Mick

Barnes scored 7 goals in a full season, Asprilla scored 6 and was sold in January, do we only count league goals now? Does that also apply to how we judge a season? Do we only look at league finishes? Interesting stuff.

If people think Carr is about to become a good defender because of today then I seriously don't think they were watching him enough.

I missed that, I can only guess that it's one of NE5's grandchildren on his PC.

Asprilla didn't get the full season and only finished 1 goal behind Barnes who had the full season as far as I can remember.

People forget that we only need to spend another £6 million net to better what we spent last year.

I was thinking that, I'm still glad we won those game but defeat might have been better in the long term, having said that I'm sure the players who did play will have been lifted by the win so it goes both ways.

John Barnes didn't perform more than Asprilla, it's unbelievable that you can come out with that.

Not true if Geremi goes to RB and it's 2 months before Barton is ready. Geremi would be wasted at right back, I'd leave him where he is.

I'd rather play Troisi in midfield if we're in the shit than pay £6 million for Smith.

Another interesting bit: Shepherd’s revelation that the £9 million escape clause in Owen’s contract - the existence of which he initially denied - deactivates at the end of this month is understood to be incorrect. It expired on June 30.

Gazza wasn't fast but he knew how to use the ball, I'm not saying Troisi is the next Gazza but if he's good enough with the ball he'll ge away with a lack of speed, Gazza just didn't let people get close to the ball, he was excellent at shielding it when running, it meant a player had to try and get through him to get at it.

The club is leaking nowt so they're all making up shit.

That's what I was thinking.

That bald man doesn't smoke, I think it's just the remnants of his inhaler coming out of his nose.

I've been told Ashley has ours on his arse, beat that.

Who is the smoking hot girl in your sig? Hold on, I'll just change it so nobody else has to ask.

I don't hate him so hope that's not what he thinks.

I'd hate to be around if it snapped.

The trouble with Carr is that he can't get back so he becomes a liability.

How would you like that http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4448/mtcp2.jpg reading the sports news?

It's Melissa Theroux (SP), French news reader extraordinaire. Nice try, it's Theuriau.

Two points, Carr was not worth 8 and Pattison didn't play his best game for us, he did that in Shearer's Testimonial.

I didn't say Bramble did the tactics, we didn't have any, Bramble did the hoofing and he was the main culprit. I’m 90% sure that if Bramble had of been playing today he’d have been launching the ball up to the left wing.

Newcastle + Bramble = Hoof it. Newcastle + no Bramble = pass out of defence.