HawK

Goat? I give up on trying to paste a youtube link.

Alan Pardew?

Nope. A new manager would be appointed and he'd be shuffled back into the back room again. Grade A shit shoveller for Ashley, worth his weight in gold.

Thank god Cisse has been banned, done us a huge favor in the long term hopefully. This is the sort of match he'd of rescued points for us and given the superfans excuses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32455354 Alex Ferguson giving a good little insight into his view on Messi vs Ronaldo, paraphrashing a bit - "Ronaldo can go play for QPR, Millwall and score a hat trick because he's got two feet, strong in the air and very brave. I don't think Messi could do the same. Messi is a Barcelona player". Interesting view from probably the best manager of all time, if you have an entire team built around Messi's strengths, then Messi can probably look better than Ronaldo. But Ferguson reckons Ronaldo can raise the level of the team on his own. From this mentality alone, Ferguson is comparing Ronaldo more with Maradona than Messi in his ability to carry a team alone.

He looks like an actual giant in those highlights.

So did the £25m increase in operating costs ever get explained?

I totally agree, but it's a concept that's tricky to communicate to some fans. A lot of us tried to convince you for several years, what was the straw that broke the camels back with you so I can use it on others

Messi gives the ball away more than any other player in La Liga, or some ridiculous stat.

JJ7, any chance of smuggling in a dictaphone to the next one? The way things are going I'd imagine Ashley might pull up the draw bridge and these Fans Forums meetings might not continue for much longer.. what is there to lose

'I wish we had the Mafia to fix all our club's problems, but only if they do it nicely '

Hard to give someone a proper chance when they are rarely fit for a sustainable amount of games. He's been with us for 5/6 year now, been highly regarded for the majority of it but hasn't proved himself enough. Sent back from Cardiff because of injuries, didn't pull up any trees in league 1 and now found a bit of fitness and form so he should now be with us? I think his time here is up but it was neither Newcastle nor Vuckic's fault that he never fulfilled his potential, another promising youngster savaged by injuries which has seemingly ruined his career chances at the top level. Without trying to sound too dismissive, our back room teams have hardly been the best at keeping players fit or preparing youngsters for the first team. That still doesn't mean he deserves any more or less of a chance. He's just a crock who could have been a decent player had he been a bit luckier. My point was that perhaps 'he' isn't a crock, more the way the medical department and coaches have looked after him has been a much more contributory factor to his availability than his own genetics.

#8===D~~

Last time it was fun to support this club was the fizzy pop league and the first 3 months of the following Prem season. It wasn't perfect but it was a right laugh.

Saw the match was on tele last night, watched Netflix instead. Woke up and saw us losing without scoring, again. Didn't miss much did I

Hard to give someone a proper chance when they are rarely fit for a sustainable amount of games. He's been with us for 5/6 year now, been highly regarded for the majority of it but hasn't proved himself enough. Sent back from Cardiff because of injuries, didn't pull up any trees in league 1 and now found a bit of fitness and form so he should now be with us? I think his time here is up but it was neither Newcastle nor Vuckic's fault that he never fulfilled his potential, another promising youngster savaged by injuries which has seemingly ruined his career chances at the top level. Without trying to sound too dismissive, our back room teams have hardly been the best at keeping players fit or preparing youngsters for the first team.

Short memories people have here.

history has shown that any personal abuse, threats, he'll cave.

Skin of an elephant? You know nothing.

Pretty much

They're back!

I watched Goal again the other night, wish I hadn't. The first half of the film which was filmed in Newcastle had me so angry I could have throttled someone.

My sig, had it on for a few years now.

Tbh I think Obertan playing is like giving the opposition a paid-off player.