Please let it not be true that we are buying Borini from Liverpool for 8 million. The guy is injury prone and not a formidable striker. His strike rate is probably on a par with Carlton. I was pretty happy with our buys so far but this one has really got to me if true! Nolan could also be off to Bolton rumour has it.

And he is The Terminator returns. Great to have Julian Dicks Dicks back at the club in a first team capacity. Bilic and Dicks "The Dynamic Duo"....

I actually like the passion of the geordie support and have been in the company of a small portion of the 'Toon Army' in Hamilton Hall many years ago after they lost to Assnal in the FA Cup final, I was on me way back from the MIddlesex Sevens Rugby at Twickenham. Despite losing, they sang with the Assnal supporters and behaved fantastically whilst being very pished. I can't think of many clubs fans in football that would have mixed with support of the other side, after travelling down so far and losing, and made the best of a day out. I will never forget that day, as I have so often seen the ugly side of supporters acting like complete idiots under the influence and damaging the reputation of the beautiful game.

So why do we not see a massive club with huge support in the market for players after a bad season? Is it the influence of the Cockney 'you know what?' I'm a bit miffed to be honest as they announced record profits last year but they seem 'nowhere to be seen' in the transfer market. Your thoughts?

For the poor british holidaymakers slain in tunisia on sunbeds of all places (R.I.P)......

Its been a great weekend for festivals,i attended hyde park on friday to see 2 of my favourite all time bands,the who & paul weller.50,000 people doing what the brits do best,partying & having fun,without a hint of trouble,whilst not knowing what was going on,on beaches in tunisia.It wasnt until saturday morning,whilst nursing a hangover that i saw the tragic news,in front of me unfurl on the tv.All i can say is these extremists can try & destroy our liberty,but they will never win.Once again i say R.I.P.the british holidaymakers.....

Is anyone else freaking out that our only option at right back at the moment is JOB. I know it looks like we will be getting Jenkinson on another loan but we seriously need another rb to cover for Jenkinson. Nothing against O'Brien as a person but the guy is a championship player at best and shouldn't be around the first team, let alone playing. We are being linked with more cb's any chance any of them play rb as well??

Will Nolan stay as Captain under Billic ? I would hope not. but who would you give it too? I don't see anyone Standing out as Captain Material.

It is being said we have lodged a bid for Aymen Abdennour, Tunisian central defender currently with Monaco. Would be another BIG purchase if it happened as Monaco want 20 million Euros for him! Possible long term replacement for Ginge. Juventus, Tottenham, and Newcastle have ll been mentioned as interested.
If we are also after Remy, as rumoured, that would make a mockery of us "only" spending 25 million this summer!

So many rumours, but which are to believed? Firstly, let's deal with some known transfers: we've let a few go and among those, two stood out for me. Although it's probably best for both them and us, there will always be a place in the heart for two guys, one coming to the end of their career, and one at the beginning of his, who now needs some regular football. Carlton Cole and Dan Potts. Good luck to them both. Also, good luck to Jussi. Not much said about him, but, he did us proud for several seasons and was integral to getting us up and keeping us up. I don't know the goalkeeper replacement, Darren Randolph, who comes in from Birmingham but it seems a sensible "swap" for Jussi, allowing Adrian to continue centre stage. Basically, there are no transfer outs (so far) that feel particularly painful. Then we have Obiang coming in from Sampdoria, a Spanish U21 player. This is definitely exciting and without raising expectations too high too early, let's hope for another Kouyate. We also have some players coming back, all of whom are likely to be fringe, but with Europe considered they may get some more game time than last season. Mauro Zarate, Doneil Henry, Diego Poyet, and even Modibo Maiga. And now let's turn to the recent rumours. The strongest one seems to be Dimitri Payet from Marseilles. This would seem to be a real coup and by today's standards, good value too if just over £10m is true. Jenkinson seems likely to return on loan again at RB. If he doesn't, we really are struggling in that position so let's hope so. And can we possibly get Song back in for a bargain price? It seems possible and if (big IF) these guys all come in we really are assembling a high quality squad of both quality and quantity. I hope it's not too much to ask to retain Carroll and Downing, both rumoured to be heading back to the north east. I think they will stay and I hope so, because we need all the quality players we can get. Can I be greedy and ask for more, Mr Gold and Sullivan? I think we saw last season how much we struggle when Carroll and Sakho are injured. Maybe Valencia will be better in his second season but I think we need another striker with a goal record per game as good as Carroll and Sakho. Charlie Austin and Loic Remy have both been rumoured. I'd be happy with either of them, but would personally prefer Austin. I'm very excited about this season and I just can't wait for some of the rumours to start coming to fruition. Come on you irons!

So the costs for the conversion of the Olympic Stadium have reared their ugly head once more, after seeing an increase in costs from the early estimates. If the government and the Olympic committee had thought about the legacy before then maybe the initial build would have been very different and the subsequent costs would have been a lot less than what is being touted now. The comparison to Wembley is being mentioned by MP's but they forget that the costs for this also soared above the original estimates and warnings were communicated but ignored. As the costs rose towards the £1bn barrier, Multiplex announced that they would incur a multi million pound loss and they didn't expect to be bidding for the OS. They also went on to state that they hoped that 'the lessons learned at Wembley should be strongly heeded by the Games organising committee and the government'. So what went wrong in the 10 years of planning the new Wembley and the subsequent Olympic Stadium? and why should we be dragged through the mud when we are the only feasible option to ensure that the stadium is used appropriately? A victim of another government problem of failing tax payers when we are offering a solution??? Your opinions?

the more i think of it the more i think MY BRAINWAVE about selling little pieces of the pitch is is a runner , i haven't got a clue how to contact them( the club ) so maybe Nev you could do it , make a fortune for charity , any one good at maths ? work out how big the pitch is and how many 6" sq's you'd get , maybe 100 quid a pop , i duno , wat cha fink