James

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.

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: Reporter: Who was your player of the tournament then? Pele: There were many good players, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ballack. It's a tough one, let me come back to it. Which country are you reporting for? Reporter: England Pele: (looks at list) Miicky Butt, he was my best player. Reporter: Nicky Butt? Pele: Yes. Havent got much time, I have another reporter to see in the next room, got to go see him now. (Leaves and meets next reporter) Reporter No. 2: Who was your player of the tournament then? Pele: There were many good players, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ballack. It's a tough one, let me come back to it. Which country are you reporting for? Reporter No. 2: Northern Ireland Pele: Ronaldo, he was the best player. That winger of yours that played for Manchester would have been able to match him though if he was playing. Reporter No. 2: Keith Gillespie? Pele: Yes etc

Many reckon that decision was only made because FIFA wouldn't be able to take exclusive photographs in order to sell a photobook. If they did the greatest footballers of all time, there would be quite a few photos of urns and coffins

Emre kicks his ass according to Mr. Diplomatic - Mr. Pele himself.

Just having another look at this list, three of the so-called greatest players of all time played for Bolton last season

Although I was kind of aware that there was some kind of infamous list compiled by Pele of the greatest players of all time, I never knew the exact details and just reading it on wikipedia now, I'm thinking - what a joke! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_100 Despite being called the FIFA 100, Pele couldn't bear to cut the list of names down to 100 so we are stuck with 125. In order to not offend any living footballers, all dead greats were excluded from the list. According to the list, 4 of the greatest players of all time have played for Newcastle over the past three seasons. Three of our last 6 managers were also amongst the greatest players of all time (although that is slightly more reasonable) Here is the list in full: Argentina Diego Maradona Alfredo Di Stéfano Daniel Passarella Gabriel Batistuta Hernán Crespo Javier Saviola Javier Zanetti Juan Sebastián Verón Mario Kempes Omar Sivori Belgium Franky Van Der Elst Jean-Marie Pfaff Jan Ceulemans Brazil Cafu Carlos Alberto Djalma Santos Falcão Nílton Santos Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Ronaldinho Ronaldo Sócrates Zico Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Cameroon Roger Milla Chile Elías Figueroa Iván Zamorano Colombia Carlos Valderrama Croatia Davor Šuker Czech Republic Josef Masopust Pavel Nedvěd Denmark Brian Laudrup Michael Laudrup Peter Schmeichel England Alan Shearer Bobby Charlton David Beckham Gary Lineker Gordon Banks Kevin Keegan Michael Owen France David Trézéguet Didier Deschamps Éric Cantona Jean-Pierre Papin Just Fontaine Lilian Thuram Marcel Desailly Marius Trésor Michel Platini Patrick Vieira Raymond Kopa Robert Pirès Thierry Henry Zinedine Zidane Germany Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Müller Jürgen Klinsmann Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Lothar Matthäus Michael Ballack Oliver Kahn Paul Breitner Sepp Maier Uwe Seeler Ghana Abédi Pelé Hungary Ferenc Puskás Ireland Roy Keane Italy Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Nesta Christian Vieri Dino Zoff Francesco Totti Franco Baresi Giampiero Boniperti Giacinto Facchetti Gianluigi Buffon Gianni Rivera Giuseppe Bergomi Paolo Rossi Paolo Maldini Roberto Baggio Japan Hidetoshi Nakata Liberia George Weah Mexico Hugo Sánchez Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Dennis Bergkamp Edgar Davids Frank Rijkaard Johan Neeskens Johan Cruijff Marco van Basten Patrick Kluivert René van de Kerkhof Rob Rensenbrink Ruud Gullit Ruud van Nistelrooy Willy van de Kerkhof Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha Northern Ireland George Best Paraguay Romerito Peru Teófilo Cubillas Poland Zbigniew Boniek Portugal Eusébio Luís Figo Rui Costa Romania Gheorghe Hagi Russia Rinat Dasaev Scotland Kenny Dalglish Senegal El Hadji Diouf Republic of Korea Hong Myung-Bo Spain Emilio Butragueño Luis Enrique Raúl Turkey Emre Belözoğlu Rüştü Reçber Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Uruguay Enzo Francescoli United States Michelle Akers Mia Hamm

Here is a much more difficult one: 1979/1980 3 1981 3 1982 3 1983 3 1984 3 1985 3 1986 3 1987 2 1988 2 1989 2 1990 2 1991 2 1992 2 1993 3 1994 3 1995 3 1996 4 1997 3 1998 3 1999 4 2000 4 2001 4 2002 4 2003 3 2004 3 2005 2 2006 2 2007 2

...although Luque didn't crash his car - he pulled over to the side of the road with a puncture, and while he was phoning for a pickup on the side of the road, a lorry smashed into his stationary vehicle.

That is pretty much it really, it has been a very very quiet week.

Perhaps Manyoo are willing to wait a month for his services?

You should know by now how twisted up I am

Impossible. Players cant sign for Premiership clubs on loan right now can they?

At least I'm not red-faced

before 1991 the US had never had a president who got them into Arab lands. Since then they have been there more often than any other country. Which other country had given its troops the opportunity to compete abroad the way them Bush's have ? Where were you when those other presidents presided over the embarrassments of previous decades. Were you there ? Did you live through incompetent presidents. I did, I know how it was, you have no idea unless you we,re there. Well listen to me, this president is far better than any that have gone before. The Bush's have always backed their troops. Okay the last appointment of Rumsfeld didn't work out, but who at the time argues against it ? Did you. Don't remember you saying anything ? So Bush is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. You might want a new president but how do you know the next one would be any better ? How do you know that a new guy, or even woman, would be able to do any better than Bush ? I would rather stick with Bush who clearly knows how to back his troops into body bags than gamble on some unknown. Fucking hell that is one of the greatest posts in all eternity. :lol: :lol:

Still worth a rewatch though.

If I remember correctly, Shearer wrote to all the main manufacturers asking for a free boot deal, stating that he was a Southampton trainee. Umbro were the only company to get him some boots, so later in life when all the manufacturers were after him and offering millions of pounds, he went for the poorer Umbro out of loyalty.

There was no red card though - no punches were blown, it was just a bit of shirt pulling apparrently.

The Dyer-Bowyer incident was much worse. This was just a bit of grabbing and shouting, nothing more sinister.

Someone check Stephen Carr's stats.

That link is well fucking annoying, so thanks Davey. What do you think about my question and HTL's questions? It would be interesting for you to enter this in-depth debate.

Inappropriate? Childish? That's rich, given what I'm replying to. I'd say it sounds like you're one of those who takes the view something they don't agree with is "inappropriate". A common trait on this forum, it must be said. What do you want me to say in response to the kids question that is totally unrelated to football? I couldn't give a toss about any warehouse, I couldn't give a toss about what Fred has said in a brothel. I don't care that Geordie women are dogs and whatever it is he said about Shearer. I couldn't give a toss about dividends as long as money is made available to the manager to strengthen the team, which is what this Board has consistently done and which may not happen under another Board. You can believe the opposite if you like. That's my answer to the question. Perhaps you and your chum can now answer some of mine? Like why do you think it's guaranteed another Board will appoint the right manager, will provide as much funding for players, etc etc. They're all there in the thread but have been *childishly* ignored so far. How can you not care about a chairman giving our own money to his other family business when we are paying for it to be spent on the team? In response to your question - those that have taken over at other clubs haven't done badly have they? Fact is, only good businessmen can afford to take control of a Premiership club, and that can only be a good thing for the football club. Therefore, any replacement coming in is bound to be better.

You fucking gimp!

So where is our divine right to be, then? Also, tell me why there is more chance of replacing the Board with a better one than a worse one? Tell me why another Board will automatically be better than the current one, why they will automatically make available as much or even more cash to the manager and will automatically appoint the right manager? Thanks Because those currently investing in football clubs aren't old dinosaurs solely concerned with massaging their own egos. OMG. I love the way that you can coherently carry a debate along.

gay.gif Struggling to keep up, or even understand what people are talking about. You may as well not bother posting. Actually, it is you who does not understand what people are talking about. You just spout the same blind nonsense regardless of what good points others make. Obviously you are struggling to keep up. Keep posting though, as your lack of eyesight continues to amuse me.

So where is our divine right to be, then? Also, tell me why there is more chance of replacing the Board with a better one than a worse one? Tell me why another Board will automatically be better than the current one, why they will automatically make available as much or even more cash to the manager and will automatically appoint the right manager? Thanks Because those currently investing in football clubs aren't old dinosaurs solely concerned with massaging their own egos.