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Lahm was a good choice at 2, best player in the world for me.

latest from the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/11318281/Newcastle-consider-appointing-assistant-manager-John-Carver-as-long-term-replacement-for-Alan-Pardew.html

Chester City were bought by an American chap who appointed himself manager and helped get them relegated out of the football league.

The 8 yr contract for Pardew suggests Ashley wants a bit more stability these days. His first few years here were beyond a joke though. Kinnear ffs. I know many have asked if there will be a lot of managers prepared to work under the constraints Ashley has in place, and I do have some sympathy...

Yep, and he will have more say over transfers than the next manager, too. It is more or less the same system set up by Chris Mort that was buying and selling without Keegan's consent.

The festive fixtures are a huge asset for the Prem and they'd be stupid to drop them. Keep the busy schedule over Christmas and have a break in Jan if they must.

It's only 6 really - Allardyce, Keegan, Kinnear, Shearer, Hughton, Pardew.

This one is busier than the others suggested. More militantly anti-Ashley, too: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/board,14.0.html

Pardew obviously had some input over transfers but the targets are picked by the scouting team (led by Carr) and the decision to invest was Charnley's. Only Obertan, Elliott and Santon were Pardew's picks in his time here. NUFC have a transfer system/policy that will continue with or without...

De Boer mentioned Spurs, Liverpool & Newcastle as clubs he would like to manage a few months back. Feeling in the Netherlands is that he will leave Ajax but probably not until the end of the season. It might help that we have Krul, Janmaat, Anita and De Boer's old captain Siem de Jong at the...

Mediocre manager, grating personality and is seen as Ashley's puppet. Looks like even Pardew with his 8 year contract has lost patience with the big man in charge. There was also a fair bit of mistrust because he had signed his NUFC contract while Chris Hughton, who was very popular, was still...

I've disliked Pardew since day 1 so I will be happy to see him leave. However he might be leaving because Ashley has betrayed him in the transfer market which would be bad for the club. Could see Ashley bringing in another Joe Kinnear, flogging our highest value players like Sissoko & Krul and...

We're not getting an emergency keeper for now, which is a shame as Alnwick is a really poor keeper. I doubt he'll play again at the top level after this and was due to be released at the end of the season. I suppose it is our own fault for not having adequate cover at the club, even 2nd choice...

He's not finished but at this stage of his career Rodgers needs to pick and choose his games. Bring him in for big matches & give him a run out against weaker opposition now and then, in the same way Scholes or Giggs were used at the end of their careers. But Gerrard has already played 22...

I must admit I was wrong - Lovren wasn't a top signing. :smirk: Still Liverpool fans shouldn't complain too much, I think most neutrals knew they would find it hard to push for the top 4 this year, and in that context they are only 5 points behind Arsenal so it could be worse. Rodgers biggest...