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Gah! Getting painful now, we're going to have to kick them out of the club. VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!.

You're a man who usually speaks sense - my feeble mind doesn't understand this. Why would it be a bad thing?

Seriously, can we have just ONE transfer please?

"And then that money would be reinvested in the team." Seriously Mike, Fook right off. How stupid do you think I am , using the same bullshit you've used for over 4 years running. Keegan "Sorry Alan, you're not seeing a penny of that". And while I'm at it , stop banging on about your "Oh so big spend in January" - you still haven't spent the Carrol cash you git.

well wind up or not, there's a lot of optimism here. 3 clubs that need to spend 60 mil to be as shit as us? Really? I remember being the optimistic one here last season categorically saying everyone was shitting the bed over relegation for no reason - but with Perch, Simpson and Gosling gone we're now thinner than a nestle whores knickers.

Well its not his fault admittedly, but he is offside too much. Some of them are silly - like Tiote's redmist challenges. If cabaye is playing and doing those lovely diagonal attacking passes it works, without him no one else seems to do it, so Cisse just runs offside.

Sure mate, sure. Not the fact we only have 1 and he doesn't appear to be able to stop running offside ? Miaow, saucer of milk, table 5.

I don't get it really. The FA has done loads of retrospective stuff. Perhaps this is done just to indemnify them from some possible litigation or something. I'm pleased mind, just seems a bit fishy.

You said in 8 words what took me a paragraph. Do you do forum posting courses?

I'm not sure as I was a teenager , but I think the punditry was a bit more impartial, calm and certainly not as sensationalist as it is now. For example the "last man rule" - not many people know this, but it isnt a bloody valid rule - there's no rule saying if a last man tackles an attacker its a red card - the media invented it to add drama. E.G http://flawsofthegame.blogspot.co.uk/p/last-man-red-cards.html That's what my resentment is really, the artificial drama that conditions kids to swallow it all and then pass it on. The game has gone to shit as far as behavior of players goes, for a reason. There's loads of examples of this, I feel that the tackling from behind rule was a similar thing due to Italian media . We aren't far away from having a game where you seriously cannot tackle , I thought the game was better when people could go for 50/50 sliding tackles rather than the 90/10 they might dare at now. All this pulling shirts etc is a new phenomenon brought by foreigners imo and I'd much rather see rules to stop that. The rulebook is the rulebook, so I really don't like this "It's the Premiership - its different" argument , no it isnt, its FIFA football the same as every other bloody country. You would never in a million years see the sort of crap that goes on here be tolerated in the US league (and they are crap!) It is certainly nostaliga though - but Saint and Greavsie (sp?) did a cool tactics type show that will never be beaten as far as I'm concerned! That said, I still love watching NUFC - but that's about it - oh and international football as a whole has got better I think (which is a better indication of if football has progressed, as you can't just buy anyone in) so that's a positive. Shame it hasn't for England, but I'm not surprised when we've sold our top league to a TV company.

Quote "Or is he going to play on the side where he played for France and Toulouse?” There's your fucking clue Pardew. You bought him - did you buy him as a number 10, cos if you did you're totally lost.

Going by his chronicle article yesterday - here's my bet. GK - Krul LB Ben Arfa, CB Colo CB taylor CB Gouffran LM Santon CM Tiote CM Cabaye RM Deb Sissoko , Mbwia although I'm not sure how comfortable he'd be with 5 players in position.

Holy fuck Pardew's just gone down 20% in my estimations by that article alone. FFS Tiote was shocking last year at times, what the fuck is wrong with having 3 players for the same positions? You play 2 of them and bench the other you stupid fuck. If you want a number 10 then fucking buy one, or use who is a number 10 in your fucking squad (even Campbell). This will destroy Sissokos morale, hes already said - along with the INTERNATIONAL MANAGER that hes not a 10, hes a DMF. For fucks sake. Absolutely raging, there's more swearing in this post than my entire posting career. Holy fuck we're relegated, that's it ..... We need a fucking revolution, 55,000 fans should go into St James and kick the fuckers out and all their furniture come season end.

where are the compliments? Have we had a good transfer window under Ashley? Hasn't it always been overshadowed by selling our best talent and then rushing to find a guy to fill the hole?

This sums up my thoughts on it: http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/newcastle-uniteds-transfer-news-laid-bare/

Whos Simon Bird? "you're a cnut" there you go, I've told you to your face.

I'd argue that Zonal marking has only become popular because players aren't allowed to tackle anymore. But that's just my jaded interpretation. I'm a bit older, I'd say tv coverage in the 80s was BETTER than it was now - there were matches on every single saturday live and they all kicked off at nearly the same time. Sky brought the selection of teams , but have fucked the game for real supporters by dictating some of the most incredulous timings that we now take for granted. Travelling to London on a monday for a 8pm kick off is just plain stupid and in no ones interests but Sky. But ho hum.

Ok I'm not saying I want them , but : Ravel Morrison - 500k bid, they wanted 1 mil, then 750k we didn't meet it. We refused Ba a new contract that wanted 70k instead of 50k - that would have taken away the release clause and he prob would have gone to Chelsea anyway, but not for the pittance we got for him (given his record) There are certainly more than this though, as I remember swearing over one of them (french target)- 500k extra wanted on a 2mil deal or something. A side note, but Wonga and muslim french speaking players is just fucking stupid, despite what UK views on Wonga might be, its just stupid. http://www.allmyfootballnews.com/football/papiss-cisse-edges-towards-anzhi-transfer-after-refusing-to-wear-newcastle-shirt#.Ud1s9j7gWc8

CT come on, you know we've missed people for the sake of 500,000. It's too late already to at least not have names going round and real offers in. Nothing is going to change and we don't have the squad to take these casualties season on season. Yes I'd love to get rid of Gosling, perch, Williamson, Simpson etc - but we haven't got any fucking replacements in at all have we? We're fucked.

Hmm I'm not sure, I used to watch match of the day religiously, all the other teams matches etc - but now its just a polluted playground for the worlds millionaires - we haven't seen a decent gelled team in years outside of the top 4. I reckon its overhyped , the rules are taking the piss - I mean seriously we've eroded the game so much that tackling is as good as illegal now. Players pushing refs, clearly swearing on tv, our British superstar is a worse cheat than even the very worst Italian of the 90's (gareth bale etc). It's kick and rush instant results bollocks, with GOALS GOALS GOALS decided by the FA years ago, as sky was asking for it. Gawd, I'm happy this month ey?

Stellar, it already has imo.

Well, you've seen my attempt jonasjuice . RE: Liverpool I reckon perhaps so. I think in the second half of last season they looked like the players were "getting the plan" . I picked the relegation (GAH!) because our team will be even less than it was last year by the start of this, guaranteed imo. Villa are probably better squad wise and have experience now of the battle if they get in the relegation mixer *Sob* emoticon needed.

Modern football as in Premiership? Like the German coaches say - its kick and rush. here endeth my tactical knowledge. The games shite compared to 20 years ago - after a spell of being better 10 years ago.

Ok, I'll chance my arm: Man Utd Chelsea Liverpool Man City Arsenal Tottenham Everton Swansea West Ham West Brom Fulham Southampton Cardiff Norwich Villa Stoke Sunderland Newcastle Hull Palace

Nice prediction, I reckon you should work at a bookies Head office. Not sure on Man U 4th tho, but way better than I can predict.