Sams first signing....

Sams first signing....

Is apparently going to be Joey Barton!!!

any links to this?

Good signing if it is as big Sam has a good record of keeping players who are off the rails in check like Anelka and Diouf for example.

just in transfer rumours on bbc site & various football websites taken from the Mirror & People newspaper....

Surely his first signings need to be defenders.

Midfielders and Forwards can wait you have Owen, Martins, Ameobi, Parker, Butt, Dyer etc...

The money would be best spent on defenders first and foremost even if it means you cant buy a big name striker or Midfielder because of spendin nearly all of it on the defence.

Names are being thrown around left right and centre but i bet most of the players who come in are unknown. or Foreigners on the cheap.

I expect most of them will probably be African.

And shit.

Gary speed will be his first signing !

then ben haim ,

i reckon ben haim is coming like, he's stalling on a contract at Bolton.

Good signing for us like tbh!

I wouldnt mind Barton at Sunderland personally

Regardless of how good a reputation Allardyce might have with arsey/petulent players, there's no way he should be signing Barton.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6660503.stm

This kid's just a fucking thug.

Yeh I reckon he could be heading our way, he'd be a class signing

hope he doesnt sign barton like!! then again, martins is a big lad and i'd love to see barton lose his racial temper with him!!!

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx...=4&lid=4161&title=Barton+set+for+Magpies+move

id love to see barton try to catch him

A good signing provided he doesn't behave like a cunt.

Need defenders though.

Rumoured to be penning a 5 year contract, £70,000 a week right now.

Ridiculous money for that idiot, that said ... Kieran Dyer.

Just read that on Teamtalk.com. £70,000 a week is fucking ridiculous for a player of his stature

bull, he cant demand that

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_2168152,00.html

"However, it is understood he was so impressed with what he saw and heard that he turned around and went straight back to the stadium to sign a deal which is thought to amount to around £70,000 a week"

Out of interest, Whats Parker on?