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West London sources have informed the Chronicle Tiote is still very much on the Blues’ winter wish-list, but United are still not interested in selling the player they plucked from FC Twente last summer. A source close to Chelsea said: “Tiote is a player everybody at Chelsea admires. Oh f***.

(Smith, )Obertan and Raylor out. Go on Pardew, learn from your mistakes.

I'm sure we'll "take a chance" on a very important Raylor even if he's got a slight injury.

Olivier Bernard knows the drill - seedorf77 olivier bernard GIROUD AND YANGA-MBIWA WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR US I THINK Although not many good players seems to be realistic.

£10m rated Zaha ffs. No thanks, and no way.

Oh, I know, fair play to the lad, but it doesn't change the fact that him at centre back for two more weeks scares me. "Maybe", "depending on what the gaffer does". Hopefully the gaffer doesn't wait too long to play Williamson.

Fair enough answer that.

We need a striker, as promised, and at least a defender. There should be no either or.

Hopefully stays that way.

Massively disappointing. The only player I want more than this guy is Giroud. Bah.

http://www.rokerreport.com/2011/8/17/2366111/captains-blog-why-sunderland-afc-will-always-have-the-last-laugh-over "[...]we will always have the last laugh because we can always watch our club with genuine pride at knowing that the ideals we share with our club, and the ideals with which our club represent us, are decent and honourable whilst endorsing and supporting violent criminality will seemingly always be intrinsic to loving Newcastle United." Hilarious.

Valenciennes centre-back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin was watched this week by Newcastle’s scouting team when he faced Montpellier frontman Olivier Giroud, who has also been on the Magpies radar.

http://images.maxifoot.fr/maiga-2.jpg Kinnear Modibo Maiga

That's old. Just something Wraith retweeted now for some reason. Since then we've been told by Tiotés representatives that he's dedicated to the nufc cause. Not that anything is to believe in football.

Obviously he can't be sure about anything, but there has to be a defender coming in. Simple as that.

£2.5m seems about right for one of our two buys. Loosen up Mike.

...only Giroud was better and realistic. Although I don't like that he's going to ACON - very good signing.

No way , man I like Simpson as a person. Not as happy about his football, although i'm not as negative as others. Average/decent right back who we should have no problem replacing. Obviously though, we need to replace and not just give the spot to Raylor or something.

One of the types of players we should have gone for instead of Obertan. Pardew proving he's no scout.

Injury may have something to do with that. For the record.

Douglas also reckons we'll only buy two in January. But seems more of a guess/learned from experience.

Add Mapou to that, and I agree.

That's down to playing weaker squads in general in those (first team) matches. Perch at centre back is a main stay. And Dr. Venkman -"Santon is never a left back". Personally wouldn't put it like that, but in any case, he's a hell of a lot better than Raylor.

Fuck you football.

Undeserved