catmag

I've just got home. Lovely to see you lads and Jilliano - Jon would've loved today

Still in loco lads?

Just to let you know, Jon's parents and Wendy are heading up north tomorrow and really can't wait to be part of this weekend - it really means a lot to them that everyone is doing this in his name. I won't be able to come to the 5-a-side but hope to catch up later as a few of the TT lot are out around match time too. Jill - have you still got my number?

Newcastle will always get the numbers through the gates based on things like stag do's etc. We're one of those clubs that people generally like so if they're visiting the city for the weekend then it's easy to get tickets for the game.

There's a good programme on R5 Live at the moment about affordable (or not) football in general.

Minute of applause?

Craig and I had a message from Jon's mam tonight.. " 5 September 20:28 Hi Both can both or one of you let the Forum know we are so proud of all they are doing for my wonderful son, and the Lockwood cup what can I say Wendy myself and Jons Dad will be there couldn't not be... you guys are all amazing and so kind it is like having a whole family we never knew, will be arranging our trip up shortly honestly love all you guys and couldn't be prouder if we tried xx"

Harper's testimonial. As if we'd take our son to any game without at least a dozen legends on display for his first ever game

He's nearly 5 and if we're not actually watching the match he constantly asks me to check my phone for the score. We did good

Your first ever glimpse of your first ever match as you emerge from the concourse.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/catmag/fragglesjp_zps85d644ea.jpg

1 Pep Guardiola, Bayern Munich, £14.8m 2 Jose Mourinho, Chelsea, £8.37m 3 Marcelo Lippi, Guangzhou, £8.34m 4 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal, £6.89m 5 Fabio Capello, Russia, £6.51m 6 Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid, £6.26m 7 David Moyes, Man United, £4.92m 8 Tata Martino, Barcelona, £4.5m 9 Jurgen Klopp, Borussia Dortmund, £3.59m 10 Manuel Pellegrini, Man City, £3.47m 11 Jorge Jesus, Benfica, £3.34m 12 Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool, £3.25m 13 Sam Allardyce, West Ham, £2.95m 13 Roy Hodgson, England, £2.95m 15 Roberto Mancini, Galatasaray, £2.92m 15 Rafa Benitez, Napoli, £2.92m 17 Luciano Spaletti, Zenit, £2.75m 18 Claudio Ranieri, Monaco, £2.5m 18 Laurent Blanc, PSG, £2.5m 18 Antonio Conte, Juventus, £2.5m 18 Cesare Prandelli, Italy, £2.5m 22 Massimiliano Allegri, Milan, £2.34m 23 Felipe Scolari, Brazil, £2.3m 24 Ottmar Hitzfeld, Switzerland, £2.17m 25 Mircea Lucescu, Shakhtar, £2.14m 26 Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid, £2.09m 26 Harry Redknapp, QPR, £2.09m 26 Joachim Low, Germany, £2.09m 29 Walter Mazzarri, Inter Milan, £2m 30 Vecente del Bosque, Spain, £1.96m

Yep. Twice.

Guess what we've watched twice today?

Soemone mentioned he was OK, if you hear anything let us know Pardew said in his post-match interview that he's fine. He's got a cut on his head that needed stitches but sees no reason why he shouldn't play on Sunday, albeit padded up.

Aye, cheers

Sorry, that's always the problem with starting threads with names in them! Apparently there may be some kind of statement once the surgery is over but for the moment it is ongoing. I've been in liver transplants and they have taken 8hours +.

Just thought I'd mention that Abidal is undergoing a liver transplant as we speak, and has been in surgery for some hours now. I'm sure we all have our fingers crossed for a successful outcome. 32 years old is no bloody age to have to go through this, no matter what you do for a living.

Isn't it April Fish in France? Poisson d'avril? Did I just make that up?

I'm admin on there too so I would have whipped you all into line

Someone could start a thread saying that you've decided to quit? This is how it started

You have no idea how much we had to restrain Dave from just re-opening it first thing. He's been more panicked and bored than any of you without it

It was dead peaceful without you lot here

Absolutely. It happens every day somewhere. I've been involved in 2 resuscitations in the last year of blokes who arrested playing sport. Neither survived. So is it a lot of time a case of just sitting down for a few minutes and that can prevent it from happening? I myself have a heart problem, when I play I get tired more easily and I know when I can't push it and I either walk around the pitch doing noting much or I sit it out for a few minutes. Can doing something similar help prevent it from happening? It seems to be that those it happens to have undiagnosed cardiac problems whereas you already know you have a condition. It's probably just bloody wise to slow down a little bit if you feel like you're overdoing it, but you're doing that with the benefit of knowledge, a diagnosed condition and common sense. Sometimes it really does 'just happen' to people who have no previous problems. It's probably also sensible to state that it happens when people aren't exercising/playing footy too.

Absolutely. It happens every day somewhere. I've been involved in 2 resuscitations in the last year of blokes who arrested playing sport. Neither survived.

His fiance has simply said "All your prayers are working" which tells us all we need to know at this point. It really is miraculous