Benwell Lad

Do have to say that the players brought in so far by Wise etc not only look like good players but all seem to be decent personalities with a very professional attitude. They're just the sort of players we want in our club. A big difference to some we have signed in the last few years and also in stark contrast to some of the "established" premier league trouble makers Sunderland have brought in recently.

No. Come on, the guy reckons Guthrie is the future of our midfield. He's prone to exaggeration. Am I really the only one that sees something different in him? His technique is excellent, his vision and range of passing is impressive, and he works hard and reads the game well! Super finish today as well, and can take a decent set-piece. I really see a lot more potential in him than I saw in some of the recent incumbents like Parker and Jenas I think people would be fawning over him if he were foreign. Really like him as a player, has everything that Carrick does in my opinion, i genuinly think we have a gem of a player here, he has star DM written all over him. He proved that on the park today and when he was OFF the park last week. He's playing in front of what I think id the best back 4 we've put out in a long while.

Take away one or two words and I wouldn't know if you meant them or us. I see your point, but once stabilised (whatever ?) Newcastle will again be considered one of the top jobs in football and we have a far healthier dressing room than the one Keane spent a fortune acquiring.

Yes, yes and yes. Still one of the best players in the Premiership and would love to see the passion he plays with in a B&W shirt again.

They're a total embarrassment. I wish they could take the words Newcastle and United out of their title. Very few people in Newcastle subscribe to their opinions and they're anything but united. I would suggest they use a new name like "Anti-southerner movement" or the "Mike Ashley out club" or even the "We haven't got a clue what we're doing or how to go about it so lets just insult people brigade". All more apt than the name they currently masquerade under.

It's going to be someone who's out of work and hawking around for a job. No decent manager with options is going to want to take on that overpriced, overpaid bunch of troublemakers they have for a dressing room.

I can't believe this made a court of law in a country where government ministers and bankers who turned a blind eye to a situation which led to the downfall of the economy and forthcoming record levels unemployment walk the streets freely and pontificate about what we should be doing next. The pathetic Louise Taylor, the Grauniads excuse for a sport's journalist and well known anti-Geordie racist agitator, has succeeeded in taking the ridiculous over-sanitisation of the working classes' favourite game to a new level. It's people like her who turned a once great nation into the laughing stock of the world, a country which can provide government department leaflets in 50 different languages in case we offend a minority, but can't afford decent health care for old people who have worked all their lives and fought in wars ! Anyone got a one way ticket to somewhere sane ?

The fans who suffered that day have my sympathy, many have suffered from over zealous policing around greater Manchester and West Midlands in the past. I believe what you say and wish all SCFC fans had similar attitudes to watching their team play and have a good day out. All I know is that only once have I seen innocent supporters being randomly punched and kicked (and I go back to the 70s) around SJP and that was when Stoke City visited last season, it may happen when other clubs come but I don't think it does. On Saturday I saw a group of SCFC fans who appeared to be wanting a fight with anyone for no particular reason. It was only the heavy police presence that held them back. I speak to fans of other clubs (Wigan springs to mind) who say they always have trouble when Stoke visit. You sound like a good lad, but unfortunately Stoke City are followed by some of the worst people in football. They may not be true fans of the club and they may be detested by decent fans like yourself, but they DO exist and they ARE far worse than most other clubs followers.

You sound like a true fan Delilah and as such you'd always be welcome around Newcastle. However to say Stoke City's hooligan element is no worse than any other in the league is continuing to turn a blind eye to the problems. Stoke's backward hooligan element is one of the worst in the UK and fans around the country know that even if you prefer not to. Police only work on statistical facts and their operation and numbers around certain bars on Saturday (Black Bull etc) was unprecedented this season (tactical support units, mobile video surveillance etc) and will not be seen again apart from our derby match. They weren't out there for fun, they were out there because they know like most people in football do, that Stoke City have notorious, cowardly and violent element who follow them.

You put across a very rational and reasoned argument and I agree with what you say. In any sport you use the resources at your disposal to achieve the best possible result and Tony Pulis is doing just that. He also made a very shrewd signing in Abdoulaye Faye, knowing what kind of season you had coming up. Faye was undoubtedly one of Newcastle's best performers last season. That said, I hope you are relegated. Not because of the admirable Tony Pulis or the many decent fans like yourself, but because of the vermin who have attached themselves to Stoke City. Last season I saw them randomly hitting anyone including pensioners and women outside St. James and saw a few who were just spoiling for trouble on Saturday. It's the small town mentality of yesteryear. I'm sure they know very little about football but a lot about pre meditated violence. Decent fans like you should do everything you can to rid your club of the scum if you ever want to be made welcome in pubs around Newcastle as most away fans are nowadays.

When you hear the truth about the relationship between Keane and Quinn and the lack of respect Keane had for his chairman, then you really wonder if Quinn is just too soft to run a football club. Licking up to his manager while turning a blind eye to his behaviour having allowed him to waste so much money, displays serious naivity and a lack of wisdom.

Even more baffling was it was only the other day that Kinnear was talking about putting Colo in midfield from the start. Even Cacapa moving up would have been better, seems he's really just finding space for Taylor. It could be that JFK is finding space for Taylor as he still (mistakenly) sees him as a kind of local lad hero and it will be what the fans want. If that was the case then that decision (with hindsight) was the cause of our second half collapse.

I noticed too that their success has come from a squad of players who are relative unknowns. Watched some of their match against Bayern on Friday and they played superb fast attacking football. An incredible story really.

She is quite simply a lying cow, with a scurrilous and mischievous agenda aimed at politically stirring as much trouble as possible for Newcastle United who she so obviously hates with a passion. She takes the SAD in SMB to a new level. It really is time her editor or the press council reeled her in before her insane anti Newcastle bias causes real trouble. By the way Louise your beloved Sunderland is well known as a hotbed for racist organisations and Sunderland fans as some of the most racist and threatening in football. (England vs Turkey - Stadium of Light. Frequent pitch invasions and threatening opposition players on the pitch etc etc) Have you ever reported that ? No didn't think you had. No real surprise you had to dredge the bottom of your non-story locker on the weekend your beloved Roy finally went off the rails.

I'm getting really concerned that he may not sign the new contract.

Go on Roy sign that new contract man. Keep spending money too. Keano theres only one Keano, Keano.....................

................................. but not necessarily correct.

Making it so the manager felt his position was untenable, lying to the fans, piss poor communication ever since Mort left, failure to back his manager's to sufficient levels in transfer windows. There's some for you. Probably wrong on all counts. But a popular theory nevertheless. How so? can't see how any of them can be wrong. had keegan not felt his situation to be untenable he'd still be here, so point one is obviously true he said the club didnt owe a penny to anyone, then said we still had debts. he said keegan was in charge, then a club statement said otherwise. so it looks like ashley, or at least the board on his behalf, have lied to us. and if theyve lied, then that is a flaw in communication, which shows point three to be true. and regardless, communication is about perception, if a large portion of fans feel they havent been communicated with properly, then they havent. the failure to back the manager to sufficient levels is undeniable, it's not even a point of debate. It's old hat now BUT it IS a point of great debate. Keegan (much as I love him) is a serial quitter. At the first sign of not getting what he wanted the dummy was spat out.

Making it so the manager felt his position was untenable, lying to the fans, piss poor communication ever since Mort left, failure to back his manager's to sufficient levels in transfer windows. There's some for you. Probably wrong on all counts. But a popular theory nevertheless.

Well, this is something NUSC is concerned about. We've been told several times that something will be have been decided/everything will be clearer by a certain date. We've got to that date and absolutely nothing has happened. It's a massive worry because we're being lied to and we're five weeks away from the transfer window opening. We're probably not going to be in the hands of new owners, unless things start happening quickly (which I admit is possible). We don't know if Ashley is going to provide some funds if he is still the owner. I'll say that I'm genuinely frightened by the prospect of January because we need new faces in, we have important players whose futures are very very uncertain and could leave in January. We're already right in the thick of a relegation battle and other clubs will use January to strengthen their squads. Meanwhile we're completely in the dark as to what's happening and I'm very concerned. Tom what do you think should happen if there are no buyers interested even at a "reasonable" price? I think that is the crux of the matter though, how hard is Ashley trying to sell the club? The last figures suggested by Keith Harris for a sale of the club were around £280-300million, which in a buyer's market in current financial conditions is very high. Why does he need to make such a large profit if he's genuinely wanting to get rid? If he doesn't want to invest in the club, he should drop his price and get the sale done. No one is suggesting he should lose money, but if he gets his money back or makes a small profit at least it allows the club to move on and no one loses. If he holds onto the club and doesn't want to invest then he is taking the piss quite frankly. If that is an accurate figure (there's no reason why it shouldn't be) and any potential buyer from the US or Middle East is dealing in US$, then recent currency exchange rates will have reduced the price by almost 25% since the sale proceeded. Even with that price reduction the club may not sell in the current market conditions, lets face it nothing is selling right now and forecasts for next year are even worse. It may be that a compromise has to be found while Ashley retains control for the foreseeable future. I hope common sense would then prevail and all parties put the interests of NUFC first, but judging by some stuff written on here I doubt that will happen.

Why is it that nowadays almost no first team squad players turn out for the reserve team. At one time if a player was not in the first eleven then he would turn out for the reserves. Recently our reserve team looks more like a junior XI than a second XI. Is it because so many squad players are internationals and it's in their contract that they don't have to play reserve football ? I'm sure it would have helped Cacapa, who looked so rusty when he was brought into the first team at Fulham if he had recent match experience playing for the reserves.

Sadly there'll probably be another couple of hundred of them doing the same, attacking players and rival fans on the pitch at their next big game unless the FA come down hard on them. Some chance.

In his early days Jackie would have to organise his shift at work around getting into town to play for Newcastle. When he was a pro he would still take the bus to SJP for a home match and was reluctant to get on first when supporters insisted he did. He was just too modest. Guess he'd be using a Bentley or a helicopter these days.

Sundlund's support is much bigger now than it has been in the last 15-20 years or so. Like all promoted clubs with a new popular manager etc there is an element of bandwagon support for a year or two. Worryingly for them it seems to be waning and despite spending more than ever and being in a higher position big gaps are appearing in their ground with crowds already 10,000 under capacity and probably worse to come as the season wears on. Their core support has always been great but they do seem to have a higher proportion of floaters than most clubs.

Ayee, Fenerbache were the best in a long time at SJP, class They are definitely the best supported North London team to visit SJP. Far better than Spurs and Arsenal.