Ketsbaia

Its a shame Shola is so shit because he's a nice, wonderful man and a great professional.

Awww no vuvuzelas at the ACN. Awww how bad for them. Awwww poor fucking morons.

We should have that over here. I'd struggle to pick three I like (maybe Everton, Chelsea and one other), but the three i don't would be Liverpool, Sunderland and Spurs. Or Stoke. Or Man United!

No Alan, play it safe with this one. Give it another month or so.

Class Must say though, it isn't THAT mental to compare Ben Arfa to VdV. He can realistically become one of the best in the league. Think this'll be a really good match.

Worth digging up the podcasts from after our 0-1 at the Emirates and the 4-4. I'll give them a listen, thanks

Listened to that 'Tuesday Club' podcast with Alan Davies today. It's all about Arsenal, but it's funny stuff - especially his hatred for Clive Allen.

People go on about the lack of English talent coming through but theres a good set coming up to go with Hart, Walcott and Adam Johnson. Theres Jones, Wilshere, Sturridge, Smalling, Rodwell, Cleverley, Richards, Welbeck, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Carroll. Add in McEachran/Wickham and England could have a nice WC2014 team.

No matter who plays, England won't win it. I don't really care about them but the ideal squad would have a bit of everything - like a toolbox. Oxlade-Chamberlain would be a good wild card, but none of the wingers deserve to not go. GK: Hart, Foster, Carson DEF: M Richards, P Jones, Terry, Cahill, Jagielka, Ferdinand, A Cole, Jagielka MID: Wilshere, Gerrard, Lampard, A Johnson, Walcott, Young, Carrick, Downing FOR: Rooney, Sturridge, Carroll, Bent (Just missing out are Smalling, G Johnson, Lescott, Lennon, Parker, Welbeck) Won't name a starting XI because that depends who they're against.

And it begins.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/oct/08/newcastle-united-french-scouting-policy

Out of our 'targets': Ruiz, N'Zogbia, Bendtner and Wickham haven't been great so far. Maybe we've dodged a few bullets, although Long and Gervinho do look good.

Marveaux in for Cabaye?

Preparing to get shot down here, but was Rooney's foul THAT bad? EngLOLand

Calm down, people.

'Joey Barton, close friend of Ousmane Dabo'

I'd say he's already overtaken Judi Dench.

Yeh its another CB option, that also let us try Santon at RB. Versatility is cool.

At the minute I'm leaning towards that, as I can still have a Nani - Silva - Ben Arfa - Ramsey - Bannan midfield

Wildcard week coming up and amongst the changes are two big decisions: Nani (10.2m) vs Anderson (6.2m), Suarez (9.4m) vs Adebayor (8.5m). Anderson has had a really good start and that 4m difference is massive.

Absolutely not. Yes, that's true but it was when HBA was about 10 years old, he played in my town and there were some little matches the week end in which my okder brother played with him. If some people don't believe it, i'd just say that for every training and matches, Ben arfa came with hid dad. His dad was clutching (maybe he had an accident in the past) and that is why he always came with a little chair, he sat in and watched his son played. All that was told me by my brother. He also told to me that one day, in a match, they were 5-0 down and Ben arfa was late. Then Hba came at half time and won the match by himself by scoring about 8 goals for his team He was above every one in France when he was a kid. You've never loved a player like that in NUFC ?? So he even had a bad attitude at 10 years old? The coach should have left him out of that game. Yeah, he already was a bad boy at that age... he always came late, fought with team-mates, swore at the coach, terrorised other kids,... Ahhh bless him. It was a joke hein... Pretty sure if Colocho saw this, that then, he would have said "i told you this lad was a little and fu***** prick !"... Don't worry, he still will

We promise never to come back if you give us another Korean kid?

Choosing Everton is sensible, like. That Barkley kid looks good too.

similar terms? that would be crazy (but awesome).

This is a great thread, I wish we had some of those atmospheres in England - its an ambition of mine to go to a Bundesliga match. Also a big fan of flag waving, streamers etc.