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• 1 MacToon // Dec 19, 2011 at 11:59 PM

  Maybe he’s waiting to see what happens in January like most of us………..

• 2 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:00 AM

  Hope he signs it Colo and Jonas are the heart beat of this team without them i would be worried.

• 3 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:02 AM

  Yeah MacToon, waiting to see if they sell.

• 4 niffnoff // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:03 AM

  Not good news…

• 5 Brutooon // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:09 AM

  Collocini don’t want to play alongside Perch for the rest of the season

  Source from Collocini’s close friends stated that Playing James Perch show Lack of Ambition by the Club

• 6 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:15 AM

  I think if Willo’s back Collo would be happy.. I think we have forgotten how good willo is! For a time on this blog you all would have put him in over Saylor.

  I’m not a Perch Basher but he’s not PL quality…is he.

• 7 SydToon // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM

  “We hope by the time the transfer window ends that situation will have been resolved.”

  Reading between the lines there Pardew is saying: By the end of the transfer window Collo will be sold and a cheap, inexperienced and most likely injury prone player will be signed as a replacement.

  Heres hoping I am way off the mark, however I just cant see MA risking Collo signing a contract after the jan window shuts or risk losing him on a free.

• 8 09nufc09 // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:20 AM

  The club works silently when it comes to contracts, we will not know anything until its signed. We didnt even know jonas was in megotiations until it was signed, same with tiote and krul. We hadnt been linked with cabaye until it was a done deal. No news is good news, nothing will be announced until its signed. The press dont know whats going on inside the club as has been proved over the last few transfer windows when they link us with everyone but the player we sign.

• 9 nden85 // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:24 AM

  Sorry but am i the only one who think the comma may have been put in the wrong place?

  surely its, “We’ve not been told” “no he doesn’t want to sign it.” ” We hope by the time the transfer window ends that situation will have been resolved.”

  surely that is the sentence otherwise it doesn’t make any sense.

• 10 Colo2 // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:24 AM

  Hardly reassuring…it’s starting to sound Enrique esque, but this time they’re taking no chances. Colo doesn’t sign he’s out the door

• 11 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:26 AM

  I think Pardew said the other day that we’re not in a position where we need to sell.

  Yeah there’s only about 1million left from the carrol sale after, undersoil heating, agents fee’s and paper clips but hey, We can afford to run a contract down, better than paying 7 million for another player.

  When you talk it through.

• 12 SydToon // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:32 AM

  @09nufc09 to say the press have no idea whats going on is a bit off the mark, Just because we are linked to a host of players and only end up with a few doesnt mean that the ones we were linked to we didnt try to go for, just because we ended up with players that we were not linked to. the press broke the arfa story long before that happened. As Pards said earlier in the week ” The transfer windown is a minefield of possibilites” so many things have to work for a deal to go through these days so how do you know that the players we were / are linked to were not genuine targets.

  The Club doesnt always work silently i recall pardew talking about hoping enrique would sign up, hoping joey would, hoping nolan would etc

• 13 london_mag // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:35 AM

  Tiote to Chelsea

  I reckon Collo to Liverpool im telling you i can smell it. maybe to replace Carragher? theyll be keeping quiet this time

  Krul to replace Friedel? hopefully not- at least till the end of season

  I think Ba will be a long term newcastle player cos hes not someone a top 5 club would buy, anywhere else would be a step sideways and Kenny Dalgleish wont buy him cause hes black and foreign

• 14 Malaytoon // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:36 AM

  I believe that Colo will sign a new contract with us…come his best pal already sign a new contract with us and surely he will do the same…he know that our club is going the right direction and we will be our best like we use to be in the old day’s…we really need colo!
  This wednesday hopefully willo will start along side with colo…they both are some together!

• 15 LeedsMag // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:39 AM

  Is it just me that feels totally unsettled and lacking in confidence every time Pardew opens his mouth – just look at todays non statements on Tiote & Collo – leaves it hanging in the air with the distinct impression that they are going and he’s just softening the fans up first.How nice it would be to see a reaction similar to Spurs with Modric – surely there must be some players who are central to the rebuilding and who are beyond being tarted around the rest of the EPL.
  I cant believe how many fans think all we have to do is stick Graham Carr on a plane to produce guaranteed success.Law of averages – some transfers will fail – besides which, how likely is it that players like Cabaye will either stay or come in the first place if we have the reputation as a club that sells on after a year

• 16 london_mag // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:40 AM

  Pardew is a puppet for Ashley

• 17 09nufc09 // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:44 AM

  Sydtoon…. The ben arfa news broke in france were the press is very reliable, the english press just copied what was being wrote in france, same as cabaye story broke in france before it did over here. The sunday sun had the ‘exclusive’ on cabaye even tho it had already been written in france, they then wrote that newcastle had no intentions in signing demba ba because he had a dodgy knee, few days later he was standing in sjp holding up a newcastle shirt. Not once did any press over here link us with tiote until he was signed, they didnt announce that jonas, tiote or krul were in contract negotiations. They dont have a clue whats going on inside the club, their is no insider at the club anymore.

• 18 GeordieCoaster // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:56 AM

  @london @16 Haven’t heard that one in a while…

• 19 mattyNUFC // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:58 AM

  this is not good whichever way you look at it. If he is just waiting for the right deal, we (the fans) are screwed. If he’s just waiting to see the club’s ambition in January, again, we’re probably screwed. such a shame. I reckon it’ll be a loooooong time before we’ve another CB like King Colo

• 20 mattyNUFC // Dec 20, 2011 at 1:00 AM

  and i think it says something when I’ve yet to hear ONE fan say otherwise. We can argue about HBA’s talent, Cabaye’s contribution thus far, Tiote’s relevance, everyone, but the one thing EVERY SINGLE ONE of us is in agreeance about is that of Colo’s importance. He is 100% class. 10mil when we bought him? if he were at a top four side he’d be demanded for double that now, even at his age. he is immense

• 21 09nufc09 // Dec 20, 2011 at 1:15 AM

  Mattynufc… Hes the only cb i have watched that is more skillful than nearly all the strikers he comes up against. He never seems to look rushed and dosent panic when he is 2 v 1, best defender i have seen at sjp the only thing he used to lack was heading ability/strength but he has even improved that now. He even makes perch look good…

• 22 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 1:36 AM

  09nufc09,

  Saw colo score a great headed goal against watford on our championship tour that Speed would have been proud of!

• 23 09nufc09 // Dec 20, 2011 at 1:53 AM

  Soundoid… Hes improved alot since he first arrived! Going down to the championship give him alot of confidence. Last season he very nearly scored one of the best headed goals i have ever seen, corner from barton floated to the edge of the box to colo running onto it and he headed it from outside of the box onto the bar/post, would have been an amazing goal… To think alot of people were saying he should be sold after his first season, same goes with enrique. Thats why i am giving obertan a chance because i know it normally takes a season of playing regular football in the pl before you see the best of a player. Colo used to get the same treatment obertan is gettin now, people in sjp moaning when he does something wrong and cheering when he got took off.

• 24 SydToon // Dec 20, 2011 at 2:15 AM

  @09nufc09, My point wasnt to support lazy journalism, it was to highlight that every time our manager starts talking about the negotiations it generally ends up in the player moving on, whereas the ones that are kept quiet are the succesful ones e.g enrique, nolan and on the flip side Krul , Jonas and Tiote, However as much as it would sadden me seeing Colo leave, I cant help but feel like it is inevitable with the wages he is reportedly earning and his contract running out.
  It is obvious that the only reason the top players get new long contracts is to push up their asking price and not with the intention to keep these players for the length of the contract, who on here actually believed that tiote would be with us for the length of his six and a half year contract when he signed it??

• 25 soundoid // Dec 20, 2011 at 2:17 AM

  I agree, |Obertan was up against 3 players most of the time v swansea. Yeah obertan needs much more time, we gave Jonas ages and he still dose our heads in… but Colo, Jonas first two names on the team sheet for me.

• 26 09nufc09 // Dec 20, 2011 at 2:30 AM

  Sydtoon… Steven taylors contract was dicussed and he signed, Hopefully the same will happen with colo.
  Soundoid… Colo first name for me, hes a better captain than i thought he would be aswel, always talking to the players around him and never seems to lose his composure. Obertan has showed signs of quality ( stoke away ) that he can be good enough.

• 27 toonloon // Dec 20, 2011 at 2:43 AM

  I think we better start playing the reserve team as soon as possible. Because if we believe all the rumours abt players not signing new contracts, players on the move in the transfer window, thats what we’ll be down to. C’mon guys, its rumours time, let’s look on the bright side. HTL

• 28 davis_toons // Dec 20, 2011 at 3:16 AM

  Source from Collocini’s close friends stated that Playing James Perch show Lack of Ambition by the Club

  Sauce?

  This is rumour.

• 29 davis_toons // Dec 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM

  Though Perch will be wearing his New Boot with Spring on?

• 30 davis_toons // Dec 20, 2011 at 3:28 AM

  One thing abt Colo is he is getting better.

  Still recalling when he played youth games. He was the most outstanding defender the stood out from the rest of the team.

  i though who was this guy. So cool in the youth Argentina team always intercept and brings the ball out of a danger.

  Tats also the reason why AC Milian and other club took notice of him..but in between he got lost..

  Older but Wiser or maybe he is too afraid that Alan Shearer will make him sit on the stationary bike again. Together with Spidy.

• 31 Sav // Dec 20, 2011 at 4:44 AM

  There’s honestly just not enough information ie. facts to be worth commenting except to say we just don’t know, if there is a problem, what it may be or whose fault it is.

• 32 TB25 // Dec 20, 2011 at 5:16 AM

  I must be missing something but the clue is in the first line of the article….. Daily Mirror reprts today!!

  Its all speculation.

• 33 NEWEXPATMAGPIE // Dec 20, 2011 at 5:20 AM

  @32: With you on this one, although Collo is now one of the rocks on which the whole team is built!

  If he goes we,ll be well and truly in trouble! Hope like most of the rest of us that this is just Media crap! But fear the worst!

• 34 Indian Magpie // Dec 20, 2011 at 6:20 AM

  http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/12/19/hatem-ben-arfa-rested-for-west-brom-clash-72703-29976392/

  i was worried too when i read the headline and then i went and read the article

• 35 Solaidback // Dec 20, 2011 at 6:26 AM

  Reading all the above posts makes me wonder if some of you actually only post the rubbish you do just to see your names on a blog…. talk about feeding a frenzy.. at no point in any diology that I’ve read on the ‘Official’ website has Pardew, Llambias or Ashley said that we will sell Tiote, Colo or any of our other players… you all keep reading the crap-loids & believing what they’re saying, then adding a little twist of your own to make it even more dramatic & then post it on a blog like this or a forum for others to do the same… talk about Chinese whispers… these are even worse…

  The only person I’ve read above who sounds like he has an ounce of common sense would be 09NUFC09… at least he’s looking at it logically & not thru panic stricken glasses as the rest of yous seem to be…

  Yeah there’s rumours that we’re gonna sell Tiote, Krul & Colo, even Cabaye has been mentioned but the rules stipulate that a player can not play for 3 clubs in a 12 month span, so that rule Cabaye out of the equation, we then have reports that Tiote & Krul had stated they are happy & don’t want to leave, so that leaves Colo who still has 18 months left on his current contract but still you think we’ll sell him in Jan.. get a grip for jeez sake…

• 36 Klatoon // Dec 20, 2011 at 6:27 AM

  I really do hope all of you read that Chron article,AP clearly explains why HBA was not used.

• 37 chris_g // Dec 20, 2011 at 7:11 AM

  What struck me about Pardew’s comment was that it didn’t seem to make much sense, ie:

  ” We hope by the time the transfer window ends that situation will have been resolved.”

  Surely, if they were intending to sell Colo, or were worried that he might want to leave in Jan, wouldn’t they want him to sign a new contract before the transfer window starts, rather than before it ends?

• 38 Jail for Ashley // Dec 20, 2011 at 7:24 AM

  Leeds Mag
  Couldnt agree more,apparently we’re on such a sound financial footing now why cant we just issue a hands off statement and say that the team is about to be built round Cabaye, Tiote Ba instead of having Pards issue challenges to those that could afford them to come and get them if you can afford it.

• 39 Satan // Dec 20, 2011 at 7:36 AM

  Solaidback

  What are you talking about fella….blogs and fan banter is always about rumour, opinion, speculation and supposition. If everyone went by official club news then blogs on NUFC wouldn’t exist as we get told almost nothing. You yourself refer to ‘reports’ regarding Krul and Tiote being happy so why deride those who similarly read a report and draw conclusions of their own….get real eh

  Around the time that Nolan was being sold I stated my concern on here for the future of Colo and Tiote in January….Colo due to his age, saleability and the short time left on his contract….are the club doing enough to keep him? Questionable if he still hasn’t signed after this length of time. With Tiote, I’ll be very surprised if he’s still a NUFC player at the end of January….Pardew has all but invited big bids and there’s no question that there are big bidders who’ll want him….im very worried about this window….very very worried. I think this January will clearly signal to all fans MA’s true ambition and intentions for the club….billboard for SportsDirect or football club?

• 40 Satan // Dec 20, 2011 at 7:39 AM

  Leedsmag

  Totally agree mate

• 41 Lew Davies // Dec 20, 2011 at 8:03 AM

  The way I see it, is like previous contract negotiations from the club. ” there’s a new contract Colo. Take it or leave it” – end of negotiations.
  The fat controller wont be dictated to by players and agents.
  So Colo will either sign it or be sold in the summer.
  simples.

• 42 Jail for Ashley // Dec 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM

  Any rumours on who the new striker is going to be,if we’re getting one now that is.

• 43 Dannyo // Dec 20, 2011 at 8:50 AM

  @jail
  one that has been scouted earlier this year, but not linked with at this stage, is Eren Derdiyok. so i’m betting on it’s him.

• 44 BillBurch // Dec 20, 2011 at 8:51 AM

  “Collocini don’t want to play alongside Perch for the rest of the season”
  Source from Collocini’s close friends stated that Playing James Perch show Lack of Ambition by the Club.
  OK Brutoon, who are these “close friends”? Lacking ambition? What can Pardew or the club do until the window opens? They’ve said they want European football and to challenge at the top end of the table so where’s the lack of ambition? I’ve said before that I think that Coloccini is doing a Jose Enrique and looking for a “bigger” club! He’s good for us but we are not good enough for him! Loyalty anyone?

• 45 zico martin // Dec 20, 2011 at 9:56 AM

  Solaidback
  Have to agree with you mate the daily mirror says it so it must be true eh , but players move and new ones come in that’s just life and if we’d have done what the fans wanted last season and kept Barton , Nolan would we be in the place we are now ?
  Only Enrique would have improved us but he wanted to go let’s just have a bit of faith in pardew and Carr and stop all the pardews a puppet crap !
  Being a Newcastle fan is always a bit of a bumpy ride and when we we hit a smooth bit we are always worrying when the road will get bumpy again !
  Keep the faith boys !
  And have a great Christmas :0)

• 46 martoon // Dec 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM

  You have to bear in mind that Colo is 29 and at the end of a, say, 5 year contract will be 34 so obviously we are going to be a bit careful about what we offer him. In 3 years time he could be another Alan Smith – sitting on the bench for 80k per week. However I think this also works to our advantage because if he has not signed by the summer then I don’t think many clubs will want to buy a 30 year old defender (we wouldn’t).

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• 48 YankeeToon // Dec 20, 2011 at 5:33 PM

  Because we as fans don’t get all the information regarding contract negotiations I am careful to speculate on why COLO hasn’t resigned. I agree with the first post on this subject that he is probably waiting to see if Newcastle’s ambitions are in line with his own which because this would probably be his last major contract he has every right to do.

  Jonas resigning is a plus I would think but if Tiote is sold this may be the nail in the coffin as far as COLO is concerned. Colo has been Newcastles best player, stayed when we got relagated, helped us win promotion and has earned the right to make a decision on his own timetable.

• 49 Gascoigne - Legend // Dec 20, 2011 at 11:30 PM

  Why do we take so bloody long sorting out contracts!! its because the fat man doesn’t recognise he needs to pay the going worth of a player . too much penny pinching and happy for us to finish 4th bottom in PL. Ashley’s inept running of the club has been under the radar due to the promising start we have had to the season, which is no way at all down to him!! Either get serious and give us supporters what you so promised when buying the club or do us all a favour and do one!!!!

• 50 Gascoigne - Legend // Dec 20, 2011 at 11:35 PM

  ASHLEY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!