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    Atiba Hutchinson (another supposed target)

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    I'm from Denmark and i follow the danish league, and yes Atiba is allright, but he is not even close to Emre, Dyer and Barton, and Copenhagen is asking for about £4m for him. Just forget about him, and Hangeland as well, Hangeland would be another Bramble. A good advice, don't sign players from the danish league, usually shit, except for Daniel Agger.

    Scott Parker is ....

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    What the f*** are you talking about here, Parker shite ?!?!? The only player along with Given who actually fought for the team during the fall. I will stand by Parker unconditonally throughout this season and so will Roeder i'm sure. What is it that you expect, some kind of Ronaldinho or what ? He's a defensive midfielder, not some offensive genious, he's a fighter like Makelele is for Chelsea and Gilberto is for Arsenal. But I guess some of you can see things that nobody else can, since you're convinced that he's slowing down things.

    £100m

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    I'd buy

     

    Huntelaar £15m

    Klose £20m

    Mertesacker £10m

    Baines £8m

    Borowski £12m

    Dani Alves £20m

    SWP £8m

    Michael Gravgaard £5m

     

    I'd sell

    Luque

    Carr

    Owen

    Ameobi

    Babayaro

    Bernard

    Emre

    Moore

    Pattison

     

    So the team would look like this

     

    Goalkeepers:

    Given, Harper, Krul

     

    Defenders:

    Baines, Mertesacker, Gravgaard, Dani Alves, Taylor, Ramage, Bramble, Huntington.

     

    Midfielders:

    Solano, Milner, Dyer, SWP, Borowski, Duff, Zoggy, Parker, Butt.

     

    Strikers:

    Martins, Sibi, Huntelaar, Klose.

     

    Decent team imo.

     

     

    ***Official Takeover Talk Thread***

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    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,277-2512410,00.html

     

    another article about the takeover..

     

    Put up or shut up, Shepherd tells Newcastle takeover rivals

    George Caulkin

    Freddy Shepherd has told would-be investors in Newcastle United that “enough is enough” and admitted that speculation regarding the club’s future has prompted uncertainty on Tyneside this season. While it was finally confirmed yesterday that the Belgravia Group, the Jersey-based investment company, has completed due diligence on the club’s accounts, no formal offer has been received. “It’s time to put up or shut up,” Shepherd, the chairman, said.

     

    Speaking after a low-key annual meeting in London — predictions of uncomfortable scenes for directors did not materialise, with fewer than 60 shareholders attending — Shepherd claimed that ten bids to buy Newcastle are being received each week. He also cast doubt on the motives that have generated interest from Belgravia, Polygon and others.

     

    “I would like it sorted out as soon as possible — let’s get on with it,” Shepherd, who discounted the suggestion that his desire to retain a position of influence at the club is delaying any prospective takeover, said.

     

    “It would be a clean break. I wouldn’t be hanging around. I don’t think that would be right for any company and I’ve bought enough in my time to know it doesn’t work.”

     

    Yet the likelihood of Shepherd leaving remains in doubt. Belgravia made an official approach on August 21 and while it has studied the full accounts and is considering its next move, there is no guarantee that anything concrete will follow.

     

    Polygon, the American financier, has had only informal contact with the club, which has a stock market value of £107 million and debts of about £80 million. Intriguingly, Shepherd made reference to ntl, the media company that withdrew its takeover bid for Newcastle in 1999. He is yet to be convinced that Belgravia, Polygon, George Gillett — the businessman linked recently with Liverpool — or any other party are genuine buyers. He has not, however, invoked a legal clause with the Takeover Panel that would oblige Belgravia to submit a bid or walk away.

     

    “I get ten proposals a week,” Shepherd said. “Some from nutters, some from people who would like to buy the club but really just want to throw their names in. Who had heard of ntl before they came to Newcastle? Now everyone knows Belgravia, Polygon, Gillett — you name them, they have been linked with Newcastle. It is a great way to get your name out there.”

     

    After the team’s Barclays Premiership defeat at home to Sheffield United last month, angry supporters demanded an end to Shepherd’s ten-year spell at the club’s helm. Since then, however, results have improved and if Shepherd remains unlikely to win any popularity contests among supporters, he is in bullish mood.

     

    “When I left home yesterday, I said I loved my wife, but I might not be loving her when I get back,” he said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen. Someone might come in with a ridiculous offer for the club and I’ll have to do what is best for the shareholders and for the company as a whole. But I said a few weeks ago that I’m fully committed to the club and I still am. I’m a Geordie and I am not moving anywhere.”

     

    Shepherd owns 26.7 per cent of Newcastle and the club’s latest annual report discloses that he and Douglas Hall — whose family owns a 41.5 per cent shareholding — would be entitled to two years’ salary (more than £900,000 and £800,000 respectively) should a takeover proceed. “It’s getting to the point now where multimillionaires are not enough,” Shepherd said. “You need billionaires. Of course, I would like that here.”

     

    For now, business is continuing as normal and, with the transfer window reopening next month, Shepherd will meet Glenn Roeder, his manager, today to discuss targets.

     

    To those fans who questioned the decision to hold the annual meeting almost 300 miles from Newcastle, he pointed out that meetings have traditionally alternated between London and St James’ Park. “Fifty per cent of the shares are held outside the North East, so it’s appropriate that we do have meetings down here [in London] sometimes, but I do take people’s point when they ask why we come here when we could be at home,” he said.

     

    “We started doing it this way ten years ago, but I’m in favour of bringing it back to Newcastle.” It was not the response of a cowed man preparing to bid farewell.

    Shearer replaces God!

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    AN ancient abbey's choir has been branded blasphemous for singing the praises of Alan Shearer.

     

    The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah has been sung by Christians since it was composed in 1741.

     

    But it has been given a surprisingly modern twist at Hexham Abbey in Northumberland, founded in 674AD by St Wilfrid, the Bishop of York.

     

    The massed choirs of Hexham were recorded singing the traditional advent hymn in the abbey and their version will now be available to download for mobile phone ringtones.

     

    The only difference to the original is that God's name has been replaced with the former Newcastle and England skipper's.

     

    Charles Jenner's lyrics of "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory to the God in the highest" have been changed to "Hallelujah! Alan Shearer! He's a legend, he's a legend, A-alan Shearer!"

     

    Mike Judge, of moral campaigners the Christian Institute, said: "It is blasphemy and there is no doubt at all that a lot of Christians will be offended by it."

     

    The performance is billed by the abbey as: "This year's ultimate Geordie Christmas anthem."

     

    It now available to download as ringtone from amazingtunes.com for £1.50, with the money going towards the cost of running the abbey's boys' and girls' choirs.

     

    The Rector of Hexham, The Revd Graham Usher, said, "I am really pleased that the Hexham Abbey Choirs have been able to have some fun with this reworking of a great piece of music.

     

    "I hope it adds a sparkle and sense of enjoyment to all who hear it."

     

    http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/news/display.var.1077750.0.shearer_replaces_god.php

     

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    UEFA Cup Draw Thread

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    these moment must be hard  if your an OB fan :D

     

    Well I don't think anyone in OB believed that they could qualify, Heerenveen had to win with 2-0, and they only scored in the last minute, so not that hard.  OB should have won the games vs Parma and Lens, they were the best team in both games.

    UEFA Cup Draw Thread

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    bah!!!

     

    1min away from winning the cup (

     

     

    oh well,  nufc and OB left in intertoto cup.

     

    No OB are out.

     

    Braga

    Feyenoord

    Hapoel Tel Aviv

    Zulte-Waregem

    Leverkusen

    Livorno

    Lens

     

    Those are the 3rd placed teams.

    formation for watford

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    Given

     

    Ramage

    Taylor

    Huntington

    Dyer

     

    Rossi

    Milner

    Parker

    Butt

     

    Sibi

    Martins

     

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    Sorry, thought Baba was suspended, so i put Dyer on the right back.

     

    But i would go for this one as well.

     

     

                      Given

     

    Huntington    Ramage    Taylor      Baba

     

    Dyer      Butt      Parker      Milner

     

                Martins      Rossi

    Chelsea 1 - 0 Newcastle - Post match thread

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    I must say, though we lost I still had a little smile on my lips, great performance by all our lads, we played better than Arsenal did, unfortunately we didn't get a well deserved point. And f*** off with those injuries, what the f*** is wrong, are the players playing with glass legs... sure looks like that...

    Inter-Toto

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    I think it's correct to say that this tournament/trophy this year is a little vague.  The last I looked, after the Lillestroem game, was that there were a number of teams going into the UEFA tournament and the last man standing (as it were) would win the trophy.

     

    So, what's the score and who's left?

     

    Newcastle, OB Odense and Auxerre is left.

     

    If Osasuna gets one point in Parma, OB are finished. If Auxerre lose at home to Livorno, Auxerre is finished as well, and Newcastle will have the trophy.

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