looking at a replacement we should be looking at someone with the same ability as Enrique, not someone who needs 'a couple of seasons' to adapt. We can't afford that.

Damn, this guy's so fragile, he almost makes Owen look like he's made of steel. Love him though

In other words, no real replacement for Enrique? At best, a back-up?

Fuck me, he'll prove quite a challenge to sell at FM 2012

Is he any good?

Hope we get rid of this tit. Don't tell me that this ain't going to affect his performance on the field. What a fool.

Obertan You realise how shit he is on FM ?!? Jiiizes... I'd had a living hell off-loading Smith and Perch. Can you imagine FM 2012

Fuck me, can't believe we are signing Obertan

RidiculAshley. So the thread title refers to the player being disappointed with the offer, so to speak. *puh* that's good, everything is normal. For a second there I thought Newcastle was trying to be attractive and competitive.

ridiculous good terms or ridiculous-Ashley terms?

I know this post might back-fire me once I start the slightest moaning, but I'm willing to take the risk anyway. In my opinion, we are better off this season than last season. After the previous season, I really believed that "squad gelling", squad consistency and leadership were crucial qualities in order to succeed. I still do. After we sold Carroll I was gutted. I still am. But at the very least, it's satisfying that he hasn't performed as well as he should (price-tag-wise) at Liverpool. After we sold Nolan I was surprised, but undecided. I still remember some on here rating him along with A. Smith. During Championship and last season he was really important to us. His main qualities: he was at the right place at the right time - therefore scoring many goals for us - and he showed great leadership. Apart from that Nolan offers very little (without neglecting the importance of his two main qualities) as he was very immobile. I still think he had something to offer us this coming season. But after reading what seems to be an important part of the truth, offering him a 5-yr deal and £50-60K would be nothing short of madness. After reading that NUFC had told Barton he was free to leave I was kind of surprised, because letting something go for free is something I do not associate with Ashley. But that's about it. I've always been skeptical to Barton. In my opinion (and I know some might disagree, that's ok) I can appreciate his willingness to try to fullfill whatever talent people once thought he might possess. Appreciate is probably the nicest word I will ever use with Barton. Personally, after all the trouble and drama (even the stuff he did at Man City) I'll be happy to see him go. Aggression is certainly something to watch out for. Negative aggression is something found rarely in both Vieira and Keane. In Barton, he's like a gigantic Kinder Egg filled with unpredictability - and that's most of the time ,- unplesant unpredictability. Positive aggression, on the other hand, is something we definately should be on the look-out for. Something of the line of one of Thomas Edison's qoutes: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." (He said this when a journalist confronted him with the fact that he'd tried - and failed - over 10,000 times before he found the solution). So to sum up here, we've lost some EPL experience, but in terms of bodies in and out we are even - and in my opinion better off (cross my fingers that I'm right).