Dr Gloom

shola 'the fenham pele' ameobi leon 'simply the' best nile 'dutty custard' ranger peter 'wasn't quite good enough for the SPL' lovelyhands honestly, i'm struggling to remember a shitter batch than this lot. even in the dark days in the 80s or 90s, we had someone like micky quinn who could bang them in. shola ameobi our front line forward for fucks sake.

This tbh. It could have been fucking £100m we've still got Shola, Best, Lovenkrands and Ranger as our forward line and no guarantee whatsoever that we'll buy anyone of note, people have been screaming how we need a winger and a striker to go alongside Carroll all month and instead we've sold Carroll, loaned out a winger and brought in a CM on loan. Selling your best player to a panicking team as the window's slamming shut without replacement, good business for Ashley but shite for us fans. This 100%, threadbare just got barer...couple of injuries and when the remaining forwards inevitably struggle to find the net we'll be found out and struggling. Shola probably hasn't got much longer until he breaks down again. chill, ashleys thought it all through. we've got leon best and lovenkrands to step up next time shola's injured

No, you get a grip. We'll lose that much if we go down as we might well do now we've lost our main goal threat. £35m, no doubt embezzled by an owner who doesn't have a history of sanctioning big money deals. £35m, that can't be reinvested in replacing him for the remaining games in which to save our season. I'm stunned that anyone out there - be they Toon fan or not - thinks this is a good deal. This was an excellent deal up until the point of the window closing. Selling that player for any amount and not replacing him makes this potentially be a suicidal deal. This will be the season of what ifs. in a nutshell. if they'd been honest, sold him for a ridiculous price in the middle of the window then reinvested the cash in 3 or 4 players that improved the squad before it shut, it could have been a smart move that the fans would have accepted and would have made good business sense. instead we're presented with another ashley farce, where a top player isn't replaced.

You fucking idiot. 35+15 of his own money which he would have to of spent before the AC sale. Your the fucking idiot Gemmill. Do one you acidic little troll. Let's see if we spend £50m in the summer. You live in fucking cloud cuckoo land man. Any time something shit happens at this club you turn up with one of your "Let's look on the bright side" threads. There isn't a fucking bright side you silly twat. How many times does Ashley have to hoof you in the cobblers before you realise that he's not doing any of this as part of a plan to make this club again. I'll say this for you though. Mike Ashley would fucking love you. Such an endearing way with your words gemmill. Such a happy soul aint ya? I never said we WILL spend that, read you fuckin muppet, i said we have every right to EXPECT that figure to be spent. Do i think we will? No But with that money and some of his own clout which he only rightly would of had to spend then you come to a figure of near 50mil. I'll say this though..... i'd love to bump into you in town...i hate you and your anally negative retardation which is your opinions . i bet he's shitting himself

You fucking idiot. 35+15 of his own money which he would have to of spent before the AC sale. Your the fucking idiot Gemmill. Do one you acidic little troll. sorry like mate but you're living on another planet if you think ashley is going to invest 50m. what has he done so far to make you think he'll do that now? the fact that he's made net profits the last few windows should tell you you need to know about his recruitment strategy. buy cheap, sell high. he's in this game for the money, nothing else.

i'm going. determined to enjoy myself, despite the owner's best efforts. looking forward to cheering us home to an away victory that will take us above carroll's new club in the table.

stopped reading after this bit tbh

I think we'll be alright this season. However a big part of the reason we've done well without Tiote and Carroll is that we were already playing quite well, have a lot of points on the board already and are benefitting from the confidence that comes with that. Carroll is a big part of that and the reason I'm worried about next season (and the foreseeable future) already. I woke up this morning and had a few moments where I thought I'd imagined the whole thing. Im trying to be logical and positive about it and thinking it happens at every club whether it is spurs losing Berbatov, Man u losing Ronaldo and Teves or Liverpool losing Torres. Still hurts when its your club though. The unknown is whether we are just part of the big merry go round like the clubs ive already mentioned or whether this marks a return to 1980's style sell offs. it hurts even more when the best replacement strikers on your books are ameobi, best and ranger.

towing the party line. the main reason he was appointed. hughton was the master at deflecting difficult questions but he would have struggled here. probably why he isn't out boss anymore. he isn't a liar and he saw this coming.

Just offered to bet anyone at work who'll take it that he will - I never believed his "injury" from day one - shades of Given. In the cold light of day I still find people believing the club line to be astounding. aye. i was thinking the same all month but didn't think the club would be so stupid. they should have just come clean, admitted they wanted to sell him and take the stupid money on offer in the middle of the window. then they could have reinvested it so we weren't stuck with shola as our front man striker. it would have been way easier to accept if they'd just been up front about it all and ensured we replaced him with a half decent striker worth around £10m or so. instead we end up with this farcical situation where they try to convince us it was an eleventh hour move that carroll helped engineer himself when in reality they were probably touting him all month. and we end up with no replacement striker for the run in. it won't surprise me at all if carroll turns out for them in the next week or so.

spot on. they must take us for mugs with all this "reluctantly accepted" knackers. agree about sky's role as facilitators too. i would get equal pleasure from dropping a heed on any of david craig, jim white and mike ashley

I'm going to be at this match. Got seats in the 'neutral' end. I can see us winning. The lads will rally against all the off field crap just like they did after hughton was sacked. Shola brace, victory for the mags.

i still don't get why the fuck we weren't in for robbie keane.

Any notch replacement would do. Just a replacement

Perhaps we'll see the start of a new fluid 433 with ben arfa and jonas supporting a rejuvinated shola up front from out wide with Barton and Nolan offering support and tiote holding. A dynamic front 6 that fires us to Europe. Perhaps Carroll will prove an expensive flop, weighed down by the price tag of 35m. Perhaps I'll flap my arms and fly to the moon.

Thicker than deadman

Farce

Tbf I would have him straight back but he can't play up top can he?

Pm me too please. I did start the thread afterall

Some good news at last but what's the use if Carroll isn't replaced?

in a nutshell

Why fucking Liverpool? Man U or Chelsea I could understand but fucking Liverpool ffs. It's not much of a step up.

I agree with leazesmag. It's a sad day for the club, particularly if some of the money isn't revinvested quickly and wisely. However, it does look a stupid fee and hopefully one we look back upon as too good to turn down. It just sends out all the wrong messages about the direction the club is taking... Again

I doubt this is a last minute deal. But for how long was it in the offing? Was hughton sacked because he knew it was on the cards and squared up to the fat man. Did Carroll really hand in the transfer request or was it a face saving pr stunt by the fat man? Or was this really just an offer too good to refuse which a want away striker helped facilitate?

If we do get someone in last minute, it's bound to be someone shite like Heskey or Carlton Cole