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#232603 Barclays Premier League 2014/15

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30 Dec 2014 00:04:26

Apparently Coloccini hasn't taken UEFA coaching licenses, nevermind the Pro License Premier League managers must have on general principle.

I don't think appointing him is a good idea, but daft ideas like that appear to the normal at St. James'.

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29 Dec 2014 23:00:06

Sky are reporting West Brom have sacked Alan Irvine.

Wouldn't be a surprise for Newcastle to appoint him and limp to the finish tbh.

#232577 Newcastle Thread

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29 Dec 2014 22:39:24

Club have confirmed compensation agreed and Palace have permission to speak to him.

Amazing how quickly this has developed from a whisper to the big story in town. Also irritating and a bit boring to see the queue of people describing NUFC fans as fickle.

#232543 Newcastle Thread

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29 Dec 2014 21:04:09

Sherwood is not the worst pick in the world, although in terms of attitude he wouldn't be an improvement.

I've seen Slaven Bilic suggested and I'm surprised he's not mentioned for more BPL gigs. As much as de Boer would work, I don't see him happening, and the same goes for Pulis, albeit for political reasons in his case. God knows why Steve Bruce is being suggested.

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29 Dec 2014 20:24:16

Apparently he's quadrupling his yearly wages moving to Palace, and as his family still live in the area of London, there's that.

#232486 Newcastle Thread

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29 Dec 2014 17:16:32

Palace sources and the Daily Mail claiming a deal is done with a £2million compo package, Newcastle sources claiming he is going to be in charge for the game on New Year's Day. Clear as mud.

In terms of potential replacements, its not going to be Pulis - he fell out with them over transfers and I really doubt he would want to work with Ashley. If its true de Boer turned down Spurs, I doubt its going to be him either. After that, the bookies favourite is making Coloccini player-manager, which would be a perplexing idea.

#232443 Newcastle Thread

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29 Dec 2014 13:36:30

Mail Online is claiming he wants to move after being told by Ashley no money was available for players in January. Which is a bit dim given we need a player or two regardless of who's picking the team.

#232297 Newcastle Thread

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28 Dec 2014 20:57:06

There's a strange question in it for Crystal Palace. According to the Guardian, it'll cost £6million to buy out his contract and there are people available without clubs right now.

It might not be too bad for Pardew. He is held in esteem by them for his cup heroics in 1990, and he (apparently) personally knows Palace chairman Steve Parish, who probably won't be as pain in the arse a boss to work in as Mike Ashley.

#232293 Newcastle Thread

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28 Dec 2014 20:44:15

Its a very strange one. I know I have been unimpressed by him frequently in 2014, but back in August when Pulis resigned, he said he didn't want the Palace job, and I was expecting him to remain for a little while longer under his own accord. So I'm surprised such a rumour has surfaced and so quickly.

#232289 Newcastle Thread

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28 Dec 2014 20:17:13

If you believe the rumours, we may not need to have the Pardew in or out debate for longer. Pardew failed to show up to the post-match pressers amid a rumour Crystal Palace have been given permission to talk to him.

#231431 Newcastle Thread

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25 Dec 2014 02:47:38

I'm more bewildered the media still supports him, even though its clear he's reached the end point at least four times. He probably would've left by now if the albatross of that fucking 8 year deal wasn't in place.

#231296 Newcastle Thread

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24 Dec 2014 15:00:30

I enjoyed reading this: http://www.football365.com/profile365/9618946/Person-Of-Year

#230693 Newcastle Thread

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22 Dec 2014 16:16:44

The Pardew Out crowd has been woken up by the week just gone.

I'm not wholly on board, but the stat we've lost 20/38 Premier League games since Boxing Day last year and failed to score in 19 of those 38 is pretty shit.

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21 Dec 2014 15:22:35

Ah fuckity fucking fuck.

#230319 Barclays Premier League 2014/15

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21 Dec 2014 15:07:26

Both sides have been extremely wasteful in attack.

#230306 Barclays Premier League 2014/15

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21 Dec 2014 14:27:54

We've not really made the most of our quick start, and they should be ahead.

Saying that, it mostly seems to have so far been an exercise in fouling and bookings. Someone is going to sent off. Again.

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21 Dec 2014 12:51:58

Gouffran starts? Jesus wept.

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21 Dec 2014 00:34:16

They did very well to pocket £12million for Shane Long, but Hernandez has not been a good use of that money. They've been more than a bit poor.

Some awesome goals in the BPL today, and some decent games by the sounds of it too.

#230202 The Lower League Thread

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21 Dec 2014 00:22:34

I really wasn't expecting a Christmas Day top trio of Bournemouth, Ipswich and Brentford for the Championship. Not bad though. Its nice to see complete batshit unpredictability. Brentford winning at Cardiff City is pretty fucking mad.

#229542 Newcastle Thread

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18 Dec 2014 17:01:48

There's a stat that in all 11 games we've lost this calendar year by three or more, Mike Williamson started all of them. Doesn't say great things about his ability in defence... seeing as Pardew clearly doesn't rate MYM, either a new CB is needed or Paul Dummett should be played as a centre-back.

Pardew will probably still play him against Sunderland.

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By Flash. | On 18 December 2014 - 02:47 AM

No it's not

It's 4m a year. 24m over 6 years.

500k a week to talk about football, ha.

Clearly I misred the headline.

Still a fair old bit of cash.

#229532 Newcastle Thread

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18 Dec 2014 16:43:12

Alnwick is reputedly fit enough to play on Saturday, so I'm guessing we'll be playing him.

Hopefully we won't be trying to protect his goal with Williamson again, or trying to attack with that useless lump Gouffran.

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By Slashman X | On 16 December 2014 - 10:44 AM

Joining Sky as a pundit

£24million a year is his reported salary.

The finances in sport are getting absurd and its going to be even more stupid when the new TV deal is signed in the spring. Apparently £10million-per-game is the reported price of the new TV rights deal.

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By Poe | On 16 December 2014 - 21:43 PM

Be absolutely unbelievable if we beat Spurs and draw Sheffield United.

Well, you were right about the winners of our tie facing the Blades.

I missed the game and tbh it sounds like I was doing myself a favour by avoiding it. Also sounds as though Jak Alnwick damaged his shoulder so Freddie Woodman will be making his first Newcastle appearance in the Tyne-Wear Derby... that might be a stretch too far.

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14 Dec 2014 14:43:04

The fuck happened to Sterling's shooting ability?

By Poe | On 14 December 2014 - 14:29 PM

I thought we played with a 4-2-3-1 against Chelsea really, not a 4-3-3. But it doesn't matter - it's amazing how bad a team we look without Sissoko but we look very good when he plays (bar West Ham).

Aarons definitely has to be in over Sammy - I don't think he will be though, Pardew loves Sammy too much.

I only watched the Newcastle-Chelsea game from Cisse's first on, so I'm not sure what the system was before Cisse replaced Cabella. In the meanwhile, is Aarons still injured?

In any case, the return of Saylor and Sissoko should hopefully make us a bit better for Spurs and Sunderland. Hopefully, anyway.

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14 Dec 2014 14:12:40

Too easy for Man United. Even if Mata was offside.

By Poe | On 14 December 2014 - 13:41 PM

He's playing better than Gouffran and Ameobi though, who are both playing ahead of him.

Cabella looked more likely to do anything than Gouffran yesterday. Ameobi was better than some consensus has been, but this was not one of his best performances. If Aarons is fit then he should be ahead in the pecking order.

I think Pardew got the tactics wrong - 4-2-3-1 is not a system that works for our team, and while Sissoko's suspension was a bitch, we could still have kept the 4-3-3 we've had of late rather than changing it to accommodate Gouffran. Also, its a bit odd that Dummett has looked more convincing a CB than Williamson.

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14 Dec 2014 00:55:09

Given all the abuse last week, hearing Arsenal fans singing "There's only one Arsene Wenger" was a little disconcerting.

I thought Arsenal weren't as good as the scoreline suggested - Sanchez was alright but had a bit of a patchy game, Welbeck didn't really do a lot and Cazorla had a shit first half, although he was improved in the second. Hector Bellerin looked a good player, and Debuchy looked accomplished at centre-back - moreso than Mertersacker, who seemed shaky. Maybe a team with a more persistent/inventive attack could've taken advantage.

#228022 Barclays Premier League 2014/15

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14 Dec 2014 00:49:45

Aye both were useless. How Gouffran frequently gets ahead of Cabella is a question Stephen Hawking would fail to answer.

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13 Dec 2014 22:48:27

Well... that cash spent on going to the Emirates today could probably have been better spent on other things.

Arsenal weren't even four goals good. It just helped them that Newcastle had suspensions and an incoherent teamsheet.

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09 Dec 2014 20:39:21

Paul Konchesky's red card in the Villa-Leicester game has been rescinded.