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He is getting his first taste of the managerial limelight. T-minus how long until we see him doing a Klopp impersonation?

"Respect the shirt" Just fuck off to Argentina already.

Have to agree with this. We need to bring in players who actually want to play for our football club, says former Newcastle United favourite Rob Lee Would you take Frank Lampard at Newcastle United? Imagine for a minute Chelsea’s record goalscorer, available on a free in June, suddenly announced he fancied seeing out his playing days at St James’ Park. I would drive him up there myself! Lampard may be nearer 40 than 30, but he is still good for 10-plus goals a season. He is a terrific pro, would be a great leader in the dressing room and is capable of at least being available or most games. What is not to like? The answer to that question is, surprisingly, quite a lot - according to the club’s new managing-director. Lee Charnley this week seemed to dismiss altogether the prospect of the club going for an older player, any older player, because he was not value for money in the sense they would not make any money out of them. Liverpool did not make a penny from Gary McAllister when he signed for them at 35. They did, however, win the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup with the veteran pulling the midfield strings. I would call that value for money. Kevin Keegan paid £1.5m for a 32-year-old whose best days were apparently behind him. Peter Beardsley did okay. It is fair to say Kevin got his value from that bit if business. I would much rather we spent a bit of money on a guy in his thirties who knows what an honour it is to play in that black-and-white jersey, than another Frenchman who is only here because he sees the club as a stepping stone. I played until I was 36. Forget about age. Look instead at what the player can do. It was with some alarm this week I read Charnley saying the club would only sign one or two players a year. They would only be a certain age so they add sell-on value. That is not good enough. You cannot stand still in the Premier League – it is the same as going backwards – and if we only sign two importst, probably from France this summer, then I fear for us. We are going lose four or five first-team players. I am sure Cheick Tiote (pictured below) will go, especially if he can do something in the World Cup. Loic Remy, we know, will not sign, and I would imagine Hatem Ben Arfa will be sold, while Mathieu Debuchy will not be here much longer. We need to replace them AND strengthen. That is six or seven. One or two (and this means it could be on) new players just will not cut it. Let’s get back to this value- for-money thing. I do not have any problem with that. Yet are we getting that right now from the guys who have arrived over the last 18 months? I cannot comment on whether they are playing for Alan Pardew right now because I don’t know. I did think they would put on a show against Manchester United, but they could not even raise themselves for that. To me, it looked as if they did not want to be there. Is shelling out a decent amount of money on non-English players who take time to settle and some, not all, don’t make it, getting Newcastle any sort of value at this moment in time? Of course not. Getting back to Lampard, I could not believe it when Chelsea spent £11m. I thought it was way much – but when you look at what the guy has given the club then it is a bargain! I would love to see Newcastle spend money on some British players. I have two in mind – Jordan Rhodes and Danny Ings. Both are scoring goals for fun in the Championship and would cost a bit more than a French player, but they would walk to Newcastle to play for our football club. If over a period of four years either or both score 20 goals a season, then that is value. To be fair, if we signed Rhodes and he scored 20 in his first campaign, we would sell him for a massive profit. I don’t care about someone’s age. I don’t care how much we pay for them. I also don’t care where the come from, although we need a lot more British lads in the squad. What I care about most of all is, are they the right player for Newcastle United. That is the only thing Charnley and the United board should be concerned about.

Shepherd said: “When he started getting injuries there was a lot of noise then, that we had made a bad mistake. “Hindsight is a great tool. Certainly with Owen it didn’t work out as it should have. Injuries are injuries and this can happens. “Would I do it again? The answer is no. But, as I say, that’s with hindsight.”

Interesting that Ba sticks his boots in on Mourinho now. Most players would be celebrating instead of rehashing this. Wonder if this damages his chances into being recalled? I have to agree with JawD above. "We have three great strikers and I think that a lot of clubs would like to have them" "Maybe he [Mourinho] doesn't have strikers to his liking," said Ba. ''I'm happy to have liberated us. I haven't been given my chance much this season and I've taken it. I'm not out for revenge.''

Most would describe the FA as spineless but they have taken the correct stance on this issue. Two fingers held high in the air directed towards owner Assem Allam.

Poor timing for Jay Rodriguez. Announced he has ruptured his ACL. Thought he deserved a call up and plane ticket after his impressive season.

They could put a call out for Jamie. He has a special tool bag for every situation.

Champions League predictions??? Barcelona v Atletico Madrid Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund PSG v Chelsea FC Manchester Utd v FC Bayern Munchen Athletic, Madrid, PSG, and Bayern to advance.

I took at as he meant crashing out of Group D.

Cahill, Jagielka, Lescott, and Caulker would be the four with tickets for me. Terry and Ferdinand on their couches. Rob Harris ‏@RobHarris 15s Denmark coach Morten Olsen exits Wembley press conference saying: "I wish you good luck in the World Cup ... you need it!" Ouch!

Aye. They combined have an average of a goal per match ratio. They currently have 41 goals scored which puts them 24 goals behind with 11 matches to go. If they stayed on course that would generate 22 more goals. Only 2 extra goals they would need to be picked up somewhere else along the way. It could get close to the record during the last visit to Anfield.

Cisse gets lass fired from her job. Unintentionally. FFS give her the job back. No harm, no foul in my opinion. “There’s me thinking ‘Eee there’s a footballer’ and I take a photo. I was just excited. I was behind the counter doing money transfers, but I didn’t do his money transfer,” she said.

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Is the combined goals record that Beardsley and Cole has had a firm grasp on in danger this season? How many tallies short will Suarez and Sturridge be?

I see Maradona is coming out of retirement. When I heard the news, I wondered to myself what club would give him another shot at a managerial position? Shocked to hear he is lacing up his boots and pulling on the 10 kit again. Has he located a fresh pile of white powder?

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I am sure you were the same with Remy. I look forward to his end product compared to the Cisse of late.

I entered this redundant thread with anticipation of some new found wealth. I see those poor sods are still fighting their right sides of their "brains".