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He's squandered his several chances at several better teams (Barça, Milan, Ajax, Roma...)

Going off your dealings with Lyon, I remember Aulas being quite the hawker (and a bit of a mentalist). Ashley can't be much worse.

Remi Garde isn't in Newcastle but in London, where he'll hold talks with the English club.

This is pissing me off, and there's absolutely no rational or irrational motive why it should be pissing me off

Yeah, I know it's a case of being one-eyed in a kingdom of blind men, but Dann would improve your defence. Surprised he remained in the C'ship for so long with Blackburn.

Scott Dann is a pretty decent defender for a lower midtable premier league team by the way, rate him better than Williamson for starters.

Both Chadli and Kane in my FF team

Same here. Pretty terrible game so far.

This is on the Spanish telly. Should I?

Dude would kill it as a character in 1984. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

Q: "Why did you lose today, Alan?" A: "The opposition didn't have enough injured players" Ridiculous

He just said in an interview that he was close to managing us some time ago (which is true, he was named as a possible candidate when Vilanova was forced to retire), but that the chance has since then long passed.

Our regional channel says Rijkaard's lined up as substitute when (and not if) Lucho gets the sack.

Harsh on Fleetwood mac like.

You still pretending you're not a Newcastle fan then? I'm a plastic

I love you, you know it. Sorry if I was a bit harsh

I have never seen a group of actually talented players playing so incompetently and disjointedly as the past 12 months of you under Pardew. It's just impossible to reach the levels of incompetency of that charlatan. A monkey flinging poo at a tactics board wouldn't manage to reach the levels of actively making your players and team worse that Pardew achieved. I'm not exaggerating, you lot have seen it, have endured it. He wasn't just a dour manager with a complete lack of attacking nous; he also sucked at putting competent dour defensive teams on the field. That's why even shit boring managers like Bruce would actually be an upgrade. So I just can't grasp my mind around the concept that any manager won't be an upgrade over him. This Garde guy feels like Guardiola to me at the moment.

Let's be honest, he would if he managed you guys back in 2009. Unless he played Messi as a LWB. And ask Xavi and Iniesta to aim it at Pedro's head. Fuck this tiki taka shite, you're more dangerous without the ball.

Alan Pardew would never finish 3rd even if he managed us.

I could show you Real Madrid fans that honestly believe Ancelotti's s***. So thread with care. From Europe, I remember Garde's Lyon being a limited but courageous side.

How long have you had Eeyore up, man? You deserve a break

Aye, that Parma 90's side was mint. Asprilla, Brolin and Zola

Inter seem to be doing quite shrewd business this winter, imho. They are my favorite Italian team (my Milanese uncle is a fan), so I hope they bounce back

I eat Bimbo bread everyday for breakfast. Great for sandwiches

Apparently Celta are close to signing U21 Belgian striker Theo Bongonda.