ExiledGeordie

The other problem is that while you can commend some of the signings who've come in who have a resaleable value, if players are always going to be sold on for profit there will never ever be any consistency to the side as every player will have a price above their head. Any player that does well and catches the attention of other clubs will almost certainly be sold on. That will always hinder progression. We may well play well under Pardew, we might stay, we might finish top ten, Ben Arfa might turn out to have a cracking season, who knows? I'll always support the side but I think it'll always be like this under Ashley/Llambias until they go.................question marks, silence, lies, lack of care towards fans, dubious decision making. There's just been too many gaffs over the past few years, too many mistakes, too many bizarre decisions and too little communication from the board to make me think otherwise.

My worry is that we're stuck with him for a while. If he keeps us in the league with minimal expenditure he can claw back what money he lost and then start making some money while the whole time using NUFC/St James Park as a marketing tool for his awful Sports Direct carry on. It's pretty clear he has absolutely zero intention of placating the fans with squad progression or signings and I'm just worried that he sees NUFC/St James as a good marketing tool/money making scheme in the years to come. Sorry to be negative................I might add I don't expect popcorn signings and trillions spent on players, I'm a realist but I would like to see the fans treated with the respect they deserve and that'll never under Ashley/Llambias.

And probably because they'll be too much pressure on him to come back straight away and play a full part as opposed to easing him back in. The board decided to bring nobody in and go with what they've got so there'll be extra pressure on him to come back and perform straight away and when you do that you run the risk of a new injury.

If he's pencilled in for Wolve then you'd have to think it should be by the middle of the month. I think more realistically the Spurs game at home 2 weeks later if he's to return in October. Who knows though, it was clearly far worse than anyone had hoped and he'll need a good few games to get up to speed and get his confidence back. No doubt a fully fit, confident Ben Arfa will add something to the team that no other play we have can.

He doesn't do himself any favours at all I agree and most of the stuff he comes out with currently is akin to "Comical Ali" lol

Never mind the fans putting too much pressure on the lad, I think one of the prime reasons those clowns at the top thought "we'll go with what we've got" is because of Ben Arfa and plans to play him as a second striker. Far too much pressure on the lad but you just have to hope they know that he's well on his way back to recovery because quite frankly to expect a player who has been out for as long as Ben Arfa has been to come in and carry the can is ridiculous. It's clear the footballing decisions are being made by people who know absolutely nothing about football. (stating the obvious)

He needs to learn to stop making promises but he's been completely hung out to dry by Ashley/Llambias. He's the one who has to face the questions from fans/pundits/journos and he's the one who is going to face the heat if it goes tits up. Do you think Llambias will be there to support him? lol Llambias hasn't got the bollocks to answer questions, look at Pardew's first press conference which was probably one of the most challenging situations anyone could face in that climate. I'm sick to death of Pardew's aimless quotes coming back to haunt him but my anger is directed squarely at Ashley/Llambias and Llambias in particular. Under the current circumstances Pardew is the best we'll get because quite frankly who else would work under these conditions? Many others like Keegan would simply walk away.

Will take a long while for him to get his confidence back. We've just got to hope he gets some involvement in October and can gradually get back to it from there.

Yeah cheers, lol

Pardew has absolutely fucking zero excuses if they fail to bring in a striker. Sort it.

Yeah I think this is the only thing that will happen

If we all put our minds together we can will it to happen a la Yuri Geller

IF we are to sign any striker I still think it'll be this lad

Have a feeling it'll be a loan deal but there's still plenty of time left yet in a looooong day, they brought a left back in, lets hope they're currently finalising a deal for a striker.

Bang on

My blood starts to boil when he pops up on sky fuck off

Obertan's pace away from home for counter attacking is invaluable, that said Raylor is obviously playing very confidently at the moment and is a massive threat from freek kicks. All food for thought I guess.

Well not long to go now before we find out just what level of total incompetence has gone on at board level on the transfer front

Some of the stuff on here is so fucking funny sometimes like the child clip above, love it

Santon and Cissokho, dreamland..............

"If" we're not any better come 11pm wed night even the Ashley sympathisers/eternal optimists will finally have to come to the realisation of how little Ashley cares about the progression of NUFC. NO excuses the proof will be in the pudding.

Atleast the fucking windown will finally be shut on wednesday night

Hopefully Pardew/Carver will be able to give him the confidence to take people on because he clearly has good ball control and pace to burn.

I'd like to think this is the start of our season proper. Good start already with 7 points but the new players have had a couple of games now, fitness levels will be vastly improved which is clearly very important for the likes of Tiote who has looked very off the pace and I'm assuming we'll have ( ) a couple of new signings in the squad. No reason we can't go there and have a good win.