Well done signing Ince and Zaha. Is there any way you could get him permanently, or will Moyes be all selfish and shenanigans?

Nice job - great price for Ince, nice loan signing of Zaha and Andy Cole!!

Great update.

2013-10-16 20:04#138137 tbendis : Well done signing Ince and Zaha. Is there any way you could get him permanently, or will Moyes be all selfish and shenanigans?

Probably the latter

So glad you loaned back Ince, thought you'd taken him away permanently

Ince- Good
Zaha- Good
De Silva- Even Better

Kinnear- Not so good.

I think it is time for some more of Joe Kinnear's shenanigans

2013-10-17 07:43#138196 Walter : So glad you loaned back Ince, thought you'd taken him away permanently

I guess that reaction suggests he was a good signing? Haha

2013-10-17 07:45#138197 edu1878 : Ince- Good
Zaha- Good
De Silva- Even Better

Kinnear- Not so good.

I think it is time for some more of Joe Kinnear's shenanigans

Ince- Ya
Zaha- Ya
De Silva- Unfortunately I was a bit of an idiot and forgot to select Australia, so, it seems De Silva will not be joining us. ;(

Kinnear- Give him a chance!

Some good signings there.
Will Kinnear's managing abilities provide us with a shock?
Oh wait he's won the Premier League 3 times

Matheus Biteco has officially joined Newcastle United from Gremio, where he had already made 22 appearances in the Brazilian League. The young holding midfielder is Newcastle's only Brazilian, but has made it clear that he is willing to adapt to both the league and the lingo.

-Biteco in his first interview.

Meanwhile, today, Newcastle completed their pre-season in a home game that Matheus Biteco was present at, observing. He could not have chose a better game to watch as Newcastle thrashed Inter Milan 4-0, courtesy of Papiss Cisse's hattrick and a fine shot from Zaha, with Loic Remy making his debut off the bench.

The pre-season begun when Newcastle traveled to France to play a match against Montpelier, in which Yanga-Mbiwa, an ex-captain of Montpelier, performed well. In the end, however, it was Hatem Ben Arfa who made the difference with a slick goal that left the opposition uninspired, and the game at 1-0.

In the second match, the Newcastle squad traveled a much shorter distance to play Carlisle, beating them 4-2, with a good attacking show, yet a rather poor defensive display from the Magpies. Yanga-Mbiwa, Sissoko and Gouffran (on two occasions) all scored to send the Newcastle fans home happy.

Most Newcastle fans would agree the third game of the friendly campaign was most certainly Newcastle's worst, suffering a heavy 4-1 defeat away to Hannover, their only consolation a goal from left-back Davide Santon. Despite the result, Newcastle still played relatively well.

Newcastle then returned to France to participate in a friendly cup including themselves, Bologna, Hertha and Saint-Etienne. They faced the latter, and won 2-1 thanks to a second half comeback with goals from Shola Ameobi and Yohan Cabaye.

Only a day later, the Toon moved on to face Hertha in the friendly cup final, who had overcome Bologna. Zaha and Williamson both scored, but, the German outfit did not give up and earned an equalizer until the game went to penalties. Newcastle won on penalties with successful shots from Ben Arfa, Debuchy, Shola Ameobi and Davide Santon.

The penultimate game would see Newcastle travel to local feeder club, Gateshead, where they grasped a convincing 4-0 win, Ben Arfa, Coloccini, Obertan and Cisse supplying the goals.

Newcastle will begin their Premier League campaign in a weeks time, facing arch-rivals Sunderland at home, perhaps the most important game of the season to Newcastle fans.

Great result against Inter, looks like he could be a good signing. Great start to this story.

Fairly decent pre-season, great story so far

Newcastle United had a successful start to their Premier League campaign this afternoon, taking the three points from their rivals with control and power. Tonight's game was both Gus Poyet and Joe Kinnear's debut for their respective club, and both were hungry for the three points.

The game quickly kicked in to action when Yohan Cabaye scored a spectacular free-kick in the 4th minute, lighting up the stadium. Fabricio Coloccini guided a corner stuck by Hatem Ben Arfa in to the top of the net using only his head in the 66th minute, doubling Newcastle's lead against the Black Cats.

After his prime defensive work, great leadership and winning goal, it was Coloccini who was named the Man of the Match.

-Coloccini told press after the match.

Newcastle grabbed tight a hold of the fixture and made it their own, having over 60% of the possession and sending 25 shots towards Sunderland's goal (as opposed to Sunderland's 3 shots), 16 of which were on-target (as opposed to Sunderland's 1.)

Newcastle will next travel to Southampton to face Mauricio Pochettino's team that lost 3-1 to Fulham only yesterday.

Sunderland are going down!! Any interest in Cabaye?

2013-10-17 12:55#138240 LFC : Sunderland are going down!! Any interest in Cabaye?

Basically half my players have the "Wanted" tag, but most of them are happy, including Cabaye. The only one I am worried about losing is Ben Arfa.

Good win mate, nice story so far:)

Solid Win and quality updates, keep going