Monroe Transfer

So that's where you've been for the past few months...

There aren't clubs queuing up to buy him, and Remy is worth far more if they can sell him, or even for a loan fee. Plus like I alluded to above, I think clubs with the relative financial might (in that division) of ourselves 4 years ago and QPR today can afford to hold on to a few established Premier League players. Especially with parachute payments being what they are.

Firstly, every club that gets relegated automatically becomes a selling club. Players like Martins were never going to stick around because a) they wouldn't want to, and we only could keep a few of the top earners at the club in the CHampionship season, so the likes of Martins had to go to get them off the wage bill. Thus it's ludicrous of you to attempt to link selling anyone that summer to us being a "selling club". Especially given how much credit Ashley and the club received for holding on to high earners such as Coloccini, a tactic that paid dividends as we got promoted with ease. Secondly, in certain situations, players are going to go regardless of whether the club really want to sell them or not. The likes of Enrique and Given more or less forced their moves, whereas the likes of Ba had clauses in their contracts and took advantage of said clauses when a better club came along. More often that not we've replaced players well, and I think you're exaggerating the abilities of the likes of Best. He's not a great loss. You seem unable to seperate different contextual situations from this idea that we're a selling club. Thirdly, you seem to love this "shop window" phrase a bit too much. A manager gets asked a question, he answers it fairly and in some cases makes it clear (to any clubs interested) that if anyone wants to buy a particular player, that he won't come cheap. We're not the biggest/wealthiest club so there's little point making it clear such and such player won't get sold because that could come back to haunt the manager - as it did with Carroll (the timing of his departure was awful, but he was never worth that much money and it made sense to sell him). Milner being sold like he was was a shame, but at the time I and many others saw it as good business because £12m seemed over his market value. Only in hindsight were we perhaps wrong, although Man City paid too much for him too. If Pardew started going on the radio and saying "he's a great player, he'd fit in well at Man Utd, they should bid for him" then I would agree with you that he's touting our players. But he's not doing that.

To ensure he doesn't get injured. He's leaving them whatever happens to get him off the wage bill.

Drug smuggler.

My point being I'd rather get someone like Remy over Bent. Someone who can play on the flanks etc. Gomis, Cisse and Bent would be/are on big wages no doubt and would want to play every week. I like the sound of Cisse, Gomis, Remy, Gouffran and Campbell being our strikeforce next season. Good ages, attributes, and offers a few options to Pardew should be able to harness them.

Yeah he does. In the Danish league. You were aware of this fact, right?

Oh dear. Anyway... local press saying we're back in for Bent? What would be he point if we brng in Gomis? We need players who can offer different options; Cisse, Gomis and Bent are too similar.

He's also 30 in a few months and is well known for being extremely selfish on the pitch. I don't think we can afford to have that sort of player up front. Cisse has his flaws but does his bit for the team if you ask me.

Any credible sources?

Anyone else want Llambias back?

We'll be fine as long as they and Arsenal under Wenger exist.

Straw man-tastic @Dr Gloom

How rich? Give me a target here.

I wouldn't for that sort of money. Cardiff playing a premium because he's English.

Where did you steal that from CT?

Has he struck a plea deal in his rape case?

Looking forward to seeing how the new lads get on.

Wonder how much a loan fee for Remy would cost. Either awy that'd probably be the sum total of our expenditure this summer. Imagine that, flirting with relegation, letting a few players go and only getting a loan in (who will probably get sent down for rape). So ridiculous it's hard to believe it could well be the case.

About the same here. Content, but could do worse and could do better. Actually, what am I saying, I felt a lot better about NUFC this time last year.

We've had a blank patch for years now sadly, think the last one to have full stripes was 06/07? And every year the fans complain, and every following year we get a patch. Encourages name/number sales I guess, as it just looks stupid without them.

Guess I'm not a grown man then. And tbh, fuck it, they're pretty comfortable and just something to throw on quickly before work when I'm not too bothered about how my clothes portray me.

Post production assistant. Don't touch the cameras themselves.

Red and white? ARE YOU A MACKEM IN DISGUISE

That's his taxi. The customer sits on his lap.