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Lennon??? where did that come from? I think itd be coloccini tbh, he has agreed terms with us and im sure the two clubs have been ironing out the creases on the deal... Turan still in the pipelines? Thought that wasdead in the water weeks ago?

I'm edgy, but I wouldn't say I'm worried yet. Quite confident we'll get 3 more players in 2 of which will be good ones. Agreed

Good post, but frankly top 8 should be the baseline. If Wise and Co get their fingers out. **Moutinho to Everton and Rakitic has CL footie. I just dont think things are as bad as alot of people hea make out, alot are still in FFS days expecting token signings, big names on big wages, i quite like the fact that we arent going down the route of throwing money about and signing overated washed up mercenaries, guthrie to me is a good signing, and spiderman could be a brilliant signing, i seem alot of him last year and he was tremendous. I do concur with the majority that we need players in but my agreement end when people say we will be fighting relegation if we dont sign many more. The squad we have is small but has quality, and im waering my buttet proof vest and helmet when i say this but i think smith could come good this year too, duff showing signs of improvement, its just the likes of geremi, ameobi and cacapa should of been offloaded since we shifted most the dead wood already! Iv been silent for a while, reading and observing people feelings and though it pains me to say it danny b speaks alot of sence, and we should look at how spurs have come about the last 3 seasons whilst we have waned. Its about restrucuting, rebuilding, consolidating and hard work. People expect too much on hea imo...i dont think we will get into europe this season but im not ruling it out, this season to me is about having a full season under KK and MA together, setting things up for the future and stabelising the club, come january KK will know if Duff, Viduka, Smith, Geremi and Barton are going to cut it for us and them will have a good opinion on wether they stay or go. Rome wasnt built in a day, neither was it built of foundations of shit...

TBH it is the creative side of midfield which is of greatest worry, butt CAN do a job there, granted he hasnt the legs he used to (did he ever have pace) but he still puts himself about, tidying up infont of back four. Guthrie will be his eventual successor, he has a turn of pace and a good engine, though i dont see guthrie as a defensive midfielder, more of a box to box player so id imagine Butt Barton and guthrie to tustle for that spot, providing we sign a creative midfielder otherwise we'll most likely see a centre mid of Butt and Barton. Dont get me wrong i dont think thats a bad centre mid but its not top 6 quality! Id rather see Barton or Guthrie in middle with the likes of moutinho or rakitic or am i dreaming?I just dont know what kind of player we can attract these days. But going into the season with a midfield of.....N'Zogbia Butt Barton Gutierrez with duff, milner and guthrie waiting in the wings isnt as bad as people make out imo. I still feel creative midfielder, centre half (coloccini can also play RB, Left back and a striker is what we need. 4 players in and i think we can push top 8

What you talkin about man!? Why is everyone so paranoid these days!?? The webster ruling is a goodun, and a goodun to us since we picked up spiderman because if it! Its in place so a player can buy himself out is say, he is really unhappy at the club or if the club has a ridiculus valuation if him. Sounds like we mite be onto a winner hea...

If you read the post, i kinda think that was his point mate...

Though McGeady would be a coup and a half i seriously doubt celtic will let go of one of the most prized assets, and againa although he didnt have a great season for the hoops last year, i can say from the few games i attended at park head he has alot of potential, can go past his man, got a great strike on him and his final ball is alot better than n'zogbia's. Not sure if id want to use charlie as part of the deal though.....hmmm Most likely paper trash imo

Its good to see he's on some sort of same wavelength as us mear mortals, 4 new signings MINIMUM....id say 5 tbh, 2 fullbacks as cover, an experienced strong centre back, a creative midfielder is main priority and another striker is of massive importance too... Glen Johson Hubschman or Upson Konchesky or Warnock Rakitic or Moutinho Derdiyok Johnson...Pacey, works hard and fits age bracket.......4mil* Hubschman...Strong, great header and experienced...5mil* Upson...Experienced in premiership and solid tackler...4mil Konchesky...Extremely Solid in tackle and hard worker...2.5mil Warnock...great left foot, good crosser, good tackler...5mil* Rakitic...Better than modric imo, box2box and creative!.....8mil Moutinho...Number one target imo, silky passer, great 1st touch, good turn of pace....16mil but worth it!!* Derdiyok...Tall strong athletic lad, two good feet and scores with his head...10mil* 40mil well spent i think Do we have it though????

Wer you there bud? What was the general performance like? who played in what position? From what i got milner and duff on flanks swapping over and butt and zoggy in middle? Where did guthrie play?

A pretty dire first 40 mins but just before half time and the whole second half we seem to of upped our game! Nice to see duffers producing although against a lower side lets hope he can build on it for new season. Im impressed with guthrie too, an assist and a good goal will do wonders for the boy to settle in.... What a suprise smith and ameobi didnt score, and they both had chances! Little dissapointed martins didnt score though by sounds of it he hit a few lethal shots today. 4-1....Good scoreline and encouraging performance, lets see what gutierezz can do now eh

Duffers with a brace is encouraging but not as much as an assist and a goal from outside the box from guthrie.......shhhhhhh

Cheers bud!

Is there anyway apart from nufc world to watch highlights of our games?

2-1 duff again....good goal apparently!

Technology ay! Is any of our pre-season games on tv?

Dont believe everything you read

1-1 Duff the scorer, i hope he can rekindle some sort of good form this season, because he has the ability to be great for us, we've just not seen enough of it in a black and white shirt. What does the results in pre-season mean to everyone? Or is the performance of greater importance? Id say good results are satisfying, though performances are what encourages us for the season ahead.....todays doesnt seem all that tbh

A dutch regular squad member would be willing to come to Newcastle to be a squad player? Fucking hell Lol well he'd obviously get his chance and with his ability would look to extablish himself but i just think players with premiership experience would get the nob ahead of him...to start with Sorry. Haha sodding keybooard

Depends on what you call top class tho dont it mate? Aimar is a top class signing but we're not gonna get 5 more signings like that, id be happy with a few players who have shown they have potential and a coupleof grafters... RB...Any suggestions??? LB...Insua CB...Any suggestions??? AMC...Rakitic ST...Derdiyok

A dutch regular squad member would be willing to come to Newcastle to be a squad player? Fucking hell Lol well he'd obviously get his chance and with his ability would look to extablish himself but i just think players with premiership experience would get the nob ahead of him...to start with

I was mearly suggesting that the 11 i mentioned would hold there own in europe and finish in top 6 obviously we still need strength in depth but we have plenty of time yet...plus id like to think the you lads ie.tozer, kadar, lua lua, carroll, baheng and zamblera would be part of thr senior squad this year too... GK... Given Harper Krul Forster RB... Beye *Signing required LB... Enrique *Signing required Tozer Kadar CB... Taylor Faye Edgar Cacapa *Signing required RM... Milner Gutierrez ** Guthrie Geremi LM... N'Zogbia **Gutierrez Duff DMC... Barton Butt Guthrie AMC... Aimar *Signing required LuaLua ST... Owen Martins *Signing required Smith Viduka Carroll Zamblera Baheng As it stands if we sign Aimar we will have a 30 man squad, of that 9 will be young talents...with potential 5 more signings (RB,LB,CB,AMC,ST) we'd have a pretty stable squad im my opinion and with a good 7 weeks left of transfer window im confident of all of the above...

Would be quality signing!! Cover for Beye and competition for Barton and Guthrie...Solid in a tackle and a good passer too! Its nice tobe linked with realistic targets rather than piss poor or down rite outragious signings!

Looks promising that we'll sign aimar and also looking at insua at liverpool, cant help but think we shall be seeing some attractive football at st james next year and a bit of grit and determination too! Guthrie will bring energy and drive as too will barton if he returns, giving us that bite in the engine room. Paired with gutierrez and aimar some much need creativity, our midfield looks tasty!! Given Beye Taylor Faye Insua/Enrique Milner Guthrie/Barton Aimar Gutierrez Owen Martins Is that not a side capable of a top six finish? I think so....

I have no doubts we're active in the transfer market. Just because the press don't talk doesn't mean we're not making in roads. Well this is true, but the fact that we've missed out on a few prospects is worrying, especially a highly rated french lad who decided to go to the fookin smoggies ffs......somethings just not right here. I hope im wrong and we are lining up a few signings on the quiet.......ooooah how i dream of signin seb larsson and leroy lita

Yeah he better be careful or he'l need to sign on