Hughesy

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...!

And yet with all that talent, HBA can't adhere to even the most basic rules of being a "professional" footballer. He's not Messi ffs. People should put their hatred for Pardew aside for one second and judge this lad on his consistent behaviour with a number of managers. It's a shame but that's the way it is. Any specifics on what he does or doesn't do right?

So stupid that Pardew has ruled out taking him back.

Bit unfair to write him so quick - he's shown flashes of brilliance, but it's hard to do that consistently if you aren't picked.

Can't see any reason why we don't just give him a decent run in the team and give him some momentum. He works hard off the ball and puts tackles in. The only way he is going to get used to the pace of the game is by playing.

Best player by a mile today.

Feel really sorry for him as he seems like a decent guy, but he just isn't a winger and he's getting so much abuse for being played there.

You will have the first 45 mins to drink too based on 99% of our games so far An excellent point and one that I will raise with my match-going companion. reckon i'm going to miss first half of this because of work. May be a blessing in disguise.

Interesting article on Eddie Howe - http://www.theguardian.com/football/football-league-blog/2014/dec/16/day-in-the-life-bournemouth-manager-eddie-howe

I really rate Drogba (would have loved us to have gone after him when he destroyed us in the UEFA Cup), but I can't think of anything that he could do better than Shearer to be honest.

What's weird about De Jong's ball striking ability was that I remember watching him in an away match last season (can't remember which one) and in the warm up he was hitting the ball really cleanly and pretty much scoring every time with real striker's finishes. I know a game situation is different, but I was amazed at the way he kept snatching at his shots or hitting them with such little power in the actual match.

I've never heard anyone ever imply he had 'no technique'. Not on here, but I think in general non-NUFC fans who didn't see Shearer in his prime don't regard his technique as being particularly good.

I think because Shearer didn't tend to beat men with dazzling tricks or, certainly in the latter half of his career, beat defenders for pace, people think he had no technique. The reality is that Shearer had a brilliant touch on him and a great crossing ability, together with his ability to bring others into the game - that is much a part of your technique as skinning players on the wing is. Add to that his ability to score every type of goal and you've got an absolutely world class striker.

I genuinely don't think that the best Shearer was worse than Henry. Shearer at his peak had absolutely everything in his game.

All depends on what you are comparing - obviously 'peak' Henry was better than the Shearer in the last part of his career. Blackburn/Euro 96 and early Newcastle Shearer was arguably better.