Greg

13 each I think.

11 points from 20 games since we beat Spurs in October, we've been fucking shite since then.

We'd be in a very similar position, we had some very easy games under Allardyce and we were shit, now we've had to play some of the harder games it's no surprise we're doing even worse.

So Butt has the yellow shirt and Keegan has stolen Kenny Wharton's trousers!

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1pm kick off on police advice.

They've fixed it now anyway.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/03/05/toon-spy-on-russian-ace-72703-20105549/ Toon spy on Russian ace Mar 5 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE United will run the rule over Russia’s versatile Andrei Arshavin in Saturday’s crucial Euro 2008 qualifier with Israel in Tel Aviv. The game could decide whether or not England will be going to the finals in Switzerland and Austria next June and fans will be glued to their TVs on Saturday night. United will be represented – and their eyes will be on the 26-year-old Arshavin, who plays for Zenit St Petersburg. These are not the best of days for United fans, but they will be comforted by the fact that Sam Allardyce has already made his plans for when the transfer window opens again in January. Big Sam has a number of targets, and the Chronicle can reveal that while he may not be top of the list, Arshavin is most definitely on it. He is Zenit St Petersburg’s top player and they would want in the region of £7m for him. And it’s easy to see just why Allardyce will dispatch his top scouts to watch Arshavin in Tel Aviv. He can actually play in four roles – as a deep-lying forward, an out-and-out winger, an attacking midfielder and as a back-up striker, and he is just the type of player United need. His versatility is further highlighted by the fact he was voted the best right-sided midfielder in Russia six years ago, and in 2004 and 2005 he got the nod as the best shadow striker – and last year he was named as Russia’s Player of the Year. A Premier League club’s European scout told me today: “Arshavin has superb pace, he is a great dribbler with the ball, he has vision and technique, and his passing is second to none.” Arshavin has been in the Russian national team for the past five years, and he led his country out in the Euro qualifier with Estonia back in March. He has scored 11 goals in his 25 matches for Zenit St Petersburg this term – and goals are something United need. Their last three have been made up of two own goals, courtesy of Michael Duberry and Sol Campbell, and Saturday’s fluke from James Milner at Sunderland. But United also have problems at the other end of the field and, after watching that shambolic defending when Danny Higginbotham nodded Sunderland in front on Saturday, it is clear that Allardyce is no closer to sorting out his back four. That’s why, while he is not exactly a fans’ favourite, Allardyce will be glad to have the experienced Stephen Carr available again. And he was one of the reasons for yesterday’s behind-closed-doors match with St Mirren at the training ground.

Always been like that tbh!

Mark Pembridge played for Benfica as well Souness signed him instead of Deco who then went and signed for Porto!

Could this not have gone in http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=50528.0 ?

What for? Not stealing. Bloke in the row in front was winding me up, calling me a fat bastard etc for some reason so I grabbed him by the throat and told him to shut the fuck up. We were both mortal, and were both ejected.

Got thrown out of Anfield.

Did his wife kick off in the gift shop? "Do you know who I am?!" Good job there isn't a local Tesco!

Where is he whinging? He's just stating the obvious to be honest.

Fuck it then, we should ignore the fact he scored 19 goals last season for us because we played against 'paper-mache teams'. Idiot Like I said he scored 4 against shit European teams, the rest were against Premiership sides and AZ.

Not true tbh, he only scored 4 of his 17 against shit teams in Europe.

Why? From the regular reserve watchers I haven't heard many good things about him - a distant fourth in line behind Krul. And who knows, perhaps young Soderberg can take advantage of Foster's absence from the reserve team to stake a claim to that "fourth choice" slot... There are those who would suggest Taylor has some responsibilty for us being an "awful team" at the moment... Fraser Forster has actually come on a great deal in the last 12 months and has put in some brilliant performances for the stiffs but to be honest I'd just stick with Harper and let him see out the season. Soderberg is some distance behind Forster at this moment in time.

We've been out there before tbh and the Premier League is massive over there so it's more than possible that we will be looking to go out there.

No it isn't, Poyet seems to do it a lot and I'm sure he wouldn't be happy if other teams were openly speaking about Spurs players as transfer targets trying to unsettle them. Probably because the bloke's a Grade-A cock. Yes I'm bitter. Twat always scored against us.

No it isn't, Poyet seems to do it a lot and I'm sure he wouldn't be happy if other teams were openly speaking about Spurs players as transfer targets trying to unsettle them.

They can talk about them as much as they like, the only rule about tapping up is speaking to the player without the permission of his club iirc.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2261290,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=7 Tottenham Hotspur have held preliminary discussions with Newcastle United about playing a pre-season friendly in China in the weeks before the Beijing Olympic Games get under way on August 8. Although the talks were far from wide-ranging, and the prospect of the match being staged at this stage are slim, the move reflects the desire of Premier League clubs to make in-roads into far-flung markets. The league's proposal for Game 39 - unanimously supported by the club chairman - might have been placed into cold storage, principally because of Fifa's objections, but the pre-season this year promises exotic friendlies. Discussions have taken place between several top-flight clubs about the possibility of staging matches overseas and, with an eye on Game 39, the league will follow the ventures closely. Tottenham have been cleared to begin planning for their pre-season because they have already qualified for the Uefa Cup, after their Carling Cup final success against Chelsea last Sunday, and they will have no distractions in the summer, such as the Intertoto Cup. Their links with Newcastle stem from the friendship between their former vice-chairman, Paul Kemsley, and Mike Ashley, the St James' Park owner, and others have developed since. Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez, recently appointed as Newcastle directors, are close friends of Gus Poyet, the Tottenham assistant manager, and Chris Hughton, the former Tottenham assistant manager, has joined Kevin Keegan's coaching staff at Newcastle. Jimenez had previously worked with Ashley and Kemsley. Ashley's company, Sport Direct, has bought a stake in the ITAT Group, the Chinese retail company - he intends to invest up to £20m - and Tottenham also have ties to China through their shirt sponsors Mansion, the online gambling operator. Poyet has revealed the club could "try to do a deal" for the Espanyol pair Dani Jarque and Carlos Kameni. The Cameroon goalkeeper Kameni is on the director of football Damien Comolli's list to challenge Paul Robinson and Radek Cerny for the No1 shirt, and the Spanish defender Jarque, 24, is also being watched. The Spurs manager, Juande Ramos, knows both players from his time managing in La Liga, and Poyet predicts a summer swoop could happen. "The club is following them with a view to strengthening our team," Poyet said. "We haven't yet taken a definite decision to bring them in, but we will try to do a deal in the future."

He can't be any worse than the other bunch of miserable fuckers, can he? He hasn't even played a game for the reserves or the academy yet, no way will he be ready for Premiership football. I wouldn't be surprised if he was injured or back in Italy at the moment tbh.