themanupstairs

It's an Arabic name. It is pronounced exactly as it is written, Hatem. The H in this instance is a pronunciation that doesn't exist in English or French.

The French pronunciation. it isn't. it's not even a French name

You know what Mike's like. No rumours doesn't necessarily mean we won't bag someone out of the blue.

To be honest, it's not even funny. It's one of the main reasons they're now a damn good club. Constantly rip people off. And we dont? Look at how much we paid for Cabaye man, it's outrageous given his quality. It's not really the same. His clause was fair game to other clubs too. We didnt set the price.

That WBA game was something special from the whole team, the pace and urgency in our counter attacks was just amazing. That first half was the most enjoyable to watch from an attacking point of view out of the whole season. The way Ba, Cisse and HBA linked up, it felt like we were witnessing the start of something very special. I remember even Jonas from his deeper role putting in some killer passes. Would love more of the same please. Especially from our number ten. Makes the working week go quicker knowing you've got the opportunity to watch Hatem at the weekend. Incredible game that was. In the past few years I've watched other sides conduct swift, precise and lethal counterattacks, and always wished I could see NUFC do the same. We haven't had that since the SBR days. It's fucking beautiful to watch. Lovely post SMTW and welcome to the forum

agreed. fanny about with a bid for Carroll on deadline day having secured the aforementioned.

Not really. As they can't exactly say play s*** or we won't pay you. Say for instance he misses a last minute penalty that hands City the title/cup. Then what? Questions will be asked. Why would the League allow for such a possibility? It's happened loads of times in the past and nobody has questioned it then, so why now? When has it happened in the past where a player misses a last minute penalty against a club that's paying half his wages to win them a trophy/3 pts/a place in the next round?

From which perspective? If you mean that you're waiting to find out if you qualify so that you can spend all that extra loot, then you'll be sorely disappointed It wouldn't cover half a Dawson. As your man says, there really isn't a lot of money in it (http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-boss-alan-pardew-hits-1268823). However, if you're waiting to find out if you need to strengthen the squad, then you probably need to strengthen it anyway. I think it's waiting to find out whether we need to strengthen further or not. Qualification could also mean off-setting clauses in targets' contracts, or maybe the targets themselves want to make sure we're in Europe before committing. There's a lot we don't know about how transfers work and why, but I reckon European qualification is a milestone after which we'll see some movement. I sincerely don't think we're leaving it all for deadline day, so my theory makes the most sense

Sweet. Wrong thread tho

Yeah that's the issue. But like I said, it's as if they're paying us 10M in instalments. It's as if they're simply paying us 5M to take him off their hands, and they might be saving that in offsetting amortisation over the last two years of his contract. I don't know why they didn't structure it as a free transfer tbh. This way is just... messy, suspicious and stinks of corruption An equivalent reduction in transfer fee would be the wages Citeh will pay Adebayor over the length of the new contract. Unless the contract is long enough to put Spurs at a profit on the purchase :lol: Amazing how well suited 'Arry was to that club.

Yeah that's the issue. But like I said, it's as if they're paying us 10M in instalments. It's as if they're simply paying us 5M to take him off their hands, and they might be saving that in offsetting amortisation over the last two years of his contract. It's not really like that though. If he signs a full time contract with THFC, he should have severed all links with MCFC. If there is some kind of arrangement to "pay you to take him off their hands", it should never ever be released in the press.

Not really. As they can't exactly say play s*** or we won't pay you. Say for instance he misses a last minute penalty that hands City the title/cup. Then what? Questions will be asked. Why would the League allow for such a possibility?

Still can't get my head around this. Hope it backfires on the player and both clubs big style.

El Clasico Atromitos vs. Newcastle mate. Exactly. Couldn't care less about a non-competitive version of that overrated handbags event.

s**** like this shouldn't be allowed. I know there's nothing that can be done but it's s****. Spurs effectively beat us to 4th last season because of a player they were paying f*** all for. City are cunts, Spurs are cunts, and Adebayor is a grade A cunt. This has really boiled my piss

When it's a loan, I understand. But seriously how the fuck is this allowed in professional football? Does it mean he can't face them? What if he scores important goals against them to knock them out of a competition or title race etc.? Has to be bollocks surely!?

That is fucking sickening. How is that allowed in football any how?

Seriously like, it's pretty obvious we're waiting to find out whether or not we're in Yurop this season before making any more moves. Don't know about you lot, but it's pretty damn obvious to me

It's not irrational, the man's a c*** frankly. The confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses is speaking the truth

Not sure where to put this, but I thought I saw Abidal (think it was him) bitch slap Mascherano after Barca's defeat to Sampdoria in that friendly last night. Anyone see this or know what happened?

I still think we are waiting to see the outcome of (at least) the first leg of our EL qualifier, before shelling out on new recruits.

Tucks his shirt in too. Superb attitude

Much rather this than instructing him to stop shooting. He packs tremendous power in his shots, so why not take a punt every now and then? I'd be looking to work with him on timing his shots rather than shirking responsibility to shoot when in a good position to do so.