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• 1 Thump // May 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM

  I’d give my left gooseberry for Sturridge in a toon top.

• 2 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM

  Thump

  Ill give my right

• 3 Thump // May 26, 2011 at 1:11 PM

  There we go, Sturridge if you come here you will receive at least two testicles.

  You will be the most fertile man ever to live!

• 4 sweendog // May 26, 2011 at 1:11 PM

  yous are talking balls

• 5 WWJBD (Becks4RB) // May 26, 2011 at 1:12 PM

  I must say Ed is a top bloke, even with his issues he has set up articles for us lot tonnes of respect to the man and a speedy recovery

  Both of these would be great additions to the squad but I still have large doubts that Sturridge will end up with us

• 6 qtoon // May 26, 2011 at 1:13 PM

  On another note, Marvin Martin has apparently been called up to the France squad for the Euro qualifiers… That’ll add a few extra million £ to his valuation

• 7 toon-boi arran // May 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM

  Would love both here!!! anyone thought about getting Klose on a freebie? or maybe even podolski both very achievable!!!

• 8 PHOENIXNIGHTS // May 26, 2011 at 1:16 PM

  What we would like is irrelevant as its up to the lunatics who run us. For what it is worth i would like Bendtner and Sturridge up front with the Zog and Krancjar brought in for the creative spark. Its only a few days since season ends however I am sick of seeing Liverpool want this , Tottenham want that- only papertalk however I am getting irate over these two clubs wanting everyone.
  Keep the Faith

• 9 Edd Case // May 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM

  Out of all the names we’ve been linked with so far, Sturridge is the only one I’d desperately love to see up here because he is EXACTLY what we need.

  Gervinho, well, really like the look of him but I’m sure he’ll go elsewhere (CL side).
  Gamerio, not really bothered, there are others as good as, or better.
  N’Zogbia, I’m not so sure about. Yes, he’s a cracking player but I just worry about him as a person.
  There’s also the financial aspect, not really what I would expect of Ashley to buy back someone at a loss, albeit it wasn’t him in charge when Charles went, so maybe he’s happy to spend £10million to get him back?

  Sturridge though….please God, bring him to Toon.

• 10 sweendog // May 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM

  qtoon .. he was also voted in the top 3 youngsters in the french league..

• 11 Markaccus // May 26, 2011 at 1:19 PM

  Klose is 33 now, probably too old for a move to the prem. Its a lot to get used to at the end of a career

• 12 shearerbliss // May 26, 2011 at 1:20 PM

  Edd I think MA was in charge when CnZ got sold.

• 13 Davies // May 26, 2011 at 1:21 PM

  Aye, Liverpool are royally getting on my nuts with all of their unsettling behaviour. Apparently, they want Jose, Gutierrez and Barton, along with players we want to bring in as well. Do they have a scouting network?

• 14 LondonMagpie // May 26, 2011 at 1:21 PM

  Ed hats of to you for providing us with articles to read whilst your ill.

  I dont know whats going on with Newcastle atm just gunna keep quiet and see how it goes because no matter how many times i comment on this page it will never be noticed and we will never know MA’s motives thats whats annoying

• 15 toonruz // May 26, 2011 at 1:22 PM

  Edd Case
  hate to tell u ashly was here when we sold zog cos it was j f k that sold him

• 16 37 BEN ARFA 37 // May 26, 2011 at 1:23 PM

  To be honest i would rather offer enrique and barton new contracts than offer nolan a new contract.

  does any 1 watch nolan when the opposition has the ball, he’s a lazy sod or he needs to lose weight, The only positive is his goalscoring and leadership.

  as for him telling carroll to join liverpool, ive always thought nolan was a bit two faced. My opinion is nolan does not belong at a club like newcastle specially if we get back into europe..

• 17 qtoon // May 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM

  sweendog… yeah, he’s made a lot of noise this season. Would love to see him at the club, he’s got a xavi-esque passing ability! 19 assists this season!

  Couple of others made the France squad.. N’zogbia and Matuidi. we’ve been linked with both..

• 18 toon-boi arran // May 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM

  @Markaccus

  Rekon he could still cut it! finished last world cup with 4 goals at 32 be better than what we currently have….especially on a free

  anyone have any info on who this CM Mystery man is yet?

• 19 Snubs // May 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

  looks like we’ve bid or the bid has been accepted for charles n zogbia .. 10 M apparently. source is twitter

• 20 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

  No such things as the Mystery CM player that was imminent….4 days ago now!!!

• 21 burnsie // May 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

  its all gone quiet!!!!!!!!!!

• 22 Thump // May 26, 2011 at 1:32 PM

  lol sweendog

• 23 Markaccus // May 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM

  I won’t argue on that one, toon-boi, he’s deffo better than amoeba and co. Worth having him lead the line with the flair players (arfa, zog) behind, IF he makes the transition to prem footy ok.

• 24 Ericles // May 26, 2011 at 1:37 PM

  37 BEN ARFA 37 has a very good point. For me Nolan is anonymous as club captain. Use him as we do but give the armband to Barton for next season.

• 25 GeordieToon89 // May 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM

  has anything else been said on twitter regarding Zogbia lads?

• 26 Partizan // May 26, 2011 at 1:49 PM

  If we’re looking for someone who would loove to play for us,someone who could trigger the marketing expansion in Asia,a top striker who just doesn’t have that luck to play in that s**t team.
  Last season he was excellent,especially against the top teams in Italy.

  Have a look at this article and you’ll see that this is the spirit we’re looking for.

  http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/2011/05/26/2503857/stressed-takuyuki-morimoto-eager-to-find-a-new-club

• 27 burnsie // May 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM

  ericles you have totally misinterpreted what ben arfa37 is saying!!!! he is saying is NOT ”anonymous” as club captain, i.e. he IS a great leader. He is saying isnt fast enough or fit enough to do a lot more (apart from score the odd goal – which he is great at) AND be a great leader of men, which he is also!!!

• 28 Markaccus // May 26, 2011 at 1:57 PM

  All gone quiet on twatter re zog and everything else, ppl might have been told to shut up

• 29 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 1:57 PM

  Angryman

  Well we have pretty much signed a mystery CM in Abeid. Only 18 but if he was talked into the move by tiote and ben arfa as he says maybe he is actually a lil diamond

• 30 Snubs // May 26, 2011 at 1:59 PM

  i just said, geordie toon, if you read… apparently they’ve accepted a 10 M bid for charles

• 31 Markaccus // May 26, 2011 at 2:08 PM

  Is that recent though snubs? Last thing I read was the 10mil thing but it was this morning.

• 32 xfer // May 26, 2011 at 2:09 PM

  Ed, you are wonderful. Preparing articles for us to read, knowing you would be gone for a couple of days! Respect.

• 33 GeordieToon89 // May 26, 2011 at 2:09 PM

  oh yeah sorry Snubs.!
  A dont seem to believe it surely an accepted bid would be reported by now and they aint even a whisper about it except twatter

• 34 Ezedoesit // May 26, 2011 at 2:14 PM

  Martinez said he’d only sell him to a CL club so I doubt that. I’d love it though.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK2UI2_kZ2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

• 35 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 2:14 PM

  GeordieToon

  This is what im starting to think unfortunately :/

  SSN would have picked up on something by now… has anyone been passed SJP to see the so called part atmosphere? lol was that even true?

• 36 stestickle // May 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM

  well pardews deffo at SJP

• 37 James // May 26, 2011 at 2:23 PM

  Maybe I’m misremembering, and while I always highly rated N’Zog, wasn’t he always waving his back end at Arsenal every chance he got?

  I think he’s come on leaps and bounds as a player since he left us, and if he wants to come back, fantastic, but I really don’t want him to use us as a stepping stone for the big time.

  This said, it’d be great to see him back in black and white, playing in his strongest position as opposed to a stop-gap left back, which is where we seemed to deploy him most- there’s little wonder his scoring record wasn’t as good for us as it has been for Wigan!

• 38 GeordieToon89 // May 26, 2011 at 2:41 PM

  stestickle – how do you know pardew is ther have you seen him mate?

• 39 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 2:49 PM

  Magpietillidie, okay fair comment, but is it really fair to tell the paying public, namely me and others, that they are about to push over the finishing line an International class midfielder, who isnt in the bottom 4 fighting against relegation, only to sign an 18 year old youngster, who lets face it, none of us have heard of. I mean, has he actually played for any international team above u18 level? I think the statement was very misleading and MEANT to mislead, if its that french kid Pardew was referring to…..dont you??

  This is my issue with the current Management at my beloved club……it repeats itself every year, almost to the word, barring the names change!!

• 40 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM

  Lads, I warned you about Warris on Twitter, i did last year. The guy throws as much rumour out as he can in the hope that one of them comes off, then he is reliant on one or 2 on the blogs saying ‘remember, he told us about Ben Arfa and he was deed reet’. He also said Robbie Keane signed last year, plus another top class player was in Jesmond House hotel ready to sign…neither materialised, but he did tell us about Ben Arfa!!!

  Not being a Negger, just telling you a fact or 2
  He gets about 10% of his predictions correct.

• 41 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM

  Angryman

  Yeah if it is abeid, then i agree it was misleading. But I think in the past under freddy all our business was public knowledge. Fees went up because of it, egos of new recruits blew up too as did fan expectations…

  Under the new regime i believe our recruit has been better and the way they go about it (smoke and mirrors) is better for the club.

  Yes as a fan id love to know everything lol as we all would, but if we land players better than we had and move forward year after year i dont think any of us can complain

• 42 stk85 // May 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM

  sturridge, n’zogbia, menez, gervinho and a couple of defenders and i’m more than happy. maybe kyle walker?

• 43 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 3:04 PM

  Magpitilidie, agreed, doing it the right way is to keep gobs shut until players are tied up to ‘meaningless’ contracts. And personally I have no interest in who we are looking to sign, until i see them playing keepy ups at st james in a toon top.

  All I do is I look at the last 5 years and think, lords alive, we do Sh!te every transfer window, yes we have brought in good players, tiote, ben arfa to name a pair, but we have brought in some dross, and we have NEVER strengthened the DEPTH of our squad!! WHY…..because transfer windows are all about making profit to this regime, and nothing to do with strengthening the squad!!!!

• 44 LondonMagpie // May 26, 2011 at 3:06 PM

  @stk85 get of the LSD

  we will never sign all 4 of them players looks like you aint going to be more then happy this summer

• 45 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 3:12 PM

  Angryman

  Thats where we differ. Yes i believe the club want to run itself on an arsenal model (lets not forget the new rules coming into to play financially next season) but all profit made goes into the club. Whether its on a new pitch, new wages, new players, under soil heating or whatever. The money gets reinvested.

  I honestly hand on heart believe Ashley as a businessman wants to win. He wants to make his companies the best available.

  If that means signing cheaper tiote style players that are quality and most importantly WANT to play for the club then great! The policy of signing players under 26 also is a great idea!

  The squad depth i really dont see as a big an issue as most. Next year a lot of the youngsters will be ready to fill voids imo. Fergie, richardson, sammy ameobi looked gd, vuckic etc.

  I just think ashley cocked up early, but since he has improved imo, next time he cocks up majorly ill be waving pitch forks with ya mind :p

• 46 37 BEN ARFA 37 // May 26, 2011 at 3:14 PM

  some one on twitter is talking shite …

• 47 37 BEN ARFA 37 // May 26, 2011 at 3:17 PM

  was only yesterday that wigan manager martinez said he will only sell nzogbia to a club in the top 5 playing in europe.

  so i doubt it has changed over night… lol

• 48 BEN37ARFA // May 26, 2011 at 3:29 PM

  1st blog lol

  ive heard that the mystery CM is charlie adam, thats why the club arent letting jeoy b and willie mckay take them for ransom!
  i think he would be a great signing, miles better with a ball than joey.

• 49 stestickle // May 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM

  yep seen pardew at sjp dont know about the suits and the singing like

• 50 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM

  Magtildie,
  Okay, no probs. The squad issue is a majopr factor for me to be fair. The depth of the squad in this league needs to be DEEP. As proved on numerous occasions where we had suspensions and injuries and on occasions could hardlky field a team!! (Maybe a slight exag, but not great was it). Now if the youngsters are as good as your saying, bareing in mind i actually go to alot of the reserve games with my 7 year old daughter (trying to get her interested with not much success, the ds gets more attention than the match) then why on earth did we not use them more during injury times and suspensions? truth is we do have 2 or 3 very good youngsters, but the rest are distinctly average, so average they couldnt displace the likes of perch, smith and Raylor?? Now that tells me one thing, Pardew has not a great deal of faith in the majority of the current crop and wanted experience in the team. So why would he entrust the kids to fill the void next season?? he only bled three players, Ranger, ferguson and Sameobi! The latter because our lack of decent strikers is laughable!

  Then theres the next thing, we get rid of thre and bring in one, when the squad os p[ainfully short!

  This window, I predict, enrique, gone, jonas, gone, kuqi campbell, off already andy maybe one or 2 more, and Pardew is talking of bringing in 4 players, a couple of which will get bums off seats……..

  The concern here is that all the signs are exactly the same as the last 8 transfer windows. Players out not enough in……..BUT yes I will wait and see at end of window, no probs with that. But again, i would wager, that we will make a tidy profit in transfer dealings, and still have a paper thin squad at the end of this window!!

  My house on it im that confident.

• 51 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 3:44 PM

  Angryman

  Well on youth – You say if they are good why hasnt pardew played them? Well in the premier league it is the same across the league. If you are Wayne Rooney or Cesc then you will be playing regularly from 16 years old BUT we dont have a world class youngster atm. So Pardew like many others opt for exp over ability.

  For instance, I too have seen reserve games this year and last, I would say in all honesty Sammy, Richardson, Fergie, Traviner and Vuckic could quite easily play in the premier league. Set it a light? no. Play consistently well? yes. Hopefully next year im proved right on that front.

  Squad depth – Yes we have lost sol and kuqi, and lets assume we lose barton and enrique too. Thats four out and lets assume we bring 4 in. Well lets also not forget we will gain gosling and ben arfa too. And also the youngsters that could (should) step up. The hope at the club is that the youngster arent paid to play reserve games and then mmove to football league, its that we sign young players who will eventually play for the club. Carroll didnt do it till he turned 20 rememeber.

  My prediction is we make one signing that is a big name (not CL big) and three or 4 others that are lesser known or unknown Tiote styled. Thats my opinion and hopes lol

• 52 solano // May 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM

  Most on here (and indeed our current manager) believe we over-achieved this past season…..that was largely due to a hardcore of players pulling us through…ie Barton, Enrique, Tiote, Nolan, Colo and earlier season, AC…..this is the skeleton we should be building muscle around….unfortunately because of their ability, they seem to be the only one’s who will attract interest from other clubs…..why so many here are willing to see the back of these in favour of bringing in unproven foreigners with youtube reputations is bewildering….surely, a few foreign investments would settle a lot better if we didn’t sell the soul of our team?

• 53 jonnymcdonald // May 26, 2011 at 3:51 PM

  Ed there has been no rumors or speculation about sturridge so why keep going on about him! Yeah would love him to sign but it’s not going to happen!

  Try and stick to actual rumors that may materialise.

• 54 solano // May 26, 2011 at 3:54 PM

  MagpietillIdie…..be careful not to drown in your pool of ambitions…..

• 55 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 3:57 PM

  solano

  Tell me what i said that is out of reach

• 56 solano // May 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM

  Nothing!

• 57 roshan MAGPIE // May 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM

  i think we must nt sign gameiro nt because he has no premier league experience bt because he dosent want to come to NUFC

• 58 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:05 PM

  solano

  lol ok, thought i smelt sarcasm

• 59 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:07 PM

  roshan

  nail + head = you

• 60 scdoty // May 26, 2011 at 4:13 PM

  @jonnymcdonald

  Bit harsh mate, poor bloke is in hospital having major surgery. He pre loaded these blogs before he went in. Give him a break.

• 61 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 4:14 PM

  Magpietilidie,
  Your debate on this matter is slightly flawed!
  If we get rid of Barton and Enrique??personally i think Barton shall remain, and one or 2 others leave, likes of Raylor and perch, smith….

  anyway I digress, say 4 out is what you expect and four in….so we lost three in january yup, and gained None? 7 Players Gone from the SQUAD…which already includes HBA and Gosling, in the SQUAD, this being a threadbare squad as specified by Pardew, the Manager, and you will be happy with 4 maybe 5 players :-S?

  That leaves us still short, by 2 players in an already threadbare squad? as stated by the Manager…….

  Basically what I am trying to say is…..because of mismangement, we potentially are going to need 10 players-ish, to boost the squad, should the expected outgoings occur….now, if the fat controller had give p[ardew his 2 to 3 offensive players, like he said he needed in january, and he did, then we would not be in this predicament!!

  ALL WELL buying 3-4 top quality players…great…….but, this will not boost the squad numbers, that are needed to cover for the inevitable injuries and suspensions……..if the kids step up to the mark there will be no one happier than moi, but as you rightly point out, pardew tends to go for Experience over youth :-s

  I worry thats all.

• 62 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 4:18 PM

  Solano, agrre 100%
  We need to keep what we got and add!!
  Joey Bartoon no matter what you think of him personally was our best, most creative player last season by far!!

  No one can argue that, lets keep the majority of the squad together, and supplement with 3-4 very good players, whilst also bringing through, sameobi, ranger, ferguson, richardson, vukcic, then we wont have to go out and buy 10 players to replace what we have lost the last 18 months!!

  In the EPL now, the youngsters are great in championship to cover, EPL is huge step up!

• 63 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM

  Angryman

  But thats my point I personally dont think our squad lacks depth. Barring major injury crisis we arent as threadbare as the club leads us to believe.

  http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Teams/PlayerProfiles

  That is a big squad that should have easily achieved mid table (which we did) and had we kept carroll, had ben arfa and gosling available we would have done even better imo.

  I cant see many players leaving including perch and smith, i only see enrique as 50/50. I just think if they pull off 4-5 signings we will be gunning for top 8 minimum.

  but its all opinion based this football lark lol. We will just see when it happens and you can give me keys to ya house then

• 64 solano // May 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM

  Till…..There’s a lot of poo and deadwood that can’t be shifted in there….our pool of strikers is the worst in the PREM..then there are the Perch’s, Smith’s, Guthrie’s and Raylors….it’s not just a case of having a body to fill the shirt, they have to have the ability to play and take us onto, dare I say it, the “next level”……I’m all for promoting the youth if, and it’s a big if, they are good enough….from what I have seen, we don’t possess any thing special and after all the millions spunked on the Academy….we haven’t produced anything of particular note since the early 90′s (pre-Academy)

• 65 Angryman the Angry fan // May 26, 2011 at 4:40 PM

  MTID, again, im afraid i have to disagree…Take out 5 of those players….eg, ireland, routledge, Tozer, Kuqi, the youngun who was at hartlepool, sol campbell……4 of those werent even at the club backside end of last season ??? Unlikely to feature this season….now lets add to this Raylor, Smith, enrique, forster (Maybe), Bartoon??

  Oh dear, not looking great is it?

  My point precisely!! The squad is indeed threadbare, was last season second half of the season and unless we get in numbers, it will be this season……..

  Surprised you have totally disagreed with Pardew? After all it is him thats is consistently saying there is no way the squad is big enough!!

• 66 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:48 PM

  Solano

  I dunno mate thats a bit harsh. The Ashley regime have bought some youngsters that have big reputations that SHOULD make the grade but are all just turning 17,18 now.

  Ferguson is the main one to make an impact and actually look good enough theres kadar, lua lua, Ranger hasnt been great but honestly carroll was 20 before he turned into a 35m wanted man lol

  Players i think will be gd enough next year or year after:

  Vuckic, Tavenier, Richardson, Moyo, airey and sammy ameobi.

  Im not saying 100% they will be in the starting 11, but they will def be in the first team squad. Weve got kids with a lot of ability imo the only problem is the premier league isnt the greatest for giving youngsters a chance nowadays because a lot rides on every game. Managers are so scared of the sack they choose experience everytime assuming its better than youth.

• 67 NathanH NUFC // May 26, 2011 at 4:54 PM

  To be honest, id much rather see Gamiero & Menez at the club, although Gamiero is a bit of a gamble, with him, Ben Arfa and Menez in the squad, we would have great attacking flair & creativity, should Gamiero prove his worth. I must admit im rather excited about what the summer brings (:

• 68 solano // May 26, 2011 at 4:55 PM

  I’ll defo give you Ferguson….very exciting…the rest we’ll have to wait and see…..it shouldn’t be sink or swim for them by getting hoyed into the first team because a lack of quality (ala Ranger)….

• 69 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:56 PM

  Angryman

  Well if you look at what pardew says, he says if we had ben arfa, gosling and carroll to choose from it would have been an easier season.

  Im agreeing we need to bring 4 or 5 in def, 100%, i just think our squad is not threadbare. Look at the team that went to chelsea, i was there, that was our apparent threadbare squad, great result then lol! I just think its harsh to basically say those under barton, nolan, enrique etc arent good enough for the premier league. No they arent good enough to win the league but it is good enough to stay in it.

  With additions we can progress, and of course i want that, and that was my point originally. Small steps toward success. We have good foundations atm, we now need to build. If we lose barton and enrique i would expect them to be replaced ON TOP of the 4 or 5 as well. Im not disagreeing with that.

  All im saying is based on our current squad, all injury free, its a good squad as is.

• 70 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 4:59 PM

  Nathan

  oh yeah dont get me twisted i want new signings and those you said would make me explode in my pants, but all i was saying was we have good foundations.

  We need to recruit but not by 10 players

• 71 solano // May 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM

  For once, I’m not blaming the MA regime for the paucity of good youth team players…..I actually believe the whole English Academy system just does not work……quite a bit has to do with the money element and putting stars in the eyes of 7 year olds….I much preferred the old system of boys club football and learning the game before taking a step up at 14+….signing pre-pubescent kids imo doesn’t work and has actually held back the development of those kids who have actually made it…..Steven Taylor would have developed quicker if he wasn’t treated as a prima donna a a kid at the academy……

• 72 GeordieTwo // May 26, 2011 at 5:09 PM

  Just to add to the debate about our squad size, don’t forget we always have one of the worst injury records in the Prem year after year. I don’t expect this to change quickly as the owner doesn’t seem to be addressing it. I think we will need at a minimum 6 or 7 players in especially if we lose any more such as Jose. We have a few youngsters who might make it to the bench (most likely being Vuckic and Tavernier) but they would have to stay healthy which so far they have been unable to do for any lengthy period (especially Vuckic who has already had at least 2 major injuries). And talking about getting Sturridge for 10 million or less is ridiculous. Chelsea have huge striker problems, Torres looks hopeless, Drogba will be sold so why would anyone think they would part with Sturridge? Let’s be realistic here. How much did it cost Liverpool to buy Carroll from us? Is Sturridge really worth 25 million less? Give it a rest.

• 73 Magpietillidie22 // May 26, 2011 at 5:10 PM

  solano

  agreed mate, they should go back to cleaning boots etc, not have 50k cars as their first cars. Especially as my first car was a renault clio 1998 :/

• 74 GeordieTwo // May 26, 2011 at 5:22 PM

  Agree with you Angryman. We need quite a few players in. This combination of owner and manager looks very poor to me and I won’t even mention Lambsarse or the board! Looks like a summer of discontent starting already. I hope things change and surely we will get a decent striker in or we will be fighting to stay out of the bottom 5 next season. Team spirit seems to be already heading out the door. We are taking a huge gamble with Barton considering the state of some of our other midfielders (will Gosling ever stay fit, is Guthrie good enough even as a squad player, will Vuckic make the step up to the first team, on and on …).

• 75 GeordieJordy // May 26, 2011 at 5:43 PM

  Joey Barton is now on Twitter, “Joey7Barton” Officially confirmed by Danny Simpson……..Get the tweets sent to him guys!!!!