StoneColdStephenIreland

He seems to be a victim of his reputation aswell, sometimes referee's just seem to want to book him for the littlest reasons

Ashley gambled with our Premiership survival in january the last time we were relegated, he done it again this January and will do it again in the summer. I wish i could be positive for the summer but theres been no sign that we will spend more than £15-£20 Million and no sign that we will spend more than £5 million on any one player

I bet Leazes feels sick to his stomach that him and dekka hold the same opinion on something

Another plus point for us is Gardner's out for them. I can see us getting a point here in a drab affair with no real incident, its seems to have that end of season, nothing to play for feel about it, but i've got a sneaky feeling we might get a 1-0 win out of it

He's a fatty! He'd still be more mobile than Carlton Cole tbh And It annoys me aswell that were aiming for strikers that have been relegated than strikers that would kick us onto another level, thats the state were in were we wont spend the money on players that will help us kick on and improve, and if that doesnt happen then we can say bye to the players we have that are keeping us in the position we are. ie Barton, Enrique, Colo, Jonas etc How anyone can say that this summer is gonna be all fine and dandy is beyond me, the signs are there to see that we are yet again on another downward spiral

I'm hoping Sunderland are more desperate than us for a striker and take a punt on the useless gimp. I can see it now, us and Sunderland having a bidding war for the fecker, and Pardew swaying Cole's mind with the chance to hold the number 9 shirt.... I think they are, and I think they'll sign Michael Owen! Looks like they'll need another bed in their already full treatment room then

I never understood that appointment tbh More chairmen ruining another club

I'm hoping Sunderland are more desperate than us for a striker and take a punt on the useless gimp. I can see it now, us and Sunderland having a bidding war for the fecker, and Pardew swaying Cole's mind with the chance to hold the number 9 shirt....

Were going to have the laziest, most offside striking partnership in the whole of history if we play Shola and Carlton Cole upfront I'd rather have Carlton from the Fresh Prince than Carlton Cole tbh

Fuck my life

...or will he give it to Best/Shola? If so, Jesus will be weeping, along with many other Toon fans

Aye looks an absolute quality target man, shame it's just a pipe dream. Speaking of Number 9's who the hell are we going to get in to take the number 9 shirt, surely we cant get another Martins in wearing that.........Surely not

Pancrate has to go down as an awful player aswell, he was fucking woeful on the field, showed nowt apart from that goal against Watford

Not going to happen sorry, although i would love him here, Tottenham were getting quoted 30 million Euro's for him in January

I've never had kidney stones but I've had gall stones and they were fucking horrible, got them when i was fifteen and for 2 years the doctor passed it off as stomach pains. I've never felt pain like it and it be immovable for a good few hours because of the pain, I usually had to hoy me fingers doon me neck and hoy up, and then had an operation 2 year ago to get me gall bladder out. But having one in the wang. jesus fucking christ on a bike, it doesn't bear thinking about.

we have the European Cup in our sights, its a "5 year plan". Always go back to type with you doesnt it? I see no problem at all with going for good prospects with high re-sale value. what's wrong with what I said ? Why are you looking at players with a "re-sale value" anyway ? Do you expect to sell them, if so, why ? Because thats what we are right now. If we bought 5 and sold 4 at a profit and kept one who was quality then im happy with that. For now... EDIT: I just dont like you fella. Lets put this into perspective what you're saying is, say we sold Tiote, Enrique, Barton, Ben Arfa all for profit and kept Nolan you'd be happy?

Haven't seen enough of Gosling but the other two are never DMs in a million years. I think Reo-Coker has lost interest in football like. Was a canny player a few years back. Your correct. None of them are defensive midfielders nore did i say they were. They are box to bos midfielder and could do a job if needed. Wasnt it you alex a while back who didnt agree with the idea of one def mid and one att mid? I'm not a fan of the modern obsession for one. Especially if you have a 4-4-2 it's better to have two box-to-box midfielders. In the way we set up though when everyone is fit, Tiote clearly has more defensive responsibilities than whoever partners him. It just so happens he covers that much ground he helps out all over the pitch. Barton is better going forward and doesn't have the engine, physicality or discipline to play this role (before anyone points to Tiote's yellow/red cards that's not the sort of discipline I'm on about - I mean knowing when to hold your position etc). Nolan has never been a box-to-box midfielder so I'm surprised at that comment. With that in mind I'd agree with those saying Reo-Coker would be better cover for Tiote than what we currently have. I think the Nolan/Tiote partnership works very well, it means that Nolan can do alot more and get into positions in and around the oppositions back four knowing that Tiote will always be behind him keeping his shape and protecting the defence

Aye thats the way im looking at it, I don't rate him highly but I'd much rather having Reo-Coker filling in midfield in Tiote's absence than Smith plus he'd be a cheaper option if we get Smith off our books

Reo-Coker's an actual defensive mid and would be for free and wouldnt take much in wages And if either of those 3 players played defensive midfield we'd be shagged, theyre all offensive minded players and would have little to no influence on the games when playing there

I don't see us spending anything more than £6 million on any one player, apart from Carlton friggin Cole

It opens July 1st and Reo Coker wouldnt be a bad signing but i'd only get him if we let Smith go which hopefully will happens so we've got a replacement too, who can come in for Tiote when he gets all his suspensions next season And how anyone can look forward to this summer is beyond me, it's going to be absolutely shambolic IMO

Wouldnt be surprised to see us go in for Robbie Keane unfortunately and Reo-Coker with him being a free agent at Villa, plus Pardew's already worked with him

It looks like a shirt that would be on Pro Evolution Soccer 3 when they didnt have the rights to Premiership teams and we were called Tyneside I dont see why they couldnt do what Craig did and put two more white stripes on, that looked lush

Tiote doing his best stokoe impression