Mick

Why do you think we'll have a very good chance of dropping into the third considering it's never happened in our history? The second is always a possibility because one bad decision on a managerrial appointment and everything could go tits up. As for going bankrupt, I can't see that happening although the Premiership bubble will burst one day, the only way that would happen would be to get players on stupid contracts both in length and size of wage and having to carry that when the bubble does burst, even then we'd have to be a bit stupid to lose the money which Ashley can get his hands on because he'd have to go bankrupt for us to do that.

Try work, living hundreds of miles away and midweek friendly.

Edit it yourself next time Have I missed something?

I can't see a single former manager in that reply. I don't even have to look for a bite from you these days, a simple question out of interest and you're straight on the defensive.

Possibly because he's been mentioned as it's rumoured to be him, that and him being a class defender.

Name these "far worse" managers than Souness that that we've had. Name me one manager who has taken over the club, spent so much money or an equivalent amount and taken us so far backwards. Edit, probably only Richard Dinnis far taking us backwards.

I'm not surprised about that in the slightest, nothing is proven either way about Ashley but we're going to find out so you may as well try to enjoy it, I'm sure we'll be finishing higher than 13th so at least it should be better than 2 of the last 3 seasons.

He's gone to Germany to get his groin sorted, I hope it goes the way it did for Shearer and not Carr.

Lahm wasn't at his best but he was probably still recovering from his cruciate injury which will take time to get over. He'd be my first choice even if it was taking a chance because of his form since injury.

What you've said is true but that's no good when he's sitting in the stands, Woodgate was the same. The best defender I've ever seen at Newcastle but totally useless when not fit.

How many of those other players do you think will have played less games than Owen over the last 2 years? If it was any other player then I'd agree, Owen must have a worse games played ratio than Dyer, we can't rely on him and if he's going to be a big part of our plans then we're going to be fairly dissapointed. The "classic pre-season injury" is also a classic Owen injury.

Is this going to be another season where we've got more chance of seeing an own goal than an Owen goal?

Emre to Bayern and Lahm coming the other way, if only.

Gary Oliver is no relation to Alan Oliver. The Chronicle seem to be struggling to get information from within the club now which is a good thing as it may force them to do some proper journalism instead of being fed on shit.

The questions should be put into a poll if possible and let forum members have a say in which questions are most important to them, they can then be ranked by importance as it may be a case of a limited number of questions per person. It’s no good asking the shit ones (I'm not saying any are shit) only to find that the best ones have been missed.

I've got very little negative to say about Bellamy other than I don't think he was as bad as some people make him out to be while here, he was far from being perfect but also far from being the worst footballer when it comes to acting a prick. He was accused of being a racist by some lass while he was regularly going to hospital to visit a young Asian lad who was terminally ill, it's funny that some people think a racist would bother to do that. Bellamy was far from perfect but he wasn't half as bad as Bowyer, a player who seemed to be well liked, probably because he assaulted Dyer. Footballers are roll-models to kids, like it or not but if Barton starts to act up then he'll deserve to get some stick and I don't care how well he plays, he represents the club so should have high standards.

I would guess that those who represent Newcastle-Online could do with some help with questions, if people want answers then the only way it will happen is if they ask the questions.

Now this may just be my memory going nuts, but is there not a payback or renegotiation clause on the stadium loan in the event of a change in ownership? Sure it was in an article about the US financier behind the deals. I dont remember that story matt, i still think the analysis of the banking situation holds. I heard that years ago, I have no idea if it's true.

NE5 would probably tell Mort that he hated Shepherd and wanted Ashley all of the time.

Pack it in, I'm getting dirty looks in the office while reading that, I couldn't stop laughing.

I think that's the whole idea, get people who are trusted, rather than the local media who have been in the clubs pocket for years. Who would you rather have tell you what was said? I'd rather listed to somebody who has no reason to spin anything and only tell the truth without "a club source" being quoted.

I'd go along with that, it's a pity he didn't realise that he's got a fresh start in life and it might be a good idea to make the most of it.

Reg Vardy is no longer Reg Vardy, I'll have to find out what they are now called so that I can boycott them.

Chris Mort gave an interview and answered what he could at that time, it was limited because his knowledge of the state of the club was at that time limited. He said he would reveal more when he had more information to give out, he's still doing a review which will give him that information. I'm glad he didn't come out and just spout a load of rubbish only to look stupid at a later date, at least we know that he's not just going to come out and say what we want to hear, personally, I'll be more likely to take his word when he does speak with a bit of knowledge and understanding of our position. I find it refreshing that they are going to the bother of finding out what they have to work with before telling us anything, it would have been far too easy for him to drop a few sound-bites into the press conference to make people happy while having no idea where the club is or is going. The club looks to be a more professional outfit already, long may it continue.