Big Geordie

Really ? Portsmouth fans out of order. Totally uncalled for. Do you have a link for the story ?

Babayaro knackered again eh ? He's a joke and his contract should be torn up. I wish Roeder would stop with all this $hite about bigging players up when even a blind man would realise it's bo11ocks. Fans once again being treated as idiots who believe anything. /o\ :wullie:

Glad to hear he is still on the mend.

Sheffield Unitd have just equalised - 2-2.

Roeders thoughts from the official site; Mixed Feelings For Boss By Ian Willis GLENN Roeder had mixed feelings after the 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime. The home side were well on top in the opening 45 minutes, but Newcastle picked up after the break and after a late spell of pressure, substitute Kieron Dyer was unlucky to see a late effort hacked off the line by Micah Richards. Roeder told Newcastle World TV: "We started off slowly, but that was because we had played a tough game in midweek that went into extra time. "They had the better opportunities, and they put us under a lot of pressure. "We were hanging onto their coat tails for the first 45 minutes, and we were happy at half time to be 0-0. "We had to be better in the second half, and we were. "Some of the passing was great, we put them on the back foot, and finished the game like the Newcastle that I know and how I want us to play. "Normally a point away from home is the target, but we were so close to getting all three near the end there. "We didn't want the final whistle to come, because if there was going to be a winner at that stage it was going to be us." --------------------- As every games goes by, the more respect I lose for him. He's beginning to sound like Souness now - making excuses for players being tired.

But many more performances like today and you'll be back there soon enough. I'm not denying that. It shows how deep we are when we are having to rely on other sides getting hammered to move us up the league.

The ironic thing is, we could move out of the bottom 4 on GD if Sheff United continue getting beat, and also Watford.

Was my highlight of the match when he went off injured. He's a fat waste of space.

N'Zogbia's confidence looks shot to hell.

At the end of the day, we didn't get beat. Clearly though, we came for a point - and why did Roeder start with a not even half-fit Ameobi ? Make no mistake lads - we are in a relegation dog-fight.

At least we are at home, but lets face it - us beating them is extremely unlikely.

Ta. Everything suggests we are gonna draw Arsenal or Chelsea away here (for me).

Wll this be on SKYSports News ? I don't have any of the other SKYSports channels. :-/

He does seem to be on his way to becoming something of a minor cult hero amongst our fans. Here's hoping he can continue his good form.

Joke of coverage from ITV tonight - they can't even be bothered to show all of the penalties from the shootout. Ridiculous.

I do enjoy the show, and have contibuted on occasion. I do agree though that Supermac holds back from being too critical of those who run the club - perhaps he is pally with Shepherd, I don't know.

Yup - are you watching Freddy Shepherd ?

Be interesting to know how many players we've bought in the last 2/3 years have been Shepherd purchases.....

I'm not suprised by this financial news - hopefully it's another nail in Shepherd's coffin. However, it is looking unlikely that we'll be spending big in January. Any signings that come in, will be done on the cheap again.

Is that who we've got ?

Option 2 for me.

I'm not sure of SJH's intentions here - possibly he is trying to come out in support of Freddy, to try and smooth a way for a takeover, or it might be the Hall's and Shepherd's trying to close ranks inorder to deflect opinion. Either way, it shouldn't detract from what needs to be done. SHEPHERD OUT !

Here's a link to the article ; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2006/10/24/sfnwin24.xml

From nufc.com ; Chairman in the firing line: Now is the writing of Winter's discontent Writing in Tuesday's Telegraph, Henry Winter has pulled no punches in his damning analysis of what needs fixing on Barrack Road: Nativity plays in Tyneside schools this year will surely feature boisterous audience outbursts of "Shepherd Out". As Newcastle United writhe in another bout of introspection, the piercing search-light should be focused not on the short-term leadership from the dug-out but the long-term direction from the board-room. Chairman Freddy Shepherd is the problem, not manager Glenn Roeder. Life at Newcastle is often depicted as a soap opera, a sort of North-eastenders with repeating plot-lines of aspiration unfulfilled, yet it is also real life laced with deepening sadness. Away from the chairman's office and certain incompetent corners of the dressing-room, this is a club teeming with proper people, supporters of unbelievable patience and passion, and employees who view the world solely in black and white. When Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were dragged to the press room to explain their infamous on-field spat, a heart-broken club servant turned the photograph of Jackie Milburn to the wall so that the late, great Geordie No 9 would not see the shame brought on the club he represented so sportingly and selflessly. In Shepherd's defence, a middle-aged suit sitting up in the stands can hardly be held responsible for two midfielders scrapping down below. Not all of Newcastle's ills can be laid at Shepherd's door; the thoroughbred Michael Owen, a Shepherd transfer coup, went lame in England's colours Shepherd has consistently provided funds for excellent recruits such as Scott Parker. He even allowed Roeder to gamble £10 million on Obafemi Martins, the infuriatingly inconsistent Nigerian striker. Sympathy for Shepherd disappears the moment his salary is examined. According to the latest available accounts (year ending July 31 2005), Newcastle's chairman was paid £502,954. Good money for indifferent work. Shepherd is no benefactor in the mould of Middlesbrough's Steve Gibson, the benchmark for "a fit and proper person" to lead a football club. Developments 200 miles to the south also embarrass Shepherd, down at Aston Villa, where Martin O'Neill has again been playing the sleeves-rolled up alchemist. O'Neill is the manager Shepherd should have wooed and appointed this summer, and Newcastle fans understandably gaze enviously at events off Spaghetti Junction. Roeder is an admirable person, a terrific coach, and outstanding Academy director, but he will never be the Pied Piper of Toon Army dreams as O'Neill would have been. Talk swirls around fans' chat-rooms and City circles about a putative take-over, by the Belgravia Group, yet would Shepherd sell? Yesterday, one enraged supporter despatched a missive to Shepherd, pleading with him to leave, arguing that the chairman had wasted the legacy built up by his distinguished predecessor, Sir John Hall. "When you took over the club you were handed the second-best team in the Premiership, a club that was looking like it was destined for greatness and you've destroyed all of that through your utter contempt for the fans and your lust for power and money," wrote Michael Foster. "You've totally failed in everything a chairman is responsible for." Such Newcastle fans deserve better. Those of us neutrals who travel the English football circuit, mixing with fans of all club colours, and gauging the depth of their fervour, readily admit respect for Newcastle's following, home and away. Battered at Manchester United, Newcastle fans never stopped singing. St James' itself is a special place, an arena that makes the pulse quicken when the teams walk out and that extraordinary roar erupts from countless Gallowgate throats. Attending Alan Shearer's testimonial last season was uplifting because of the outpouring of love for a local hero while also painfully poignant. The absence of Shearer's name from the cast-list rips away much of the lingering class clinging to the club. A die-hard Newcastle disciple of this observer's acquaintance is convinced the club will be transformed only when supporters show their dissatisfaction at serial mismanagement by voting with their feet. Empty seats. No queues in the megastores. Might focus a few minds in the board-room. It will never happen. Following Newcastle is a birthright, a religion, a warm-up before the knees-up of a night out. On the Geordie check-list of must-do activities, watching the Toon ranks alongside breathing. Such loyalty merits better leadership. Shepherd Out. --------------------- So, the national media seem to be picking up on our discontent now. Will the local rags follow suit ? Probably not. Spot on article, btw.

It's a pretty spot on article for me - even if it's not the rallying call that some are looking for, it's a fair assessment of how things stand for us at the moment.