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£2m a month?! I presume wages are the biggest drain on the finances - sort it out ffs.

I actually quite like this top now, its grown on me big time.

Thats good news, I don't care about any of the games that Setanta are showing.

I'm not a big Distin fan, but if theres an opportunity to get him and/or Ben Haim on a free transfer this summer we should be looking at that. Looks like theres not a lot to spend

By the way, can you get Setanta on Freeview? Its on my channel list but nothing happens when you click it.

ITV is like sex compared to Setanta

Christ, Gooch everytime. We've not seen a lot of him, but to keep Bramble will be a huge mistake. If anything, its a signal of us accepting mediocrity by offering him a new contract. If we're planning on signing 2 centre halves anyway (as the Journal 'understands' ), Gooch wouldn't be bad as 3rd choice.

The G14 will go mental and threaten a breakaway league etc. Won't happen.

Spot on

So they should vocally support a shite performance, thus validating it?? Do you think booing during the game is more likely to improve their performance or is it more likely they are going to start to feel the pressure, try to force things and make more mistakes/give away possesion? And what is cheering during a shite performance going to do? Probably going to make them think - i know i've been poor, but they love me, nice one. Ultimately, if the players perform as badly as they have done, they'll get booed, and i think thats fair enough. If they played to anywhere near their potential, they'd be ok. Theres a difference in booing after the game and booing during it though. If we play shit on Saturday will you be standing up midway through the play booing and shouting Roeder is a wanker?

Remember when Rob Lee played upfront on his own against Monaco?

Excellent article on F365, agree with it all. McClaren might not be a good enough manager, but theres no need for 'McClaren is a wanker' being sung during the game. I thought we'd taken the passports off all the knobheads who go to England games?

Think he means this season, where they're 7th and we're 11th. But frankly I couldn't give a shit about Spurs. We have invested in the defence, that we haven't is a bit of a myth. Boumsong for £8m and Bramble for £4-5m are obvious examples - just we signed bad players!

Its true, whats the point in heckling DURING the game? Its like the fans who went there actually wanted them to lose just so they could complain a bit more.

That site loses all credibility with posts like

As far as i'm aware: Away tickets are available to season ticket holders first, who must make an application. If theres too many applications for tickets its done on a loyalty scheme of some sorts. If theres still spare tickets in the allocation after the ST deadline, it goes on general sale. Its becoming more of a regular occurence this season for it to go on general sale, but for the big games its bound to be tough. Keep an eye on www.nufc.com, the official website and the Ticket forum on this site for season ticket deadlines and if/when it'll go on general sale.

I really like Wes Brown, quality player.

Obviously it was only Andorra, but I didn't see anyone else grab the game with the scruff like Gerrard did. Lampard turns up more often for big games? Utter shit tbh pal. World Cup, Lampard has most shots in the tournament, no goals. Gerrard scores 2. Champions League final, Gerrard pretty much wins it on his own. Whens Lampard ever done anything like that?

That second goal by Gerrard shows why he should be the AM. He drives forward from central midfield better than anyone

I think that counts last season aswell when he was caretaker. His stats as full-time manager won't be anywhere near as good I imagine.

Sven always played him! Barry isn't international class either imo

Theres plenty of others in that squad that aren't international class, its just always Downing that gets picked up on.

He's just the latest scapegoat tbh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6497817.stm Wicky woo!

Exactly. If in a year's time Sir Alex decided to quit Man Utd and said he'd take the Newcastle job, would we turn around and say "well the last two Scottish managers were sh*t so you can feck off". Shepherd probably would, aye.