James

no he's not. he has the talent and has done it at man city but hasn't shown it up here yet (and probably wont get the chance hopefully) Barton did put in some very good performances under Keegan tbf, and that was off the back of a broken foot injury that takes months to regain full fitness from.

Barton is much better than Bullard.

http://www.newcastle-online.com/2008/07/01/should-he-stay-or-should-he-go-joey-barton/

Shearer wouldn't like others poking their noses in. Don't think he got on with Wise either. Irrelevant anyway, as clearly a Spurs fan has gotten pissed off by all of their strikers wanting to piss off, and he decided to sling mud at Newcastle to make him feel better.

No out on parole soon probably, but if he does anything slightly wrong over the next two years, he'll be jailed for 4-8 months.

Is this relevant in some way? Keegan is quiet because he is busy.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/06/28/kk-busy-on-the-phone-completely-madeup-article-72703-21166888/

Didn't we rule out Shearer in January due to lack of experience? Don't see what has changed.

An exclusive from Sir Harold of Norway? (@ matta)

Having seen the CCTV footage, I don't think I could support Joey Barton out of respect for the victim. Boos from me if he's on the pitch when I'm there next season which Itruly hope he isn't.

Like I said I doubt there's anything there to protect us against the Dabo trial, as that was already due to take place when we signed him, his lawyers surely wouldn't have been stupid enough to pop a condition in there to say that should he go down Newcastle can terminate the contract with no penanlty and he'll be liable. However I'm sure he would have signed on a good faith basis that his behaviour has improved, under the promise that he'll not drag the club's name through the dirt and any subsequent court appearance and jail terms will leave him in breach of contract and give us the option to terminate and recover costs. If we haven't got that in there, then Mort especially being a lawyer himself wants his head examined. Shepherd was the one signing players when Barton was signed iirc. OK I wasn't sure on dates and stuff so did a little research on the ever unreliable Wiki: Ashley bought SJH's shares on 23 May. Confirmation that he was to buy FS out on 7 June. Barton signed on 14 June. Shep may still have been the chairman but I find it hard to believe that anyone other than Ashley (with Mort advising) would not have had the final say on the deal going through (which obviously mean't looking at the contract), this was his first purchase and an extremely controversial one at that. Anyway it doesn't really matter as whomever was in charge, to not protect us would be completely mad, considering Barton's history. Barton signing was confirmed on the date you mentioned. However, all terms were agreed weeks before, but Barton was messing around over a £300,000 bonus he was owed by Manchester City.

Been researching Derdiyok, for an article. Looks like his low goalscoring statistics have in fact been diluted by numerous substitute appearances. For Basel, he is pretty much one goal in two games, one assist in three. For Switzerland he is one goal and three and assist every game, while he has more goals than games for the under 21s. Seems like a natural goalscorer.

Like I said I doubt there's anything there to protect us against the Dabo trial, as that was already due to take place when we signed him, his lawyers surely wouldn't have been stupid enough to pop a condition in there to say that should he go down Newcastle can terminate the contract with no penanlty and he'll be liable. However I'm sure he would have signed on a good faith basis that his behaviour has improved, under the promise that he'll not drag the club's name through the dirt and any subsequent court appearance and jail terms will leave him in breach of contract and give us the option to terminate and recover costs. If we haven't got that in there, then Mort especially being a lawyer himself wants his head examined. Shepherd was the one signing players when Barton was signed iirc.

mrmojorisin75, another classic exhibit of you moving the goalposts of your argument after you have been completely pwned by others. Your original post: implies that the Rooney bid was a complete fabrication in order to appease the fans. Other posts have quite rightly pointed out that there were genuine intentions behind our bid. To move the goalposts to hide behind a valid argument that he wasn't going to sign for Newcastle because he eventually signed for Manchester United makes you look foolish as it is completely irrelevant to your original point. Just admit that you were wrong for once.

I'd say it was the other way around. Good going forwards, but error-ridden defensively. Would be cut to pieces in the Premier League. Same for Bosingwa. how often do you watch him for Madrid? i'd say he's like Micah Richards in that his decision making can be off but he has immense recovery speed. Don't have regular access to La Liga coverage so can only go on what I have seen in the internationals.

Defensively I would compare him to Micah Richards in terms of excellent potential marred by making the bad decisions, but getting away with it thanks to his physical ability and by being in a good team. Going forwards he is second to none, but I like defenders you can bet your house on not letting you down, and Ramos is not one of those defenders.

I'd say it was the other way around. Good going forwards, but error-ridden defensively. Would be cut to pieces in the Premier League. Same for Bosingwa.

Sagna Corluka G. Neville Beye Brown Jagielka Zambrotta Sagnol Anyukov Miguel Hutton all better right backs than Ramos. I'm sure there are plenty more that slip my mind this time of night...

I reckon I could name ten right backs who are better defenders than Ramos.

Though he was not shite through the entire tourney, which imo earns him a place in an EC XI. I'd say Capdevilla was very solid defensively and got forward well without overstretching himself. A faultless tournament.

If Germany had played a better defender there tonight, Spain might not have scored.

Lahm was a defensive disgrace the last two games.

Contradicting yourself. You said a few posts up a defenders main job is to defend, so by that logic a strikers main job is to score.. and Villa scored the most, so he was hardly mediocre. Better to score a goal a game in four games than it is to score a hattrick in one, one in another, then not score in two games. Fact is that Villa didn't step it up in the latter stages. What is the name of that Yugoslavian striker in Euro 2000? I thought Villa looked excellent throughout the tournament despite his goals - had real flair about him and contributed greatly to Spain's overall play. Your comment about Villa not stepping up in the latter stages seems a bit rich imo for somebody with Arshavin in their side who played blinders for two games then stumbled when it mattered most; Villa was unlucky with injury against the Russians and was far from their worst player and could do little against the Italians' 11 man behind the ball defence. Arshavin stepped up against the Dutch. Beyond the group stages, the contribution of Torres and fabregas bettered that of Villa, even though Villa is a good player. I just think a hattrick that was just as much down to his team has elevated Villa ahead of more deserving candidates for individual praise.

Have I imagined a game in the Euros when Yugoslavia won 5-4 and someone scored 4 goals? Can't find it anywhere.

Contradicting yourself. You said a few posts up a defenders main job is to defend, so by that logic a strikers main job is to score.. and Villa scored the most, so he was hardly mediocre. Better to score a goal a game in four games than it is to score a hattrick in one, one in another, then not score in two games. Fact is that Villa didn't step it up in the latter stages. What is the name of that Yugoslavian striker in Euro 2000?