James

No-one is being phased out based on the squad number they are given. A squad number is just that.

Newcastle's best defender has generally worn number 27 throughout the Premiership years.

Was 12 last season I think. Changed from 13 to 12 when Andy Griffin changed from 12 to 2 in his last season for us. yeah exactly... some very odd changes I must say Why Nobby would suddenly revert back? I'm sure he has first choice to keep his own number.... and Harps going back and forth... footballers have too much time I guess. :idiot2: Perhaps they are trying to go back to the good old days before all started going wrong.

1 - Shay GIVEN 2 - Stephen CARR 3 - Kakha KALADZE 4 - David ROZEHNAL 5 - EMRE 6 - Fabio CANNAVARO 7 - Joey BARTON 8 - Kieron DYER 9 - Obafemi MARTINS 10 - Michael OWEN 11 - Damien DUFF 12 - Habib BEYE 13 - Steve HARPER 14 - Charles N'ZOGBIA 15 - Nolberto SOLANO 16 - James MILNER 17 - DECO 18 - Gabriel HEINZE 19 - Albert LUQUE 20 - GEREMI 21 - Antonio BARZAGLI 22 - Nicky BUTT 23 - Shola AMEOBI 24 - Eidur GUDJONSSEN 25 - EDMILSON 26 - Peter RAMAGE 27 - Steven TAYLOR 28 - Mikel ARTETA 29 - RONALDINHO 30 - David EDGAR 31 - Stephen APPIAH 32 - Paul HUNTINGTON 33 - Celestine BABAYARO 34 - Fraser FORSTER 35 - Matthew PATTISON 36 - Mark VIDUKA 37 - James TROISI 38 - Lassana DIARRA 39 - Andy CARROLL 40 - Tim KRUL 99 - Victor BAIA tbh

Steve Harper has changed numbers from 12 to 13 as well.

Number 3 has been vacant for years.

15 was Nobby's old number in his first spell at the club.

Albert Unlucky has got Bramble's old number now

It is because of the new rule. When the player have one year or less left of his contract, he/the buying club can pay the salary he would make on that year as transfer-fee, so it is not a release clause. That is why Chelsea have such a rush with signing a new contract with Lampard. This is at least how I understood the new rule. Its two years and you have to be over the age of 28. Three years for under 28, and can only be done to join a club in a different country.

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I think he was hinting towards the possibility of a big signing in addition to four more defenders.

Given Geremi Rozehnal Ramage Carr (LB) Dyer Barton Butt N'Zogbia Ameobi Martins Harper Solano Huntington Edgar Cave Milner Pattison Troisi Luque Owen Carroll

Right, thats it, no more PM requests please.

Why? Because any individual involved isn't going to have access to all computers there.

I doubt that if the fraud squad was involved that they'd take every single hard drive in the stadium.

There is a bit of confidence, arrogance and willingness to kick others up the backside which has stood out amongst many of his end of season interviews. Something rather Keane-esque actually. Obviously he has yet to obtain the on-pitch influence of Keane. He was described off the record by a Newcastle coach last season as the least liked player in the squad, despite other personal testimonies on here that he is a great guy. I'd say that Roeder probably looked down at attributes that could be described as confrontational even though such attributes, channelled correctly can turn also-rans into winners.

Veron never really cut it in the Premiership despite playing for two good teams, and clearly hated playing here. Would be a bad signing if it happenned.

There is a website that calculates this. The highest paper gets 25% iirc.

We haven't been linked with Veron. Ronaldinho and Cannavaro though...

He's not available on a free! Well the article says he is, so the paper obviously fell for it.

Phone rings Mort: Hello? Ashley: Chris, I've been sitting in my darkened room where no-one can see me all day reading the Newcastle forums - sounds like the fans aren't happy with the spending so far. Mort: What should I do Mike? Ashley: Phone the News of the World. Say that we are interested in Crouch, but £20m is a rip-off, that'll keep them sweet. Mort: Freddy tells me that everyone was unhappy the last time he tried to buy Crouch. Ashley: Oh, in that case tell them that we tried to buy Ronaldinho, but £58m was a little too much. Mort: Wont the fans think its just paper talk? Ashley: Oh, yes. Well in that case, after you phone NOTW, phone another paper, tell them we want Cannavaro on a free. If they don't believe one paper they'll believe the other.

Haven't they been going to the same Pro License classes? These management courses were probably created by good managers who intend to stop others becoming good managers by feeding them a load of cock and bull.

Doesn't Michael Owen (scoring LOTS of goals for us in the coming season) sell shirts worldwide? Don't think he does to be honest. He used to sell England shirts, but most of those are for Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and Terry these days. He used to sell Liverpool shirts, but he doesn't play for them any more, and Liverpool were/are a more popular choice of team. Very few will buy an Owen shirt, only a few Newcastle fans, but he isn't a popular choice given that we have never taken to him and that there is no insurance that he'll be here in the long term. Signing Ronaldinho could make us a cool club people from abroad buying our shirt with Ronaldinho's name on because they admire the player and the club much like people in Britain admire Ronaldinho and Barcelona. Owen wouldn't have that effect wherever he played.

The club have blatantly read all the complaining threads yesterday, so leaked that story to shut us up.

That has no bearing though on how well/badly he'll do here.