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Yep. Excellent again today .

The press made it up one day and have never let it go, the fans have clung onto it. We all know there is a hell of a lot of rubbish that passes for transfer news in the press, but this has been reported across various different sources (including a BBC journo) for several months now. Mentioned briefly in the Journal this morning too fwiw. Hope you're right, of course.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/389573/Cameroon-defender-Aurelien-Chedjou-open-to-12million-Newcastle-United-move

Been crap for a fair few weeks now GW32 : Reading 2-2 Southampton Norwich 1-1 Swansea Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa West Brom 1-2 Arsenal Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Tottenham 1-1 Everton Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland Newcastle 1-0 Fulham QPR 2-1 Wigan Man Utd 1-1 Man City

2 or 3 runs and a couple of passes (all with his left anarl as if he'd got a right foot he'd have played Cisse in at 1-0 to make it 2) aren't enough. He's good neat and tidy player who can beat a couple of players with a mazy dribble but he only plays for 10 to 15 minutes a game and goes missing for the other 75. Thats a result of the way that the team is set up as much as anything.

Think there is something in the Liverpool link, even if it is only Liverpool trying to unsettle the player or agent manoeuvering ahead of contract negotiations. Read it far too many times for my liking.

Seen nothing from Haidara to suggest he is better than Santon at this moment in time.

Me too . Also, don't think this is a game which will suit Tiote.

Did nothing but give away possession via offsides and fouls. Terrible substitution.

Yep. Sissoko proved himself to be defensively competent tonight and Marveaux is most at home in the number 10 role.

Definitely liable to the odd lapse in concentration. Could easily be MYM being berated tonight instead of Santon.

Thought that too. Counted 7+ players in and around the final third during one of their attacks, which stood out compared to our attacking gameplan, even at the beginning of the game.

Some solid defensive work today, I thought. Too often isolated when going forward.

Thought he was excellent. Didn't deserve to be taken off for Pardew's favourite 'plan B'.

Think Gutierrez could be useful as much needed protection for Simpson, if nothing else.

I reckon he'll give them enough of a boost to see them safe. Definitely a leftfield (or far-right field ) appointment which is preferable to the names most on here would have hoped Sunderland would go far when O'Neil was sacked. Always liable to blow up though, definitely not an appointment for seekers of stability. Curious to see how he gets on, if only to see if my outlandish claim that I would take him here is at all justifiable .

Would play : Krul Anita Taylor MYM Santon Sissoko Cabaye Jonas Marveaux Obertan Cisse Expect to see Simpson (), Marv shifted out of position to accommodate an out of position Sissoko and Perch at DM.

He did a very good job at Swindon leaving them in a good position in league one as well as getting promoted. I think his enthusiasm and drive will give the Sunderland squad a lift, if only a short term one as others have said. Plays decent football too, by most accounts I've read.

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo194/TheCuteWoofer/Animated/Tumbleweed.gif Not on a wind-up. Think there is a decent chance he will keep them up. Based on? His managerial record and personality, mostly.

What a ridiculous thing to say. How so?

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo194/TheCuteWoofer/Animated/Tumbleweed.gif Not on a wind-up. Think there is a decent chance he will keep them up.

Good appointment. Would have had him here.

http://s23.postimg.org/hvactektn/artieziff.png Been sat on this for fucking ages.

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/newcastle-united/8608009/pardew:-%27good-day-at-the-office-for-city%27