James

We have to be in the top ten though to be allowed in iirc.

not quite true, he was in the car park at Boro's training facility waiting for permission to hit the A19 Yes, I think that was what happenned, thinking about it

On transfer deadline day, he had agreed terms with us, and was sat in his car waiting in the car park where we have our medicals.

Thank goodness, that was a must win game, and we somehow managed it.

This guy is being kept out of the Olympiakos team by... ...Didier Domi

Shola is a good Premiership striker. Never going to hit the heights required to meet the expectations of a Newcastle fan, i.e. top-4 quality players on our subs bench, but I think the majority of Premieship clubs would have a 100% fit Shola Ameobi in their first 16. Shola and Shearer never complimented each other, and when he finally got out of his shadow, he was hit by an injury that affected his performances, yet was still scoring important goals. I'll look forward to seeing him back next season. Looking at the size of his legs, I cant see him being ready to play for some time yet.

If I had to choose between a reject from either Chelsea, Manyoo, Arsenal or Liverpool, I'd probably take the Arsenal player due to the style of play Arsenal youngsters are taught to play.

Is this guy related to Emre's agent?

Can't find any loopholes with that statement. Our board are a load of spin-doctors, not a load of liars. Essentially, we have secured (pending planning permission) a stadium expansion that will not cost us, at least not on a level that would bankrupt the club. There needn't be strings attached with this investment. A long enough lease, and I'm thinking 50+ years here, and permission to use the clubs brand is probably all many investors would require. Don't get sarky with me Jimbo. > How is what you've posted here relevant to what I posted? I'll answer for you: It isn't. I don't think you've read what I wrote properly, read it again and you'll see I never said anything about this investment bankrupting the club. I'm aware that they've said that the funding will be separate from the club, that was my whole point!! There's no such thing as a free lunch. Sorry, my post sounded a bit harsh, the bankruptcy comment was not aimed at you, more voicing my opinions that I cant see anything that the club do spend as being something to worry about, as I believe it will be merely involve some restructuring if we do spend. The comments regarding the strings was slightly aimed at you, but Parky too - I see the land as our main asset on the table, but don't think we'll get either rent or the opportunity to renogotiate the lease in the short term as others are suggesting. I am sure that that is where we are paying for the lunch, so to speak, we are now sacrificing our land for what will probably be a long time, possibly 50+ years. However, that isn't a bad price to pay considering that the current owners aren't really in a position to develop the area by themselves. We just have to hope that we are dealing with the right investors, and that someone better wouldn't have come along in 5 years time with better offer. I'd hate to see the surrounding area get spoilt without there being anything we could do about it.

Lets have another look at those key words: Can't find any loopholes with that statement. Our board are a load of spin-doctors, not a load of liars. Essentially, we have secured (pending planning permission) a stadium expansion that will not cost us, at least not on a level that would bankrupt the club. There needn't be strings attached with this investment. A long enough lease, and I'm thinking 50+ years here, and permission to use the clubs brand is probably all many investors would require.

If you can't train against players who take a good set-piece, you wont learn how to defend against them in match days. A specialist set-piece taker must be one of our priorities this summer.

Basically we've secured independent funding from someone. Not worth complaining about in that case, as the project is totally independent of how the club is run, and not a penny of the £300m could have been spent elsewhere. I'd guess that we are allowing investors to develop and run businesses on our land, and in return, these investors are paying for a 8000 seat stadium expansion.

Aren't you the guy who suggested that we change our nickname to the Saints?

It goes: Cech Van Der Sar Lehmann Jaaskelainen Given Hahnemann James Friedel Foster

I accidentally voted "I hope so, but don't think he will, " I meant to vote for "I hope he isn't, but think he will"

Not falling for that...

I haven't heard a single person in favour of keeping him beyond the end of the season.

Please dont do it. Someone below your window might get hurt. Therefore unless you happen to live right next to St James Park, on the route Shepherd/Roeder walk home, you have no right to throw your TV out of the window.

What he said... So who do we prefer, Lee Clark or Terry Mac to run the show until the end of the season? Shearer and Tommy Craig like we did at the end of last season.

Glenn Roeder: "We have our scouts watching him, and if he crosses the road, I'll watch him next time, and I'll watch him again, and if he doesn't get run over, and if Liverpool don't pinch him while he's on the other side, I'll watch him once more just to make sure."

Just checked BBC and Guardian, your original post is right, although the £625m from overseas is actually included in the figures you provided.

You were thinking I was talking about Sky, I was actually referring to the new overseas deal which is approximately £600,000,000 split evenly between all 20 teams, coming to £30m each. So 7th next season would secure £44,000,000 more than in previous seasons.

So basically since 98 we have made a loss of £36m, with the most significant part being in the last six months. That sounds bad, but... In the last few months it has been announced that from next season, every team in the Premiership will receive at least an extra £30m every season. Assuming there is some prudency, we should next season be able to wipe out the majority of the loss attained over the past ten years. Short term, that may not be good, as little maybe spent on the club, but in the long-run we should be much better off.

We get £30m extra per season from next season. We may have to spend this on sorting ourselves out, which may bring us financially behind others, but at least we wont go bankrupt thanks to that. Shepherd needs to go though.