[Archived] Nicko's Thread

[John]

Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce is are tracking unsettled Arsenal Arsenal's midfielder Lassana Diarra. (Various)

That could allow Emre to leave St James' Park for Bayern Munich, Monaco or Galatasaray. (The Sun)

But Newcastle face competition for Diarra's signature from Tottenham, Everton and Blackburn. (Various)

[nicko]

On the Sunderland 'rumours' - all you can say is that the three players who were supposed to be naughty boys all played for the reserves last night.

So I don't think the wild tales are true.

Let's leave it at that.

On the team news, I heard someone had an injury that was a bit of a blow but that has yet to be confirmed.

Jason Roberts has asked the club to lower their £4 million asking price.

As I said yesterday, Diarra and Cisse have got big price tags - and if they move there is a queue around the block.

[EwoodGlory]

I think Diarra would be better off going out on loan, this will enable him to find first team football and keep his spot in the France team for Euro '08. Arsenal seem an ideal team for his football and can't see why he would want to leave on a permanent deal.

I doubt we would be able to get him in front of the other teams but 'shy bairns get nowt'.

If Emre becomes available I would love us to make a move, i've been saying we should go for him for a while. A long term successor to fellow countryman Tugay.

[Cocker]

On the team news, I heard someone had an injury that was a bit of a blow but that has yet to be confirmed.

Not Reid again please.

[LeftWinger]

But was it??

He may just be trying to grasp some fame , however sad that fame would be .

I don't know how I could prove it - but I did edit it - like someone said you can check the edit history.

I did it when he was first linked with us - and the link is somewhere on here.

I seem to remember when a billionaire was linked with the Coventry takeover - Nicko posted a link from Wikipedia on here about him. So I thought that journalists must google these names when they've never heard of them - and usually there is a wikipedia link at the top of the search results.

I just wanted to see if it would make it into any newspapers/websites - and it has.

A quick comparison with the Bulgarian 100m record would probably reveal to them it was obviously made up

First Linked on Here

The first mention of him was on here - a link to an Arsenal website.

If you check the date and compare it to the wikipedia edit history - that will back up my claims!

Or you could just belive me

[rovers1993]

mirror linking us to hasan sas with his price taged said to be just under 1m.. any truth nicko?

[krislu]

mirror linking us to hasan sas with his price taged said to be just under 1m.. any truth nicko?

Hope not, if true it sounds like real desperation from our part.

[rovers1993]

heres the link btw...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/200...89520-20279464/

[Rover 'til I die]

Hope not, if true it sounds like real desperation from our part.

Not really. If we were buying him for 5 million then yes I'd agree but sounds to me like we'd get a player better than Savage who's 2 years younger and make a decent little profit to boot.

Not bad business really......

[Rover 'til I die]

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[krislu]

Not really. If we were buying him for 5 million then yes I'd agree but sounds to me like we'd get a player better than Savage who's 2 years younger and make a decent little profit to boot.

Not bad business really......

Sas is more of a winger. I fear that if this is true then Hughes will stick Sas on the right wing and move Bentley in the centre of midfield...

[LeftWinger]

Sas is more of a winger. I fear that if this is true then Hughes will stick Sas on the right wing and move Bentley in the centre of midfield...

Can't he play on the left? I can think of a better option then

[krislu]

Can't he play on the left? I can think of a better option then

Don't know I always saw him as a right winger. If he indeed can play on the left I guess he can't do mcuh worse than Morten.

[Lathund]

Bentley could do a good job on the left. I much prefer him on the right where we'll see more crosses, but he's got a good shot on him, a decent left foot, and there's always inswinging crosses so that'd at least be an option. Warnock can supply the left-footed crosses.

[Lurid Coat]

On the team news, I heard someone had an injury that was a bit of a blow but that has yet to be confirmed.

I'm going to throw a fit if this "someone" is Santa Cruz, Bentley or Friedel.

As for the Hasan Sas story, I'd actually quite like him to join. He can play as both a left and right winger, and I think he can do a job as a striker too. If he's only going to set us back £1m, I say go for him.

[nicko]

mirror linking us to hasan sas with his price taged said to be just under 1m.. any truth nicko?

Not mine...and news to me.

Hasan has always been a good player, but he's 31. He used to rely on his pace, so that would worry me these days.

If he's going cheap it has to be a possible in the current climate. If not, forget it.

[Lurid Coat]

I've seen him play a handful of times the last 6 months, both for Turkey and Galatasaray, and he's been impressive every time. If he's available for under £1m, I think we should give it a go, especially considering we'll get around £1.5 - 2m for Savage.

[USABlue]

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QUOTE(Ste B @ Jan 8 2008, 16:01 ) 573124[/snapback]

Anybody stupid enough to post it will know exactly why it should be blanked.

Actually, its not my job, but I dont want to get sued, or this messageboard closed down. If you dont like that, then tough.

EDIT - Its not open for debate, I'd suggest that anybody who is interested trys asking on a sunderland forum to see what response they get, or maybe use google.

Now I am totally intrigued.

I am far to lazy to use the google thingy.

Not sure I like your tone either.

[nicko]

The 'stories' are little short of scandalous, so frankly they should not be repeated.

I have to say the guys who run the site are spot-on about this issue.

Argument and opinion, but when it goes libellous - and possibly criminal - then you can't be spreading that kind of stuff.

[Hasta]

Plus it's hardly breaking news, it was on the betfair forum before last weekend.

[Rover 'til I die]

The 'stories' are little short of scandalous, so frankly they should not be repeated.

I have to say the guys who run the site are spot-on about this issue.

Argument and opinion, but when it goes libellous - and possibly criminal - then you can't be spreading that kind of stuff.

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one can sue for libel as long as you refer to them with an unknown nickname. So if I said "The Aussie Winker Spammer is a greedy c*nt who turned down Liverpool for money" then I couldn't be sued.

So why not just tell us the stories with nicknames then you won't get in trouble. Besides you don't expect us to believe that everything in the papers and on TV is 100% true? The libel laws must be broken hundreds of times a day....

[nicko]

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one can sue for libel as long as you refer to them with an unknown nickname. So if I said "The Aussie Winker Spammer is a greedy c*nt who turned down Liverpool for money" then I couldn't be sued.

So why not just tell us the stories with nicknames then you won't get in trouble. Besides you don't expect us to believe that everything in the papers and on TV is 100% true? The libel laws must be broken hundreds of times a day....

There's a difference between 100per cent true and libel.

And I don't think it's right to spread probably malicious stories about people - no matter what names you might call them.

[stuwilky]

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one can sue for libel as long as you refer to them with an unknown nickname. So if I said "The Aussie Winker Spammer is a greedy c*nt who turned down Liverpool for money" then I couldn't be sued.

As an individual is identiable it is still potentially libellous regardless of whether you use an actual name or not.

[bellamy11]

Correct me if I'm wrong but no one can sue for libel as long as you refer to them with an unknown nickname. So if I said "The Aussie Winker Spammer is a greedy c*nt who turned down Liverpool for money" then I couldn't be sued.

You're wrong.

[Rover 'til I die]

And I don't think it's right to spread probably malicious stories about people - no matter what names you might call them.

That's odd coming from a Mirror journalist...cough...cough..Naomi Campbell...cough

Only joking Nicko, couldn't resist mate. you're obviously one of the good guys