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I don't think he'll be an Everton player neither, he'll end up in jail or at Tranmere imo.

Steady on! I'll bet you a £1000 now he plays for England before 2016. What makes you think he will? Genuinely interested (although I'll bet you a tenner if you want) - I've only seen bits of him cup games and reserve highlights. Seen him at all levels for us, and I've actually seen him for Carlisle this season. He tackles well, he's got as much composure as I've EVER seen from a young right back, brilliant touch, positionally good, and when you look at the shite who have turned out for England over the last 10 years, he only has to get to Michael Dawson's level and he'll get a cap.

The longest I've ever been on the dole was a few month, and that was 2006, didn't rush to find a job neither because I had enough to be comfortable and watch the World Cup, but I was bored as fuck by the time I got a job like, I was being too choosy to be fair because I wouldn't lower mesel to work in a call centre or such like. However, I don't know how people can be content to just sit there and do fuck all. Me mate is in the polliss the West End is his area, he says every single day he deals with three sometimes four generations of families who have never done a days graft in their lives. They should shoot the lot of them because their kids will be the same, and it's daft cunts like me who pay for their X Box's and their Iphones.

Steady on! I'll bet you a £1000 now he plays for England before 2016.

Aye and I did forget about him. Dundee United legend. Other than Rooney the one that the fuss was made of who did command a decent fee Jeffers was playing for Newcastle.....Jets in Australia before he was thirty.

What do you do for a living? What's on your CV? Completing the first level on Call of Duty 2 doesn't count. I thought you cleaned roofs for a living? When I'm not dashing about with my trusty sidekick, righting wrong(un)s. Which wronguns have you righted recently like?

Trophyshy has my work email address as it goes.... and he'll tell you it's not k.murphy@mcdonalds.co.uk Anyway stop being so cheeky to your elders you little pipsqueak.

Who's returning from injury? Cahill is unlikely to play, Fellaini suspended etc.. The ITK BD's see them lining up like this.... ------------------------------howard--------------------------------------- hibbert----------jags-------------------heitinga---------------baines -------------------Rodwell-----------Osman-------------------------- Coleman-------------------Barkley----------------------------Drenthe -------------------------------Saha---------------------------------- I have to say I'll be shocked if we don't beat this side like, but am trying not to get cocky and a 1-0 win would certainly do. From their side, I think Baines is too thick to ever leave Merseyside, he seems like David Unsworth who thought Birmingham was in Bolton, but I definitely think Jagielka and Drenthe would improve our squad. The rest outwith Cahill who is cracking on, I don't see anyone that would massive improve the squad. I worry for Everton's Premiership future to be honest, their turnover is the same as the mackems give or take 5 or 10m, and their core players Howard, Distin, Osman, Saha, Cahill, Hibbert and Neville are all in their thirties. They'll be finished in a few years, and can Everton really afford and attract the same level of player to replace them in their current predicament? I'm not sure. It would be the equivalent of Tottenham coming in the top four you stupid cockney twat. He's such a prick, people like him because he's good looking, talks loudly, and his fatha will be the new England manager, but when you analyse his words, he's the most clueless pundit on British television, he's a fucking divvy. you're forgetting we have one of the best youth set ups in the country though, so whilst we might not be able to replace like for like when some of these retire we do have a fantastic pool of youth to pick from. Top picks would be: Rodwell - DM Barkley - AM Coleman - RM / RB Vellios - ST Gueye - ST / LW Duffy - CB on loan at Scunthorpe Mustafi - CB Hammar - CB Lundstum - DM Hope - ST Dier - CB only on loan to us but a deal should be sorted in the summer hopefully McAleny - CF Green - AM only 15 but tipped to have a huge future Garbutt - LB /LM Forrester - CF All tipped to make it in the game. Now obviously some will fall by the way side, but some of these are really tipped to have a very bright future! So although we don't have the cash at least we have a great production line of talented youngsters to fall back on. Now i know you can't depend on kids alone, but someone like Barkley will fetch £20m+ at some point to fund the purchase of more established players to mix in with the youngsters. Much like when we sold Rooney and Lescott. We'd all love billions to spend but the model we are following isn't a bad one all things considered. We can all say that though. We have the likes of Adam Campbell who's by all accounts the best youth we've had since Gazza, we have Shane Ferguson, we've got Vuckic who Real Madrid and Juventus scout all the time, James Tavernier will play for England imo, our youths are top of their league, our reserves have won every game this season beating the likes of Liverpool, anyone can put a positive slant on their youth system and all of the players you have listed there have achieved nothing of note as of yet. I don't for instance think Coleman or Rodwell will play for a bigger club than Everton for instance. Jose Baxter was supposed to be the biggest thing since Rooney, he's off the rails and won't live up to the promise neither. Your statement about Barkley commanding a £20m fee in the near future how can you say that? He's 17 and has played three games, like I say there was a much bigger thing being made about Vaughan and Baxter and they're fuckin pish.

What do you do for a living? What's on your CV? Completing the first level on Call of Duty 2 doesn't count. I thought you cleaned roofs for a living?

Who's returning from injury? Cahill is unlikely to play, Fellaini suspended etc.. The ITK BD's see them lining up like this.... ------------------------------howard--------------------------------------- hibbert----------jags-------------------heitinga---------------baines -------------------Rodwell-----------Osman-------------------------- Coleman-------------------Barkley----------------------------Drenthe -------------------------------Saha---------------------------------- I have to say I'll be shocked if we don't beat this side like, but am trying not to get cocky and a 1-0 win would certainly do. From their side, I think Baines is too thick to ever leave Merseyside, he seems like David Unsworth who thought Birmingham was in Bolton, but I definitely think Jagielka and Drenthe would improve our squad. The rest outwith Cahill who is cracking on, I don't see anyone that would massive improve the squad. I worry for Everton's Premiership future to be honest, their turnover is the same as the mackems give or take 5 or 10m, and their core players Howard, Distin, Osman, Saha, Cahill, Hibbert and Neville are all in their thirties. They'll be finished in a few years, and can Everton really afford and attract the same level of player to replace them in their current predicament? I'm not sure. It would be the equivalent of Tottenham coming in the top four you stupid cockney twat. He's such a prick, people like him because he's good looking, talks loudly, and his fatha will be the new England manager, but when you analyse his words, he's the most clueless pundit on British television, he's a fucking divvy.

Newcastle 4 Everton 0 Arsenal 1 West Brom 0 Aston Villa 2 Norwich 1 Blackburn 2 Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 Swansea 0 Man Utd 3 Sunderland 0 QPR 0 Man City 2 Wolves 1 Wigan 2 Bolton 0 Stoke 1 Fulham 1 Tottenham 2

You suggesting Ba is on 70k a week here and turned you down purely for is like an alternative dimension within an alternative dimension in all fairness. To be honest though as I said in the summer, I can't fathom one reason, like not one logically, why a player would choose Everton over us for anything other than financial gain. The only that ever did was Baines and that's because he was a fan of the club.

What do you do for a living? What's on your CV? Completing the first level on Call of Duty 2 doesn't count.

I agree in part with what you are saying about Drenthe... From the moment he 1st set foot on the pitch for us I could see his ability (even though most of our fans didn't agree). The thing with him is though that he's the kind of player who will give the ball away a lot trying daft things... but then one of them will come off and you'll score a great goal. However there will be times when he gifts the opposition a goal so he's got a lot of growing to do as a player I think before he can be seen as a class act. He needs to know when to keep it simple and when to try the fancy stuff. he also doesn't track back at all and could be viewed as a luxury player. For this reason I worry Moyes wont use him every game and will worry about having a bit of a live wire out there who might mess up his carefully crafted dour tactics of hoping to knick a 1-0 win... I hope I'm wrong as he's exactly the kind of player we need out there... VERY quick, very skillful, creative and scores goals. My hope is that after not settling at Real Madrid and going on loan to a club which failed to pay his wages for a year that he'll settle at Everton and feel "at home" as many others have before (Arteta, Howard, Cahill etc). He'll be a free transfer and so if he plays well the vultures will really be circling for him so I wouldn't be surprised to see him at another club next season. If he is it wont be Newcastle, it'll be someone like Chelsea or Arsenal. Not offence to the Toon, thats just the way it is. Rodwell - Jenas comparison has been made a lot by our fans... tbh he's had a bad 2 seasons due to injuries, not getting a run in the team and also lacking in confidence. Now Arteta has left he's really stepped up to the plate and has performed really well. I still think he's a season of playing every game away from being seen as anything other than just "promising" but I do think he'll be a much better player than Jenas. He's definately not ready for England but in a few years I really do think he'll be in the team. He's not really a Chelsea type player, and if and it's the biggest if ever, if we come above Arsenal he may well choose to play for us. We have a good few players who would get in Arsenal's team make no mistake about it, I think Santon would and he can't even get a game. The gap between us and Arsenal is as close as it's been for about 8 years. He's clearly moved to Everton to put himself in the shop window, and I would love it if we could get him here next summer, maybe get Krul to have a word. Chelsea signed Matta and are crying out for youth and pace... I'd say he was exactly the type of player Chelsea need, and he is a AVB type of player judging by his attacking philosophy. Make no mistake that if AVB can make a go of the job at Chelsea we'll see a much different team to that of Mourinho and Ancelotti. The gap between you and Arsenal is as close as it ever was but I find it hard to believe many players would choose you over Arsenal and I dont think you'll finish above them. I'm not being arsey saying that, I dont think any player would choose Everton over Arsenal either. If Drenthe has a great season he'll be courted by much bigger fish than either the Toon or Everton. If not I think he;d be more likely to stay where he's settled until a big fish comes knocking for him. Obviously if you finish in the top 4 things might be different, so I'd conceed then that he might look at a move to you favourably... but the chances of that are less than they are more, and 6th - 7th would be more likely. If we do our usual trick of having a strong 2nd half to the season and finish roughly 10th I'm not sure you'd be a big enough pull for him. Hardly seeing as though we were above them in both 2002 and 2003 with eight games to go, and were well above them from 93 to about 97. I believe if we were in Europe and Arsenal weren't people would choose us over them, or in a dream scenario CL and they aren't. In the past people have chosen us over Arsenal, but they are a bigger club than we are without a doubt, I always put them second behind Man Utd, but on the pitch it's not a good time for them right now. As for Drenthe being courted by bigger fish than the toon if he has a good season? Well Arsenal possibly, I can't see it from Chelsea or Man Utd, and who else is there then? He'll be too cheap for money bags Man City, then who else is there? No one in this country, and he's always wanted a career in English football. Arsenal may not have won much recently but their stature and reputation is way above Newcastle's since the birth of the premier league... Bergkamp, Henry, Van Persie, Arsene Wenger, The Emirates... It's all added to their profile and reputation. It doesn't matter if you finished above them 93-97 and 2002 their profile is massive. I'd expect that and the fact they are based in London as 2 reasons why they would choose them over you, even if you were in europe and they weren't. I'd also expect the same with Everton, so I'm not being rude about Newcastle here, just seeing things more / less black and white than you Anyway Arsenal WILL finish in Europe this season and despite a crap start they are on an excellent run just now so its a mute point. Why not Chelsea or Man U, or even Man City? Just because he'd be free? Seriously mate if he has a blinder of a season then teams WILL be queing up to buy him... all teams want world class players, and if he proves to be this and sets the league alight then everyone will want him. Man City signed Hargreaves so if they think they're good enough they'll sign them regardless of being free or £100m... if they want the player they'll get him. Then there's teams from abroad, so as you can see many options potentially for him. If you finish 4th would he consider you? Quite possibly... will you finish 4th? It's not likely, it's possible but more likely the usual suspects will take the top 5 or 6 places. The stature of Arsenal is much bigger than ours obviously since 1998 they've become the second club of England in my view, but theyre a pale shadow of what they were. They are a global London club same as Chelsea, but we'll see what sort of season Drenthe has first. We don't pay wages over £50,000 now anyway, so maybe if Everton get taken over they'll put £80,000 in front of him and he'll sign a long term deal with you for the money. As for where we'll finish 7th would be good, but I don't think surpassing Liverpool is an impossibilty by any means this season.

Some will. Some will have a silent protest by not even watching it.

Appointing Wise was the idiotic footballing decision that led to the idiotic Keegan decision and the idiotic Kinnear decision. I wouldn't dismiss that as politics. It was a footballing decision that Wise would be in charge of who we buy/sell over the head of whichever manager was here. Me and me mate, nearly had a drunken punch up in the town after the Wigan game about Ashley. His gambit is he's a canny bloke who wants a laugh and was poorly advised. He's one of these kids, and there are many on here who are like him, who LOVES having an alternative view. By the end of the conversation he agreed he was a disgrace in his decision making up to the point of relegation. Everything since then he claims has been one master stroke after another, he dismisses my point about SD and L7, and says this season is vindication that his policies are working. His policies are working ALL my point is, it's fucking luck, nothing else, all Ashley's plan has been is to get the club in a position where we make as much money as possible, with business principles with an end game which is only known to him at this point. The footballing side has been excellent due to brilliant work by the staff, Ashley's input to it and how it has turned out from FMA and DL's input on things, has been pure luck, and that's it. The whole football world questioned his decision to bring Pardew in, it didn't make sense, he's got lucky that it's clicked in to place, he's lucky we found gems like Tiote and Cabaye, he's a lucky man and that's all there is to it.

I agree in part with what you are saying about Drenthe... From the moment he 1st set foot on the pitch for us I could see his ability (even though most of our fans didn't agree). The thing with him is though that he's the kind of player who will give the ball away a lot trying daft things... but then one of them will come off and you'll score a great goal. However there will be times when he gifts the opposition a goal so he's got a lot of growing to do as a player I think before he can be seen as a class act. He needs to know when to keep it simple and when to try the fancy stuff. he also doesn't track back at all and could be viewed as a luxury player. For this reason I worry Moyes wont use him every game and will worry about having a bit of a live wire out there who might mess up his carefully crafted dour tactics of hoping to knick a 1-0 win... I hope I'm wrong as he's exactly the kind of player we need out there... VERY quick, very skillful, creative and scores goals. My hope is that after not settling at Real Madrid and going on loan to a club which failed to pay his wages for a year that he'll settle at Everton and feel "at home" as many others have before (Arteta, Howard, Cahill etc). He'll be a free transfer and so if he plays well the vultures will really be circling for him so I wouldn't be surprised to see him at another club next season. If he is it wont be Newcastle, it'll be someone like Chelsea or Arsenal. Not offence to the Toon, thats just the way it is. Rodwell - Jenas comparison has been made a lot by our fans... tbh he's had a bad 2 seasons due to injuries, not getting a run in the team and also lacking in confidence. Now Arteta has left he's really stepped up to the plate and has performed really well. I still think he's a season of playing every game away from being seen as anything other than just "promising" but I do think he'll be a much better player than Jenas. He's definately not ready for England but in a few years I really do think he'll be in the team. He's not really a Chelsea type player, and if and it's the biggest if ever, if we come above Arsenal he may well choose to play for us. We have a good few players who would get in Arsenal's team make no mistake about it, I think Santon would and he can't even get a game. The gap between us and Arsenal is as close as it's been for about 8 years. He's clearly moved to Everton to put himself in the shop window, and I would love it if we could get him here next summer, maybe get Krul to have a word. Chelsea signed Matta and are crying out for youth and pace... I'd say he was exactly the type of player Chelsea need, and he is a AVB type of player judging by his attacking philosophy. Make no mistake that if AVB can make a go of the job at Chelsea we'll see a much different team to that of Mourinho and Ancelotti. The gap between you and Arsenal is as close as it ever was but I find it hard to believe many players would choose you over Arsenal and I dont think you'll finish above them. I'm not being arsey saying that, I dont think any player would choose Everton over Arsenal either. If Drenthe has a great season he'll be courted by much bigger fish than either the Toon or Everton. If not I think he;d be more likely to stay where he's settled until a big fish comes knocking for him. Obviously if you finish in the top 4 things might be different, so I'd conceed then that he might look at a move to you favourably... but the chances of that are less than they are more, and 6th - 7th would be more likely. If we do our usual trick of having a strong 2nd half to the season and finish roughly 10th I'm not sure you'd be a big enough pull for him. Hardly seeing as though we were above them in both 2002 and 2003 with eight games to go, and were well above them from 93 to about 97. I believe if we were in Europe and Arsenal weren't people would choose us over them, or in a dream scenario CL and they aren't. In the past people have chosen us over Arsenal, but they are a bigger club than we are without a doubt, I always put them second behind Man Utd, but on the pitch it's not a good time for them right now. As for Drenthe being courted by bigger fish than the toon if he has a good season? Well Arsenal possibly, I can't see it from Chelsea or Man Utd, and who else is there then? He'll be too cheap for money bags Man City, then who else is there? No one in this country, and he's always wanted a career in English football.

I was being unfair on Stevie then, its just a few times this season i've read 'we're just lucky' in reference to the team's performance and i thought he was 'still peddling this'. The lack of cover and luck with injuries is without doubt fair enough. I support the team and the manager, if we win the Champions League I'll stay hate that wrongun looking casino manager, and the fat thick barrow boy. Even if that means he was right all along? I know why you say it and there is more to his reign than just the affect on the team but there is a basic logic at play here that doesnt make sense to me. Focussing solely on the football, he makes a load of decisions which piss you off because of your belief about the impact on the football. Those decisions lead to (in your example) us winning the champions league. Ergo, all his football decisions were correct and your opinion was incorrect. I know its hypothetical but if the things he did which you hated turned out to be correct, then your hate was mis-placed. Not that this matters that much, its just the internal logic (from a football perspective) makes no sense. Treating Keegan like a piece of dirt on his shoe, the biggest legend in the clubs history. Moving loyal fans out of Level 7 for nothing but spite, and then charging us more! Bastardising the clubs image by renaming the stadium, and putting tacky SD signs everywhere? There's a lot more than success on the pitch that are important to me, dignity and decorum being one, he has none, and I won't forgive him for any of that. He's been lucky end of story, how the fuck did he know Graham Carr would be a roaring success OR a manager sacked at not just West Ham, but CHARLTON and SOUTHAMPTON would turn out to be a master stroke? His luck will run out eventually. The first thing he should've done when he bought the club was to employ someone like Peter Kenyon and Comolli in my view, don't even think of mentioning Dennis Wise.

I agree in part with what you are saying about Drenthe... From the moment he 1st set foot on the pitch for us I could see his ability (even though most of our fans didn't agree). The thing with him is though that he's the kind of player who will give the ball away a lot trying daft things... but then one of them will come off and you'll score a great goal. However there will be times when he gifts the opposition a goal so he's got a lot of growing to do as a player I think before he can be seen as a class act. He needs to know when to keep it simple and when to try the fancy stuff. he also doesn't track back at all and could be viewed as a luxury player. For this reason I worry Moyes wont use him every game and will worry about having a bit of a live wire out there who might mess up his carefully crafted dour tactics of hoping to knick a 1-0 win... I hope I'm wrong as he's exactly the kind of player we need out there... VERY quick, very skillful, creative and scores goals. My hope is that after not settling at Real Madrid and going on loan to a club which failed to pay his wages for a year that he'll settle at Everton and feel "at home" as many others have before (Arteta, Howard, Cahill etc). He'll be a free transfer and so if he plays well the vultures will really be circling for him so I wouldn't be surprised to see him at another club next season. If he is it wont be Newcastle, it'll be someone like Chelsea or Arsenal. Not offence to the Toon, thats just the way it is. Rodwell - Jenas comparison has been made a lot by our fans... tbh he's had a bad 2 seasons due to injuries, not getting a run in the team and also lacking in confidence. Now Arteta has left he's really stepped up to the plate and has performed really well. I still think he's a season of playing every game away from being seen as anything other than just "promising" but I do think he'll be a much better player than Jenas. He's definately not ready for England but in a few years I really do think he'll be in the team. He's not really a Chelsea type player, and if and it's the biggest if ever, if we come above Arsenal he may well choose to play for us. We have a good few players who would get in Arsenal's team make no mistake about it, I think Santon would and he can't even get a game. The gap between us and Arsenal is as close as it's been for about 8 years. He's clearly moved to Everton to put himself in the shop window, and I would love it if we could get him here next summer, maybe get Krul to have a word.

I was being unfair on Stevie then, its just a few times this season i've read 'we're just lucky' in reference to the team's performance and i thought he was 'still peddling this'. The lack of cover and luck with injuries is without doubt fair enough. I support the team and the manager, if we win the Champions League I'll stay hate that wrongun looking casino manager, and the fat thick barrow boy.

Am sticking with my theory about Obertan's main problem. You still peddling this 'lucky bastard' line? Am genuinely annoyed with you for not giving Pardew credit for the job he has done, the fat bastard might have been lucky appointing him, he might have known what he was doing, we'll never know. Whatever, it doesnt matter, Pards has done a cracking job and there is no way you can call our start to this season lucky. Unless you're Happy Face and you like pulling statistics oot your hoop for the sake of argument. Where have I not given or avoided giving Pardew credit? He's been fantastic with what he's had to work with. You need to distinguish between two distinct facets within the club. The owners/board and the manager/coaching staff. We don't have enough players, Pardew knows this, he knew it in the summer, the fans know it, and what he's done so far with the players at his disposal is like Jesus sorting 5,000 out with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If he'd have done half as well, with what he's had to play with he'd have deserved praise. Where the luck has come in, has been the fact for once in our existence we've had no injuries, this is like new ground for Newcastle, and I say Ashley is specifically lucky, because quite clearly the squad is not big enough and it's his and Llambias' fault that we'll be fucking around with the likes of Shane Ferguson, and putting Raylor right wing should just one more of our wide men get injured. There is absolutely no depth in any part of our squad, one injury to a key player and we're massively depleted. No other team in the top 7 can say the same, and it only need two or three more players, and we've got the money to do it, to have a reasonable squad. Unfortunately for the agenda-ists, you cant separate the two really. The buck stops with the fat cunt and therefore so does the praise. Says who? Under that theory Malcolm Glazer deserves as much praise as Ferguson for reaching three Champions League finals in four years. Stevie, you just praise Man U as you see fit, mate. Hey what about your next of kin City last night "it should've been ten, it should've been ten, against the MUNICHS, it should've been ten". Bunch of tramps. Paul Calf summed them up perfectly.

Am sticking with my theory about Obertan's main problem. You still peddling this 'lucky bastard' line? Am genuinely annoyed with you for not giving Pardew credit for the job he has done, the fat bastard might have been lucky appointing him, he might have known what he was doing, we'll never know. Whatever, it doesnt matter, Pards has done a cracking job and there is no way you can call our start to this season lucky. Unless you're Happy Face and you like pulling statistics oot your hoop for the sake of argument. Where have I not given or avoided giving Pardew credit? He's been fantastic with what he's had to work with. You need to distinguish between two distinct facets within the club. The owners/board and the manager/coaching staff. We don't have enough players, Pardew knows this, he knew it in the summer, the fans know it, and what he's done so far with the players at his disposal is like Jesus sorting 5,000 out with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If he'd have done half as well, with what he's had to play with he'd have deserved praise. Where the luck has come in, has been the fact for once in our existence we've had no injuries, this is like new ground for Newcastle, and I say Ashley is specifically lucky, because quite clearly the squad is not big enough and it's his and Llambias' fault that we'll be fucking around with the likes of Shane Ferguson, and putting Raylor right wing should just one more of our wide men get injured. There is absolutely no depth in any part of our squad, one injury to a key player and we're massively depleted. No other team in the top 7 can say the same, and it only need two or three more players, and we've got the money to do it, to have a reasonable squad. Unfortunately for the agenda-ists, you cant separate the two really. The buck stops with the fat cunt and therefore so does the praise. Says who? Under that theory Malcolm Glazer deserves as much praise as Ferguson for reaching three Champions League finals in four years.

Am sticking with my theory about Obertan's main problem. You still peddling this 'lucky bastard' line? Am genuinely annoyed with you for not giving Pardew credit for the job he has done, the fat bastard might have been lucky appointing him, he might have known what he was doing, we'll never know. Whatever, it doesnt matter, Pards has done a cracking job and there is no way you can call our start to this season lucky. Unless you're Happy Face and you like pulling statistics oot your hoop for the sake of argument. Where have I not given or avoided giving Pardew credit? He's been fantastic with what he's had to work with. You need to distinguish between two distinct facets within the club. The owners/board and the manager/coaching staff. We don't have enough players, Pardew knows this, he knew it in the summer, the fans know it, and what he's done so far with the players at his disposal is like Jesus sorting 5,000 out with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If he'd have done half as well, with what he's had to play with he'd have deserved praise. Where the luck has come in, has been the fact for once in our existence we've had no injuries, this is like new ground for Newcastle, and I say Ashley is specifically lucky, because quite clearly the squad is not big enough and it's his and Llambias' fault that we'll be fucking around with the likes of Shane Ferguson, and putting Raylor right wing should just one more of our wide men get injured. There is absolutely no depth in any part of our squad, one injury to a key player and we're massively depleted. No other team in the top 7 can say the same, and it only need two or three more players, and we've got the money to do it, to have a reasonable squad. Aye, that's how I see it like. Maintaining where we are (not necessarily 3rd as that's not realistic but competing for a top 7 spot) is all about whether or not Pardew can convince Ashley to invest a little bit in January. The worry is he might think we're doing so well there's no need. Fair enough, relegation isn't even a remote possibility (even a terrible run averaging less than a point a game and we'd still probably be alright) but not building on what Pardew, the coaches and the players have achieved so far would be a massive opportunity missed. Definitely. What does fuck me off about Pardew is when he says hopefully we'll do enough to convince Mike to invest further. Mike should be fucking investing further, with the £51m we've raked in since fucking January. He wouldn't need to even spend all that. It fucks me off that people still don't see the big picture. If Stevie Taylor or Coloccini, get injured we're relying on fucking WILLIAMSON!!!! He's a clown, I still have sleepless nights about how weak he was for that goal against Blackburn at home last year. We need AT LEAST one centre half, one back up wide man ideally who can play on both sides (Ben Arfa is nee good out left), and 100% definitely need a striker. 4 players £25m spent max = without any question we have firmly cemented our place as the 6th or 7th best side in this country, far, far away from our so called challengers Villa and Everton.

Am sticking with my theory about Obertan's main problem. You still peddling this 'lucky bastard' line? Am genuinely annoyed with you for not giving Pardew credit for the job he has done, the fat bastard might have been lucky appointing him, he might have known what he was doing, we'll never know. Whatever, it doesnt matter, Pards has done a cracking job and there is no way you can call our start to this season lucky. Unless you're Happy Face and you like pulling statistics oot your hoop for the sake of argument. Where have I not given or avoided giving Pardew credit? He's been fantastic with what he's had to work with. You need to distinguish between two distinct facets within the club. The owners/board and the manager/coaching staff. We don't have enough players, Pardew knows this, he knew it in the summer, the fans know it, and what he's done so far with the players at his disposal is like Jesus sorting 5,000 out with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If he'd have done half as well, with what he's had to play with he'd have deserved praise. Where the luck has come in, has been the fact for once in our existence we've had no injuries, this is like new ground for Newcastle, and I say Ashley is specifically lucky, because quite clearly the squad is not big enough and it's his and Llambias' fault that we'll be fucking around with the likes of Shane Ferguson, and putting Raylor right wing should just one more of our wide men get injured. There is absolutely no depth in any part of our squad, one injury to a key player and we're massively depleted. No other team in the top 7 can say the same, and it only need two or three more players, and we've got the money to do it, to have a reasonable squad.

Their best player and I honestly believe, he is THE best player Everton could ever sign, their best player in terms of ability since Rooney, is Royston Drenthe. We should move heaven and earth to sign him, I'm not worried about anyone else in their team. People go on about Rodwell, he's destined to become a Jermaine Jenas in my view, the fact England persevere with Barry and Parker tells you a lot, I think he's good cover in midfield for the back four, but he's not an attacking threat. Keep Drenthe quiet and I think we'll win. We just have to guard against cockiness, the crowd were pretty cocky against Wigan, the Lads kiosk before the game I saw people putting 5-0, 6-0. As long as we play our game of course we'll win but 1-0 would do, and if it's 0-0 with 20 minutes to go the crowd need to stay patient again (as most of us did against Wigan) and it will come.