John P

Oh god not again

FFS! If it's 20th July local time, why do we have 'July 20th KO 00.30 BST' on the thread title? Surely it should be July 21st KO 00.30 BST? My word. Im just guna stay up tonight anyway and see what happens, I don't think anyone truly knows. Apart from Cheick.

I was getting really confused about when it is, as .co.uk says that there will be highlights of it up on thursday. Is it being played 'tonight'? If so I would have thought highlights would be up tomorrow.

Probably either the SD bonus payout or his moves to buy up shares in USC and JD Sports Misleading bastards. When I see 'Toon boss' I immediately think of the silver fox, not the fat lump. I obviously wasn't expecting that we had spuffed £60m on players, but it still got me excited nonetheless.

When I walked past my local corner shop this morning, there was a Chronicle headline saying 'Toon Boss in £60m spending spree.' Got me really excited, so checked on here and nothing is happening. What the hell was the article about?

Them training pitches do look lush mind. Worth every penny.

Not unless the league is extended to accomodate 125 teams this season.

Good place for Ranger to get loaned to? If he was assured of a good number of starts.

Not really selling him much there.

But you also think Arsenal don't need a keeper right?

But what is the consensus of the ITKs?

Yep, was just going to say that we should spend the extra cash and wages from selling Nolan on the Zog

Or Nolan is limited, has spat his dummy out at a new contract and wants away. Nolan wanting away must be a factor in this (if it's true). From Ashley's point of view it's probably going to take more than 4m, or whatever the fee is, to replace him and we all know that he doesn't like big spending to replace players. Anyone fancy Gardner to replace him if he goes?

Sounds sexy to me

or Tiote Cabaye N'Zogbia Ben Arfa Erding Ba Tiote Barton. cabaye HBA Erding Ba See in my opinion none of these line ups quite add up, be it lack of width or a player being played out of position. The only solution I see is 442 with Ben arfa behind ba, or a 433 with Ben arfa lining up as one of the forward 3 but drifting in like he did when he played for us at the beginning of the season. How about: Zoggy---------Tiote----------Cabaye----------Ben Arfa -----------------D. Ba----------Erding--------------------- On that youtube vid of Erding playing for Turkey it looked as if he was playing on the right in an advanced position. So maybe: ------------Tiote----Cabaye---------- Erding------Ben Arfa------Zog/Jonas ------------------Ba--------------------

El-Hadji Woof

TOON scout Brian Clark was the man who recommended Gazza to the club. Over the years he has spotted many who have joined the ranks at St James’ Park. And Brian still remembers the first time he saw the Ameobi brothers play. "I saw Shola playing in a schoolyard as I was walking back from the hospital after an eye operation," he said. "I said to our lass, ‘the big lad can play’ and a few months later I went to Heaton Manor School and I saw him having a trial for the school. Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/05/17/delight-for-sammy-and-shola-ameobi-s-mam-72703-28707653/3/#ixzz1MbzR6TFf The op obviously didn't work then.

If I was a Mackem I definitely would have called my dog El Hadj Woof like. Or Kenwyne Bones.

My thoughts are that any grown adult who even owns a replica football shirt needs sectioning,it's a cringeworthy article and thankfully they are Geordies(from South Shields) and not mackems. So they're not either then... But they are your fans Tyneside = Geordies Wearside = Mackems South Shields = Tyneside The lads in the article are geordies and I'm happy about that. There are more Sunderland fans than Newcastle fans in South Shields, so your point has no logic whatsoever. Don't agree with that like and im not saying that just because im from their. Its pretty much 50/50. Although if you start counting the likes of Whitburn and ourskirts places then that would be true. If you just counted the parts close to the main town centre though then i reckon it would be very much 50/50. Fair enough, just from my experience there are way more Sunderland fans in Shields. Must just be the areas of Shields iv spent time in, but my point still stands!

My thoughts are that any grown adult who even owns a replica football shirt needs sectioning,it's a cringeworthy article and thankfully they are Geordies(from South Shields) and not mackems. So they're not either then... But they are your fans Tyneside = Geordies Wearside = Mackems South Shields = Tyneside The lads in the article are geordies and I'm happy about that. There are more Sunderland fans than Newcastle fans in South Shields, so your point has no logic whatsoever.

We would have been screwed if Moat had managed to buy the club. ITK-tastic.

Remember seeing Steven Taylor about 18 months ago in Hana Hana. He was constantly on his phone, eating with a knife and fork, and when he got a drink brought to him he finally got his chopsticks out - to stir his drink.

On the stream I was watching they compared Lovenkrands with Ebanks-Blake and it said that Lovenkrands did not complete any passes today

Oxlade-Chamberlain? No chance. Not with Man Utd/Arsenal sniffing. Bale was trying to convince him that Spurs would be a good destination. When he moves he will go to Arsenal. The fee is the only sticking point. Not meaning to be rude, but how the hell do you know all this stuff? You claim to have 'inside knowledge' on a lot of things ITK. So he's talking bollocks then?

Oxlade-Chamberlain? No chance. Not with Man Utd/Arsenal sniffing. Bale was trying to convince him that Spurs would be a good destination. When he moves he will go to Arsenal. The fee is the only sticking point. Not meaning to be rude, but how the hell do you know all this stuff? You claim to have 'inside knowledge' on a lot of things