Rich

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/sub/TVNews/0,,10278~1312316,00.html Think you need to be signed up to Newcastle World like, but it's a canny little watch seeing Keegan, Terry Mac, Harper, Edgar, Emre, Butt, Beye, Owen, Taylor and Milner talking about their plans for the summer. Terry Mac and Keegan are going to New York together for 4 days with their wives, according to Terry it's with the money they've won from being champions of "head tennis", taking it from Taylor/Beye and Butt/Owen. What a joker. For those that can't watch it: Keegan's going to California aside from that, Harper is planning a few holidays with family, Edgar's going to Vegas for his 21st, Emre doesn't have any plans apart from EURO 2008 and coming back to Newcastle for pre-season (really?), Nicky Butt is his usual miserable self and says he'll just take a break from football, Beye's going to Paris all summer as his family is there and his wife is expecting a baby in June (funny bit in his interview with Given, "Shay Given, he's a crazy guy!"), Owen's playing for England then going to Portugal with family, Taylor and Milner just say they'll be having a rest.

I'd worry about being able to shift him without the injury, personally. Like the bloke as a player, but agree with your sentiment and I wouldn't mind seeing him shot of. You can't pay a squad player the money he'll be on, which is hopefully all he'll be next term.

Nobody will sign Viduka this summer, surely? He might not even be fit before the transfer window is closed.

He's certainly got a bit of magic about him, but I could only really see him in the current "Owen role", as it were.

I'm from a Catholic family who all seem to prefer Celtic (I do as well, most of the time), but I still want Rangers to win. Their travelling support is a marvel and they seemed far less arsey than the Celtic fans when they came down here for that friendly a few years back.

Especially for a relegated team.

Seems a good pro, Shorey, certainly wouldn't mind us getting him. Does seem a very "Southern" sort of bloke though (not meant offensively, for once), so dunno if he'd fancy a move up here if there were other options in London open to him. People will worry about Jose, but the fact is that we need a left-back, and it makes sense to sign the best one we can possibly get (the best in the opinion of the scouts/Keegan, not us lot, I mean.)

No surprise there, but he won't have been on much to begin with.

Exactly. You'd think 6'2" was some super ginormous size based on Ronny's post.

Might be a fall-back option if the more high-profile deals don't come off? 25 years old, from abroad, seems to fit the bill.

Direct quotes from the player though, which is more than we've had from anyone else so far. He says the clubs have had contact.

Faye is nowhere near 6'2" in fairness Really?

Habib Beye winning by a landslide!

Who the fuck would fight with Abdoulaye Faye?

Speaks good English, gave an interview of MOTD after he scored past Birmingham. If Owen goes, I couldn't think of anyone more deserving of the armband. His English is good, he's been on Newcastle World TV loads this season.

Good old Nicko.

:lol:

Only saw 2 reserve games since he joined, but he looked very good in both. Lovely hair.

Yeah, 'cos that wasn't posted this morning on page 6 or anything...

He's an irritating twat who for some reason thinks his purpose here (his admittance) is to try and wind me up, but he just comes across as a total fuking cunt and i cannot be arsed with the prick in any way shape or form. Oh dear.

Come on fellas. Peas and love and all that jazz.

Want to read that interview like, not in Newcastle though. A scan would be much appreciated.

Thing is with Duff, he's been crocked loads, much like Smith. Has SWP suffered that much with injuries? To me, with him, it seems more psychological/lack of match practice than anything. He's also not quite as old as Duff was when we got him and doesn't seem to have lost his pace, either.

Agreed SWP has 'another gear'. But he would cost twice as much in wages and fees, is he that much better than Pennant? If he can recapture his form from his previous time under Keegan then he would be, simply for the pleasure we'd all have watching him play. He was unstoppable at times, not least when we beat them 4-3 under Souness. I'm not sure if "twice as much" is right either, like, as far as wages go. Pennant would be coming from the bench of a top-four club as well, you know? He'd hardly be cheap. If the choice was there between the two and both would come and we went for Pennant because he'd be cheaper then I'd be very NE5 about it, to be honest.

SWP showed at Man City that he is capable of carrying a team on his own, Pennant has never shown that. While both are better than what we have and while both a different players, I'd go for Wright-Phillips every day of the week. I still think there's a top-class player in there somewhere. I would never call Pennant top-class. He'll be a very good winger for somebody, but he's not at the level that SWP can play at. I've been wanting us to get SWP for ages, and I'm not sure if we ever will, but I think he'd be absolutely loved up here. I'm not sure Pennant would, because of his previous problems/bling boy attitude.