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Agreed Good manager, knows the premiership, loves attacking football. A more solid bet than any johnny foreigner How does he love attacking football ? His current side haven't scored at home this season have they ? Or at least not in the last six games. The guy is currently out on bail and to top it all of his 60 years old so can't even be seen as a long term solution. I would rather have took a young inexperienced manager who would like attacking football who had the help of an older figure head in the club than have this shambles of a manager. He's won sweet FA so why will that suddenly create a team of winners ? He's also not exactly known for being well known fantastic players he's more likely to buy unknowns from Africa who do the odd step over in the summer when they feel like it but drop off in the winter (hence current Portsmouth results). Bollocks to this, of course everyone will support him if he takes the job but the fact is it feels like it did when Souness took over when the fans didn't support the move and a run of a few bad games and he'll have the fans on his back straight away.

Just seen this as the breaking news. Not good news i dont think he comes with even more baggage than sam (isnt harry currently on bail) and he just doesnt seem to be a long term manager (maybe thats a good thing with our club) far better manages available who arent at clubs who i would trust more to win something with better football than we've had. My guess is august 2009 we'll be after another manager. Not happy with this one at all.

You think ? Ashley hates loans and has never taken them out before he's always used his own cash so I'm not sure why that would change ?

Prediction league has been updated again, it's very close at the top now. I've added fixtures up until Man U away and there are loads of bonus points to play for including the matches against Derby, Wigan, Man City and Stoke so don't forget and get all your Xmas predictions in.

The winner of this was Colin Moore. If your on here Colin can you check the email you sent from and reply to the email please. Well done.

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Try this instead http://www.newcastle-online.com/2007/12/12/competition-time/

Just a reminder the competition ends this Saturday so if you haven't entered already you may want to enter.

This is better then you can ignore all things scum http://www.virginmedia.com/sport/match-highlights.php

I've heard so much about this guy from steel wheels (I don't normally take enough notice to be bothered, sorry pa guy ) I was expecting so much more. He just sounded down in the dumps. Music was canny in parts but half of it I'd never heard before like 60s and 70s rock. Never mind can't have everything I guess. Still wish it was the 5 aside games rather than cross bar challenge.

All change, from nowhere N-O is now 3rd for the best forum http://info.fanbanta.com/forumawards/nominations.php Daves not on the list for most posts yet though so get voting see if we can top them all

When you click on the bit that says click here it doesn't put the email in your email client ?

Here is a clue for anyone stuck http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Shearer/0,,10278,00.html

Really why ?

Check out http://www.newcastle-online.com/2007/12/12/competition-time/ for our new Newcastle-Online competition just in time for Xmas.

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Scores are all up to date. Don't forget and post your predictions for tonight's game.

So get voting then

The "revolt" was meant to be with regards to travelling down south over Xmas and staying there for 4/5 days nothing to do with training methods, tactics or anything else.

I agree with everything you said, but that doesn't mean that want a Roeder approach to players who clearly need a kick up the backside. To be honest I'd like to see Big Sam take a long run up with a few of them. Oh I agree with that I just think he's making a mess of managing at the minute and I hope it gets it sorted because his techniques are good and will help the club in the long run.

To be honest i still don't understand the time thing, if you buy good players and play them in the correct positions with straight forward tactics you do well. Doesn't mean you win anything you just do well you then give the manager the 5 years he wants and hopefully in that time he will win stuff. Sven is a good example of this, bought good players, played them correctly and they are doing well won't win anything this season but they will in the next few years I have no doubts. Sam though bought players, feels forced to play them, plays strange complex tactics (football is an easy game don't complicate it!) and we aren't doing well.

So that would make the kids happy at Xmas day when there dad goes off and leaves them for a week ?

Nice to see they listened and to be honest it was the right decision.

The game has changed and lifestyles have changed, family comes before football now for most players. The players seem to be complaining because they won't see their families over Xmas which is fair when they could just as easily fly back straight from the Wigan game and fly back down the day of the Chelsea game. Keeping them there makes no sense other than to make players unhappy. It's not a foreign country it's London there should be no ill effects from flying back and forward. Fine if it was just a normal week day but it's Xmas.

Why not, I've just voted for this place