Benwell Lad

Come on now, what would you really expect from supporters of a club who's captain is a thug and a car vandal. After all they were applauding him because the offences were carried out in Newcastle upon Tyne. And who could forget how many of them rated their best ever moment in football seeing their great rivals legendary centre forward carried off in their stadium. That was the game during which said legendary centre forward scored in a 4-1 defeat by said rivals, by the way.

Disagree. Decent fella and speaks a lot of sense. Was a bit opinionated at the height of his rentaquote days but he's maturing. Think it's just in vogue, on forums etc, not to like him tbh.

Best header of a ball in the PL and still potentially a top PL striker. May need a move (to anywhere that is) to kick start it again for him, something just doesn't seem right at Liverpool.

Tiote last week, Demba yesterday, Krul today, somebody else tomorrow. Oh...the press driven tedium of a transfer window. Makes you hanker for those good old days about five years ago when the club was full of overpaid has-beens who no facker was interested in.

Also promoting various functions at "St.James'Park" on advertising panels above the gentlemen's pissoirs. Aye its still down as SJP for my mates party there in August. Don't even think the people in charge are taking that silly name seriously. Said from day one, as long as there's a stadium on top of the hill in Newcastle it will only ever be known by it's true name to those who matter.

Also promoting various functions at "St.James'Park" on advertising panels above the gentlemen's pissoirs.

Was a dirty player who would always dish it out but wouldn't take it. Full of sneaky tricks and play acting, cheated his way to free kicks and to get opponents cautioned or sent off. Shame because he was a very good player. A despicable person who shouldn't be trusted as far as you could throw Kevin Nolan. Always quite liked the "R"s but hope he will fall flat on his face.

Everything Branson touches turns to gold. Like errrrm, Virgin Megastores? He's had plenty of failed businesses as well. You can't go from nowt to meteoric business success like Branson, or dare I say Ashley, without a fuck up or two along the way.

More good stuff from TF. Could have gone in any one of several threads but thought the bit about the Blackburn game is really spot on. http://www.true-faith.co.uk/tf/editorials.nsf/LookupUNID/EC7555CAEDAD4E9B8025797F00593203?OpenDocument

Reckon we're on TV either way. Brighton would probably mean slightly fewer Ronnie Radford re-runs.

Banks and money now being boycotted in sunderlund and virgins to be burned at the stake when they get round to finding one.

Their starting XI will be on a par with Blackburn's on Saturday and despite dominating we were within seconds of being held to a draw.

Shut the f*** up with this bullshit, man. Footballer gives iinterview during which he alludes to playing for boyhood heroes before stating he is happy at present club. Press run big headlines on first part while ignoring the second. Quelle surprise !

Good points and in there lies the crux. I for one rated him very highly based on the quality he showed at Hoffenheim and West Ham. He had options in the summer and we will have had to offer competitive wages etc. That said I don't think anyone could have envisaged the impact he would make in half a season so the rumours and rubbish in the press are probably to be expected.Sadly. He's a Newcastle player, he likes it here, so we're in the driving seat. We probably need to renegociate his contract like we did when Tiote caught everyone by surprise.

I think the club are acting properly and would be disappointed if the lowered themselves to the level of the rumour mongers and crappy journalists who print hearsay, thereby dignifying the rubbish. A contract of employment has nothing to do with anyone other than the employee himself and his employers. However if it's proven that Redknapp or anyone else is intentionally stirring then the club should come down on them like a ton of shit.

Read the first few pages of this thread, they're pretty funny, some on here wanted to pay him a few bags of peanuts to be squad cover but only when he played :-) Fortunately people in the game rated him very highly and so he will be on good money especially considering the "free" transfer. His contract, like almost every PL player's, will be very complex with quite a few varying clauses included by both parties.

People in sunderlund boycotting virgins and money apparently.

Thread title change ? Probably not.

Aye. Was about to post same, the same kind of diplomatic reply, lets say for example, Carrick would make. Brian Robson and various other Geordies who never played for us all said similar things.

I don't see any loss of pace with Ben Arfa and his ability to accelerate over such a short distance is frightening, he's lost nothing due to his injury other than a year of his career. Perhaps cliched but he really does go past defenders like they're not there.

Yesterday the Blackburn keeper was booked for remonstrating briefly about a Newcastle player being offside. On Wednesday evening Wayne Rooney was almost contantly in Howard Webb's face telling him what to do and after Newcastles first goal had a concerted and prolonged attack at the referee right up until the game kicked off again. He was not booked as were no other Man U players who repeatedly behaved the same way. It looks like Rooney again today offered "advice" to the ref before Kompany was sent off. What is the special reletionshio between Manchester United and officials ?

Just read it. Horrible, bitter bitch. It was like some kind of competition to see how many non relevant negative points could be squeezed into a winning match report, with lies being allowed. Sadly it's what we've come to expect from the bitter macum witch. Such a shame that a once great newspaper allows this biased drivel to be printed.

HBA and Abeid do look similar on the park in a Guthrie/Cabaye sort of way. Ben Arfa's shirt was definitely handed to a kid next to the away dug out. For someone with the gifts of a footballing god he seems to be a very humble person.

Although it looked brilliant on TV, it needed the full context of 90 minutes during which we dominated but were becoming very frustrated and most of the crowd were starting to think it just isn't going to happen. Any goal would have been welcome under those circumstances but for it to be such an amazing piece of skill made it a very special moment. Those who were there will remember it for a long long time.

It was 11 actually, with Cattermole,as always, just kicking anything that moves. Absolute unashamed tripe. Cattermole has been far more disciplined under O'Neill and was superb last Sunday. Read any newspaper report of the game and they'll agree. As for our tactics, MO'N got them spot on. Men behind the ball when defending, then look to counterattack with speed. We had the best chances of the game if anything (Bendtner 1st half, Sessegnon and Ji in the 2nd). Man City had masses of possession, but we restricted them to low percentage shots from the edge of the box. Very rarely did they cut through us. It should also be said our team (defence) was completely patched up (two midfielders at full back and the cryogenically frozen for 18 months Matt Kilgallon playing the majority of the game). As for the offside goal (Ji), well, I think we deserved a little bit of luck after the shocking penalty awarded against us vs Everton. Sorry but you're just another macum coming on here with a nauseating superior attitude. Your club captain is no more than a thug and a criminal to boot. That your new manager turns a blind eye to his behaviour and even praises him is frankly disgraceful. Point out where I have come on with a 'superior attitude' as you put it. In addition, it's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black after some of your players' dubious escapades isn't it?! Lets face it, all clubs have players that get into a few scrapes. It what happens when you get too much money too soon. As for O'Neill on Cattermole: 'Asked yesterday whether he had laid down the law to the Black Cats players he confirmed: “The answer is yes.” O’Neill revealed yesterday he will continue to select all three in his squads until the legal process takes its course. The Irishman said: “There’s no concern. I think we will deal with that when the police finish their investigations, “I think that’s what you have to do (wait for legal process to run its course). I don’t think it’s avoiding the issue. There are a couple of issues to address. Its a nice start! But yes, I have spoken to them.” He has obviously spoken to them, but no manager worth his salt will slag them off in public, particularly as they have not been convicted yet. Talk is cheap and O'Neil sounds like a cheap politician. Sex pests, car vandals and violent thugs (aka your club captain and 2 other first team players) should not be on the football pitch and your manager should stop defending them. Disgraceful behaviour from him. Careful now pal, the SAFC players have not actually been convicted of anything, and football clubs monitor boards such as these. You were coming across as a prize prick even before you made that pathetic post. Pal.