Greg

I presume you are just going off the photos again, does that mean Edgar is now infront of Taylor in the pecking order for centre back?

Yes, his son. Decent little player.

He trains with Newcastle United a few times a week. As for Soderberg he was a youth sigining I doubt KK had little/if any input. Soddy has let 6 goals in after 2 games, he is showing first team form already. Looked decent enough yesterday, made a couple of very good saves. Pretty hard when he has a shower of shit playing in front of him.

I'll have to have a think about that one in all seriousness. OK, bear with me this is flying off from the top of my head here. Approach it an experiment or trial kind of way. Go to residents of a troubled area and tell them you want to create a super community, to get rid of all the problems, to make their lives better and their kids lives better. But make it a reward and incentive driven thing. Ask each resident to volunteer for this scheme, opt in but no opt out. Build a street in this troubled area and hand over the properties to those who volunteered for the scheme. They now own their properties. Lots of clauses though. If you don't work, you have to go into training or get a job. If you have kids they have to go to school. If you're a single parent, while the kids are at school, you have to get a part-time job or go into training. If your kid is only a baby, once the kid is old enough for nursery, you have to get a part-time job or go into training. Break this and you lose your property and have to move out. Fit CCTV at the top and bottom of the street. Give each resident a garden with swings, goals, to get kids playing in the garden. Put internet in every house. Build a community housing clinic at the end of the street. Residents will run this place and this place will deal with all community matters, from housing to reports of incidents (hopefully there won't be any). Every 3 months the whole street has to go on a street trip. When I was a kid our street organised it's own trips to Flamingo Land or the Coast. Not all residents went of course, but most did. Build a youth centre at the end of the street. Parents run it. Only open a few days a week, don't want kids couped up all the time. Build a play pen at the end of the street too. Put goals up, basketball, benches, climbing frames etc. Give it 12 months. See what happens. Get business to sponsor it/fund it. At the end get the BBC around to make a documentary about it to spread the word, to make other communities interested in the scheme. As a taxpayer, I will happily contribute to such a scheme. I wouldn't whinge because people are getting houses for nowt. I'm fortunate, I have a job and have enough about me to do something for myself in life. Not everyone is the same. Some people need help to help themselves. Some people need a leg up, a second chance. Appoint a housing, social and community person to this street, an independent person whose job it is to monitor things, to chip in with advice regarding jobs, schooling etc. Why not. Where I live they are building a so-called super academy at a huge cost and moving kids from Westgate Community College (my old school), a school that good teachers wouldn't fix, so why not build a super community. It can be done and while it would cost good money, the future of our kids is priceless and a better society would be worth it. You would then be able to truly filter out the lost causes or those who don't want any help, or can't be helped. What you do with the, let them fest away somewhere. Shame we stopped sending people to Australia Seriously, even troubled people who may have a history of anti-social behaviour, crime, or whatever, can be decent people or want to be decent people. It's not easy though for these people. All they know is bother. The environment traps them and helps create them. I'm reading a good book at the moment, Charles Bronson, that poor bastard. A violent man yes, but a good man. He wouldn't have caused half the bother he did in Jail to himself, others and the jails themselves if he was penalised in a better environment. And before people say anything, I'm no do-gooder or liberal, but I do think there is some good in a lot of wrong uns and especially in the area I grew up in. Just takes someone with balls and someone to stand up and go for it. Sir Beecham in his 500K Gosforth House with his private school education and his cronies on excessive wages for doing fuck all are not those people and nor are their plans right for those people. Demolishing their communities, dispersing them and promising them affordable homes when big business had had their wicked way on my old stomping grounds. I'll post some photos tomorrow, yous will be shocked some of you at the state of the area and that people still live in these rund down death traps of broken streets. People need more than a new home, or a re-touched home. It's not as simple as that though is it. If it was it would have been done.

So Tiburón, what would you do to solve the problems you go on about and how would you finance such projects?

I dont think the Academy system helps matters either. It's not great but what realistic other options are available for the league / FA? We dump Acadmeny status for the juniors the best players play in the reseves anyway & go into the Football League Youth Alliance which operates the less resticive Centres of Excellence system that clubs used in 1980's & early 1990's. It would possibly be a more productive system but sadly I simply can't see them dropping this 'Academy' method that we've got at the moment.

I dont think the Academy system helps matters either. It's not great but what realistic other options are available for the league / FA?

Bringing in these young kids is all well and good but I don't think our Academy coaching staff are good enough to be honest, hope to see some changes soon.

Our kids don't lack hunger, they just have the fun knocked out of them at an early age so become almost resentful of the game or see it as a means to get whatever they can get out of it financially and in the quickest and easiest way. In short many of today's footballers see the game as a job and don't love it as a sport or as sheer fun anymore. Our under 18 side lacks hunger, are disorganised and quite frankly shite.

Everyone is different, Babayaro had his best game in a Newcastle shirt following the death of a family member, his brother iirc. For me it would depend who and the circumstances, so many different factors to take on board.

Decent read.

Looks like Given will be ok and in the squad for Man United.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5672/dsc00970jz9.jpg I'd never seen it till the Spurs fan that took this photo pointed it out with my season ticket being in the Gallowgate End.

at villa a few years ago, according to the PA guy, our goal scorers were Shola Ameebee and Charles N'Zogabeer According to the PA guy at Villa on Saturday Emre was Jose Enrique.

I always laugh when fans come out with 'you've never won fuck all' against us. Trying to tell us we are always winning things, do they know something we don't?

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Just got back, fuck me that was a shite second half yet again!

Go to the Liverpool FA Cup game if they beat Barnsley? Sorry.

True, I'll still be listening.

Listen to it again via the BBC Website: Click Here Transcript Thingy First caller: We lack pace. Answer: Not the be all end all. Look at the likes of Arsenal. The best teams only have two or three really quick players, the rest are very clever, they have guile. Eg. Rob Lee, David Ginola. Not pacey but clever. (References to likes of Milner/Butt maybe?) Second caller: Use Shola. Answer: What i see i like. He can improve even though he's 26. Him and Andy Carroll both ones to work with. Right spirit. Key is they have to deserve to get in the team. Pleased with attitude of all reserves. Keen on following the likes of Middlesbrough/Man City with academy players. Don't do enough at the moment. Challenge for us to get back to the days where Clark, Howey, Watson, etc were coming through. Third caller: Did you know everything about the Wise thing? Answer: Not behind my back. Knew i was getting a Director of Football and feel we definitely need that. Chris Mort is a good Chairman but doesn't know masses about football. Ashley wanted a football man. Definitely pleased they chose Wise; fantastic knowledge with football. If we're not able to get local youngsters, the club is right to look further afield. Will make my job easier. Question: What's Terry Mac's doing? Answer: Very much in my plans. Not a coach but he goes one on one with the players, he's very important to me. Loves club as much as i do, that's not enough, but there's so much more to him. Having a close look at all the staff that Allardyce brought in, working out whether or not they're vital or not. Question: I'm a posh southern bint and would it be worth to do a team building boot camp, akin to a military regime? Answer: We're always looking to do things with the players that pulls things closer together. Have to help new players, especially foreigners, settle in. Weather can be an issue. Planning ahead, pre-season is one of the most vital parts of the season. Go-karting, paint-balling... boot camp... nah. Question: What the hell's Beardsley doing at Middlesbrough? Answer: There's got to be a place at Newcastle for Beardsley. A case of finding that place. There is a place for him somewhere. I think he's best working with youngsters; amazing ability to still actually show them how to do it. Question: What are you going to do about the two goalkeepers at the club? Answer: Best pair of keepers in the Premiership. Harper will get a chance. Given's a terrific goalkeeper. Two good young ones - Forster, Södeberg trained or the first time today. Shay has edge cos he's played so many games. Question: What areas of the teams need strengthening most? Answer: All areas need strengthening. Tried to hijack Woodgate deal, but it was already just about done. Need leaders. Takes time for foreigners to settle - went for Woodgate cos he's experienced, mature, knows the league, is a leader. Players who can play - defenders who can defend, but comfortable with the ball. Lack creativity. Can pass it better than recently. Limited on players to unlock doors, Emre's probably the one who can put people through. Preferably Premiership experience. Question: Are the reserves going anywhere? Answer: Blown out of proportion last time, i got rid of them because i was protecting one of the most important parts of the club (pitch). Securing it at SJP for a few hundred people would be difficult. Best way to get into SJP is to make it into the first team. Question: Is confidence returning? Answer: Need confidence more than a lot of things. Spirit's good but it can get better. Every player's got his strengths, every player's got an aspect that isn't 'Premiership'. Eg - fitness, experience. Need players to take responsibilty on a football pitch, leading by example. Eg - Rob Lee, not a vocal 'Tony Adams' leadership, but footballing responsibility. Question: Can you keep N'Zogbia here? Answer: Not seen any of the contracts yet. If Charles really wnats to go, we need to convince him that he'll miss out on something if he does leave. Need to convince him he'd make a mistake. Charles is open-minded, he's definitely not said he 100% hates it here. Want to keep our best players. Question: Are you baring in mind the defensive frailties? Answer: Our defensive records last time were very good. Media is convinced that we lost every game 4-3. Attack can be the best form of defense. Question: Who's the next player you're going to buy? (Little kid, who's middle name is Shearer) Answer: Wait till we're safe, then sit down and look at it. Can't give you any names. Easy for me to get Tevez. I could probably get Zola. One day Shearer will be assistant manager. Question: Alan Shearer. Answer: Shearer can't be a number 2 with all the commitments he's got at the moment, eg - BBC. The club can wait for Alan. The job will come for him. Shearer knew he couldn't be a number 2 atm. Certain Shearer will be Newcastle manager one day. Strong personalities can get on. Question: What do you think to the press/public's change of opinion (negative) towards Newcastle? Answer: Easy target. Not too different from last time, there were people looking for bad stories. It won't change. We can make people eat their words. The more people say things can't be done, the more it drives you on. Can't feel sorry for yourself. Question: Are there insiders? Answer: Don't think so. Doubt it very much. Shouldn't read too much into 'insiders'. Ignore it. Question: Can we get more distribution to the forwards, etc? Answer: The players lack the confidence to play out-and-out attacking football. Often no space to run into for the forwards. Didn't use space properly after we scored against Boro. With confidence coming back that will change. Desperately need confidence, feeling like you can beat anybody. These players aren't playing as well as they can. Question: Is the youth academy going to be alright? (Clearly been asleep for a couple of weeks or so) Answer: Absolutely. Very important part of the club. Going to bring best young foreign players in. Question: How comfortable are you about the expectations of the title 'Messiah'? Answer: Like to think it's all about trust for me. All i've ever done is give my all. "Can you work miracles?" No... i'm not comfy with that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here to listen online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/local_radio/index.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7227055.stm Keegan will be live in the BBC Radio Newcastle studios for the first time since his emotional return to St James' Park just a few weeks ago. And the Toon boss will be taking your calls, texts, and emails, so make sure you ask him the question you always wanted to. So how do you pose a question? There are three ways: 1. By phone: ring BBC Radio Newcastle on 0191 232 6565 ONLY while the show is on air! All calls charged at local rate. 2. By text: message BBC Radio Newcastle on 07786 200954 ONLY while the show is on air! 3. Online: Submit your question anytime, by using the form below. Be sure to include your name and location! You can listen to the phone-in live on BBC Radio Newcastle (95.4 FM, 1458 AM, DAB Digital Radio or online at BBC Tyne). The interview will be available to listen to on BBC Sport later that evening. I guess this will be like the ones Souness did, should be a good listen.

I don't think the Times liked my "Fuck off." I doubt the Guardian would have printed it either. Yep, they didn't like my response about not even giving that article the satisfaction of wiping my arse with it.

Had rave reviews about Krul from my Falkirk season ticket holder of a friend, thinks he's miles better and has loads more potential than Kasper Schmeichel who they had on loan last season.

He's injured too. heard he'd been stretchered off, how bad is it? Dislocated shoulder, still officially on loan at Falkirk but is back down here being looked after by our lot.