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Me too man, can't wait. We get Gomis and another we should be okay. Woo hoo!

Me too man, can't wait.

Where do you live, Oakie?

I genuinely feel like I don't have a lot of stress or hassle in my life that I can put down to being in London, I suppose I must just be used to it. When I first moved down here I thought it was pure bedlam though.

Excellent post, only things I disagree with are about everything being expensive when in fact it's mainly the rent which is extortionate and also taking ages to get anywhere, as we live in a place with good transport links and can get to most places in 40 minutes, tops. As I say though, good post.

The cunt quota is relatively high in some places, no doubt about it. Probably helps me that I have a couple of mates from home down here and also work with lots of lovely people around my age.

Many, many northerners have "escaped" south as well actually, mainly with work as the main reason but there are lots down here nonetheless. And in terms of stuff most people like to do in their 20s - eating, drinking, generally getting entertained in one way or another - there is simply lots more to do down here and you therefore don't find yourself in the same old places. Not slagging off Newcastle because I love it and will go back when we're settling down but London gets a lot of stick simply because it's London IMO.

Find that crazy tbh, you've got all sorts of fun on a plate here, it's impossible to get bored. Diverse mix of people too, plenty of which are just as sound as anywhere else when you get to know them.

I'm not making my mind up until I've heard a transcript and the all-important tone of voice.

Me too. Bimpy, I can't believe you just said that like, it's totally absurd. Name most interests or activities and you have 100 times more great options to do them in London than anywhere else in the country. I couldn't live in Newcastle right now, I'd get bored within weeks. Later on though, sure. I'm assuming the theatre thing is a joke, otherwise wow. The only thing I'm having against London is it's busy and some people are rude, otherwise it's generally people having a chip on their shoulder for the sake of it. In other news, I'm genuinely on the bus to the theatre to see a play now.

Living in London's great man, I don't understand it when people say this sort of thing. Aye, it's proper shit having limitless amazing things to do with your time like.

WTF's a goal miss? Oh God, it's just sunk in.

Coming to you directly from the deepest alcove of Mike Ashley's hoop, it's Alan Pardew.

Sorry, I just hate exclamation marks.

Why did you do all the exclamation marks, HTT? Made the post absolutely fucking shit.

Aye. Fuck me man, are you for real?

Anyone had the email from the club this morning?

And bankrupt the club? Yeah great idea that Dave. I really shouldn't even bother here like but clearly finding an extra couple of million for Gomis isn't the issue, the issue is what we think he's worth. And if they want more than we think he's worth? What will we do then? I know, we'll either buy nobody or somebody we rate less. And people like you think this is a great idea because then you've got "value" - meanwhile plenty of other clubs have paid the going rate for the players they actually wanted. I'm way out of date here but fuck it. Thierry Henry moved from Monaco to Juventus in January 2009 for £10.5m. It's generally agreed he didn't do much in the 6 months or so he was there, and became unsettled in Italy. Arsene Wenger decided to pay £11m in Summer 2009 for him despite him not particularly raising/maintaining his value and also the fact he was unhappy. They could have probably got him cheaper if they'd hummed and harred, they might have missed out but fuck it they might have got him cheaper. In summary: Arsene Wenger is an absolute fucking mug and it's a wonder Arsenal aren't bust. Paying players' values and not trying to mug off the selling club is an absolute fucking mug's game. It never works and generally leads to bankruptcy.

Jokes, bro. Hey, he puts in a good shift. Plays consistently in any role you put him in. Can play with anyone. Doesn't need to be in a lone striker role to be effective. He was admittedly excellent in every position (and every game) he played in for us, but I dunno mate, I just prefer Darren Bent.

I quite like the little blue stripes. On an otherwise nice kit it would look canny.

The worst Puma shirt we've had was 100% the first one we had, in our first season back up. Probably the simplest one too, but it was fucking rank.

You don't think he could do a good job for one of the top 4 or 5? I do, nee worries.

Jokes, bro.

Marveaux might have stamina issues but he does not have issues being fit for games, as seen last season when he was available for all but a handful. Ben Arfa is 100 times more injury prone than him going by the evidence of actual working eyes and a mind that works beyond clichés and Pardew's selections.

Nah, that's not quite obvious whatsoever.