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He isn't Luka Modric. He's the calibre of player that even we should be able to sign. Wooshorama?!

Ashley is going to be isnt he? But that would mean he had to speak to the press which he refuses to do? I can't see it myself. Where is it written that a Chairman has to talk directly to the press?

Think he was just referring to the Spuds in the brackets. If not then yes instant ban

As I said, you're end of the deal is people treat you better, stop calling you a mackem ect.

If we can't ban Maetihs then can be make a deal with him? If/when we do sign some good players, like Turan (you know the ones we can't possibly sign ) then he'll fuck off, if we don't we'll all at least pretend that we believe he's a Newcastle fan.

What the fuck are you on about? Oh and BTW, we bettered Spuds wage offer for Modric, we aren't bankrupt FFS, we can still offer competitive wages.

Yes they were. I don't think he could have actually, by the time he left his team were utterly hopeless and without the pick up in morale and improved Football Keegan brought I could see us being relegated. Who said he left the club in a mess? He didn't have time for that, but he certainly left the team in a mess.

His touch does look class. That had to be a 50 yard pass and he killed it instantly and turned the defender. He hasn't done much so far but then he hasn't had the ball much either.

£9 million for a 14 year old?

"The geriatric giant Jan Koller" mackems.gif

A particularly funny tunnel was it?

Me too. I don't really know what he's getting at. As Wullie says, most of the players he bought were made to work by Keegan. It's not like people started off saying we were right to sack him then were proved wrong. To be fair he had 22 games - obviously made some silly mistakes but id hardly say he was a failure. Bare in mind Keegan didnt nothing agsint opponents in the top half, hardly enough evidence to suggest that he was a guarantued failure - definitiely no evidence to suggest Keegan will be a guranateed success. Bit of a red herring, that. Keegan came in with moral and orginisation at rock bottom with a run of games against the best in the league. Bit of a big ask to expect him to turn things around to the point were we're getting results from the likes of Arsenal, Manure, Chelsea, Villa or Everton.. The teams we needed to get results from were the teams around us and we did that. Under that fat c*** we couldn't even beat Derby or Stoke. He made us into a f***ing awful team, a shambles, that's failure in my book.. Ok....no doubt it was an incredibly poor start, but the general consensus amongst the fans were that he may of suceeded eventually - even today i bet there'd be some people who would admit that he may of suceeded eventually, hardly the definition of failure. Same cant be said for someone like Souness- now thats the definition of failure. I know a lot of fans thought that for a time. But I think just about everyone had given him up as a failure in his last few games. He may not have been quite as much of a failure as Souness (honestly its a close call, but I suppose Souness was backed with much more money..) but I still don't see how his time here was anything but a failure.

Why wouldn't he? He got his 500,000 a year salary plus millions in dividends either way.. Just using him as a model to compare the current regime against - one who it it widely regarded was taking out more than he put in freezes the prices after an appalling season, another raises ticket prices by around six times the official rate of inflation (or three times the real rate of inflation) after a season that made the Souness era look like a well organised outfit. He still took home his massive wages that year yes? He still decided to pay himself dividends despite the s*** season yes? Freezing ticket prices didn't really effect him did it?... As long as the higher ticket prices go to helping the club financially rather then in to the chairmans back pocket then that's at least something.

They won't need to, the player will refuse to discuss terms with the small club and force PSG to release him for a lower fee... copyright MaetihS 2008

Me too. I don't really know what he's getting at. As Wullie says, most of the players he bought were made to work by Keegan. It's not like people started off saying we were right to sack him then were proved wrong. To be fair he had 22 games - obviously made some silly mistakes but id hardly say he was a failure. Bare in mind Keegan didnt nothing agsint opponents in the top half, hardly enough evidence to suggest that he was a guarantued failure - definitiely no evidence to suggest Keegan will be a guranateed success. Bit of a red herring, that. Keegan came in with moral and orginisation at rock bottom with a run of games against the best in the league. Bit of a big ask to expect him to turn things around to the point were we're getting results from the likes of Arsenal, Manure, Chelsea, Villa or Everton.. The teams we needed to get results from were the teams around us and we did that. Under that fat c*** we couldn't even beat Derby or Stoke. He made us into a f***ing awful team, a shambles, that's failure in my book..

What a finish by Micky Quinn, world class

Which is made even worse by the fact that he was actually one of the fat pricks best signings He signed s*** and played them yet he thought one of his few good signings wasn't good enough mackems.gif

Me too. I don't really know what he's getting at. As Wullie says, most of the players he bought were made to work by Keegan. It's not like people started off saying we were right to sack him then were proved wrong. I think the fat c*** is pointing out that we ended up in a similar position to the one he was sacked in. Of course what he fails to tell people is that he conveniently f***ed off just before all the difficult games started.

But if they could come to a compromise it would be well worth it for us if he ends up going for a fee next season. Unless we seriously think we can win a case against him for compensation of course.

Paying £31,500 a week for a player not playing for us doesn't sound to attractive to me. Especially when we have the option to sack him or possibly get him to drop his wages anyway. I say we compromise, Barton takes a pay cut to £45,000 and Bolton pay the same £31,500 share they're rumoured to be considering at the moment. Leaving us to only pay him £13,500 per week.

Why wouldn't he? He got his 500,000 a year salary plus millions in dividends either way..

Wullie don't forget "He'd never come here because Newcastle are a tiny laughing stock of a club, not capable of competing in the transfer market even with Boro".

I think they shouldn't..

I predict we'll sign him for £15 million.

That's not far from the total we'll end up paying him once his contract is up What kind of idiot gives a 27 year old a 5 year contract on £65,000 a week? Especially for a player who's flopped at his previous club and clearly wasn't quite the player he used to be. What a monumental waste of money. As you can tell I'm worried we may not be able to get rid of Mr Duff.. He never flopped at Chelsea though. Not at first, but he was a flop for the whole season before we bought him AFAIR.