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I'd also love to possibly get Lovenkrands back. Him and Xisco up front would do some wonders I think, especially if we had a Guthrie/Barton CM partnership with Jonas and another ball-playing midfielder. Lots of movement and passing ability. Also, if we had a better back-up at LB, I'd possibly even try a midfield that looked something like Jonas - Barton - Guthrie - Enrique with Xisco and Carroll/Ameobi/Ranger/New, Quicker striker up-front.

Xisco? This.

This. I really do think that Xisco is a class above what we have and just hasn't been given a fair crack. Once he does I really do think he'll come good.

That bar from GOAL THE DREAM BEGINS

'cause he's not worth it.

Don't think he's ready for a start quite yet. It'd be better to save that for Huddesfield than at home to Wednesday. He's the only one in our squad that's been having a Premiership-standard pre-season.

This is the most reason I've seen used on this board in quite some time.

Always thought Bullard would be a great teammate to have - always seems to have fun when he's playing. I remember some anecdote from a Premiership defender, and I think it was Ferdinand but he said his least favorite player to mark was Bullard because he would just talk to you the whole time, taking your concentration off the match. Always thought it was hilarious and have since started doing it myself and it works wonders.

The club could still be worth 100 million but the debt the new owner will inherit will be considerably less.

Hence why I'd play Carroll and Xisco from the start.

The amount of money needed for something like that is so minimal too. The girls would probably do it for free just for some recognition and some free portfolio shots. Aye, blatantly just for hosting as long as the designers and photographers do it for free. If I lived in Newcastle I would be all over this and making it happen.

Yeah, especially when he did that little shimmy at the top of the 18 and then made a run with the ball and had his shot blocked.

The amount of money needed for something like that is so minimal too. The girls would probably do it for free just for some recognition and some free portfolio shots.

Ditto. I was really disappointed that we only got a season from Bassong, ans Spurs got a bargain. No point in looking over our shoulder though he's gone and reminding ourselves about it is just depressing. Let's move on and have a great season ourselves. to be fair, 8m rising to 12m is hardly a bargain.

Even some of the Bristol players went over to the ref to tell him that it went in and he still wouldn't allow it, mind-boggling.

Gallas definitely made it goal-bound, it was going wide of the far post from most angles that I saw until he got his head to it.

Fuck I hope so, I've always said this league is shit and a lot of people were overestimating it. But it really does feel good to see someone who's seen a lot of this league say something that positive. Unless we sell a bunch of our players who are clearly a class above the Championship.

I agree, I love all of these people who magically know how much each player is making per-week, it's laughable. The only people who have any clue are the ones running the books, the player, and his agent. If you're not any of those people you should stop talking before you start acting like you even know.

Would be gutted to lose him, but it would be a good move for him - more power to him. He'll never get any of the time he deserves from the fans so he should leave now before his confidence is ruined forever. He's a class CB and with some good coaching (which he's got none of while being here) could really turn out to be a great ball playing CB. When we revert to the long-ball game I'd much rather have him lobbing the ball up to the strikers than Taylor, that's for sure.

The only reason I floated the idea of there being a Moat/Ashley partnership is down to the fact that I know Ashley is a good businessman and he won't want to take such a huge hit to his bank account but also not lose what could potentially be a good investment. If he took a 50% cut and went out of the public eye to let Moat run the club it could ease the tensions between himself and the fans (he's not an idiot and knows we don't approve of him any longer) while still being able to make some cash off the whole thing. He's already asked for help from other individuals for investment in the squad/club and it just wouldn't surprise me at all if he were to do something along these lines - still take his wedge but not have to deal with anything NUFC-related publicly.

You obviously didn't watch the match then because he showed a handful of class touches and made some really good movement off the ball. He likes to drop back from what I can see and really try and link up the play. I think he'd work great alongside Carroll because he has much better movement than Shola and can also do the hold-up play well (unlike Shola). Would love to see him get a start one of these weeks.

Would love that, much more than him playing here, but I'd also take him to play here as well.

I love the experts on here who know all about Campell's supposed wage demands. Maybe he's not attached to a club because the ones that came in for him were shit and had no potential unlike our beloved club.

Check the Barton thread. Apparently it might only be a bruise.

FYP.