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He is hardly shit though is he? Good right back and can cover centerback. No problem in my book if we bring him in.

He must shake like a shitting puppy when it comes to buying right backs, Keef, as he still hasn't managed to pluck up the courage to do it in a year now. To be fair, he probably scares half the potential signings by talking them to death

Even Anelka has been bumming him.

Born 87 in the midlands, the offspring of an exiled geordie and a softy southerner. Thankfully my gran got me into the toon, early 90's I'd say. I'd admit I haven't been much, but when I have it's been amazing. Just need to get myself through this uni course and I can look at moving up to newcastle and getting a job (and a season ticket of course!)

DM DM Milner Zog Duff ST or DM Milner Zog Duff ST ST IF the kid had pace he would be a top quality player. Still a great option in the squad, good with both feet.

I've always had a bit of a "soft spot," I suppose, for Newcastle United -- sorry if that bothers you for some reason. I used to have a lot of respect for the fans there, and still do for the most part (there are obnoxious asses in every club's stands -- Liverpool at least as many as any other, I admit). I've been a fan of Owen since he was 17, so yes, I take more notice of Newcastle now that he is a player for your club. Oddly, PegasusBridge, I was rather agreeing with your earlier post -- that Owen played well and if he continues to do so, I don't understand the "f***ing sh** c***, f*** off" posts from this thread. Owen can be frustrating, he's very streaky and even when not battling serious injuries he tends to minor strains and the like. He's still mint, IMO. And as I said, it's been 7-8 years since the events described in his book. Both men have changed, and thus it may not be a problem at all. No one has ever said that a manager needs to be best mates with his players. They just need to respect one another. He is damaged goods, simple as.

He is a shit little cunt. Never liked him.

Well at least we had sense 3 weeks ago. Good luck to him but this is a step back. (Though I hope he does well!)

Hopefully we will get some classic quotes such as this: 'Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger' That is mental.

How dare you not agree with the charvas? You post a lot of sense mate. Keep it up. I hope he is a success, I just don't like the reasoning behind this. A chance for a change goes begging, with so many good names in the ring we get nostalgia. I just don't want to have to say I told you so if it all goes tits up.

Er... Good luck to him, I'll get behind him. But this kinda backwards attitude isn't good for the club.

I don't have an opinion on Deschamps tbh. Not seen enough of his teams, and Juve were miles above the other teams when he got them promoted. Still if he is the man I won't complain.

BBC is showing the lot too. I love watching it. Brilliant tournament. Does anyone know if it will be on the BBC I player?

Why are you telling us? This is a Newcastle forum. Well its more of a general football forum and NUFC forum. You are fairly new right? You missed the whole split boards/post moderation stuff I'll tell my dad (the soft southern gooner he is) that this is starting. Ta!

That will be their second feeder club then. They have on in china IIRC.

Good point really. Also I am pretty sure playing on the streets gets you in bother with the nick nowadays. We used to play every night, carrying on until you couldn't actually see the ball and on Sundays nearly all day on a local car park. I don't see kids doing this anymore! This. I can't remember anything I did from my childhood other than playing football. That's all we did. Ever. We were still s****, though... so maybe that's not the answer either. Yeah but I look at myself now and I have become a fat fucker since I stopped doing this. no wonder our kids are fat. Also our kids need good training but that is half the equation. Playing every night surely helps. We used to play before school, at every break and then after school. It was literally all we did.

Good point really. Also I am pretty sure playing on the streets gets you in bother with the nick nowadays. We used to play every night, carrying on until you couldn't actually see the ball and on Sundays nearly all day on a local car park. I don't see kids doing this anymore!

Fucking hell. I give up. This is stupid. Just appoint someone!

Is your sig a joke? Or do you really think Nesta would come here? Before the start of the season, most football supporters would have described SA as four of those five things. To be fair he was all of those things.

Still its for the Best

HEY MONTY WE ARE A s*** MIDTABLE SIDE. No world class manager would ever walk into this mess. Simple as that really. Yep, your spot on. But why are we "a s*** midtable side"? I say, because we have had s*** midtable management, at the club and footballing level. Now, I am still prepared to say that I think Ashley and Mort could be a dramatic improvement in the management at the club level, but we are still hiring s*** midtable football managers. So, whats the remedy.... don't hire s*** midtable managers. Pretty simple really. There are plenty of clubs over the years, throughout the world, who have been strugglers but when the right club management offered the right conditions they brought in a quality football manager and turned their fortunes around. Managers will come to a club like ours if we offer the right package, the right transfer kitty and the right authority over the squad. So lets do that and stop being a s*** midtable club! Name an example of such a manager then. Well, arguably the most recent example would be Man City with Sven. Yeah, Sven struggled with England, but prior to that he had a very good record and since he joined Man City, who put in the right conditions, he's done really well by them. That was more down to chance that a manager of Sven's quality was unemployed. I see where you are coming from though. For us, unemployed high class managers are Lippi and I doubt the pressure here is his cup of tea.

Would you rather have Strachan? Midtable side = Midtable manager. Yeah but the same goes for Spurs, City and Villa. They're mid-table clubs and they did not get "mid-table managers". By the way, I don't think you can compare O'Neill and Strachan, as O'Neills track record in England is much better. He won the League Cup at Leicester. Strachan sent Coventry down and played a big part in Southampton's relegation. steve mcclaren won the league cup...its hardly a headline on a cv...i'd rather a prospective manager just had decent consistent prem form than a league cup win But I don't think just "decent consistent prem form" is enough. We need some ambition and need someone with good consistent top-3 top-league form in one of the major European competitions. Someone who has consistently kept their club in the top 3 in one or more of Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France, Portugal. Surely of the 7 or so leading European competitions someone who has kept their club at or near the top consistently can be tempted by a 5mil per year pay packet. I doubt it. I don't think those kind of managers need the pressure, the money or the potential career ruining job. Its good for 'Arry as it is a potential step up, we are a sleeping giant and for him he was little to lose. I'm not deliberately trying to piss on your bonfire, just trying to be realistic

HEY MONTY WE ARE A s*** MIDTABLE SIDE. No world class manager would ever walk into this mess. Simple as that really. Yep, your spot on. But why are we "a s*** midtable side"? I say, because we have had s*** midtable management, at the club and footballing level. Now, I am still prepared to say that I think Ashley and Mort could be a dramatic improvement in the management at the club level, but we are still hiring s*** midtable football managers. So, whats the remedy.... don't hire s*** midtable managers. Pretty simple really. There are plenty of clubs over the years, throughout the world, who have been strugglers but when the right club management offered the right conditions they brought in a quality football manager and turned their fortunes around. Managers will come to a club like ours if we offer the right package, the right transfer kitty and the right authority over the squad. So lets do that and stop being a s*** midtable club! Name an example of such a manager then.

I doubt he would leave Blackburn. But then again I'd say the same 'bout 'Arry!