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Not necessarily suggesting he is the right man for the job (although he is my preference), I find it genuinely annoying that having received £3.5 million for Pardew, we are reluctant to pay whatever paltry sum it would take to allow Tuchel to take over. I think he was on EUR 1 million at Mainz and half the season has gone.

Show Garde the borehole and he'll sign immediately.

Would prefer Tuchel myself but Garde is so much better than I thought we'd get, I'd still be delighted with him.

Bailey absolutely loves Ashley.

Not sure what Hoddle's credentials are? Never recall him being particularly successful anywhere.

I'd be fascinated to understand why anyone would back McClaren over Tuchel, Garde or Galtier. I actually don't dislike McClaren as he seems to be a fairly innovative coach as English coaches go, but this prerequisite for Premier League experience is absolute bollocks as an argument.

Tuchel was believed to be on Eur 1 million at Mainz (ie about the same as Pardew). So we should (haha) be able offer him more than he was on. I think one of our concerns is that the new Red Bull team in Germany want him (Leipzig). I did send a twitter message to Rafa Honigstein re Tuchel and he thought Tuchel might have his sights set a bit higher than us - so might be hard to be persuade him.

Never really saw a lack of workrate from HBA anyway. Always seems to be a bit of a myth to fall back on. Do any of the people who don't rate HBA recall any/many goals that were a direct result of him neglecting his defensive duties?

I enjoyed him tearing Enrique a new one in that match at SJP.

Shouldn't be a problem if it is true..

His stats already show he is our most productive midfielder. What more evidence do you need? Show me a player we've had in the last 5 years who was consistently excellent game after game? Even Cabaye wasn't.

I wish people could actually give detailed specifics about what HBA ever did wrong rather than relying on vague generalisations about his behaviour. No-one seems to be able to give any though.

Can't see any reason for not bringing him back to be honest. Stupid not to try one last time to harness his talent, regardless of what you think of him.

Would definitely be worth waiting 6 months for Tuchel if we could get him.

Think he left Grampus about a year ago and hasn't gone anywhere else yet. Would be another good option.

Think he wanted a new challenge. Fluent in English as well. Would be perfect for us.

Would throw in Jemez, Stojkovic, Zemen, Perreira, Montanier, Girard, Garde, Howe etc.

So excited by this.. Can't put it into words. Don't think my wife is too happy that I've spent the last 4 or so hours of our holiday just reading this and grinning. Let's hope Carr gets to choose the new manager..

Only going on what Cabella himself told my dad - could have been a language barrier though..

Starting tomorrow I believe.

http://statsbomb.com/2014/12/under-pardew-could-newcastle-do-better/ Interesting read (although I can't profess to understanding all the statistics).

So weird - capped at England u16, u17 and u19 level and appears to be not even L2 standard.

How many did Ginola score? He was pretty handy..

Fair enough - would be interesting to ask one of the Chronicle/Journal guys to work out themselves the next time they write a provocative article about HBA.

Get those stats on twitter...!