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He won't get a payoff if he decides to leave himself. Also he's a greedy man, the same man that wouldn't sell his shares (something he now admits was for the good of the club) unless he got another 1p per share. His wages are certainly a drop in the ocean compared to what he's just recieved for his shares. But I'd bet the 2 years worth of wages he'll be due when Ashley lets him go will be worth well over £1,000,000.

I don't know, Shepherd may just be greedy enough to stay on purely to get the remainder of his wages. Also he might want to stay so that if we do see success he can still say he was technically the chairman. Even if in reality he had no real say in the club's running. Who knows, I really just doubt that Ashley will keep him on in any serious capacity for long.

Say what you want about how Luque has done at Newcastle, his commitment ect. But that comment really is just complete nonesense. You don't score goals against the best teams in Europe and be considered a top player in La Liga consistently by being an average player...

They were near neighbours a few weeks ago. They can't be both?..

Where did he say anything about being a boyhood fan of Shearer at Newcastle?....

Don't actually think he said/meant that but I agree with you in general

That's possibly the saddest, most pathetic cringe making thing I've ever heard, I mean that is horrific in every possible way.. Jesus Christ, there just aren't any words to fit that... massively embarrassing is the closest I can think of right now. EDIT, the first one that is, the other one is just inane.

That's not the attitude a good manager should take though, its certainly not Allardyces attitude. He quite obviously feels that past managers here have mismanaged certain players, so its good that he's trying to rectify that, even if it ends up being unsuccesful in some cases. Or, god forbid for some here, it might actually end up being successful in the case of Albert Luque. Though I'm certainly not expecting anything..

According to his father (who is his agent I think) yes. There was an article, or a section in a article, recently which quoted him saying that they were trying to get in touch with Allardyce to find out what his plans are and wether or not Luque could be a part of them. I suppose this has come from whatever discussion/meeting they've had. I'm all for it, to be honest its the only option for a real manager IMO. You have to at least make some effort to give a player a chance if there is any chance at all he could help your team. As Allardyce said, the situation may end up being too far gone now after years of mismanagment, but there's nothing to be lost in trying.

Racist! Racist against the police?.. riiiight As for the story.. this bloke is basing his assertions on a phone call, he wasn't even there. Pretty arrogant to claim his second hand info as fact if you ask me..

Nobody has tried to argue about the wasted money theme of this article. Mainly because its utterly futile to argue about such a completely flimsy concept. "Why are people getting there backs up"? Because the article is full of complete bollocks and bias, if you can't see that then you haven't read it..

Nice one, added him

Looks like I'll have to repeat myself... Given that Huddlestone doesn't even start for the U21's I'd say all of the following would obviously start for England ahead of him:- Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, David Beckham, Scott Parker, Kieron Dyer, Jermaine Jenas, Joey Barton, Nigel Reo-Coker and Mark Noble. Given that Taylor is a starter for England U21's and has even Captained his country at that level I can only think of these players obviously being ahead of him:- Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Jaime Carragher, Ledley King, Sol Campbell, Jonathan Woodgate. Unless you can think of more defenders that are obviously in front of Taylor, I suppose you could include right backs, but even then...

I agree that huddlestone is more likley to get a sub apearance for England's first team before Taylor plays for them. Simply because midfield subs come on willy nilly for England for little reason other then to give them some time on the pitch, especially in friendlies (how else would Jenas ever get a game..). Which doesn't happen often in the centre of defence. But if we're talking about starting a competetive England first team game, Taylor will get there first IMO. There are even more players in line to start games ahead of Huddlestone then there are in front of Taylor..

More like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, David Beckham, Scott Parker, Kieron Dyer, Jermaine Jenas, Joey Barton, Nigel Reo-Coker and Mark Noble Compared to Rio Ferdinand, John Terry,Jaime Carragher Ledley King, Sol Campbell, Jonthan Woodgate (Bramble has no chace of being ahead of Taylor).

Sorry have I walked into a different thread here? What on earth are you talking about NE5? What does anything you've said have to do with my post?... Where in this thread have I even mentioned Luque's name until right this moment? What the fucks happening? Are you mental? End of questions...

What does "as against Luque" mean then? I said its ridiculous to list those players he mentions at the end in the "even there good signings weren't all that good" section of the article. As if that rabble are the best player Newcastle have signed.. how about the likes of: Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Les Firdinand, Andy Cole, Robert Lee, Shay Given, Nolberto Solano, Philippe Albert, Gary Speed, David Batty, David Ginola, Keith Gillespie Just off the top of my head... Just shows the bloke is fucking clueless..

Dietmar Hamman, Kieron Dyer, Scott Parker, Laurent Robert, Craig Bellamy and Michael Owen are the best Newcastle buys this fucking clown can think of? Just shows what a clueless muppet Andy Boulton (who?) is...

What a coincidence eh? Dortmund admit that they've pulled out of the transfer and just as that happens Sevilla become interested....

But surely he'll always be Young?

Or maybe he saw loads of Deportivo's matches.. well ok that's unlikely since its Souness. But my point is its a total myth that Luque only looked good in compilation videos, he was consistently a top player in Spain. Anyway. back to the Souness/Shepherd bashing, proceed!

You can't really compare Thaksin Shinawatra to Roman Abramovich IMO. They aren't in the same league of... erm... richness.. Shinawatra's worth about £750,000, Abramovich is worth more like £6 billion Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to spoil anyones party here, £750 million's still a lot of money obviously. I'm just saying that he certainly can't afford to go on any £350 million spending spree like Mr Abramovich.

There you go, I've fixed it for you...

IMO there's nothing wrong with the amount mentioned. I'd be happy enough with £13 million for Martins. But while we may be happy to sell Martins in early July for £13 million, we certainly wouldn't agree to sell the week the transfer window closes... This clause means its out of our hands, a club could come in 2 days before the window and leave us £13 million richer but a striker short, with no time to replace him. Same goes for Owen, and that's the real problem here. I agree with something that was said earlier. We should sit them both down and offer them a new contract, same money but without the clauses. If they refuse to sign assume they're gone and buy replacements, leave the fuckers as third and fourth choice for the season... We simply cannot risk being put in a situation where our season is ruined by these two players..

Dear me, this brings the silly season to new heights.. Why would Owen want to leave Newcastle for Man City? No offence to them, but they don't have anything to offer that we don't have, they have less to offer in fact. Even if Man City offered Owen considerably more then the £115,000 a week he gets here I still doubt he'd go there...