BottledDog

Come on get in the spirit fella!

Not to piss on everyones chips but so much of this wave of optimism is based on little or no end product just yet. Hopefully these signings will come through (along with a fair few more), and hopefully Terry Mac will at some stage be joined or replaced by a considerable number of competent and proffessional backroom staff, and hopefully Ashley will follow through with the investment and expertise to wield that investment wisely, and above and beyond everything, hopefully we will see this resulting in a improvement on the pitch and start winning games and ultimately trophies. But none of this has happend yet. So no, while I am now more confident in our future than I have been for some time, I'll wait until we are actually playing football again before I decide whether or not I want Sam's babies.

Icnewcastle is back up now. blueyes.gif

Bingo, and we are going to be linked with every fucker under the sun if the takeover goes through. well maybe that is good, it gives us something to talk about and we won't know who we are getting until thay have actually signed for us, just like it was under SBR, keeps you on the edge of your seat. Being on the edge of my seat and gettin all het up over some bloke who very few of us have any clue about is something I think I'm going to try and avoid if possible. The last few transfer periods have worn me out with the constant speculation and inevitable final day frustrations. That said, this time around I'm more hopeful than I have been for a long time, but until someone is signed, until the transfer window is over, I'm going to try my best to put my fingers in my ears and go, na na naaa na nana naaaaa.

Bingo, and we are going to be linked with every fucker under the sun if the takeover goes through.

Agreed on those points. The forum has had a run on poor threads with little or no interesting debate, and I don't see how you can do anything about it other than kill such threads and keep any decent ones alive. I don't see how restricting new users is the way to go as generally if someone starts their first thread they will have put some thought into it otherwise just lock it and move on. Tbf most of the threads just seem to fail because established posters post in them almost simply for the sake of it. Not a lot you can do about that really.

When asked to provide his opinions regarding the postives aspects of the Premier League, Alankhaw was quoted as saying "The speed and physical aspects of the game". There ya go.

I'm excited that after 8 years he has built a depressing team that hasn't even had a sniff of coca cola cup success. Prost!

Gerld.

The Guardian's take on the fucking comedy our club and chairman seem only happy to constantly provide.

Well every sports bulletin for the last couple of hours on 5 live has stated that they 'understand' that Owen has loyalty to the club and is not looking to move. No idea what their source is but it has been the top story for a while now.

What do you expect? He's already got his new manager basically hired so he is not going to come out and praise Sven. I expected exactly what we got sadly, the chairman of our club making yet another insulting and embarrassing play to the gallery.

Owen has made a statement saying that he feels loyal and isn't looking for a move or something (my ears may have been making things up) according to 5 live. Fair play to him, shows an admirable and honourable restraint.

"I think 51% of Geordies might like the idea of Sven's girlfriend Nancy Dell'Olio on the Newcastle Quayside." Just what a base and inglorious oaf that fucker really is.

And you are going to replace by far our best striker effectively with that extra £9 million in the war chest. Hmmmm, I'd be interested to see you try.

I wouldn't necessarily class trying to get out of the club 'a mistake' at the moment, but that is by the by. The point is Shepherd has brought the arguement into the public domain and I just cannot see any benifit in that (certainly not for the club) other than as something Shepherd can point to when he is forced to accept some insulting offer furthur down the line. Shepherd deserves all the flack directed at him over this in my opinion.

Fucks sake Freddy. This will neither alert these other clubs, or increase any desire Owen might have had to leave. No sir. Looks like the first step on the road to selling our best striker for even less than this 'clause' in desparation.

Just talked to a collegue of a bloke who used to work with Alladyce at Bolton and is now at Wigan and he really doesn't rate Sam or his football at all. Again, could be just bitter but classes him as a bit of a bully in the same mold as Souness but with less depth to him, and that Newcastle will be a real test for Allardyce. Ah well, we'll just have to wait and see. As long as he gets the right staff around him I'm still certainly willing to give a character like Allardyce a lot more time than I ever afforded to the last two mangers.

Aye, compared to the Blackburn folks who all seemed to sport astonished grins, the bitterness shines through a damn sight more from this lot to be fair. Some valid points have been brought up as to his recent form or the quality of his assembled players mind, but there is little doubt that if Robson had jumped ship at some point, we would seen plenty of his faults brought up on here also in an attempt to try and soften the blow.

Sounds just like the Blackburn fans when we went for Souness. At least there have been a couple more positive post from supporters this time around, but this kind of thing doesn't exactly help me get excited about the bloke.

Wouldn't have expected anything until tuesday to be honest, but Spacka Spoony is now picking up on it.

A BBC Breaking news reporter saying that the meeting has occurred and that they are just waiting on the announcement, seems a little more than 'just a view' to me.

Just heard that. Seems a certainty then. /Sorry ChristianHaynes

At least Roeder is still willing to learn and develop. Yesterday he said that he has started to believe in luck. That's progress right there.

Agreed. This must NEVER be allowed to happen Aye, and bring back Blitzkreig Bop by The Ramones before the KO blueyes.gif