James

Just question one then What was Ken Monkou's final club? Clue: wikipedia is wrong.

Correct, he plays for FC Entchiles in the Swiss third tier.

Nigel Martyn? Correct.

Just 1, 5 and 8 to go.

Correct. Two points. I want the name of the individual, not the publication it featured in (it was the Sun) Hans Segars. Nope. Chris Vincent. Correct. Two points

Good shout...Albert Stubbins. Yep. Two points for you and Robster.

I want the name of the individual, not the publication it featured in (it was the Sun) Hans Segars. Nope.

Correct. 2 points.

I want the name of the individual, not the publication it featured in (it was the Sun)

Zero points.

Zero points.

Three correct answers plus three correct unique answers equals Six points

Zero correct answers, plus zero correct unique answers equals zero points

Right, I've compiled ten questions that should be fairly difficult, even if you try googling most. I'll make a little contest out of it: You get one point for every correct answer, and a bonus point if you were the first to get the answer to one of the questions. You only get three attempts. Contest ends with the first to get all answers (assuming someone manages it). 1. What was Ken Monkou's final club? 2. Michael Jackson, Elton John, Diana Ross and Freddy Shepherd. Who is the odd one out and why? 3. Which footballer received an acknowledgement in a 2005 Mercury Prize nominated album? 4. Ben Tozer went to the same school as which former England international? 5. Gerry Francis signed from obscurity which former England international under the recommendation of the club's tea lady? 6. Who blew the whistle on Bruce Grobbelaar over alleged match-fixing? 7. Which footballer holds the record as the youngest cricketer to hit a century for a county second XI? 8. Which former non-footballing world champion is on the books of a football club in the top four tiers of their national league? 9. Marilyn Monroe, Laurel and Hardy, and Bob Dylan all share something in common with a former Newcastle player. What is it, and who is the player? 10. What is Emile Heskey's middle name?

...Shola Ameobi. 27 today. Happy Birthday!

It was in chat a week or so ago, Ashley has lost £900m and is no longer a billionaire. It is the same for everyone at the moment, so no real loss at the top. I still feel that one or two other clubs may yet break, and I have a funny feeling it might be Liverpool.

In the past, Zola. Right now, Rio Ferdinand.

Didn't Stevie use to make threads like these to decide who he had to hate?

I am busy doing something called the Otley Run.

Are you ITK. What did he do? How many times do people have to be told this? Jimenez was the negotiator, and Vetere is the scout. All was made pretty clear by the job titles and their respective CVs where Vetere was a scout for Real Madrid, and Jimenez was a freelance superagent.

Or the gaping holes in the squad. Or not backing the manager's judgement. Or lying to the fans. And when has Jimenez ever lied to the fans? Or when has he not backed the manager? Or when has he ever failed to negotiate a deal within the constraints and allowances set out by his superiors? As far as I can tell, he has, as well as Wise and Vetere, performed their jobs set out by their superiors well. Perhaps the superiors (Ashley and Llambias) can be blamed for the jobs they created and supervised, perhaps not, but I for one would have hoped on the evidence that is visible before us all that Jimenez and Vetere would have kept their jobs. The fans had made Wise untenable so he has to go now regardless of job performance, but the fans, in particular the NUSC are from my perspective breaking some of the few things that weren't broken.

Lets forget about those players in and out whom we managed to obtain/sell at very decent prices.

I've added a poll, will be interested to see what the general concensus is.

It is a path to Europe. We could go the whole season without a yellow or red and still not win the fair play league because of a poor standard of football.

Out of interest, has anyone tried emailing their criticisms to True Faith or The Mag?