BottledDog

translates: it’s not in the clubs interest to let it be known they’ve signed a crocked player, especially when the intention is to make a big profit on a player they got on the cheap because he’s known to be crocked. It’s the same knee that’s had 2 lot’s of surgery on!!!! reassuring PR statement though, isn’t it?.... Yeah, because buying a crock is a surefire way of making a big profit down the line. Maybe you could give the club a bit of credit once in a while for bringing in some pretty impressive young players.

He can get 3 full training sessions to get prepared for Tuesday rather that travel and sit on his arse. Pardew prefers to get him fully ready. I agree.

I wish some spiritual bastard would cough up the money and buy the club so it could be run according to our heritage then. It lives within the fans. Then there are the likes of Jack Walker and numberous owners in the football league who actually care about the clubs they manage/own... Good lord. What a delightful wind-up.

Christ, we must be going for it, there isn't a single natural defender on the bench.

Because he might get injured in training. Aye that'll be the one like Yeah I reckon it is actually: Latest quotes from Alan Pardew, Thursday concerning our latest addition, Davide Santon: Two operations on the same knee and its still fucked. Seems very likely hes a crock. Wash out that dirty whore mouth of yours. :'(

There is no plus side. If the lad has no knees, he'll not make a very good first choice.

Unhealthy? What the dickens does that mean. Does his knee look 'green around the gills'?

Ah fuck it.

Judging by his unfortunate stance, I reckon the guy in the middle is the coach driver.

Everyone else pissing around. Not Shola. team0363

What the fuck is that? It should be Northern Rock ffs. Agree - wonder if NR as supposed 'official club sponsor' will be happy about that, especially with only being into the 2nd year of a 4 year deal? Check out co.uk width=640 height=360http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/15/84/0,,10278~9995285,00.jpg[/img] On twitter, the Official club account is sending this one out... http://lockerz.com/s/138879301 ...with SD.com sign??!! Judging by the reactions of Krul and a few more, someone has just dropped one in that lockerz shot.

What the fuck is that? It should be Northern Rock ffs. Agree - wonder if NR as supposed 'official club sponsor' will be happy about that, especially with only being into the 2nd year of a 4 year deal? Check out co.uk width=640 height=360http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/15/84/0,,10278~9995285,00.jpg[/img] Oh, ah right. Looks like I was a bit kneejerk then. The SD sign is just one of any number of signs they stick in front, but the Northern Rock one is the one we'll see in the papers etc.

Arghhhhh, no! The club (NUFC) do not get paid anything directly relating to the advertisements, they have cos around 42k to put in place. NUFC covered this cost £42k was paid in 2008 and 2009. Are you sure these are signage costs? The same figure, two years running... Not that it matters much, but I thought someone said that the £42K was just an actual cost in the 2008 accounts, and the 2009 accounts just referred back to it? That's correct. Huzzah!

Arghhhhh, no! The club (NUFC) do not get paid anything directly relating to the advertisements, they have cos around 42k to put in place. NUFC covered this cost £42k was paid in 2008 and 2009. Are you sure these are signage costs? The same figure, two years running... Not that it matters much, but I thought someone said that the £42K was just an actual cost in the 2008 accounts, and the 2009 accounts just referred back to it?

Arghhhhh, no! The club (NUFC) do not get paid anything directly relating to the advertisements, they have cos around 42k to put in place. NUFC covered this cost 42K, must be a joke? Cant be legal to do something like that or ? Since Ashley owns both, he could use club money to write 'f*** you Geordies, Cockney Rule OK' on the roof if he wanted to Wasn't thinking about the sign itself, thinking about having Newcastle to pay for it. Must be some legal part that is not allowed paying advertisement for another company. I feel like Ashley is being like a little kid on this one. It is like the more the fans sing shite towards him the more he tries to destroy our club. Cant see Ashley selling our club or walk away from it in the near future unless a crazy bid from some multi billionaire, so maybe it is time to make peace with Ashley? - Llambias and Pardew has told the press that its not easy to get Ashley to spend cash on Newcastle United as long as we keep being hostile against him and his people, is it really possible to make peace with him? No need to make peace with him (he's not exactly proved anything very positive yet). I'm not going to shout dogs abuse at him though which was all Llambias was whining about.

Extended highlights of the Norwich game now up on .cock. Not a lot of Santon, but loved his first driving run into the box.

Ha, good lad. Beats taking money directly out of the club by boycotting pies, pints and games at least, and tbh might make a bigger point as SD seems to be the one thing Ashley really cares about.

Don't know whether this should go here as I'm not sure whether it's a lecture that will incorporate anything about coaching or not, but could be of interest to some. http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110915/coachs-philosophy-talk_2281670_2451667? Development Coach Willie Donachie will introduce a lecture on philosophy at St. James' Park next week. The former Scotland international will introduce the talk by Donald Lambie, head tutor of the School of Economic Science in London. Taking place at Club 206 at United's stadium, the talk is entitled 'Introduction To Practical Philosophy' and will be held on Wednesday, September 21 between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. Admission is free.

Half of me is, massively. The other half just knows I'll be bricking it every time he's on the pitch and a tackle comes flying in; Not sure I'm looking forward to that very much.

It is taking the proverbial now. It's like everytime he sees any photo with the team in it, he cocks his leg and sprays SD all ower them (it's the only reason for the blasted training ground signs). Apropos of nowt. http://files.sharenator.com/condescending_I_have_found_a_new_way_to_be_condescending-s720x254-37397-580.png

Good to see this finally getting a bit of coverage in the press, though not sure "South Tyneside superfan Keith ‘Beefy’ Roberts" is the best of spokespeople.