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The FFF have organised a press conference for the occasion. I doubt they will have wanted us to reveal who is in the squad a week beforehand. It could easily be a mistake.

It has been announced by NUFC. Would they know this far in advance?

http://www.fff.fr/bleus/actu/542724_la-liste-le-jeudi-9-aout

It says our first offer 'included bonuses', I thought we always paid upfront?

http://www.le10sport.com/football/france/mercato/exclu-losc-debuchy-nouvelle-offre-imminente-de-newcastle70045?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=le10sport

If you re-read that exact statement you will understand that's not what he meant though. Said something like wages and fee agreed at Debuchy's end, by which he probably meant signing on fee. Fair enough. Although he should have worded it better.

He did tell us a fee had been agreed.

I don't think either Abeid or Bigi are good enough for the premier league, at the moment. Marveaux, Gosling and Vuckic play in different positions too. I think he would be brilliant for us.

I'd agree with that. Especially if we are going forward with a 4-4-2. I don't think he's good enough for 3rd choice regardless of formation. Yea not sure that formation is relevant, I don't know, maybe if we have debuchy his lack of skill on the ball wont be exposed as much as it was when we had simpson and williamson playing right next to eachother I think it is. As a footballer he is awful, and it's harder for him to play out from the back in a 4-4-2. He just ends up hoofing it most of the time. I still think he's not good enough regardless, btw.

I'd agree with that. Especially if we are going forward with a 4-4-2.

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20120731/its-good-news-for-magpies_2281670_2866556

By all accounts, he is awful.

Yeh, he constantly gets stuff wrong. I think he's become a joke figure amongst West Ham fans.

Despite the fact they just signed Chris Gunter.

Apparently Bosingwa is going to Monaco.

We still need him to be fit.

Matías Fernández has moved to Fiorentina for about €4m. Can't believe no one else went for him at that price.

I'm sorry, but that's not our job. You can't discount the opinion of anyone that disagrees with you because we are incapable of coming up with a viable alternative. I am just confident we could do better. The club seemingly is not, seeing as they are bidding for the player. What do you make of that? It was reported that Ashley was the main driving force behind this move. Either way, I disagree with them.

I'm sorry, but that's not our job. You can't discount the opinion of anyone that disagrees with you because we are incapable of coming up with a viable alternative. I am just confident we could do better. So yoy've got no answer then. Thought so. . Maybe we should see if Peter Beardsley fancies one last season. No, because I'm not a fully qualified European scout. However I can still disagree with you. If we had Remy saying he wanted to come and we wanted him we could compare him and Carroll and have a reasoned debate. As things stand you have nothing to offer debate wise and so it's a futile exerise. I'm not a qualified football coach but I think that carroll has much to offer. Come up with some possibilities and we can discuss ya? I'm sorry that I don't have any viable alternatives, but does that mean Carroll, at £15m, is our best option for that price? No. We can't compare players, I get that, but we can look at what he would bring to the team for that price and decide we could most probably do better.

I'm sorry, but that's not our job. You can't discount the opinion of anyone that disagrees with you because we are incapable of coming up with a viable alternative. I am just confident we could do better. So yoy've got no answer then. Thought so. . Maybe we should see if Peter Beardsley fancies one last season. No, because I'm not a fully qualified European scout. However I can still disagree with you.

I'm sorry, but that's not our job. You can't discount the opinion of anyone that disagrees with you because we are incapable of coming up with a viable alternative. I am just confident we could do better.

He's OK, I don't know what some of you are watching.

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