Jayson

Most of them wanted him loaned out from what im reading. Some arent happy as hed been improving recently.

Only time ive watched him properly was their preseason game v Seattle Sounders. Him and Rooney pretty much changed the game, looked a tidy player.

Easy win

You have to laugh

Same number of goals and assists as Anelka last season in far less game time

Played from Ba

Where we are financially is that he covered us during the years we were making losses & he wants his money back via selling assets rather than investing further in potential success. Everyone will be sold if he thinks they can be replaced with other bargains that will keep us atleast midtable & theyve clearly set up a system to find such players. The second you're trying to sign Neil Taylor due to his 1m release clause, that should be pretty apparent.

Eh? So despite realising Graeme Bailey is talking bollocks you're taking his word that the deal may be off? He called the injury before anyone else, so he clearly had some form of advanced knowledge beyond that of the likes of Douglas. He also said we wouldnt be going back in for him. Anyway the story in general is strange. Players dont stop thinking about moving due to a short term injury, not sure that adds up.

So Graeme Bailey wasnt talking bollocks? Bit confused atm. Looks like its off though.

Graeme bailey talking bollocks then

Yep, basically same as my current thoughts on this

Cabaye back to holding role, only to not play there when we get Tiote back. Class preseason.

Ranger unlucky not to get the 3rd there. I did wonder why hes been pushed back behind Sammi, when he was further ahead in his development.

Agree, if we've not got another striker by that point. Put Best up next to Ba, he'll be confident against them. Id give him some time on the pitch regardless.

Spend 3million on Rob green or keep Barton for another year on his current wages totalling under 3m hmm

Obertans looked pretty class for them in pre season really. Take him easily.

Btw he also stated that he hadnt even thought to consider a replacement for Barton before that Barnetta comment. So we supposedly would have been in for Barnetta either way.

Yep changing the context of the offer in a rather silly manner

Pardew said he didnt even want to discuss the Barnetta situation, before going on to say that the average working man wouldnt even be able to get his head around how 40 grand a week is a ridiculous offer & he thinks it would be direspectful to Newcastle fans to discuss finances given everything else thats happened this week.

True Hindu, though for him to find out about the negotiatons suggests someone else who was unhappy got in contact with him about it. Hopefully we'll sort it as i say.

Wasnt directed at you so much, just the general confusion about this guy not being trustable. The only guy whos offered any form of knowledge over this situation which is Graeme Bailey whos said: "Newcastle dont look like going back for Barnetta - they will claim he got injured this week, although nothing from Bayer about that..." But we'll see. I hope we sort it.

Luke edwards made a joke about why he'd need someone called Barry Representing him, it wasnt a suggestion that he knows he doesnt & Douglas's words can also be read in the context that he just wasnt aware of this part of the puzzle. Taking Birmingham to court over a dispute that they used another agent to sign a player doesnt mean he was wrong, unless thats been proven somewhere. In one of the blackburn articles it clearly says "The man who masterminded Jermaine Jones’ move to Blackburn, Barry McIntosh, admits he has opened discussions regarding a deal for Riquelme". It doesnt sound like hes a complete fake to me really.

I had got to the bit about the SSN "agent" possibly not actually being his agent when I posted that. It still applies though in general although we don't yet know if it applies in this case. I dont see any journalists suggesting any knowledge over the idea that this guy isnt linked to Barnetta

Wheres the confusion over this? Luke edwards isnt saying he isnt the guys british representitive, caulkin and he have had discussions suggesting he's likely annoyed because hes been cut out of equation. The link earlier in the thread also doesnt say he pretended to be a players agent that he wasnt anywhere. This sounds like exactly something we'd do following how we dealt with Erdincs agent, pretty rubbish really.