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• 1 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 18:51

  its a 6 mil bd for nolan. absolutely shocking.

• 2 Ian_McP // Jan 4, 2008 at 18:55

  how do you know it’s for nolan?

• 3 Leo // Jan 4, 2008 at 18:56

  where dya hear that tom?

  where is this info from ed… cant find anything myself.

• 4 Ed Harrison // Jan 4, 2008 at 18:57

  Lee - it’s in the Chronicle.

• 5 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 18:59

  just rumours flying around from my sources over the globe.

• 6 steve // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:00

  Kevin Davies - Duke in part ex - noooooooooooooooooo

• 7 Hadrian // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:01

  gutted if its for nolan , transfer targets we are linked with have been shocking for me .
  where’s all the diego talk ?

• 8 Mehzeb // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:01

  If it’s an English club, then it could be one of any of the following:

  1) Dean Ashton
  2) Kevin Nolan
  3) Matthew Taylor
  4) Nicky Shorey
  5) Giles Barnes
  6) Peter Crouch
  7) Pascal Chimbonda
  8 ) John Arne Riise

  Any thoughts?

• 9 Hadrian // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:04

  yeah ….
  someone put me out of my misery

• 10 mark // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:17

  where in the chronicle :S :S

• 11 scott9 // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:18

  i hope its nolan cos he is mintt

• 12 mark // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:18

  i see it. its this lads look…

  The Chronicle understands United also have another bid in for a player with an English club.

• 13 mark // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:18

  http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/01/04/newcastle-bid-for-brown-72703-20312969/ 3rd para

• 14 James // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:20

  Blackburn issued a statement today to say they just turned down a bid from a Premiership club for Santa Cruz. At first people thought it was Man City but City denied it…

• 15 mark // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:21

  Its Anal Oliver spouting tripe, the daft mackem, he will be talking about Ben Haim you know.

• 16 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:22

  could it not be someone in a lower leauge like the championship…..

  hope its not nolan….he’s crap!!!

• 17 Edd Case // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:23

  5) Giles Barnes - I would bet it’s this young man.

  Remember what Mort said about buying players who’d be at the club for a very long time?

  We need more quality in midfield and Barnes, though rough around the edges, is quality and can also play down the right, i.e. give Milner a break.

  I hope it’s Barnes anyway

• 18 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:24

  except hes a lefty.

• 19 Zero Cool // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:28

  Is it wrong that I’m praying its crouchie? We can’t play the Longball with short Alan Smith, Oba Martins, and Michael Owen. Now Crouchie and Duke? That’d be a nice long Ball pairing.

• 20 ToonJon // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:33

  Maybe its George Boateng from Middlesbrough. Cause his agent said that a number of english clubs are interested in him.

  I hope its not

• 21 horthyy10 // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:33

  toon should take interest in the following:

  jan koller
  fernando meira
  arne friechrich
  anthory revierre
  juan
  eidur gudjohnsen
  park ji sung
  wayne bridge
  deigo forlan
  patrick veira
  carlo cudicini

• 22 rutehh8 // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:36

  my moneys on peter crouch…

• 23 Toon Al // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:38

  ashton maybe? would be great if it was… or riise

  if we could get brown ashton and riise i would wet in my pants haha

  we’d probly need one or two others but these three would be very very good in my book

• 24 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:40

  just found these rumours suposedly from a reliable source…..would be nice…

  Sam alladayce will be sacked if he loses to Stoke on Sunday. Steve Mclaren will not replace him someone of Mike Ashley’s choice maybe Alan Shearer.
  Newcastle ins:
  Philppe Mexes £8 million (AS Roma)
  Michael Carrick £12 million (Man United)
  Deco £10 million (FC Barcelona)

  Outs:
  Stephen Carr £2.5 million (Wigan)
  Joey Barton £6 million (the Hammers)
  David Edgar Loan (Queens Park Rangers)

• 25 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:41

  ahaha, i saw that on football-rumours.com

  where anyone writes what they want.

  http://www.football-rumours.co.uk/

  utter shite, i once wrote on their newcastle were getting ronaldo, ronaldinho, kaka.

• 26 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:43

  lol…..

• 27 thelongshanks // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:47

  i bet its taylor who wouldnt be bad i def rate him but he is more a left back so.I hope its berbatov

• 28 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:50

  If its Nolan, then Newcastle are going to the dogs im afraid, what happened to players such as Arsharvin.

• 29 KevinHann // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:50

  rofl berbatov - who man united and chelsea don’t want to buy cause of his price…

• 30 Colinski // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:50

  I despair at most of the purchases the club has made over the years and the colossal waste of money.
  Wes Brown is not worthy of our interest.
  We need a few Dutchmen or Belgians in our team.

• 31 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:52

  milners b-day today..hope he chokes on his cake

• 32 Zero Cool // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:52

  Wor Shearer and Wor Jackie grew up Newcastle supporters. As did Berbs, if only footballers could put their love of a club above their loves of fame and fortune.

• 33 Ross // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:52

  i’ll be absolutly gutted if its nolan.
  if its nolan then thats a clear indication of sams intentions.
  to seemingly make us a bolton esque laughing stock.

• 34 Ross // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:55

  pompey have accepted offers for matty taylor from 2 prem league clubs? maybe he’s the other?

• 35 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:55

  Man United will wrap up a £30 million + Wes Brown deal within a fortnight deal for dimitar Berbatov this is 100 percent true and it are not know I am a steward or Fergies housekeepers dads brothers Uncle I am ITK this is a done deal it will be annouced in the next week all will be revealed if Berbatov are not in the spuds Fa Cup squad that is the relevant truth of it

  LOL got that from Football rumours, that site is quality!

• 36 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:57

  aye josh, im actually berbatov auntie lol

• 37 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:58

  lol…i know it rocks…most of its utter bull$h1t though

• 38 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:58

  i dont think taylor is sams type of player.

• 39 Zero Cool // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:58

  Weren’t we linked to Van Der Vaart and the Russian Captain? now we’re scraping for Kevin NOLAN?! What the hell. I’d rather have the rumors of Van Der Vaart then actual Kevin Nolan

• 40 totsy // Jan 4, 2008 at 19:59

  im berbatov!!!!

• 41 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:01

  lol i could read that site all day, what a load of shit.

• 42 Ross // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:01

  true tom_toon,
  a small defender who is decent coming forward too.
  not the type of football sam wants to see really is it.

• 43 Zero Cool // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:03

  Sam likes the kind of defense that sits back…and the type of midfield that sits back…and the type of strikers that sit back…

  …Why can’t he figure out that none of that equals goals and wins? What is this Seire A?

• 44 Singa_toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:09

  Dean Ashton is the player

• 45 Zero Cool // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:11

  What kinda confirmation you got Singa?

• 46 123TOON // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:12

  George Boateng is the player

• 47 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:14

  Villa aparantly are getting Milner for 5mil and Owen for 12mil lol… i wonder where these people get ther info if they don’t just simply make it up?

• 48 Leo // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:18

  my comment didnt come up. but i think that the player that we are reportedly put a bit in for is lassana diarra from arsenal…

• 49 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:21

  My Uncle is best mates with Tottenham Legend Gary Mabutt, my Uncle used to play a bit of ball himself as a lad but did his knee in at a young age, Gary told him the other day that Tottenham will sell Berbatov to Liverpool and to replace him and Defoe (Off to Portsmouth 6.75 million) with none other than Ronaldo of AC Millan Free and Zlatan Ibrahimovich, Straight swap for King and £5 million, this was CONFIRMED as my Uncle is now manager of Lidl in Hackney and saw Daniel Levy and Gus Poyet in the Cafe opposite SHAKING HANDS and SMILING, with the pair of them.

  TRUST ME ON THIS IM IN THE KNOW,,, Remember where you heard it First, Tottenham to win the League. (next year)

  BAHHAHAHAHAA

• 50 Leo // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:25

  pompey have accepted several bids for matty taylor so maybe it his him, would sort out our left back dilemma

• 51 Leo // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:27

  omg has anyone seen this article

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_3023005,00.html

  SA is taking about the fact that joey may play again ‘before his court date’ i say wait and see and then not let him play is the business savvy way to go about it for the good of our tainted image

• 52 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:27

  Matty Taylor isnt that good. I hope its Ashton, its definatley not Berbatov.

• 53 Leo // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:28

  this is my reason behind believing that it may be taylor

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3022983,00.html

  does not name him but would make sence

• 54 ToonJon // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:32

  Did we ever get Ben Tozer. Was is ever completed

• 55 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:32

  My mate works at arrivals at Newcastle International and he’s just seen Audley Harrison wearing a black and white scarf….

• 56 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:35

  As in the fighter?

• 57 steve // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:43

  yup - Audley Harrison is gonna play in midfeild in place of Barton and Smith as at least when he tackles he’ll knock the opposition out sparko rather than just kick him in the goolies and get a yellow card

• 58 jarra_martins // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:44

  i remember a article when mike ashley bought the club saying he wants to buy a world class player with a imence record. Sum 1 like deco and now we are supposed to be buying kevin nolan. nolan isnt better than any midfielder we have in my opinion i dont think sam knows what he is doing as he hasent had this kind of money to spend before. his buys so far have been rubish

• 59 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:45

  Id much rather have an oap Muhammid Ali tbh

• 60 dragoner // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:49

  Audley harrison LOL

• 61 scott 9 // Jan 4, 2008 at 20:58

  i really hope we sign brown arshevin and a target man

• 62 dragoner // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:01

  the word ‘mystery’ has us all wondering lol. It will probably be someone no one else on here has recommended. Still, any new face will be given a chance i am sure…as long as it ain’t Anthony Stokes or any other pile of crap player.

• 63 shaunzor // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:04

  arashvan would be wicked a few more flair players would be good aswell. i hear alot of talk bout peter crouch personal i think he is overated ashton would be better even better would be luis fabiano

• 64 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:04

  its nolan for 6 mil, i think

  hopfully not

  sam said 2 or 3 quality players, for me atm:
  Utility Defender - Wes Brown
  Right Winger - Banel Nicolita
  Creativity - Arshavin

  a target mna can wait till the summer.

• 65 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:07

  God i hope its not Nolan! Surely Mort would say no to him. I doubt its Ashton. I reckon either Diarra or Taylor.

• 66 dragoner // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:09

  Tom Toon i hope your bullsh*tt*ng about Nolan because if he is the player then i trully will lose faith in Sam Allardyces capability

• 67 dragoner // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:13

  I dont think Arsenal are letting go of Diarra. I just cant see him leaving, i think he made a mistake going to the media and he is now focused.

• 68 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:15

  taylor just isnt sams type of player

• 69 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:17

  Was it ever more than a wild rumour that we were interested in Arshavin?

• 70 ToonJon // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:21

  When you say taylor do u mean RYAN TAYLOR plays for Wigan

• 71 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:22

  matty taylor - pompey

• 72 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:23

  I thought it was Matt Taylor….the guy that has about 4 goal of the season contenders so far…

• 73 ToonJon // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:23

  or MATTY Taylor

• 74 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:24

  Cheers Josh beat me to it…..
  See some French club is sniffing around Emre.

• 75 ToonJon // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:24

  k cause ryan taylor is a good player

• 76 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:28

  Sams bound to let emre go, i hope not though.

• 77 ToonKing // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:47

  i just saw Semmy Schilt in Amsterdam singing ” i am a Geordie. The Geordie Boot Boy and i am mental and i am mad” and saying that he’s got the height to slot in at right-back.

• 78 UTD111 // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:53

  I used to walk a whippet for an old bloke whose Cousin’s son used to go out with a girl who sells pies at the Stadium of Shite. They swear blind United are certs to get Kenwyn-Jones……

  (well u lot started it lol)

• 79 JoshI // Jan 4, 2008 at 21:57

  eh? kenwyne-jones is good lol.

• 80 Michael // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:00

  Well Nolan would be good, If our strikers cannot get goals, then we need a midfielder that can. Tim Cahill would be a coup Santa cruz would be ACE that dude is like Ruud Van Nistelrooy. He scores Goals and is very good at it. Nolan, Santa Cruz and Ben Haim. Out Martins because he would fetch a lot of money, certainly enough to add on to what Sam has been given. Brown would be good but I think MAn united would not let him go for less than 5 Mill. I read Chelsea would sell Ben Haim for 2 Mill. Rumor but that would be a bargin if that were true.

• 81 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:01

  semmy for defensive midfielder, everyone would be scared to pass in that area, he wont win his 5th if we sign him though.

• 82 Greg B // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:05

  Someone mentioned Van Der Vaart, brilliant player, we could also nick his club collegue Vincent Kompany, top class young defender - would also please the person who said we need a few Dutch or Belgian players in the team
  Right im off to post that on footballrumours.com

• 83 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:06

  Well how about Lens Lehmann??
  Arse-en seems keen to let him go……
  could do worse

• 84 Greg B // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:06

  BTW Id have Nolan before Barton any day of the week!!
  Anyone know if City have a Cell on clause with barton? boom boom

• 85 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:07

  Greg that’s a lot of V’s, might need to order some V’s at the club shop….

• 86 Hammy // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:08

  Showing your age Greg….

• 87 jarny69 // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:11

  i think a left winger 4 a start….van der vaart wuld b awesome. or gt a left bk n try n’zogbia in is natural place……

  den id go ashton…big solid n strong, dnt tke shit…or berbatov, woz inlove wiv shearer…perhaps we myt gt a playa den hu wnts 2play???…jst an idea

  and defender im finkin walter samuel….wkd defender

• 88 Greg B // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:15

  

• 89 Ruud boy // Jan 4, 2008 at 22:33

  Would everyone stop talking about Wes Brown, Fergies already said this afternoon that NO PLAYERS ARE GOING OUT THIS MONTH and also stated that he has rejected any offer from Newcastle for Brown.

  he would have been a good signing, now I guess BSA will have to look elsewhere

• 90 Tom_Toon // Jan 4, 2008 at 23:30

  im actually berbatovs’ aunties, best friends mums nephews’ second cousins’ dog, and i can tell you berbatov will be signing for wycombe wanderers for a knock down fee of 2p and a bowl of dog biscuits.

  thats mine for transer-rumours but they have a review stage, it wont get through

• 91 Dicky Mint // Jan 4, 2008 at 23:59

  I think we may well enquire about the possibility of loaning Eidur Gudjohnsen with a view to a full deal at the end of this season.

  Also Van Der Vaart would be a great acquisition

  Hope this is good news as we desperately need some soon!

• 92 matt // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:25

  lol….. sam blow it out of you’re arse

• 93 Toon_Under // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:38

  Nolan would be a step up from Barton, but surely we’d only go for him if Barton got the axe (or was about to..)

  I hope the bid is for Crouch or Matt Taylor, both would be useful additions. I agree with the post on Brown, i don’t think Fergie will let him go so lets move on quickly and get our number 2 or 3 choice before they go too.. (Assuming our scouts did their job and we have a number 2 and 3 choice..)

  And finally, I wouldn’t be surprised if fatty gets rid of Emre as well - rumour has it he doesn’t like creativity in his sides..

• 94 Leo // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:45

  anyone seen that emre is apprntly going to move, i was in a pub about 45mins ago and could hear the sky sports but there was pictures of him playing and at the top it stated ‘transfer latest’

  anyone know anything about it?

• 95 Dragoner // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:55

  anyhow nolan gets in the squad i am joining the “piss off sam” campaign

• 96 Savic Vladimir // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:58

  Monaco want Emre - L’Equipe

• 97 Savic Vladimir // Jan 5, 2008 at 0:59

  http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2008/20080104_212814Dev.html

• 98 Toon_Under // Jan 5, 2008 at 1:06

  Nolan joining, well I can kind of handle that. But if Emre goes, whoaaaa that will about do me in. He is the only creative midfielder we have, so if we sell him that’s two creative mids that we need. Sure, he hasn’t been the most consistent or a standout player for us, but he has scored some vital goals and is one of only two players who can deliver a decent ball (zog being the other..)

  What a disgrace.

• 99 Tom_Toon // Jan 5, 2008 at 1:07

  i said this would happen and thats why ive been fuming for about 3 days now on here and on bbc 606 and people say calm down and give him time.

  its not the fact emre is going its the fact it symbolises how he is trying to change us into bolton.

  get him out.

• 100 noel hopper // Jan 5, 2008 at 1:35

  Wes Brown is a plank…why are we even interested… what does he add…better than carr…nooo…bid makes no sense… so we are after also rans… so it isnt berbatov were also chasing ..spurs wouldnt let him go anyway…well not unless it is stupid money…we need another so called central defender like a hole in the head…midfield playmakers are what we need… bringing carrick home is an option but i would rather buy Bullard from Fulham…when match fit he was sensational and fulham are in trouble and strangely I think Faaed needs the cash…

• 101 andy court // Jan 5, 2008 at 1:39

  greg b - if this is the vincent kompany who used to play for anderlecht he is amazin, built like a sh*t brick house. plays for hamberg now a think. he wud be good, and get diego, hes the boy. As for Nolan, 1 good season around two years ago and every1 thinks hes mint. Im sorry but i aint renewin myseason ticket to watch him play every week

• 102 Tom_Toon // Jan 5, 2008 at 1:53

  Sorry lads im going to the dark side for the next game, im gunning for stoke to win but i will be subconciously supporting newcastle in the hope that if they win, sam will still get sacked, things have got this bad.

• 103 Jack // Jan 5, 2008 at 2:00

  Knowing Newcastle, we will have a good cup run which will save BSA his job, like it did Dalglish.

• 104 iain // Jan 5, 2008 at 2:01

  independent says villa/citeh/spuds after martins.

• 105 Toon_Under // Jan 5, 2008 at 3:59

  If we sell Martins, can we take a ManU / Gunners approach and make sure he goes to a continental club instead of one of our rivals?? If we recouped our money, which we won’t, I would happily sell him off and get someone who actually knows football, can pass and shoot properly and who isn’t so half arsed when he gets on the field.. rant over.

• 106 Toooooooooooooooooon // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:18

  forget wes brown, buy either one of this defenders : Vincent Kompany, Nigel De Jong or Heitinga

• 107 mark // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:48

  it wont be gilly barnes, as he is Derby’s star player, it would go public.

  I ‘GAURANTEE’ alan oliver is talking about Ben Haim, he doesnt care if Sam denied interest in him, he will still say its him.

• 108 mark // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:50

  Tom_Toon, its not that bad, were 11th, not 20th. We havent been good enough since we came 3rd about 6 years ago, and even then we had a canny few faults, we were about 4 players off a world class team, now, were about 9 or 10. but the last few year its been about 12.

• 109 UTD111 // Jan 5, 2008 at 10:41

  If we were going to buy Nolan why did we sell Parker? Theyre twins!

• 110 Cockney Magpie // Jan 5, 2008 at 11:07

  I personally would be over the moon with Nolan i think he is pure quality and a born captain

• 111 scott9 // Jan 5, 2008 at 11:57

  it maybe nolan but it aint ashton everyone get there heads round that please west ham would never sell and he would and could go to a bigger club anyway we aint gonna get aston end off.
  end anyway whats so bad about nolan he gets goals from midfield dunt he.

• 112 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 12:14

  so much negativity again! emre is crap hes been here a long time now and has never been consitant. wes brown plays for man united and england that means he has quality. we need creativity in centre midfield and another striker cos as far as im concerned obafemi is useless! geordies need to get behind big sam he will take us forward. harry redknapp at pompy had time, david moyes had time, mark hughes had time, o’neil has been given time and its only this season hes got it right!! oh and big sam at bolton!!!!! when will we learn!!!

  haway the lads!

• 113 carl // Jan 5, 2008 at 12:29

  people who say brown is crap are fools, hes better than what weve got and is experienced in the premiership.im sick of all the fans crying like little girls,saying its that bad, we are 11th not 20th and could still get into top 7 or 8.stop crying and support your team,then come end of season see how things are

• 114 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 13:01

  scotty spot on mate well said

• 115 Obafan // Jan 5, 2008 at 13:09

  SA is doing great business:
  1. he wants Barton to play again
  2. Emre is searching a transfer (poss. Monaco)
  3. Martins????
  4. he is making mystery bids again
  5. What about our targets;
  - ARSHAVIN?
  - DIEGO?
  - CARVALHO?
  6. We don’t need other defenders such as Brown, we made a bid and they not accpted it; bad luck

  This is my opinion on this:
  1. Barton should never be able to play again in black n white (he just doesn’t deserve to play in EPL with that attitude; had chances enough); give younger players who deserve it a chance and end his contract
  2. Emre can be one of our best players, but he just gets no confidence from the big man
  3. The same here; Martins perhaps does not have a good first touch, but he is when full of confidence by far our best striker (better than Owen who has got too many injuries)
  4. I hate this mystery; can’t he just do like any other manager, bid for a player without all that nonsense around it
  5. Does anybody know something about:
  ARSHAVIN
  DIEGO
  CARVALHO
  6. Try to sign quality midfielders and onother good striker (Ashton!!!!) and start playing our best 4 defenders so they can gel together, they never were given the possibility, cause SA never played a few games in a row with the same defence!!!

  Every day my disappointment in SA grows.

• 116 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 14:12

  obafan why do u go on about arshavin diego carvalho how do u know if they are actual targets how do u know ashley is not giving sam the money lets be fair he only got 10mill in the summer when the main transfer business is done so do u really think he is gonna give him 25mill now for your targets people on here need to step back into reality lower your sights this is gonna take time

• 117 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 14:25

  i agree with bod! i’d like to know how many times these people have seen these foreign players play! especially when we all know what its like bringing foreigners into the premiership , its a gamble. like bod says step into reality, lots of fans think its so easy to go out and change things overnight. i find it embarrassing sometimes infact alot of the times at matches the way are fans react or how they know better. Newcastle isnt united at the moment and thats because of the players, staff and the fans. Support the team! Football has changed alot in the past 10 years and its time alot of our fans did aswell!

  Geordies!

• 118 Toon Al // Jan 5, 2008 at 14:47

  two words scotty.. football manager lol

• 119 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:01

  well said scotty

• 120 Hadrian // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:06

  bod , we have one hell of an income for a football club due to our support .
  we also have a’billionare’ as our owner .
  forgive me and my fellow fans if we expect our club to aim above mediocrity , forgive me for wanting my money spent channeled into the clubs squad .
  forgive me for not being happy that our transfer targets are the same players sam thought good enough to bring to bolton .

• 121 Andreas // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:13

  Well Toon Al, people who haven’t seen players like Arshavin, Diego and Carvalho (at least on tellie) and understand that these are class players are either blind inbreeds who “reckons all things English are superiour” or they live in a country so obessed with itself that the TV channels doesn’t broadcast a single minute of football from other countries .

• 122 Andreas // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:21

  Scotty (+Bod et al), what exactly did SA achieve with Bolton? A few top-7 finishes and a cup, right? If you think this is great, well good for you but not for NUFC.

  I don’t think we should sack managers left, right and centre but we’ll never achieve a thing by being the “new Bolton” (ok, we migth end up in the top-8 within a few years…or we migth get relegated. Notice that we’re only 9 points clear atm). I could live with SA at the helm this season (at least) if he would try to win games and stopped “containing” teams like Derby, Fulham, Scumberland, Wigan and presumably Stoke.

• 123 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:26

  i dont argue that you would like the money spent but thats upto the chairman to decide what u get but if u remember mort informed us that shepherd spent that much he was spending money we still had not got so debt was massive so do u really believe we are gonna go out buy berbatov arshavin diego carvalho van der vart carrick who else ah sod it lets get ronaldinho as for andreas yes ive heard of all them yes i have seen them play and i live in newcasatle and would just like to say well done good coment showing good maturity by the way where u from andreas?

• 124 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:31

  did at any pont did we say it was great no but do u really think we have a god giving right to be higher than 8th or wherever we finish unless you spend 40 to 50 mill or even more u dont get higher so u have to lower your standards until you build a squad worth of challenging

• 125 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:50

  lol i said be realistic not comical! i have never once said i accept where we r in the league or im pleased with the way things r goin, neither has bod. like he says we dont have a right to be in the top 5, yes we should be beatin certain teams weve dropped points against, yes we should be doing alot better. so lets do what u think lets go spend millions on these “top class” players since its so easy. tottenham were in a similiar position spent millions and now look at the table. oh and as for lookin at the table and me being “pesimistic”, you say we are 9 points of relegaion zone well we r 8 points off portsmouth who are meant to be avin a gr8 season. Unlike years gone by there are alot of good teams in the league now.

  lets be patient and realistic

• 126 Andreas // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:50

  Bod, I am currently exiled and live in Stockholm.

  I assume you refer to post 121 when you comment on my maturity. Well, it was a respons to the comment that all on here that mentions some players (not super known in UK) finds them on FM, and aye, it was a quite harsh response.

• 127 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:52

  oh…and big sam got bolton into europe, something we are supposed to have “the right” to achieve and have struggled. not sure he was expected to achieve that when he was at bolton

• 128 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:53

  .

• 129 bod // Jan 5, 2008 at 15:57

  nicely put scotty spot on

• 130 tom4toon // Jan 5, 2008 at 16:07

  i think we should get Joe Ledley i think he would be mazing. I read it in the news of the world!!last week
  wot u guys think about ledley?

• 131 Hadrian // Jan 5, 2008 at 16:12

  bod , scotty , are u lot for real?
  we have finished in the top 6 more than any other team outside the top 4 , yes i expect us to be pushing into the top 6-8 .
  lets be realistic , we shouldnt be in the position we are now , and we will stay here if we go along with the mediocre attitude you seem to expect us to .
  your actually defending the reason we are doing so shit in freddys appointment (sam)
  we all know its been downhill since bobby , no reason to accept that tho .
  sorry to say the longer we keep doing shite , the lower attendances go’s , the less spent on offical kit , the less income the toon makes and the less we end up spending .
  getting real as you call it , sounds more like sinking away into mediocrity to me , and it will be harder to push on then than it is now .

• 132 a // Jan 5, 2008 at 16:13

  i think its kyle lafferty from burnley would love it to be carrick or ashton though

• 133 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 16:19

  its not about accepting being shit its about being realistic. one of the reasons sam is under so much pressure is becasue alot of fans expect us to be challenging the top 4 and just because we arent doing that within the first 6 months all of this negativity comes out which gets passed onto the players. a club like us should be challenging the top 4 but atleast give him time 2 do it, its not as if he inherited a brilliant team or has he had the funds to buy one!

• 134 Hadrian // Jan 5, 2008 at 16:23

  ii cant agree with you , infact its annoying reading the papers seeing suggestings from ignorant southerners that we ‘expect’ to be in the top 4 .
  i dont think i know any toon supporter who thinks that .
  we just expect progress and to see improvements on the pitch .
  lets be honest , most of the games this season have been shocking ,we have looked like a championship side and thats where all the discontent comes from .
  if i remember the majority this season just wanted us todo better than last year at first , then when the billionare arrived we maybe thought it would be great if we could challange the top 8 , altho that idea was brought crashing back down to earth a few games into the season .
  your as bad as fergie , diff is your one of our own

• 135 Zero Cool // Jan 5, 2008 at 17:26

  Hadrian I agree with you. All I expect from the boys is improvement in our weaker area’s from match to match. Show they’re learning something in training. No TRUE Geordie boy expects NUFC to win every match, or lift the cup every year. We’re so downhearted by failure that we expect our side not to succeed, but to at least try.

  Also, rumors are that Manchester and Villa have both inquired about Martins availability. I can’t see us letting him leave (despite his lack of form) unless we get Arshavian.

• 136 Scotty // Jan 5, 2008 at 17:44

  yes well give sam a chance to improve things , weve had a poor half of the season obviously, new manager new squad. weve been betta in recent matches just havent taken chances and had a bit of luck. these ashravin shouts really amuse me, he played well in one game against england n done alright for his club side so lets go and get him…rediculous! to be fair im sure he would be better then martins

• 137 shaun // Jan 5, 2008 at 17:48

  if sam ever sells martins he can fok of back to bolton. he is our best player on his day it would be like the day we sold andy cole to man u !!!

• 138 Mehzeb // Jan 5, 2008 at 18:13

  Most of the people posting about Diego, Van Der Vaart, Vincent Kompany, Michael Carrick, Carvalho, etc. have no basis for stating these coz we have never been linked with any of them, and it’s just a prolonged effect for these posters of playing too much Football Manager, and FIFA.

  Sorry. Someone had to state the obvious.

• 139 scottish mag // Jan 5, 2008 at 19:15

  we are tryin to get shevchenko on loan but depends on chelsea gettin anelka or berbatov

  nd give sam a chance we have one more point this season than we did after 21 games last and roeder got until the end of the season to attempt to turn it around.

• 140 john // Jan 5, 2008 at 23:04

  toon have been linked with diego and van der vaart never heard about the rest

• 141 shearyadi // Jan 6, 2008 at 10:05

  This is also from the Chronicle:

  A mysterious agent is asking for Chris Mort’s phone number to An@l Oliver, and that agent is about to say to Mort that Jose or Lippi is interested to manage United as Sam replacement.

  EAT THAT!

• 142 tom4toon // Jan 6, 2008 at 11:41

  what about joe ledley from cardiff???

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