Phil

This will be his agent trying to twist West Ham's desperate arm into paying his silly wages, a transfer fee and giving him a long contract. Bentley and Kranjčar would be a much better buy from the Spuds.

If you spent more time reading and less typing you would have seen this....

It makes a massive difference. Players research who they are playing against, are told who to mark when etc... playing with two right footed players on the left side is obviously a weakness.

Can this be moved to the Football Manager thread?

He'd better not have been given any more money.

http://www.teamtalk.com/tottenham-hotspur/...d-for-loan-move If there was an option to buy cheap I'd be interested.

I'd vote; 1st. Chelsea 4-3, it's how football should be played. And it was nice to win a 4-3 thriller. 2nd. Beating Forest 2-0 was great as it confirmed promotion, plus Jose celebration was awesome. 3rd. 5-1 vs unwashed, but only because of how smug they were going into it. I find one sided games a bit shite once the losing team gives up.

Honestly it doesn't, because INUSA (to my knowledge) never had 1500 paying members plus tens of thousands of email subscribers, 11'000 + people following it on various social network sites. It never had the level of infrastructure and local governmental support that the Trust has (including an MP on the board). it was, to be frank (no pun intended) one man and his son trying to do something when nobody else seemed bothered. Unfortunately due to it lacking all of the above INUSA was never in a position to do anything other than be a convenient mouthpiece for the press which, to be fair to Frank Gilmour, is as much down to the inherent laziness of certain journalists as it was to him. Once the press have your number its very difficult to dissuade them that you don't want to be bothered by them anymore. The Trust on the other hand is in a great position to do everything that INUSA couldn't. It just needs to start doing them or at the very least telling people what its doing. It's in no way dead, it just hasn't progressed at face value in any meaningful, explainable way over the past year...and that's the dissapointing thing. I'm not going to criticise or attempt to analyse what project the questions in the survey are ultimately leading towards. I'll look at the finished offering and see what I think. I'm just glad that they appear to be finally listening to concerns and are finally doing something to engage with the membership. In all honesty this is one of the least cynical looking surveys I've seen from an organisation. There are clear opportunities to note the strength of our beliefs on several of the things we've complained about and clear opportunities to show what we think they should and shouldn't be focussing on. It's an improvement in my view but it should only be the beginning of that improvement. Does the club recognise the Trust as being valid? and if not why after a year are they asking for renewals? What the fuck are you talking about now? They have no contact with the club, media or anyone anything to do with Newcastle United. I don't expect you to understand why this is relevant. But just take a look at their latest news letter; http://www.nust.org.uk/fan-mail-the-fsf-ne...h-december-2010 Not relevant to Newcastle or Newcastle United. It could be for any club. It's no wonder they have achieved nothing in a year.

Honestly it doesn't, because INUSA (to my knowledge) never had 1500 paying members plus tens of thousands of email subscribers, 11'000 + people following it on various social network sites. It never had the level of infrastructure and local governmental support that the Trust has (including an MP on the board). it was, to be frank (no pun intended) one man and his son trying to do something when nobody else seemed bothered. Unfortunately due to it lacking all of the above INUSA was never in a position to do anything other than be a convenient mouthpiece for the press which, to be fair to Frank Gilmour, is as much down to the inherent laziness of certain journalists as it was to him. Once the press have your number its very difficult to dissuade them that you don't want to be bothered by them anymore. The Trust on the other hand is in a great position to do everything that INUSA couldn't. It just needs to start doing them or at the very least telling people what its doing. It's in no way dead, it just hasn't progressed at face value in any meaningful, explainable way over the past year...and that's the dissapointing thing. I'm not going to criticise or attempt to analyse what project the questions in the survey are ultimately leading towards. I'll look at the finished offering and see what I think. I'm just glad that they appear to be finally listening to concerns and are finally doing something to engage with the membership. In all honesty this is one of the least cynical looking surveys I've seen from an organisation. There are clear opportunities to note the strength of our beliefs on several of the things we've complained about and clear opportunities to show what we think they should and shouldn't be focussing on. It's an improvement in my view but it should only be the beginning of that improvement. Does the club recognise the Trust as being valid? and if not why after a year are they asking for renewals?

I really liked Series 1 and 2, but wasn't that fussed about 3. If you like sci-fi's you might want to check out The Lost Room, Misfits and Firefly. All very good, especially The Lost Room.

I think their aim is very clear. Not like you to miss the obvious. Sure their aims are clear; yes we can To strengthen the bonds and dialogue between Newcastle United and its supporters; To encourage Newcastle United to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and the community it serves in its decisions and to honour the contribution made to the club by the community; Ultimately, to promote the full, accountable democratic and constructive involvement of supporters in the running and direction of Newcastle United including the principle of supporter representation on the board of Newcastle United. But how are they performing on them? Do they have any official communication with the club? How often do they poll their members opinions? Are the polls relevant, collated and presented to the club? Why is nufc.com still the official supporter site and thus gets all the benefits? Can't really call them aims if they aren't actually doing them. Their website has lots of articles on it, but none of them have anything to do with their aims.

I can't see many clubs spending this window - except maybe Tottenham and Man City. Although Tottenham will have to shift a few players first as their wage bill is massive. Gates are massively down and a lot of clubs have players on loan. I know Stoke cant afford Pennants 6m asking price.

While they have no clear goals they will remain pointless.

How much do you think a player of his ability should be paid?

Who in town planning signed off this design? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sour...006899&z=17

Sidwell is being lined up by West Ham for 250k, as his contract is up in the summer. From what I remember of his Reading days, he was a great box-to-box midfielder, so has to be worth a punt. http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-...-west-ham-move/

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/875...ew_boss_Pardew/ I hope Pardew doesn't get him more money. It sends a bad signal out to the rest of the team.

Looks like Samba wants away. I'd definitely have him. Can play a variety of positions and he strikes fear into the opposition. He'd be a great signing. Similar to Williamson, so not sure they could play at the same time.

Do you think that would be the Best option? I like the pun. I was thinking of someone like Nicky Maynard or Matty Fryatt.

He was awful at West Ham and will be worse now.

I'd rather take a chance on a Championship player.

*cough* Shay Given *cough* Did we get 8m? Not bad for a keeper that doesn't come out for crosses, can't kick or throw the ball well... Closer to 6 million in actuality from the most filthy rich club in history for what would then have been their no.1 keeper in his prime, who by most peoples standards was one of the best shot stoppers in the world. Aye, good deal that. Man City only pay over the odds for players they actually want. He wasn't on their radar until his agent touted him out. The club that initiates the transfer always comes off worse. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...-Newcastle.html Some people have a very short memory on how many of our former cr*p players forced a move. 80k a week for an overrated stroppy leprechaun and we have people saying Barton is over paid!

Aren't you the geezer that has problems with his tax returns? Rip off Britain... in debt, thanks "New" Labour... 15 players on 60k a week would give us a wage bill of 46.8m, which seems fine to me. Feel free to misquote me on it in another thread.

*cough* Shay Given *cough* Did we get 8m? Not bad for a keeper that doesn't come out for crosses, can't kick or throw the ball well...

This storey doesn't add up on every level. Ashley doesn't sell anyone cheap. He buys cheap. Also, Ashley was at the Liverpool game, so wont care about his 60k wages. fwiw, 60k a week is peanuts, we can easily afford 15 players on this salary.