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Based Jorge
Shola
Number 1
Elsewhere, Shelvey has been spotted in Newcastle having a medical and a £12m bid has been reportedly accepted. There's also meanwhile a rumour that Tiote is off to China for £8m, which in fairness is not too bad a deal given how much he's fallen off the bandwagon since 2012.
Grimnir
Poe
Tiote offers more but he's looked disinterested since around 2012/13 so isn't a long term viable option.
Happy with the Shelvey deal. Hope we press on and sign a striker and a left back though, they're two important positions where we're lacking.
Based Jorge
Number 1
Well, that's two in. Now for that striker... one hopes.
Poe
Think he'll offer more going forward than Colback - who just sits and passes sideways or backwards and bottling tackles all the time.
VP.
Poe
Gets in the team because he's english and from round here I think.
I'd have liked to keep Tiote and see him alongside Shelvey in the middle, but never mind. 8m is a good price for a 30 year old who's been shit for about 3 years.
Hopefully we press on and get a left back and a forward.
Number 1
2 questions come to mind...
1. Can he stay for more than 1/2 months at a time?
2. What the hell are we doing in training?
Poe
Shola
Kieron Dyer fucking injured himself when one of them training poles poked him in the eye iirc. Also Kieron Dyer doesn't seem to get enough credit, I think he's up there with HBA in players who were really exciting to watch on their day.
Shola
Look at the state of this. Embarrassing how the Chronicle sticks up for their mates. Carr and Charnley are top Geordies. Who love to give us a news story. Pashun.
"Newcastle’s problem is the inflexibility of the approach passed down by Ashley" - Oh it's Ashley's fault.Of course he personally scuppers all these deals. Llambias allowed Hughton to sign Sol Campbell. Kuqi and Stephen Ireland also arrived later on in this season. Llambias also signed his mate up to be manager.
Ashley won't sign Charlie Austin because he's 26 an English. No resale value. But willing to sign Papiss Cisse, a 26 year old African for similar money.
Number 1
Oh yeah I forgot about that. Don't think there was any part of his anatomy he didn't hurt while in black and white, and that's before all the car crashes.
I've always thought NUFC-era Robert to be quite underrated - maybe the consistency issues (like HBA) and his falling out with that wanker Souness didn't help, but on his day, he was excellent.
Poe
Shelvey
Grimnir
Poe
Number 1
Yeah I recall he had a bit of an attitude problem, but then 20-something young footballers with money have a reputation. Norfolk seemed to be similar for Titus Bramble - I was there a few years back and the front page of the local paper was that he'd crashed into a wall in some village up there while coming home from NUFC training.
Shola
Poe
Think it'll be more of a ruse to force WBA to sell us Berahino this month.
Number 1
Sky also talking of NUFC interest in Berahino. Not sure given he seems to be a man who frequently kicks up a fuss, given he's already had episodes of petulance at WBA. Then again I felt that about Shelvey after the way he left Swansea - motivated by that Morgan/Monk/Dyer triangle in the BPL thread or not - so maybe I'm not one to judge.
Poe
Shedender
I've read online that Tottenham want £14m for him.
Ninja
He's calmed down quite a lot since his Ipswich days. He lives back there now, coaching one of the youth teams.
He's quite close to a member of my family, and by all accounts just seems a decent lad these days.
Number 1
Just what we need for a must-win.
Poe
McClaren.
Aye - we've went away to win in every game despite playing with every man behind the ball in about 90% of the minutes played away from home and wondering why our attacking players aren't very good away from home.
Hmm.
Shola
Poe
We're not at home we're very attacking - away from home is awful to watch though.
Like watching 2 different teams.
KEZ_7
McClaren is doing himself no favours as a tactician, for all we hear he is a great "coach"
We've also caused our own problems in not getting extra defenders in, as you'd expect we then got the injuries!