Northern Monkey

He's fucking rubbish. Anyone who thinks he is good enough to start for us is mental, and likewise, coming off the bench, there are very few times he will "change the game". He simply isn't good enough.

He would have been a very short-term, low value for money signing. And he is a Fat Aussie. Thats a fact, not a slur on his nation, or fat people in general. Mind, they ARE all convicts or screws......

Like he would even countenance coming here. Jesus.

if you're talking about table position and winning etc. then i totally agree. but in terms of fan appeal and name recognition around the world, i think we do pretty well. Like i said, big stadium, relatively big fanbase, but not a big club. It takes more than being in a one-team football mad city, and playing exciting stuff 10 years ago, to make a big club.

Also the need-10-chances-to-score-1-goal thing. Its like watching Andy Cole again. Umm, did you actually watch Newcastle in the last few months of the promotion season and the first season in the Prem? Cole was ruthless in front of goal. Yeah, he was always like that, wasn't he. Thats the kind of focussing in that makes some fans claim Bramble has real potential, dyer is world class, and Luque was ever a footballer.

but but but but but but.... ....but the Internet Showreel!!!!! He looks ace in that. Good enough for some no-mark from New Zealand or somewhere to lie about watching La Liga since they were a foetus, just to pretend he was amazing. Who exactly are these 'fanboys' who base their support of Luque entirely on a compilation clip? Which actually, although much maligned, is a good reflection of what Luque produced in Spain. Or do you think the club formed their £9m opinion of him on the 'Internet Showreel!!!!!' too? Well, we based an opinion of our loanee defender on "having him watched a couple of times" and him looking like a good fella. The showreel proves fuck all. You could even make Shola look Premiership quality if you tried. Luque was a desperation move, nothing more. As for the fanboys - look at the Luque post. Suddenly, there are fucking loads of La Liga stalwarts. Incredible, that. I agree he was a desperate signing, but are you denying he was ever a good player in Spain now? I'm denying he was some kind of brillaint player, from what relatively little i saw of him. I CAN state with absolute confidence that he has been completely and utterly shite for us. Which is what counts.

Get some sleep then. Dodgy or not, I don't know, and if it was then dodgy in the favour of whom, I don't know. Things like this happen all the time though and it usually benefits the company taking the person. Like I say, he may have been brought in to generate additional funding through debt, which I wouldn't support given our current position, or alternatively he may have been brought in to restructure our debt in a way that is beneficial to the club, which I would support, or maybe it's neither, which I wouldn't understand. Or the person who chairs that company.

but but but but but but.... ....but the Internet Showreel!!!!! He looks ace in that. Good enough for some no-mark from New Zealand or somewhere to lie about watching La Liga since they were a foetus, just to pretend he was amazing. Who exactly are these 'fanboys' who base their support of Luque entirely on a compilation clip? Which actually, although much maligned, is a good reflection of what Luque produced in Spain. Or do you think the club formed their £9m opinion of him on the 'Internet Showreel!!!!!' too? Well, we based an opinion of our loanee defender on "having him watched a couple of times" and him looking like a good fella. The showreel proves fuck all. You could even make Shola look Premiership quality if you tried. Luque was a desperation move, nothing more. As for the fanboys - look at the Luque post. Suddenly, there are fucking loads of La Liga stalwarts. Incredible, that.

Bent? Surely not!!! Not at NUFC.

We have a big stadium, and a relatively big income. But in footballing terms, we're far from a big club.

I'll be there. Long time to watch us with no drink, though. I'll be regretting THAT by the end of the game, no doubt.

Were you saying that about bobby in his first 2 seasons? A couple of points that would counter your argument: - We're 11th in the league, six points of 6th, in no danger of relegation, and for the most part of this season we've had between 10 and 16 first team players injured. - His signings have been good. Martins = Class, Duff = Underperforming but still good, Sibi = Decent back up, Gooch = First few games have been very good considering he's come into a far superior league. Bernard = Fair enough. - You could also argue that our squad would never have been good enough to get near the UEFA places anyway, and it's our expectations that are marginally too high. Are you serious? You think those points counter the argument that Roeder isn't good enough? We're 11th? Well that's brilliant. His signings have been good? Martins looks decent, Duff has been s**** but I'm hopeful he will come good, Sibierski he got unbelievably lucky with (considering he hadn't even thought about signing him til gone teatime on deadline day) and Bernard has been a f****** joke. We'll see about Gooch. The transfer windows under Roeder to date have been total abortions. We aren't good enough for UEFA spots? Expectations successfully lowered there then. You've fucked your quotes up but I think you've asked if I was saying that about Robson in his first two seasons. To which I would respond: Are you seriously trying to compare Glenn Roeder with Bobby Robson? Robson could have stayed in the job till he was forgetting who he was, and calling sodding RAMAGE 'Carl Cort', and he'd still talk more sense than Roeder.

Agreed. Hopefully it'll mean he'll have less influence over the club. Aye, cos that always happens when the chairman hand-picks his Chief Exec. True. Doubt it'll make any difference, given who appointed him, but I did say "hopefully". Aye, mate, i know. It's be nice to imagine. Fat Lad is many things, but (business) daft he is not. He'd not appoint a Chief Exec who would actually challenge or disobey him. I don't think thats the executive culture at SJP!

but but but but but but.... ....but the Internet Showreel!!!!! He looks ace in that. Good enough for some no-mark from New Zealand or somewhere to lie about watching La Liga since they were a foetus, just to pretend he was amazing.

All a show? Yeah, thats right. I LOVE players not worth fuck all in the EPL pulling the shirt on for us. Thats what makes us the best club in the world. That and the fact that Kieron World Class Dyer plays for us. :) You can't seriously hate Dyer to the level you do. It doesn't make sense, unless he's done something we don't know about. As a player, he is very average, and not good enough for us if we want to be a good team again (although good enough for us now/in the future under Roeder, granted). As a person, he's a little weasel. But thats not exactly news, is it. Combined, you get someone i couldn't have less time for, even if his agent leaks imaginary illnesses to try to garner public support for him. I just wish that shite about Chelsea/Man Utd/Barca/The Harlem Globetrotters bidding £40555m for him years ago had been true. It's have been funny to watch him fail at a big club.

Agreed. Hopefully it'll mean he'll have less influence over the club. Aye, cos that always happens when the chairman hand-picks his Chief Exec.

Definetely an opportunity missed. If only he had taken being played in the reserves on the chin, scored two spectacular goals and won us the game - Roeder would have been bound to give him chance then! Would he f***, thank god. But at least he would have given his fanboys ONE piece of evidence that he wasn't a complete and utter shithouse. I believe it was irony on part of the Liverpool game. Sorry? I was referring to the reserve game against Liverpool, when Luque did score two goals. As i said NM Sorry, couldn't decipher it. I KNOW there's no opportunity, but i stand by the fact that Roeder could be stupid enough. I'd forgot about the Red Shite reserves game. Is it on the internet yet, replayed from 17 different angles? A whole new generation of desperate fanboys can be born!

I think he's a very solid right back, obviously not a left back. In my opinion, Duff's best game for us was in Europe when he played LB. Maybe thats the way forward. He's a 'just scrapes by' RB. But if you think that Carr is any kind of footballer at all, i can understand you thinking Taylor is "very solid". Duff's best game wasn't at LB, but it was one of his 'least bad'. Which just means that we have another player who we can play out of position and will make marginally fewer fuck-ups than that cretin Babayaro.

Aren't Boro "mid table shit" too though, with a lot less injuries? And you'd seriously rather have Viduka than Martins? And Gooch is already "mighty shit"? OMGFFSJESUSWEPTOMG tbh

All a show? Yeah, thats right. I LOVE players not worth fuck all in the EPL pulling the shirt on for us. Thats what makes us the best club in the world. That and the fact that Kieron World Class Dyer plays for us. :)

One good striker, one hopfully good striker, one fat aussie, one average central midfielder who is no striker, one perfect Championship striker, and a journeyman who has been found out. Brillaint that. As long as Owens and MArtins can play together. And stay fit. Or we're fucked.

Also the need-10-chances-to-score-1-goal thing. Its like watching Andy Cole again.

Definetely an opportunity missed. If only he had taken being played in the reserves on the chin, scored two spectacular goals and won us the game - Roeder would have been bound to give him chance then! Would he fuck, thank god. Oh, so there was no opportunity to seize afterall. I'd like to say you are right, but i genuinely think that Roeders stupidity knows no bounds.

Definetely an opportunity missed. If only he had taken being played in the reserves on the chin, scored two spectacular goals and won us the game - Roeder would have been bound to give him chance then! Would he f***, thank god. But at least he would have given his fanboys ONE piece of evidence that he wasn't a complete and utter shithouse. I believe it was irony on part of the Liverpool game. Sorry?

Hardest Paper Round EVER. Except Martins. Oh, i want to add Baros to the list too. Worst diver i've seen at SJP for a good long time.