Monroe Transfer

Least we're not playing 2 up front. Toon toon

Do you think Pardew called the journo up or something, not the other way around? Should he have said "no comment, let's talk about something else" when the journo asked him about the board?

What happened to MarsBruno?

I was referring to him, not that I made that at all clear.

Nothing like a bit of hyperbole on a Sunday evening.

They'll knock us out again.

Haven't seen the remake, but I've seen the original and I'm sure it's a far better watch - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Tzameti

Sure that's not a bloke?

Swansea are a good side to be fair. Michu is some player, has to be signing of the season so far.

What a waste of a good TV. Not even outputting it in HD.

Should have smeared your human waste covered hands all over his face.

I see Carroll has another medium term injury.

'fraid' this'll be my Christmas holiday game. Got enough on the go as ti is.

You can't see what's so wrong about that comment?

CT - there's this newfangled thing on the interweb called a 'search engine'.

Stephen Graham. Not bad for a scouser.

My thoughts on the matter

Make sure it's a good pint nonetheless.

You having a girl's night in tonight CT?

Bet you still drink WKD too.

I think he means whoop whoop

Hang on a minute... does that mean you and I actually agree on something?

If we had to sell one of the big names (Ben Arfa, Ba, Krul etc), I'd have to say this guy would be the first one on my list. I appreciate his qualities but I'm fed up of his indiscipline and wayward passing. On the other hand, I'd worry about his replacement in the starting 11.

edit; safety

I can't believe you're defending Ashley like that. The vast majority on here and I imagine in the city were unhappy with the summer and would probably not have been saying "fair enough" even if Debuchy had signed. Personaly I felt we had to buy Debuchy or a player of similar ability, I didn't feel we needed Anita and I still don't. I wouldn't have been happy with just Debuchy and a not-needed CM in the door. Debuchy isn't the be all and end all but having a player of his quality in the team would have improved us no end. Just think about him linking him up with Ben Arfa. Just think about him merely replacing the useless SImpson. It's been as clear as day to everyone that we had to improve our back 4 in the Summer, Simpson isn't good enough and we can't rely on Taylor/Colo not getting injured (as the former has been quite a lot in recent years). No-one is blameless, but Pardew has a few 'excuses', unquestionably. Not sure how needing a better squad is bizarre.