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Wait, does that mean a team could end up playing games without any of them counting towards their new player's ban and have to sit him in the stands until his old team play a game?

Seems to imply that's always been the rules. How far do you think we need to look to find that rule not applying to a different team?

He had no money to spend at Villa and took a poor squad into the top 6. The team we have now is better than that Villa side he had. What you smoking to think that Villa side was worse than our current team !! Okay then its worse than the one they went down with. They finished 6th (nearly 4th) with this team in 03/04: Thomas Sorensen - No better than Harper Defenders Ronny Johnsen - Taylor is better Olof Mellberg - Him and Bassong about the same Lloyd J. Samuel - Rather have Enrique Ulises De La Cruz - Beye is better. Midfielders Gareth Barry - Better than Duff Thomas Hitzlsperger - Smith is better Lee Hendrie - Nolan is better Gavin McCann - Butt is better Forwards Juan Pablo Angel - Rather have Viduka or Owen Darius Vassell - Rather have Martins And you don't want O'Leary. Okay. Uh, even if you were correct you do realise that "The team we have now" doesn't include Viduka, Owen, Martins, Bassong or Beye.

Not really surprising, Ashley's number one criteria for a manager is someone who won't rock the boat and will meekly put up with Mike and Derek's shit.

It's proper fucking shoddy this game like We've still got Viduka in our squad but no Lua Lua or Ranger, no points update, couldn't do transfers until a few days before the start of the season.... Have they just got one lad running the site or something?

I hope the big Iam is right, but I'm holding out little hope of anything happening over than our state of paralysis continuing way into the season or that fuckwit taking us off the market again. I'd say I'm sick of this shit but it went beyond that a long time ago.

Poor buggers, as if they havn't got it hard enough we're gonna set them on the road to being toon fans.

People seemed to know who he was in the pub, he got a good cheer when he came on. Although they could have just been cheering Shola going off.

My lass's mum will be happy, being a season ticket holder with a crush on David O'Leary

Was thinking after the final whistle yesterday that Ashley was probably thinking "Aha! If we can get a draw in probably our hardest game of the season without a manager, then with a brilliant manager like Joe Kinnear we'll walk this league, winning every game. In fact, we could probably sell a few more players and be fine. I'd be an idiot to sell now when I can ask for £400m again when we're in the Premier League. Mike, you're a genius!"

Ranger on the bench? No online bookies are giving odds for him as last goal scorer

Rings a bell, remember it pissing off the RSPCA http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/20/choke_a_chicken/ If he has had anything to do with painfully unfunny singing fish/hamsters/crocodiles then he can fuck right off, I'd rather have some far easterner who presides over sweatshops and gang hits.

If Brown tries to sit Beye down in the centre circle for a telling off at half time Habib will flatten him.

Compare the attitude of the high earners who walked around the pitch looking like they'd rather be anywhere else to the duttyman

He must play a decent part this season, we'd be hard pressed to get ourselves as promising a youngster now. Desperate to get a black and white shirt on even after tiring internationals, he's like a reverse Micheal Owen.

Most of them couldn't be arsed when they were playing against Premiership sides, can't imagine they'll put much of a shift in against Doncaster and Derby. I'd rather have someone with out the proven skills who's pleased to be playing for Newcastle even in the Championship and wants to fight for their place.

Surely he'd have issued a statement saying that then?

Championship Champions sounds pretty stupid as well to be fair like. People still call the Carling Cup the league cup and what have you. What's that rogue apostrophe doing at the start?

Because he's a player that will "give you 100%" apparently. Yeah, 100% of shit is still shit.

Got this done today, looks alreet.

Come on Ashley, don't be a cunt.

Please don't say our hopes are going to be dashed again

I'd be an embarrassment, always slagging off other clubs, players and managers.

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Even if we don't exactly set the world alight under this guy, I'm just looking forward to having an owner and manager everyone can get behind. I just want to be able to go to matches and concentrate on getting the points rather than just listfully wondering when our state of limbo is going to end.