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I've posted the bloody article. Check every news channel just in case you think i've sat down and made a whole article up. Fourth guideline - http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=19169.0 Don't make me post that link again

Maybe it is that bloke who came on here a little while back? Might've been practising his pen on us...

I'm sure most of his comments are perfectly valid, and he may even have a point in the above section with regards to keeping the players limber for the match, but it doesn't stop me laughing at it. Maybe some swaddling would help, too

Smoke is drastically over-rated...

But luque agreed to be paid less meaning we weren't picking up the remaining, thats what i heard anyway. Were not going to play him this season, so we might as well had the financial break (£800k) for 5months. The guy is clueless. No thats what you read on a speculative shite website. If opinion is masquerading as fact in the post-window depression then why not this version. PSV approach us for Luque but wont pay half his wages, freddy tells them no, Luque wants to go. PSV think, lets wait untill one day before window closes when their arses are going as no one has come in for him and ask again. They offer the same deal hoping that we are desperate enough for him to go. That is the sort of game you can play if, like PSV, you arent crying out desperately for someone but fancy them as a useful addition to the squad. They come back with same offer, Luque is pleading to be let go and Freddy obstructs the deal because PSV are taking the piss. Any other explanation is just pejorative bollocks. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~974115,00.html How that interplays with Shepherd's supposed obstruction, I don't know - I haven't read the statement. But it does mean a deal was agreed with all parties (as far as Roeder was aware, anyway) subject to our obtaining a replacement - something we ultimately failed to achieve.

Anyone know why Shearer's testimonial was against Celtic? I reckon it would've been better to have one half against an old England XI and the second against a Newcastle Legends XI.

Hope so. But it was brought in to get us in line with other European clubs as they had windows. Basically if its to dissapear it will have to across Europe, something i doubt they'll take lightly. I think the original premise was related to this able to break a contract after 3 years business. The idea being the windows were a compromise to ensure some order. I always suspected it was as much to do with your point, though.

Just delete that quote and everything will be hunky dory. Edit: Hurrah for Phil

Terrible. Get rid. Not exactly in a position to elaborate on that, at this time

Edit: What am I saying?! Ignore me.

Dyer - "ya'll", "ass" - oh dear. Sounds real to me. Ameobi - Income £60k to £75k. Now, I know loads of you think he's totally useless, but you have to admit he's getting short-changed at less than one and a half grand a week

No, it's Souness! Run for your lives! If ever a comment proved the free-marketeers' claim that foreign businessmen are no more ruthless, incompetent or generally threatening to the British economy than our home grown, then this is it.

Too busy complaining about you being in charge, Matey.

No it's not...... "Admission charges on the night at the East Stand Turnstiles will be £3.00 Adults and £1.50 Concessions. Season Ticket holders do not get in free for this game"

I wouldn't agree about sitting... or even singing, depending on what you mean. The British display an extraordinary reticence to start following the orders of blokes holding loud-hailers and release streamers in unison. Now that's not to say we can't or haven't made a hell of a racket, we just don't do it in the foreign way. That's true. Except for Walsall fans, as this amusing clip shows: Check out the big guy at the front. Excellent

Never mind set-pieces involving feet, why is it we've spent years not only wasting throw-ins but putting ourselves at a major disadvantage by literally chucking possession away to the opposition only yards away from our penalty area? Bloody maddening. We seem determined to make a 15 yard throw or nothing.

I wouldn't agree about sitting... or even singing, depending on what you mean. The British display an extraordinary reticence to start following the orders of blokes holding loud-hailers and release streamers in unison. Now that's not to say we can't or haven't made a hell of a racket, we just don't do it in the foreign way.

a bit overreacting I think. Altough I do recognize some points. The atmosphere in England is still great. If you compare it with other countrys. Altough I think the atmosphere in Germany is great too(sorry for that) I take it that guy is talking about introducing continental ultra-style culture to British football, which is a whole other topic. Getting the old atmosphere back and orchestrating flag displays are two very different things. There speaks a Brit. Edit: ^ Ah, there we go

On the basis that during the last transfer window an attacker was the priority and that i am pleased we got Martins over Huth and Knight then i cant see why you dont agree with me too. Dont let your feelings towards NE5 cloud your judgement What ! Gem has feelings for me :winking: Its a love / hate thing, likely to develop into an obsession. Leazes occasionally pms me on Toontastic. I wouldn't normally disclose that sort of thing but I can't resist making Gemmill green with envy From what I've heard about his hair, he'll end up looking quite seasonal.

Nice to get to read one of these, again. Do we expect Roeder to get this right? Myself, no. He probably doesn't even recognise the issue, but even if he did he may well also perceive that he's backed into a corner thanks to this ridiculous captaincy situation and lack the guts to fight his way out. What I expect, therefore, is a fudge, with us trying to accommodate Butt, Emre and Parker in the same side. Its unfortunate that Parker's return should come at a time where he's afforded cover by circumstance - arriving as a sub on the back of a tight loss at Chelsea to witness a winning goal scored without his input against 19th-placed Watford, followed by yet another game against Chelsea, with a change in venue but no change in the result - one which "no reasonable person" could begin to apportion blame for, given their wealth of talent. Had things been ticking over as they were before this somewhat unusual trio of fixtures, there would've been more room to say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it. We'll blood you in slowly, Scott...". If Roeder is smart enough to see what should be done, and he's given a free hand in the transfer market (which cannot be counted upon, of course - he is the hero of the fans, of course...), we could actually do reasonably well out of this. It would appear that Parker is genuinely (over)rated amongst influential members of the footballing community. They see the crunching tackles and fail to notice the subtle yet critical fact he'd lost a man in midfield 20 seconds earlier which led to him having to make a saving intervention. As such, a profit could be made in the difference between the fee for his departure and the fee for his replacement.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7434/muchbetterbr7.gif Much better.

I believe we've suffered more than any other set of supporters from its imposition. A bloody terrible thing. Why don't they understand how to use it?

My usual position on these sort of things is that I don't mind it being legal so long as things are made consistent and evened out across the board. Given should've been allowed to grab him by the throat and throw him out of the way, therefore. I get the feeling that such an act would've been considered illegal, today (yesterday, now...), and so seeing as he could only reasonably defend his goal by committing a foul of some nature, he should've been afforded protection. Otherwise you're setting a precedent that players can totally restrict the freedom of a goalie. Unlike outfielders who, it can be said, just have to run around an obstacle, the vast majority of a goalkeeper's time at corners is spent on the goal line. Coming off it in this particular situation puts his goal at even greater risk, of course, and as I say above, he can't move the obstacle so what is his option? He needs this protection for the good of the game, I believe, therefore. A bit like the offside rule, anything else would see set-pieces become a tactical game with the aim of impeding, or preventing the impediment of, the only bloke who can use his hands.

Definitely Butt and Emre, for me. What do I expect? 4-5-1. Watford are fierce, ya kna.

Seeing as its you saying that, have you any reason for your confidence other than faith? none at all, and i have officially lost my ITK status as I have been nothing but 100% wrong for about the last 18 months! bluebiggrin.gif You're no Christian Hayne, that's for sure