Monroe Transfer

Was going to renew my membership earlier. Fuck that.

He said he'd have a role to play with regards to "playing style", so he'll have a say in the dressing room too I imagine.

Kinnear is going to get a second chance at being a caretaker manager isn't he? Till his heart packs in again.

Transfers haven't been the problem. Pardew and Carr have done well in that field given what they've had to work with. This'll go down well with Pardew and whoever eventually replaces him.

PLAYING STYLE?! For fuck's sake. This is surreal. I really would not blame fans for this being their last straw.

Spot on. Plenty of us have said for a while that it's the coaching staff that need to be improved/strengthened.

Honestly, what fucking credentials has the man got? He's hardly been in the game for years, and when he has been he's been an abject failure.

Got to be a joke. Honestly, this is (another) step too far.

Man up basically.

Yeah I wish they'd drop the Member thing. I hate it. I'm a member myself - I live too far away for a season ticket to be worth the money, and plenty of times I've wanted to go to an away match with a non-member. Asking them to pay an extra £25 on top of their ticket cost puts a lot of people off given it might only be a one-use thing. Whatever their reasoning, it hurts OOTs like me.

Kept me up till 4am last night. It's a bit special.

Class photo ruined by Lavezzi's hat

Cheer up will you.

Good too.

Eriksen can and will do far better than us tbh.

I thought Forren hasn't had a game for them yet?

I'll take your word for it, don't watch much Ligue 1. Thought he was highly rated though.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/newcastle-deny-rumour-yohan-cabaye-is-in-monaco-for-medical-8659998.html

Yeah, it's not something I'm fully comfortable with - but on the pitch at least Colo has been a model pro so I'm delighted really. Will aid Yanga-Mbiwa and a new CB's development in a way, less so in that they and/or Taylor will get less game time. Talking of a new CB - why weren't we in for Lovren?

Pre-ordered one as well. Hope you lot haven't paid anything yet - I'm still open to better offers from other retailers (gone with ShopTo as always).

Chronicle and Journal making it clear we're still well in the hunt for Douglas and Aubameyang respectively.

Ah well. Shame he'll go to one of the clubs that are ruining football.

Couple of papers linking us with Bent for £6m. Including The Times. The exhaustive striker search and this is potentially the best they could come up with? Jesus wept. He's 30 in a few months.

Is it worth reading all of that?

It is, unfortunately.