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#79422 English Premier League 2012/2013

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02 Jun 2013 11:40:55

Just confirm he is manager and be over with it. There's no need for all this fucking theatre around it.

#79385 2013/14 Kit Thread

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02 Jun 2013 00:51:07

I thought the dark red shorts actually worked with Cardiff's kit. I mean, they should be in blue anyway, but that was quite a decent-looking combination.

By terriersmad | Permalink | On 01 June 2013 - 21:50 PM

Umbro pulled out of a 4-year contract with us so we have new manufacturers this season. Rumoured to be Puma, who'd better keep it simple and not fuck up the simplest design known to man. Blue and white vertical stripes both on the front and the back and down the sleeves, white shorts, black socks. Not difficult.

Have you seen Puma kits?

They don't seem to know how to do simple black and white stripes on our kit. Though you'll probably just get Sheffield Wednesday's kit with different badges.

#79298 2013/14 Kit Thread

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By Franck | Permalink | On 01 June 2013 - 14:52 PM

The collar wouldn't be so bad if it was blue or in whatever West Ham like to call their dark colour (burgundy? maroon? red?), as with the stripes though the white clashes with the rest of the kit.

Edit: Still think this is the best West Ham kit from recent years:

(Though it is ruined by having Ray Winstone, the absolute cunt, modelling it)

I dunno - seems a bit weird with no blue on there. Though obviously not helped by their... ahem, glamorous model. I quite liked the one they wore this season.

#79282 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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01 Jun 2013 14:26:03

Apparently we've been linked with Skrtel.

I wouldn't say not but I'm not sure if he'd be that good a long-term replacement for Coloccini. Its kinda based on the fact he had a fairly poor year for the 'Pool though.

#79220 Newcastle Thread

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01 Jun 2013 10:19:23

Nevermind - turns out the Cisse rumour was bollocks spurted by someone who "hasn't represented him for some time"

If we can get £20M+ for him and buy three good strikers then we're laughing. But I daresay that might be too much to ask for, not least given Pardew's tactics means whoever comes in will wind up on the left wing.

#79219 2013/14 Kit Thread

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01 Jun 2013 10:16:45

Agreed - away kit is quite decent, home kit is ruined by the adidas stripes.

#79170 Newcastle Thread

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31 May 2013 23:45:41

Cisse's agent is claiming a big money move to Russia is possible, with other reports indicating Rubin Kazan or Anzhi have offered £15M. Because when we only have 1 striker that's any good, the thing you want to do is sell him.

I don't know what to expect this summer tbh. We clearly need at least 4-6 players (maybe more depending on departures) but how likely Ashley will be to part with his cash is debatable.

#79152 2013/14 Kit Thread

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By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 31 May 2013 - 22:44 PM

Are people really surprised Nike aren't the most ethical of companies?

Well, no.

#79119 The Lower League Thread

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By Esprit Vanilla | Permalink | On 29 May 2013 - 20:49 PM

Cardiff might have a chance to stay up but I think Hull and Crystal Palace especially will go straight back to Championship.

I think Hull have the best chance of the new boys. Palace in particular look doomed, but Cardiff still need one or two players.

Saying that I have said "they're doomed" about Norwich, Swansea and Southampton. So shows what I know.

#79066 2013/14 Kit Thread

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31 May 2013 16:30:54

It's sounds a bit like corporate sabotage - the idea that, once they were getting rid, they would pick off the lucrative deals and leave the company as a bit of a relic. Nike's kits are largely shite too.

Talking of shite, our new home strip (don't know how to link it) is certainly looking that way.

#79046 2013/14 Kit Thread

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31 May 2013 16:02:26

Given Southampton are now with adidas, the only teams they have left in these islands is the Huddersfield, Welsh and Irish kits. Long way from their heyday. Quite sad really to, given their kits were superior to a lot of their counterparts.

#79018 English Premier League 2012/2013

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31 May 2013 14:07:23

Hughes seems to be a more reliable manager at clubs that don't give him absurd amounts of cash.

He bought lots of poor players for big money at QPR and Man City, but was great with the (relatively) small budget at Blackburn and did alright at Fulham. But I think the stigma as come from the quite moronic way he left Craven Cottage and then wound up spunking away crazy cash at QPR.

Saying that I think he should've tried a go at a Championship side. But then again if he carries on his QPR form he will be in charge of a Championship side.

#79016 Newcastle Thread

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By Esprit Vanilla | Permalink | On 29 May 2013 - 20:45 PM

Last season wasn't that awful imo. An EL qf is a decent achievement, considering you've played against the team that should have won the trophy.

It was a great season in Europe, but in England we were routinely awful.

#79015 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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31 May 2013 14:00:22

I can't really mock given Liverpool put 6 past the Toon in a game where Suarez wasn't even playing.

Saying that he really is behaving like a big baby.

#78626 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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29 May 2013 14:27:07

Apparently Monaco are meant to be under a transfer embargo while the FFF tries to figure out whether their tax status is either in Monaco (0% tax) or France (which isn't 75% but still a lot higher than 0%, which is what the league is moaning about).

Be slightly funny if the FFF makes them cancel all these deals.

#78451 Newcastle Thread

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28 May 2013 17:17:53

No it's right he's not looked the same player all season. For the first half I thought it was just Demba Ba wanting the limelight/prime shop window, but after he left Cisse still didn't look the player he did in the 2011/12 season.

But then, as has already been discussed ad nauseum, a lot of players have looked shadows of their selves from the previous season.

Also... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newcastle-United-2012-Season-Review/dp/B00CHKO9LM
Surely one of the more pointless season review DVDs.

#78448 Welcome to Goodison Park

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28 May 2013 17:11:14

Well... suppose it's just a year with that pathetic excuse for a badge on the shirts.

#78389 Welcome to Goodison Park

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28 May 2013 12:53:50

The badge looks pretty fucking terrible. It's like clip art or something.

Elsewhere, Roberto Martinez has done the long-seemingly inevitable and confirmed his resignation from Wigan Athletic. He heading to Goodison Park?

#78286 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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By Franck | Permalink | On 27 May 2013 - 20:57 PM

Welcome to 5 days ago.

It's official now though. But that rumour's been around since before the final day of the Premier League season, tbf.

#78284 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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27 May 2013 19:37:50

Lewandowski does seem like an almost pointless signing - the only real point seems to be to weaken Dortmund, as they did when they bought Gotze. They don't particularly need him and it's a job to know why they would want him in such circumstances.

Elsewhere, Napoli have confirmed Benitez is their new gaffer.

#78259 The Lower League Thread

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27 May 2013 17:24:39

Watford looked crap, and Palace deserved the victory, and with it the stupid amount of cash that goes with it.

Though without several new players, I don't see much hope for them...

#77662 Newcastle Thread

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By Esprit Vanilla | Permalink | On 24 May 2013 - 21:24 PM

Wasn't Cisse outplayed almost the whole season because of the team's injuries?

He played 36 league games - one missed because of Tiote being a nob against Sunderland and getting a red, and one because FIFA upheld a complaint from Senegal and banned him from a game. I think.

I don't think it helped him that Pardew kept playing him out wide. For instance, away at QPR, he was wide left. He'd also been wide right a lot of the time. Surely you'd actually play wide-men in that role?

#77460 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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23 May 2013 22:29:46

Mark Hughes is apparently the front-runner for the Stoke job.

Well, it was nice knowing them...

#77407 Newcastle Thread

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23 May 2013 19:58:18

I think the majority of fans didn't expect to go further from top 5, especially given our failure to strengthen.

Then again the majority of fans expected better than 16th. Surely that is reasonable expectation given the squad at our disposal, even despite all the injuries.

#77360 Newcastle Thread

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23 May 2013 16:43:49

Well, like it or lump it, the club have confirmed Pardew is still gonna be gaffer.

I suppose he can't be any worse than this wretched season... famous last words?

#77058 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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22 May 2013 13:48:27

Apparently Phil Neville is in talks to be the new Everton manager.

Bold move...

#76978 English Premier League 2012/2013

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21 May 2013 23:51:36

I thought Napoli and Monaco were interested in Benitez... then again if you believe everything you read Monaco are gonna have 46 managers and half of Europe's highest rated strikers.

#76946 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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21 May 2013 21:21:15

There's another "Pardew has been sacked" rumour circulating around the internet.

Don't know what probability it is of being accurate but who knows - didn't see Pulis going, for instance.