lovejoy

canny back up if you ask me, and for £1m is worth it. he'll certainly fill in for habib well enough.

setanta (havnt seen it meself, mate just text me to say it was on)

anyone take him for £1m??

craig gordon went for £9m and the kid has never had, and never will have a prime, he's fucking shite.

Comment: The blame game Turmoil in Toon once again then, and the only club employee who says anything in public is at pains to point out that none of this is his fault. There again, given the amount of blarney & b*ll*cks JFK has spoken since arriving here, taking his stream of consciousness outbursts at face value is about as useful as sponsoring Viduka in the Great North Run... Rather than blaming Keegan and Allardyce for the team selection problems he faces though, Joe should consider exactly why those two managers exited from SJP. Kinnear is missing the point by pointing the finger at the current crop of injuries. Although the club has failed to help itself by signing physically and emotionally suspect players in recent years, the flaws are more long-term. God knows what he was doing before he popped up here, but those of us who suffer this crud first-hand are only too aware of our repeated inability to either develop or sign players in crucial positions. Let's go back to August 2006, when we were moved to wonder just what the hell the club were playing at, as Glenn Roeder made a public trip to Rotterdam to watch Dirk Kuyt - although he'd already pledged to join Liverpool. Our squad shortcomings were all-too evident at that point, with frantic late transfer activity seeing the arrival of messrs Sibierski, Rossi and Bernard - one trier who was a worthwhile addition, one loanee who was rarely played and one complete waste of time who never appeared. Successive transfer windows saw Roeder's successors try and fail to make suitable signings. That culminated in the events of August 2008 that saw Milner depart, closely followed by Keegan, but still no signings in the areas we were patently lacking in then - and remain so now. Joe may also reflect on the fact that regardless of who is to blame for our demise, the fact he's within a country mile of a top-flight football club is purely because any credible candidate could see us for what we are - left high and dry, failing to back up words with deeds. Those responsible for the financing and recruitment of the squad should be. Some blame should be apportioned to Freddy Shepherd, but the fingers should be pointing fairly and squarely in the direction of Ashley and Wise. The most depressing news about this club in 2009 isn't the on-field strife - it's the fact that Kinnear has been offered a long-term contract. Allegedly. Previous to that, we believed that fans and players would tough things out until the end of this season, hoping that we'd retain our top-flight status, jettison Joe and try to reinvent ourselves yet again. Now that no longer looks to be the case - which may well have drastic ramifications in both the stands and the dressing room, as people on both sides simply throw in the towel, abandoning their seats/squad numbers. In a way though Joe's permanent appointment would complete the circle: meaning that the club was being owned, run and overseen at all levels by people with no credible track record in the game - and who can't even play the Geordie patriotism card like the previous mob. And even if three teams can conspire to finish below us in the final league table, we're struggling to see any grounds for optimism when considering next season. The thought of watching Shola Ameobi lead United out to a half-empty stadium hardly gets our pulses racing - with a catastrophic drop in season ticket and corporate sales. So what's the answer? Splashing the cash is only part of the answer, given our unsurpassed track record of lavish and useless purchases. If the current administration are unable or unwilling to sell up and ship out, then they have to try and reverse the feeling that the whole club is going to rack and ruin and being run into the ground - it's 1991 all over again. On current evidence they haven't got the first idea of how to do that - and have already passed up their best opportunity to salvage any credibility, given the amateurish performance so far in this transfer window. In fairness though, you would question the motives - or sanity - of anyone who wanted to join Newcastle in their current state. One phone call from Stephane Mbia to his Cameroonian compatriot Geremi would surely be enough to blow that transfer out of the water at any price... There's a danger that those "upstairs" confuse the current lack of public agitation from fans with their acceptance of the situation - that will be shown up as folly come May. Empty seats don't make any noise, or bring in any cash.

europe already surely? man utd will already be there?

probably posted elsewhere, but he claims he has a 2 and a 1/2 year offer in writing.

racist. ban please.

if kinnear turned us down at the end of the seasn, i would be fucking delighted.

yep.

just got back. fucking awful. reminds me of city away, souness' last game. totally clueless.

dont see much wrong woth what he said tbh.

thats him.

cant be arsed reading thourgh to see if its been posted. but one of these players is apparently the kid from man city, and the other is the former serie a italian young player of the year (around 02).

hope he has a blinder.

What did Kinnear say about Appiah? Oh and the spurs itk reporting that Appiah has rejected our 6 month contract offer and is looking for a longer deal. something alongs the lines of he was coming here but ended up heading to psuds for a trial.

jesus lads. howay man.

agreed. i fucking hate the way he does his transfer dealings. they wont go down, but i would fucking love it if they did.

never ever thought i would say this, but i would take him in a heartbeat.

i would take their hand off personally. shay wants out, harper is a good replacement, i have no faith we would spend the cash from the shay sale, we desperatley need players in the positions that johnson and onouha occupy.

i remember him talking about supporting us in the mid 80s, when we were total garbage,...not so glorious then. and again.

The one that won big brother, thick as f*** but he is all heart really. ? Haha I never knew Blessed was a Newcastle fan!!! get in what a Legend! Gejon is thinking of John McCririck, who was on BB ha ha. He never won it though! http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2008/Jan/Week3/1635127.jpg whooooooooooooooooosh

£8m bid tabled for shay from city according to the mail.

signed a 3 year extension. ssn.

cant prononce his r's. fuck him.