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Thanks Gemmil I must look like the joker I cant stop smiling.

Very proud dad here just had a few tears of hapiness my youngest daughter has just had confirmation of her place at Northumbria Uni. Its now unconditional she's the first person iin the family to go she's doing primary education she's going to be a teacher.

Lets see how we're all feeling 2 weeks today I suppose we'll have an idea then. I know we've signed a lot of players but the proof will be wether they can play together against premiership opposition. Have we signed quantity over quality ? only time will tell.

Both getting loaned back apparently.

With 2 weeks to go you think that would be enough time to have him ready ?

Sorry lads its about Cabella.

“He has come in, he’s a smiley boy, he really is fun around the training ground and he plays like that, I think our fans will love him. “He’s not fit unfortunately, we’ve got to do a bit of work with him physically, he knows that but he’s going to attack it. “Fantastic quality though and the sort of player I love and I hope he continues on that goal" Looks like you might have to alter some of those formations lads it's disappointing I thought he'd be ready in a fortnight .

Fingers crossed for you Stevie mate if you dont get on before the 14th hope all goes well.

Lets hope we keep hold of Krul

Not panicking for this game but for the coming season.

Same here mate

It's scary to think we face Man City in 2 weeks there doesn't seem to be any team spirit on the pitch it's nobody's interested.

Rob Lee spot on it looks like a training game

Well well well.

Fuck off man

We are going to get murdered in the premiership if this is what we've got.

We're dog shit at the back

Fuckin' hell get him signed now

Can't help thinking Pardew's trying to convince us that Perez is THE striker.

Yeah he's getting a bit cocky with the professionalism phrase the blokes a dickhead no change there though.

Pardew has finally opened up on the Hatem Ben Arfa situation at Newcastle United. The playmaker has been axed and is training with the reserves at Benton. And after leaving him out of the squad for the Schalke 04 Cup this weekend, Pardew has suggested that Ben Arfa’s lack of professionalism has cost him a place in the Toon squad this summer. “It’s a simple situation,” Pardew told BBC Newcastle. “We have a professionalism and a level of commitment to our work that he needs to fall into and until he falls into that he won’t be part of the first team. He isn’t at the moment and he’s injured today, ironically, but he’s still part of the club.” "We have a professionalism" bit rich coming from someone who was banned for misconduct last season.

Alan Pardew says that Newcastle United have thrown the towel in on signing Loic Remy. The Queens Park Rangers striker has returned to his parent club after failing a medical with Liverpool – but Pardew has indicated that he is no longer chasing last season’s top scorer. He said: “I think he’s had plenty of chances to come to us. “We made it very clear that we would like to have him and it hasn’t really happened and therefore sometimes you have to say where’s the line drawn for us as a club as we have our own respect and our own professionalism. “So maybe that one has gone away but like all transfers they’re never, ever over so we’ll keep our finger on the pulse.”

It seems like there's no backing down from both sides

I think we're all starting to realise there is something more than Ben Arfur being a couple of lbs overweight.

What did happen to Marveaux anyway? Similar thing as Ben Arfur made to train with the reserves he's now gone out on a 12 month loan to Guingcamp.