Maybe not this good, but we need a new No9.
The best players who we’ve had occupy the role are the ones who were playing for honour, pride, and most importantly, for the shirt. Jackie Milburn, Malcolm Mcdonald and Alan Shearer are all examples of this. Not only did they score regularly, they also did their country proud when called upon.
Andy Carroll’s rather ambiguous departure from Newcastle has left the great Number 9 redundant with a dramatic void in our attack being a by-product of his departure. He wore the shirt briefly after being handed the greatest privilege and declaration of respect by Chris Hughton. A local lad, born and bred in Newcastle, he understood the weight and the power of it.
Sadly he let himself be swayed by other guises. He did the shirt proud and the days of Shearer, albeit briefly, filled our memories as we watched him terrorise and run ragged Premier League defences. Suddenly though his respect for the shirt diminished and he departed for Liverpool to become their No9. I wonder if he pulls on the shirt and regrets the fact that he sees the red instead of the black and white and when he walks out at Anfield he wishes he could turn to the adoring Gallowgate fans saluting their number 9 instead?
However that is the past and this is the present. We need a new No9! It’s in our history, our blood, it’s Newcastle. The problem is that it has to be deserved. In my mind there are three main focal points for a No9 at the Newcastle:
1) Local pride; they have to understand the passion honour and love of the club the region and wear the shirt as if they are wearing the hearts of all the fans.
2) Ability; the No9 doesn’t just go to anyone it has to be earned by prowess in front of goal; leading the line with power, ability, and determination.
3) Nationality; Now this is a debatable topic as I like the rest of you wouldn’t mind David Villa taking up the No9 shirt for us. However I think the attraction and pull of the No9 would mean so much more to a fellow countryman. There is also more of an affiliation with the fans when its one of our own.
Contenders; Carroll could have been something great at Newcastle but he gave it up for other riches so it leaves the door open for others. In a dream world we would all want a local lad wearing the shirt. Why not? We had Shearer.
That’s why I don’t think any of our new signings should get the shirt; they are too fresh to the area they are most likely going to be foreign looking at our targets. They may have the ability, but do they have the strength to carry the shirt?
Now one local lad who is playing steadily for the reserves and is one of bright hopes for the future… Phil Airey. He is young untested and raw but at the moment I can’t see anyone deserving of the shirt .. So why not wait for young Airey to break into the first team and start scoring, because if he does he ticks all the boxes.
More importantly seeing him at a reserve game….The lad has got potential and there is a certain something about him that smacks of potential No9.
Note from Toonsy – A big thanks to Liam Southern Toon for contributing this article.
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620 Responses
I’m glad Pardew didnt just give Ba the number 9 – it shows he respects the tradition of the club and the honour of wearing the shirt. I think it will take a while to find a worthy number 9, and i hope we dont give it to another waste of time like Obafemi Martins !
i would pin it up in the dressing room and “say earn it”
until then leave it un-claimed
The number 9 should be retired in my opinion. Players like Martins and Carroll just never did it justice, no one can now for me after Shearer – no one is fit for it.
I honestly thought Carroll would stay for years, didn’t think he would be here for his entire career but I believed he would be here for a long time. I think he’ll look back in 10 years and regret leaving us – maybe he regrets it now?
Maybe Eto’o deserves the shirt?
or can No.9 be a defender.
Personally I think we should go this season without appointing a number nine, and give all our strikers the go ahead to fight for it next season-at the end of it we can see if any of them truly deserve it, if not and we’re looking at new striker options by then we can do the same or hand it to them.
I’m not actually fussed if they’re from England either really-I mean a geordie number 9 is special, but being English? I mean would you want a Mackem number 9?
I think certain players like Solano became adopted geordies, and just because we’ve often failed with foreign strikers doesn’t mean another one won’t come along and do us proud. Though I do agree-actually knowing and caring about the locality and history is important..Ability goes without saying 
I wouldn’t call Martins a waste although he certainly didn’t come close to emulating Shearer, Milburn etc. He scored 39 goals in all competitions from 105 games which is neither bad nor great.
Good article though Liam, certainly hope the new number 9 can stay in it for a good few years and have those traits you’ve mentioned.
Andrew so you would give Judas the hunour of being the last ever No9
Maybe the shirt will be used in trying to get the right striker in
Ice cheers mate for leaving me on the last thread
Ice – I like that idea
@ 7 hunour = honour
SHOLA!SHOLA!SHOLA!
DAVE so your copying me now
by the way m8 i kept a eye for you,BATTY came on as sst was asking him about you,he said he will always be your mate,happy days eh
BB had it done to me,it worked for one game then broke toe
haway then lads …… who do you rekn is favourite to be next through the door at newcastle , zoggy , barnetta , taylor ??
Big Dave
Good point, I’m just sick of players coming and showing nothing but disrespect to it.
Ice….aye but when you played it was the number IX
ice has the right idea
Retiring the No9 is plain stupid IMHO
Using it as an insentive makes much more sense to me.
It should be there to be earned, if you think you’re good enough.
We’ll see if Pardwho? really understands what is important to the fans at this club, and if he has done his homework on the clubs history.
seems we arnt after this guy then just rag shite as nomal.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/06/17/2536550/newcastle-target-blaise-matuidi-flattered-by-premier-league
RICHIE you never change you git
think you need a holiday m8,try albaina heard they have no internet,there
If a player made it a condition of coming to us, then I would say he didn’t have the right attitude and values that Pardwho? is looking for, so would be a non starter.
Then again this is NUFC.
Incidentally, good article Liam ST
Ice…
Ice-we might not have bid for him yet but
“The player himself has admitted that he is pleased to be linked with a move to Newcastle.”
That is very interesting indeed, if he wants to come here maybe Pards will take more note and try and get him over…
RICHIE divnt gan ide miss you really
BB…or the player knows what it means to us and wants to be that hero
Campbell said: “No comment. The fans are great. It’s a fantastic club, it’s a massive club and success has definitely eluded them for a long time.
“But they keep faith and they are great fans up there. The support around the north-east is second to none up and down the country.
“It would be nice for them to win something, really.”
Well at least Sol isn’t being a nob…he’s greatful for our contribution to his retirement package clearly
NEWKIE,the bit i missed one bit on first reading it,wonder if there is something in it,reading again,quote where his club said when dealing with transfers,or maybe ime reading something that is not there
Ice…just as well, Albania doesn’t really appeal tbh
icedog
Posted June 17, 2011 at 7:07 PM
i would pin it up in the dressing room and “say earn it”
until then leave it un-claimed Also feel it should be earned
Memo to Pardew:
Take Ice’s advice @2!
Due to my great age my memories of No9s goes back further than most.I actually saw Milburn play.Great long striding centre forward.Also have memories of such players as Vic Keeble,Len White and Wyn Davies.All great players.Loved Milburn and the sight if Wyn rising above the defences.One player who perhaps didnt have the following but certainly knew where the net was Barrie Thomas.I will leave you younger guys to discuss the merits of the more modern wearers of the shirt.Oh mustnt forget Mickie Quinn
Richie you should try outer Mongolia or the Congo
Ice yea Spencer asked me lastnight had I fell out with wor Batts
I dont think the number nine means half as much as it used to since Martins got it. However, that dosent mean it should go to anyone because it carry’s pressure. Phil Ariey seems like a good option if he made it.
As for Carroll, I think he will one day return to Newcastle, could be wrong like.
Spence Judas can fuk right off
Ice-we can only hope mate
Spencer-Him returning wouldn’t actually surprise me. Five years, will tempers have cooled? I know i’ll always hate him
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6994556,00.html
Best laugh all day
Well, other than the appointment of Mcleish
GUINESS,you liked his pigeon chest then
Hang it on the wall with a sign that reads: “first striker to score 20 PL goals in a single season gets it.”
JUDAS has a iffy knee
“But we will be setting out to win the league, because that’s what you do year in and year out at Liverpool”
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well, not every year, Steven
I fecking hate him, but nee doubt the player has ability.
I think he regrets it already like, infact, I bet hes curiling up in a ball crying about it right now
For me one of our greatest number 9s didn’t stay long enough or he would likely have become an all time great for us.
Les Ferdinand was one of the best strikers I ever had the privelege to watch at SJP. Pace,power,fantastic finishing and above all he sweat blood for the cause.
I still consider it to be one of the biggest mistakes we ever made selling him.
MikeAshleysWallet-We’ve done that before, Andy Cole 68 goals in 84 apps-says it all
OHURLEY
you been on that moonshine again your on the rang thread 
MAW kna the biggest was hireing the guy that sold him mate
Next name on no.9 shirt will be Erdinc. Then again, it might be Erding. Still prefer it to be Sturridge!
MAW-how fat are you?
ICEDOG-
Hehe, apparently so. I’m off from work, so been on the broon ale since noon
there saying BA got half a mil signing on fee and £55000 awk,what was that wage cap again i forgot
Ice’s idea @ post 2 is spot on. Someone call Pards!
Spencer @46 not as fat as I will be after Tiote’s gone
Dave…do they still have umbongo way down deep in the middle of the Congo?
OHURLEY on the lunaic broth then,careful mate heard they closed that ward in the genaral hospital now
@50
@50
You must be bursting? I feel sorry for you mate, you will be a bit full when jose and barton are gone
@51 Bursting at the seams… dont want any to fall out or Joey might get ideas about staying
ICEDOG- I’m always careful, mate!
On the subject of a No9, I think we just might see a shock signing that no one ever would have expected and see him given the No9. Just pure conjecture, not even really veiled optimism. Just got to thinking… Pardew wants to increase the visibility of the Newcastle brand abroad. Especially in the US where he’s planned Newcastle’s first US tour in forever and a day. It sure would help him accomplish his mission if Newcastle had a bit of star power. Just one big name striker would totally do, and he’d probably get “bums in seats” and possibly draw some attention to the Toon from over here in the states.
Just a thought. Probably will never happen with Dekka and the Fat Man runnin the show. lol
there saying BA got half a mil signing on fee and £55000 awk,what was that wage cap again i forgot
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Don’t tell the Oracle is wrong about another one….
Ice @ 52 Richie said you were the last patient they had in that ward
Rich yeah I think they do
Well Spence was anyone mouthing about me after I went lastnight or today
MDS-
Clearly a flaw in the Matrix.
MDS
Dave’s here! Everyone stop talkin about him!
DAVE
they havent got a ward for j/d drinkers
I divint no dave, I went to bed, I had a exam today
@55, next time your in ashleys pocket, bite his bum
ICEDOG-
The Jack Daniels distillery is about 70 miles from my back door
OH….I bet that’s a well worn trail
Richie-
Worn trail? Hell, there’s an interstate highway leading to it
If you ever pass a guy on an electric scooter, wave, that’ll be Ice
Ice I didbn’t believe Richie anyway mate, you know what he’s like.
Spence did your exams go ok
OH how da hell is it going lad
OHURLEY what you waiting for get digging,or drop the guard a few quid,ill send it owr if your a bit short
So we have signed Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba for a combined fee of £4.5m.
We have Matthew Grieve, Daniel Leadbitter, Patrick McLaughlin, Andy Mogwo, Aaron Spear, Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi and Kevin Nolan. The incoming transfer fees for Lua Lua and Nolan will even out the fee for Cabaye, nevermind the combined wages for all the released players.
Not to mention the fact we seem to have publicly admitted Joey Barton, Leon Best, Alan Smith and Wayne Routledge can leave the club tomorrow if they can get rid of them and Enrique is hanging by a thread.
So we have signed 2, lost 8 and may well lose at least 6 players in the coming weeks.
So for a squad that was too small last season, we may end up having about 10 players less and have not spent a penny of the Andy Carroll money and may well be making a profit so far when considering wages.
Excellent.
RICHIE
you git, everyone knows you stole it,we saw it in black and white
aye it went alreet dave, could have gone better could have gone worst..
dosent help that the person next to me was sniffing every second. The dorty little fake slag
FJ – Pointless coming out with that with 10 weeks still to go
Save your doom and gloom judgement for aug31st, then we’ll see.
FFS whats the point man
but out of those 8 only 3 were in the 25 man squad.
…..and 2 of them won’t be missed all
Must be time for BSn9.
Heads up arses, piss in ya coffee
BB
Beardsley boots-agree with you mate,
Funky, you mention all those reserves as well as Shefki and Sol who wouldn’t get a look in next season anyway. We’ve lost Nolan, big deal. The only other one of them lot I actually care about is Best.
Look at my message Beardsleys Boots, I am not talking quality, I am talking about quantity.
I’d say without Nolan and Lua Lua and with Cabaye and Ba, the starting 11 has just increased quality. The logic of those moves is sound.
My concern is that we need to sign about another 12 players to have a squad good enough to compete. We really do not have enough players. When we get to christmas and half our team is injured as per usual, who is coming in? We were looking at the likes of Nolan and Barton being rotated and back up, now we are likely to not even have them.
Is Pardew really going to rely on the likes of Ferguson and Vuckic to be back up? The quality we are signing appeals to me, my concern is that outside the first 11, the quality drop off is immense and the signings are short term.
Also, Ba is 26 and signed a 3 year deal taking him to 29, yet more proof we don’t want anyone over 30 years old. “The Arsenal Strategy”
And all I’m saying is it’s too early to go on a rant.
For all we know Pards could be after another 10 players plus half a dozen more younguns that we dont even know about.
Nowt wrong with young Ferguson either IMO except he needs to fill out a bit
Dave- its gannin great, mate! Off work today and watching a replay of Chelski vs Arsenal. We should sign Didier Drogba
Ice- why? You can get a 5th for $20 if ya know where to look
haha!!
We’ve lost 3 players from our 25 man squad, if you can squeeze another 12 in then good luck, and the squad wasn’t too small last season, it just didn’t have the quality it would have liked, but hey you want quantity don’t you just like we had last year
Hi all,
Any truth to the story that Best is for sale too?
sorry, but what do you mean “the signings are short term”
eh?
3 yrs is short term?
Also not too much wrong with the Arsenal model, just the manager.
I bet they wish they had a much more experienced manager like wor Pardwho?
I wasn’t posting a rant, I was just merely pointing out that a squad that was too small last season has now just decreased dramatically and we aren’t going to sign enough players to cover that. It’s just going to look stupid next year when Pardew is complaning about injuries and lack of numbers, that’s all.
Also, I posted on here weeks ago that I fear Ferguson is going to get shafted next season due to some of the signings, as they will not play him over people they spent big money on.
Only way he will play is if Pardew has the balls to tell Jonas to play in his natural right side and Fergie gets the left wing to zoom about and supply Cabaye, Ba and Ben Arfa.
Like I said, the quality of the first team starting 11 has gone up. Its a numbers game is my issue.
FunkyJ-
Man, most of those players will never even get in the first team. I’d rather play Colo as a second striker than one of them lol. That said, it’s extremely important to have reserves. I’m sure we’ll bring along a few more. Wouldn’t be worried until the last week of the window and we haven’t signed anybody lol.
Arrghh the squad has decreased by one, how is that dramatic?
Is anyone going to call Pardew out on his quote of spending every penny of the Carroll money since we haven’t spent a penny yet?
I have to commend the owner’s ability to find these contract wrangles. It makes his penny pinching approach work when he puts some spying into it.
Spence @ 72 > dosent help that the person next to me was sniffing every second. The dorty little fake slag
Did your Mum not tell you to get washed in the morning? or did you have your crusty sock in your pocket
and how do you know she was a fake 
FJ > Is anyone going to call Pardew out on his quote of spending every penny of the Carroll money since we haven’t spent a penny yet?
would it not be better to wait till the end of the window rather than the start
Not really. It won’t be spent, lol. Any signings we make will be countered by Enrique leaving, lol.
Mike Ashley should run the country and sort the finances out as opposed to the Government. He is a master of not spending.
Fake as in wears ten ton of make up
I actually wanted to punch her, really bad
And i had my sock in my pocket, its good luck
FJ are you one of bobbys bum chums?
Agree with FJ that starting 11 is starting to look promising. Also agree that the 2nd 11 needs more depth. Not so bothered about the youths leaving as thats what you do. It’s the 2t man squad thats important.
Sorry should read 25 man squad
FJ, what happened to your zombie(!? What was that anyway) image from before.
Who’s the young lady with the ample, uh, resources that has replaced Funky Zombie Jesus?
On you question, is Pardew:
A) actually thinking on brining the youngsters in to make up the numbers
B) expecting to bring in a bucket-load of new players
C) just fu(king up
Regarding the sacred No9 shirt, askk Army what it meant to his Grandfather in-law………………..Wor Jackie
Spencer,
No, I believe I have given the club’s incoming transfers constant praise here. I am just talking about the whole squad as a collective.
The players we could not replace when injured last season are leaving and just being replaced – yes with higher quality – but replaced. We are not adding to the strength of the SQUAD.
Ryan Taylor and James Perch are still the men who will be on the bench. The idea of boosting the squad is that the likes of Nolan and Barton would be the bench people and Perch, etc. would be the ones to leave.
Where’s toonsy
…..”and we aren’t going to sign enough players to cover that.”
How the feck do you know that.
You must know that 90% of transfer dealings are done in the last week of he window.
The club has acted quickly where it needed to, and will have the big wonga to do battle with later on.
Get a grip man.
Why do you think Jose hasn’t moved yet?
oy, nothing wrong with nile ranger
Ryan Taylor *
“Is anyone going to call Pardew out on his quote of spending every penny of the Carroll money since we haven’t spent a penny yet?”
No, because it’s completely irrelevant. If we bring in enough quality players to both improve and provide cover then what difference does it make if we have a net spend of 3million or 3omillion!?
If anything, people should be praising the management whilst we sign quality at dirt cheap prices. Just means we will be out of debt quicker. Well, unless you have the deluded belief that MA spends it all in Casino’s (yawn). If that stops, and we start signing rubbish on the cheap then feel free to complain….
TGS….did ya send Toonsy that email I asked you to with Arsenal as the guess for the competition?
30million*
Ah ha ha ha ha
pmsl
you want to pay nolan £45K to sit on the bench
you’ve lost the plot man
FJ,
No way would either Barton or Nolan settle for a spot on the bench, believe me.
El Toro – thank feck for some sense at last. Bang on
keep digging FJ.
Funny as F…..
TGS, if i send you my crusty sock, will you send me the DVD?
Funky…or you can look at it as we’ve spent 5mil of the Carroll money so far, and more for Ba and Cabaye’s wages-we just haven’t spent the Nolan money yet, nothing was said about the Nolan money
Better than paying James Perch to bench warm and then offer nothing when he plays.
I want Messi.
TGS Congrats on the Comp
I meant to pick the Arse but picked Bolton by mistake 
richie,
Been at work all day, BSN9 contacted me to tell me that I won the DVD
Sorry mate forget to send the e-mail with your correct answer
Dave,
Heard your always picking the Arse
Even better, Nolan AND Barton on the bench
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
FJ
I understand the point you’re trying to make, and largely we agree. However, the difference between us is that I refuse to speculate on whether we will sign enough players to cover out departures. I would rather we just wait and see. People are forgetting that this transfer stuff had just began.
Come September 1st, you might be right. If you are, I will be complaining right alongside you.
I actually did pick Le Arse, if memory serves, TGS, but the gods were with you. Congrats.
Spencer,
I will swop the DVD for your Mum
TGS….
….congrats mate, you just need to win TV and Dvd player from somewhere then you’ve got it sussed 
TGS@119….no you wouldnt
No offence Funky, but I’ve had a crap day and had a splitting headache.
Now my goddamned sides are aching.
Keep up the good work bonny lad
How wrong you are, FJ. Perch always offers a yellow card when he plays. Don’t downplay it, brother.
@119, the toon is more important than owt, but i will have to ask her
What positions need extra depth FJ. For me both full backs, No 9, Lw & possibly AM so 5 new squad players. However if Ferguson & Vuckic step up thats 3 only needed. Plenty of time. Oh and Seb Larsson.
I believe that there are plans this pre season to capture the next No9
What I refuse to do is speculate and guess, lets all wait until 01/09/11 eh.
FSOTC-
Lol!
Yeah, that’s something I’m wondering–if the youngsters like Vukic et al are ready to go all senior team on a muffucka.
TGS @ 99
Driving his big blue bus mate
Abandon hope all ye who follow him
premandup,
According to sources larsson is going to the filth
And ye who have mailboxes on his route.
@ 7 Big dave – Great point. I thought it could be retired, but not after that coont. put someone on 10, ba 19, and our other on 20 something and whoever scores the most that year has it the following
premandup,
You did it. Larsson. We need Seb. And Messi.
Only if they’re good at karaoke though, don’t want talented footballers who aren’t good for a laugh.
Will HBA take the #10?
welcome back FJ, thought you’d gone off in a hissy fit
Seriously, I kna where ya coming from, but its too early mate.
KEEP THE FAITH n al that. wor vastly more experienced managa kna’s wot hees deein
The real question to be asked is if we will sell HBA and sign up another 16 year old ginger kid who claims JSA and give him #10 a week.
We need check with Real Madrid if they will loan us Angel Di Maria with a view to a permanent deal for £1.5m. Di Maria did say a few weeks ago he always wanted to follow Stephen Ireland’s loan shoes.
He longs for those 32 minutes we got of Ireland.
toonsy,
I have replied to your e-mail mate, many thanks
DARTS
I hope all the new signings play darts, as I dont want to see Harps taking them to the cleaners after training.
Or was it poker?
Evening lads.
Over the moon with Ba like
I agree with Andrew @ 3 that the number 9 shirt be retired because the way football is now were never going to have that icon like Shearer or Milburn. Someone who treats it with respect.
Yeah I’ve sent you one too Toonsy
Wouldn’t be surprised if we went back in for Ireland. We could probably get him for cheap and if he stays fit he is a like for like replacement for Nolan.
Dan4 Toon – Says who
If you can see so far in to the future, can you tell us the numbers for saturdays lotto.
Ireland may well be out of bounds for the moment as McLeish will try and secure him. The price has gone up at the very least.
We should try and sign France instead of Ireland, I hear we have been scouting France a while now.
yeah, what is the word on Ireland? Does anybody know?
meanwhile:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufVhKiLr0Kg&feature=related
Talking of NUFC No 9′s, all you young guns……………take a look at Sir Les on You Tube. Awesome and looked every part a classical centre forward, I hated Dogbreath and FFS for selling him and replacing with JDT and feckin Ian Rush
Plus he was shaggin dani behr at the time and was sighted with her one night in Morpeth……..Respect
What about signing Vermont?
BB, just my opinion.
The way football is I don’t think we’ll get someone who respects it the way the greats did.
The only time we will in my opinion is if another Carroll emerges and were one of the top clubs.
Vermont has good reviews but his name value is mostly Football Manager related.
All the top managers have talked about France though, the quality cannot be questioned.
I think Allov France should be our next number 9.
TGS dani behr was one sweet chick
wonder what she does now haven’t seen her in yonks, young Spence would have liked her but dont know if the sock could take it 
Dave,
No doubt Allov France is a real player, but Vermont is a real monster and a champ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_(cryptozoology)
at a cut price–just the kind of player we seem to be after.
Curses! Is the sock back? I feel almost as nauseous about that as I did about FJ’s former avatar.
I have no idea about Allov France, I was just playing the fact we have signed a French player and a Senegal international who is French.
I am curious what French heritage Neil Taylor has.
FSOTC how do you think his poor Mum felt when she found it when she was making his bed
–gag reflex–
–shudder–
–hits refresh and tries to ignore–
F*ck Ireland, he had his chance and claret n blue it
Dont want anymore perma crocks at NUFC.
(unless they’re French)
Will Mcleish really want Ireland? He plays hoofball, not the passing game to suit Ireland
I’ll get me coat
Patrick Vieira got released by Man City. Surprised we haven’t signed him as back up to Tiote.
Maybe buy some French bricks and just build a portable wall to dump on the pitch when Tiote misses 15 games via suspension.
It’s funny when you Brits mention these lovely specimens and I have to google them to find out who they are. Then my wife walks by and gives me the stink-eye.
FSOTC
She’s never caught you polishing the one eyed gofer then has she?
BB, I thought that was well done, actually.
Not yet!
Speaking of dirty euphemisms, “clearing the snorkel” is a good one.
“French Bricks” sounds like a math-metal band.
Am i the only one that thinks we also need another Central Defender i keep hearing we need wingers a striker and a lb but for me another quality Central Defender is also needed and another RB , with the signing of Ba one more striker would do if we kept Best ,lovenkrands and brought Airey into the first team . If we bring in Nzogbia and moved jonas too the right ,then i think midfield is sorted after that the defence needs reinforced with a LB , RB andCD . Lets get rid of Xisco , Smith , Shola & Perch .
Axel- I think both full back positions are more the priority to be honest. I think with Colo/Taylor/Willo/Kadar we have enough strength in depth, another good CB would be nice but we need to sort out another Wing/Striker/LB first
Seb Bassong is on Tottenham’s transfer list.
He is French and young and like The Zog, is a former player.
You know it makes sense.
fookin hell demba signing cheerd me up a little then read this thread ive just relised how we have fallen ,world class striker too bargain basment
Axel – Howay man its comedy neet on the blog 2nite.
Enuff of the serious stuff
Even Funky is giving it a go.
FSOTC – lol
Batty – didn’t kna u could read
@171
Bass-master was half-decent too, no?
Batty you c@nt spencer told me you were mouthing of about me behind my back
Beardsleys Boots,
I am not giving comedy a go. Comedy is giving me a go.
Big dave, check your emails, ive rememberd summat eles.
Better to give you a go than to give you the runs. Ba-dum-cha! Don’t forget to tip your waitress.
FJ….I wouldn’t sign allov france, can’t attack or defend especially against a German frontline
Spence I got it mate
thanks for watching my back
Richie
He’d be quite happy to claim he did all the work after we win a game though…
Spencer@176….hope it wasn’t an English Exam you had today, if so I think the dole beckons
No problem big dave. It’s not right like, wouldnt even do that to my worst enemys.
Newkie..
Remembered* Something* sorry for not checking my spelling online RT
Anyway, I got a B in my mock in English so suck my balls
Spence-Is this A levels mate?
Spencer…just puling ya leg
when your older ya’ll be able to speak propa england like I used to could 
I’d give the woman in my avatar a go.
Batty where are ye come out and stop hiding
Spencer@185….I notice you spell all that comment correct though ya porv
Newkie-yes
187-the thing is, I made summat out of that
FJ so would I….not sloppy seconds though
RT @190- So i dont have you correcting me
Spencer….did you have to hit your lucky sock with a hammer to get it in your pocket?
FSOTC – “Ba dum cha” lol
Shelly Martinez has been my long term internet perv for about 6 years now.
She’s mine, so do one and do another for the pleasure
RT- I forgot it that day actually, mind you, I dont think i have done aswell in the actual exam
Funky @ 188, smartest thing you’ve said all day mate
Spencer-Good luck son, soon you’ll fail to get into your first choice uni just like me, great laugh
It is so depressing that men like chicks with balloon t1ts like that.
Just ignore me, don’t defend yourselves
Spencer….which uni you after like?
Newkie, im not aiming high with uni if i tell you the truth
I’ll go to like one of the second string one’s like northumbria or something
Spence or you will get into Uni then spend 6yrs there then struggle to get a job like my Daughter
Susan….me moobies are bigger than that
Not to say anything about Spencer’s sock!
Right I’m turning off the PC now… carry on and good night
RT- im a step a head of you
I’m not really that botherd about going to one of the big ones, aslong as I come out with a decent job i dont care, one up north though so i dont have to for accomidation
Susan @ 200 not all
anymore than a hand full is a waste 
second string ya cheeky fecker
@ 185 – Ah yes I remember when wor lass used to do that
a long time ago
ok just the other neet, but ya kna
Susan- If your not looking to be offended by sexual comments, youre in the wrong place
Big Dave-thats the trouble, you have to make sure the job is in demand
I agree with Big Dave
Spencer-
fair enough mate, what you gonna take?
Big Dave-I got one year in uni left then I’m straight on the dole, nee worries
RT-it is though, its like newcastle is the main one
Susan, her chest is not what appeals to me at all.
Her face, her personality and just her demeanour are what appeal to me. She is also someone who frequents the old school “Attack of the 50 ft Woman” era of style and also flirts with the alternative/goth appearance.
Don’t make out woman don’t prefer guys with 6 pack abs or are basically a tripod. I hate how women are above reproach and men are shallow by default.
Bugs me.
Haha Richie… your missus will have to get you to work and whip you into shape
Newkie, i divint have a fooking clue
Enough dossing in the sun, siestas and Spanish beers…
Funky – women prefer men that are basically a tripod
Looks like there’s nay hope for some of us then
Susan……..I’m all for the whip bit but not so keen on the work bit
Susan, would it help if I said I preferred size six lasses, just short of anorexic?
Spencer-Good lad, I waited until the deadline until I chose, then ended up regretting once I got to Uni
blog full of married pervs apart from mr sock w@nker
I’ve got a 6 pack….always have one chilling in the fridge
FFS you brain boxes piss me off.
Wots wrang wee bein fick like
I work in admin, and all the offices I have worked in have been female orientated staff wise.
My ability to be ignorant in bliss has been worn down over the years and hearing the abuse men get for so much as preferring a hair colour while women can critique and judge men on every aspect of his being just winds me up.
It’s like sexism is fine if it is against men but christ on a bike, don’t say anything bad about a woman – you’re a woman hater.
I wish the world had ended a few weeks ago like that old nutter said it would.
OK FJ, sorry I didn’t mean to piss you off
She does have a certain gothic glamorous appeal, and you are certainly entitled to have anyone you like on your avatar without getting picked on.
Actually six-packs and bulging muscles I find quite repulsive and unhealthy… trim healthy bodies are best for both men and women IMO.. yoga body is good because the muscles are only hard when they’re working, at rest they are soft (not over-toned).
I say that as a yoga teacher. I keep having fantasies of going up to the Toon to be yoga coach and sort out these lads’ hamstrings and ankles!!
Right I’m really off now, sorry for the digression and good night
Oh good batts is back
batty
actually it’s probably a blog full of married porvs who are also sock w@nkers 
Newkie- im only in my 1st year A-level, well finished today, but you may or not know but im moving to the toon in september and I think im going to do tottally new courses.
I think i might just do sport in education thing and just be a PE teacher for life
@Richie 227
Ah female fantasies are sooo coool
Thank you for the apology Susan.
Now back in the kitchen and make me some soup.
Batty, ill get my ex signed up if you want
@231 So wrong but funny
Spencer-Fair enough mate to be honest that sounds pretty good, I’d love to just do repping in ski resorts and then maybe a boarder become a boarder instructor for life, but we’ll see eh
Spencer,
You know what they say about men with big feet………………………………….they have BIG SOCKS
a boarder become a boarder? And I got an A at english lit a level, oh yeah baby!
soup… SOUP???
Fuggin pussy,
I want a kebab, with garlic mayo and chips.
are ya a man or a mouse?
soup
Well Newkie, thing is I love sport, but I also love graphic design, but I know which one I have more of a chance of making a career out of, and I know which one I will be able to do in my spare time. Thing is with PE teacher aswell is that it is decent pay, and they will always be in demand.
TGS- who says I have big feet?
Well I do have big feet, but I also have the other thing to back them up
Newkie, I love skiing!
lit A level
Ha Ha Ha u thick twat
How about reading wot u post b4 u post it lol
Spence I thought you wanted to be our new apprentice as we will need one at the end of the yr
I will do that aswell big dave
Gone reet doonhill this blog 2nite.
Sorry
Dave,
The bairn’s got a lot to learn
I also note how Susan picked on the six pack abs comment and not the tripod one out of fear of exposing women as being as scummy and pond life-esque as men.
At least men admit they are just animals with the ability to talk and not sniff about after they let rip.
TGS- im nee fooking bairn man
Spencer-Aye I really like graphics in school, but the teacher we got for GCSE was a massive c*nt and just put me right off it
There’s always work for architects if you fancy it
Beardsley, what was wrong with that sentence
Oi Batty where’d u go?
Heard u was a married perv tooo
Beardo,
It hasn’t, this is just a fun day. We signed another really good player, for nothing, and Pardew is implying another one may be arriving in a few days – presumably Neil Taylor.
Poor bloke is gonna be seen as useless after Cabaye and Ba, but I feel his worth to the squad as a whole may well be as vital.
BB @ 237 I had a tasty Kebab on chips with house sauce for tea it was yum yum, and the best part is half the wee Lads one is waiting in the micro for me
Newkie- I enjoy it, and im decent like, but one I dont have photoshop or anything at home so I dont really get chance to do it, and im not good enough to compete with the people who are amazing. my Physic’s and Bio teacher have put me right of sciance and I used to love it up to y9
Spencer.
You are a bairn like
spence you know what they say aboot PE teachers watching the wee laddies in the showers
i hate sciance too ;D
Spence are you after Photoshop
TGS he would learn a few things if he becomes our next studio bitch sorry I mean apprentice
yes jobe, i spelt science wrong
ye I am dave, at a decent prize tho
Batty @ 253 maybe thats what made his mind up
Newkie – Nowt, its me
English lit.
I anly taak jawdeee.
Doh
Hehe
Spencer-Yeah I remember one of my mates who wanted to go into animation. Buying the computer and the software just to start up for his course was an absolute b*tch so kinda glad I avoided it.
Shame about teachers, its even more important with lecturers, you get some that will make a sh*t topic enjoyable, and others who just seem to make anything dull
Jobey, youve been waiting all night just to make me look a prick
Shelly Martinez. Had to look her up too. Should’a turned on the “private browsing” for that one, methinks.
USA vs. Jamaica on Sunday. You all could do some scouting for the team then. Maybe one or two decent players on display.
Spence you dont get any pay but once we are finished with you you will be made for life mate, and could travel the world
Spencer…naaah…some of us have known for a while..
Aye, ive had some shyte teachers, but my physics one was the worst.
Just used to show us powerpoints, and talk shyte about them
Beardsley
Sorry, I meant leetreture man! howay!
Spencer – I just came on. I pondered it, then thought what the hell, wasn’t sure if you would have your sense of humour switched on, but thankfully, for a change, you have ;D
Big Dave…you know all about the good jobs …
Spencer-Our year 10 form tutor was a physics teacher, he got kicked outta school after he meant to put on a slideshow from his USB stick but porn came on instead, classic
We also had a bio teacher who had a triple heart bypass and refused to die, that man was an absolute c*nt
Not that I harbour him any ill feelings of course…
FJ @ 249 you could be on to something there like, and thankyou for seeing the light
Jobey- I always have it on
Just sometimes, your sense, is diffrent than mine
MM im trying to get young Spence set up in a good job but I dont think he has what it takes
@270, you do triple science mate?
My physics teacher was just a fat coont w@nker who hated me, and he gave all the class 6 for their practical mark, and even though I had done nothing wrong atall he gave me a 4. Bell.
Big Dave, I just need chance, I have it, I promise!
The subject I hate more than most is maths, never understood a thing.
Nah mate I did double science, wish I’d done single, I liked all science up till GCSE, then it was all sh*te
speaking of number 9s, I always found number 37 quite special too. Or was that just my local ch1nkies. fk, bar me now, that’s racist. Who gives a 48.
newkie –
…with prawn crackers
Beardsleys Boots,
I haven’t seen the light, I still stand by my point we should be signing more to fill the squad, lol.
If we are relying on the wonder kids we allegedly have for cover, then they can’t go out on loan for experience. Hence my concern for squad depth.
I’ll give Ashley time though – he has no excuse to not fix the squad issues this summer. Anything less than a full squad is failure, we have the money and our sales mean we’ve signed two top players for diddly squat so far.
Big D…you could be right…though young Spencer has a lot of potential…
don’t forget… 
Spencer-I spent all two years of GCSE fcking around in class, like I did in most but maths just couldn’t be blagged, I was predicted a D and failed all the mocks. Then about a week before the exam I just got my dad to go through a couple of past papers and I basically just learned the course in that time. He used to lecture on statistics and literally I learned more from him then than 5 years in school and ended up with a B.
Still, he was always disappointed that I was sh*t at/hated maths
Whats the Hampden on the Ba signing ? i reckon that was an excellent bit of business, he only got three years cos of the medical issue…Ashley cam up trumps again..
I’ll take your 48 and raise you a 67, rodz. You racist baffert.
Well strange weather here in NYC tonight… rolling thunder & lightning for nigh on three hours. Maybe it’s an omen… another great signing to come in the wee hours of the morning…
Newkie, I spent 5 years pissing about in maths, and scraped a C
Maths is cod…nowt to do with the real world…unless your a maths nerd of course…
nowt wrang wi fkn up at school. I left wi one O level in English langwidge, and am now the President of Zimbabwe.
Rod,
Ya been on the drink
Richie @227
I’m not married, mate
ROD
Munich Mag,
He only got 3 years because he is 26 years old. We will never sign a player to an initial contract that will take him beyond 30 years old under Ashley nowadays.
Tiote, Cabaye, Ba, all have signed deals that will take them to 29 or 30. Any new signing will get a contract length dependent on their age.
This is the Arsenal Model that Ashley mentioned years ago. Just depends if we really do go like Arsenal and sell the players even if they can still go or if we go like Man Utd and offer smaller, annual deals to keep the good older players.
We seem to have done so with Nolan and Barton so far, but that both of them rejected it may put Ashley off totally.
Rodzilla…ay but you’re a hidden talent mate…
Alreet Tones!
..nah, just been eating a lot of cheese mate.
…decent offer at Prestos like.
Spencer-that’s the spirit
The only year I ever really revised well for was AS-I got As in every subject, after that I was like sweet I can get to any uni I like, messed around the following year and brought everything down to a B 
al hide your fkn talents in a minit Munich Mag, then yil nar who’s hidden ye talents.
FunkyJesus-Do you honestly think its all to do with 30? And not say him getting crocked in the first year and us paying for him for another four years? I know its a contract with incentives and probably got an insurance policy for Ashley, but there will still be bread and butter wages which could add up if Ba got crocked…three years was the right amount IMO.
FJ…to be honest, it all makes sense, sign the blokes when they are at the beginning of there careers, then move them on when they are older, and as we all know harder to get rid of.
I heard an article about Scott Parker at West Ham last week, West Spam want 8 million for the bloke, 29 he is I believe, and earns a shed load of money. Who’s gonna sign him …nobody…and West Ham are gonna sit with the costs for at least the next 2 years…
Ashley will probably get the finances right, time will show if he gets the sporting side of things sorted…looks good so far in my opinion..
What did you get at GCSE spencer?
Jobey, B’s and C’s
let me guess you got A’s
I’m not going to lie, you are more intelligent then me, but im not that thick that im not going to get a decent job, so I dont give a fu’ck
FJ_”I’ll give Ashley time though – he has no excuse to not fix the squad issues this summer. Anything less than a full squad is failure, we have the money and our sales mean we’ve signed two top players for diddly squat so far”
No probs with that
but wots wrong with this
“.He only got 3 years because he is 26 years old. We will never sign a player to an initial contract that will take him beyond 30 years old under Ashley nowadays.”
Makes good financial sense to me.
If at 30 they are still good, then give em a 1 yr extension, no probs. as per manure with scholes. giggs etc
Why should NUFC be crippled with ageing players on long contracts taking the piss
Newkie,
I do believe the length of the deal is solely due to his age. If it is incentive based with a low base level salary, then wouldn’t you want him locked into that for as long as possible? Hell, if Ba managed to let West Ham get a release clause put in, we could get a release clause put in if his knee flared up too much, who knows. I am just fairly certain if Demba Ba was 24 years old, he would have got a 5 year contract.
Shane Ferguson and Nile Ranger recently signed contracts that will take them to 24 or 25 years of age. If we still had them by then, they would then signed another 4 or 5 year deal to take them to 29 or 30.
Tiote’s randomly extended contract length of 6 and a half year deal takes him to…… 30.
Cabaye signed a contract that will take him to about 30.
It’s all a numbers game, like I said earlier. 30 is the magic number for us at the moment.
Beardsleys Boots,
I never said it was a bad contract policy to have, my only complaint today has been squad depth. Our contract play with release clauses, release fees, etc. has been amazing recently.
I was just pointing out that watching Newcastle signing players and their transfer targets all revolves around 30. It’s like that Jim Carrey movie “The Number 23. It’s what we seem to be aiming the squad around.
If Enrique signs, his contract is going to be 5 years long to take him to…. 30.
It is going to make Coloccini and Jonas’ contract situation soon really interesting.
Haha, i wasn’t even gunna brag. Nothing wrong with b’s and c’s.
I got 5 a’s, 7′bs and a c.
Please lets bin the high school shit, I’m gettin embarrassed
aye, education, what’s it ahl aboot man?
Ahh divnt nah. ganti school when ye can’t be arsed, realise thiz shit te sortoot, ganti collidge, walk, orn munny. Job done*.
*but nee time left te sort oot shit like.
Spencer-Aye GCSE was the mugabout year, I got Bs and Cs even though looking back on it A*s would have been a well easy. Who cares about GCSEs though? Its when your 15/16 and supposed to drink cider in parks and start hittin on the lasses, that’s what I did anyway
Jobey. I’m not saying you were, I dont mind people being more intelligent than me, cos quite frankly I know that I will probably do decent in life
Newkie, I think I spent most of my time at GCSE involved getting drunk
I’m not sure if I could of got A*’s, I could have probably got A’s of I tried really hard, at the end of the day I passed, and thats all I care about
FJ- “It’s all a numbers game, like I said earlier. 30 is the magic number for us at the moment.”
and whats so wrong about that.
Old crocked players are worth shit mate. Would you by a house that was worth shit when you’d payed it off???
Nar youd want to get somat back for it.
ffs get a grip on the real world aswell as the world of football, as the two are coming together, whether u like it or not.
Funky-If Ba was 24 there would be less risk in his knees…so yes he probably would have been given 5 years. His knees are worse at 26/7 so naturally he shouldn’t be given 5 years. Bear in mind he only has 6 months PL experience…and even if its incentive etc the base wage could easily be what, 30 or 40k? That’s still a lot of money. West Ham had a cancel clause and so did Ba, so it worked for both of them. Would Ba have a cancel clause with us? Doubt it.
Also the club is supposed to have offered dals that would have put Barton up to 31 and Nolan up to 32, just not the 34/35 they wanted, so 30 isn’t just some definitive cut off IMO.
Are you not reading?
I never said it was bad, I even posted a second message right after to say – in those words – I never said it was bad.
Might help to read those before accusing people of opinions they do not have
I remember the time……..
I wasn’t at Hey School, I was at Law School.
Last week a bunch of totally cool West Ham lads posted on here, and they ALL had great things to say about Demba Ba. I think he’s a great signing for the toon, cos he gives us that something else up front. Pity we mayy lose him cos of the African Nations cup stuff, but a good toon signing all the same I reckon…
Although the bloke does seem to have issues with injuries, we’ll see what he manages next season. I expect him to put a full shift in, for the toon and internationally..
ye divnt get nowt for a pair in this gime, higher, lower……it’s a 5!
I am off now, have a crap night you plebs.
Spencer- Think just a couple of days, maybe a week of revision on the right stuff for GCSE can get you an A*, I look back on it sometimes and think I should have done more, like compared to now its nothing, but meh there are far more important things in life
Now, I guess I have grown up a little, and they still do stuff like that, but I only do it for partys and stuff.
I dont think I will look back to regret what I have done, Unless I get a shyte job ofc
Munich Mag,
who knows about Ba-Ba-Ba, just hoping he’s been brought in as backup to the 2 more CFs we’re about to buy.
…along with the LB, RB and RW
Ok fair nuff FJ, all I’ll say is if they are still CLASS at 30, then give em 1yr extensions, on going until they become shit.
If they want to stay, they will.
simples.
Nolan got lucky at WHam, I’m certain he wouldn’t have got a 5 yr deal anywhere else..
Howay man are you seriously telling me u would have given him a 5 yr extension at the Toon
funkyjesus@320, eat Scatt Brown
Luka Modric…signed a six year deal for the spuds last summer…now Chelski want him…so he’s….of course…gonna be outahere…..
We need to get real…the player has the talent, not the club, contracts aint worth anything when the player wants to move on…
Spencer-aye, exactly.
Its weird, some of my house mates do the standard business/economics sh*te, and one of them seems to have this 10 year plan about where he’s gonna work, which promotion’s he’ll target, when he’ll become a partner, blah blah blah.
Then there I am with absolutely no clue, but to be honest I’m not fussed at all, I just want to enjoy what I do with people I like, I’m fine earning 20k for years and years, I don’t buy fancy sh*t and I don’t intend getting a big mortgage or pimping out a house with materialistic sh*te. Meh, S’all good
BB …would you have given Nolan a five year extension at the toon
Rodz.
Is pished again oh oh
FJ – check oot me avatar man. The sexy beeatch is wearing B&W.
Whey too cool 4 u
@327- more or less my feelings, decent house, decent car. that sort of stuff and ill be happy.
As for your mate, you cant plan that far ahead
Rodzilla…don’t hold your Zimbabwean breath mate…Demba Ba Ba bA is gonna be wor main striker next season, backed up by Sola and Leon the Beast…
oh, and a fit as fook lass
al tel you what lads ive had a nyt in with me lass and shes fecking sick of me , al she says ive talked about is demba ba and newcastle!! haha im so romantic
Army69…get her put straight man
Jobey07@307
Fu<king swatty get.
Spencer-@333-s’all I’m after
Army-Good lad
@337
its got 2 be done haha , cant waaaaaaait for arsenal!!!!
Rod –
MM no chance. The 2+2 was a good deal imo.
Typical Greedy fecking deluded football player.
But wot do I kna
I honestly do think the Toon model will be adopted throughout the prem, barring the mega rich clubs who dont give a toss about such trivialities as money.
To me it makes sense, but then again I’m just a thick Geordie, wot do I know???
must admit Jobey07, your post at 340 must be commendable, if only for the diagonal symmetry from Cabaye’s right cheek to the left of the smiley.
MM disagree with your comment @ 332
Think we will get another striker in later in the T/F window.
After we have sold 12 more of our squad
al the yungins are gonna love it at the match when demba scores ” BA BA BLACK DEMBA HAVE YOU ANY GOALS , YES PARDUE YES PARDUE , IVE ALSO GOT A GAMMY LEG ”
BB…this is probably the way most clubs have been going about things, apart from the clubs with squillions to spend, and we’re only just getting wise to it..
probably more the “Bolton model” than the ” Arsenal model”…though the “Arsenal model” has a nicer ring to it
Army-The song should read Ba Ba Raindbow Demba
ooo er missus
when’s them pizzas arriving then Toonsy?
My goodness grief the nighty night club are excelling themselves tonight. Is this a Footy blog or a social network.?
Reet can hear the wee woman snoring, so its safe to get to bed.
Night lads
Listening to Led Zeppelin at this mo OMG
BB@343..we cannae sell any more can we…?
…we’ll be left with a team of bairns on the bench…bit like last season.. 
BSn9 I wasn’t calling ye a wee woman
TGSupreme…Led Zeppelin are the greatest…6 pints of brown ale and a rendition of “Stairway to Heaven”…the dogs bollocks mate…
Robert Shinton
How was Tynemouth old boy
Is everyone happy with the state of NUFC? surely not!?
Would you rather talk on the blog about pizzas rather than the £35m still not spent? Hmmmm. ?
Bobby Shinton: …are you late for the nighty night club, or early for the wake wakey club ?…
Nar MM I was joshing man.
MM.
Kashmir
the 35 million is being spent…probably some of it on pizzas too
TGS::::Kashmir is just totally radged…love the riff…give it 4727 Decibels mate…but expect to fall out with you neighbour…
Robert No9,
Go to bed, we are all excited about our FREE number 19
We still have 40m to spend APPARENTLY
BSn9 – I’ll save u the bother of reading posts earlier on with Funky Monkey, but suffice to say we have agreed there is still plenty of time left to blow some serious cash, if necessary
BB@359…no probs bud…
not bad eh…362 hits without the blogmeister toonsy…not three bad…
Pizzas, Prog Rock, Penguins, who could ask for anything more±
MM.
I am ashamed how long it took me to discover Zeppelin
heres a question i would really like to know ….. yes cabaye is a french international and has played for the french champions lille but have any of us seen enough of the lad to know he will be a hit on tyneside?? obviously carr and co do like , ive nver really seen him play so all i know he could be amazing !! hope hes another tiote where he jumps straight in2 the league and kicks ass
Rodzilla.
Listen to Zeppelin and chill mate
TGS…no probs bud, you have now discovered them, and thats the main thing
…brilliiant…
rodzilla whats wrong with hard rock and heavy metal?
Rod…haven’t you heard of Zed Lepplin in Zimbabwe..?
ipod time.
…any rockers with a 90s hiphop metal string to their bow, check out Mit Gas by Tomahawk.
….and this is me, Mike Yarwood.
Rodzilla…you old slapper…let your cover slip with the Mike Yarwood bit…
Army,
Re Cabaye, who are we to judge Carr’s recommendation’s
Let’s give Cabaye at least 10 games/full season like colo
@MM
I cringe when I read the nighty night club wishing each other sweet dreams!
Just say I’m off but don’t everyone chip in and wish them sweet dreams!
Anyway, I’m still amazed at the blind optimism of most of the bloggers.
Where do you get the faith from?
Every great club has two things .
Two leaders.
A great manager.
A great captain.
Who are ours and answer honestly. ?
any1 in here like rock?? al send u think of me dads band playn at blyth if you do
link*
Army,
You get the bairn at home yet
ayeeeee hes sittin next 2 me !! tony u like acdc?
Bobby…I have followed the toon for 4 decades, and man have the club and the players spoilt so many Saturday night for me over the years. I can let the current regime wind the cack out of me..or try and let things roll…I have been subdued into the latter…a form of resignation for what will be will be…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0w4EKLjehU
WATCH THAT LADS , THATS ROCK FOR YA !! ME DAD GAN MAD ON HIS GUITAR HAHA
Pleased to hear the little fella is safely home
AC/DC yes do like them mate.
Army…you got the toon DVD’s out mate…best to get started early…
Bobby…did you come on here to say nighty night ??
CHECK THAT LINK OUT TONY
Army,
I didn’t kna batty could play the guitar like
aye munich am gana do all i can to get him toon fanatic!!! cant wait 2 take him 2 the matches!! how old will he be wen he understands the game? 1? lol jj
aye munich am gana do all i can to get him toon fanatic!!! cant wait 2 take him 2 the matches!! how old will he be wen he understands the game? 1? lol jj
lol tony its me owld pop
Bobby, who are Chelsea’s great manager and great captain?
Or are they not a great team?
How about Citeh? Is it the short argentinian guy who can’t wait to get out?
Stop trying to be a depressive, maybe you should take heroin rather than coming on football blogs
Aye Army,
The bairns gonna have a lot to live up to
er aye, hope he takes after his great grandad then we will be all happy!!!!! i wil be taken him footy training at the age of 3 , not that im pushy like
Army,
sweets etc 
Took my little boy to his 1st match when he was 6 as he understood the game better than me. It will cost you a feckin fortune with buying a scarf,hat, BEER
@MM
Answer my question.
Every club needs the basics but it begins with the fundamentals.
A great manager and a great captain.
Do you think we will have them in place for the start of the season and if so, who?
Reet am gannin to kip before Rodzilla starts mumbling and drooling
tony i cannit wait mate!!!!
Robert No 9,
Don’t ignore me ya bitch
@newkie
Chelsea won the title with Morenio and Lampard.
Name ours please?
aye laters tony get sum beauty sleep u need it
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@TGS
Aye great fella. Just hit in.
Just got in
haha396
Freudian slip. Hit the wife as soon as I got in.
Bobby-I didn’t realise that Mourinho had come back to Chelsea for this season? Or that Lampard had just miraculously got 7 years younger
@newkie
You fail to answer my question.
Every great team has a leader in terms of Manager and Captain.
I never quoted this years Chelsea team as great.
So try again and answer who are going to be our great leaders?
…anyone seen mi keys?
Uh oh. Vacant look on Newkies dish.
Newkie still stares vacantly at the computer screen.
Newkie types into google.
“help I’m under pressure from Shinton, any tips”
anyone know what the going rate is for a large dark blueish-coloured beetle? I’ve had one lodging with me for a couple of years and it won’t fu<k off. Thinking about hiring a hitbeetle.
Actually I was making some supper…usually takes you a fair while to answer posts when you are trying to wriggle out of an answer
So you don’t think Chelsea are a great team, and you expect Newcastle to have a great captain and manager now? I don’t think anyone will claim we’re better than Chelsea…or are you trying to say we should be? Get your head out of the sand Bobby
Ask Jeeves reply ” give in, shinton is way above your league”.
Bobby-it took you seven minutes to reply to my original post, its only taken me a little over that and that was because I assumed you’d spend just as long not answering as you usually do, my mistake. You are in no position to spam or gloat however
As I said, every great team has a great manager and captain.
Who are ours?
Can’t be bothered to read everything you’s are saying….
….but I defiantly agree with Newkie
Pause, scratch arse. P
Bobby, we aren’t a great team, get your head out of the sand if you think we’ll be winning the Premiership this season. Bloody delusional
@dan
Sums you up. Can’t be bothered to read.
dan
ta buddy!
BS9 – Pardew and Eto’o
@newkie
So every good team has a good manager and a good captain.
Who are ours?
Bobby, well I would if I thought you might be right
I’m not even sure if I’ve said we’re a good team Bobby. And for the record I don’t think every “good” team does have a good manager and a good captain. I think Petrov and Mcleish are both sh*t for villa, but they’re still a good team
@dan
If you have the attitude that you can’t be bothered to read but make a decision on that basis puts you in the 90% bracket of the british population.
You are not alone.
@newkie
Thankyou.
That will do me.
Point proved.
So really you agree with me that Ashley is building a mediocre team.
This is too easy.
Anyone else around for a more challenging debate?
Bobby
In all seriousness, when you say great clubs have a great manager and a great captain.
That’s true but it also takes time to get to that stage and in the next few year we will see if we can slowly but surely manage to get someone near that.
@dan
We better start first of all getting a great manager in .
Then getting a great captain in.
Yeh?
No Bobby, I said I hadn’t said that we were a good team, I didn’t say that I didn’t think we were a good team. Gosh, you really should learn to read
The notion that every “good” team has a “good” captain and a “good” manager requires huge qualification, and quite frankly its a ridiculous idea. Nevertheless, we will be a good team next year because we have a good squad both in terms of technical quality and leadership attributes across the board. Frankly it doesn’t matter who is chosen as our captain, there are numerous suitable candidates. Pardew as a manager is presumably “good” as he has proven he can manage in the EPL? Many “world class” managers are currently in the CC.
Thank you, and Good Night
Uh oh. As usual newkie disappears when it gets hot in the kitchen.
I’ve answered your question, Starbob. What next?
HOWMAN!
Woo hoo hoo hoo. That was the poorest answer I’ve had so far.
You say;
No Bobby, I said I hadn’t said that we were a good team, I didn’t say that I didn’t think we were a good team.
What exactly did you say newkie?
Bobby, you gave me a minute to reply, and still messed up with that gloat, quality
@brisvegas
I ignored your answer cos it was ridiculous .
436 comments
MInd you, I’ve yet to read through them all yet
Dear me, its not too complicated for you is it bobby
You came out with your great team delusional nonesense, and I showed that you were talking crap.
Then you assumed I had claimed we were a good team, before even asking me or qualifying my thoughts. What do we do when we assume bobby…
Pardews our great manager and Shola should be our captain, hows that bs?;D
Bobby, well lets give Pardew a little time before we judge. Next season will be ‘his’ team and lets see how he does and if we see improvement then hopefully we can build on that again.
As for captain I think Coloccini will get it for 1 or 2 seasons and then Saylor will, which personally when he gets a full season or two under his belt will be a great appointment.
Especially as then captain and manager seem to get on really well.
im off to bed lads take care
@436 Just like the question, then, eh?
@newkie
I bet your gutted .
Still waiting for your answer.
You stated Alan Pardew as our GOOD manager and numerous candidates for captain.
Still waiting newkie.
Struggling.
Jobey 440 Bang on, if Shola is as good as Tevez surely he will be as good a captain
? oh..wait.. 
@dan
Hmmm.
Colo the man who comes across as the quiet fella in the team, who was behind Smudger, Nolan and Barton as captain?
Not a great choice dan IMO but at least you had the balls to name one unlike newkie.
Bobby, I truly am gutted for you when you can’t grasp simple statements. As I stated our squad has good leadership attributes and individuals spread throughout it.
Barton was captaining towards the end of last season-if he is chosen he is proven captain material.
Steve Harper has shown he has spirit and loyalty.
Colo has already captained us in pre season and did a good job by all accounts, I believe he could make a good captain.
Steven Taylor has experience of captainship at international level, albeit England u21.
Whoever is chosen as captain, I believe they will be good. Are you going to write them off before even seing them?
Far from struggling, I do at least answer questions rather than changing the subject too
Still waiting for your captain newkie.
It’s gone beyond embarrassing now.
I’d go for Taylor if im honest. Vocal and captained u 21′s
Now you’re asking a different question…you want to know who I think will be captain for next season now do you? Very well, Barton.
Ive got a feeling that the new captain may well be a Pardew signing that is not even at the club yet .Stephen Ireland . Just have a feeling that he is the player that pardew wants in more than any other reported target , why would he have kept him at the club so long while he was injured ? because Pardew rates him and see’s him as a leader maybe .
@449 Taylor captained the u21′s what? Or do you mean he captained the u21s?
Bobby, well Colo was captain before Barton but I understand where your coming from with the vocal but Vieira wasn’t vocal on the pitch but was a great captain, same with Henry so it can work.
In the long run though I think Saylor is defiantly captain material.
Taylor was England’s under 21 captain
@newkie
Check back.
Hilarious!
I first posed the question to you at 00:46 mins as to who our great manager and captain will be next season.
You’ve floundered, spluttered and hiccupped with flannel and finally you spout at 01:38 hrs
Half a dozen players who could potentially captain us.
Woo hoo hoo hoo.
One of which you name as Joey Barton!
The man who has been told his contract won’t be renewed!
Oh ma gawd ! You’ve really shown yourself up this time.
@dan
Not being cheeky but you spell definitely wrong every time. It’s not defiantly.
Not takin the Mick but you do it all the time,
Well we had great managers in the shape of Robson/Keegan and Shearer and won feck all for it
Conversely, A’ex McLeish and whoever the Birmingham captain is are not exactly fantastic and they won something.
BSN9 – If we’re being pedantic it’d be “taking” not “takin”
@axel
If Ireland is named as captain, if signed, then bang goes any team spirit!
Captains should be men who have earned respect.
Bobby – Takin? Or taking?
BSN9 – Nolan’s gone to West Ham, He’s captain, Bang goes their team spirit?
Jobey – nice reconstruction. That makes me happy.
@jobey
I wasn’t taking the piss with that, it’s just to put him right cos he does it all the time.
Yes, you asked who will be our great captain and manager. You actually believed we’d have a great captain and a great manager this season? Comparable to Mourinho and Chelsea?
Head back in the sand Bobby
I then proved the other stuff you were spouting about every team NEEDING a great/good captain/manager to be complete trash, nothing different to what you usually post I guess, but yes, it took an hour to finally drill that into you. Blimey its been a long night.
And if you’d read properly I said we had many capable individuals who could be captains for us and good ones at that, it didn’t matter which was chosen.
And yes-Barton won’t be having his contract renewed after this season. You are aware what a contract is, correct? It means he’s still here for next season…the one you’ve kept going on about…
Dearie
neet neet closet homos, make sure ye divnt bum yasells too senseless.
BSN9 – you don’t have to justify yourself to me, I do it to Spencer all the time
but it’s best to check your own spelling first ;P
@toonsy
Poor point.
Champions league qualification should be considered better than the FA cup nowadays. IMO .
Every good club has a good manager and captain.
Who will ours be?
Thanks for the correction Bobby!
But my point still stands that Colo could be a good captain even if he isn’t as vocal as others and then after that Taylor can follow on for years.
@jobey
You miss my point and motive.
I know when I’m takin, yes takin. an abbreviation, some don’t and keep making the same mistake on a particular word.
Not taking the pip out of him but advising only.
Bobby – Pardew and Tiote. Although seens as you have mentioned Champions League it’s fairly easy to see where you think we should be next season. Deee-looo-ded
Look, we are rebuilding. It isn’t going to click all at once. It might not even click at all, but shouldn’t we at least allow some time?
BSN9 – Ahh, I understand, like when you’re advised to stop being so patronising to everyone….
Fifteen minutes later…
Bobby, at least have the decency to inform me when you’re going to run away from an argument, not very classy at all
@newkie
My goodness you are struggling tonight aren’t you.
You must have had your head stuck firmly I’m the sand.
What a great idea. You still consider Barton as being named Captain after everything he has said, thinks about the club and has Cabaye as his replacement in the same same dressing room.
Well done newkie. You’ve made it easy for me.
@toonsy
If I called you deluded I would get warned.
I don’t mind but it should work both ways.
If you think rebuilding is getting rid of our senior players who played above expectations last season then your right.
It’s not what I call rebuilding. It’s destruction.
I predicted all this before Christmas and I was laughed at.
But hey ho. I’ll never convince you even when the Walls of SJP are crumbling round you.
Blinkered in my eyes.
You know, the more I think about it the more I think that Eto’o isn’t such a suggestion. He might be outside our age bracket and is probably too old for the big boys.
However, he has yet to play in the PL. His presence in the dressing room would be on a par with Shearer and could well gel the newer elements. He is a captain. He still scores goals and probably still has a few years left in him. I don’t think he would cost megabucks due to his age either.
He’d make a good number 9.
@ jobey
@brisvegas
Join my reality train . Next stop Vegas!
No Etos on this train baby only cheap deals, cheap wages and average kinda guys.
Barton played on the right wing last season..is cabaye a right winger?
Replacement indeed.
What he’s said about the club…you mean like his love for the club and the fans? Or is it him slagging off Ashley-the kind of thing you approve of usually but are now twisting to use to your advantage? Hmm
I said I thought Barton would be chosen as captain, and I said I think he had good leadership attributes. I didn’t say it wouldn’t be without some problems, which club doesn’t go through growing pains? Again, if Barton isn’t captain I’m not fussed at all, plenty of other suitable candidates.
Who do you think should be captain then?
Uh oh. Newkie is back onto Ask Jeeves, how to beat Shinton in a debate.
Nothing real about your train, bobby.
No Bobby, there’s a post right above you if you’d care to respond, hope it doesn’t take another quarter of an hour to come out with those shabby responses again
@newkie
Your answer regarding Barton is no improvement on your poor answer before.,
Who do I think should be captain?
Have you missed my whole point?
Good point, Newkie.
BS9 – Who do you think should be captain and who do you think should be manager?
Ug oh.
Back onto Alan Hansen solution to football queries!
Leave Hansen alone man. It’s between seasons and he likes a break!
It didn’t need improving, I tried to simplify it so you might get it but alas, looks like as you can’t respond properly you’ll just push it under the carpet, as you do with most posts that prove you wrong
No, I’d like to know what you think, as mad as that sounds
Who will be our captain?
Bobby-posted in the same minute? You really are impatient, is it that time of the month for you?
@brisvegas
I will help Newkie out cos he’s struggling.
My whole point is, every great or good team has a great or good manager and captain.
We fail on both fronts!
BS9 – Who do you think should be captain and who do you think should be manager?
“My whole point is, every great or good team has a great or good manager and captain.”
Already shown to be nonesense yet you still come out with it, dear me, why can’t you learn Bobby
That is to say, who would you like to be manager and captain – presuming of course that you want Newcastle to do well.
Sometimes I wonder.
Right off cos mrs shinton is wanting to talk team tic tacs.
My god Newkie. Brush up on your jousting skills . Very poor.
Standard shinton running off when he’s challenged or proved consistently and conclusively wrong.
Nothing new there then
Goodnight Mr Delusional.
Well, we can’t leave it there. I’ve only stayed around so we can get up to 500 comments.
So
it’s
up
to
me
Woooo Hoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year
Does it ruin it if I make it 501?
so as soon as BS9 was asked who he thought our captain and even manager should be, he runs off?
…wow
i’m in Minnesota and it’s only 10:00 over here so I can keep this stuff up for quite a while
so i just took the time to look through all the crap that bs started about “great team having a great manager and great captain.”
People first proved that that statement was incorrect.
Then others went to offer their thoughts on who our captain could/should be.
bobby says that everybody is mad or not answering his queery, when in fact several people have.
He totally ignores these statements of reason (surprise, surprise)
Then when the question that he asked everybody about who our “great” or even “good” captain could/should be, he totally dismisses it
… probably because Steve Wraith hasn’t come out with an opinion on it publicly yet.
shame that I don’t have anybody to share this observation with at the moment.
LOL- what’s going on in this place? 500+ comments? Nothing like a good transfer window to bring out the knife fighting amongst toon fans….
Great fun reading the comments…too bad it took me 8 f’ing hours.
its a little ridiculous right MDS?
Yeah Andrew but in a good way. We can smoke the Scum and there’s 130 comments. Get a little transfer banter going and it turns into bloody Remembrance of Things Past
haha, that’s true.
although i guess when we destroy the scum there are much better things to do than banter on a blog.
getting pissed and/or enhancing the moment of joy by seducing your wife with the infectious joy come to mind
with the transfer stuff there’s the whole thought on “is he good or will he be average/crap” debate. Then it just snowballs from there. Bring BS9 into the mix to make ridiculous statements and antagonizing everybody else and apparently it’s a recipe for 500+
511 Whoo!
just to keep things going, and since I never got the chance to share while everybody was awake, i think getting Ba is awesome!
If he can just stay somewhat fit, i feel that he could fit in beautifully with the squad.
Am I confused over the willingness to get rid of Best right now? Hell yes, I am. It makes absolutely no sense to say that your current second-choice striker can go if a deal comes in, when your primary striker is injury prone!
I am shocked and appalled that I kinda agree with Chuck (BSn9) here…
I think Pardew is decent… We arnt going to attract the likes of Jose Mourinho… We couldn’t even get Martin O’Neil…
So I think Chuck has to wake up and smell the coffee and be satisfied with Pardew for now…
But captain wise, we are lacking a genuine leader and a history or tradition to demonstrate to newbies what playing for Newcastle is about…
We can’t just start a new season with a fresh squad. No matter how good the individuals are… There must be leadership and culture and pride instilled in them…
Who will that person be?
to talk on the other rumors and bits of news, just cuz i can, and why not boost the comments:
I still think that we can get Zog. The money isn’t a problem for us, just a bit of an annoyance for MA
I’m pretty sure that Barton is going to have a bit-part with the squad this season because his overall attitude is going to be completely differnet from what we saw this past season. However, if for some reason the club decide to offer him a contract and he takes it, he could be extremely invaluable. He would definitely have to fight for his place in the team every weekend though with Cabaye and hopefully some top wingers coming in.
I was actually getting to that next in what I thought was my lonely time to reflect.
If Joey was definitely going to stick around and had a contract, he would obviously be the #1 choice.
Harper certainly isn’t guaranteed a starting spot, and i don’t like the keepers being the captain anyway, for practical reasons
That leaves Colo for me, or possibly Saylor already. Even though Saylor can be wreckless, and a bit self-centered, he truly knows what this club is about, and has that air of leadership too. One of those two for me.
Colo would be a bit of quiet leader, showing by example, but Saylor would be much more active and an in-your-face type of Captain
Shola – no way…
Harper – too quiet and dont like gk as captain
Colo – good shout, but does he want he responsiblity
Tiote – great player, but hardly an example when he’s suspended all the time
Barton – doubt he’s gonna stay
Taylor – another good shout but he needs to prove he is worthy of a starting place next to Colo.
In all fareness to Taylor, Nolan would have had the same problem this season…
It would be ideal to sign Barton up, So let’s hope that happens
And to remark on Pardew, JJ, I think that he COULD prove to be a very good manager
but to comment on something that was mentioned by funkyjesus, i think, it makes sense that we’re getting all these bargains in early.
The bargains in the transfer market are only available until somebody else snatches them up. We’ve been very good to snatch up the bargain of Cabaye, then Ba, and probably next Neil Taylor. Probably directly after that, I think the club needs to claim N’Zogbia because he is a proven talent within the PL and everybody knows that he wants to leave and that he will leave.
After those players, we can focus on ‘regular’ transfers that aren’t affected by clauses in contracts or players that have declared that they want to go somewhere else, somewhere better – which in many cases could be us actually. How crazy is that for a thought considering we just finished our 1st season back in the top
He could,
As Taylor could prove to be an outstanding captain…
I Guess what we have to remember is that we arnt a great team. We a trying to build a great team…
And just as a team isn’t instantaneously great, they mould and shape and develop. So can captains and managers mould and develop into the role.
Let’s hope that happens.
we’re clearing the dead wood for several reasons. Obviously, Nolan was never going to get that contract here.
Ranger has no drive to be a footballer.
Smith is done at the top level.
Barton wants a slightly less ridiculous contract length than Nolan.
Best… really can’t figure that one out other than Pardew feels that he was lucky and really doesn’t offer anything to the squad. With his stats from this last year, MA is probably just trying to get the most money he feels he will ever be able to push for him
YES, JJ! This is obviously a major rebuilding year for the Toon. We can’t expect to demand instant greatness just because we’re finally acquiring some quality players. It will take time for them all to gel, get comfortable, and for Pardew to see what systems work best with these players, and how he’ll have to adapt when missing 1 or 5
on that note, I’m actually going to bed
Taylor and Zog would be great
As would Sturridge on a loan to buy deal, and then resigning Barton and Enrique.
But we’ll only know the clubs intent at the end of the window. It’s the first time with Ashley in charge, we’ve actually been in a position to invest heavily.
Let’s hope he does. But it wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t. This window will certainly answer a lot of questions…
i agree with icedog @2 they should put the number 9 shirt on the wall in the dressing room with the phrase “it’s not giving, its earned” that would get them playing well it would get me going anyways
Mark Douglas from the Journal is reporting very good news imminent from the club, wonder what it could be?
MsiDouglas #NUFC sign Sylvain
Marveaux. Full story in
@EveningChron
WOWWWW
..
I just saw this on the news as I was turning off the TV for the night.
I don’t know anything about him, but 5 years deal. Undisclosed fee is what I saw.
SkyGraemeBailey Newcastle
busy on the phone this morning
to all the North East hacks to
confirm major signing of Sylvain
Marveaux…#nufc #lfc
Seems so early to announce it. But SSN also had him already in a Newcastle Home Kit. Either it’s clever editing, or he was there yesterday getting a picture taken, right.
Attacking LM is what the announcer said.
SkySportsNews Newcastle sign
Sylvain Marveaux from Rennes on
five-year-deal
Here’s the link from Sky: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6994869,00.html
Deepak, out of curiousity, what time is it In your neck of the work. 11:41 at night right now in California.
aye its offical
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110618/marveaux-agrees-terms-with-united_2281670_2378408?
Winger that apparently was set for a move to Luverpoool! A lot of talk of a failed medical at lfc…
Newcastle United have beaten Liverpool to the signing of French midfielder Sylvain Marveaux.
The 25-year-old had appeared on course to sign for the Anfield club, on a Bosman transfer.
But now Newcastle have nipped in to poach Marveaux and offer him a five-year deal which he now looks set to accept.
The left sided midfielder is now due on Tyneside to finalise the move, which will shock Liverpool who had presumed they had his signature in the bag.
Newcastle looked at Marveaux earlier in the year, but it was presumed they had given up when Liverpool made their move – but that was clearly not the case.
Marveaux is now set to become Newcastle’s third signing of the summer, and he is the third French-born player to sign following on from Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba.
“It is a great coup to have signed Sylvain,” said Pardew.
“He may not be well known to many of our fans but he is a real talent.”
ANOTHER FRENCH
He’s also another free agent. Another coup for the Toon! Really hope this doesn’t spell the end of Jonas.
And is free.
AoD, curious, if he scores or assists against the mackems is it going to matter that he’s French?
AoD…forgive my comment…thought that was an Angry emoticon…couldn’t quite tell.
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110618/marveaux-agrees-terms-with-united_2281670_2378408
Officially confirmed
GET IÑNNNN…
NorCal Toon-Its around 12.20 in the morning now mate…almost the entire way around the world..
@NorCal Toonfan: that’s an evil smile.
This,is a angry,pissed off.
There’s differences in it.
YouTube clips shows some pretty talented moves from the player…could be a very exciting season lads…
MsiDouglas Mark Douglas
Just to clear it up: #NUFC gave him a thorough medical. No concerns whatsoever on groin! Failure to agree terms w/ #lfc, basically
4 minutes ago
Ya,he is very creative talent,a wonderful coup by the club,somehow i am waiting to hear why he decide to choose NUFC and not liverpool.
Seen him played at Rennes before.
Maybe another PR from ben arfa.
Ba has failed medicals
Marveau has failed medicals (Liverpool apparently)
I hope theses blokes will be fit to play
Got to give the club some very well deserved credit.Its also much more like a NUFC signing.Totally out of the blue and kudos to them for keeping it a secret even in this age of twitter and all.
That said,just waiting to see how the supposed realists will still not be happy.
It also throws Steve Wraiths and Bobby Shinton’s claims that the club are paying peanuts right out of the window if he choose us over Liverpool despite being a free agent.
couldnt agree terms with the bindippers..
so if he plays on the left,is this an end to the zog coming
Now let’s hope the club shifts it attention to full backs and strikers.
No more midfields please.
Wingers would be fine though,we do need a couple.
Reports emerged on Friday that Marveaux had failed his medical at Anfield, but he confirmed this was not the case.
“I do not want to go into details, but if I did not sign in Liverpool, because there was a contractual disagreement between the parties Thursday night,” he confirmed to L’Equipe
on the 3 players we have brought in we have only spent 5.3 mill..fkin crakin bit of buisness..
@hitman:Actually we didn’t spend?
If we cancel out nolan transfer money.
Agree Hitman – What for the doom mongers that will be complaining that we haven’t spent enough of our 35m kitty though…
more money for a new no9..
Hitman@548, Aye was just saying that on the phone to my mate about Zog, you never know maybe Marveux is just our back up for Zog
Get in two signins yesterday! Just finding out now about Marveaux this morning!
Here’s a doom monger approach:
wtf are we doing? Doesn’t Ashley realise that Blatter’s 6 + 5 rule is going to be implemented this season? Can’t believe the level of idiocy of the tw@!!!
It looks like the majority of this £35m kitty will be spend on wages…
I posted weeks ago that info from one of the youth coaches at the club is that Sturridge is a top target, i have seen very little in the media about him so who knows, what a signing that would be.
I am so pleased we are moving early in the window instead of the usual last minute panic buys.
We look like we are going to be a quicker side with plenty of movement, Ba is proven at this level and the other 2 should be helped by the influx of French speakers, this is the first window under Ashley that we appear to be moving forward as a club and no doubt there will more comings and goings.
marveaux had contractual disagreement with liverpool so we stole him under there noses lol nice bit of business
This lad is supposed to be a really good player.
Three good signings, not, Penny spent!
There must be a big signing on it’s way-number nine anyone?
So is that our first choice midfield done then?
Marveux Cabaye
Tiote
Great work by the club has to be said, everyone moans we seem to wait till the last minute to secure deals, really excited by what’s going on.
Morning peeps. Great news to wake up to
I’ll bet Liam is thrilled that he has over 560 posts on his 1st ever blog. Well done lad.
I hope Pardwho speaks french
…and if talks broke down with Liverpool on Thursday then bang goes the “it always take Newcastle ages to complete a transfer” comments
Havent a clue stuart! Im going to stop trying to second guess transfers with us for now! From selling Nolan to signing Marveaux they are coming out of left field! Cozy_Craig ( i think that is his name from eds blog ) was saying 3 players had checked into a hotel and were going to be annouced early next week, so interesting times ahead i think
ILM….I’m still hopeful of Zogs, may be forlorn hope but hope none the less
Morning lads hope you liked the blog! Awesome
News to wake up to!! Completely out of the blue don’t think he was free as there is something about an undisclosed fee agreed?
What’s the odds on Taylor in next!
Hope doesn’t mean we don’t get n zog now!
Happy days, more to follow soon
Stuart…Aye I think there’s still a quality striker to come.
I think at least Barnetta and Taylor will be done by Monday too.
Cheers BB couldn’t believe it this morning! Great responses as ever from the toon faithful!
Jay….Bolton away is the only game on when I’m home owa Xmas,
bad memories
Richie is that your lass mate?
I think I’m going blind lol
This lad has come very highly rated so fantastic! What is even better is we got him under the noses of lpool!!
Reading the posts on Twitter, the amount of butthurt from the bindippers about this signing is unbelievable. It’s trending on Twitter, click it and laugh away
BB….I wish,if it was I wouldnt be sat here blogging with you eejits
I wonder with getting these signings in early, if Jose Enrique is impressed enuff with our ambition to stay @NUFC and sign another contract.
That would be just great
Richie
Yet the bindippers were waxing lyrical
http://ketilstensrud.com/2011/03/20/under-the-loop-sylvain-marveaux/
Injuries could be a concern. I trust they’ve been used as leverage in contract negotiations.
Looks like Jose has a dilemma on his hands – if things keep going like this he would be mad not to want to be involved!
Full credit to Ashley, concentrates in a market where we are highly regarded and uses the carroll money to afford wages. Very shrewd.
Love the fact we beat Scumbagthievingpool to him aswell.
BB….she dances on the original site I got her from but doesn’t work on here
Wouldn’t it be great for Jose to resign to really p!ss the bindippers off, ah ya can dream
Lads we still have potentially £30m what’s the reckoning that its a star studded striker???
The caveat to all this is how many players will be leaving too?
Happy with the players who have arrived, even happy with Nolan leaving but I would like to see us have a bigger squad at the end of the transfer window as well as a better squad.
We can’t have much of a bigger one Stuart as it was 23 man last year plus the “young uns” but we certainly need to improve the quality in depth which was where we struggled last year.
Toonsy! Good morning good response on the blog!
Yeah its official he signed 5 year deal and he didn’t fail a medical at Liverpool he just couldn’t agree terms! Highly rated lad we shall see
Toonsy I sent you an email via the contact at the top of page
Barton on SSN…he seems to have changed his tune…
I can hear the Bindippers now “how can a small relegation battling club like them beat us, the Mighty Liverpool to a player?”……..feckin love it just love it
BB…I’d guess Toonsy will be knockin one oot now, either an article or the “other”, take your pick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4626D84_xTI
WATCH THAT , MARVEAUX IS DANGEROUS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4626D84_xTI
WATCH THAT , MARVEAUX IS DANGEROUS
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just to put the lid on this blog
quick feet and vision. Nice
Witters…what’s Joey saying, can’t get ssn here
Demba Ba – glass knee
Marveux and Best – Reoccuring groin injury?
Gosling – fcuked knee
4 of them can be best buddies?
ARCARIUS STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE MAN , CHRIST HAVE SOME FAITH LADDY
Take away the euphoria of these signings and reflect on whether all these signings will settle.
Personally I think we’ll probably see Barton, Enrique and Jonas all go – we may replace them and maybe with better players but there’s a doubt as to whether they’ll all settle. How long did it take Colo and Enrique to settle?
Ooh lala, another frenchie.
New thread up. That will teach me for finishing work at 1am and going to sleep
Oh and BB, I got your e-mail. Watch this space
Or Barton, Jose colo and Jonas might be staying and helping the new ones to settle in.
We dont know yet, pointless jumping the gun and speculating doom n gloom.
Anyhoo, ya never kna it might be ok after pre season etc.
Christ on a bike do you always have to find the negatives stuart
Rich – Barton said he wants to play in the Champions League………… with Newcastle, and believes there is a chance of us making it in the near future if we keep on making signings.
lol chill men , just saying not too confident with our medical staffs based on past records
anyway, looks like we’ll have a really strong squad come end of August without selling the likes of Jose/Enrique/Barton
Beardsleys Boots
Posted June 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Are you for real? I’ve been reading your posts recently and I’m not sure you are.
I’m pointing out facts – if you think it’s negative you’re pretty stupid and it says a lot about you if you constantly see them as negative and cant see the comments for what they are – constructive.
I see there was some jousting again last night. A few new members to the 600 club too
Fantastic news. Apparently we’ve been tracking him since earlier this year. Bindippas thought they had him in the bag and he chooses us. Mind you one look at Liverpool and he would be on his toes. Fantastic signing by the sound of it. Things looking very rosy
Its fantastic to hear such news this morning especially as its totally out of the blue! Well done to Pardew, Ashley and co for getting this deal done so quickly after he failed to agree terms with Liverpool. Must admit I’m over the moon about it all!
Stuart I’m not getting into a big arguement with you ok.
IMHO your comment @ 600 was in no way constructive.
But I do agree that you have a good point about the time it takes to settle in.
Which is why its a good thing that we are getting these players in early
Beardsleys Boots
Posted June 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM
So ypu don’t think my comments were constructive but you agree with them? Pointless.
I fail to see why certain players leaving is negative too. I wouldn’t mind any of the players I mentioned leaving.
So once again it’s your interpretation – says a lot about your mindset.
“Personally I think we’ll probably see Barton, Enrique and Jonas all go –”
so thats constructive is it? No
“there’s a doubt as to whether they’ll all settle. How long did it take Colo and Enrique to settle?”
Not a constructive comment either., but a valid point.
You fail to see why predicting players are leaving is negative
says alot about your mindset pal
Beardsleys Boots
Posted June 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM
So if them players leaving were Routledge, Donaldson and Tozer, would that be negative too?
Get a grip! I don’t think Enrique going is negative – if he doesn’t want to be here sell him, he only has 1 year left. Barton may well be a bad influence on the squad and with his constant Twittering about the regime he’s a liability. Jonas for me isn’t that good.
So you see, I don’t see players leaving as negative – as long as their the right players to be leaving for the right reasons. If you cannot see that you’re interested in the wrong game – it happens every year.
Toonsy@606 cheers
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