Kanji

anyone want to have a go at what owen was saying whilst celebrating? haha. always wondered with him....

such a small club with so many reporters trying to nab headlines and report every peice of news coming out of the club... idiot, simon jordan.

What kills me is when I played in high school we were trained to cover space from day 1. We had an attacking Center Back who would roam the pitch on attacks b/c he had a cannon shot and could pass the ball anywhere on the pitch...when he went forward our defense would shift and one of the 2 CM's would hang back or myself and the other winger would drop back into the LB or RB as the line would shift. It worked very well. When he wasn't given licensed to roam, Myself and the other Winger were given duties to roam the pitch and switch sides throughout the game, and we had our CM's covering. It was covered in training at beginning of season and halfway through it was already stuck in the back our minds, our subs would be ready and able to fill correctly. How professional players seem to miss minor things like this kills me....

nice to see him apologize...

Fat Sam is a Mackem fan, no?

Cacapa is f**k*ng useless. God damn.

shocker in the last 10 mins. he's been doing well prior to that. cacapa is a waste. he looks like a man having a nightmare that won't end. bassong on for him or geremi at right back and move beye inside.

average player? average players don't have a rocket shot or pace to destroy teams...or a leap to get above the tallest of defenders. average player is your frasier campbell. nothing special. martins is a special flair player. he has a few attributes that nobody can match. the only thing he lacks is tactical awareness. see: michael owen. you put owen's brain in martins talent and you have one of the best strikers in the world. Kaka: spot on about after he scores - his confidence skyrockets and looks unplayable at times.

I love how a player can get THROWN TO THE GROUND and in football, grabbing another man's nose is a more harsh penalty. In everyday life if someone was to grab/tap my nose i'd be less angry than getting thrown to the f**king ground. I see people go in 2 foot challenges but when Barton does it - he hasn't learned a thing? Minus that training ground incident, can anyone tell me when hes gone and been a thug on the pitch? just curious - b/c maybe I am wrong. But ive seen Stevie Gerrard do 2 foot lunges every season and thats just a tough tackle. Im looking at Sir Les with some of his comments about Barton after the match...

I havent been excited watching someopne bomb down the line at the opposition in a long time... He looks much more comfortable on the left, however - wherever he plays - ill be happy hes on the pitch.

The problem is the individuals involved. Look at Man Utd, they have the ultimate Director of Football in Alex Ferguson, he picks and chooses who he wants in the key positions and then strategically runs the club. He will be involved in appointing his successor and said successor will be integrated into the club fabric before Fergie says his final goodbye. Where Spurs and we went wrong was appointing a DoF with no real history in football in terms of the directives of the role they were fulfilling. Its no surprise that when you have a DoF like Comolli dictating the role to a manger such as Jol or Ramos who have more experience than the DoF could dream of that it would fail. Now put SBR (five years ago) in a DoF role above someone like Shearer or even Keegan then it may well of worked. Same in any job, you would not appoint me (a 28 yr old) in a position where I get to dictate to a 50 year old MD what he is to do Excellent post. There are load of jobs out there where the younger is in charge of some older ones. Look at many accounting/fnancial industries....It all depends on the working relationship, synergy, philosophy...w/e the f**k you want to call it.

merlin is spot on about due diligence. i was involved with due diligance when the company i worked for sold. basically we provided EVERY SINGLE document relating to our assets....so detailed that we had to provide agreements withing everything...hell even ones involved with our assets' COPY MACHINES AND COMPUTERS! So due diligence can take 2 days or 3 years. it all depends on how much detail the seller and the buyer are requesting and what they can agree on. I'd like to think our books are clean...ashley would have had his crew clean it up and make them proper accounts - any businessman would start there I would think. So...yah.

Last night a ball bounced, Shola waited for it, he held his man off, let the ball bounce again, still pushing the man back, put his foot up to trap it, miss controlled it, fell over and lost the ball. The time it took you to read the above is still faster than Shola....I've never seen a more slow motion player in my life,

Broadband has it live at 745am EST. And to add to Sniffer who ever has Setanta Extra/Alt will have it on live....Call up Cricketer's Arms. Thats the best spot in my opinion. And let me know if you go - live right around the corner from it and may come out and give you company.

I live in Orlando currently and will prob watch on Setanta Broadband at 645 pm EST

Whats going on with Zambrela?

I have a better touch than Carroll - hes awful.

Beautiful Orlando, Florida

I'm not seeing that myself. Nearly every response in here is backing him on his comments. He's certainly gone up in my estimation, gone up a lot. As others have said, let's hope it rubs off on the players and they go out against Everton and put in a decent performance. hah...you're right, i read through the posts again - maybe i'm just angry at negativity of a few people and what I'm reading on other boards from newcastle supporters and people who have no idea what we have gone through. i agree though, i support the hell out of him now. even just for the sheer determination and fire to him.

he's f**kn human, he lashed out and from the comments by these journos "no joe, thats not the way its supposed to be" "thats not our intention" "thats not the way its run' - well than Journos...How IS IT supposed to be run? Report the facts, the journos don't write for a story-talk paper. Not reporting facts as they are meant to be means you lose your f**kn job. I'm a financial analyst, I report incorrect numbers. I am wrong. I am held accountable, if I continue to do it - I am fired. A journalist reports for a reputable publicaiton, they report incorrect facts with slanted opinions, etc. they are wrong - they should be held accountable, continue to do it - they SHOULD BE fired. I don't find anything the journos write - a peice of professional writing - they need to be held accountable and in this case, JK can rip them a new one for all I care. He has every right to tell them what he thinks. Off or on the record. I'm sure if Sir Alex or KK or whoever the f**k you respect did the exact same thing you would be clapping and approving, and saying "well said." Im beginning to think people want to see JK fail, and im referring to people on this board. Support the club, those who aren't are making me sick.

Mort looks like a top businessman too. He was ace.

I'm praying that this happens. Nothing more would make me happier than to see new owners put Keegan and or Big Al in charge. Don't care abotu moving on and all that, its my opininion that all will be okay (i hope) if KK came back. What a story that would be... KEEGAN RETURNS AS MANAGER Best show on earth.

CTtoon, I'll join ya. I'll throw in 500.00. We've now raised $657.73

f'ng love oba martins. if there was an exodus, i'd be saddest to see him go. he's by far my fav player in a toon shirt. say what you want about him, but hes always been positive, always lively and has never once sulked for our squad. he loves it here, and i just hope to god we appoint a manager who can keep this squad together. cant wait to see him play with xisco and owen up top.

When I think of Zico - I'm thinking this is a high profile man who could potentially keep the peace with some of our players. They will be missing KK - but the likes of Owen, Given, Oba, Jonas, Colo, and perhaps Xisco and Nacho will like a big name like Zico. I'd be happy with it.