ChrisMcQuillan

Bigi just oozes confidence. Think he's class, like.

Didn't witness the Gaycastle one.

Our long throw is the worst tactic ever, except for our long free kick.

Great for the lad on his European debut!

Ryan Taylor. Over the wall!

I'd put Campbell in for Gosling. He looked great playing in that Rooney, second striker, AM role in the Milk Cup. Different level, I know, but still.

Campbell and Cisse the only two out and out strikers. Will almost certainly be on bench or starting XI then. Also, no Elliot! Glad to see Pardew realising Harps is still the preferential option.

Would serve them right for rejected decent offers in the first place. Wow, you've changed your tune... Haha, well played sir. In fairness, we were claimed to have multiple bids of varying sizes accepted and rejected during this transfer window. I'm not saying, necessarily, that our bids were the correct value of the player, at least the reported bids. It just strikes me as a bit rich of Twente to reject everything, then panic when people move on. Brinkmanship is an art, not a right. But fair play, the two quotes juxtaposed and out of context make me look like a bit of a tit.

Would serve them right for rejected decent offers in the first place.

He's not injured.

I was sat just out of range of this shot. There was also a kid he was with.

Xisco was watching the game in the stands yesterday, so he is around.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19311871

Got his autograph today. Still smiling!

Ticket arrived. Can't wait.

Find it amusing that it makes more sense to print our documents in French now.

Of the team that started today, we had Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, S. Taylor, R. Taylor, Shola and Jonas when we were in the Championship. In a way, that's remarkable. And in a way, it's a slight concern as we can and should do a lot better than some of those players.

£90? Not £90k? Sorry, either is believable. Mirror Website says £90.

Campbell's physically too weak for the Premiership right now for sure. I doubt he'll get much taller, so really this is the step he needs to take. Training with the first team, bulking up. He's got enough pace and footballing brain about him to cause any defender problems with his movement, he just has to be able to compete. He'll never get that staying with the U18s, so good move from Pards I reckon!

How can you get the league position wrong ffs? Such shoddy everything.

He's had an absolute mare there Steve Harper - £4.2m What the jumping jack christ? He's gone mental.

If he'd gone on to be a real hit at Liverpool, Chelsea or PSG might have been stupid enough to bid higher, but that's really about it.

I would be shocked if we bought Pieters and Debuchy quite frankly. I would be shocked if we bought Pieters or Debuchy quite fankly.

Ba and Cabaye being named and then withdrawn is a little strange, no?

Obviously it's not enough to go into a season with just three right backs.