Geordie Ahmed

Oh and:

 

For him to continue to support the club, he has to be interested and enthused to do so. He deserves credit for his financial support but a section of supporters don’t make him feel welcome at St James’ Park, or when he attends away games. Criticism is part and parcel of the job, abuse is not. This makes life uncomfortable and certainly doesn’t make Mike feel more inclined to put his hand once again in his pocket. That’s not stubbornness, it’s human nature. I think most of us would feel exactly the same.

 

...is pretty much spot on, regardless of your opinion of the guy. Still amazed how this is missed by the mongs who chant "get out of our club" at every possible opportunity.

 

Give over.

 

He's alienated almost the entire fanbase since he's been here and yet we're not supposed to voice negative opinions about him and sing nasty songs because it makes him feel sad and not want to spend any money.

 

I don't see what you expect to achieve by singing "get out of our club" - in the early post-Keegan atmopshere, it may have been able to help drive him out. By this point, it's just pointless. EDIT: and allows DL to come out with that kind of answer to justify why MA isn't putting anymore £££ into the club.

When was the last time any nasty songs were sung about him? Don't think there have been any this season

I keep saying it BUT give this man a new contract asap

 

Can't see it happening. With Smith gone at the end of the season, Colo is the outlier of the wage bill and would have to swallow a severe wage cut for a longer contract.

 

I agree, can't see it happening either BUT to me it would just highlight the problems of having such a strict wage structure

 

Without Colo we will be a poorer team, no doubt about it - he is worth the money he gets paid, value for money is what the management love to go on about and Colo certainly does provide value for money

 

It's very hard to keep players to a wage ceiling of 40k a week when you have one member in the sqaud on roughly double that amount. Not only would you be paying his wages, but also the extra amounts to keep other players happy given the pay disparity.

Well it will be very hard to progress if we are not willing to pay players what they are worth

I keep saying it BUT give this man a new contract asap

 

Can't see it happening. With Smith gone at the end of the season, Colo is the outlier of the wage bill and would have to swallow a severe wage cut for a longer contract.

I agree, can't see it happening either BUT to me it would just highlight the problems of having such a strict wage structure

Without Colo we will be a poorer team, no doubt about it - he is worth the money he gets paid, value for money is what the management love to go on about and Colo certainly does provide value for money

Just seen the Bardlsey stamp on Mata - what a prick, after what he did to Colo he needs to be given a lengthy ban

I keep saying it BUT give this man a new contract asap

There back four still wont be as stong as ours, they certaintly wont be as good in midfield and it's only really up front where they may have owt bettter - but I have faith in Demba Ba being as good - if not better than their shower.

 

So lets get this right.

 

You have a better defence.

You have a better midfield.

You have better forwards.

 

Amazing,simply amazing how you continually conspire to finish below us year after year.

 

 

Lets get one thing very,very clear,Newcastle do not have a forward anywhere near the class of Gyan and I mean not even close.

 

 

 

 

You might not either if Gyan gets his way

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f***ing international breaks, so mind-numbingly boring. Can't wait until we get back into the swing of domestic football.

I would rather they have these international fixtures at the start of the season, don't like how we gave 3 games and then a 2 week break

I would be shocked if he walked, he knew the craic when he agreed to the job whilst Hughton was still manager

He will be gutted because I think he probably felt he could have gotten more out of the board than the £1mill he got

I hope he does remain patient because he has done a good job on the pitch and he probably is the best manager we can have under this ownership

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110905/jeff-of-fresh-air_2281670_2441896

Whoever came up with that headline/title should be shot

And what's the excuse for the previous 100 days?

 

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 ....

What is Dh31.4m?!

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

 

 

If that article is a PR exercise by the club then it's badly misdirected. It emphasises the fact that those who do the final negotiations to bring players in (.i.e. Llambias) are totally incompetent.

 

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

 

 

If that article is a PR exercise by the club then it's badly misdirected. It emphasises the fact that those who do the final negotiations to bring players in (.i.e. Llambias) are totally incompetent.

 

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

Mackem here in peace.

 

I think FC is by far your best player like. Looked superb at the SOL. He's on a canny wedge though isn't he?

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

The main positive I can find in not signing a striker is it dramatically increases the chance of game time for Sammy Ameobi, who looks a real prospect (looks far better than Carroll at the same age) and give me a home-grown talent over one imported in any day.

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 

I rang the club today 0844 372 1892 ex 5 then 1 and the woman said it's being replaced by a newer up to date one, she said to her knowledge no Sports Direct advertisement is being placed on the sign, but she did sound like she hadnt been given exact details. To her knowledge it will be almost exactly the same and they will be working on it over the next 2 weeks. Feel free to ring up and check your selves.

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

anyone seriously fed up yet

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?