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I agree. I'll be in my room being fellated by Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson if anyone needs me.

Very cynical title change - I genuinely believe it was his childhood dream to play in front of 18,000 screaming cockneys in a converted cow shed.

If it doesn't appear to follow a logical path, then the right path could be that the actions may be unrelated. http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2013/01/04/alan-pardew-replacing-demba-ba-will-come-first-61634-32543122/ I think he's maybe talking about the purple budget - this lad is presumably for the development squad so maybe they have a separate pot of funds/colour scheme for that?

This is another symptom of the mental illness fans have where they assume that players' statements in the media are all unsolicited and apropos of nothing, as though the media mill is powered by players arbitrarily ringing up journalists to offer their opinions on subjects of their choice rather than being asked a series of questions and having their answers pruned and edited. He was asked a question about PSG, being a known PSG supporter, and said that obviously it'd be great to play for them one day but his mission now is to help Newcastle. Short of refusing to answer the question he couldn't have been much more diplomatic. People do this about managers they dislike all the time - Big Sam used to cop a lot of vitriol when an opinion of his would appear in the press. "Why won't he shut up instead of getting on with his job?" or whatever. Because part of his job is to answer questions put to him by journalists you bunch of abject spackers. That is top, top abuse. Cap doffed sir I read all that and then burst out laughing at that last sentence. Superb. Same. It was like he was trying so hard to be patient and reasonable but just lost it at the end.

110k a week If so he's got to take that. Aye, especially as it'll also probably be tax free thanks to Harry's "unorthodox" offshore banking arrangements...

Or it could just be the coaches thanking him for agreeing to stay...

Aye - if he does goes 4-4-2 it'll be Obertan and Jonas wide I reckon. Hope not though.

And still got relegated and they all had relegation clauses and left..... Seriously, wouldn't that just be fucking typical?

I think there's a few posters in the last couple of pages owe Mr Tiote an apology!

Jonas can do a job at LB as well if needed. Think another CB has to be a priority, especially with the doubts over Colo and Saylor's dodgy fitness record.

To be fair with the shite he writes that wouldn't be a massive surprise!

Have to admit I haven't seen much of this lad - is he an out and out striker or does he play wide as well?

Surprised he's getting so much grief after an away draw in such tricky circumstances. Next week is huge mind.

Would've settled for a point before the game so happy enough we got one. Clean sheet is a bonus. Put Steven Taylor and Hatem Ben Arfa in this side and we'll win enough to stay up comfortably I reckon.

Aye, looked solid, did some good stuff. Will only get better, look forward to seeing him in games where he can get forward more.

Can't help but feel that playing Jackson and Hoolahan up front is Hughton playing on the weaknesses of one of our centre-backs....

Decent lineup - come on lads!

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I would agree if it was The Sun or The Star, but the Independent is a pretty decent rag, much more likely to actually do some fact checking before running a back page headline.

Not sure about that mind - can't imagine Yohan would be encouraging his best mate to come play for us unless he was pretty happy with the current setup.

I'm looking for positives here, but he might actually look better playing alongside Debuchy, someone to give a simple pass to who might actually try and play forward with it rather than passing it straight back to him or launching it up the line.

Fucking hell, this is disturbing news to wake up to! If it's true then there has to be something serious in the personal reasons - can believe for a second Colo would ditch us in the position we're in over a falling out with the manager or similar, he's far too much of a professional for that. I have to admit it did seem strange we've been getting linked with quite a few left-sided centre backs....

I would like to think those players can play quite a fluid formation, plenty of interchanging, keep those damn canaries guessing!

Hope so - that looks decent. Plenty of workrate in that midfield to hopefully free up time and space for Marv to create for Cisse.