Tubestationatmidnight

Wasn't he poor for villa last season? Everton are another like the mackems who can't attract the players there. Hence the term scouse mackems I suppose.

Debatable whether the current lot would get us promoted to be honest

Happy to see him out the door to be honest and yeah we must of took a load off the wage bill recently too. All opening up nicely for Dogback to be the main man in centre midfield all season

Sky sports TIOTE IN NEWCASTLE EXIT TALKS Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote in advanced talks to join Al Jazira club, according to Sky sources. Sky Sports News HQ understand the Ivory Coast international is negotiating a three-year contract worth £4m a year. Newcastle are yet to comment but we understand Tiote hasn't travelled for the club's pre-season friendly at Southend.

Tiote off to al jazira

No Dogback

Zaza man ?? Zebina must be touching 40 been around forever

Colback ?

Fair dos then didn't know his scoring record was that poor. VDV though is type of player we need to finish off our first team nicely. Someone to get on the ball and unlock defences. I hate to think who is the closest to that we have now. Probably shelves

He's played in the premier league? Who for? Cardiff? Always seems to put himself about and work his socks off when I've seen him and if he hits 10 goals as well as Gayle mitro and Perez getting double figures that would be enough

We have Rafa though! Surely he would come here over reading still

Should hijack that move

Talk to me about VDV though. If he is even half the player he was he is exactly what we need a skilful goalscoring midfielder

Works hard puts himself about and would get double figures for us be a good squad player

The chancellor

Van der vaart and Robson Kanu and we are done

Anyone who thinks we will easily go up with Shelvey and colback in centre midfield would be in for a rude awakening. Anita should be seen more as a right back now too for me.

We have more than enough in midfield to cope with the Championship. The only two I can see leaving in the near future are Sissoko and maybe Tiote. Which will leave us : Colback Anita De Jong Shelvey Aarons Thauvin Ameobi Barlaser Bigirimarna Smith Vukic Ritchie No other championship team can match that, other than Villa. ?Horrendous post! De Jong will be crocked most if not all season. Anita and colback are not up to standard in midfield and most the rest are reserves. Yeah we are short in midfield

Barcelona actually trying to have a squad for once other than just a first 11

True! Wasn't taking Rafa into account looking at that either

I don't know maybe forgetting how better this squad is than the rest of the league. That centre midfield has been a problem since cabaye left and has no creativity

I was 100% we would be back up when we went down but the more I look at the team now it just Dosent look great and I think it won't be as easy as I first thought

The chancellor is no lb. It will be him and lascelles centre halfs first choice. We are desperate for centre midfielders

De Jong won't be fit enough to play. Shelvey and Hayden maybe

We've just got £25m for Wijnaldum. Even £25m would get us 3-4 quality players down here. I know yeah but seems daft having players not playing who we could get a decent fee for even if we use keep the money to use in the future. All quiet so far though. Get a playmaker in and I will be happy with that