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News today on the Newcastle web-site that Papiss Cisse’s name (shirt) has been the most popular one with Newcastle fans,  who have been purchasing the nice looking new home shirt, since they were put on sale last week. Papiss Cisse – in his new Newcastle strip

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It’s not what we wanted to hear but Newcastle now have several more players injured, which we have found out after the 4-1 mauling at Cardiff on Saturday, with Ben Arfa definitely out and injury concerns with Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse and Cheick Tiote, and Yohan Cabaye is struggling to be match-fit for Tottenham. The expression – it never rains but it [...]

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There’s a little bit of disturbing news in the Evening Chronicle today, that some of Newcastle top players, including Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse,  have asked the Newcastle hierarchy why the  first team squad has not yet been strengthened this summer. Cabaye and Debuchy with French squad in the summer

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There are a number of Newcastle players named in International squads for the upcoming friendly games in August, and there are a couple of surprises- Fab Coloccini has finally been called up again by Argentina, and Ben Arfa has been named in Didier Deschamps’ first French squad. Fabricio Coloccini – Argentine call up

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Now we have Demba Ba on board for the season, we certainly feel a little better with two great strikers up front for Newcastle in Cisse and Ba, and now we need at least three top senior players brought in this month to round out the squad, and the goal has to be to qualify for the Champions League, which [...]

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The Newcastle squad is now back in Newcastle after taking a chartered flight back home from Austria after the 1-1 draw with Fenerbahce in Vienna, in which a lot of Newcastle players gave a good account of themselves. Alan Pardew – we thought we were cruising – we switched off

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In what is turning out to be a successful first tour this summer of Germany and Austria, the Newcastle manager seems upbeat with the good performances all over the field he got from his players on Monday night against a very decent Monaco side. Alan Pardew – shown during game against Monaco on Monday night

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Bad news today that Papiss Cisse has hardly trained at all on the Newcastle’s  mini-tour and is sick, and was left behind in a Munich hospital yesterday, when the rest of the squad traveled to Landsberg am Lech, for last night’s game against Monaco. Papiss Cisse – he wasn’t sick when he scored this goal

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