Mick

This thread has brightened up my day if nothing else.

I can't think of any area of the team which needs less attention than the who stands between the sticks.

I was just thinking you have a rival, you're doing your best to make sure he doesn't outshine you, well done.

Off your trolley springs to mind.

I seem to remember Gullit doing one or two early substitutions although I can't remember who came off or who it was against.

The next stage would just be to see Babayaro play, I'm not sure I'd recognise him these days.

No need to ban these types of threads, people who are not interested obviously wouldn't even bother reading them, they definitely wouldn't waste time posting in them.

Liverpool, Man U and Chelsea did what we've done during the last window, they backed the decision of the manager.

So. Your conclusion is that Allardyce didnt' want to buy top quality footballers ? And, do you think right sided players, such as that lad Bentley at Blackburn for instance, would have been turned down by Sam as a replacement for Solano [assuming you automatically assume the board would have stumped up the fee] if the board had said he had the money available to buy such a player. Somehow, I think - again - I'm not really going to get an honest answer here, because it doesn't suit the "opinion" Where did I say that Allardyce didn't want to buy top quality footballers? Why did you bring Bentley into this? I must have missed something somewhere because he just looks like a random name dropped in from nowhere.

As far as I'm concerned Allardyce has to earn the right to be here next year and I hope he does it, he's bought well and now needs to add quality to the quantity he had to bring in last window. So far his tactics and team selection has been baffling at times but it could just be him looking at different combinations of players. So is he the man? It's up to him to prove that he's the man.

Another good article from True Faith, the press are gutted that we're not feeding them crap and so try to invent a crisis, it's been like that for the last 6 months.

The question in the thread title asks 'Should Allardyce have been given/spent more in the summer?' I think he was given the money required to bring in the players that he wanted and they could get, as for should he have spent more, he's struggling to work with the ones he's brought in so the answer to that is probably no.

You should be the last person to comment.

Probably be struggling to spell it.....

1. A Premier League Match 2. A Championship Match (old 1st division) 6. A FA Cup Match 7. A FA Cup Semi-Final 8. A FA Cup Final 9. A League Cup Match 10. A League Cup Final 17. An English Derby, Newcastle v the mackems and Boro. Also West Ham v Arsenal at Wembley when Brooking scored. 18. An International, Home International, England v Northern Ireland 25. A Champions League Match 27. A UEFA Cup Match 29. A Cup Winners Cup Match 30. A Friendly, home and away. 31. A team win the league 32. A team get promoted 33. A team get relegated, Newcastle too often and the mackems v Gillingham. Will have also seen plenty over the years against us but can't list them. 35. A Penalty Shootout, the first one I can remember was in the League Cup when the mackems put us out. 36. A saved penalty 39. Participated in a pitch invasion, v Forrest and it was regular when I was a kid and we scored. 40. Seen a playoff final - Sort of, when the mackems were relegated by Gillingham at Joker Park 41. Watched a game at Old Wembley 43. Watched a game at the Millenium Stadium 49. Seen a top flight team beaten by a team at least two divisions below. You ask a Newcastle fan this? 50. Travelled more than 400 miles specifically to watch a game. I think I've done all of those.

Search Youtube for 'Neil Lennon heinously headbutts Alan Shearer's foot,' you might change your mind, I did .

It looked worse seeing it on Youtube than it did when it happened.

Have you got a crush on Alex Inglethorpe or something?

Read the comments.

The one I've just watched said 'Neil Lennon heinously headbutts Alan Shearer's foot.'

I'll take that back about Shearer, I've just seen it again.

I think Shearer kicking Neil Lennon in the head was much much worse I don't think Shearer kicking Lennon was worse because I'm still not convinced that Shearer meant it although he probably did. Shearer was going down and was spinning, I think he probably went for Lennon but I'm not certain. I am certain that Barton knew what he was doing.

emmm, good, his business is our business now, if he's a b****** i want him on the inside of the tent pissing out, all that's needed from him now is some serious investment in players/staff and it'll take a lot to convince me he wasn't manufactured in an 'amazing owner' factory If Carlsberg made owners they'd probably make them like this.

At this rate we'll have more Ashley threads than the mackems.