Dokko

Meh, If were going to offer him 80 we might as well offer 100, what's £1m a year more at that level, £3m over 3 years to secure a huge player for us. Offer the same deal, sign him up and sell him for £12m in the summer if we really cannot afford to keep him, then its still cost us nothing.

And yet she got the boardroom shenanigans bang on this summer. We refused to believe her iirc. Wonder who her source is this time? Hardly, all she did was print any negative story she could think of and one or two ended up vaguely close to the truth. If you throw enough shit some of it will stick as the saying goes. Have a gander at a few of these articles and emails she's been writing since March: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/mar/04/newsstory.newcastleunited http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/07/newcastleunited.premierleague http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/22/newcastleunited.premierleague http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jul/28/newcastleunited.doncaster http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/11/newcastleunited.premierleague1?gusrc=rss&feed=football http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/16/premierleague.newcastleunited http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/19/westhamunited.sunderland http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/25/newcastleunited.boltonwanderers http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,48889.msg1439810.html#msg1439810 http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,48889.msg1439821.html#msg1439821 I think she knew something was up fairly soon. If you disagree then that's fair enough. All taken from the Media thread btw. Reading it over, Taylor and the Daily Mail were all very negative all summer. I said it every day weeks before her over the summer. I've got no inside connections.

I've been very pessimistic about Owen's contract for well over a year, but in that year i've never felt as confident as I do now that he'll sign a new one. I still give that 10% chance though.

Looks like a shit version of a bag of white shite.

Like their fans.

Same shithole site where the other is? Never seen such a horrible dive, even in London.

As for Guthrie, fuk me he's done well. Called it wrong like many people, but he's stepped up his game since arriving, no one can deny that or judge it was going to happen.

We're not though as we don't have a manager competent enough to achieve this. That doesnt change the fact that its a first team capable of finishing in the top 6. I dont think we have the squad to fininsh in the top6 but we definitely have the first team. But it's a squad game we play in now. Or so we get told often enough. How much investement is required to build a squad that is capable of going from 12th to 6th? And is that a reasonable expectation from the fans? To jump from that position? I don't know many that expected top 6. I know people like myself who thought it was attainable as we had the right manager, but only if he was given the right backing by the board. And there's more to backing a manager than just throwing money at him btw. I dont understand either the squad is or isnt good enough to get into the top6? I dont understan how people can use the strength of the squad as a criticsm agaisnt theboard yet openely acknowledge that its good enough to break the top 6. (the person in charge is completely irrelavnt as a gauge as to how good the squad is) Either the squad is poor and incapable of getting a good position which counts agaisnt the board, or its good and is capable of doing well and so should count for the board. It's quite simply really, the squad wasn't good enough last season, but Keegan proved he could actually get them playing. Unlike his predecessor. So your saying the quality of the squad is good enough for top 6 with a competent manager but not good enough for a top 6 finihs with a poor manager? It's that tight right now a good manager would have us top half looking at Europe, a great manager possibly holding that position. But that's simply down to the league this year more than anything to do with us. I think were lucky to but rocking in such a rocky/mental year, it hasn't shown too bad this time round, other years i think people would be taking relegation more seriously. Everything is up in the air this season, nothing is certain, even the two horse race has been broken along with the 4 CL spots for real this time, billionaire teams above relegation, while promoted teams such as no hopers Hull are 60% to securing their prem safety already. It's madness right now, and with the current financial climate getting worse during the season being under way just adds more confusion and unusual circumstances.

Totally ridiculous this woman makes me wish her dead.

He can only be offered contracts from clubs abroad, which i reckon he'll not want to take again after Madrid and of course his England future.

It would be great news to nail him down, but the chances are small. Knowing our luck we'll tie him down for 3-5 years and he breaks his legs the day after completing the paperwork.

Nice, my FF team has had its worst week in its history.

Looks like a player who can learn, not just from his mistakes either.

this idiot hasnt got a clue. Makes those two late headers up here from Bramble & Faye even worse now...would have been sitting pretty in 8th. That is fucking depressing! Can't get it out my head either. Bang on the middle for me, we can't start looking up until another team falls away, hopefully west ham.

A draw?

If we hadn't fuked up against Wigan & Stoke and had 4 more pts then we'd be laughing. Bloody shame.

Not offered a deal yet.

Unbelievable tbh. Its been a solid performance, some great football and tidy passing in their half!

Also good performance by Butt from what ive seen.

Good run by zoggy, great tackle by Sol.

SHOLA'S GONNA GET YAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Nice one, get him off.