Colocho

He'll sign for £6m. To this In 11 minutes. Basically Colo knows fuck all but it doing the usual ITK trick of 'knowing' things after they have been talked about for days. Can confirm we will sign him for £6,299,999.

Is that not just a repost of what you said before? Or has something changed in terms of confirmation? Rest, friend. I have it on good authority that he will have signed on the dotted line by Thursday.

He should be playing. Ameobi playing ahead of him is nothing short of farcical.

Medical tomorrow. £6-7m fee agreed. Four and a half year deal starting in January.

He'll sign for £6m.

Club is becoming as tacky as Sports Direct.

Revolting. Who designs this shite?

Knockaert is a 20 year-old winger, never seen him play. He came through the youth system at Lens.

Santon - Simpson - Colo - Raylor

Watched the game live... Of course you did, mate. I did, on a fantastic stream. MoTD2 isn't even on iPlayer yet.

He's a young lad in a new country, playing in an unfamiliar league against two big lumps up front and a game plan of hitting the centre backs. Yeah - way to ruin his confidence. Have a word. Are you not worried about Perch and Simpson's confidence?

Watched the game live...

The earliest we'll have anyone back is 30 Jan (Senegal's last game is on the 29th). Aye but they don't leave until mid-January correct? It's not like they fuck off on the 1st of January. Matches begin week commencing 23 Jan. Imagine squads will meet a week beforehand. ?? What?

The earliest we'll have anyone back is 30 Jan (Senegal's last game is on the 29th).

Worth noting that Mali only won three games in a qualification group that also included Liberia, Cape Verde and Zimbabwe - and did not qualify from the group stages in 2008 or 2010. That being said, their last group stage match is on 1st Feb.

£6-7 million. Four and a half year deal. Good piece of business.

Links?

Strange. With him being away for the ACoN, surely it would make sense to sign him now, with a view for him to join in the summer? Maybe Best and/or Ranger will be sold..?

Pardew has described Mike Williamson's chances of featuring against Swansea City as; "a long shot". (Chronicle)

He has the physical attributes to play at CB. Think he would have done a better job than Simpson or Perch.

He looks way out of his depth. I think the best thing for him and the club is for him to leave, find a new club in the Championship or League One.

Well - that's just not true. You either didn't watch the match or watched it with your eyes shut. I watched it. Did OK with his back to goal and set-up Ba's goal, but otherwise did very little.

Samba extended his Blackburn contract to 2015 (in February last year). In June he said: "If a good opportunity arises, I want to seize it. It is necessary that the club understands that I want to go one step further. I hope they will not put a stick in the wheels. It's been four and a half years I have been at Blackburn and two years I have played in relegation battles." With both of these factors in mind, Steven Taylor being out for up to 12 months, and Colo being on his way out in the summer (which should present at least £5m income + a saving of £3.5m in wages over the course of the year) why not bid £8m for Samba and have this over with?

Are we supposed to be signing him on a pre-contractual agreement?