James

I cant believe what I'm seeing with regards to the result to the poll. In the first twenty threads, there are only three or four threads with transfer rumours. One is a generalised thread, so that is OK, one is about us not being able to extend the loan of a player currently at the club, one is a recommendation to sign Stephen Pressley, and worst of fucking all, and this is really quite messed up in my opinion: The worst rumour thread, is something totally unsubstantiated, and happens to have been started by the guy who wants to complain about there being too many rumours and there not being a fucking transfer forum.

Both LuaLua's have now scored belters away at Exeter for Newcastle. I remember an incredible scissor kick by Lomano a few years back.

there will be many more when the window opens Perhaps, but what is the problem right now that people have to start complaining? People see a couple threads they dont want to read and start crying over it. Just dont read them if you really dont want to FFS.

Funny thing is, there are very few transfer rumours, so what are people's problems? I think some people on here really are spoilt little girls in my opinion.

Websites (including the two previous incarnations of this forum) have actually been closed down becuase someone has posted more than 6 fixtures next to each other (without dates). The fact that we cant show fixture lists is indisputable.

The moderators live a thankless job in reality.

tmonkey, youve made some very good points there which tie in with my earlier post, although you have missed one thing which would add more credence to your own argument. Robson had identified his target right back long before Euro2004 - it was Seitaridis the best right back of the tournament, but Shepherd would not bid for him before the World Cup, citing a ridiculous opinion that we should wait and see how well he does in the tournament. Subsequently someone else (Moscow?) bought him before Euro2004 with Shepherd steadfastedly refusing to bid - obviously he had something planned for after the tournament. Miguel was only bidded for on the back of a good tournament (although Robson was probably already well aware of him).

Perhaps Maxxed can afford the risk, but Newcastle United have complained about very minor things, and in the past, they have found that threatening the server (the server, not the site) with legal action has been enough for the servers to delete the likes of howaythetoon and toon-chat without giving any warning.

As I see it, Shepherd doesn't go against the will of the manager, he appears to do his own initial negotiations over star players before approaching manager and saying: "I am able to sign player X, do you want him" and player X is generally of such a calibre that no manager could turn the offer down. The annoying thing is that the manager/chairman subsequently miss out on those lower profile but still very important signings further down the line for whatever reason. My major gripe with Shepherd is not in the transfer market, but with his two most recent managerial appointments and the sacking of Sir Bobby Robson.

I would never pass up on Shevchenko, even if it is just for one game. When given the correct role in the team, not only can he create chances for the rest of the team, but he can pick up and control any ball in the box before finishing it superbly. His club goal scoring record when applied as a centre-forward over the past 10 years is second to none.

Southampton away would be nice.

You never know, perhaps it will be a swap deal.

The Shevchenko's want their children to go to an English school, so they'll be hanging around in England for quite a bit. Our style of play will suit Shevchenko more also. Don't think Mourinho ever wanted Shevchenko to be honest, and Abramovich is probably cooling to him. I reckon we could actually pull this off, and I also reckon that we'd have a good chance of signing him in the summer for £10 million.

Then a perfectly sensible solution has been taken. If I was to post a link, I would expect to be fairly banned within 10 minutes, whereas you would be right to give less regulars a warning. Nothing more for me to debate about really, keep up the good work

To be honest, you are never going to be able to stop posters from breaking copyright rules - the email will catch peoples attention, but new members will not be aware. I think you generally see a short term decrease in video links, but it is now at the stage that you have to choose whether to ban everyone or no-one who breaks the rules. New posters will join and post links straight away and if unpunished the majority of other posters will do the same thinking they can get away with it also. A big negative is that new members could be put off staying around with an immediate 14 day ban, but on the other hand the moderators have to do something to avoid endless videos to be posted, as in the end of the day, they need a deterrent to a) ensure the security of the site, and b) lessen their workload. To be honest, no-one really reads the rules before posting, most people that join expect to be able to do what they want on the internet and aren't aware of the existence of copyright-breach monitors I would recommend a kind of immunity period where month-old members can get away withan edited post and a very stern warning sent over PM - although it is not up to me to say what is done and what isn't done.

Fixture lists....just wondering....why can't we discuss this...also what does anything from the Newcastle World mean...can you elaborate a bit more please.... Fixture Lists are copyrighted believe it or not, and the two previous incarnations which merged to form Newcastle-Online (aka howaythetoon and ToonChat) both got closed down by their servers without warning after NUFC threatened the server with legal action. It is illegal to post more than 5 fixtures at a time I understand. Newcastle World is the official website. The only thing from there we can post without breaking copyright as far as I understand is the text articles which you dont have to pay subscription for, and even then you must post a direct link to the page in question.

No and No

My group is so finely balanced, you need certain players from both Manchester's to get points, and others not too and certain points from Watford players (Young, or Francis if Young doesn't play) and points for Baines, Seol and Doyle in their second game could also be crucial. Evra isn't starting - that could help me as Rio can now score as many points as he wants. Not sure whether points for Ronaldo and Richards are good or bad, and dont want Dunne, Barton or Distin getting much of a match.

Fair points, but I think that for 1. we have an award for best foreign poster and that pretty much covers it - it is very difficult to judge who does and doesn't speak English as their first language. As for 2. most members that vote will only be aware of two posters, and only one of these posts in the NUFC section, so it becomes more of a case of 'who is the only female poster' rather than 'who is the best female poster' Regardless, keep voting everyone!

Not since Roeder was confirmed as PERMANENT Newcastle manager. Shearer and Tommy Craig have departed to let Roeder do it all himself from that date. That is what I'm basing my percentages on. I know, but’s it’s a fairly arbitrary line to draw. As is, to a lesser extent, limiting your analysis to PL games. GR’s win percentage as manager - 44% GR’s win percentage since becoming the permanent manager all competitions - 46% GR’s win percentage since becoming the permanent manager cup - 75% It’s only by excluding huge chunks of Roeder’s NUFC managerial career that you can arrive at a poor win percentage. I know the league is ‘what matters’ but excluding the bits that don’t support the idea he’s no good is very unfair. I regularly review my stance on the manager, but right now 17th isn't good enough, especially considering our home record. This isn't mentioning poor performance during the transfer window and some appalling tactical decisions made during our matches. Things may be starting to turn around, but I'm not going to support a prolonged tenure by Roeder until he actually turns things around. I've got nothing against the guy, and if improvement continues I'm happy for him to remain until the end of the season. It will take a dramatic improvement though for me to not call for his departure at the end of the season, as I do feel that a much better manager will need to be in charge for any long term success. This is all taking the thread off topic, but if you want to discuss this further, please start a new thread on this and I will happily respond.

Do not dare to criticise the man who stands alongside Shearer, Owen, Patrick Kluivert, El Hadji Diouf, Michelle Akers and Mia Hamm as one of the greatest living players of all time.

Southall was definitely an all-time great. Perhaps carried on slightly too long though as he lost his agility.

Doyle is my captain too. I may get a shock qualification. The team at the bottom of my group Galatasaray: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=262879 are playing Dyer's Sore Hammy: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=75857 and are currently leading, despite not having updated the team for ages. With Gerrard and Gilberto having good games for Galatasaray, things could go my way in this fixture, especially with DSH having Drogba as captain and Lampard. Hopefully, Evra, Saha, Lescott and Distin will have bad games. My team isn't doing badly, though I'll need a good Watford game, or a goal from Agbonlahor or Doyle, or Campbell or much much better, Knight to really help me out: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=95126. League Winners: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/eventhist.mc?id=448609 are now two points ahead, with three Manchester City players to play. My fate really resides with the Manchester City Watford game I feel.

Thing is, at the end of a World Cup, Pele compiles a list of every single player that performed mediocrely or better, and then conducts one-on-one interviews with pretty much every single member of the press. For each press meeting, you'll get something like this: Thing is, Nicky Butt was fucking superb in 2002. Agreed pretty much, though I think Pele overrated him a little, and wouldn't have said that in front of a foreign press (or if he didn't play for Manchester United)