Ayatollah Hermione

That irks me as well. I don't have a problem with St. Patrick's Day but the idea that I should don a daft hat and go out and get pissed because Guiness have done a masterful job of associating it with their brand is annoying. I bet the town was dead last night whereas it was heaving on St. Patrick's.

Agreed, saw someone with two of those tatty car flags you see around Euro/World Cup time on their motor yesterday and I just thought "if you're going to celebrate, at least do it in a half-decent fashion" FWIW, I had chilli to celebrate our multi-cultural society. It was smashing.

Scholes Football journalism :lol:

Not the foggiest about this kid but there's been a French journo on Twitter saying he's a canny little player. Hopefully so. From the description, he's clearly Tiote's replacement

Likewise. Can't wait.

Tom's gan to kick the fuck out of them.

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LFCTV, innit.

Only had one eye on it but Moyo looks canny.

I'd rather play the games in Exhibition Park

Check the balance sheet, we don't need to sell. Danny Guthrie was also injured. The Guardian used to be good for football.

I've been tempted to get a ST since the Championship season but can't justify the money at this point. I love going to the match and I love the Toon but I also love eating and having central heating. As for not giving Ashley money, I think you have to realise that it's a matter of supporting the club at the crux of it all and those who made such a claim, probably didn't mean it with much conviction.

Pretty much. Sessegnon is also a better player than our entire front 6.

How many games has he missed this season with a knee problem like?

Aye, it's mental. Ba was a 26 year old who had scored everywhere. Signing Dempsey based on this season for £15 million is a Kenny Dalglish move and I won't hear anything other said against it. Arteta hasn't been that good for Arsenal anyway to get back to a previous point. Very definition of stop-gap signing.

Completely misreading the point. Doing it on purpose? He has been a deep midfielder in this 4-3-3, aye. Jonas and Tiote pressure win the ball back, get it to Cabaye/Ben Arfa to create. Craig is right in that if he was to come in, the only place he's going to fit is out wide or up front, positions where we have, quite frankly, better players tbh. Completely missing my point again, man. I didn't say 29 was too old for a player, it's certainly too old to spunking £15 million on them though. Unless they're established top class. When was the last time Dempsey got 25 goals in a season? Players generally peak earlier these days too IMO, it's closer to 24-28.

Proper Geordies like myself already had their passports out.

Dempsey doesn't play the same way as any of those. You want him brought in to play in Jonas' role in the 4-3-3 but want him to play entirely differently? There's better signings about, it's a daft suggestion for NUFC.

He is a good player. He's also 29. I know that players can keep their form going as they age but it's a risk that's not worth taking for daft Premier League prices IMO, especially when our scouting system has proven to be so adept at spending money well. I meant Dempsey is the type of signing Liverpool will make based on a season of good form btw, not that he's as average as Adam, man. Howay. Magnificent is definitely overstating it as well, mind Xavi is a magnificent player, Dempsey is a good PL player, having a good season in a side basically built around him. You won't get him for £10 million either. My point is that there's absolutely no suggestion he'll do it in our style of play, you're shoe-horning him into a position where you limit his goal potential (ball-winning midfielder sitting deep in a midfield 3) and if he doesn't do well, you've got him until he's 33, probably on big wages and it's money you could have spent elsewhere. I'd rather spend that £10 million on full-backs. I think Cabaye will prove to be better in that advanced CM role anyway FWIW

Guthrie, Abeid, Vuckic, Gosling, Perch? If Guthrie goes, they'll get another CM. Why spend £12/15 million on a 29 year old?

Agreed. People forget we've got two young central midfielders coming through who are highly rated too. Strengthen the full back positions, sign a centre half, get a young, hungry striker in and a right winger. That should be the plan if only those expected to leave do so (Lovenkrands, Smith etc.); if Guthrie and/or Simpson go, there should be replacements for them too, obviously. You're looking at about 5/6 players coming in and rightfully so. You don't see Man United uplifting their entire squad every season.

Right, you sign him on a four year deal but he could only have one season left in him? It's mental, man. Exactly the sort of shit the mackems and Liverpool do. Why do that when you could unearth a similar deal to Cabaye? It's short-sighted scouting. Also, Debuchy is a right back, how is he going to help the graft in the middle of the pitch?

How he got another year at Man United is beyond me like. They could have brought in Kevin Davies for a year and he would have given them a better option.