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Can I stop cringing yet?

I reckon Milner's nailed on to join Chelsea. He's a very Mourinho-type player.

Flanagan? Give over.

I like his work rate but the simple fact is a number 10 playing behind the forward needs to be creative and chip in with a few goals. He contributes neither of these. Its what our side is lacking really. A creative number 10 with the capability of putting it in the top bin from 25 yards. Would give our opposition something different to worry about. At the moment our attacking play is a bit too one dimensional. Get within shooting distance, then play it wide. It would be nice to have a number 10 not afraid of hitting it if the opportunity presents itself. Part of me still thinks Gaston might be in RK's plans when he returns next season.

Possibly but lets not let Pardew's recent good form with Crystal Palace cloud our judgement too much. He very nearly got Newcastle relegated last season after a strong start. Who's to say their form would have been any better in the latter half of this season if last season's form was anything to go by. Newcastle fans did not ask for Pardew to be replaced by John Carver. It was a laughable decision made by Mike Ashley in order to save a few quid. Exactly the type of stunt that Newcastle fans have become accustomed to with Ashley running the club. I don't think you can argue that Newcastle are not a big club. Certainly not on the same level as a Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal but about as big as anything underneath that in this country. St James Park is a magnificent stadium and will rival any stadium in the world in terms of atmosphere when they have a team/management that they feel they can get behind.

What an extremely naive post. For a start, they never sacked Pardew. Crystal Palace agreed a compensation package with Newcastle. The Newcastle fans did not turn on Pardew because he failed to deliver success or European football. The Newcastle fans turned on Pardew because in the 5 years he was in charge, he is responsible for every single unwanted managerial record going, including presiding over 4 straight derby defeats against Sunderland. Would we be quite so forgiving of Koeman in the same circumstances? He was a mouthpiece for Mike Ashley, forced talented players out the door and admitted openly that top 10 was the target and the cups were not a priority, thus fielding weakened teams in cup games in order to get knocked out early. Hows that for ambition? Would you like it if Koeman and Kruger/Liebherr all came out and said the same? Pardew also repeatedly turned the club in to a laughing stock and attracted constant negative media attention. Getting caught on camera calling Manuel Pellegrini a "f**king old ****", shoving a linesman during a game and headbutting Hull's David Meyler all come to mind without even thinking. Would you like Koeman to act in such a manner?

For someone who watches Newcastle regularly I'd leave Krul well alone. Not really developed in to the keeper he promised to be when he first broke through. Still has excellent natural reflexes but he is lacking in more or less every other department. At fault for a lot of goals. I do appreciate having Mike Williamson as centre-back somewhat handicaps you though. Realistically, I don't think he'd move anywhere where his place in the first team would be in question. That said, Janmaat is top draw and an ideal replacement for Clyne. Aside from that, I would also be keen on Sissoko, Ayoze and Rolando Aarons.

My life is over. Why is Kodi not working???

He'll go to Chelsea. Tailor-made to play under Mourinho.

Cabaye is not a DM. He's exactly what we could do with (he wouldn't come to us though) but he's not a DM. More of a deep lying playmaker. A footballing quarter back, if you will.

Look through all England's under 16s csptains. Plenty on there who don't go on to make it. We shouldn't be heaping that sort of pressure on the lad just yet. He's far from made it.

He's captain most weeks yeah but prefers CM. He does tend to play CB in 16s due to lack of options there though. Been playing full back for 18s recently. I see him as CM long term but he's got to start adding more to his game in an attacking sense. Very composed on the ball and reads the game quite well. Saints reckon he wont grow far beyond 6'2 but hes about 6' already so they might be wrong.

I don't think we'll ever be in danger of missing this quota to be honest. More that our profile has increased meaning we have a much larger pool to cast our net in.

Aldo is playing along for publicity. He won't be bothered by McGregor's antics, he'll just be seeing £ signs. Will be a great fight but Aldo is in a different class to anything CM's faced before. Would love to see CM win but think Aldo will have too much and will take it on points.

16s found out a while ago. Only 2 kept on I think. Luckily one of them is my nephew.

Read an article on Teamtalk a few minutes ago that Pelle has covered more ground that any other forward this season. Obviously that is not taking in to account most other forwards play for a club that can afford to rest them but still quite an impressive and surprising stat. Perhaps we should encourage him to be a bit more selfish and give us more of a focal point to our attacks as a lad of his size should offer.

I've heard a rumour Ings is a Saints fan... Can anyone confirm?

Matty Targett's from a Scottish, very pro-Rangers family so any player who used to play for Celtic is a good bet!

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I'm not sure the Middle East is considered a priority area for scouting. It's hardly a hotbed of talent is it? Arsenal will be running those academies for branding exposure and financial gain, not for picking up prospects for their academy. If they stumble across one or two prospects, it is of course a bonus but I'm sure it won't be their main priority.

Of course we will still be scouting locally but our profile and reputation now allows us to be an attractive proposition for talents much further afield. We would be crazy not to take advantage of that. I know a lot of the under 16s quite well and regrettably the club were probably correct in who they kept on and who they released.

Don't read too much in to youth team results. Our ethos is all about producing potential players, NOT about producing great teams/getting great results. Slats is a good prospect but possibly slightly ahead of his natural curve due to pressure being applied on the club by those around him. Certainly wouldn't bank on him "making it" just yet.

What an absolute gent the man is. Would love to see him back at SMS so the fans and myself included can show their appreciation.

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