Kitman

It's Aussie dollars innit. Would cost a fucking fortune in NZ, mind you. Something like a month's wage (or some other stat I've made up) aye but it was still 650 aussie dollars so that is about 400-500 quid isn't it? or am i getting muddled No you're right it's about 400 of your English pounds. Thought you were talking about the $500 beanbags, sorry.... aye some of the beanbags on that site are $650's now i want to see what it's like to sit on a £500 beanbag Better not fart on it at those prices

It's Aussie dollars innit. Would cost a fucking fortune in NZ, mind you. Something like a month's wage (or some other stat I've made up) aye but it was still 650 aussie dollars so that is about 400-500 quid isn't it? or am i getting muddled No you're right it's about 400 of your English pounds. Thought you were talking about the $500 beanbags, sorry....

It's Aussie dollars innit. Would cost a fucking fortune in NZ, mind you. Something like a month's wage (or some other stat I've made up) He they were actually worth something last week! And this week?

Fookin' cheap, aren't they. Sorry, value for money.

It's Aussie dollars innit. Would cost a fucking fortune in NZ, mind you. Something like a month's wage (or some other stat I've made up)

My mate once shagged a fatty on holiday and greeted her with that when she woke up! What else is there to say? Apparently she was on holiday to recover from a traumatic camping trip, when she was accused of shitting the bed and subjected her to verbal abuse afterwards. This incident set her therapy back by months and made her afraid to go to sleep at night.

Erghh, how dare you come on here and talk about your "love sack", which you "sit on". Worse still you want us to look at pictures of it. What kind of pervert are you, posting pictures of your love sack on the internet? No way am I clicking that link.

Christmas Tree is all right but that Clueless Tit's a right wanker Edit: adds safety wink

Expect Pardoo to say something like "We've moved heaven and earth to get someone in but it's not to be. Still, I've been delighted with Ryan there and he's made the position his own. I know he won't let anyone down, so I'm not disappointed with that."

Nice summary. Re the point above, I'm thinking of getting my 70 year old neighbour in to tell me to sit down whenever I jump up. That'll make it more like Stevie's matchday experience.

Dunno how they can ignore it. It was a clear red card offence, and certainly on the overseas coverage was repeatedly replayed and commented on. None of the officials spotted it (incredibly) so it wasn't dealt with at the time.

well we signed Demba Ba, thats carrolls replacement but unfortunately even with carroll we needed another good striker in You're right. I should have said 2 strikers since January, one of which we've got in. Shola and Best are squad players, imo Lovenkrands should be sold and Ranger sent to a championship side for the season to grow up. Somewhere like Doncaster.

You'd have thought for a position as pivotal as striker, where the need for a goal scorer has been glaringly obvious since January, something would've been sorted by now. Who knows what they've actually been doing on this but it's very poor the season has kicked off and we're still looking. I wonder if the plan all along has been to get someone from a CL club on loan who's surplus to requirements. I hate being so cynical but the lack of a signing in such a key position after so much time makes me suspicious.

Its plainly fucking stupid having known since January we needed a striker and for eons that Enrique was going to be fucked off to the bin dippers; yet here we are 1 game into the season having to read shite from Pardew / Lambsarse that they know what we need and they will be making signings. Useless lying cunts . Making more fake headlines with there mates at the Chronicle morelike. What odds of Kuqi being resigned? Depends if Dean Windass is available

Jonas played well yesterday. I know the game is all about pace these days but athletes that can kick the ball and chase after it at 1,000,000 miles an hour are ten a penny in the Prem. Half of them could spend the week training without a football I reckon, they're footballers in name alone. We could barely string two forward passes together yesterday, so Jonas picking the ball up and actually carrying it forward himself was massively important even if only to take the pressure off our defence. Thinks its a pretty shit statement when the basic rudiments of the game (someone whos actually comfortable with a football at their feet) play second fiddle to pinging balls at nothing, which would have been the alternative given the gaping hole between midfield and attack yesterday. Yes. I also think Jonas tracks back a lot to give the full back support. He breaks out of that defensive position pretty well, shame there's usually no end product but he wins a few free kicks I'll bet you any money a more mobile striker than Ameobi (and ideally an intelligent and mobile front two) would see him picking out more through balls. I take your point on crosses, but it shouldn't be the only thing he's judged on. He should be cutting in and having the choice of two runners to hit while pulling their defence out of position in the process. Doesn't happen though because theres nobody making those runs. The emphasis on crosses (from open play) should be less since Carroll left anyway. Yes, good point. I think we saw a bit of that when Obertan came on, Jonas cutting in and looking for a through ball. He's bound to look worse anyway playing with Raylor instead of Enrique, they had a very good understanding. I'm not against Jonas by the way. To me it makes no sense to drop a first teamer from last season and replace them with an unknown quantity for the sake of it. We've already changed a lot of the team as it is.

Jonas played well yesterday. I know the game is all about pace these days but athletes that can kick the ball and chase after it at 1,000,000 miles an hour are ten a penny in the Prem. Half of them could spend the week training without a football I reckon, they're footballers in name alone. We could barely string two forward passes together yesterday, so Jonas picking the ball up and actually carrying it forward himself was massively important even if only to take the pressure off our defence. Thinks its a pretty shit statement when the basic rudiments of the game (someone whos actually comfortable with a football at their feet) play second fiddle to pinging balls at nothing, which would have been the alternative given the gaping hole between midfield and attack yesterday. Im sick of hearing that tbh. I appreciate the gap between midfield and defence and think if Pardew should have stuck with pre season form, stuck Best up on his own, Vuckic for Jonas and Gosling as the link man. Personally I think it was a big game against Arsenal and Pards bottled it a bit, hence Ameobi and Jonas's inclusion. I think in a few weeks, neither will be in the starting 11 Too experimental.

Jonas played well yesterday. I know the game is all about pace these days but athletes that can kick the ball and chase after it at 1,000,000 miles an hour are ten a penny in the Prem. Half of them could spend the week training without a football I reckon, they're footballers in name alone. We could barely string two forward passes together yesterday, so Jonas picking the ball up and actually carrying it forward himself was massively important even if only to take the pressure off our defence. Thinks its a pretty shit statement when the basic rudiments of the game (someone whos actually comfortable with a football at their feet) play second fiddle to pinging balls at nothing, which would have been the alternative given the gaping hole between midfield and attack yesterday. Yes. I also think Jonas tracks back a lot to give the full back support. He breaks out of that defensive position pretty well, shame there's usually no end product but he wins a few free kicks

CT's picking him up at the airport Tuesday, innit

It's a dangerous game of brinkmanship, being last minute merchants. It's no good to us if we end up with no-one worth having.

sure, sure

He looked absolutely knackered though. Unless he's one of those players who look knackered from the kick off

Had a great pre season and scored a few (iirc, which I usually dont) I don't think he's played in the prem much if at all though? Wouldn't it make more sense to bring him on from the bench, rather than throwing him in the deep end in an untried formation with a load of new players? Same goes for Gosling imo.

thats a little harsh imo. Very harsh. I think you have to bear in mind who we were playing, their possession play and the fact it was his first game in English football and the fact that he's hardly played with Tiote, if ever? You don't have to bear any of that in mind. If the game passed him by, it passed him by regardless of any of the above. I'm not writing him off or anything, I'm just giving my opinion that he was well off the pace. Which is how it looked to me on the telly too. He'll take a bit of time to settle into English football and get fitter.

But is Vukic any good?

He'd have a hard job considering hes never played for Lyon. That's my fault. I said Lyon above when I meant Lille. Or some French team beginning with L