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HAHAHAHAHAH That is a dumb as anything piece of journalism.

Yawn, is this still going on?

When will the Erdinc saga end, I'm bored shitless of it now.

You know what I mean though!! ;-)

When talking about footballing issues, quite a few of them I reckon When dribbling on about transfer fees, wages, training ground improvements and holding money back for a transfer window you previously said had no value in it, all because the people who should be speaking about these things have once again gone into hiding, not very many I'd imagine This.

I don't believe a word Pardew says. If he thinks the proper fans who have followed this club a long time will fall for his s*** he is a right mug.

If Chelsea offer us more than 20 mil, Ashley will sell for sure and that will be it for me I'm afraid. Not panicking but seriously, how long can we support this club if we keep going on like this. I'm bored of turning up and pumping my money in for us to show no ambition.

I think so

Villa will end up with him due to us penny pinching.

What for? Wanting to go to a more ambitious club? Play for his country? Not deciding or giving an indication of what he bloody wants, leaving the club hamstrung by his silence? At the moment, the way it stands, he'd be leaving in a similliar manner as Michael Owen did. Tell the fans you will consider signing new contract at the end of the season but, in truth, even a blind man could see that the intention is to leave all along. And departure is compounded by saying f*** all at the end. Nice. He's been making his intention as clear as if he'd handed in a transfer request, but he's hoping to hang on to his loyalty bonus. Best comment I've seen here for a while. Absolutely spot on. This tosser has been mucking us around all summer. Yet still some want him to stay. I'm at the stage with NUFC where I'd be far happier watching lesser players give 100% than half the bullshitters we've got. Nolan (I love this club) p*ssed off as soon as he realised that he was going to have to perform on the pitch as well as managing to say all the right things off it. Now our left back is effectively taking the p*ss also. Please go and take Ameobi and Lovenkrands with you. End off rant.

You're wasting your time man. As far as I'm concerned, a decent striker and a right winger on top of what we've already signed, along with replacing those sold important enough to need replacing would be a decent summer. exactly this.

That's the basis of what I was getting at in the other thread about finishing 8th. Even ignoring the Carroll money, we've already got the foundation of a very good side IMO, and this summer was supposed to prove that Ashley is willing to build on it and push us on. Long way to go but from the manager's comments it certainly doesn't seem like this will happen. I wouldn't panic just yet. I'm not. No panic here, it's just the way it is and fuck all we can do about it. Frustrated is the word for me. We have a decent foundation, few key players and a bit of money spent and we could be doing some damage.

Yup.

You don't get change if you don't spend. £35 mil banked £0 spent = £0 change £35 mil kept - Ashleys thoughts more than likely

There is no way Ashley is gonna sanction spending 35 mil on new players, unless they are free, have contract release clauses or are a cheap injury gamble we wont be getting them. I know they will say the 35 milloin includes wages etc, but come on, its a joke, spend some of the cash and get Zog and Sturridge sorted now. It's not going to happen and we will all be mugged off yet again by the club. I know its early days but you just sense how its going to turn out - us fans disappointed. Hope I am totally wrong and get the shock of my life.

Good post. This. All these people getting on their high horses over his wages really need to have a word with themselves. I don't blame Smith for one moment, every single one of us (apart from the liars) would admit to doing the same thing. It's the board to blame. Or more specifically the person who suggested we sign him. Smith's doing nothing wrong here. I'd applaud him if he left for less money, but to suggest it's something he should do is ridiculous when not one single person on here (Apart from the liars) would do that themselves. If you endorse Smith's financial stand I hope you also endorse Ashley's regime as well to look after every penny and every pound. There's no difference and if you're not a liar you'll admit it. Which part of Ashley's regime are you on about? If it's getting rid of the old, immobile players and bringing in young, fast, skillful players then I holeheartedly support what he's doing. I also believe that Newcastle United should be run at a profit, ridiculous though that may seem. It seems fashionable to lambast Ashley for "only" pumping in about £150m of his own money and then looking to get some of it back, which is frankly f***ing ridiculous. Of course I'd love it if we had an owner who splased billions on us but to suggest that our current owner has some kind of obligation to do that is f***ing bonkers. He's hardly bleeding the club dry, it's cost him a fortune to own it. His financial commitment cannot really be questioned.

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Have to wonder if Pardew is actually having any say on player departures/incoming etc. I'm not sure he does have much say.

Excellent work people!!

Yup, kinda resigned myself Jose leaving a while back. Depressing having 2 of our best players leave in 6 months or so. We'll never keep hold of good players or attract good players if this trend continues. Problem is I dunno what the club sensibly needs to do to prevent it happening.

Hard to see how insomnia would fit Into our "team, and one unit" attitude etc. He is one stroppy git, but no doubt a top player when he is on it.

This big time.

He's hardly winding them up like, he's attention seeking over the internet by constantly hasteling people with genuine talent (again, Owen excluded) Suppose. Think I'm maybe enjoying seeing Owen get it and has blinkered my perspective a bit!

His show is junk but his winding up of Owen, shrek and co is class. They can't take it.

Exactly this.