Northern Monkey

i quite like Leeds' too.

Which is the first time i've had call to say something nice about Dirty Leeds.

NM thinks even the NUFC crest is rubbish. Quality.

 

I don't think its particularly great, no. I didn't know you had to.

 

Does it make me not a superfan? Oh well.

 

NM is

 

So you have to love everything about the club, just to be a fan? :lol:

 

no but it is one of the nicest

Nicestness is in the eye of the beholder.

http://home.skysports.com/league.aspx?cpid=8

 

Who's got a nicer one then..

I quite like Sheff Utds.

My Suggestion: Get rid of Owen as soon as possible. Has not even made half the impact on the team itself than Dyer did when he returned from injury.

 

 

Christ, stop it. I just laughed so hard beer nearly came out of my nose.

After looking at all the badges of the Premiership clubs, in a totally non bias opinion I think ours is the nicest.

 

Not too many good ones, mind.

No, no bias there at all.

NM thinks even the NUFC crest is rubbish. Quality.

 

I don't think its particularly great, no. I didn't know you had to.

 

Does it make me not a superfan? Oh well.

 

NM is

So you have to love everything about the club, just to be a fan? :lol:

NM thinks even the NUFC crest is rubbish. Quality.

I don't think its particularly great, no. I didn't know you had to.

Does it make me not a superfan? Oh well.

Not bad at all.

 

The lion looks alright.

 

We're in no position to mock anyone elses badge, in fairness. Very few football badges are any good.

 

our crest is class tbh

Yeah, cos its ours, it must be

his crossing is exellent with both feet, so i'd play him on the wing, but with the opportunity to get into the middle to shoot once in a while

 

No it isn't.

 

he's right - it really isnt.

 

but i wouldn't play him through the middle anyway - he is a winger

Exactly right. Swapping people round where they aren't suited is how we end up with mediocre players like Dyer being played on the left and doing badly.

Personally I'm heartily sick of the Chairman and his mis-management of the club.

 

I can understand fans wanting not to renew Season Tickets and can also see the dilema of fans who have waited a long time to get Season Tickets.

 

I'm personally hoping that the majority of like minded fans will continue to attend games (home and away) and sing their hearts out in support of the team, but at the same time to make it plainly clear for all to see that we no longer care for Shepherds stewardship of the club.

 

I would love to see him hounded and brought down at every opportunity until such time as he will somehow disappear from this once great club of ours.

 

aye, all those decades pre-1992 were simply golden trophy laden years

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-1992, that's when we sold major England Internationals isn't it?

 

Good job that isn't the case these days.

 

When did we last sell a major England INternational?

 

 

Watch this space.

 

Pah!

 

Off the top of my head i think the last one major England International we sold was David Batty.

 

Aye, so we definately aren't going to sell one now, are we? Oh no, no chance. In fact i'd say its actually impossible now.

Can we segregate the mongs who talk shit?

We can......hang on, there's not one fucker on the "non-mong" side.......bugger.

Not bad at all.

The lion looks alright.

We're in no position to mock anyone elses badge, in fairness. Very few football badges are any good.

I think in the long run, losing Martins would become a bigger loss than losing Owen. Martins has got years left. Michael's got only a couple before he's finished if you know what I mean.

 

As long as we ignore the fact Owen is x10 the striker, this sounds good.

 

Owen is just better at positioning, creativity and reading the game. Things that all experienced players have. Martins will learn that when he fully adapts to the game. Pluss Oba's faster, stronger has a great shot and a hell of a leap...

But at the moment, Owen is the better player. But in a year or two...

He has a great shot? He also has a fucking terrible shot. He seems to use the former once for evert 4 or 5 times he uses the latter.

Oh, and the idea that suddenly, because he wants away, Owen is just a simple finisher, or an average player, is absolutely shite. What next, "we're ok because we've got Shola and Oba"? :lol:

Lets not pretend he had any reason to coem here other than money, and a way out of where he was.

 

He doesn't owe us fuck all, he doesn't feel he owes us fuck all, and he'd go to a bigger club (of which there are many) without any hesitation at all. (imho, etc etc).

 

Aye, spot on unfortunately.

 

This get-out clause is an absolute disgrace though, and is evidence if any more was needed of Shepherd's incompetence.  As soon as Owen and his agent started asking for a get-out clause at that sort of reduced price, alarm bells should have been ringing, and Shepherd should have kicked the pair of them out and told Owen to go and rot in Madrid's reserves.

 

We'll still have some utter cretins on here blind to his incompetence though because "we were worse than this pre-1992".

 

The Fat Man SHOULD have said that, but he is the same as sime fans (we're a massive club, BOUND to get into Europe, etc), and he was deseprate, because he had to prove his 'member of the Geordie nation' tag and provide an annual sacrifice to appease the fans.

 

 

 

Aye, it was definitely an ego signing.  From a business point of view inserting a "sell player on at a huge loss" clause was.....well....just beyond any level of stupidity we've previously seen from Shepherd.

I'm not sure about THAT. I think the annual "try to fool the fans before the season ticket renewal, and keep them off my back" routine.....a la NUFC going to sign Ronaldo/Rivaldo/Rooney; build a casino and flats made out of solid gold, with diamonds coming out of the taps...yadda yadda.

I don't think the media slag us off so much as we (fans and chairman) make twats of ourselves, to varying degrees.

 

This thread is evident of that. Big Sam over Scolari? Jesus wept!

And he has every right to weep.

Lets not pretend he had any reason to coem here other than money, and a way out of where he was.

 

He doesn't owe us fuck all, he doesn't feel he owes us fuck all, and he'd go to a bigger club (of which there are many) without any hesitation at all. (imho, etc etc).

 

Aye, spot on unfortunately.

 

This get-out clause is an absolute disgrace though, and is evidence if any more was needed of Shepherd's incompetence.  As soon as Owen and his agent started asking for a get-out clause at that sort of reduced price, alarm bells should have been ringing, and Shepherd should have kicked the pair of them out and told Owen to go and rot in Madrid's reserves.

 

We'll still have some utter cretins on here blind to his incompetence though because "we were worse than this pre-1992".

The Fat Man SHOULD have said that, but he is the same as sime fans (we're a massive club, BOUND to get into Europe, etc), and he was deseprate, because he had to prove his 'member of the Geordie nation' tag and provide an annual sacrifice to appease the fans.

I don't think the media slag us off so much as we (fans and chairman) make twats of ourselves, to varying degrees.

I'd like to see players who were good enough for the Premiership, and preferably good enough for the top 7.

So not that many of the current ones.

I just said to a mate the only 2/3 who may get it would be Milner, Martins and Butt.

Martins?? Based on his ability to look good less than half of the time?

Ill be happy with Big Phil.Hes not a bad coach either,but to be safe,its better to choose Big Sam.

Yup, mid table safety. Just what we need in the long term.

Lets not pretend he had any reason to coem here other than money, and a way out of where he was.

He doesn't owe us fuck all, he doesn't feel he owes us fuck all, and he'd go to a bigger club (of which there are many) without any hesitation at all. (imho, etc etc).

We should be able to attract plenty of good and ambitious managers. The reward for success with Newcastle is much bigger than with Madrid, where it's expected.

 

Righto, winning the league cup with Nufc is bigger than winning the CL with Real.

No wonder our fans are such a laughing stock coming out with shite like this, we're a plodding mid-table prem side in the far north that's won nowt for 50 years. The sooner people wake up and realise this instead of believing we are one of the top sides in Europe is the day the club settles down on an even keel and starts to move forward.

 

Where did he say that?

 

I think his point is that we are an unpolished gem, and anyone who won something for us would rightly take ridiculous acclaim.

 

Well why not take over at Gateshead? That'd be an even bigger achievement.

 

Excuse the sarcasm, but can anyone think of an example of a manager, who has the option of either staying at or joining a bigger club, deciding to join a smaller one because it's more of a challenge? It doesn't happen.

 

So we accept mediocrity forever, or do we, as a club, try to get someone better?

 

its a progression thing it wont happen over night, in an ideal world the next manager will take us to another level and stabilise it all. After all that once we are looking like a good option then you can think about attracting class to the club, right now like many have admitted we wont be pulling in world cup winning managers any time soon with the state we are in. It isnt being negative trying to find a manager that will improve the team but possibly wont be good enough to push us into title contenders in an ideal world they would but as we all know we arent living in fairy land .

 

I don't think anyone apart from that mental PArky thinks we'll be top 4 in a year, but i don't think Allardyce will do anything at all, beyond mid table.

 

Saying we can challenge for top four and BEING top 4 are different things. Is there something wrong with your reading skills?

 

 

 

Sorry, i mis-represented your - still absolutely insane - previous posts.

 

You think we'll be challenging for a top 4 spot, don't you. :lol: :lol:

 

I guess that's the differance between us.

 

Yes, you are clearly a mental, i am realistic.

 

Challenging the top 4.... ......ah, thats gold, it really is. Thats geniunely making me smile, thank you.

 

On that happy note, i'm off, and your nurse will be round soon with your night time medication to make the delusions go away for a bit.

 

Is your posting style just based on insults or do you have actual arguments?

 

Little bit from column a, little bit from column b.

 

We will not be challenging for 4th next season, that is a nailed on certainty. Assumption.

 

Our first team cannot be filled with Premiership-level players, it'll be impossible to buy enough to make this the case, and to get better than teams who will br in the 5th-8th positions. We finished 7th with a side run by Roeder which flirted with relegation.

 

Cheers.

 

 

"Cheers"...Yeah that works. I'm sure in your head you've said all that needs saying.

 

I bet you're the type that never buys a lottery ticket. Just a guess.

my assumption that we won't be challenging for 4th is a damned sight more realistic than yours that we will.

But, you keep up with your ideas thta we have a good enough squad (you probabky genuinely feel we are a "big club" as well, bless you), and keep your myopic view of the potential we have. If thats what keeps you happy and relatively stable, you go for it. Me, i choose a more realistic approach. But hey, thats just me, and my crazy pragmatic ways.

Get in Vieri short term.  Get rid of Sibierski.  Improvement right there.

 

genius, that. Genius. Put yourself forward as new manager.

Those odds all look fair enough to me.

 

 

Wont happen 100% sure.

Especially Arsenal finishing 1st.They will be lucky to be in the top 4 next season.Remember my word.

It will be something like this:

 

Chelsea

Man Utd

Liverpool

Spurs

Arsenal

Everton

Newcastle

West Ham

Portsmouth

Villa

Bolton

 

If you think we'll finish under Everton and Spurs with Big Sam you are off your head.

 

I think he's right, they will.

 

We will NOT get into the top 4 next season, or the one after, or the one after.

 

Where we finish with regard to Everton and Spurs next season will not be relevant to the top 4!

 

ps I bet you thought the same thing about us breaking into the top 4 shortly before Bobby took over. I know I did. There's no way of predicting the future in football that accurately - we probably won't make it there, but it's a bit much to [seemingly] state it as fact that we won't.

Its a statement of fact as I see it, the same as anyone else's opinion is.

You're right, there is no way of accurately predicting the future in anything, really, but IN MY OPINION, we will be nowhere near the top 4 next season (and after one game, if we beat some shite and end up top, that clearly doesn't count).  I don't see why that is such a difficult opinion to acdept someone can have,