Monroe Transfer

Never saw that one coming

How do I become a shareholder?

Pivotal game this. I'm trying not to think about it, I'm that nervous. In fact I might knock myself out before the game so I don't have to sit through it.

Really? Link? edit; actually a translation would be even better

We'll know if we go on to spend more money, which I hope we do (on another striker).

They're all so sexy.

Tempted to get SISSOKO 7 on the back of my third shirt. Yes I own a third shirt...

I'll be honest, I think Christiano Ronaldo would suffice.

Going to get stick for this - and I'm repeating myself here - but if Thauvin and Sissoko are the end of our dealings, I'll view this window as a semi-failure. Reason being exactly what Gloom just said above. I'm sure Gouffran will prove to be a shrewd purchase but we need another goalscorer to properly replace Ba and take the burden off Cisse. If Cisse and Gouffran struggle for goals, where will they come from? End of the day we sold Ba, Best and Lovenkrands and have replaced just one of those so far (Lovenkrands with Gouffran I'd say). We've seriously reinforced the rest of the squad already without adding Sissoko on top (he sounds like just the player we need in the centre of the park), but haven't replaced our leading scorer. This Ricky van Wolfswinkel sounds spot on - although Sky Sports reckon Norwich (!) are interested in him now.

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Can he play up front?

The club is racist, not enough whiteys iyam.

Need another striker if you ask me, a proper established one with a good goals record. Easier said than done.

Not like you to post something positive.

Press conference tomorrow morning. I'm sure our questions will be answered then.

Ideally we get these four in - as in Sissoko now, not in the Summer - plus another striker as the Ba replacement (that said, Gouffran seems to be in much better form than Remy had been). That'll be the best window in a long, long time once you add Debuchy to the equation.

I see he's in the next Argentina squad again too.

Deschamps: No shit, there are few players in the world who could resist joining Real Madrid or Juve, players at bigger and better clubs than ours. What a pointless comment.

Would have thought N-O easily gets more hits, and everything else to be honest (threads, posts, members, media attention etc). I don't post on there any more but I do read it from time to time and it's a noticeably more active board, especially at times like at the moment when the club are very active in the transfer market. In fact I've been visiting there to get my news. Seems like 95% of the people (including myself) on here are either current or former N-O regulars (either just read it now or were banned) too.

It's the final countdown.

Referring to me? Hardly disputing he's a decent manager (in fact I was bigging him up in the summer when people were calling him a bad appointment), just he's still fairly new to the management game and isn't a top level manager yet. Shows all the signs of becoming one.

It's not hacking, it's got a source: http://www.smh.com.a...1019-16rap.html Read a few articles about Gouffran tonight and they all seem to be saying he isn't the Ba replacement. I imagine we'll confirm Haidara and Gouffran tomorrow and then Pardew will have all three in his usual Thursday press conference. There, we'll probably learn what his plans are in terms of further attacking options. He knows the maths - we sold Ba, Best and Lovenkrands and haven't replaced any of those yet (till Gouffran is confirmed at least). Ranger and Xisco aren't good enough, Campbell and Sammy are too young, and as much as Pardew admires Shola I'm sure he realises he should only ever be a sub.

Fairl play to Ranger for not getting wound up to be honest.

Ridiculously premature.