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• 1 Indian Magpie // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:27 PM

  My only comment for this thread

• 2 nufc786 // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM

  will saylor be ready????????

• 3 pardew no 1 // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM

  by july 5th i would like to see 1 new player

• 4 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM

  An FB and a Striker is all well and good, but in all fairness, what we really, really need is a CB, then a striker. Then the FB.
  I do wonder who we have lined up as a CB these days. Long time since there been any talks about that position.

• 5 Transfer Sage // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:57 PM

  No news to report from our club today chaps.

  I have just heard today that Chelsea will be listening to offers close to 10 million for Sturridge. Di Matteo was not impressed with his attitude and lack of discipline at following tactics, as well as being too selfish.

  If he fails to improve in pre season and continue the same attitude he will be looking to even let him leave on loan to get him out the dressing room.

• 6 Nick 69 // Jun 22, 2012 at 6:59 PM

  Dannyo – it may be that we are waiting til August for Douglas to get his Dutch passport and then sign him, not sure we are still interested, but the silence on the CB front could be because of this

• 7 Nick 69 // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM

  Transfer Sage – you never have any ‘news’ to report any, just made up bullsh*t

• 8 Transfer Sage // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:04 PM

  Nick

  I have said after my first post I can very rarely guarantee anything. The only one I know for sure is Debuchy which I have said will happen soon after the Euros once he is available for his medical.

  I do not have a connection with people at the top, I just get bits and pieces in the club and another friend who works down London. I only report what I hear and try to screen a lot of the rubbish.

  If you do not want to believe me it’s ok, I am sure when Debuchy signs you will see I am credible.

• 9 OTP // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:09 PM

  Anyone think we could be in for Aissati or Lodeiro? Both young players with a lot of potential, and I believe their contracts finish this summer? Could be a good bit of business there if they are going on a free.

• 10 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:10 PM

  @Nick69
  That could be ofc, and media being hung up on Luuk and Debuchy does create a perfect cover for us to go nab a CB.
  Now that everyone tracks Carr wherever he goes

  I am unsure of that however, but that could prove to be a good thing, cause that means others are unsure too.

• 11 Nick 69 // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:10 PM

  how are you credible when there’s prove your lying.

  You said the deal was wrapped up and agreed, few days later Lille say our bid was £4mill and they laughed it off. I think Lille manager knows a tad more than you. Now Debuchy might still sign, and I think he will, but you will get no credit whatsoever if he does because you clearly know nothing. According to you it was meant to be announced weeks ago, now tis after the Euro’s

• 12 MagpiesFlyHigh // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:11 PM

  Bit concerned after the previous thread about Xisco’s preferences that Pardew’s been pumped up….and he’s done a couple of nice things over the summer… Hmm

• 13 MagpiesFlyHigh // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM

  TS

  Can well believe the Sturridge stuff he has def chucked his toys out the pram a few times this season. Glad we didn’t sign him now.

• 14 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:15 PM

  @Transfer Sage
  Pretty sure u said u were 100% sure of a signing a thursday or friday a week or two back.
  Naught happened. That rubbish u forgot to screen?
  It’s not nice taking people for a ride like that mate, i suggest u join Colin, so that u could be wrong together and wind eachother up instead.
  Doesn’t mean i dont want some transfers to happen, it’s the way u chose to say these things i’m opposing of.

  There’s one person i listen to concerning our own club, always with a pinch of salt ofc, and that’s JimmyMagpie.

  Not some random bloke who calls himself Transfer Sage. U’re only laying the foundation for your own demise and ridicule.

• 15 Transfer Sage // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:16 PM

  Nick

  I made a mistake with the announcement. Like I said, the info I get isn’t from the top so never clear cut.

  I said the deal would be done monday/tuesday with an announcement of a thursday. The deal has been done but the announcement on thursday was that Carr signed a new deal. I presumed the announcement was for Debuchy but it was for Carr.

  The deal is done, I know that so the Lille manager is wrong to say otherwise, maybe he is trying to save face seeing as all his stars are being sold. He has lost cabaye, hazard and now debuchy and he his side have fallen away since winning the league last year. He will want the fans to see he has no say in what goes on above him.

  Remember Pardew said carroll wasn’t for sale and then he went, managers say what is best to make themselves look good.

  Like I said, if you do not believe me that is fine, just wait and see.

• 16 Tiote4PM // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM

  Shut up Transfer – EVERYONE is bored of your childish cries or attention. Go play with your Mackem mates, there’s a good boy.

• 17 ToonAndy // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM

  Who thinks we should go all out for BELHANDA? Young, very skilful and potential resale value…. How much do you think he’d go for?

  —————————KRUL————————–

  DEBUCHY-VERTONGHEN-COLLO-SANTON

  ——————-TIOTE——-CABAYE————–

  BEN ARFA———–DE JONG——BELHANDA

  —————————-CISSE————————

  Or

  —————————KRUL————————–

  DEBUCHY-VERTONGHEN-COLLO-SANTON

  ——-CABAYE——-TIOTE——–BELHANDA–

  —-BEN ARFA——-CISSE——–DE JONG—–

• 18 STS_Toon // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:33 PM

  Good Evening,

  I would not normally do anything like this but could you please do me and this local family a huge help.

  This little girl is stuck in Mexico after a failed attempt to save her from a rare cancer. Olivia has battled against this for more than four years. Her family is appealing for donations to help towards the £142,000 required to fly her home from Mexico because no commercial flight will accept her.

  Please read this and donate.

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4386927/Distraught-mum-fears-cancer-girl-could-die-stranded-in-Mexico.html

  I would like to thank anyone who donates, this is such a saddening story and this little girl deserves to spend her last few days with her family and friends.

  You can donate here:

  http://www.justgiving.com/olivia-downie-appeal

  Many thanks.

  Scott.

• 19 MagpiesFlyHigh // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:36 PM

  Toon Andy

  Don’t agree with your choices necessarily but your lineups show just how close we are to a real top 4 challenging side….still need the quality in the squad though.

• 20 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:39 PM

  Not be be negative but I can’t see us achieving top 4 next year.

  I think it will be city, man utd, arsena and Chelsea by a good distance.

  I think we will be challenging for 5th with spurs and Liverpool and would rate us higher than them 2 as I can see modric definitely leaving and although his stats aren’t great he runs their midfield.

• 21 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:47 PM

  Remember man utd and arsenal have had 17 years of continuous champions league money as well as being a bigger world wide brand.

  And city and Chelsea have a mega rich owner so realistically we cannot compete with them if they buy well and use their money properly.

  There is no shame in us getting 5th and we could achieve 4th but would need everything to go our way, was close this season but cannot see it again.

• 22 No Plain Saylor // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:47 PM

  I have never seen a summer with so many free agents that could more than do a job!
  Some of them being; hoilett, ninis, barnetta, asiati, diame, douglas, butterfield, fyers, pogba, brad guzan, carlos culler, kalou, rodellega. And I’m obviously missing a lot more. Point is though we’ve already missed out on some of these and aadly I think we will miss out on most, if not all of them. Don’t understand why we didn’t even try

• 23 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:49 PM

  Saylor

  Maybe we did try but there was no interest so we didn’t take it further.

  Also maybe none of them were what we wanted, poor quality, poor attitude, etc

• 24 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM

  Some people on here are more deluded than Transfer Sage – at least he’s mentioning a player we have stated we have interest in and seem to be in a position to sign.

  VERTONGHEN??? Are you mad? £8 on Debuchy and £12m on de Jong and you think Ashley would let us spend what seems like the remainder of the kitty on a player who chose Spurs over us?

• 25 Tiote4PM // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM

  Hey Transfer Safe, it’s your ‘mate’ here from London. I was only having a laugh with you the other week and taking the piss out of you. Ever since you got your first pubes you having been playing the ‘big man’ so me and the lads thought we would take the piss a little.

  P.s- I make the tea at RBS… Well, I boil the kettle..

• 26 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:52 PM

  Haha as with every transfer window these itks pop up and eventually people turn on them for spouting bs glad to see its been quicker this time round than normal

  On a footballing note Germany are going to win this with minimal effort by the looks of this start

• 27 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:53 PM

  @rich
  U sure u’re not AP mate

• 28 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:54 PM

  Oh dear god, the match…

• 29 ToonAndy // Jun 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM

  Ben arfa – VERTONGHEN was one of, if not our number one target… He single handedly could turn Us from a decent team into a good team… Bold statement but true

• 30 No Plain Saylor // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:01 PM

  Maybe, but we have £20m to spend.. we’ve let 11 players go so far? I fully expect best, forster, ranger and simmo still to leave, and who would be all that suprised if we did lose demba? With all the extra games our small squad need adding to, but its got smaller. We can’t strengthen all the areas we need to on our budget especially if we sign luuk de jong, I feel we neeb a rb/lb, cb, dm, lw, st. Realistically to get 5 good signings in on 20m + whatever we sell, it’d be a lot easier if one or two of them were frees. But I fully agree with what your saying, the club don’t make many mistakes in that department, attitude etc are important. But surely one or two with the right attitude and talent and desire to play could be found, that’s not a strech of the imagination!!

• 31 Nick 69 // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM

  ToonAndy – you have no idea if he was one of our targets, that was all just paper talk with nothing to back it up. For all you know we were scouting Anita or Alderweireld when Carr and Co were watching Ajax. And even if he was a target, he chose Spurs over us so obviously isn’t that keen on coming

• 32 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:11 PM

  Oh Germany are stunning to watch….just wow

• 33 Big Pappa Cisse // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:12 PM

  @ Transfer sage

  Does building people’s hopes up turn you on or something ?

• 34 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM

  @WWYCD
  I cannot not see Germany in a final. My favorites to win this, as my other favorites, holland, went out on their asses.

• 35 No Plain Saylor // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:14 PM

  I’m willing to donate my balls to science if germany aren’t winning at half time

• 36 SupaToonKid // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:16 PM

  I wouldn’t pay anymore than £7M for Debuchy but I think realistically a deal could be done at £6M (as long as Chelsea & co don’t come knocking), Luuk de Jong I wouldn’t pay anymore than the £9M, Anita hopefully £5-6M & Zapata for £4M. Then maybe look at frees like Hoilett or Barnetta but maybe even Elia if he has a low fee.

• 37 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:16 PM

  Why do people worry what in the knows say.

  If you fall for it you just have yourself to blame.

  If he was in the know he would do more with the info than post it here.

• 38 ToonAndy // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:17 PM

  Nick 69 …. The players that interested us most In this window were, DEBUCHY, VERTONGHEN, LUUK DE JONG and WIJNALDUM…

• 39 ToonAndy // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:18 PM

  And expect us to get ATLEAST two of them

• 40 No Plain Saylor // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM

  @ rich. True that!

• 41 Beardo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM

  Germany have fecked my bet up, hope they get mugged now.

• 42 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM

  @ toon andy

  That’s what the papers have said not the club so not reliable.

  Also vertingen has said he wants to join spurs even though redknap has gone so can’t see anything to say we are even considering him.

• 43 SwedishMagpie // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM

  How much do you think Schürrle would cost haha ?
  Ben Arfa Schürrle
  ————-Cisse———-
  :O

• 44 SwedishMagpie // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:21 PM

  Ben Arfa———-Schürrle
  ————-Cisse———-

• 45 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:22 PM

  Dannyo
  As a full blooded Englishman I’d say three lions have a chance, slim one yes but its there to make the final…but as a football fan if Germany don’t make the final the best team haven’t made it

  They are like watching a exciting Spain

• 46 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:24 PM

  SupaToonKid
  Why wouldn’t u pay more than those amounts for those players?

• 47 Beardo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:25 PM

  9 minutes too late for my bet – tossers!

• 48 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:25 PM

  From the bloody LB what a hit

• 49 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:28 PM

  without starting the whole debate again…..thats the advantage of a right footed left back.

• 50 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:32 PM

  @WWYCD
  That was the goal we never got against Swans in our first match against them, this season.
  Painfull to watch.

• 51 No Plain Saylor // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM

  And Schürrle hasnt been starting ahead of podolski all along because…. ?!?!?

• 52 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM

  Dannyo
  Haha fair one aye if only we had Lahm eh?

• 53 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:37 PM

  @WWYCD
  SupaToonKid has been bitten by the bargain bin bug

• 54 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:39 PM

  @WWYCD
  Hehe, or Debuchy or Pieters?

• 55 Beattie25 // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:44 PM

  You guys have missed something blatantly obvious with the article.

  Pardew is going on holiday so I doubt we be signing anybody in the next few days. My god I don’t think I’ll last until another few hours.

  By the way what do you reckon the chances of signing Kyriakos Papadopolous are?

  I’ve watched him a few games and his positioning, heading, power, speed and hunger are all exceptional. He’s going to be one of the worlds best CB’s IMO and only 20 years old.

  Probably cost a fortune like

• 56 SupaToonKid // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:44 PM

  I’m just trying to be realistic as come on more than £7M for a full back unless it’s somebody like Phillip Lahm & considering our budget as well so yeah I just don’t think we should shell over the odds for players!

• 57 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM

  Dannyo
  Aye he certainly seems to of been…not my bag that though haha
  And I’d take Lahm over either of them anyday haha Cole LB and Lahm RB would do me for my fantasy team

• 58 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:46 PM

  @Beattie
  It’s not the first time that name has been suggested, however, i’m against getting players with more than 6 letters in their last name.
  My favorite player is Ba. Try screaming Papadopolus when he scores.
  The wife would shut me inside the bedroom and call the psyciatric departement.

• 59 Beattie25 // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:47 PM

  There are a few right footed LB’s bht why are there no left footed RB’s?

  If anything that’d be harder to defend. Look at wor Benny

• 60 Beattie25 // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM

  I’d just call him Papa

  Like a Spanish ho

• 61 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM

  Don’t really see 7mill as being over the odds for a full international RB coming off a very good season who has CL waiting for him

  Can’t always shop in the bargain section

• 62 SupaToonKid // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM

  Just to make myself clear I’m not to fussed how much we spend as long as we bring in quality players for their money’s worth (I don’t want to go all Liverfool paying ridiculous fees). I was simply speaking from AP, MA, DL & GC’s (the club’s) viewpoint

• 63 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM

  @SupdaToon
  I’m not worried about paying over the odds mate, i think we have a value on the players we go after, and that value is something i think we know we’ll get back one way or another. There are more ways getting value from a player than the resell value.
  The board knows where the limit goes, i’m just gonna leave that to them. But i see where u’re comin from.

• 64 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:52 PM

  Beattie
  To get him would be a amazing coup for NUFC but I doubt he would be sold for less than 20+mill and I doubt he would drop down the couple of levels in order to join us

• 65 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:54 PM

  @WWYCD
  Aye ofc, if i could get Lahm then by all means…
  I remember when we were linked with Klose

• 66 rich_toonfan // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:56 PM

  Players ave two values.

  The value to the seller and the value to the buyer.

  You have to weigh up if the fee will be worth it when you buy, looking at everything from resale value, shirt sales, increased interest in their country, can he take the team forward and how far and mainly how much of your budget it takes up.

  Same as selling you need to weigh up if it is worth losing him.

  I’m sure the club know their limits its just getting other clubs to consider what we see as value. With a lot of clubs paying way over the odds, Lille will surely wait a little bit longer and see if the interest from chelsea or inter results in a formal bid, they are in no rush to sell so the deal might be done relatively late in the window.

• 67 toonLYF // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:56 PM

  should sign Lahm and move santon to RB

• 68 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 8:57 PM

  Beattie @53 – does Pards have to sign for delivery like? I usually just make sure the missus will be in if something arrives while I`m out lol.

  As for Lahm illustrating the advantage of a right footed LB, thats er…. daft. Why not have a both-footed AM? Or a 3-legged keeps lol. Lahm illustrates the need for better players is about right.

• 69 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:00 PM

  Get me to the Greek!

• 70 Beardo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:01 PM

  Always thought Samaras was a tremendous player…..

• 71 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:02 PM

  Aye Samaras is a nugget all right. There will soon be a team in the German`s road that won`t make them look as good. It may be us.

• 72 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:02 PM

  Dannyo
  We should just agree that we should sign the German national team

• 73 Big Pappa Cisse // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:02 PM

  I dont believe it, ive just checked the sky outside and pigs are flying, oh and that freddie mercury lookalike has scored aswell

• 74 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:05 PM

  Fotball just broke. If Germany doesnt score and win this, football will never regain its balance.

• 75 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM

  Big Papa Cisse aye he` a killer queeeeen!

  

  Damn.

• 76 geordie157 // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM

  When the greeks actually bother to attack they don’t look too bad.

• 77 geordie157 // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:07 PM

  Boom, that’s game over

• 78 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:07 PM

  The balance is regained!! Thank God!

• 79 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:08 PM

  Like I said, making the Germans look good, lad was ball watching there.

• 80 nufc786 // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:10 PM

  samaras hat-trick could be on the cards…..

• 81 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:14 PM

  Our Shearer touted replacement lets the air out of the bag. Thank u and good night Greece.

• 82 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:14 PM

  Greek back line and the goalie are getting a bung for this sad performance. I hope this gives the Germans a false sense of ability.

• 83 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:18 PM

  I`d let me granny tak 35 yarders at the Greek goalie.

• 84 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:20 PM

  Embarrassing

• 85 studsy // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:20 PM

  Damn, the Greek keeper is about as much use as marcelino :/

• 86 hdavid23 // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:21 PM

  how much is this Reus kid worth? cracking player, would love him at NUFC

• 87 studsy // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:24 PM

  Hdavid – sadly not going to happen:

  On 4 January 2012, Reus signed with his former club Borussia Dortmund, for a transfer fee of €17.5 million, on a five year deal that will keep him at the club until July 2017. Reus will rejoin Dortmund on 1 July 2012.

  Ontop of that, Dortmund is his home town…

  Shame

• 88 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:25 PM

  Hdavid – wouldn’t use this game as a yardstick of a good player. Its in games like these that overblown reps and prices are born. See what does against decent opposition first.

• 89 Dannyo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:27 PM

  @WWYCD
  We could sign all of them, i just doubt we’d afford any of them…

• 90 Big Pappa Cisse // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:28 PM

  Ze Germans are coming

• 91 hdavid23 // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:28 PM

  well, he’s way too expensive for us then…:(

• 92 Beardo // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:32 PM

  We need a Dietmar Hamann type alongside Tiote, that would be phenomenal!

  Germans have the perfect blend of skill, power and ruthlessness!

• 93 WWYCD // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:35 PM

  Dannyo
  I wouldn’t say that we could afford the kit men!

• 94 SwedishMagpie // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:44 PM

  The mackem slayer
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhw-ScirPY

• 95 studsy // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM

  Ahhh…never listened to this for a while. Still gives me the goosebumps! Makes you proud to be a Geordie!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwlp1Aoafg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

• 96 toonarmydownsouth // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:51 PM

  Great performance by ze germans look so clinical its scary glad that Salpigidis got a goal even if it was a dodgy pen he deserved it the only player for the greeks who never stopped all night even at 4-1 he was still defending then getting wide and whipping crosses in

• 97 level7wonder // Jun 22, 2012 at 9:58 PM

  Just been playing 5 a side at complete football in gosforth and all of the reserve side was there! Couldnt believe my luck! Sammy was playing, and tavernier, they both looked next level class compared to everyone else. Kazenga Lua Lua was also there but, I thought he had moved to brighton fullly?

• 98 cupiddstunt // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM

  Tsunki @ # 66

  Sorry but you are way off there on your comment about the need for better players.

  Lahm is an international quality right back, and arguably a world class right back.

  BUT

  He is played primarily as a left back as statistically he is a BETTER left back.

  The Germans like their statistics so here are some of lahms

  Or just some simple truths that tell you left sided players should be left footed and sided players right footed is just right PISH

• 99 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 PM

  Dearly beloved, we bid farewell to this article and it’s banter. May it rest in peace.

• 100 norwegianmagpie // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:19 PM

  Debuchy’s twitter is fake, right? If not, he just tweeted something roughly translated as ”all is ready #newcastle”

• 101 GeordieToon89 // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:21 PM

  Yeah his account it fake, he tweets while he’s actually running around the pitch lol unless he gets his agent to control it ha

• 102 GeordieToon89 // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:23 PM

  Also the person who is tweeting from that account is in South America

• 103 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM

  norwegianmagpie – maybe this will clear things up a bit –

  Scott Wilson ?@Scottwilsonecho
  Love the way that whoever is pretending to be Mathieu Debuchy at @MathieuDebuchy has forgotten to turn off fact he’s tweeting from Chile….

  

• 104 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:25 PM

  Unless that’s the real one and there’s a Chilean guy running around the pitch….

• 105 Tsunki // Jun 22, 2012 at 10:52 PM

  Yep this blog is toast. G’night

• 106 Beardo // Jun 22, 2012 at 11:09 PM

  I sense a signing tomorrow brethren! At noon we shall dine on the meaty news of a new arrival!

• 107 magpiemover // Jun 22, 2012 at 11:30 PM

  toon travel 2 traveing to all away games next season any 1 intrested get in touch on 07858653200 or follow toon travel 2 on twitter

• 108 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jun 22, 2012 at 11:31 PM

  Beardo who do you think you are to come here and post that, you are certainly not the all-knowing Transfer Sage!

• 109 chris_g // Jun 23, 2012 at 12:08 AM

  “Alan Pardew is back at the Newcastle training facility and getting set for pre-season training……”

  Are you sure about that, Ed? I read the article on the official site that you referred to:
  http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20120622/gaffer-raring-to-go_2281670_2819426
  and it doesn’t say anything about him being back at the training facility. In fact, it sounds to me like he is still away on holiday.

  I don’t think it’s a good idea to embellish a story like that, especially at this time of the year, because people might incorrectly start to read something into it.

• 110 Sazzer // Jun 23, 2012 at 1:09 AM

  Tsunki
  I take it that you don’t follow Bundesliga because Reus have been absolutely magnificent overall and completely insane in some games the last two seasons. He have been bit unlucky when it comes to the national team though because he have been forces to cancel 5 times because of badly timed minor injuries. So he’s well known top talent in Germany and probably worth at least double the amount of what Dortmund paid for him.

  Enjoy some videos on of him on Youtube:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m7az_CstEI&feature=related

• 111 Sazzer // Jun 23, 2012 at 1:25 AM

  chris_g
  My “guess” says that he’s in Sweden at moment and keeping contact by phone.

• 112 Troleibusiukas_LTU // Jun 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM

  hey guys, what do you think about Flamini, free agent now.

• 113 Tsunki // Jun 23, 2012 at 9:16 AM

  Sazzer – point missed there I think – I was illustrating the fact that the Germans as a team looked good against a dismal Greek side hence my statement. Reus may be very good, possibly why he just moved for 17m euros and a nice fat 5 year contract. So why would I want to moot NUFC signing him or even bother to watch youtube vids?

• 114 Sazzer // Jun 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM

  Tsunki I got that part and agree with it. At the same time I think it’s perfectly fine to ask around like Hdavid did even you discover a player like he did during this sort of game. If it have been Poland – Greece he might have been within our price range. German internationals rarely are in that range, at least not anymore. So I never meant for anyone to check him out as a possible Newcastle player. Rather just to enjoy this talented player if he’s unknown to you. He’s fun to watch in the same way other teams fans probably enjoy watching Ben-arfa unless it’s against their team.