Guess Who?
If you haven’t then I’ll try and explain it to you. Essentially you have a load of pictures of different (made up) people. You then pick a card which will match one of the people and your opponent will have to guess who it is by asking questions about what he/she looks like.
Is he male? No, so then you knock down all the pictures of the male characters as you know it is a female. Does eh have glasses? Yes, so you’d then knock down all of the pictures for those females who do have glasses. It carries on so you have only a few left and then you can guess and, hopefully, you get it right. I lost the cards out of my set so I used to choose one in my mind. Poor soul.
Anyway, youth revisited, I started thinking that that game I used to play all of those years ago is a little bit like how our transfer rumours seem to start. Based on the things we know, like where we’ve been scouting, what we’ve achieved so far in the transfer market, and what we are looking to carry on achieving, it could quite easily be a game of Guess Who!
Is he French/Dutch or does he play in those leagues? Has anyone really heard of him? Does he have something in his history that could put other, perhaps bigger or better, clubs off of him? Is he under a certain age? The answer to most of those would be yes so you’d keep them tiles up.
Are they already well known? Do they have an already established reputation? Are they overvalued? Is he over a certain age? The answer to most of those would probably be no so down those tiles go.
The point I’m making is that most of the stories you can read in the press can be discounted just by looking at the way we have been doing things lately. And the most impressive thing is that a lot of the fans are now also on board with the way we’ve been playing the transfer market game.
It’s unlikely that we’ll see much transfer movement until the European Championships are finished, but I think most fans understand this and realise that it’s not always a bad thing waiting and seeing what happens.
And yes I’ve just used a game to try and get my point across, badly probably, but still….
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Surprised the pc equality brigade never got their mitts on guess who there was always like 3 women and a shit load of men, Bit like a michael barrymore pool party…
On topic I agree as ive just read the fail linking us with defoe again for no logical reason, Not in any way shape or form does he fit the profile of a potential united signing but who gives a shite if it fills an inch or two…
CC…PC brigade couldn’t really say much as in those days most women were in the kitchen and didn’t have time to be part of a board game
Follow me please @Thompson_George. Great read by the way!
Used to love that catchy little jingle they advertised it with… “Does he talk bullshit, is he a twat?” It’s got to be Troy!
Morning Chicken
My god not a day goes by without you mentioning your secret crush.
Don’t worry Chicken, it’s our secret.
i hate the close season – but i spend my time (more than is healthy)- scouring the web for snippets of transfer rumours affecting us. every time i log on i hope that we’ve signed somebody – as far as i’m concerned if its somebody i’ve never really heard of (like Cabaye last year – Tiote the year before) – then its much more exciting.
i’m a sad case really – like a lot on here i suspect. Still – it could be worse – i could be a mackem
Due the past few seasons transfer dealings I’ve totally disregarded any connections with players. (unless my source phones me on the bat phone).
We seem to get players who never even come on the radar.
The Times are reporting Abromavich wants Ben Arfa at Chelski apparently
Troy, you normally go into hibernation after your transfer goes… normally you spend many months sleeping of the embarressment in your cave
@7 shame, you’ll have to think of a new way to draw attention to your pathetic existence now. Maybe you could think of a witty sign off for all of your posts? Something like woohoohoo – that would be hilarious!
*transfer goss*
The papers etc know fuk all, as we never get linked to the players we sign.
it was more for old people like Ice 
As for guess who it was a shit game
I reckon forget about Debuchy. Media coverage will have bumped his price up. As Stavers says, our signings seem to come out of nowhere. Think the Ben Arfa saga was a lesson they don’t want repeating, fair enough we got our man in the end but only as no one else was interested.
Shame, but he’ll go for close to 10 million and if we spend that on a right back I’ll be shocked to say the least
Guess who was class!
I’m going to have to search for that now
Im thinking we might get kalou. He’s mates with Tiote and I believe they have comparable personalities outside of football, so like Tiote, kalou might think of Newcastle as a good place to continue his career.
I don’t think we’d be interested if there was a fee involved but since he’s on a free, has European experience and would fit nicely in the LW role that Ba was playing in last year, he might be a real possibility
If the price for de Jong is 10 mil then I think we’ll be waiting for that price to drop. I honestly don’t believe his game is built for the prem and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear there are differing opinions within the club on him.
The Anita rumour came from nothing so there might be some truth there, but then the agent has tried to make it public to increase the fee. We know Ashley doesn’t like those tactics and I think they will backfire on the agent.
I think we’ll be looking in Italy again this summer as we tend to like bringing in players in bunches of certian cultures so they can feel comfortable.
Santon is the only natural speaking Italian in the squad and so they may try to remedy that.
Problem is it is difficult to pry Italians away from serie a. Most know it’ll be the death of any national team aspirations they may have.
I think the Clyne deal will be done but the club is testing palace’s resolve in the face of arbitration.
We are considered the best of the rest and unless one of the top 4/5 clubs come in for him, he’ll view us as the best option. I think that will happen because the bigger clubs may want to wait to see what he can do in the prem first because they all have there own young rb prospects that they’re developing.
I think we may be bringing some more players in from the lower leagues as well. I think pards is keen on a couple of them from seeing them in his time managing down there. We obviously need more numbers in the squad this year so he may be allowed to take a punt on a couple to fill out the squad. Probably players like perch who can play a role in multiple positions.
A lot of thinking going on there Jersey
Unfortunately our success in the French market will make it difficult to get good deals this summer. A player that maybe valued by 3-5 mil by their clubs will mostly likely see that players value jump to 6-10 mil simply because we have made contact. Clubs can use our name to start a bidding war because if we’re interested, he’ll be a quality player based on the success we’ve had there.
We’ll have to rely more on players forcing a move to our club despite interest from others which ultimately gets us a more driven and committed player IMO.
And of corse there’s always the release clause players.
Aye Aussie!
Love guess who!
Or injured
Love guess who? Sorry mate not with ya..
Haha but not mentally injured like in maiga’s case
Did you not read the article?
Poor Toonsy put all that thought into it
Maiga tore a Cisse muscle Jersey… The muscle sits just above the signature line on the medical clearance form
So c’mon Toonsy, who was it?
Sorry Jersey, read the article but it has been a long day for me
Ha I think pards pulled it for him because maiga was throwing all his toys out after the deal fell through.
Its fine mate I know Australia is 2 days ahead of us so the article is old already to you
The Maiga deal falling through seemed suspious at the time but Cisse coming through the door soon after certainly put the talk to rest.. no one gave a shit after that
Thanks Jersey, I appreciate the mercy shown
i see the rags are saying chelsea are likely to bid 18mil for benny cannot see it myself with the m/f players they have already signed without ever playing in the PL,i would take 25+mil for him like if it was spent on more new players
Ice didn’t they get hulk? They play the same position. Benny won’t fancy that
Ice, it also comes down to how many players can Chelsea have on their feckin list.. they have signed/been linked with a shed load of players..
I love how some chelski fans didn’t want dimateo because he couldn’t lure the big name players.
Chelski have £€$₩¥£ for that. Don’t need a manager to do that job.
Personally think its bollocks considering they have mata, sturridge and malouda and have already bought Hazard, Marin, De bruyne all attacking mids/wingers and are apparantly getting Hulk as well.
Just the press finding another way of having a pop at us after their beloved twitching hunchback got the bullet and turned their ba and krul stories to shit…
AMF aye they have spent nearly 100mil and they gave their last manager 18mil pay off still chicken feed to roman
JG they have payed 32mil for hazzard to make things tick and hes got no PL ex,think he might be in for a slight shock imo
At least we won’t have to read stories about our players going to Spurs now
Ice I think he’ll be fine because Mata will do all the work. He’d struggle more if he was asked to do too much. His pace will get him some goals and he can pick a pass but agree that he won’t be living up to that fee next season. After that who knows.
Krul has to get a shout against my Portuguese.
Skeltonberg was at fault for both goals against the germs
I wonder if spurs have backed out on the vertonghan deal now twitchys gone ??
Good point CC… I reckon they would have some one ready and waiting to replace the tax dodger. I can’t see it being a spur of the moment thing.. if you will pardon the pun
CC aye you have a point or maybe they are going the chelsea way,the chairman/owner buys the players the manager just has to get on with it
Has ‘arry been sacked? Did I miss something?
Wouldn’t want vertonghan now as it would seem he’d have one eye here and one on his next move.
Look at Man U and the Gunners, those teams are the managers team and they have both been sucessful in the past decade and a half. Chelsea were sucessful when Morinho had his team.. when a manager has to adopt a team it can end in tears.. just ask AVB
Arrys sacked Jersey….
Muahahahaha ol ‘arry from England’s saviour to spuds reject
Bye bye spuds. Enjoy mid table
just for you JERSEY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18436663
Arry does look a little down in the mouth
Gary Lineker @GaryLineker
Italy v croatia is our game today. BBC1 at 4.45 with Alan Shearer, Alan Pardew and wor Clarence. #geordietastic
Sky italia are reporting that ba has signed for galatasery for €11 million. Its on several different twitter news collums aswell. Not sure how true this is.
FLOYDY as you say you dont know if its true,but thanks for the gen,you can only comment on what you hear mate
‘Kin Sky Sports make me laugh. End one segment saying ‘Arry never won a trophy at Spurs, then start the next talking about his time in charge as an “unparallelled success story”!
Ice ,I reckon it’s true if it’s sky ,even if its the Italian version . At least it will not be PL club
There were reports last week that they were interested in ba but couldn’t reach his wage demands. Maybe they upped their offer.
T.C@57 -Well he did save em from the drop and get them competing at the top of the table ,so it’s a kind of success I guess.
Sky Bet @SkyBet
We have suspended transfer betting on Demba Ba after lots of stakes & reports on him to join Galatasaray.
KIM aye if its true at least toon know where they stand and leaves time to replace him not like the judas carry on,if price is right we might get a couple of mill out of it we wouldnt if he went to a PL club
Kim – not saying he wasn’t a success, but “unparallelled” – they must be having a bubble! (as old melted welly face would say)
Development: Sky Italia are now reporting that Galatasaray have signed #NUFC striker Demba Ba for a fee of €11 million.
Thats quite a lot for him. Great deal if true.
wonder if he passed a medical??? if true
If Ba does sign for Galatasaray then he is one feckin greedy barsteward
AOD…what’s that equal in real money?:)
TC@,Yeh ,with you on the unparalleled bit .
TGS. Agreed. Turkish league is like china and Russian. Foreigners only go there for the money.
Bring on luuk de jong if true
11m for a free 1season striker at newcastle is a huge profit for ashely and co.
MDS the rate at the mo £1.235 to euro,so you can work it oot mate
MDS -IT’S £ 8.90m.
AOD thing is ba was getting 3mil out of the 7mil release,but dont know what this deal makes
Why is it reported in euros when turkey don’t use the euro and neither do we? Or maybe it’s because it is Italy reporting it. Why Italy and not UK or turkey? Strange.
Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas
It’s news to #nufc if Demba Ba has left, let’s put it that way. You’d think they’d have to talk to someone at the club first…
9 mil for Demba, lovely! Thanks for half a great season, will never forget your goal against United at St James’. Now let’s go get Afellay! Or more likely De Jong etc…
How can Sky albeit in italy be allowed to break false news ?
KIM its all cloak and dagger shite these footy clubs,does your heed in
Why is it true when the press says a player is leaving and bullshit when we are signing someone??
Kim – I’m not even sure it was on Sky Italia – there’s certainly nothing on their website about it. Probs just some ITK moron starting rumours.
If it’s true, it’s perfect – we’re looking to move him on and ideally out of the Prem
Mark Douglas @MsiDouglas
#nufc say rubbish. Source close to Ba says it’s nonsense that he’s signed. Not seen any Sky Italia evidence yet.Stand down Twitter (for now)
found this,turkish news like
http://www.turkish-football.com/news_read.php?id=3048
The greek government doesn’t even have 11m let alone one of their football clubs.. bullshit
Ice,Looking at that report a deal certainly looks imminent tbh ,what with sky bet suspending betting too ,I mean they’re no mugs.
TC@80 -This is why I hate bloody twitter twatter
AMF you not in kip yet?hurry up richie will be back soon to hound you
I see Walter Smith heading up a consortium to buy Rangers now .
AMF – I hope you’re fishing there
Just about there Ice
I’ll be away for a few days so Rich will have to find a new or one of his other targets.
Keep him in line mate
TC – I Normally catch a white whale called Troyby Dick when I cast my bait
AMF
“Dick” being the operative word for that particular creature!
Hamady Ba @hamadyba92
I just want to tell everybody that demba has signed nothing …
Retweeted by Mark Douglas
AMF take it as done mate
Ice cheers I enjoyed that
Aussie almost got me
TC@93 -Right ,that means he’s defo on his way then.
Transfer speculation is BORING! Wake me up when something actually happens.
I don’t know why so many are keen to get rid of Ba….. I notice a lot have been saying ‘I’m sick of him, if he wants to go, just get rid of him!’ now for weeks, as if he’d been moaning and whinging all spring like Jose or Barton.
And yet nothing at all’s been said by the player except positive things, it’s just the snowball building that ‘Arry started back in Jan. I know that he may go, but I’m surprised by how many are having the reaction ‘oh great, see ya Demba!’
Susan ,I would prefer he stayed tbh ,but I do think he’ll go ,but as you say we have a lot to thank him for .
Susan I agree he was the best thing since sliced bread at the start of the season now he is not needed
fickle ???.
I have believed from we got Cisse that Ba would be away, but I would rather he stayed because he is a good player.
HAHAHAHA
http://news.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/football/premier-league/ladbrokes-see-newcastle-as-most-likely-redknapp-destination_107996.html
ROD you couldnt make it up mate
I know Ice
Can you imagine………….
That would be the most bizarre twist of fate.
And one hell of a lot of Toon fan u-turns (myself included) if it came to be true, eventually. 
…I suppose he’d still get Krul and Ba, but we’d be lumbered with him.
Alan Pardew just mention he is not interested in Spurs hotseat and that ba should be with us next seaosn.
Good news from pards on ba there!!
I’ll be very surprised if we bring in anyone who we’ve been firmly linked with alreayd (apart from maybe Debuchy, providing the price is right). We just don’t do our business via the back pages anymore and it’s a tactic that’s worked so far. When we signed Tiote, Cabaye and Santon, we knew basically nothing until the club announced the deal and I think that’s how it will remain this summer.
In other news, I’ve just written a new blog post on our friends at Liverpool (booo!), which might intersest some of you here: http://www.extratimeandpenalties.com
Hope you manage to put some partisan loyalties aside and enjoy the read!
I thought when Gary asked if Ba was going to Turkey Pards said I don’t know. He did say he’d like to keep the same group together next season.
What’s ‘Guess Who’?
Joking, even the “playstation generation” played that as kids 
. It makes the transfer market more interesting if we get to try and figure out what sort of players we’ll be after, limiting players by age, position and transfer fee, then Carr reveals its none of the players we’d narrowed down 
I’ll be honest, I know Ba has the freedom to talk to other clubs thanks to a stupid clause in his contract, but I want loyal players who want to play for Newcastle. Tiote has again said that he’s happy living and playing football in Newcastle and isn’t interested in a move.
For me, if Ba had any loyalty to us he would have already committed himself to a club that signed him when clubs like Stoke wouldnt touch him.
If Ba decides to go to Turkey, you can’t tell me it would be for footballing reasons!! – I’m no expert on the Turkish league but I wouldn’t be convinced it is close to the premier league.
Like most, if Ba does go, id say thanks for the great finish half of last season, and whatever part you played in the Cisse deal, enjoy the money playing in a lesser league.
I’d rather spend the money on a CF rather than an attacking leftsided player coz we have Marv to come back in and I think we need another 15 plus goals a season player in.
Fickles twats! He was great for us in that first half of the season and only lost a bit of form cos he was shifted into a non focal position.
Sorry but I’d be gutted if went as we need the bodies and quality like him for all the European matches next season. Everyone knows what he’s about, he’s been with us a year, knows the place and knows the rest of the team. I’d rather build on stability like all of the other successful clubs
Oh on a lighter note…had confirmation that we have had our season ticket renewals processed and out request to move to the East Stand has been OK’d. In the ‘M’ section nearer the corner, row ‘S’ and seat 170…where abouts is it?
EVIL i know what your saying,but for a change ime with SHARPY on this one if he cannot come clean on this and say from the outset he wants to stay well thanks move on son and quickly so we can get someone who does want to play for the toon in place
ICE – Aye I understand but he hasn’t ever come out and said he wants a move has he?
Players can’t be constantly pressured into making assurances to the fans 24/7. People need to relax and whatever will be will be.
EVIL i agree,but he has even left pardew up in the air which is nee good mate,pardew saying i hope he stays shows hes said nowt either way imo
Spain have slowly dismantled the Irish defence, poor shay looks past it.
ANDY cannot fault the fans mate they are still singing there hearts oot
Evil – twat yourself!, because I demand player loyalty it makes me not only feckless but a twat?
I acknowledged his first half of the season, and had it not been for him we certainly would be in Europe. But the fact is the club have honoured his right to speak with other club, how long do we leave it? is he still going to be fannying on through July? I dont want to feel like he is settling for Newcastle coz nobody else came in for him.
We want him to stay and have made that clear to him, but if he doesnt… Well surely that make HIM the feckless twat!!
Ice
I’d be very suprised if Ba is here come August, but it could happen he has no reason other than money and CL football to leave. He’s already a full international and despite having a goal drought is adored by the Geordie public, something which he wouldn’t get in Russia, Turkey ect..
Ice
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Aye, in leprechaun outfits and all
Ice – spot on mate, if Pardews shrugging his shoulders then that suggests to me that a move is still on the cards.
Andy – ya dead right, the toon fans love him, and I include myself in that but the longer he stalls the more I feel were his second choice. I’m sure it was his team that negotiated the clause in the contract, not in Newcastles interest, so it’s up to Ba to make a decision.
Does anyone on here post on The Newcastle United Blog? Those dozy fuckers are suggesting ‘Arry is in line to be our next manager???!!!!
SHARPY kna never go on any other site mate,i read them like,but thought you knew that most on eds site are under 18 so smile and forget
Johno if your about mate sorry but I enjoyed that game
Sharpy
I did but I forgot my password and it wasn’t worth the effort of retrieving it as those who comment on it have stupid views, I’m all for sharing your opinion on a blog but I just think some of them are ridiculous.
On Demba
Yeah the balls in his playing field, move with the chance of your career falling dramatically or stay and be idolised with a high scoring record in the best league in the world.
Ice
Oi
Lol
DAVE your a evil git,got to give those fans loads of praise like imo
Andy but you don’t really get on like a stupid kid, well not all the time
Dave
Say that to my dad
Dog the thick cunts were only singing like that cos they thought they were 4 nil up
ANDY there are those who are under 18 and got sumit about them,then there are those under 18 who have half a brain,sad but true dont worry think you have your buttons on to know the diff,thats why your on this site
Such a boring news day, other than the Demba scare, feck all’s happened
Ice hell slap it up them
BATTY LOVE IT
Batts your right Lad
they are all that thick they thought it was a folk concert they were going to watch
Ice – so that’s the infamous Ed site I’ve read so many speak so highly of!!!
I hope it hasnt came across as me turning on Ba coz that’s not the case at all!! Far from it!
I just want him 100% committed to us, not just stay coz he got nowt better. Dont suppose I need to say much more on the matter now like
Sharpy cant believe your turning on Ba like
Dave – fuck ‘im!!
somebody is fishing
Sharpy after all he done for us
i see BATTY has put jabba no1 on the back of his new top,bloody turncoat
Sharpy
I agree if he wants better let him go, TBH I lost a lot of respect in him when he disrespected us by talking about joining PSG, instead of saying that he was under contract and wouldn’t disrespect his club by talking about other clubs 
Ice he’s not a turncoat as he’s always been a chum of Jabba’s, I think it’s because Jabba gives him 1st refusal on all the SD 2nds
DAVE he must be short on 2nds because ive got some to sell for him and the paint still wet on them
Ice it doesn’t surprise me he’s up to all sorts
Dave – you vicious fucker, just coz the lad talked about the team he supported growing up, posters on his wall and all that jazz you loose respect for the lad?!
At least my reasons are valid, you fucking hate the kid just coz he doesn’t piss black and white … nasty bastard!!!
Sharpy
he can piss yellow or brown for all I care, aslong as he bleeds black and white 
now now boys play nice
reet thats me outta here, catch you’s tomorrow
sharpy @17 – yeah I post on that site. And the article was mentioning that Ladbrokes are putting odds on ‘arry coming to NUFC and then rubbishing it. Pretty unanimously rubbished by the comments too, but as usual it revived a bit of off-topic banter, which is what Ed’s articles are designed to do, even on slow news days, weeks and months as we have now.
I think there’s always something good to be had from most of the NUFC blogs and I like to hop on and make a comment here and there, but I find Ed’s blog more open, well followed and diverse. It has a good share of idiots and crackpots and wastes of time (not even excluding myself from any of those categories mind) but it also has many sensible characters and generally good humour. Best of all I can’t recall much bitching on about other blogs and how crap they are.
gan easy DAVE
ime oot me-sel
er I meant sharpy17 @ 122 of course.
Ice @131
Aye, its the over 18s that I worry about
Just finished a power point on Miguel Primo De Rivera (Spanish Dictator), bloody hell for a man that was only in charge for seven years and only lived to sixty I had a hell of a lot to right, I’m knackered now, see yas
ANDY you seem a canny lad and make some good points at times,and can take a bit fun,keep ganning
Cheers ice, feelings mutual
It’s weird that you bring up this game, just last week I totally randomly found myself whistling the tune from the commercial. Strange
Reet…
Wee the hell am I, eh?
I met a fairy today who granted me one wish ” I want to live forever” I said, “sorry” said the fairy ” I am not allowed to grant that particular wish” …. “fine” I said ” i want to die when sunderland win the premier league” ……… ” oooooh you crafty c ‘unt !!!” said the fairy
Like that’ll ever happen!
Whey…I hope Ba stays, he’s an absolutely cracking player, his ill advised comments about PSG apart the lads done nowt wrong. Obviously some would prefer players to continually come out in the press to profess their dying love for the club… like AC, Nolan and Joey maybe?
We’re not first choice for the vast majority of our players, nearly all would leave if better offers came in for them as history would indicate they’re unlikely to win owt here(time for that to change), that’s the reality of NUFC
Pup
http://hatem-benarfa.com/index.php/article/1/news/2/outside-the-box/82/i-feel-good-in-angleterre
“For those who would have trouble placing it on a map, Newcastle is the second biggest city in the north of England (after Sunderland)”
errrr…. what the what Hatem?
this is a total classic and we should do this derby day
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82600805/
M…Although a pain in the arse,in terms of population, scumderland is bigger, I often use it as a stick to beat them with in terms of attendances
Canny read that M….sounds like he spends most of his time in the pub
Pup…Class, Das Boot
i knew a good chap like yourself would like it richie lad
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