James

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6115996.stm Worryingly, another player is talking about the possibility of the club getting relegated, and seems to suggest that certain individuals at the club are tight when it comes to money. Still doesn't stop the annual dividend being paid out, and lets face it, our poor league form is hardly the fault of those who work at the canteen.

Partly due to the fact that we have to play in the League Cup on Tuesday, and partly because we cant afford to postpone the match as it would cost us £350,000.

I cant see him staying at Chelsea, not with Mourinho's best mate Hilario retaining his place in the starting XI. Gone in January I reckon.

Is now eligible to play for England. Two years ago, when he was starting for Chelsea, he said he would play for England if the Italian call did not come. Should he be selected?

I'm delighted for the lad. Now it will be an interesting test to see whether he can cope with everyone in the city recognising him. No more catching the bus methinks....

I wouldn't start Luque tommorrow - two games in 48 hours for someone not matchfit. is not really a good idea. He definitely deserves a few more starting opportunities though.

Brian of Nazareth wept http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Chapman_as_Brian.jpg/300px-Chapman_as_Brian.jpg

Glenn Roeder realised that there was one way to guarantee a clean sheet.

Martin Jol, is that you?

75 points 8)

By the way, hope you beat Fiorentina today, but also I hope you tire yourselves out in the process with Thursday in mind.

Why do all the other managers get their full stats, and Roeder only gets this season? Saying "permanent" is an obtuse and dim-witted caveat to skew the facts. Because unlike the other managers, Roeder went through a period where he was unable to make any changes to anything except team lineups, whereas other managers got to do whatever they wanted right from the start. During this period, shepherd made sure he had Tommy Craig and Alan Shearer sticking pretty close to him. Now Roeder is there on his own, things have got much, much worse.

OK, now read the statistics for wins in the Premier League as PERMANENT manager. It is a very similar story...

Yeah. That's not the only competition we're in though, and it wasn't for any previous managers. Looks like you are contradicting your own statistics... Not at all. I'm quoting the our most recent managers overall records, those having been managers in the premier league era. OK, I'll forgive the ambiguity, give me a minute to find some PL statistics...

Yeah, that's just semantics. Not statistics. Not facts. Semantics paint a better picture than statistics though. Perhaps you would like to read the statistics in my sig... That's another thing you've got wrong, since being named permanent he's won 43% of his games. That is from the date of Newcastle announcing that they were going to request that the PL approved his appointment. Since the PL approved his appointment, and we have been able to confirm him officially, we have won 20% of our league matches. You're perpetuating your stupidity. Why is your sig only includiong premier league for Roeder but all games for anyone else? You state in your own sig that you are using Premier League statistics.

Yeah. That's not the only competition we're in though, and it wasn't for any previous managers. Looks like you are contradicting your own statistics...

Yeah, that's just semantics. Not statistics. Not facts. Semantics paint a better picture than statistics though. Perhaps you would like to read the statistics in my sig... That's another thing you've got wrong, since being named permanent he's won 43% of his games. That is from the date of Newcastle announcing that they were going to request that the PL approved his appointment. Since the PL approved his appointment, and we have been able to confirm him officially, we have won 20% of our league matches.

Yeah, that's just semantics. Not statistics. Not facts. Semantics paint a better picture than statistics though. Perhaps you would like to read the statistics in my sig...

Roeder is statistically the best manager Newcastle have EVER had. FACT!! Do you lot just overreact like this to have something to chat about on here? Statistics show that since Roeder has been permanent manager, he's been one of the worst. FACT!! Also, Carver's 100% record must make him our best ever manager if thats the case? I suspect that during the caretaker tenure, Roeder was getting a lot of help with his decisions from Tommy Craig and Alan Shearer. Video footage seems to suggest this. Carver was temporary. Which statistics show Roeder to be the worst? I'm basing my statement on the fact that he's won more games than any previous manager percentage wise, and he's took more of the points he's played for than any other manager (wins and draws). He's took over 63% of points, Keegan was 62% and George Martin 57%. Part of managing is choosing your back-room staff. He should be praised if his staff helped him do the job. Are you saying that's a bad thing? The staff who helped him were the only people he could work with while a caretaker boss. He is now full-time boss and able to choose his own staff - where is Tommy Craig, the individual often seen deep in conversation with Roeder immediately prior to substitutions, now? As a permanent manager of Newcastle United. Roeder has won just 20% of his league games. Even Souness had a much better record as permanent manager, especially at home.

Roeder is statistically the best manager Newcastle have EVER had. FACT!! Do you lot just overreact like this to have something to chat about on here? Statistics show that since Roeder has been permanent manager, he's been one of the worst. FACT!! Also, Carver's 100% record must make him our best ever manager if thats the case? I suspect that during the caretaker tenure, Roeder was getting a lot of help with his decisions from Tommy Craig and Alan Shearer. Video footage seems to suggest this.

It's good to see teams from the 'poor South' come along and challenge the dominance of the 'rich North.'

Player performance was good, especially in first half, and even the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half. It was the managerial performance which was the problem. Charlton bought on the extra midfielder and sat in their own half, and let us run ourselves into the ground. On the hour, Roeder had to respond by bringing on Milner to run at people, and Luque to cause some problems from deep. We were unthreatened to the point that we could have taken off the semi-injured Parker, and the inneffectual Carr without Charlton creating openings. As soon as we got the goal, we could have then taken off Rossi and replaced him with Taylor, and hit Charlton on the counter-attack. Roeder is an absolutely appalling manager when it comes to matchdays in the league, and should be sacked.

Invicta, when's the Special Bus coming to pick you up?

An impressive 57 for me so far today, with Moore and Richards points still to come...

Think I've just found out what he does: http://www.nufc.thevillagespain.com/