ExiledGeordie

Fans can appreciate a 35 million sale of their star player IF it's spent on bringing in several players. It's all the usual cloack and daggers stuff in that nobody actually knows what the board wants because they never speak to the fans. If we go into the season with a squad lacking depth like last year having not spent considerably on new players then it just confirms the misgivings everyone has about Ashley/Llambias and Pardew being a puppet. Those quotes above are good, Pardew should learn to keep his mouth shut more and would probably whince if someone read those back to him. This is the season to judge him though when he's had the time assemble "his" squad.

Yeah I'm finding Pardew's recent comments about numbers worrying too. There's still time to bring in faces but as others have said it's not good enough to simply cover the positions of those you've sold. Pardew also talks about having Ben Arfa and Gosling as new signings but I'm sorry both are coming back from serious, serious injuries ffs! Gosling's barely kicked a ball in two years or whatever!!! Someone's description of Pardew being a spin doctor is fairly accurate, he says a lot of the right things but if you break it down there's cracks everywhere. I'm still waiting to be convinced in this window.

The season is long and there's plenty of games. People get injured suspended and having all three of the likes of HBA, Zog, Marveaux would give plenty of options. The potential pace in the side even without Zog is looking fantastic already.

Playing with Ba, Cabaye, Ben Arfa and Marveaux really has to be a massive draw for the Zog. If he is that keen then the wages shouldn't become an issue and as people have said it'll be haggling all the way with the transfer fee.

With this lad and the likes of Ben Arfa we're certainly going to give teams a lot more to think about next season. That oaf scouser from the Times was bleating on about how Marveaux has failed the medical etc on talksport the other day. Cock.

What a cock posting that on twitter ffs What does he want a medal? Idiot.

The 10m quoted for Sturridge does make you question the credibility of the of the Journal. To be fair if we're signing players like Cayabe for 4.5m and bringing in the likes of Merveux and Ba on frees then there's no excuses for not shelling out on strikers or atleast one top striker with the Carroll cash that they have. 10-12m for a striker shouldn't be an issue.

With Ben Arfa and the French lad signed and possibly another winger like N'Zog I don't see the point in signing someone who as people have said hasn't proved himself at Prem level and is by all accounts a hot headed idiot. Pure paper chat imo.

Listening to Courtney on Talksport is like pulling teeth, jesus. It's just an awful rehash of stuff he's read on twitter like others have said on here. Gets facts wrong, clueless on different players......earsplittingly bad journalism

I don't think we were realistically ever going to be able to nab Gervinho, sounds like a non-starter really (hopefully proved wrong though). If N'Zogbia wants to come to Newcastle it will just come down to price haggling between us and Wigan. As people have said if he ends up going to Sunderland something major will have gone wrong but then the lad can't have been that serious about comingback to us. I can't imagine bloody Titus Bramble would swing it for them ffs.

With Ben Arfa coming back I can't see us signing Gervinho and N'Zog what with the pressing needs for striking power/options. The prospect of one of them and Ben Arfa roaming on the attack is a cracking thought mind.

The fact that Capello is still there after the debacle of the world cup is even more ridiculous. I've almost completely lost interest in England anyway.

"I think if MA got a proper football in as Chairman this club would be in a much better state, Lambias seems an utter prick and is utterly clueless about football & this city." Exactly this. As Keegan says in that youtube clip you've got Ashley who knows nothing about football with Llambias who knows even less. It's just another one in a long line of cock ups on Ashley's part.

First and foremost we're in the premier league next season

Whether it happens or not we'll see but the thought of a fully fit Ben Arfa and N'Zogbia playing together is frightening and thats not just the egos, lol Seriously though in an entirely positive slant two players like that playing together could do serious damage to an opposition.

I'm certainly a lot happier going into this given yesterdays results. They have a lot of pace but the pressure will be squarely on them what with being close to the relegation zone. The fans there are brewing with anti- Houllier frustration and the longer the game goes on without them scoring the more the crowd will get on their backs. I'm still bemused at the anti-Newcastle banners and jeering and general smugness from Villa fans on the day we went down. What was that all about? It would be great to get a win here and really have Villa fucking creaking badly with alarm bells going off!

I'm already cacking it about this one, need to man up ffs

Looking at the fixtures of the other teams down there this really is our chance to hammer it home and make us virtually safe. You know what that means, lol I can't stand Mick McCarthy too, annoys the fuck out of me. Need to win lads, come on!

I was talking to my West Ham mate post their FA Cup loss to Stoke and we were saying what a genuinely awful side they are. Imagine paying to go and watch their "rugby football" ffs, dear oh dear. That said I can see us conceding the usual "lob it into the goal/goal mouth scramble! type goal and going down 1-0. Seriously can't stand sides like Stoke.

6 points above the relegation zone but in the context of this season it is a little bit different because it's so bunched up. It's not like we're 6 points off relegation and sitting in 16th. Our goal difference could prove crucial too as it's basically another point.

Shit result but defo an over reaction imo. Hopefully the two weeks before Stoke away will allow the likes of Barton, Enrique and Ireland to return. I think we can rule Ben Arfa out until a possible cameo appearance before the end of the season. Hoping that Shola starts with Best in place of Lovenkrands who is utter shite lets be honest. Table hasn't changed that much, we're still in 9th and it's still very tight. Stoke have been playing shite, might not be a bad time to play them really.

Great away win, I was buzzing last night after my mate confirmed the score by text in the pub. Well done lads. We have the makings of a really good side here just a shame we're run by an absolute oaf of a man. We "could" really kick on in the summer with the right signings and cement our place in the prem league again, will it happen......

A good result here sets us up nicely for the two home games. Not convinced by our strike force getting the all important away goals but it would be good to see Ranger get a longer run out as he atleast causes plenty of problems with his size and pace. I'd take a point at the end of the day going into the next run of games.

Looking at the next 3 home games coming up we should go a long way to securing our safety really.

Frustrating as but looking at the bigger picture it's not a bad away result and we're sitting on 32 points.