Kitman

bollocks man, potential banana skin if ever you saw one. Especially with the current squad who with a couple of injuries could easily go out. Yup, so no room for complacency at all esp given our track record in the CC

WTF are you babbling about? Kitman got it. He lives in N.Z. all he gets is shagging hairy beasts in the middle of the night. Hang on I'll get me wellies on

A rare photo of Parky out of his house:

I'd have it sorted in 7 days. It'd be chaos. Anarchy I tells ya Well all the mods need banning for a start. Ban ban ban. It's all you senior admins think about

I'd have it sorted in 7 days. It'd be chaos. Anarchy I tells ya

Shocking racism from Ashley tbh Mind boggling. He'll be buying a farm in Texas next. Newcastle? More like Mississippi

I'm probably giving this too much thought, but if we had a big big signing in place, surely they would have announced it by now to get the season tickets sold (copyright Fat Freddy) and/or attract the better players? And if we had a big bollocky signing who we were in negotiations with, why tell these oh-so-important punters it's a done deal? It could easily fall through and he's lost his credibility...... Plus it's off Tyne Talk and it's from a friend of a friend's Dad

Shocking racism from Ashley tbh

Presumably it was someone else's fault they were no good? Someone like Shearer.

7th under Roeder with no defence and 10th under KK with arguably our best def in years. Have a word. tbf our midfield could be better I suppose you want Parker back? I was thinking more about a season of an old bald Nicky Butt lolloping around in midfield & misplacing his passes

7th under Roeder with no defence and 10th under KK with arguably our best def in years. Have a word. tbf our midfield could be better I suppose you want Parker back? [/words in mouth]

7th under Roeder with no defence and 10th under KK with arguably our best def in years. Have a word. tbf our midfield could be better

If he comes out, won't he be starting on the fags

I voted 6 because I'm easily led

Parky in serial topic/poll starting shock

Deary deary me Gotta love the Guardian

I disagree to a certain extent - if he's fit, he's a canny player. I remember seeing him one year against us at Craven Cottage before he went to Man Utd and he dominated us, he was tremendous. However I take your point about Fergie not letting top players go - that's why his fitness must be a real concern. Probably a gamble by the mackems, but if Saha can keep fit it might work out well.

Great signing for them if he stays fit. Trouble is, his fitness record was pretty poor at Man Utd

I think he had a reputation as being reclusive from Sports Direct. He built the company up from 'flying under the radar' and keeping a low profile. He may have bought the toon to have a bit of fun and get out more. That's my theory anyway. There's no doubt in my mind there were some PR stunts (and no more than Quinn did with the mackems by the way), but from what I've read he was genuinely low profile before he came to us.

What more can the club say about transfer activity, other than what they are saying? They can hardly give us a daily bulletin of who they are in negotiations with, how much they've offered and what the response is. Nobody else does that either. Under the previous regime we were fed a constant stream of lies and half truths via Alan Oliver and his cronies but we were no better informed as to what was really going on, we were just subjected to more propaganda from the club and disaffected elements within it. As an exile, I've noticed the difference in press coverage. Before the national press used to rip off whatever the Chron was peddling....now they just make it up. I don't feel any less or more informed than before, there's just as many stories but it's apparent the club isn't stirring the pot anymore. I suppose if anything disappoints me regarding the media, it's that the club doesn't feel any need to manage its press relations actively, but I guess that Ashley see it as a waste of money. Having said all that, I'm not happy with the transfer window so far and I doubt anyone is. I'm reserving judgement until it shuts, although it's disappointing that the season's nearly upon us, we've only made 3 average-ish signings so far and a lot of the first team squad have had no pre-season whatsoever. However I reckon if Keegan was truly unhappy with the set-up, he would have been off by now.

The press are determined to push this 'club in crisis' by-line. Yet none of these articles are ever accompanied with a single quote from an accredited source, as far as I can see. It's more sloppy journalism. I think the more interesting question is whether Smith would rather be at Everton. Does he really see a future in the first team with us? Certainly most toon fans seem to want him to be there too, notwithstanding Keegan thinks he's a 'very popular' lad.

Thanks for that cheery news