Monroe Transfer

I'd still quite like us to pursue O'Hara. Can't be on high wages and wants out.

I really hope that Pardew isn't satisfied with bringing in just the one midfielder. We still need another striker, for example.

YOU BEAUTYYYYYYYYY I still have nightmares to this day about that.

What should happen is this. Carroll, Tiote come back. Gosling and, hopefully soon, Ben Arfa return from injury and quickly get back into things. Having 3 of those 4 would make our squad immensely stronger, and Gosling has potential and a lot to prove. Those 4 PLUS a couple of new signings (winger and striker) and we could do well this season. We really need Carroll's goals, Tiote's ball retention and Ben Arfa's ability to scare defenders. They're all top class international players in their early 20s. The club should be built around them.

Why do you usually fail to provide a source? This doesn't mean a thing if it's another People article. Jus' sayin', CT.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13...rren-Brady.html In a dream scenario this would lead to Gray getting the sack.

Yup. I still can't get my head around what they were thinking. We seemed determined to get a second goal when we'd have been better off just defending the one goal we did have. A night's sleep hasn't made me feel any less disappointed. 2 matches in a row is just not on and Pardew should be blaming all of them, and if he had any courage he'd try and put a bit of pressure on the large man to actually improve this severely lacking squad of ours.

You're going to give me grief for this but it's a fucking 3 line People article with no quotes.

Im not blind Fish, but league position and performances dont back up the nay-sayers position. Relegation is extremely, extremely unlikey. This is the same view the bookies take. While we are playing well AND maintaining our league position I will remain positive. I don't want to portray myself as a "nay-sayer" or a pessimist. On the contrary, I reckon we'll stay up, in a comfortable mid-table position. I'm just very aware of how fine the margins can be in this league and I don't want to take anything for granted until it's confirmed. Please tell me what's wrong with the following statement: There are 8 points separating us from the bottom 3. The clubs in the bottom 3 have shown that they are able to pick up points and are certainly not doomed to any particular outcome. If we were to embark on a bad run, the gap would likely be closed. 8 becomes 5, 5 becomes 2. Of course it could go the other way and we end up qualifying for Europe. It's still January, who knows what will happen.

The man knows his priorities.

Bit of an extreme example in retrospect.

As NUFC fans we shouldn't take anything for granted, including safety this season 95-96 and all that...

Vast majority of Spurs fans are against it as well it seems. Purely a decision based around the fact that's it cheaper from a Spurs point of view, that and they don't have to bother with the apparently troublesome local council. Like the president of the IAAF said, removing the track would represent a lie. Also don't forget that there's a third club involved in this bid now - Crystal Palace themselves, who want to take over the National Sports Centre for themselves.

No-one is saying it will, but it's still 2 points dropped is all. I only mention this as much as I do myself because I remember how a couple of points would have kept us up when we got relegated. We look comfortable at the moment but there's still only 8 points in it.

I originally thought that West Ham planned to use retractable seating that could be brought out during the football season.

The main problem I have with Spurs getting it is that it's quite simply not in Tottenham. I just don't like the idea of moving a club out of the area they take their name from. When a football club is such a big part of a local community it doesn't seem right to remove it from said community. They literally would no longer be Tottenham Hotspur in anything other than name and history.

Tecato, shut the fuck up, and i mean that in the nicest way possible Regale us with some more riveting tales of sordid escapades in that fine Dutch city, good sir. I've never been, nor do i intend to go either. Afraid you'll make the same mistake your friend did?

Tecato, shut the fuck up, and i mean that in the nicest way possible Regale us with some more riveting tales of sordid escapades in that fine Dutch city, good sir.

Ranger had a split second to make a decision when he had that chance and he probably spotted a little opening to the right of Cudicini so went for it. He did extremely well to get into such a position. I'm trying to forget this game ended the way it did. I'd have been happy with a point before the match so I'll just think of that.

Cool story bro.

What's the story behind the original image?

Close, like Larsson close I imagine. One new player isn't enough anyway. Wasn't before we got rid of Routledge either.

Aye takes an awful lot of fitness to shield the ball in the corner of the pitch in injury time Exactly. Play it from side to side, go nowhere, short passes. Just don't give the ball away.

Agreed that we might regret these lost points come the end of the season. That's my worry - will this come back to haunt us or not? Right now it's not really a problem as such but remember how a couple of points would have kept us up when we got relegated. I personally believe that we won't regret the dropped points, for the record. As for Pardew... if the last 2 matches had ended on 90 minutes he'd actually have an extremely impressive 5 wins out of 7. As a side note, the one thing I've liked most about our league season so far is that in all honesty there's only been about 4-5 matches in which we've been comprehensively outplayed. We've drawn games we should have won ad lost games we should have drawn. There's a good spirit out there and we've rarely looked out of place in the PL.

To be fair a similar thing happened when Milner left. Just saying Ashley has history when it comes to such situations.