Jack Flash

A £1.6million loan fee should just about balance the outgoing cash to the incoming. Excellent work from the bean counters

You could've done bimpy and pardle in the same week ffs.

Just seemed a very strange thing for them to say I chose to read between the lines.

Ben Arfa was the only one with the bollocks to say something. What a bunch of spineless cunts we have playing for us. Can't wait to see the counteractive negative stories that will mysteriously appear tomorrow

He also said he was "the reason supporters pay their money" after Villa last year. Benched him forever not long after that of course.

Not sure about the fine part but the overweight thing probably happens all the time. That's why pre-season training is so intensive, to get them back into shape after 6 weeks of switching off. I remember Gazza would have to run miles wearing sweat suits because he'd always come back far too fat to play. Here's one example... "Fair Play Season 3 Cheick Tioté part 2 [ english subtitle]" into youtube and go to 6.22

Very blatant hint that we're in for Remy again or possibly Leon Knight.

The Perezident is off the mark.

Perez hat-trick.

Only just turned 21 in May too. Born in 1993 the absolute bastard Coleman signed a new long term contract last month to add to the "I hate them" bandwagon.

Alright, fair play. Point still stands though - I accept that Cabaye's best form came in the first half of last season, but he was still a big reason behind our fifth placed finish in 2012. And also Lille winning the double the year before for the first time in decades (possibly ever). So why wasn't anyone else in for him then? Hazard and Gervinho left for big money; Cabaye was available for only a few million and yet we, as far as I can tell, were the only club to table an offer. As you say, as captain of the French champions, Cabaye should have had little to prove - particularly with regard to the national team - but it was only with us that he became a regular fixture in the French side. I'm sorry like, but I don't think you explain that sort of change solely through a raised profile. I didn't see Cabaye consistently improve at all in his time here. Only in his last 6 months did he look like a player who'd go for £20million. Before that he bounced between being completely anonymous to a match winner. Even if he was a major part of us finishing 5th he wasn't anywhere near that level the year after, which doesn't indicate improvement. I expect we'll see the real Cabaye this season now that he's not working for a window cleaner. Fine, but Wenger was still willing to pay £10 million or so for Cabaye last summer on the back of what was, as you say, a relatively poor season by his standards. How else had Cabaye gone from being a fringe player for France coveted only by likes of us and Villa to a regular international and the subject of a bid from a team in the Champions League in that time if he hadn't improved somewhat as a footballer? I agree that Cabaye wasn't a patch on the previous year in 2012/13, but one bad season doesn't necessarily write off the gains made in a good year. There's also other factors to consider - our pathetic recruitment drive (or lack thereof) in the summer, selling and failing to replace Ba, etc. If Sturridge scores less goals for Liverpool this season, is it fair to say that he's indefinitely regressed as a player because he's not consistently improving? He was always a good footballer. He proved that in France 2 years before he joined us with his best ever goal and assist numbers then won the league and cup the year after in what was something of a miracle. His actual talent has never been in doubt. He was blatantly better in his last 6 months than he had been in the 2 years previous. Nobody can deny that. Was that down to Pardew or gradual improvement over time? Or because he was promised a transfer 6 months previously and started playing for it? So why, despite his doubtless talent, did he end up here then? Like Kanji, I'd probably put Cabaye's form last season down to a combination of plying for a move away and something of a culmination of his personal progression as a player. I don't think it was down to Pardew - you only need to look at Santon, Yanga-Mbiwa, Ben Arfa and Cisse for evidence that players have a general tendency to stagnate or decline when under his management. In spite of this though, I think it's impossible to deny that Cabaye improved in his spell here, particularly when you consider the rise in his transfer value and his increasingly prominent role in the French team. How did we manage to get quite a few other well thought of International players in very recent years with seemingly little competition? I don't know how but it keeps happening, as recently as this summer. Arsenal weren't exactly banging the door down last Summer (£10-12million(?) for a French International isn't particularly good money these days) so his increase in value and destination could easily be explained by his 6 months of good form/trying. As an aside, he went to one of the richest clubs in the world at the absolute height of football consumerism so I don't think his fee is all that relevant. David Luiz went there for £50million for example.

Alright, fair play. Point still stands though - I accept that Cabaye's best form came in the first half of last season, but he was still a big reason behind our fifth placed finish in 2012. And also Lille winning the double the year before for the first time in decades (possibly ever). So why wasn't anyone else in for him then? Hazard and Gervinho left for big money; Cabaye was available for only a few million and yet we, as far as I can tell, were the only club to table an offer. As you say, as captain of the French champions, Cabaye should have had little to prove - particularly with regard to the national team - but it was only with us that he became a regular fixture in the French side. I'm sorry like, but I don't think you explain that sort of change solely through a raised profile. I didn't see Cabaye consistently improve at all in his time here. Only in his last 6 months did he look like a player who'd go for £20million. Before that he bounced between being completely anonymous to a match winner. Even if he was a major part of us finishing 5th he wasn't anywhere near that level the year after, which doesn't indicate improvement. I expect we'll see the real Cabaye this season now that he's not working for a window cleaner. Fine, but Wenger was still willing to pay £10 million or so for Cabaye last summer on the back of what was, as you say, a relatively poor season by his standards. How else had Cabaye gone from being a fringe player for France coveted only by likes of us and Villa to a regular international and the subject of a bid from a team in the Champions League in that time if he hadn't improved somewhat as a footballer? I agree that Cabaye wasn't a patch on the previous year in 2012/13, but one bad season doesn't necessarily write off the gains made in a good year. There's also other factors to consider - our pathetic recruitment drive (or lack thereof) in the summer, selling and failing to replace Ba, etc. If Sturridge scores less goals for Liverpool this season, is it fair to say that he's indefinitely regressed as a player because he's not consistently improving? He was always a good footballer. He proved that in France 2 years before he joined us with his best ever goal and assist numbers then won the league and cup the year after in what was something of a miracle. His actual talent has never been in doubt. He was blatantly better in his last 6 months than he had been in the 2 years previous. Nobody can deny that. Was that down to Pardew or gradual improvement over time? Or because he was promised a transfer 6 months previously and started playing for it?

Alright, fair play. Point still stands though - I accept that Cabaye's best form came in the first half of last season, but he was still a big reason behind our fifth placed finish in 2012. And also Lille winning the double the year before for the first time in decades (possibly ever). if he was so good then why where only Villa after him? He'll admit he improved under us. Good to know

Alright, fair play. Point still stands though - I accept that Cabaye's best form came in the first half of last season, but he was still a big reason behind our fifth placed finish in 2012. And also Lille winning the double the year before for the first time in decades (possibly ever). So why wasn't anyone else in for him then? Hazard and Gervinho left for big money; Cabaye was available for only a few million and yet we, as far as I can tell, were the only club to table an offer. As you say, as captain of the French champions, Cabaye should have had little to prove - particularly with regard to the national team - but it was only with us that he became a regular fixture in the French side. I'm sorry like, but I don't think you explain that sort of change solely through a raised profile. I didn't see Cabaye consistently improve at all in his time here. Only in his last 6 months did he look like a player who'd go for £20million. Before that he bounced between being completely anonymous to a match winner. Even if he was a major part of us finishing 5th he wasn't anywhere near that level the year after, which doesn't indicate improvement. I expect we'll see the real Cabaye this season now that he's not working for a window cleaner.

Alright, fair play. Point still stands though - I accept that Cabaye's best form came in the first half of last season, but he was still a big reason behind our fifth placed finish in 2012. And also Lille winning the double the year before for the first time in decades (possibly ever).

Not surprising considering his age really. He'll definitely improve, particularly because he will have the pleasure of working with such an intelligent, positive manager, who will never put him down, or allow any pressure to get to him. Aye. Playing in a settled environment for a long period will only help him. He's done brilliantly well to have succeeded at 2 very different PL teams at his age.

Lukaku is a bit hit and miss over a season. If he can sort out his consistency he'll be unstoppable.

No way on earth he improved Cabaye He only started playing well consistently when he wanted a transfer which speaks volumes about him. For a player to improve it needs to be permanent, not for a month then have to be sold to lower league teams like Perch, Best, Simpson etc.

I think you'll only have 2 defenders most weeks as Bruce isn't a regular and the benched 2 hopefully won't be either.

http://i.imgur.com/CY0SjcF.gif

Targett and Isgrove are the 2 being mentioned.

https://twitter.com/UberFootFact/status/493747079861534720

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5779415/Alan-Pardew-insists-Mike-Ashley-has-proven-critics-wrong.html Dread to think what's on there.

I also thought that would be the case but I think the horse shit Pardew comes out with will be my entertainment for this season. He's letting his mouth go now and we all know he'll be blowing out of his arse within the first 3 month of the season starting. It's Pardlovian Conditioning. 1. Cocky and arrogant before the season starts (optional fan abuse) 2. Excuses from game 1 till game 36 (optional fan abuse) 3. Kissing our arses from game 36 to 38 to save his job (optional owner blame) Works perfectly every season on what seems like the majority. Didn't really work last season as evidenced by his inability to leave the dugout. If our opinion was taken into account he'd be long gone. Anyway, it's impossible to walk away. It's a horrible illness. The Cardiff game has been a complete 1 off in about 2+ years. There was nothing after that and there'll be precious little action against Man City.