Dr Gloom

There's something for everybody at glasto like. Last time I went a few years back i hardly spent any time at any of the main stages at all. Just wandered around off my tits at the fringes of the festival and getting mashed in the green fields talking knackers around a fire or having a dance at some of the smaller sound systems.

There's no way this toonpack lad is a fan like. Making out Ashley saved the club. I've yet to meet one fan that would agree with him.

What's the racist song sang against shoal like? Never heard it me

I'd like to see what he can do for us. Harper isn't getting any younger

same. i was on toon-chat back in about 2000 or thereabouts when it was run by philip craig. then went over to newcastle online when the boards merged. go a message from craig asking to come ovet yo this board when it first formed. i divided my time between the two at first as NO was quicker and this one could still be a bit quiet. soon realised though that the better craic was to be had over here and haven't been on NO for a few years now.

i'm all for back a manager to build his own team in his own style. it's good news we're getting players in this early. but why completely dismantle a side that has over achieved the past two seasons? this bunh of players (at least in the first team) is a decent lot. plus they play for each other. why tear it apart altogether? makes no sense

Another Nick classic.

We don't have enough quality in the squad to be getting rid of the deadwood, particularly if we keep offloading first team players. Agree there is a lot of shite that would ideally be shifted but we don't have that luxury right now.

everyone likes a trier but this lad was just not good enough for the premiership. debatable as to whether he's good enough for the championship either tbh

give him the skipper's armband if barton goes.

my first father's day as a father. off to the hinds head in bray for lunch (heston's boozer). nice

the blind side. schmaltzy but watchable, the wife loved it. 6/10

you'd have to be worried about the team spirit vanishing if we sign super egos like this kid. tidy player mind. him and a decent striker and no more outgoings would be pretty good going.

Sign him up.

I don't detect that much optimism when you and tiote nutz aren't posting. Most of us are cynical about transfers, given ashley's awful track record. While it's encouraging that we're doing business early in the window, most of us won't get too carried away until the window's shut. Until then, there's always a chance he'll sell more senior players without getting in adequate replacements.

That's assuming we hang on to Enrique, Barton et al. If we do, and we bring in another 2-3, including a quality striker I might agree.

He's not alone Golden nugget tbh

Go team France

Nick is the biggest knuckle dragging slack jaw in this thread.

there's probably some french kid no one's heard of available on a free transfer waiting in the wings.

French U21 international Marveaux hasn't kicked a ball since November 2010 after suffering a groin tear and was recently reported to have failed a medical at Liverpool. The Mail state that he was available on a free. i'm not getting too excited about this one.

good news that he hasn't taken the number 9 shirt. hopefully the board will do the right thing and sanction the purchase of a top notch striker worthy of the number 9 shirt, with ba as the second choice and shola and best in their rightful places of 3rd and 4th choice off the bench. a couple more quality midfielders in combined with hanging on to the likes of enrique and barton and things won't look quite so gloomy

it would be the best thing to happen to the english game in terms of improving atmosphere at grounds. can't see it ever happening though

Aye well the £70k came from one ITK that I dont know as he posts on a different forum but apparently has got a good track record as far as incoming transfers to Everton. This Sheedy guy says that Ba asked us to meet the Toons demands and would join if we did... I trust him. I'm not surprised no-one on here does as its not what you'd want to hear about a new signing... especially when there is such a low opinion of the club he apparently would rather have joined (allegedly) I could still see Ashley looking at a free transfer and £70k a week being better than £10m and £50k a week for an alternative player, just my opinion tho. He was on £50k at West Ham and it would be extremely rare for a player to leave on a free and move to another club for less money... would be surprised by that massively, especially if there's more than one team bidding for his signiture. Maybe the £70k a week is BS? Who knows... could be less, but even if it is i'd expect it to be somewhere in between 50-70k. Haha nah I think me and you should stick to the photography chat and leave football politics alone why would you everton ITK know about the waged we offer though? i'm not doubting he's well connected with all things everton. it's just common knowledge now because of things the club have said and the fact that senior pros aren't getting improved contracts that we don't offer those wages anymore. so in the case of ba, that's not why you lot lost out to him. sorry

agreed - lovenkrands and ranger should go first. best did enough last season to earn another year as a back up striker. that's probably why we're touting him; because we might get a few quid for him. i woudn't be that arsed if he's sold though as long as he's replaced wisely.