James

Al-Fayed has retired...as Harrod's owner Harrods sold for £1.5bn Could be good for Fulham

Leon Best went to vote Labour but missed the box and ended up drawing on the table.

We need someone to blame so I think we must be told.

A successful low grade signing who can build a Championship career if he chooses.

I would have though that collusion would be against the rules for Spurs just as much as Man City if they didn't report it!

I think Step 2 involves a human sacrifice to the god of football.

Did you enjoy this season? I did.

Steve McClaren is close to winning the Dutch League with FC Twente

If we give Vuckic a game would only be fair to play Donaldson as well.

Love is all you need.

This thread is even more boring than banter between Decky and Pilko.

Bump

Donaldson has played there for us too.

If we don't win, the ref is a dead man.

I swear Raylor must have something in his contract the forbids him from playing on the left.

Bit like Robson at West Brom. Not enough second chances in this game any more.

Carroll starts according to Lowes. That is the team on .co.uk

Donaldson and Pancrate our spare defenders then.

Subs: Steve Harper, Kevin Nolan, Peter Lovenkrands, Fabrice Pancrate, Andy Carroll, Ryan Donaldson, Haris Vuckic

With Chopra's past record, I'd give Kennedy a right bollocking if I was manager.

Well the season is over, we've won the league, but what will the lasting impression be amongst our rival fans of Newcastle United Football Club? Will we get more sympathy from the fans of these clubs when the next negative press story inevitably comes out? On one hand, we've played well, had good fan turnouts, but on the other hand we've beaten teams and benefitted from the parachute payments.

£40m out of £50m = 80% Say that was the case, am I right in thinking that there is a big boost in PL income for all clubs next year? Entering the PL with a much more room relative to turnover could help us out a lot compared to other struggling clubs

I've almost blanked last season out of my mind now, but was Coloshown up against quality strikers, or against typical lower rate physical English/French/African types?

I think the real sign of whether a player is professional is whether they are improving from when they first break into the scene until they lose their legs. The game has changed a lot since a couple of decades ago when often players didn't peak until much older. These days we are writing off players at 21, and perhaps this is down to the fact that players are less motivated to improve themselves and happy to stick with what they've got. Rooney and Milner are examples of players who have continually improved and will continue to improve. This shows the importance of the manager and the general squad spirit which must be one where the youngsters are not encouraged to make do with the high wealth they've got, but to develop their own personal aspirations. At Newcastle you couldn't say this has happenned in the past, Milner would have probably got better but he is a rare case. However I think we are getting there now, and the challenge will be improving the standard of the core players at the club without sacrificing the culture. If we do this, we should be able to get much more out of any talented signings we make compared to what we have seen in the past.

This is absolutely riveting stuff. When is it going to happen?