Debuchy deal could still happen
Our only significant signing has been Vurnon Anita from Ajax and some might say Romain Amalfitano but I see him as more of a squad player who won’t really break into the first team this season.
We have also brought in some good young prospects in the shape of Curtis Good and Gael Bigirimana who are no doubt great prospects for the future, especially Bigirimana who has already put in some eye catching performances in pre-season, but they are hardly for the now either are they?
Other than Anita I cannot see any of our signings putting enough pressure on the first team which will create a little friendly competition which is key to having a successful squad. Also the loss of key squad players like Danny Guthrie and Leon Best have created holes in the squad and areas on the pitch in which we have no backup if a first team player were to get injured or suspended.
This makes me think of the teams around us who have added key first team members to their squads, for example Eden Hazard, Oscar and Marin have been added by Chelsea. Unlike Newcastle everyone of these signings is capable of getting into the first team ahead of other players in the team like Lampard, Essien and Ramires. This creates the competition for squad places which will result in the performances from the players competing for positions improving.
This is why I feel Newcastle need to make new additions as players like Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse know that they have no competition in the squad therefore don’t have to put in consistently good performances to get in the first team every week and this is what could stop Newcastle from following up our terrific season last season and challenging with the best in the league.
We have all heard the rumoured signings we could be making. I’m still optimistic that Mathieu Debuchy will sign before transfer window shut on Septemeber 1st, strictly because he has made his ambitions clear to Lille that he wants to leave the club and come to Newcastle, it is only the President of Lille holding back the deal as he is demanding what we deem as too much money for the defender. I think as the deadline gets closer, the asking price for Debuchy will be lowered because what is the point in having a player at your club who doesn’t want to be there? Plus they’ve already signed a replacement for him so they can leave business until very late in the window to try and extract the best deal for themselves.
Another possible signing would be Andy Carroll who looks like he will be left in the dark at Liverpool as Brendan Rodgers has made it clear Carroll doesn’t feature in his plans. Carroll made it known to West Ham when they approached him that he would only leave Liverpool to return to his boyhood club Newcastle.
Many fans may not want Carroll back but I would welcome the signing as it is very clear he has bags of ability and we simply need more strikers at the club. Alan Pardew has made a bid to bring Carroll back if you believe the press but it looks like Liverpool are holding out to get a big portion of the £35M of what they paid for Carroll back off Newcastle, but we all know Ashley will not be bullied into overpaying for anyone.
It is clear that we need to bring in a few more players before the deadline, question is who will those players be?
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Debuchy is possible but may be dependent upon Lille crashing out of the Champions league. They lost the away leg. That would change the finances at Lille.
Douglas has now qualified for Holland through residency and it is his agents holding up the deal. This could therefore drag on til January or even til he is out of contract at the end of the season.
Pieters is still waiting on fitness and may therefore wait to January
Carroll is very much on the cards and could happen sooner than expected given that Brenda wants to bring in new strikers.
What we do know is that we don’t buy unless the deal is right. We were prepared to wait for Cisse and will wait until these are either right or gone.
Connornufc…I think the makkems making two big money signings this week will increase the frustration amongst the toon fans so close to the start of the new season.
However, we have no chance, and more obviously no interest, in competing financially with the likes of Chelsea, Manure and Arsenal. They have all made crazy multi million pound signings in the close season..
The frustrating thing about our lot though, is that we are not crying out for big money signings, just a couple of steady signings to strengthen the side for a hard season ahead. My fear is how this apparent lack of investment will be taken on board by our big hitters …including Pardew…
premandup regarding Douglas, it’s probably a risky move for him to wait all this time for a cloggy passport only to move on to the EPL.
However, I also think that if he does come to the UK he’ll move to Fulham and his cloggy mate Jol…
MM as opposed to his cloggy mates Timmy & Anita?
To be fair I would rather have gone for M’Baiwa but presumably Carr says Douglas.
premandup aye I fear it mate.
Pieters is another issue, I reckon he’ll be at the toon once he proves his overall fitness after a couple of bad injuries…
if the window closes without any-one comming or going we will have a far better squad than we have had for years.Another win in london comming up today!!!
just dont know whats going to happen at the toon,and dont think the money the scum have spent will have any impact on jabba thoughts,i will say its funny how quick scum signed those players more or less inside a week yet we have been dragging on for weeks in this window which makes me think there are not going to be any,we will get the fairy storey of how they tried to get this one and that one pish
Premandup I totally agree with you on Mbiwa, cant understand why no-one has signed him yet he is a top young player
Well Connor ,as you say everyone else seems to be improving their squads with first team quality and it’s very frustrating that we seem to be happy as we are. There are rumours that we are to be busy this week but I can’t see that more than one would come in at this late stage .The logistics of securing more than one signing given the fact we have a late game today and another mid week tell me it ain’t gonna happen. Why would we rush through 2 or 3 now when it could of been done when we wern’t so busy.
. Chelsea have also added a further two to those you have mentioned as well. If only one comes in what position is it for, given we need a CB ,FB and FWD some of us are still gonna be unhappy .It was a great effort last year but we have more distractions this year plus teams are gonna be wiser to the Dembas and Benny &co so we need to be able to mix it up with fresh faces imo.Add to the fact we can ill afford any injuries to our best players for any length of time and the need for reinforcements is clear ,see Colo and Tiote a doubt for today as evidence of that. Yes worrying times indeed ,oh well hopefully all worries will be put to bed in the coming week but I won’t hold my breath.
Came into the window knowing we needed a CB and RB , if we leave the window without strengthening those positions you have to say it will be an epic fail. Players who give everything on the pitch will be psychologically scarred – if the club won’t help them to achieve when they give everything their allegiance to the club has to be harmed to a greater or lesser degree.
We have never been in such a strong position going into a window – which will make a fail all the harder to take. But there’s still hope – however dim.
BTW anybody got any updates on the Loic Remy deal. He has not played this season. Is that injury? Because a deal is in the air? Fallen out of favor? Heard that Joey Barton was going to become a new team mate?
Icedog – I guess it’s easier to get deals done when you’re prepared to pay stupid money for average players
It still took them months to get the Fletcher one over the line though.
Don’t agree that everyone else is improving their squads. Arsenal have sold their two best players and have simply re-spent that money. Spurs have replaced their manager with a little boy and have sold Modric. Liverpool are all over the place.
Would be disappointed if we don’t get 2 in this week though. I still think we will.
I think that the most important signing will be Debuchy
JON R,i am not saying we should go and spend silly money,but what ime saying is we had a good chance to move forward,of the teams that were in the top six in the PL at the end of the season five have spent 30mil plus on new players to try and move on we have spent 3mil net is that moveing forward ????
Ice given that our squad is significantly stronger than this time last year I would argue that we have moved forward. Arsenal & Spurs have not in my opinion, whereas Chelsea and Everton Have.
I think Jabba and the club will have made a massive mistake if they don’t stregthen the squad in the areas that were badly needed. As even Stardy says we badly needed a CB and FB but if you sell your 2 backup striker the surely it must be obvious that we need to bring in a decent Striker, because if we have an injury we will be screwed, and if the Dembas go to ACON we’ll be well and truely screwed if we have to count on Strolla scoring the goals to keep us in the race for the top 6.
And there lies a bigger problem in that our top players will be well pissed off if we don’t make Europe because of the Club’s lack of ambition.
icedog@15, I wouldn’t even term it moving forward, perhaps even just consolidating our position. Everyone knows that we need more strength in depth, but our lot will do it there way, however that may be…
This will be a tough season for everyone, players and fans alike. The expectations of the fans, and the players have been raised, it would be a tragic missed opportunity if the club didn’t follow all the hard work up by backing the manager and players.
Fletcher 12 million, Johnson 10 million. How can Fletcher be worth more than Johnson ? Somebody needs to explain that one to me…
Big D….I see you got a mention on the dark side….
There again maybe it’s been removed, but I read it earlier today…
Sahin to Liverpool on loan. Now that’s a surprise…
Have we signed anyone yet?.
Icedog – you moan that our net spend is £3m, but Arsenal’s and Spurs’ net spends are negative. Yet somehow they are showing more ambition? They have lost their best assets. How are they strengthened? I don’t understand.
I bet if you’d have asked any Arsenal fan whether they would have kept RVP and Song and spent nowt, or sold them both and replaced them as they have done, they would have rather have kept them.
Not saying I am satisfied with how things have gone for us up to now either. But i’m still confident we will get 2 players in, in which case I will be very happy.
MM who by ? I havn’t been on
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@Stardust
My goodness mother Mary me!!!
Jabba’s puppet is losing faith in his master!
What about, ” in Ashley I trust?”
There’s a week to go man ! There’s even time for Tiote to vanish to Arsenal.
Nobody knows this regimes transfer strategy. Not even Pards.
@Ice
To be fair mate you can’t judge our spending by net value and not other teams. You have to use the same measurement for each team – so Arsenal effectively £0, and Tottenham not much either.
I’m most worried about Everton tbh, Spurs have a stronger all round squad than us (being able to let people like Dawson and Bassong go!), so I think finishing higher than them will be a challenge.
Same goes for Arsenal.
And i think we’ve actually got closer to these two teams this window based on the players they’ve lost.
and yeah more worried about Everton than Liverpool. They have made great strides on us this window.
Not signing a CB would be utterly irresponsible and there’s nothing that can be said to justify it. Not signing a striker is a risky gamble.
I think signing Sahin nudges Carroll a bit closer to the door.
It means they’ll probably be playing 1 main striker so if they bring someone in then I think he’ll be allowed out.
Whereas if they were playing 2 strikers they might have wanted 4 and kept Carroll even if they brought someone in.
Big D… sit down first mate….
http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/08/chelsea-vs-newcastle-united-match-preview/#.UDibW6CR52U
59 ….
Also while Adam Johnson is a terrific player imo, I am glad we stayed away and think Sunderland should have as well.
It’s just throwing away money for the sake of it.
They needed someone guaranteed to score goals, Fletcher and Saha “might” but aren’t reliable. They need a CM and they need some quality in defence.
They have McClean and Larsson already, it is a position that has been unnecessarily splashed on when they have greater problems.
I’d be just as livid with the board if they signed Debuchy but didn’t address our actual needs of a CB and maybe a Striker.
Regarding incoming transfers, maybe our lot are waiting for the “big clubs” to splash the cash, before we move in and sweep up with last minute cheaper deals ?
Sooner the window shuts the better..
We have be linked with everyone from A-Z this summer, from Affelay to Zaha with all letters in between covered some more than others.. Debuchy, Douglas , De Jong
Given past transfers and the success with those last year, we all knew getting new faces in was going to be tough and have been proved right.
Our policy is we pay “Our Price” not what agents or clubs demand and imo its important we stick to that becuase we value for example Debuchy at £6m but pay the £8 mil or whatever figure the papers print next.
Then you can be sure Twente hold out for £7 mil for Douglas and not the reported £4 or £5 mil we value him at + whatever the agents decide they need on top in order to secure their clients best interests.
So then transfer policy is out of the window and every time we go in for a player we get held to ransom.
When window closes our squad is exactly how it is today fine … there is more than enough quality in there to compete with cover for few injuries.
we have some top quality kids – if they are good enough play them
Yes we have Europe this year but the fitness levels and bankrolls all players have ..They are more than capable of playing 2 games a week for at least the first few months of seasons before complaining of burn out.
So it could be we are working on January targets.
With the shite down road spending a few quid yesterday of course a few of ours are going to question why havent we spent at least that.
We havent needed too..our quality is already here and they have spent to appease the apes (apologies to apes everywhere)that wasted their giros on seasons tickets this year
Still no need for panic
SolanosTrumpet, regarding a back up striker, I think you’re right, we need someone in for sure. It’s a pity that both Ameobi’s are injured, for differing reasons. Was looking forward to seeing whether Sammi has it in him to make a breakthrough this season. Hopefully he’ll be back soon.
I thought we really struggled midweek to creat chances for our striker. I can see it being a problem with our strongest 11 too. Thank goodness we have 2 or 3 players who can score goals out of nothing. It doesn’t however mean that it has to be our main tactic.
Spyro@30 …hats off for your optimism mate. I think the performance in midweek of some of our seasoned pro’s left me somewhat disappointed, hence my negativity..
MM my phone wont load youtube but will check what the scamming fraudster is talking about later
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Ice maybe instead of our net spend you should look at how many proven players with prem experience we have shifted and how many we have replaced them with ?
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@ Spiro
I don’t believe the squad has enough quality. Our first 13 or so players have enough in them but injuries are inevitable.
Not enough depth up front or defence for sure.
Take Cabaye and Ben Arfa out of our team and we’re struggling to create. Of course the majority of clubs now know that and will play against the toon accordingly. At the end of the day there are absolutely no easy games in the EPL…
i will over the moon if we get a c/d and f/b in,i also think everton will have a good season,pleased we kept away from johnson at 10 mil he is a canny player at times but very lazy at times and sure his wages will be quite high,but still think if no one comes in we have missed a trick here,even pardew said himself last season ;; mike wants to know when we are going to get a c/b in,what a load of cobblers hes the man with the purse strings ffs
Carroll needs to sort his move out sooner than later or he will end up like a lot of players at Man City etc who dont play regular and lose their form and fitness.
Shaun Wright Philips and Obertan come to mind on this score, its allright sitting on the bench collecting big wages but how do they pick the pace and intensity up again? and I think this also showed with some of our players on Thursday.
Same goes for Adam Johnson, great player when he signed for City and a match winner, but is he the same player now after being bit part for 2 seasons, we will see.
I heard Alan Brazil saying that Carroll wasnt risked last Thursday as he was being protected for an imminent move away from Anfield and if he is not in the squad tomorrow, I can see him in black and white shirt again next week.
i think we have moved forward from last season and to make the next step will need to be a huge step, theres a lot of clubs spending funny money above us , so for us to spend £3m and have anita , bigi, good and ama is quality business on our part, i,d rather see them using young campbell then going out to buy a big name striker, the lad looks class and could be a big boost for us as he plays with no fear and has pace to burn, i think debuchy would be a good move though as it would,nt just strengthen the team but would also be a massive boost for cabaye too
fancy a draw today
looks like l/pool havent learnt anything still spending silly money
“Guillem Balague ?@GuillemBalague
The thing that gave the last twist to the Sahin saga. After Madrid and Arsenal agreed a 2m loan deal, Liverpool offered 5m (no option 2 buy) “
Possibly a commanding centre back could be deemed more a priority than anything in reality.
Yeah a striker would be nice and Andy Carroll would be an obvious scoop but we have to be careful we don’t buy in players who aren’t prepared to play in a rotating system, which they would have to, because that can create a lot of disgruntlement especially as we haven’t won anything of note to make them accept the reasons for being a bit part.
It works at Man Utd and Man City because those players are hunting trophies on all fronts and paying astronomical wages…we aren’t, yet we aren’t paying peanuts either but it can be regarded as peanuts to big named players, so we have to be careful we don’t fall back into that category as it breeds greed throughout eventually and is detrimental to the whole ethics that has been created at this club.
I’m pleased to say that Ashley and Llambias know what they’re doing and won;t be mugged off by price or wage demands, so in that respect, we are in good hands.
Icedog – is that £5m to loan him for one year?!!
Spyro (presuming you’re the original) good to see you fella.
Agree with your post – just find it a frustrating time as a fan as we have no information or power to change anything.
Here’s hoping!
Ice
and a ‘large portion’ of his 115k a week wages
JON R aye one yr and as dub says plus wages
With the emergence of Campbell and a return to fitness of both Ameobi’s i think we could be ok in the striker department untill January , if we could just get Debuchy and another CB in this week it will be a good transfer window but without another 2 defenders we are going to struggle . Williamson imo is just not good enough so that leaves us with only Colo ,Taylor (injury prone?) perch as senior CB’s
Stephen I would love to see young Campbell stepping up, but I think it’s far to early for him and a massive ask to expect him to cover for the Demba’s if/when they go to the ACON, I said before that I hope the fans don’t start to put too much pressure on him, and I think it’s starting to happen.
but thinking after I asked I think the original went through a few name changes and is still on here sometimes 
Stardy no he’s not the original Spyro I asked the same
Axel Strolla has 20 mins in him at the most and Sammi is still like a headless chicken , sorry but I can’t see us being able to count on those 2
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I just can’t understand how fans can’t see that it’s not much to ask that after getting rid of 2 strikers in Best and Loven and the 2 sets of wages, to at least replace them with one decent striker
I hope the club are trying to sign the centre half we really need and arent putting all their eggs in one basket trying to bring Carroll back.
Its hard to see them agreeing wages with him even if we manage to agree a fee with liverpool unless hes prepared to take a huge hit…
Surely we got a wedge in tv rights, we’ve sold players, brought out new shirts, sold season tickets and ‘sold’ our stadium name
How much have we spent again?
While kicking off in Europe with another Royal Antwerp would have been sweet..result more important
Yeah was few disappointments for me the disappearing reappearing Marveaux and Obertan who i wouldnt be sorry never to see again and Tav who i still hold high hopes for but confidence looked shot to pieces and he will learn from it.
But Anita and Bigi looked tidy in middle , Perch decent and was pleased to see Campbell getting a run out so was still positives to take from it and while it wasnt to the standard we are becoming accustomed to..it was job done onto Chelsea.
and while if we had 3 or 4 new faces who maybe nervous about playing Chelsea , we are going to have 11 who dont fear them because they know how to win there
they can have their £35 million Hazard who yeah has looked fairly decent ..But lets see how he likes getting hit off Chieck again and again
For once yeah im optimistic because for once i have full faith in the Starting XI , squad players(less Obertan) and quality kids snapping at the heels of the bigger boys hungry to take their chance
@Stardust 42
Have already been asked if i was other Spyro..No mate its someone else but nice to meet you all the same lol
Now Moreno don’t be asking them sort of questions
Spyro, young Danny Simpson can show everyone what a good defender he is today up against Hazard the 35 million pound man.
If he puts in a good performance, keeps, together with the rest of the strongest toon 11, Hazard and the rest of the Chelsea stars quiet, and the toon come home with a point, that would be a fantastic performance imo.
Dave, I am as happy as anyone about how things are going yet we punched above our weight last season and will be expected to do so again this season. The lack of investment shows the lack of ambition. They have a week to rectify this and they still may do but let’s be honest, failure to secure a centre back when we have needed one for a couple of years now is pathetic. Leaving it this late pushes prices up if anything do it doesn’t even make good business sense.
The priority is to clear the debt. The makems spend half their tv rights money on bringing in 2 players which are better than anything else they have at the minute and we’ll no doubt use ours for some floodlights at Benton
Simmo will do fine tonight — i may get that quoted back to me at 7pm tonight lol
Their of course our forgotten man and secret weapon to cover the CF positions XISCO ,
MUNICH MAG if Simpson would just have someone like Jonas to help him on that side of the field i think everyone would start too see he is a decent fullback and start getting off the lads back and support him . He never has any one to help him out like our Lb’s have had since Jonas signed for us .
Moreno when it all comes down to it at the end of the day, the “ambitious” clubs (and clubs owned by the big money men / sheiks etc) realise that the big money is in the Champions League. To get into the Champions League is extremely difficult, and at the end of the day, perhaps only 2 places may be up for grabs anyway (due mainly to the spending power and attraction of the “top clubs” Man Utd and Man City).
That leaves Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham battering out out for the last 2 places. Really we are way ahead of the form that we even are sniffing around the top 6. However, we punched above our weight last year, and still made it into europe. The bummer is that the fans appetite has been whetted, and we need to recognise which type of owner we have. He isn’t going to go for quick fixes. However, that doesn’t mean that the fans won’t be getting frustrated, cos we haven’t been splashing the cash.
The toon are traditionally a team which kick around 6 – 10th position, with an occasional power surge which gets us to the pinnacle of the EPL. We seem to be now on a bit of a power surge, we’ll see how the owners and the management team take us the next step. The term “consolidation” springs to mind…
MM think imo you left out a team that will go well this yr everton
Axel@56 …the forgotten man who could actually do a job for Newcastle is Nile Ranger, but he’s been “forgotten” big time… for obvious reasons which I agree wholeheartedly with.
I see Nile Ranger as a real Xisco case. The club geniuses gave the bloke a 5 year deal, then bladdered him. The club cannot now get him off there hands… I would like to know who made that decision…
Icedog, you’re right there mate, there’s another club in the fray…. They showed they have what it takes by cuffing money bags Man Utd in midweek…
Plus Everton won’t be “distracted” by europe like we will… 
Everton will be a real threat for a top 8 place imo…
MUNICH MAG agree m8 Ranger could have been a very good player and it was sheer stupidity to give him a 5 year deal when even then everyone knew he was a knob heed . As for punching above our weight last season i have too disagree ,we deserved 5th we played good football and when you look at our squad we have as good a team as any apart from the 2 Manchesters and Chelsea ,i see both Arsenal and Spurs falling out of the top six this term . Its now up too Ashley though he has a week to put his hand in his pocket ,pull out his wallet and get 2 defenders in .Still think 5-6this on this season
Everton have made the top 6/5 quite often if you check the PL through the years ,I was surprised at how often they have . They always seem to slip under the radar untill late in the season .We are all talking about them now because of their brilliant win over Manure last week ,but I think Fellani is a big player for them as is the Jellyman when fit ,much will depend on those two staying injury free. Same can be said for us with a few key players but Istill think we have an overall better squad .
Robert@37 ,I wouldn’t be too sure on Carroll coming back ,word on the Liverpool site is Villa preparing a £17m bid, that’s one team I would hate to see land him.
Ice@39 ,They are utterly ,utterly clueless.
Everton are a consistant solid team and never get the credit for their achievements on a small budget. Their downfall will probably be similar to us, They have an good first 11 and a few decent back up players but a few injuries/suspensions and they are relying on young lads.
P.S.
dean sowerby @deanosow
“nufc have bid £14,000,000 for AC. Lfc expected to accept #nufc”
This guy used to work for setanta apparantly…
West Ham are totally shit I have to say, 2.0 DOWN to swans now.
CC i got it now,jabba is going to turn judas into a c/b
ICEDOG pardew did say he wanted CB’s with more pressence at set pieces and could score so thier could be something in your theory m8
Man that Michu can find the net, maybe we should send Carr to Spain now as we appeared to have found all the talent/pissed off all the clubs in france now
ice
He started off as a left back didnt he and his heading ability in his own box was more than useful when he was here, But hopefully sense will prevail and we bring in a centre half
AXEL
Did Pardz get punished by the FA?
haven’t missed any signings tho, grrrr
Been out bush hunting wombats and missed a bit of news
We will get a cb, have a little faith, has Dekka ever let us down before?
Killed another thread, nice one Aussie
Score any wombats, Aussie?
Michu… man, everybody’s saying that the bargains are in Spain right now with all the financially troubled clubs. I wonder if Carr’s onto that.
just been looking on some other sites (sorry toonsy
), and some bindippers are saying- andy c to villa + 5mil in exchange for darren bent!!! another one saying l/pool ready to accept 18mil, as they want sturridge and dempsey in this week!!
roll on 5:30 and fingers crossed, my 1-3 toon win, cisse first goal will come in
Fans, got one rotating on a spit as we speak
Is Tiote fit for the game, I heard reports he may be injured??
sunderland match off for waterlogged pitch
AMF knew you would catch one as they move at your speed
if its cooking now watch oot for a richie attack 
How does one prepare a wombat? Some fava beans, roast potatoes, capers & a wine vinaigrette?
AMF not sure on tiote. Bigi was in the paper this morning saying hes ready if needed.
Sunderland probably fixed it so they can play johnson when its rescheduled
TS9@75 ,yeah i said I saw that yesterday too, I would HATE to see him at Villa as I hate them and want them to go down ,but wouldn’t wish that on AC.
AMF i think tiote will play after all hazzard cant run as fast limping
Ice
Wombats don’t have enough saturated fat to tempt Richie out of hiding 
Fans
mate just reduce down some butter in a pan a drizel or baste it over the wombat as it cooks on the spit. You can do some fancy roast potato’s if you like but I am not that posh 
Don’t get me wrong, Aussie, I was pulling food words from a menu by memory. I, myself, can make three things in the kitchen: Coffee, tea and a pot of spaghetti with a jar sauce, which I pour straight into the pot and eat from there. High class, baby!
see swansea are beating poor big sam 2-0
Cooking wombat? In Queensland we eat them raw, mate, but we are posh, and eat them with roast choko.
mackems match been called off!!!!!!! premier league should deduct them 10 points for not having a fit and proper playing surface to play on!!!!
Ice, true, it’s hard to imagine Bigi striking the fear of death into Hazard
Cheers for the update Dub
wham are lucky not to be on the end of a real bumming so far, swansea cutting them to shreds
Fans
Jamie Oliver would be in awe of your skills mate 
Vegas
no wonder people think Australians have no class… cook your wombat mate, what are you thinking 
Aye CC theres another chance gone. They definitely seem to have added a cutting edge with laudrup. Still early days though
Shit defending from west ham…
“Cook your wombat” sounds like a euphemism…
Or it could be the title of your auto biography:
“Cook Your Wombat: The Life and Times of Aussie Magpie Fan”
Ooh, a chance to have a gander at Maiga. Let’s see…
Is abied injured ? its seems strange he was not in the team otherwise mid week . As good as Bigi has looked i think Abied is further along in his development .
Axel i was saying the same thursday. They both looked good preseason. Dont know if theres much between them but abed didn’t even travel. Thought it was strange
Fans
If the spammers can get the ball, that is…
Forty-some passes in a row by Swansea just then.
DUBTOON unless he was saving him for the game today , if Tiote is injured he might very well be on the Bench today with starts for Cabaye and Anita . Being one of the young kids Pardew maybe thought it was too much too take him and use him today . He must be nearer the first team than Bigi , Ama and maybe even Gosling .
Routers gets a standing O coming off for Swansea today.
The way the Swans are playing…seems like Rodgers took a step back in his career
Axel I think while imo they are completely different types and perhaps it is unfair to compare them, Bigi is way further ahead in his development than Abeid. Bigi is much more versatile, covers more space, and has a wider range to his passing than Abeid. Would love to see them both come good though.
And I think Big Dave was making a point about Routers vs. Obertan yesterday…
Moreno@103 Agree, but had Buck stayed would they be this good? not imo. For all his pretty passing game last season they had no penetration really it was all passing in circles and back to back line.
Yeah MUNICH it would be fantastic too see them both break through , the thing is if Tiote is injured then Abied is a more defensive minded player too replace him . I am sure Pardew said last season he saw Abied as Tiote’s stand in when injured, suspended or on international duty .
we need some major signings before we get left behind we have no real pace to hit teams on the counter attack were are the goals coming from if any thing happens to the our to mane strikers theres no one that has goals in them to win us games a goal scoring midfielder quick striker and powerfull cb who is good in the air a rb who is sollid at defending
“For all his pretty passing game last season they had no penetration really it was all passing in circles and back to back line.”
Aye i was thinking that watching it, They looked so much sharper in and around the edge of the opposition box. Cant wait to see the reaction at anfield when they are losing and carry on playing daft one twos with the goalkeeper…
….and now he has Luis ‘couldn’t hit a cows arse with a banjo’ Suarez providing his penetration!
Suarez will score a hat-trick now I’ve called him though!
Oh dear, Fat Sam got a footballing lesson in Wales. Swansea looking much better now they’ve got rid of the dead wood
Disappointed the scum match is off. Thought Reading looked decent on wednesday and could have shut those smug cnuts up.
Fulham 1-0 up against MU?
Never mind.
Having started the season I have changed my opinion that we need a CB and I now think if we get in one player before the 1st of September it has to be a striker. We will not be able to cope with just the two Dembas and Shola (who is rarely fit these days like it or not Shola lovers). The fact that Cisse had to travel to Greece and play 75mins on Thursday and will have to travel to London and probably start less than 48 hours later is pushing it to the limit. We have let Best and Lovenkrands go over the summer and haven’t replaced and both would have probably played barring injuries.
Villa getting pumped
Villa 0 – Everton 0
Villa are struggling atm, Savage has even tipped them to go down. We need to show no mercy in the next home game. Traditionally the sort of game that we slip up in when 3 points should be nailed on.
# Villa 0 – Everton 3
I will be quite happy to see Villa sink into oblivion.
Villa for the drop anyone?
and they think Carroll would want too go their . 
Ice called that one right…Everton looking good so far. I reckon Pienaar is the key, a ball playing central midfielder…
Axel ,that’s the latest rumour ,hope he says no just to piss off Buck .
Pitch inspection in a minute at the bridge. Absolutely bucketing down by the sound of it
Savage is a wum and some of his predictions are laughable but its hard to argue with his comments on villa, Shite team would have gone last season if wolves and blackburn werent run so poorly…
Seems like I’m in the minority here but i think villa will be a lot better than last season with lambert in charge. Not happened yet obviously but i think they’ll improve
Oh no….maybe the toon game will be off due to the rain….shoyt…
I know MM would ruin the evening that
I wonder how Shay Given is enjoying his new ambitious club and the ball wizzing past him every 15 mins. Their fans are critical of N’Zogbia by the look of it and saying ‘can’t remember the last time we scored in the PL’.
Dubtoon I ‘ve been bopping around all day, with me little legs going giving it lowdy… If they call the game off now I’ll be well peeved….
DJG Shay’s career never really headed the way he wished after leaving the toon. Pity for the lad really, he made probably a lot of money, but sport wise he’s taken a step backwards imo.
DJG you should see givens mistake on the second goal
MM won’t be happy if we rested our players on thursday for nowt either. Imagine if we went out on this week
odds on game will be called off and villa down to ten men
lee_ryder: The balls are rolling #nufc #cfc http://t.co/vOO9to3x
lee_ryder: Looks OK to me #nufc fans in my opinion #cfc
Still worried though for my part
Batty, after the initial disappointment of the game perhaps being called off, I would prefer to play Chelsea on a proper surface. There’s nowt worse than the specatacle of the ball holding up in puddles and stuff… and also the danger of serious injury.
Feel sorry for a couple of my mates who have flown in from abroad specially for the game. Who would expect Newcastle and Sunderland games both being waterlogged and postponed on the same day. I wish I had of put a fiver on that one…
btw it’s all Ashley’s fault…
Remember a year or two back when they came to SJP in the snow. They fecking hated it
Lets hope the southern nancys dont like getting their hair wet
MM
yeah, I blame Mike Ashley for this atrocity.
When I grow up I want to be Lee Ryder at the Chronicle.. He get’s paid for watching the toon home and away then writing little Tweets and dittys and stuff…
Not that I’m envious like… 
Now John Gibson, he did it the old school way with reports by carrier pigeon and stuff….
NUFCOfficial: #NUFC (4-4-2) v #CFC: Krul; Simpson, Steven Taylor, Coloccini (c), Santon; Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Anita, Gutierrez; Ba, Cisse. #epl
NUFCOfficial: #NUFC substitutes v #CFC: Harper, Williamson, Perch, Marveaux, Amalfitano, Obertan, R.Taylor. #epl
No tiote
but apart from that its good
If Chelsea hadn’t played midweek it could have helped us for the game to be called off, but since they have and the ball could be not running as well along the ground/adverse conditions, I think it could help us frustrate them.
Thank god colos fit
DUB tiote to be sold then
Holy sh*t the pictures of the rain on espy
they said its on though and didn’t say anything like ‘for now’ or ‘another inspection to come’
I am starting to have suspicions regarding Tiote’s injury. Is that unfair?
when I grow up I want to have John Gibson’s hair.
Tiote is being kept fit for a sale late in the window
Wow man…I thought that was a smoke screen with Tiote. He really is paggered….
MM or a different kind of smoke screen if others are to be believed
Yallright griff you old “conspiracy theorist” you…
So Tiote is out then
well we’ll get to see Anita and how he does
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@Batty
It’ll never be called off when it’s on TV.
@DJG
NO Tiote and no Carroll for Liverpool. Less than a week before the window closes.
Toonsy, Tiote is ‘out for the season’……as far as Arsenal and City are concerned.
Dubtoon would rather have Mr T in there, but this is the big chance for Anita to show what he’s worth, that’s why we sign these blokes at the end of the day…
DJG@144
Surely Ba will be wide left, We cant dump anita in at the deep end at chelsea
* in a 4-4-2
Fulham battering Man Ure apparently. Could also be a team to watch…
3-2 MU.
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Cabaye and Anita never not got a grip.
Jonas provided nowt.
The front two never held it up.
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