Pilko

Mind, Pardew's right about that one, regardless of whether it was his decision or not. Give it a week to let it blow over a bit.

:lol: 'Fair enough Al, but it's coming out of your wages'

If we sign Carlton Cole as our 'other' striker I'm going to stick considerable money on us going down.

I run the Simpsons gags in this town.

For once in his life, I hope he's right this time.

In other words, nowhere near as bad as some people are making out. It's still completely and utterly avoidable, though. Really? Unless you know exactly whats happened i dont know how you can make that statement. The dental thing, the visa issue. Both of them, if we're going by how the press have reported them, sound like they could have been solved with a bit more attention to detail and meticulous forward planning. As I said elsewhere, the only game excused is Darlington where Tiote was injured.

In other words, nowhere near as bad as some people are making out. It's still completely and utterly avoidable, though.

A whole pre-season and our first choice centre-midfielders have played precisely zero minutes between them. How the fuck can Pardew call the USA tour a 'success' ffs? The only game where there was legitimate reason for them not to feature together was Darlington where Tiote was injured. Five games where we've had stupid fucking visa issues and that for christs sake. Bunch of bloody amateurs.

Those accusations of Barton bullying Cabaye are clearly true; you can see he's taken a bite out of his face.

Well, obviously. What I meant was I'd be worried about Pardew's managerial ability if he genuinely thought we needed no players. I'm worried about the fact he knows we need players but blatantly isn't going to get them, due to the shitness of our board/etc.

I'd be fucking worried if not.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7f17z0F5c1qdoghio1_500.png How long was that?

Of course that makes sense. It just means those bullet points that Lee Ryder was pulling out of his arse in the other day's Chronicle were incorrect guesses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/images/2005/10/21/barry_janine_eastenders_203x152.jpg

Let's face it, he must have some semblance of talent about him if Ferguson got him in. It sounds like he has limitations, but it's incredibly rare that Fergie buys an absolute dud (outfield players anyway). The only one I can really think of is Djemba-Djemba.

Nearly as good as "nufc.com: Man spotted at training ground"

Didn't even read the thread beforehand, but that's amazing.

Premiership Winners: Manchester United Runners Up: Chelsea 3rd: Manchester City 4th: (sigh) Liverpool Europa: Arsenal, Spurs Relegation: QPR, Blackburn, Wigan Over Achievers: Fulham Under Performers: Aston Villa Top Goal Scorer: Luis Suarez Break Out Year: Sammy Ameobi, Josh McEachran, Mauro Formica, Fabian Delph Season to Forget: Wayne Rooney, Edin Dzeko, Gabby Agbonlahor, Cesc Fabregas PFA Player of the Year: Frank Lampard PFA Young Player of the Year: David De Gea FWA Player of the Year: Robin van Persie Where will NUFC finish?: 12th Domestic Championship Promotion: Leicester, West Ham Play Off Winners: Leeds (beating Forest in the final) Championship Relegation: Coventry, Derby, Peterborough First Division Promotion: Sheffield United, Huddersfield, Preston First Division Relegation: Notts County, Leyton Orient, Oldham, Walsall Second Division Promotion: Rotherham, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham, Northampton Second Division Relegation: Barnet, Macclesfield FA Cup: Chelsea League Cup: Bolton Johnstone Paint Trophy: Sheffield United FA Vase: Whitley Bay (obviously) World La Liga winner: Barcelona Serie A winner: Juventus Bundesliga: Bayern Munich Champions League: Barcelona Europa League: Roma World Player of the Year: Lionel Messi Olympic Gold Medal: Brazil? Other First Prem manager to quit/be sacked/'mutual consent': Steve Kean NUFC's top scorer: Demba Ba - 11 goals Will Wayne Rooney's Hair fall out before the end of the Season: No What's the next crazy thing Mario Balotelli will do: Ride into training on a horse/some sort of animal Will an away team win a penalty at Old Trafford this season: There will be 2 away penalties, one for Liverpool and one for Manchester City

So it's suddenly nothing to do with Barton being flippant on his Twitter; more that his wages are too big? This doesn't add up at all.

First bit: 'if we are committed' - we aren't, unless they accept our (relative ofc) piss poor offer. Second bit: sounds like on FM where they say 'although it's early in the negotiations, significant changes are required for my client to accept your offer'.

Ready made excuse for Ashley and Pardew here.

Yep, the replacement is called Ryan Donaldson.

£4m would be a great price. I still don't think we'll get him though, it's too sensible a move.

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The phrase "Ashley apologists" is quite possibly the most boring, shit and repetitive phrase ever used.