Dokko

It was obvious to many of the more knowledgeable fans here, clearly not to the massively over-paid thick cunts who were managers here during Milner's years here. I wonder who our central midfielders of choice were at the time? http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,41658.msg879384.html#msg879384

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has been asked to explain why he made 10 changes to his side for the trip to Manchester United McCarthy left out every outfield player on duty for the shock success over Tottenham on Saturday for the Premier League encounter at Old Trafford on Tuesday night and then watched his team lose 3-0. Wolves fans vented their frustration during the game, although McCarthy defended his stance, claiming he was looking to avoid injuries after two fixtures in quick succession. However, the Premier League has now got involved and wants to know McCarthy's version of events. A statement issued by the Premier League read: "The Premier League Board have written to Wolverhampton Wanderers to request their observations in relation to the team fielded in their League fixture against Manchester United. "Once the observations are received the Board will decide whether any further action is warranted."

Got to kick him out the club now. Couldn't even last a month, sad sack of shit.

God damn it 3 easy points down the drain.

Gazza Arrested On Drunk And Disorderly Rap Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly, police said. The former Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder was taken into custody in the early hours of the morning following a disturbance in the Jesmond area of Newcastle. Gascoigne, 42, who has faced a long battle with alcohol, was arrested at about 2.15am after police arrived at Jesmond Park West. He was later taken to a police station before receiving a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly. Police could not confirm how much the notice was for, but fines are set at £50 and £80, depending on the seriousness of the offence. Gascoigne spoke recently about how he was getting his life back on track. "Now, when I wake up in the morning I know what I did yesterday; what I did last night; I know what I'm going to do that day. I'm not rushing anything; I'm just enjoying being myself," he said. 180 Gazza Paul Gascoigne football Gazza in his England prime He has been supporting Newcastle and Gateshead's joint bid to be host cities for the 2018 World Cup, travelling to Wembley in November with former teammates Peter Beardsley and Alan Shearer. He spoke then of his debt to Beardsley, 48, for helping him battle back from alcoholism and depression. He said Beardsley, who now works as a coach at Newcastle United's youth academy, had invited him to training sessions and had been helping keep his fridge stocked with milk and groceries instead of booze. Gascoigne said the daily routine of the training sessions had given him a new lease of life and that he'd soon begin studying for his coaching badges. The former England hero, who played at Newcastle, Spurs, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough and in China, went public about his continuing battle with addiction in March. Gazza was sectioned three times under the mental health act last year. He has described how when he hit rock bottom he was taking cocaine and drinking a a litre of gin a day, which left him delusional and afraid to leave his room.

Would like to see it happen. Would prefer getting our own in for a fee like but there's no real chance of that happening.

He's a cheap option which should get us promoted, it's Ashley's dream come true.

Can see him flouncing on the 2nd Feb after the fans protest to us selling more players (Taylor, Enrique, Krul & Ranger) and bringing in no replacements while he reacts in turn by putting the club up for sale again, getting Lambarse to spin lies about potential bidders and reboots Moat the puppet dancing along saying he's trying to buy the club and is nearly close. The deadline of the end of the week looms and these serious bidders are running out of time, only for this to stretch till March where no one gives a shit any more, he takes the club off the market saying he wants to learn from his past mistakes, bungs an extra year on Hughton's contract to show us all he's committed to the club, while selling the naming rights to individual blades of grass on the pitch as it will help the financial stability of the club. As for January? No idea.

Giles Barnes on a free? Get him in. Very basic contract with big play bonuses, he'd snap our hands off. Talent is there, but so are reoccurring injuries, maybe better medical facilities and not having the need to rush him back might help him recover properly; also it might not, but well worth the risk on a small contract.

Dean Ashton admits there is a 'bitterness' about being forced to retire after revealing he may never be able to run again. The 26-year-old called time on his career on Friday after failing to fully recover from an ankle injury initially suffered while training with the England squad back in August 2006. The West Ham striker missed the entire 2006/07 season and, though he played the following campaign, he had not made a first-team appearance since September last year. He has made his long-term health his priority in calling it a day and concedes he is currently struggling to even walk properly. Rubbish situation "It's a rubbish situation," Ashton told The Sun. "I just want to be able to walk properly and, at the moment, I cannot. "My health is obviously more important than football. I was told if I kept trying to play football, I might never walk again. "I am going to hospital on Tuesday for a fifth operation. "It's unlikely I will ever be able to jog again, but right now, I can't walk properly. "My left ankle is still very sore. It will be a while before I feel okay and get over this disappointment. "There is a bit of bitterness and I think 'Why me?'. It's a sad part of football." The former Crewe Alexandra youngster also revealed that he had known for months that he was going to have to retire following an aborted comeback attempt at the start of this season. Broke down He added: "In August of this year, I tried to join in with the first team. I went to do a jog around the pitch, but at the end of second lap, I was struggling. The noise coming from my joint was terrible. "Kieron Dyer thought it was my boots making the noise. I went to the side and was crying on the floor. This was the second time I'd broken down in tears. "I knew this was it. Definitely. My last chance had gone. I was finished. The lads were all shocked and saddened to see me like that. "Generally, I don't show a lot of emotion so it was probably strange to see a big lad like me crying. But I knew that was it. "The delay over these last few months was due to myself and West Ham sorting out all the technicalities of me retiring. "I'd like to thank West Ham for all the time they have spent on me and the fans have been terrific. I'm sad I could not get back and play in front of them."

Did he play for Wimbledon? There was a FM (probably CM back then) legend i really couldn't remember their name, same team as Reo-Coker. Serge Makofo No-one can hold a candle to Tonton though. That's him!!! Nice one cheers. Was amazing, always bought him, Morgan and Re-coker for Newcastle back then.

Did he play for Wimbledon? There was a FM (probably CM back then) legend i really couldn't remember their name, same team as Reo-Coker. Lionel Morgan? No, it wasn't either of them, though i do remember him after reading this: (apologies to the OP for taking this off topic) Top Ten: Football Manager Legends Jonny Abrams Posted on: 06 April 2009 - 09:33 Football Comments: 2 Go... It may have escaped your notice but, Derek Asamoah signed for Hamilton Academical on a short-term deal. This got Sport.co.uk thinking – as we do on occasion – about other great signings from Football Manager (previously Championship Manager) days of yore. Here are ten such legends of the game: 1. Freddy Adu – Used to be touted for great things, it is hard to say how much the hype surrounding him was owed to his consistently superb performances as a small dot on a computer game. Due to work permit complications, he could be difficult to get hold of for a British club but the perseverance was always worth it. An AMC/FC blessed with sublime (if simulated) ability, Adu was a must buy on a number of versions of the game. Fredua Koranteng Adu, to give him his full name, is currently on loan at Monaco from Benfica. 2. Tonton Zola Moukoko – For those who managed to type his name correctly into the search engine, this young AMC was sheer dynamite. The Ghanaian-Swede could be picked up for a mere £500,000 from Derby, a sum which you would recuperate many times over as he fired you to Champions League success season after season. Destined to go down as one of the most universally fondly-remembered footballers, despite the fact that he appears not to even have his own Wikipedia page. According to the man himself, he gets calls from all around the world enquiring as to why he isn’t playing for a top club. He said in February of last year: “These days I'm looking for a new club and going back to play for Derby once again is one of my dreams.” You go, ‘koko! 3. Lionel Morgan – A young AML at Wimbledon in the 03/04 version of the game, he would start with an injury that kept him out for a few months, but this should not have deterred splashing out a cool million on his services. Once he returned, he’d need little bedding in time, even at the top level. A vital cog for club and country, the real Lionel Morgan had to retire through injury at just 21 after suffering “a bruised and lacerated ankle resulting from a foul tackle by Portsmouth's Tim Sherwood”. After one Man of the Match performance for England Under-19s, pundits compared him to a young John Barnes. Now a coach at the Broadwater United football project. 4. Mohamed Al-Deayea – Truly top-class goalkeepers could be hard to find. Kasper Schmeichel managed to virtually replicate his old man’s success. And Igor Akinfeev managed to carry his Champ status into the real world. But perhaps the greatest of all was Saudi Arabian stopper Al-Deayea who, as of November 2008, he is the world record holder for most international appearances by a male footballer, with 181 caps. (And that’s in real life.) Was apparently about to be signed by Manchester United as a replacement for Fabien Barthez, but a failed work permit application forced him to remain at Al-Hilal. Yes, you read that right – Man Utd were refused a work permit. Now that’s a collector’s piece. 5. Daniel Braaten – My own personal favourite. Averaged me 40 goals a season for around ten years – not bad for an outlay of £60,000. Also capable of playing on the left wing, Braaten formed a deadly partnership in attack with the £30,000-costing Orri Freyr Óskarsson. Bolton Wanderers paid £450,000 for Braaten in 2007 but he played just six times, scoring once in a 3-0 win over Reading. Unlike me, it seems, they were not able to unleash his awesome potential. Oh, what could have been. Now at Toulouse, where he has scored one goal in 22 appearances. 6. Neil Lennon – Lennon represents a bit of a wild card, in that he actually went on to have a bit of success in real life. But he was never the same player as when he was a young AMC at Crewe Alexandra on the 95/96 edition of Championship Manager. Available for a few hundred thousand, Lennon would score 30-odd goals per season if deployed in ‘the hole’ behind the front two, in that diamond formation which used to virtually guarantee success. A tough-tackling midfielder for Leicester City and Celtic, the real Lennon has only ever scored 26 goals in his entire career, which dates back to 1989. 7. Lebohang Mokoena – Brilliant young attacking midfielders have generally been abundant in the game, and it’s tempting to overload your squad with them. But Mokoena – no relation to Blackburn Rovers hatchet man Aaron – was one of the few who transcended virtual brilliance into virtual folklore. A one-club man at Orlando Pirates, the real Mokoena has been capped five times by South Africa and, according to his Wikipedia entry, is nicknamed “Cheese”. Unfortunately, we are not told why this is. 8. Ibrahima Bakayoko – When Everton signed him for £4.5m in 1998, hearts were aflutter on the CM-playing blue half of Merseyside. On some of the earlier versions of the game, Bakayoko was absolutely unplayable. Very few had actually seen the real one play for Montpellier, but how wrong could the game database be? Well, as we have discovered, frequently very. Came within inches of converting a diving header in the first minute of his debut against Liverpool, but that’s about as good as it got for him in the Premier League. With a touch like a tackle and a football brain as absent as any number of potheads from school during the G20 riots (here we go again), the Toffees did well to get most of their money back from Marseilles a year later. Returned to Goodison last season with Greek side Larissa in the UEFA Cup and currently ‘playing his trade’ at PAOK, where apparently he has bagged some vital late goals. 9. Vincent Kompany / Anthony vanden Borre – If you could manage to prise both of these young defenders away from Anderlecht – which would set you back around £10m or so – then your backline would be pretty much sorted for years. A DC and a DMRC respectively, Kompany was a more instant performer while vanden Borre tended to need a bit of time to settle. Try telling him that, though, as a few weeks of not starting would prompt him to contract severe tittiness of the lip. Kompany of course is now at Manchester City, while vanden Borre is on loan at Genoa from Fiorentina. I’d like to think that, from time to time, they get on the blower to each other and reminisce about those halcyon days under my virtual tutelage. 10. Cherno Samba – File alongside Freddy Adu in the “lost wonderkid” stakes. An astonishing amount of hype surrounded the then 14 years-old Samba while he was at Millwall. All the top clubs wanted him, we were told. All the agents wanted a slice of the action. As it turned out, he never even played a game for Millwall. Joined Plymouth Argyle in 2006, via Cadiz and Malaga, but scored just once in 13 appearances. Now at FC Haka, a Finnish side based in the industry town of Valkeakoski, he even has his own Urban Dictionary entry: “A lower league footballer who, despite his real life inabilities, is considered to be a world beater because of his perceived skill level in Championship Manager. eg. ‘Let's sign us a Cherno Samba’”.

Did he play for Wimbledon? There was a FM (probably CM back then) legend i really couldn't remember their name, same team as Reo-Coker.

I see Dave spent our server money down the bookies, i just hope he put it on Ranger to score today.

Same brain that makes him pass? Fuk off man.

More than likely. Reasonably assured we'll get a decent price, the tribunals usually favour the club that's lost a player; look at how much we were made to pay for Stephen Glass FFS! I know were not there (at a tribunal) but the option to go there should surely mean we see a decent chunk coming our way. I'd be happy with £1m or so.

What I would give to be able to have this kind of option in FM. 1: Headbutt the fukers, one by one, starting with the cunt who thought it was clever to have a little breakdance outside your area while the man he was supposed to be marking, who's fuking shite, who wouldn't get in your reserve team, slots its past a keeper who couldn't even save a game in FM even if you pressed the buttons for him. 2: Show anger at the way they played. 3: Tell them you are unhappy with their performance 4: Sympthaise with team

We need to offload Harper. He's good at this level but we need something better and that can get better, Krul's not ready. I'd got for Joe Hart, no doubt Citeh will be signing new keepers in the summer (prays; fuk you Judas Given) and Hart will be pushed out. Think he's got potential. Simpson looks canny, is he free or do we have to pay a fee? Reckon the latter unless he's 24 comes 1st July. We'd also need another RB of similar standing, i have no idea who. Maybe get Beye back on the cheap? They didn't pay that much for him anyway, cheeky mill bid. Enrique is solid so keep, though i'd like competition, either young English like Joe Mattock or experienced free like i don't know who. Sell Colo if we can get £5m+, if not keep him, looks like he's settling. Again bring in some free players. Kilgallon is free end of season if he hasn't moved, maybe pick up an old experienced defender from Italy so we have 4 competitive CB's. Release Butt & Geremi, and bring in two full out defensive mids, maybe one English youngster and an experienced but physically strong, tall and pacey foreigner. That would be a solid defensive unit going in to the new prem season, loan some young attacking talent since high quality will be out of our price range, Vela is highly rated, no way Arsenal will sell him but might go for a loan, should partner Shola well, last addition Andrew Driver from Hearts.

Reet well that's him done for the next year or so.

I don't know if I am bitter. I'm unsure if you're sure which of my posts are serious and which aren't. You have changed a bit since we came down, you do seem a bit more "angry" a lot of the time. Agreed. Why it was was very important to beat the fukers imo.

Never realised Watford fans were such bitter cunts. Just adds extra gladness to the win now. No wonder GG comes and posts on here.

Fuking hell quality goal from Pancrate.

Don't think it will stay 1-0. Late goal i reckon.