Dave

I wouldn't be laughing if: My team only just beat a fucking woeful NUFC I had to listen to that cunt on Century every week My club is so small-time that they play music when someone scores I consider a game against a team 43 miles away a derby Other than those, laugh away.

On what basis would you want him HTL?

We've won two games from 9; one was home against Wigan where we were lucky from what i've heard, and the other totally unexpected but against an ailing West Ham who are on a worse run than us. It's awful right now, and I can't see why we'll suddenly turn it on to beat these two.

http://www.oddschecker.com/betting/mode/o/card/m19412x/odds/1698161x/sid/622926 Roeder third favourite overall.

Two bad misses just now, Barca should be level at least.

Raul hits the bar. Not watched La Liga in a while, is he back on form now? He was utter shit last time I saw him.

Fuck Newcastle, stick Sky Sports 1 on and watch some decent football. Raul just put Madrid in front after 2mins! Great hanging header.

But we needed him! :roll:

Shepherd is the chairman NE5, the one in the papers every other week. It's not surprising that he's the one that gets the slagging.

Just voting for Shep's stupidity tbh.

Yeah. Leaving the zog till the 89th minute was disgraceful. Playing Ramage at left back. Oh, and before anyone says 'he's the only one we have available', whose fault is that?

Cheap option, but I still think he genuinely believes most fans want someone affiliated with the club or the area. And he's probably got a point.

http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php/topic,27484.0.html

Do the FA still award 3pts for a win, and 1 pt for a draw? Yeah but I think the likelihood of us acheiving such a result any time soon is unlikely. Don't you dare try backtracking!

Spaz!

Eh?

'Shock' draw against Sheff Utd and beat Charlton.

Me too. Medals all around!

True.

they were ... relatively speaking though. That has got to be Souness' biggest achievement (in terms of task difficulty) making so many fans totally apathetic. Apathy is the only thing that will force Shepherd's hand actually, in terms of low attendances.

Why the hell would he resign? He'd never admit defeat like that.

Long term, yes. In terms of winning football matches, the manager isn't doing his job to the required level.

The fans in the stadium are apathetic by and large tbh, there will never be a mass protest. Even before Souness went the protests weren't that bad.

Agreed.

The proven thing isn't the issue, the problem is swinging wildly each time to combat the failings of the last manager with no real plan. See: Keegan -> Dalglish Dalglish -> Gullit Gullit -> Robson Robson -> Souness etc