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The Mitchells did good.

Santon will act as cover for Debuchy on the right and Haidara will come in to cover him on the left. Makes sense really, but it would halt Dummett's progression here as I can't see him getting a great amount of game time with a competition less to compete in this season.

Insane offer if true. Rooney would be being unveiled as a Chelsea player right now if I were Moyes. Mata had an insane season last time out, if I were Mourinho I'd be looking for more of the same and to shape the team to get the best out of him. But as we all know, Jose does things his own way.

Like all our youngsters, I hope he makes it here. He seems likeable enough and he is talented. Lot of pressure on him this season when he does get his chances though, with his injury last year and the niggly problems he's had prior to that. Best of luck to him.

I don't get it, it's plausible that he may have forgot to change his phone settings. The guys definitely full of shit like, don't even know why I've posted this.

Linked with Middlesbrough. Could definitely see that happen.

Suave bastard.

Can see Rooney at Chelsea, no idea if he'd fancy a move abroad but he'll have a few potential suitors out there if he chose that route.

As big a win as it was for them, that's just daft. Just buy the DVD and move on with your life.

Will do really well for them in the Championship and if they were to win promotion, the Premiership too. Good signing.

This seems to be popping up more and more as a regular theme. Can't people just accept Ian W has a different opinion to Pardew than most? I haven't got a problem with anyone being able to take positives from any situation, there's so much doom and gloom about here these days that it's refreshing to read a different view. This isn't directed entirely at you Eddy, it's just something I've noticed across a few threads.

Yeah it's a good tee. He looks absolutely wrecked.

I'll have no ill feeling towards him. I would have signed the extensions if I were in his position too. It's the men in charge who have kept him on far too long, though credit to Keegan and Allardyce for recognising he was a major weakness in our squad.

I hope we manage to shift him on. Somebody who could run and control the ball would be a significant upgrade. Nice guy no doubt, but he's been finished at the top level for years now, you could argue he's never been good enough. All credit to him for delaying surgery and playing on under Roeder, I won't forget his efforts. I don't think it's a case of him not giving a shit, he's just lacking talent.

The clubs PR team might have asked him to do it but its no different to what goes on at football clubs all around the world.

That article is full of quotes you'd find anywhere from players, don't think it's any different just because its from SD news. Just usual filler.

A few with similar pedigree on the coaching side wouldn't go a miss either.

Grab Johnny Decker off the streets, offer him 2 tabs a day for a year and you've replaced Shola. Don't need the mastermind that is Joe Kinnear to do that.

Is it unusual to still be organising friendlies at this stage or is it par for the course?

This feels like it's come around really quickly. Hope everyone gets through unscathed and as a bonus, we win.

Absolutely frustrating, other teams have improved leaving us even further behind than we were, with a manager most don't rate and a DoF that nobody rates.

Rooney won't accept playing second fiddle and he won't accept being shoehorned into another position so he'll be on his way. Cracking player but RVP is untouchable and rightly so.

Joe Kinnear's appointment as Director of Football shows the level of football knowledge those who make the big calls have. I believe it could get a whole lot worse than Pardew, so I hope to God he pulls his socks up and suddenly becomes a fantastic manager overnight.

Every nation that qualifies for the World Cup should be dreaming of winning it.

Baffling from Pardew. I'd rather he had a brilliant season last year and just run the risk of clubs being interested in signing him. If more players had had a good year, maybe we'd be in a better position to keep them even if others wanted them.