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#170895 Newcastle Thread

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05 Jun 2014 20:37:01

Signing Borini to piss off Sunderland would be funny but as the figure of £12million has been quoted, I doubt we'll bother.

Meanwhile, Leeds' owner has said he rejected a bid from us for Ross McCormack, but Newcastle papers saying no bid was made. Helpfully clear as always.

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By Shola | On 04 June 2014 - 18:58 PM

Pochettino is just a shit Alan Pardew, with shite long ball tactics.

And has completely ruined Osvaldo, Ramirez and Wanyama.

Wanyama and Ramirez have been underused at best but Osvaldo hardly helped himself by punching his captain and opposition goalkeeping coaches.

#170340 Newcastle Thread

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04 Jun 2014 15:35:31

Yorkshire media reporting an approach has been made for Ross McCormack. Would be a good signing. I wanted Jordan Rhodes as well, but I think he's been valued at £15M+.

I found two uses - one from Pardew describing Marveuax ahead of the 2012-13 season, and one of Chris Hughton talking about Joey Barton ahead of the 2010-11 campaign. I suppose its the kind of thing that has been associated with the chap, rather than a common utterance.

#170328 Newcastle Thread

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04 Jun 2014 15:13:18

Well, we signed Ryan Taylor because he kept scoring against us...

Borini would be a half-decent addition as well.

#169893 The England National Team

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02 Jun 2014 23:53:45

So do people still find him funny?

#169439 Newcastle Thread

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01 Jun 2014 01:10:56

That's the problem - there are so many stories on the same transfers arguing they're in collapse, needs more money or close to completion, and its maddening to see so much on one deal. Just hurry up and get fucking done with it.

#169345 Newcastle Thread

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By Poe | On 31 May 2014 - 12:10 PM

He rejected our first bid? I wasn't aware of any bid we had that was accepted then he's moved the goalposts?

I thought the whole point of the current rumour mill was that Montpellier rejected a £6.5M bid.

EDIT: French press are claiming a fee of £6.5M was agreed and Cabella was all set to get on a plane to England when their chairman changed his mind and asked for us to near-double the cash.

#169317 Newcastle Thread

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31 May 2014 12:00:08

I don't think we've been helped by a sudden doubling of the asking price by Montpellier's jackass chairman. But at some point, someone has to tell Ashley that the cash-rich nature of this league means the definition of cheapskating has been changed away from what he wants it to be, and of course other clubs will see this plus the cash made on Cabaye as us having money to burn. So unless we spend real cash we maybe in line for trouble.

Theoretically, however, I reckon £9-10million might be enough.

As for others, West Ham insiders apparently said they offered Colback more money but he's already agreed a move to Newcastle. Be nice to see official confirmation, though - this rumour mill can be fucking maddening at times.

#169265 The Lower League Thread

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31 May 2014 01:18:41

Leeds have dismissed Brian McDermott again.

I'm surprised he lasted this long after the farce in January tbh.

#169183 Newcastle Thread

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30 May 2014 19:32:07

Apparently Montpellier want 15million Euro for Cabella and PSG want him to join up with Cabaye. Tbh I find it hard to get excited for rumours either way - if he joins, he joins, and if not, move on to another target. Assuming the moron in charge actually bids sufficient cash, which he seem to be trying to avoid again.

#169027 Newcastle Thread

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30 May 2014 10:44:56

French sporting news reporting an 8 million Euro fee has been agreed for Cabella.

One hopes so at least, mind.

#168878 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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29 May 2014 18:26:19

Liverpool reportedly close to signing Rickie Lambert for £7million.

By Vercoe | On 29 May 2014 - 18:16 PM

On the Lallana front, he's a Liverpool fan and wants to go there but then the lure of Poch plus £££ may sway him?

As far as I knew though he was pretty dead set on Liverpool.

I thought it said he was an Everton fan. Then again Gerrard and Carragher were Toffees too so like it matters.

#168847 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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By Poe | On 29 May 2014 - 13:11 PM

Apparently Debuchy is off to PSG too

I'd heard PSG had lost interest, but Monaco and Inter Milan were interested.

#168844 Newcastle Thread

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29 May 2014 15:54:34

I think if Campbell was going to be given a chance it would've been this year, and he'll probably leave this summer. Armstrong I want to see given a chance as he certainly has promise.

Tavernier seemed decent in the play-off games so maybe he should get a few goes, while Abeid certainly must be considered after a good year in Greece. But as for the rest... dunno. Maybe we're not as desperate in this situation as other teams (Hull City apparently can only name 21 in their Europa League squad as they have zero home-grown players) but its not the rosiest of pictures.

#168381 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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27 May 2014 17:09:02

Rodriguez is out until December anyway so him moving isn't as big a problem for a while, but yes, a new manager and playing squad will be very unsettling for the first few months.

#168371 2014/15 Kit Thread

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27 May 2014 16:15:37

Do QPR really need an all-white strip?

That red and black kit is probably all they need. Saying that, by Nike standards, they're quite smart.

#168369 Newcastle Thread

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By Shola | On 27 May 2014 - 15:21 PM

I heard earlier, that he had a concrete offer from Spurs, likely to get offers from Liverpool and Arsenal, and was 'dreaming' of Chelsea.

I'd heard Atletico Madrid were considering him as a replacement for Diego Costa, as well as the aforementioned links with Arsenal and Spurs.

Chelsea don't really need him tbh. Then again they didn't really need Demba Ba and still signed him as a perennial bench warmer.

#168309 Newcastle Thread

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27 May 2014 13:24:49

He hasn't - he has said the World Cup is his shop window and there's been little beyond interest from a variety of clubs, including us although I doubt he will move to Newcastle.

#168293 Newcastle Thread

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27 May 2014 12:08:48

Remy has said in France that he and Pardew had a deal where he wouldn't play last season, saying in L'Equipe: "The coach Alan Pardew understood my point of view. We had nothing to play for and I didn’t want to risk getting hurt again.”

Still seems incredibly lazy.

#167884 Champions League 2013/14

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24 May 2014 21:18:45

Guess La Decima is there's now

#167807 Barclays Premier League 2013/14

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24 May 2014 14:42:32

I was in London for a gig last night and on the backpage of the Evening Standard on my way home, it said the West Ham board want a top six finish in 2014/15.

Fucking hell. They'd be lucky to finish top 10 with their squad.

#167771 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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By Carroll. | On 24 May 2014 - 09:22 AM

Why on earth PSG are spending £40 million with the FFP punishment they already got for Luiz baffles me

Given that UEFA is run by a Frenchman who was reportedly the biggest supporter of a Qatari World Cup within the FIFA circle, maybe they're seeing what limits of his resolve is.

#167701 Newcastle Thread

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24 May 2014 01:14:34

Well, its official - Shola, Remy and de Jong have all left.

#167368 2014/15 Kit Thread

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By Slashman X | On 22 May 2014 - 19:29 PM

At least they'd use 2 colours though. Adidas weren't letting Southampton use red+white stripes

I thought half of that was down to Cortese wanting them to look like Liverpool.

#167325 2014/15 Kit Thread

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By Slashman X | On 14 May 2014 - 14:34 PM

Southampton end kit deal with Adidas (after 1 year of an initial 3 year deal)

Guess they didn't want the same one-colour templates as everyone else

Apparently their kit makes are now Sondico, which is hardly an improvement given they use templates as well.

#167237 Lennon Leaves Celtic

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Twitter claims David Moyes is the favourite for Celtic.

#167231 Newcastle Thread

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22 May 2014 13:27:45

Aye all I knew about Perez is that he had these big name suitors. Maybe he'll live up to the hype. Unlike...

By Poe | On 22 May 2014 - 10:45 AM

Albert Luque has came out and slagged Newcastle fans off for "not liking Spanish players"

Strange one.

Now, I didn't hate Luque and Xisco for being Spanish. I slagged them off for being shit.

#167211 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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22 May 2014 12:22:11

I thought Malky Mackay was going to take over at Norwich. Maybe he'll surface somewhere else.

#167184 Newcastle Thread

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22 May 2014 10:34:02

I have never heard of Ayose Perez. Given the last Spanish striker we signed nobody had ever heard of was Xisco, it's not a pretty omen, although with any luck this won't be a repeat of that fiasco.

#166975 Transfer Rumours 2013/14

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21 May 2014 00:38:37

It seems to be "Why do I only get two cakes and Facebook/Twitter/Instagram messages? Roberto Carlos got a Bugatti personally bought for him by his club's owner and waaaaa!"

Possibly one of the dumbest transfer stories ever. Though in fairness makes a change from the standard shit.e