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Bob Bradley is apparently Egypt's new manager. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/15/sport/football/football-bob-bradley-egypt/

Ryan Taylor is apparently ecstatic to learn he's starting at left back again: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6135/ryantaylor.jpg

Club statement in pictures: http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1163/eggsca.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4016/eggsinbasket.jpg http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8189/brokeneggs.jpg

A statement from Newcastle United Managing Director Derek Llambias Now that the transfer window has closed, we have had some time to reflect on the business we have conducted over the summer. Our aim was to secure young players who represented value for money and could add real strength to the squad. The majority of our transfer dealings were completed in the early part of the window and we feel we have signed some players of exceptional quality. Yohan Cabaye, Sylvain Marveaux, Mehdi Abeid, Demba Ba and Gabriel Obertan were all brought in early and we have seen these players settle quickly into the squad and perform well on the pitch. Earlier this week we were delighted to sign Davide Santon from Inter Milan to fill our left-back position after the departure of Jose Enrique. Davide is an excellent young prospect and we're sure he'll be another superb addition to the squad. We also welcomed young goalkeeper Rob Elliot from Charlton Athletic who will help us retain healthy competition for that position after loaning out Fraser Forster to Celtic. Of course we had also hoped to secure a further striker in the window, in addition to Demba Ba. Work to bring a striker into the club began early in the summer. Negotiations were complex and protracted and unfortunately it was disappointing that ultimately we could not secure our priority target. Whilst we did turn our attention to alternative prospects in the latter stages of the window, we have a very clear transfer policy and will not make knee-jerk decisions at the last-minute which are not in the best interests of the club. We understand that supporters will feel frustrated that we did not sign another striker during the window, but it was not for lack of trying that we did not bring our final target in. edit:http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110902/newcastle-united-statement_2281670_2439966

Found this in some corner of the interwebs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYm_-6Sfiqw&feature=player_embedded

Caloric intake too great; no exercise.

Has NUFC ever gone this long in the PL era without someone wearing the no. 9?

How are your efforts to buy the club going, by the way?

Joey Barton is dead to me.

How depressing is it that I'm really eager for the financials for the year ended June 30, 2011? At least then we can see how close Ashley is to having the club on course for a net profit, and thus more attractive to a potential buyer. It really all comes down to that.

This has been like a horror movie, where someone would stay alive if they just made the decision not to do something stupid, but invariably they do the stupid thing that gets them killed.

Not French enough.

Not sure if serious.

I quit.

I think Sochaux saw Gradel as a striker. (Saint-Etienne referred to Gradel as a striker in their press release, for whatever that's worth).

Sochaux have signed a strike (his name escapes me) but are still unwilling to sell Surely Sochaux can part with Maiga now? Sochaux's press release refers to Camara as a midfielder. So if they're viewing him that way, they still don't have a replacement lined up.

Wonder if this guy is available: http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/337/soccerdog.jpg

Sticky widgies

There's absolutely no way we'd be lucky enough to get Hulk on the same team as Spider-Man.

Do they not get any credit for the signings they've already made? They do, certainly. But the striker situation is just very frustrating.

Alright, just under 9 hours in which to fail to permanently sign a striker. Keep up the good work team.

http://www.staderennais.com/breve.php?id=4640&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=300&width=590

The shine from his teeth must really do a number on strikers.