The Toon Army

Coloccini sent an open letter to San Lorenzo informing them of his sadness that he can't return to his home country and his family after negotiations with Newcastle.

Some extracts from the letter here.

Coloccini: "Unfortunately in life not, things don't always go as you want, often contracts are stronger than the reasons of the heart."

"I am convinced that this moment of disappointment should not be an obstacle to express my deepest gratitude to all and every one of you, for the love and support they have given me and that made me get over these past months, in every imaginable way."

"I wish to acknowledge the patience and respect for the press and the seriousness with which were conducted around this time to me and my family."

"I wish to thank San Lorenzo and it's President who from the outset and without any reservations or conditions, were interested in my personal and family situation"


Sounds like his head may well be elsewhere for the rest of the season.

Wouldnt  be  over  confident  about  tonights  game,Khariv are a very  good side, especially  at  home, Ben Arfa  is  rested................

Salzburglilly wrote: Big  result  last  night, would  fancy  us  against  Anzi  now, think we are  away  in the 1st  leg,just seen  their  highlights  v Hannover, nothing  special, the difference  to the squad  after  January is  huge, we played a near  full strength team last  night but  still Ben Arfa,Tiote,Debuchy,Gouffran,Santon and Steven  Taylor  will return to the team v Southampton on Sunday!!

I really hope it's a midfield of sissoko, ben Arfa, tiote and cabaye . Should be a good buzz on Sunday .

Krul  will have a scan on Monday,he might  be  out  for a while, Elliot  has  always done well when he  had  his  chance, still a big  loss not  having   Krul, seems  Ben Arfa  will  not  be ready  for  tomorrow  either  as  originally  expected, on the positive  side  ITV  are  finally  showing  us  in Europe now  Liverpool  are   gone!

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-wire/we-are-honoured-itv-to-screen-next-nufc-euro-match/

Big  Big win.........what a goal  by  Cisse............Sissokho is  some  player!!

We have  climbed another  place  in the table  tonight...............

Salzburglilly wrote: Sammy  Ameobi  has  gone on loan to  Boro until the end of the season, good experience  for him.

I would have liked to see Shane ferguson go with him and see what he'd be like after 3 or 4 games in a row.

Sammy isn't good enough for premiership football .

Slow & Blind wrote: Salzburglilly wrote: Sammy  Ameobi  has  gone on loan to  Boro until the end of the season, good experience  for him. I would have liked to see Shane ferguson go with him and see what he'd be like after 3 or 4 games in a row. Sammy isn't good enough for premiership football .

Ferguson has  gone  to  Birmingham city.

Season ticket renewal arrived today . Last season it arrived start of February but I guess mike and Derek waited until after a few wins to post it out . Cheeky cockney mafia .