James

I'm not on commission or owt but you may find that .com have a few more than 5000 people logging on. But are they season ticket holders?

.com have an effect No website is going to influence 52,000 people. .com serves 5,000 season ticket holders at most, and only a small minority of those will be influenced by what is basically a two-man editorial that isn't taken seriously by many quarters.

He's not. He's saying how bad the quality of players has dropped Not entirely sure why he added Sholas name there though, can't see him being best impressed. About the booing thing, I think thats a massive thing for Sam to say, and a lot of fans need to take note. Maybe you should make an exception and give it a thread there. I'd like to see if anyone disagrees with what he's said, without having to sift through all the stuff in here. So basically, he's comparing the best of an era with the mediocre of a different era? Surely he should be comparing Shola to a player that was as equally forgotten about as Shola will be in 40 years. Nothing there made sense, and he'd have been better off keeping his mouth shut regarding Shola in my opinion, true, or not. Still a brilliant manager though.

The last time we were top was Christmas 2001 wasn't it? We were genuine darkhorses for the title for the next two seasons, after that, only being ruled out of contention around April of each season. Those days were great.

I dont get this Crouch, Davies, Ameobi comment. Surely if comparing with Macdonald, Royle etc as players playing in the same league at the same time, the quality would be exceeded by English centre forwards Owen, Rooney and Shearer.

Agree with your analysis of that there. In addition, where abouts was James Milner during that corner? I'd imagine he'd be best deep outside the box too, given his long range shooting ability, and his determination to track back.

Smith and Butt men of the match - they really controlled the central midfield area that gave Martins and Milner the space to attack in the first half, and who really calmed the game down and let us take back control after a torrid start to the second half.

Allardyce, who are you, and what have you done to my football club. FUCKING AWESOME!

Wrong player, wrong side of the pitch, otherwise pretty close.

We are playing 4222

If we are to beat Spurs in the league, we need them to lose games like that, so I'm sort of happy, as long as the Mackems don't do this too regularly. Thanks Chopra.

Article is very negative - written by Louise Taylor who has an anti-Newcastle agenda. However, in context, Allardyce is challenging his Newcastle players to follow his game plan.

There was a mention in the Journal earlier that he was captain versus Bolton, but it was merged with another thread as there was no full-time indication. But it is a full-time role then, well done Geremi and good luck!

Today's team/formation depends on whether N'Zogbia, Martins, and/or Huntington have been picked. Given their absence from yesterdays training pictures, I'm guessing we want to hide that information from Bolton. EDIT: I'm talking about the Getty pictures by the way, not the ones on the official site.

Nobby is almost certainly missing from today's starting XI given the teams in yesterdays training match.

Looking at other photos, the weaker team during the training game were wearing white bibs. On that evidence, it would seem that Smith and Milner start, but Shola and Solano don't.

One of the training ground photos would suggest that in yesterdays training match one team had a back four of: Edgar Ramage Cacapa Enrique with Viduka lining up in the other attack. That suggests Viduka starts, with three of the defenders being Carr, Rozehnal and Taylor, and with either Huntington or N'Zogbia at left back.

Sam still hasn't decided on a long-term captain yet, but the captaincy is now certainly Geremi's to lose.

I can tell you the following certainties about tomorrows game: Both teams will field eleven players, with five substitutes. Both teams will select a goalkeeper. The name of the Newcastle goalkeeper will end with 'er'. Kick-off will occur at least twice. The ball will leave the centre circle. The referee will blow his whistle. The ball will move during the game. The players will move during the game. JLloyd Samuel will be shit.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1088810,00.html So it was 'targets' and not 'tigers' or 'signings.' I was closest tbh.

I suspect that our contract with Adidas stipulates that we get new 2nd and 3rd kits every season.

A little bit like Argentina then?

Buffalo Soldier, Geordie left-back There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of St. James' Park Stolen from Espana, brought to St. James' Park Fighting on arrival, fighting for Newcastle. If you know his history Then you would know where he's coming from Then you wouldn't have to ask us Who the eck do we think he am. He's just a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of St. James' Park Stolen from Espana, brought to St. James' Park Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for Newcastle Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, win the war of St. James' Park Geordie, En-ri-que, wor-En-ri-que, Wor-En-ri-que, Jo-se-En-ri-que, En-ri-que, wor-En-ri-que Wor-En-ri-que, Jo-se-En-ri-que Buffalo Soldier, trodding down the flank wo-hoo-oh! Said he wanna ran, then he wanna cross, Setting up for Smith, yea-hea, yea-ea. Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, win the war of St. James' Park Buffalo Soldier, Geordie left back, Fighting on arrival, fighting for Newcastle Purchased by Big Sam, for a fee of six million Geordie, En-ri-que, wor-En-ri-que, Wor-En-ri-que, Jo-se-En-ri-que, En-ri-que, wor-En-ri-que Wor-En-ri-que, Jo-se-En-ri-que :band:

Yeah, I'm afraid he was talking to me. You can tell, because he always calls me an adjective with 'pl' being the first two letters

I've had another listen, he definitely said tigers.