Benwell Lad

I've heard some lame excuses but Game 39 If that's the extent of your loyalty to Newcastle United then I say enjoy yourself elsewhere, I'd prefer the old days of 30,000 diehards supporting the club and the city rather than pad it out to 50,000 with people who don't really care. I realise those running the club may have a different view. I'd remind anyone that being a true Newcastle supporter is not a fashion choice but a lifetime commitment. For better or for worse. Benny Lad - "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of Newcastle United fans dies with it." The old days happen every cup game Benny, although the numbers are often not as great as the 30,000 you mention. I'd remind anyone that being a true Newcastle supporter is not a fashion choice but a feeling you have inside when a goal is scored, the team run out on the pitch, the pain of a goal against. It is not about stumping up cash & sitting in plastic seat for approx 95 mins at a time that fits the tv schedulers. Good. But earlier on Spenny you said "I wont miss my old small Grey plastic seat (the sofa at home is far superior)" so does that mean you will be subscribing to the TV company who arrange the schedules we all so despise for messing around with kick off times ?

I'm not on his case, I congratulate him for "packing it in" if it doesn't mean that much to him anyway. I just found his reasons laughable. Anyway probably best he says what he wants to himself rather than you tryng do it on his behalf. What "boat" will that be then ? What boat is it? The I'm king Leonidas "this is Sparta" Supa Fan talk. Some people are getting fed up with pumping hard earned cash into the club. But you seem to think that being an NUFC fan is like being a Spartan from classical Greece. And The reason why I'm repsnding or him, is because he is at work and has no access to the internet. AND I'll bet there is other people out there who will also be packing it all in cos they are fed up. And am sure some of them will just plain tell you to "f***ing do one". IS you packing it in too Gimp ? If so it's your choice and you do what you think is right. I'm sure too that some is packing it in but I'm sure they won't take an adversarial position against someone just because he chooses to continue supporting Newcastle.

As one of the reasons, you obviously missed was less happy with the pay extra or commit for 3 years slant[/b] Game 39 is the first step, when you can see the bigger picture let me know. As one of the reasons, you obviously missed was less happy with the pay extra or commit for 3 years slant[/b] Game 39 is the first step, when you can see the bigger picture let me know. No I saw that too Spenny. But it was the Game 39 bit that was so amusing.

Thanks lads just rang the Sundlund number and spoke to a really pleasant girl who reduced payment from 12.99 to 7.50 for 6 months. Logging on to NO just saved me 33 quid - whatever next !

I'm not on his case, I congratulate him for "packing it in" if it doesn't mean that much to him anyway. I just found his reasons laughable. Anyway probably best he says what he wants to himself rather than you tryng do it on his behalf. What "boat" will that be then ?

I've heard some lame excuses but Game 39 If that's the extent of your loyalty to Newcastle United then I say enjoy yourself elsewhere, I'd prefer the old days of 30,000 diehards supporting the club and the city rather than pad it out to 50,000 with people who don't really care. I realise those running the club may have a different view. I'd remind anyone that being a true Newcastle supporter is not a fashion choice but a lifetime commitment. For better or for worse. Benwell lad, Cant you understand that some people have had enough of the s*** that goes on with the prem, Lots of people love NUFC and always will. Not everyone can be a HARDCORE SUPA FAN LIKE YOU. I'm pretty much sick of the premiership as it is and not sure how much more s*** i can stomach. I'm giving it another go this season and will see what happens. Personally i think on a whole, the premiership its owners and the players are is taking the piss out of the fans. First of all I agree with you about the corporate face of football and the way the Premiership is going. Sadly though that's the way it HAS gone, and like all change you either embrace it or get left behind. Secondly, please don't patronise me with this HARDCORE SUPA FAN crap, I'm not, I'm just someone who through the accident of birth was brought up to support Newcastle who today are in much better shape than they have been for the majority of my supporting life. It's everyone's choice whether to support our club or not, I certainly don't hold it against anyone who chooses not to and yes the manner in which football's rulers and indeed players behave often leaves a lot to be desired but citing the ridiculous game 39 proposal as a reason for no longer wishing to go to SJP is ...well.... a bit of a joke really.

I've heard some lame excuses but Game 39 If that's the extent of your loyalty to Newcastle United then I say enjoy yourself elsewhere, I'd prefer the old days of 30,000 diehards supporting the club and the city rather than pad it out to 50,000 with people who don't really care. I realise those running the club may have a different view. I'd remind anyone that being a true Newcastle supporter is not a fashion choice but a lifetime commitment. For better or for worse.

exactly Legend is indeed a strange term to use in this case. However number of games played is not the criteria for legendary status. Most would bestow the title legend on Tony Green who only played a handfull of games and others like John MacNammee are often considered legends depite not playing a huge number of games.

Agreed. Testimonials for today's premier league stars whose lifetime earnings equal the wealth of small nations should not be allowed. They should remain for lower league players loyal to a small club and definitely for players whose careers are ended prematurely. They're also liable to all kinds of political and public relations skullduggery e.g. Niall Quinn's "testimonial" granted despite only being at Sunderland a few seasons (not the stipulated 10 years), when of course the blarney kissing phoney earned widespread acclaim and indeed santification on Wearside for donating the proceeds of the testimonial he wasn't actually entitled to, to local charities. After "expenses" of course. If these multi millionaires are feeling generous why don't they just give some of their own money to good causes rather than asking hard up supporters to do it in their name.

Ferking embarrassing. He puts the SAD into SMB. Signed A sad Geordie bstad with a sh*t football team.

The "lacks ambition" bit could be debated, as for the rest you must have been watching a different Steve Harper to the one I have.

Lack of ambition or old fashioned dedication to a club ? Read into it whatever suits. Either way a very good goalkeeper who could have probably achieved more and as Gunt said may well have had international call ups during a period of no outstanding English keeper. That said he's got a few years left yet and hopefully they can be successful years for him with NUFC and possibly England.

Evans. Too good for Sunderland. Not good enough for Man Utd. Sounds about right for us.

I think we need to start rising above this. It's a NEWCASTLE UNITED signing. Can't imagine any ManU or Chelsea signings will be debated was it a Ferguson/Scolari signing ?

Looks like today's signing of Argentine international Jonas Gutierrez again proves that the Gaurdian's girl in the north east knows very little about whats really happening and that's why she has to regurgitate bar room drivel or wax lyrical about Roy to fill her inches.

With the threat of prison looming over him if he remotely steps out of line, I'd say he was less likely to do something like this again than ever before (for the next 2 years at least). I'd guess we'll see a model pro after this actually, although I don't deny he's now stereotyped for life and almost anything he does or says will be turned into a negative causing bad press for himself and by consequence whichever club he ends up playing for, and anything he is rumoured to have done will be instantly fact (see Bellamy). Despite what a lot of you seem to be suggesting Barton isn't some thug who enjoys going out looking for fights and then brags about it to his mates, he's a bloke with a serious anger management problem which he acknowledges and gets treatment for. He was stupid to get himself in this situation knowing he would be the target of provocation on a night out like that and knowing that he can't control himself, and he's paying the price for that stupidity. Anyone who thinks Barton is getting off with a lighter punishment than a normal person is as mental as he is tbh. How many people who get into a scrap like this will have it hanging over them for the rest of their lives as Barton will? How many will have every wannabe hard man they meet trying to wind them up? How many will have the nation's press on their back following them around and looking for the slightest thing to put them in a bad light? How many will be forever pre-judged by the moral majority no matter how much they try to change their nature? Barton's serving his legal punishment, and will continue to be punished once he gets out. Doesn't seem to hurt Chelsea or Man U. Different type of cuntishness, but the principal's the same. A whole lot of level headed sense in there. You'll never get a job reporting for the BBC. As you say the suspended sentence will most likely prevent any further occurence. If it doesn't he'll go down again and deservedly so. Barton's problems are self made some due to anger management and some due to the provocation such a person attracts. He's certainly not unintelligent - quite the opposite - surprisingly articulate for a British pro footballer. Let him play on and look the good player he did towards the end of last season or keep him until we get a fair market price. Talk of sacking or "giving away" is stupidity. Right now he's ours but there are worse people in football than Barton and some have not faced justice. As I've said before our local rivals are managed by a thug and he's made out to be some kind of hero by the local press.

wasn't the point of the court cases to ascertain if those others had it coming ? Not really cos even if they did have it coming it's still against the law to assault them. The court found him guilty - not surprisingly. The judge sentenced him. He is serving his time. That's justice - like it or not. It's ran it's course so now the lynch mob should retire. There'll be another story along soon to take their attention.

If Barton has served his stretch then under the law of the land then his slate is clean, He's paid for his crime. Who really knows that the so called victims didn't have it coming to them and Barton was merely the hot head who dished out what they'd been asking for. That's not condoning merely presenting an alternative angle to the "burn him at the stake" brigade. There are more violent people in football like Roy Keane, and as some pointed out earlier when Shearer was allegedly dishing out summary justice it was more a case of "go on wor Al give them what they've been asking for " Barton ended last season looking like a very good player, we either keep him or get a fair market price for him. Talk of sacking him is stupidity.

Shhh you're talking too much sense. The lynch mob will get upset at such level headedness.

BBC north east reporting in it's biased anti-Newcastle way once again on the Joey Barton verdict. They dragged up such crimes as - he once dropped his shorts - shock horror! They managed to find five half wits to give their profound opinions - a la Sky TV at it's worst - and who of course concurred with the desired theme of their report that Barton (probably our best midfielder) should be sacked. Do they ever mention that Sunderland are managed by a thug who admits to intentionally ending a fellow pros career with an act of brutal violence ? Err.. no they don't. Instead they make out like he's some kind of hero.

Exactly what I thought. BBC north east must be controlled by a Sunderland fan. The Barton reporting was so biased (once dropped his shorts - shock horror! etc) and like you say they dragged up 5 half wits to give their profound opinions. Do they ever mention that Sunderland are managed by a thug who admits to intentionally ending a fellow pros career with an act of brutal violence ? Err.. no they don't they make out like he's some kind of hero.

Does this include people who genuinely just can't afford to go any more? Should they f*** off too? Anyone who genuinely can't afford to go, but would like to, deserves absolute sympathy. Theres no doubt that watching football, like most other things in England, is expensive in comparison to other countries. But it's like people allegedly not being able to afford food or fuel or other things, and the numbers of people living in supposed poverty in the UK - There is NO poverty in the UK. There are people who are not as well off as others - but to see real poverty you have to visit other parts of the planet. People who complain about not being able to heat their houses etc - and sure, rising energy costs affect everyone - should perhaps think about budgeting and even sacrificing some of the non essential luxuries which are almost taken for granted. For example a season ticket costs approx £500 - that is about a tenner a week - an individual can spend their money in whatever way they wish - but if there is a choice between supporting Newcastle by making the sacrifice of 3 or 4 pints a week, a couple of packets of tabs or a takeaway meal each week, then I know what any TRUE Newcastle fan would choose. If you want to support Newcastle fine, if you don't want to support Newcastle thats fine too, but I'm not sure the "can't afford to go" argument is a particularly valid one. how about the cost of going to the match, then for some people time taken off work due to the stupid kick off times that mean's tv fan's are more important than the 1's that go to the matches. An extra £10 a week builds up especially with food going up average £10 a week, add on to that the cost of petrol and home energy prices thats an extra £30+ a week that builds up to over £1500 and then I haven't included the extra cost of getting a mortgage now Fine. Point taken. No problem. Enjoy spending your hard earned money on whatever you like and leave SJP to people who want to spend it on supporting Newcastle. You sound far too bitter and you've got no right really to question other fan's level of support. Bitter ? Maybe after decades supporting Newcastle. Questioning anyones level of support ? I must have missed that. My point is if you want to spend hard earned cash supporting Newcastle - great - if you don't and prefer spending it on something else do so but don't whinge on like you're walking round starving and bare foot and Newcastle are trying to rob you of your last penny.

"I did enjoy watching Newcastle beat Spurs last season" "I did enjoy watching Newcastle wipe the floor with Roy Keane's gutless Sunderland team last season" There you go - two for the price of one !

Does this include people who genuinely just can't afford to go any more? Should they f*** off too? Anyone who genuinely can't afford to go, but would like to, deserves absolute sympathy. Theres no doubt that watching football, like most other things in England, is expensive in comparison to other countries. But it's like people allegedly not being able to afford food or fuel or other things, and the numbers of people living in supposed poverty in the UK - There is NO poverty in the UK. There are people who are not as well off as others - but to see real poverty you have to visit other parts of the planet. People who complain about not being able to heat their houses etc - and sure, rising energy costs affect everyone - should perhaps think about budgeting and even sacrificing some of the non essential luxuries which are almost taken for granted. For example a season ticket costs approx £500 - that is about a tenner a week - an individual can spend their money in whatever way they wish - but if there is a choice between supporting Newcastle by making the sacrifice of 3 or 4 pints a week, a couple of packets of tabs or a takeaway meal each week, then I know what any TRUE Newcastle fan would choose. If you want to support Newcastle fine, if you don't want to support Newcastle thats fine too, but I'm not sure the "can't afford to go" argument is a particularly valid one. how about the cost of going to the match, then for some people time taken off work due to the stupid kick off times that mean's tv fan's are more important than the 1's that go to the matches. An extra £10 a week builds up especially with food going up average £10 a week, add on to that the cost of petrol and home energy prices thats an extra £30+ a week that builds up to over £1500 and then I haven't included the extra cost of getting a mortgage now Fine. Point taken. No problem. Enjoy spending your hard earned money on whatever you like and leave SJP to people who want to spend it on supporting Newcastle.

Thats what I was thinking. Is our first league match this week or something ? Apparently the league started a month ago and we are bottom of the table with no wins out of four. Keegan out! And the mackems have made a really good start with one point from four games. To reward this Roy Keen is to be given the freedom of Wearside - correction they're actually going to GIVE him Wearside - assuming Real Madrid don't tempt him to be their new coach.