Northern Monkey

Fuck him now, anyway. We got more than he was worth, and i'm not expecting him to trouble us when we play West Ham. Although those who saw the £2m thing as being down West Ham's poor practices might want to reassess it bearing in mind the "loyalty payment" thing. But at the end of the day, we got GOOD money for an average payer, so kudos to us.

"better by far", certainly.

Nailed on now.

i agree and overall can't complain, but the only thing that would concern me is Geremi and Smith replacing Dyer and Solano. I think the latter two probably offer a little more, even though the new lads have impressed me a great deal. Geremi and Smith are well rounded players, very dependable types who work hard, but they don't really have any exceptional qualities. perhaps Geremi's delivery counts but he's not exactly fashioned his career around exploiting it so it isn't used as much as it could be. Dyer and Nobby, for all their weaknesses (stamina and mobility for solano, injuries and invisibility for dyer) both have exceptional qualities that 95% of premiership players don't have, namely ridiculous pace for dyer, and unimpeachable vision for solano. personally if these two go i'd like us to bring in a right sided attacker who could go someway to replacing what we've lost. Maybe Zoggy's re-emergence goes some way to replacing Dyer, while Diouf would be a good addition, and a fast wing-back in the mould of Miguel or Alves wouldn't go amiss. Dyer didn't do fuck all with his pace, he really is no great loss whatsoever.

Hopefully not the Smith thing, and hopefully more: Faye to put pressure on Butt for a starting place, with But being given his chance to hang on to his spot if performances allow.

doesnt take much intelect to realise that "2" means "to"... and its not meant to be confusing its just a way to type faster... ffs its not as if i'm writing in a f*king code language. &*12YnU@! %^g2'' 12qweas$$ Doesn't take much intellect to spell intellect, either. (Just to be clear, I wasn't 'saying you're a twat' - just that I believe text speak is for twats, doesn't do anyone justice. I could understand and even tolerate the need for it when SMS was very limited in terms of screen-size, and when the number of characters per message was at a premium... anyway!) you were doing fine, then right at the end BAM! you went all nerd.

I don't think he'll get far into double figures for league goals, personally. Never looked good enough.

Wrong, but an understandbale hope to have.

PMSL - Lee Clarke, football manager.

He can f*** off for all i care,we've lived life without him for the past 2 seasons and now going into the third,he should never ever walk into this team ever again and will have a hard job with Viduka Martins and even Smith. If Sam is right in the head he will tell him so,if he doesn't like what he has to say i'd tell him to get his bags packed. Do you get the point that i don't like Owen Surely you cant hate Owen for his mis-fortune, i mean its not like he's injured on purpose. I am frustrated too, but wouldnt be fair to blame it all on Owen, he's just been unlucky when you think about it. I don't hate him, but i hate the fact that we KNOW, if one of the big clubs had come in, he'd have fucked us off. Not that i'd blame him, i just don't like the idea. What i DO hate is the fact that we are so desensitised to his perma-crockedness that we are HOPING we get 20 games out of him, but doubting even that. And at 6 figures a week, doe she provide value at that number of appearances? Not for me, its too unsettling to the players he displaces when he gets fit for a while, then who have to step in again when he breaks down.

THIS. Staggering. Thank God for Icelandic stupidity! I hope he's not paying us in biscuits! Actually, if Freddie was still here he'd have loved that deal! "£4m cash, £2m based on appearances, and all the chocolate bourbons i can eat.......what do you mean, you can't make that many bourbons???"

THIS. Staggering. Thank God for Icelandic stupidity! Instead getting Geremi and Barton or Smith for around £6m 2 better players and £8M in on the bank for us ....Quality dealing by Sam and the rest involved :clap: :clap: If this comes off, definately. I was aghast when we pulled the plug on the Dyer thing at £6m. If we can get another mill for the little cunt, i'll be over the moon! I genuinely thoguht Ashley had fucked that one up, but fair play to him and his team if it goes through at £7m - although the sickening feeling at thinking we were going to have to keep paying superstar wages to a very average player weren't nice.

against villa we might struggle to do that, and we certainly will against better teams. We desperately need two good fullbacks in place. (although the abject fear i used to feel in the days before a match is lessened nowadays, and largely been replaced by something that might, just might, be anticipation.....first time in a few years i've had THAT!).

doesnt take much intelect to realise that "2" means "to"... and its not meant to be confusing its just a way to type faster... ffs its not as if i'm writing in a f*king code language. &*12YnU@! %^g2'' 12qweas$$ f***'s sake... http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=19167.msg0#new didnt realise there was actually a rule.. someone could of told me earlier instead of saying its irritating.... my fault lads... anyway does anybody know whether he has the pace to cope <desperately trying to change subject> too late, the Mods'll have your card marked now. "oh, there goes McCormick again, fucking troublemaker".....THAT'S what they're saying about you, right now.

THIS. Staggering. Thank God for Icelandic stupidity!

You could possibly argue with the "quality" statement about all 5 - we know Barton and Geremi are decent players, i think Faye is alright, Smith depends on where he plays, and i'm not a fan of Viduka's personally, he's had the odd good season, he's never really done it for me. But what CAN'T be argued with is that Allardyce has come in acknowledged the problems (first manager for a while to honestly do that), shifted some of the crap, and brought in better payers. And he's done it on a small net outlay. If it all comes together, we'll be a canny side. And if it doesn't, at least we have a manager who did the right thing, unliek the last 2 monkeys.

you're an idiot. and i mean that with the utmost of respect.

5 league goals, and i think 3 assists last season. Yup, he was fucking ace, him. DOn't know why we'd let him go, tbh. Better than Steven Gerrrard.

No, no. no. What some of us were saying is that saying "he'll be immense, he's total class" is as bad as the 'giving him stick' that you claim is happening (even though it's not).

Wouldn't boo Bramble, tbh. He was always loyal and whatever

Fuck Dyer, he was found out as being very average, he's no loss. Good call on Owen and Emre (and i'd add Duff to that list as well) - this season they can do the business, or get peddled. If the new regime (managerial AND boardroom) is such that we stop making fucking pathetic excuses for players not performing, that's great news. Not ALL the deadwood is gone yet, mind. There is still Albert "You Deserve 400 Games To Prove Yourself" Luque and Shola "Fuck Off You Are Shite" Ameobi to peddle, then we have completed the work.

i've always found them to be stand-up, reasonable fellas. I've almost without exception found Liverpool fans to be self-pity0ng, delusional, history re-writing fucktards of the highest order. Suppose it depends who you meet.

Jebus. You've seen Cacapa how often in the Premiership?? the second time i've been asked that tonight, though you were more original monk, silly, silly question I expect Cacapa to be very good in the premiership and would be prepared to drop Taylor in order to find out. You expect him to be very good, based on his season warming the bench last year, or the hours of french games you've seen from before last season? He should only play if there is a gap, and after Bolton away, there is not a gap at CB at the moment for me. not based on any bench warming, based on the games I've watched him look like a composed and dominant defender. I'm not a Taylor fan, think he's average with the potential to be good. Cacapa is a very good defender for me and I think he can make the transition to the english game. maybe we should stick with Taylor. Will you be saying that the next time he's stupidly outpaced or gets sent off for using our pitch to convince all the guys who beat him at school that he's a tough guy now What do you think of Shambles now he no longer plays for us? How often have you seen Cacapa play, and when? Oh, and how did you think Taylor played last week?

Jebus. You've seen Cacapa how often in the Premiership?? the second time i've been asked that tonight, though you were more original monk, silly, silly question I expect Cacapa to be very good in the premiership and would be prepared to drop Taylor in order to find out. You expect him to be very good, based on his season warming the bench last year, or the hours of french games you've seen from before last season? He should only play if there is a gap, and after Bolton away, there is not a gap at CB at the moment for me.

Has Mido signed yet? As from looking at his face in the stand, it was like! Ohhhhh Sheeet Whaaaatt av I dunnnnn! Headslap If he's NOT signed yet, i bet his phone'll be off now, as he speeds back to London to beg Fatty Jol for forgiveness.