Geordie Ahmed

About 20 seconds later he actually says his name properly

Damn, the pressure Hovering between shite and decent

I think McCarthy has a fantastic touch and his passing is one of his strong points, admittedly not as good as Cabaye's passing BUT he can pass players which is something Cabaye struggles with A good player who would be a top signing

McCarthy is a different player to Tiote, a CM rather than a DM

Just to add some depth to that point, the scale goes like this, with some examples Proper Shite - Dalglish, Allardyce, Souness Shite - Gullit Decent - Roeder Good - Hughton Very Good - Great - Keegan, SBR

I think Cleverley is a good player who is going to get better I don't think the Sir Bobby Robson statue is very good, doesn't look like him I liked Scott Parker, thought he was a good player for us and it was a mistake selling him Glenn Roeder was a decent manager for us overall

David James saying Spanish football is a spent force

Unfortunately the guy that picks the team does not, even when they are not good

It does BUT there isn't enough tackle in there

Going to be a wasted season for him

This is becoming all too predictable We will piss around for ages trying to sign him, fail to do so and then find we have no "time" to sign anyone else

Robben scores 3-2

I know it is just a friendly and on a s*** pitch, but City don't scare me as much for the opener after watching this game. You are in for a shock they, they always tear us apart

About f***ing time. What is? Are you saying you want this to be in the paper? If so that's extremely baffling to say the least? Why? He's trying to paint himself as some sort of saint by refusing to wear Wonga and it's about time an opposite view/opinion was aired. Unless we know what his stance is based on the article in the paper is just usual shit stirring

Not really, wouldn't be the first time crap players get picked ahead of good players, Pardew does it a lot

Hopefully other players kick up a fuss as well and the club do back down. The club f***ed off Virgin Money without even asking if they would be prepared to match Wonga's offer. Sorry to say it but if people think Wonga is the best we can do then they are seriously wrong. The Premiership is the highest watched league globally, heck even Sunderland were able to get a newly formed charity to cough up a record deal. Which newly formed charity would that be?

Vuckic and Gouffran. Thanks

Who scored for us?

You yourself have said Bent is useless outside of the box and we barely get the ball in the box so preferring someone who offers something outside of the box is not nuts I guess it's akin to preferring Weimann to Bent

I would, Best would suit Cisse a lot more than Bent would. I quite liked Best, thought he was underrated, if he could have added a bit more goals to his game he would be a good striker BUT the work he did to allow Ba to score was undervalued Pardew has quite clearly shown he doesn't have a clue tactically, so having a striker (Bent) who is only useful if you put the ball in the box on numerous occasions is not a better option that someone who works his bollocks off outside the box and creates space/opportunities for the other striker

Very true, Jonas may well be average BUT he has been an excellent servant for this club, certainly doesn't deserve stick from divvies on the net He was average when we signed him, he's most certainly not now. Even average wingers/midfielders get the odd goal and assist. Wouldn't call him an excellent servant, either. I'd call him a great guy and a top pro who was signed because he was cheap and has kept his place in the team through working his nads off, not through actually contributing in the way he should as an attacking player. Agreed he is rubbish now BUT first season he was decent and he was one of our better players in The Championship (arguably only Colo was overall better). He has always given his all, despite not being good you can't question his effort and that is why I think it's wrong to give him stick, that should be reserved for the likes of Owen and Smith. Also it's Pardew that needs to wise up and stop picking him

Very true, Jonas may well be average BUT he has been an excellent servant for this club, certainly doesn't deserve stick from divvies on the net

Average? He had about 3 good games all season. Okay he was poor BUT the point remains, he is a far better player than Shola/Jonas

Very unfair putting Tiote alongside those two Tiote was average last year BUT at his best he offers a lot more than Shola and Jonas, the question remains whether Tiote will show his first season form

He needs to be playing regular football rather than sitting on the bench getting no time in the pitch Send him to a team that will give him plenty of games BUT I suspect we will handle him badly, we haven't used the loan system well