Miercoles

Hold up the shirt already, Moussa. My refresh key is getting worn out.

Sure didnt work with Ba and Cisse

So absurd that they would even try that.

Not worried about it. If anything I see it as a positive.

The silver lining of his exit is that we won't have to start Jonas any more right?

If they haven't booked a presser, they bloody well should. And bring in Sissoko via helicopter already too.

Only at fucking Newcastle... This has to be one of our lowest/weirdest points since Dyer and Bowyer's mid-game fistfight doesn't it? All the rumors and speculation are just getting out of hand. The only hard evidence we have is Pardew's admission a few weeks back that they had a fight. Got to think this all goes back to that incident. I get the feeling that, now that his father's ridiculous bid has failed, Colo feels to proud or insulted to back down from his position. Like, somewhere along the line during this ludicrous "negotiation" things got personal or were handled poorly (from Colo's pov) so that the bridge here was burned whether he could make the move to SL or not. Maybe someone at the club called his dad a silly southern cuntstring whorebait motherfucker during negotiations. I guess for me the bottom line is if he retires he is walking away from a shitload of money, not to mention his identity as a footballer, and people only do things THAT crazy when there is some kind of emotional involvement. Can't help feeling that he feels insulted/humiliated/wronged somehow during this process if he is willing to just quit entirely. Or maybe he doesn't want to learn French. OR, and this is perhaps the most likely scenario -- the articles about him retiring are complete bullshit because they know us Newcastle fans will read/believe anything at this point.

Fuck me, say it ain't so.

love how the dog's expression changes before the slap, too funny

Just remembered this :lol:

My sentiments exactly.

I can definitely see the concerns there, especially given the debacles that have occurred in the French national team of late, but I think you can look at it the other way round also. If memory serves, it was mostly the older french players who made such a complete shitfest out of their last two tournaments, so we could be seeing a scenario where this new generation of players in their early-mid twenties, cabs, hba, debs, mbiwa gels and becomes a powerhouse that just happens to belong to our club. I guess what I am getting at is it could be a big positive or a big negative, but I kind of like the idea of having a group of young hungry players who are ready to make their mark on the international stage as well as at our club, and who will be playing together for both. Seems like it could make for good chemistry and the hopeless optimist in me sees NUFC poised to capitalize on a bit of a french golden age (or at least revival) over the next 5-6 years or so. A ton of big "ifs" I know, but I just can't bring myself to see the acquisition of debuschy and mbiwa as a negative, and if they are all playing together in the national side it makes me think we have a better chance of holding on to HBA over the next few years, as he'll be well settled in with his mates here.

It doesn't sound terrible to have half the french national team at age 22-28. As long as they uphold the high standard set forth by recent french national teams. I don't know what to think any more.

76 pace thats what I want to know

wowwww that is an epic rant.

Unless they decide to sleep in

Yeah, but can he play left back?

It's always a debate this season... do I want to get up at 7am to watch the match (its already 1am and I won't be sleeping any time soon) or sleep through it and check the score (which will be 0-0) later...

Calling it now - no further signings. "Having Ben Arfa back is like a new signing"

Two more left backs.

Same. I'm at the point now where it's like "why the fuck did I choose Newcastle?" Almost wishing I was a complete douchebag so I could support a team that wins games. (Key word is almost). I will tell you what drives me fucking crazy, how we basically intentionally drop out of the cups every year "to focus on the premier league" where we inevitably finish mid-low table anyway. At this point I'd almost (again, not really) be up for a Portsmouth win the cup and go down type season for fucks sake. If we don't play a real side for the Europa knock out stages I will be righteously pissed off.

Empty seats and barbed wire, a definite improvement over Sports Direct 50% Off Trainers Arena

I don't envy whoever will have to sift through the 'questions'. Definitely a job for the intern

Same here. World class keeper in my opinion. Not too sure about his goofy 1990's haircut though, but he is dutch so I have to cut him some slack