James

Backlash could be horrific if he was playing for us. We are talking of a relegation causing points deduction and a lawsuit from Liverpool.

Cocaine and cannabis in cycling would only get a three month and so is considered a lesser drug to other stuff. Think its worse that a player is Fucking over their club by doing that though.

The following does not assume that Kadar has gone bad, but is more a general point. I suppose one of the risks of a youth policy is that we are bringing people away from their family and in to Newcastle at an age where it is often younger than someone going to university, and yet they are earning more than most and no-one to control how the money gets spent so more chance of straying. These youngsters also get surrounded by leeches who want all the benefits of being a friend of a professional footballer yet don't really care about that player's career. I would say we need to make more of an effort to bring players parents to Newcastle and insist they co-habit. Alternatively players need to be moved in to the house of another family, just like what happenned with Shearer.

I will be recording it.

Glad someone has finally brought up the issue though. If you think about it Channel 4 is one of the few media organisations without a financial interest in football.

OK that isn't so bad as the suggestion on the trailer that someone has actually failed a drugs test, but still an issue.

Really? - didn't hear that.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-100/episode-1 Just saw a trailer for this accusing a Premier League club of covering up a failed drugs test. Could be explosive if there is decent evidence and the club is exposed.

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Or even better: http://cultzeros.co.uk/prodimages/joey_barton.gif

I saw this: http://cultzeros.co.uk/prodimages/temuri_ketsbaia.gif And thought of

Looks really nice. Top effort!

@Big Geordie I'd say Shearer did have moments of off form which have been forgotten.

Definitely think we could have haggled a cut price deal for a Liverpool or Chelsea striker last January even if it wasn't Sturridge

I think Rooney edges it on ability, but Shearer was a lot better at the mental side of the game, so Shearer would be the better of the two.

Rooney and Shearer are great in that they can/could score from any angle. Look at goals by most strikers, even higher level players in the Premier League like van Nistelrooy, Henry, Zola, Bergkamp, Owen and they had a much more limited repertoire of goals they could score.

Boo or not to boo? I'd boo the cunt.

I notice a general admission that money was available for a striker, only we didn't spend it. Asley can't be blamed for that, Pardew can't be blamed for that, but Llambias can.

We will win. Barton to go nuts on someone when the Newcastle fans boo him and he will break Tiote's leg.

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