ToonTastic

Just another quick reminder about this as it's so damn close at the top of the table, don't want anyone forgetting.

I don't think he is no, I think he's saying you just have to try and get the right balance with Newcastle fans, and he's right. If you don't you end up with the problems we have now. But you can't bow to the fans every whim else we have the problems we have with the last guy who picks managers to please the fans rather than to run the club and then fires them just as quick again to please the fans.

It's was stolen by the robbing mackem bastards, FACT

The actual new Man U shirt http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/03/11/picture-exclusive-first-look-at-manchester-united-s-new-shirt-115875-21190161/

Don't forget and add your predictions for the Hull game if you haven't done it already.

How dare they try and improve stuff

There is no clause it was a fabrication made up by some scummy paper

Butt was on the bench against man u. I hope he doesn't even make that next time regardless. Butt has cost us so many points this season with bad passes in bad areas we can't risk playing him again.

I've been trying to keep out of this for a while now but EH?! Ashley has taken no money from the club and it's actually costing him a fortune every season, I don't understand how you can call that a money making racket. Or have I just been whooshed massively?

Prediction League all up to date again. You can see the current table here http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcpredictionleague Make sure you remember and get your predictions added for the Hull game, it's all still very tight at the top.

I'm no fan of NUSC at the current moment in time but my god Llambias appears to be out of his depth running this football club.

--------------------Harper------------ ----Raylor--------Colo---Bassong------Jose-- ----Jonas----Geremi--Lovenkrands-Smith--Duff-- ------------------------------Viduka-------- A point would be a great result so we need someone to be able to throw the ball up to and can hold it, that's Viduka. Try and fill the midfield so we can keep a bit of control in there and just hope the defence holds up. If we have Steven Taylor in the back we will lose as they will have the run of that side of the pitch.

Well I'm neutral and I loved it. The match was flowing so quick as well, I know it was cause Athletico wanted to get on with the game but the fact the ball was quickly at the player for throw ins and that (well a new ball) just meant the game seemed to never stop. It was great stuff.

They were 15 points clear at the end of January

Did anyone catch this match on Sky Sports Extra? It's just finished and was a fantastic game, honestly if you didn't see it watch out for the highlights of the Spanish football I think at 1am on SS1. Just to see Henry's first goal if nothing else. Brilliant match, brought back memories of our match against Liverpool and that was how it ended 4-3.

Or they pay him off with the protection that he won't be allowed to say anything about it.

I would have thought they would have tried to hold on for this season, get promotion and then take the points deduction in the new league if they got promoted. Guess they are worried they don't get promoted though and then they start the new season on minus points in a lower league.

It got set on fire and then got knocked down a few year back

Protesting without any idea of what might constitute a favourable outcome, in a situation where the owner has already tried to sell and found it impossible .... Moronic. “We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome” Please tell me that quote is not meant to make NUSC look good ? Makes them a total joke.

Why should we give them kudos for effectively upping prices for twelve months? They aren't doing this for us, they're doing this for them. They need bums on seats. The fact all they have done is roll back prices to what they were a year or two ago when the product on the pitch is utter gash and the country is in the depths of a financial clusterfuck is hardly admirable. I hate to say it but Quinn, Short and who ever else is in charge down the road have got it spot on. Their reductions to all are fairly substantial and they're selling season tickets for under 16's at £19 a pop. That's what Ashley should be doing if he wants to get bums on seats, not fobbing us off with lame offers. The whole £19 season ticket is nonsense. I'd be appalled if there was ever a £19 season ticket at SJP. Why the f*** would anyone sell a seat for a season for less than it would cost to fill for 1 game v Mackems for example. Not to mention the 'big 4' rolling into Toon. Makes for financial suicide. Not really, you have to have 1 adult ticket with one of the U16s tickets so basically they are getting cash in that way and only filling the empty seats they had left over. The cost is £3m to the club apparently. Now when all of these U16s hit 17, if the club is doing ok they will stick with the club and the club very easily makes its money back.

Got to stop grabbing opponents though cause plenty will go down and he'll give away a penalty. He's given away a few dangerous free kicks this season and he keeps on doing it.

All updated after the Everton game. No movement at all at the top which means it's still anyone's to play for!

Dear me.. Oh and drop Coloccini for Taylor Gallowgate? Why because Taylor's distribution is so great? Coloccini and Bassong are our two best central defenders, Coloccini has been out of form recently but he's still been solid, which is more then I can say for Taylor at centre back (he's been quite good at right back though IMO). Taylor would be a solid RB on one condition: he stopped playing up front. I brought my mate (Spurs fan) to the game today, and his comment was "Your right back doesn't seem to understand the 'back' part of his job description." I'm all for the RB making runs up front, but unlike Beye, he's too reluctant to go back. Too busy trying to be that Geordie hero. He needs to mature and realise it's a team game and he is not Kaka 2.0. Don't think he understands RB at all. When he's in a defensive role he keeps getting dragged into the centre when he doesn't need to be there at all he needs to stop at right back. To be honest I'd prefer he was dropped and Raylor be put in at right back leaving the wingers as Jonas and Duff. Bassong was good again though, worthy of his MOTM I thought.

so what do you think of the merits of appointing a manager who won 4 titles with 2 different clubs and 3 manager of the year awards - before they do well or not so well, with your own unique gift of hindsight ? You're still fully behind Mike Ashley and his amazing success I take it ? Are we still on this question? he's a bit shy with the answer, the truth being that nobody in their right mind would consider such an appointment to be a poor one, but he might surprise us if he replies. Would you be happy if Shepherd bought the club back? do you mean the Halls and Shepherd ? I don't think SJH would, so say Douglas Hall and The Shepherds. Don't think Douglas Hall would I think it's Shepherds and other people.

So if the club is not sold your never going to go back until the point that MA leaves ?