Geordie Ahmed

Well the lesson isn't specific to the last day of the transfer window. My point was that the example of Carroll wouldn't encourage Ashley or anyone else to pay over the odds or pay what is now being called 'a premium', for a player you've targeted. Unfortunately the valuation of players we set in almost every case is stubbornly/optimistically low in the first place. So it's not the case of paying a premium. The reason Carroll was eventually overvalued at £35 mill was because we the selling club supposedly didn't want to sell and Liverpool kept coming back. In all the deals we were interested in the clubs were willing to sell and had set a price but we wouldn't meet their comparatively fair valuation. Not 100% correct. In two of the cases (Erdnic and Gameiro) and we did meet their evaluation. But the players didn't want to leave France, or preferred Spain. And I read that we were close to agreeing a deal for Maiga, but Souhoux refused to sell because they didn't find a replacement.Maybe they hit the same difficulties as us..? I wonder if they had 7 months to find a striker like us ....

Dirhams (UAE currency)

Not familiar at all with their problems BUT I noticed Peter Ridsdale is their in some capacity, does he go to clubs that have problems or does he help create them?

Yeah I simply can't see him going for Sports Direct as a shirt sponsor, surely even the Fat Man is not that stupid? Highly likely one of his cheap brands will be kit manufacturers which they can get away with

It also emphasises that Pardew should have no say in player transfers if his list of wanted players is true. I reckon it is as true as the list we saw come out after Keegan had to leave Very different situation though, the Keegan list was clearly aimed at denting the reputation of an ex manager who had walked out. Pardew is still here. Pardew is their little puppet really, they can ruin his reputation as much as they like BUT they know he is not going anywhere

It also emphasises that Pardew should have no say in player transfers if his list of wanted players is true. I reckon it is as true as the list we saw come out after Keegan had to leave

Reportedly 80k a week BUT worth it imo, he is one of the best defenders in the league and it is only fair that his wage reflects that

The board loves talking about value for money, well even on his current wage Colo is worth every single penny, he is such a massive player for us we need to make sure he stays. The wage bill has been trimmed enough and come the end of this season the departures of Smith and Lovenkrands will have helped, we should use their wages to go towards Colo's new contract if need be Though I know there is next to no chance he will sign a contract extension and no doubt there will be some who think he is a greedy cunt that is trying to bankrupt the club

Won 2-1 Dan Taylor and Knight (Pen) with the goals

I agree that would be good BUT sadly I think Lovenkrands is ahead of him in the pecking order, which is just

Howay man, he said we are saving the money for January

If Alan Pardew gets fed bullshit by Ashley and Lambias what chance does a poor lass on the phones have?

It is the pretending to sign players that takes the piss If you don't want to sign anyone then no need to feed bullshit to your cock sucking pals in the media, the fans don't deserve that shit Wankers the lot of them, from Ashley down to Pardew

This window is worse due to twats like ryder being on twitter, plucking things from his arse

Yep, thought we would have had someone signed or close to signed by now

Okay once he has joined Fulham, what deal can we try to hijack next?

Liam Ridgwell? I think he is shit BUT things are so bad I would be happy enough with the signing #signofthetimes

When he decides Fulham, then what do we do?

This is a joke :rant:

Which was the right thing to do, that is too much

Damn, we needed a backup CB Reckon he might go the David Edgar way

I hope they do pay £10mill for Crouch, that would be awesome Howay Brucey, make it happen

Would be over the moon with this, would forgive all the fannying about that has been done the last couple of months

If that is a wind up, you should be set on fire

taking the piss?