OzzieMandias

Doesn't seem like much in the way of "heritage" to me, like. A sign, that's been up there for less than 20 years. There wasn't a single stick of that stand in place -- or any of the others, as it goes -- when I first went to a match.

my problem with this is we "bid" around the 10m euro mark at the start of the window for 2 strikers, then when that all fell apart none, NONE of our other options were worth paying a similar amount of money for?' the "bids" themselves denote the club realise it was a priority (to the fans) position to sign a player in, so they bid early and go public after that, with 8 months of research behind them, you're telling me seriously they couldn't find and sign a striker for around 10m euros that's really what you think you need help man Your post doesn't seem to have anything to do with the post that you are quoting. Feel free to explain what you don't understand about the sentence "They need to get a lot better at playing their own game, however." i was replying to this as all evidence points to the opposite of what you're saying basically EDIT: what i would say though, in their defence, is that if they could have found another good striker who was cheap or free then they'd have had no hesitation in signing him it's clear to me, as it should now be to everyone, that we will not be spending money over and above what we recoup in fees from sales (unless it's a HBA type signing who is clearly worth more than the fee paid) was it coincidence maiga went on "strike"? personally i don't think so, the only thing preventing his cut price arrival was the reluctance of his club to cave in 2 misconduct allegations in one window, frankly i'm amazed it's so few - it'll become par for the course imo...it's well known ashley likes to throw the rule book away in his business dealings, why would this be different? Well, fine. You carry on believing that we're making player bids for PR reasons alone, and I'll carry on thinking you're two fries short of a Happy Meal.

my problem with this is we "bid" around the 10m euro mark at the start of the window for 2 strikers, then when that all fell apart none, NONE of our other options were worth paying a similar amount of money for?' the "bids" themselves denote the club realise it was a priority (to the fans) position to sign a player in, so they bid early and go public after that, with 8 months of research behind them, you're telling me seriously they couldn't find and sign a striker for around 10m euros that's really what you think you need help man Your post doesn't seem to have anything to do with the post that you are quoting. Feel free to explain what you don't understand about the sentence "They need to get a lot better at playing their own game, however."

That one. Gosh, well clearly I was wrong. Except Keegan is still a crap pundit.

Like a pathetic little puppy. Which assertion was this, exactly? Perhaps you have a quote?

I don't think they care that much what people think of them, and certainly not enough to change their business plan and its attendant transfer policy. What would be the point anyway, in these terms, as most of the fans are going to hate them for all eternity on principle whatever they do? The idea that they're constantly bidding for players as some kind of PR exercise or smokescreen for deliberate inactivity is, frankly, nuts. They need to get a lot better at playing their own game, however.

That will 100% happen. 100% it wont happen. It could have easily happened when Ashley took over but there's a reason it hasn't. Aye, the contract with Northen Rock Hasn't that deal been resigned in his time here? When the Puma deal was agreed? Two different things: kit deal, shirt sponsor.

http://blogs.thescore.com/footyblog/2011/04/05/bandini-davide-santons-fall-from-stardom/

http://www.wsc.co.uk/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,73/func,view/catid,27/id,568844/#568844

When they first built the Metro I remember going through the place and I'll never forget seeing LBAB painted the full length of someones roof. There was a huge eye painted on a wall as you approached the station with 'Longbenton Clockwork' painted under it. In hindsight I now realise they were obviously film buffs with probably the best gang name ever They changed their name from "Aggro Boys" to "Clockwork" after the movie. Growing up in nearby South Gosforth Mafia territory, I remember a lot of skins wearing bowlers in 1971 -- a look completed with white Levi Sta-Prests, blue check or white Ben Sherman shirt, Crombie coat, highly polished Doc Martens and an umbrella, sometimes with sharpened tip.

Mate, seriously, you aren't doing yourself or anyone pidgeon-holed into the L7 movers 'problem' any favours here. For what reason do you come to that conclusion? I was quoting where Johnny typed 'poor L7-ers having to stand in front of people'....poor people having to stand?. Why do we have to stand? I'm a level 7 dweller who has been relocated, however I'm not bleating on as if I have a divine right to stand and piss people off. I relocated to the back of the Gallowgate for this very reason. I like to stand during a football match. I like to be able to jump around like a clown. I don't however expect to make people stand if they don't want to. The fact is, it's against Premier League ground regulations to allow persistent standing, whether we like it or not. In L7 Singing section, en masse, it was impossible to police, hence why we used to get away with it. God knows the stewards tried at the beginning. I even saw one fan punched by a steward for not sitting. I also understand the necessity to try and create an atmosphere and admire people who give it a damn good go (me and my mates try our best every game) but when you upset or piss people off around you by abuse or consistent foul language, you alienate those who come to football just to enjoy a good game and don't wish to shout themselves hoarse. It's been explained/argued/discussed that these rules are wrong and safe standing is actually being raised in parliament. The Bundesliga is a prime example of how easy it is to allow safe standing areas within football grounds without health and safety big wigs having a hissy fit, but until this time (many years down the line...if at all), ground regulations stipulate that you are not allowed to persistently stand. There's absolutely nothing we can do about it. The only thing I was saying against your posts was the way you think you have the right to put yourself in a ‘different league’ and that everything revolves around us L7 movers. Unfortunately life is about compromise. You give some, you take some. There’s always a happy medium. Football should be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of race/age/ability, however fundamentally it's the rules that are wrong but until they change, then I’m afraid we can’t do didilly squat. Good post!

Which one ? ToonArmyUSA, although no one's really posted on it in a long while. He's a friend of mine on Facebook. Often has the Newcastle club crest as his profile picture, though he changes it to other things and back again.

Nailed it. I think that's pretty much spot on tbh. Yep.

I hope the French legion taunt him by repeating "younger, better, cheaper" until he loses his blob and gets sent off for lamping the linesman.

Glad to see Willie McKay'll be happy, anyway.

He'll be a bigger fish in a smaller pond at QPR. Probably suit him fine.

Yeah, it hasn't worked out very well for poor Joey. All that hard work turning down contracts and slagging off his employers and tweeting quotes from GCSE literature, and now the only guy interested in him is Neil Warnock.

They were both offered contracts. When's all this money going to be spent as you said it would be, out of interest? Just wondering like, given that there's a week to go, prices are going up daily and we're on -£4m. Why don't you just let NE5 back into the forum? He's much better at off-topic accusatory bullshit than you are.

They were both offered contracts.

This. It's hard to weep for the uncertain financial future of poor racehorse-owning Joey Barton. I'm extremely good at what I do and get a reasonable wedge for doing it, but it would take me decades to earn what Joey has trousered from just one season at NUFC.

The story of Tevez's "ownership" is equally as crazy: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2011/aug/23/carlos-tevez-legal-battle-revealed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/23/brighton-hove-albion-sunderland-carling-cup

Wouldn't be an issue if footballers all weren't massive c***s and actually played the game because they enjoy it. Such a f***ing waste of a career 90% of this country would kill to have. I'd struggle to find anyone who wouldn't play football for £1000 a week, yet these pricks are winging at dropping from £150k to around £60-70k. f***ing bellends Aye, a f***ing sad state of affairs. Not quite the poverty line is it. And to soften the blow of only having £70k a fucking week wages, they get to play football in front of 40,000 fans every week. Poor lambs Adebayor earns more than 28,000 times as much money as someone on the official UN poverty line.

Still trousered his full wage, though, I believe. Guess where he might be going now? http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/23/liverpool-craig-bellamy-shock-return