Mick

Exactly right.

He wouldn't be able to help himself, as soon as he sees the egg, he'd just wop it in his mouth, shell and all. None of this cooking s****. He'd be risking salmonella if he did that though. After sleeping with half the underground female population of Spain, he's immune to any kind of disease or ailment is wor Freddy, the man may look like a heart attack waiting to happen, but he's built like a tank, like one of those Geordie built tanks down at the Vickers, i.e. the best ones. Geordies are tough people, he's from Cumbria ye knaa. Do I have to edit all of your posts today?

Edited

I've started but I'm trying to make a point without calling people.

I agree. Ages since we had a worthwhile board invasion, it doesn't even have to be a football board. I keep meaning to find a good board to do it in, but I'm too lazy. We should invade but try to get points across rather than taking it down, if that doesn't work then?

I already have.

And yet he was still surprised when he found out that would be his last year! I'm not sure what you're getting at, the change in terms of contract wasn't the problem, announcing it to the press was.

I stopped buying it months ago. The sports section was the only reason I ever bought, now its the reason I don't buy it. I can understand that, it's the same for me, I only get it now on a Thursday.

Thanks, it looks totally different from the one I found on icnewcastle.

The first I remember hearing about it was just before the season started, a couple of months before he got the sack.

The points are not a waste of time but wondering about them are, at least they are to me. What if I won the lottery? Now I wouldn't mind finding out, especially the big Euro rollovers.

What if's are a waste of time. What if Freddy Shepherd had of kept his mouth shut about Bobby leaving? What if Dyer hadn't refused to play against Boro? What if the linesman and referee had seen the blatant handball against Boro? What if the ref has stopped the game away to Villa when we had two players down when they went on to score? Edit, What if we didn't have so many players out with an eye infection against Boro?

I've found something else, I can find quotes again but not where they originally came from. Steve Bruce admits he still thinks about his decision to turn down the offer to manage boyhood club Newcastle United. The Premiership side came calling two-and-a-half years ago following their decision to dismiss Sir Bobby Robson, only for Bruce to spurn their advances. Earlier this season and with 'Bruce out' chants ringing around St Andrews, the Newcastle-born tactician must have been ruing his decision to turn his back on a switch to St James' Park. However, Bruce has overseen a transformation of the club's fortunes and they now play Newcastle on Saturday in an FA Cup tie sitting top of the Championship and favourites to win promotion. It is, though, with genuine affection that Bruce talks of Newcastle as he reflects on the biggest decision of his career in management. "I am a typical Geordie, who is black and white through and through," he told the Sunday Express. "You talk about big decisions in your life. To get the opportunity to manage them was probably the biggest compliment I've had in football. "Bloody hell, Newcastle wanted me! "It was the hardest decision I've had to make. But to have taken the job would have meant letting down the people here at Birmingham. "I always wonder whether I've closed the door on a dream. As a player I'd always wanted to play for them and then I was given the chance to manage them."

I thought Robson had loads of injuries, I thought Duncan Ferguson was lying next to Marcelino for most of the first season Robson was at the club. I seem to remember quite a few without going looking for names.

I don't know if the quote is bollocks, the same way as you don't know if it is. I have no reason to think he's talking crap but he could well be doing that. I'll take his word for it until it's proven otherwise. Lying about being offered the job isn't really the best way to put yourself in line for it in future, I'd have thought the opposite would be true.

Thinking about this question it's a bit like having to chose between cancer and a heart attack.

I agree with this, I think things were worse under Souness but always felt that the next manager would be the right one and would turn the club around, I was wrong.

I don't like quoting myself but here's a link http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/journalsport/tm_method=full%26objectid=18251973%26siteid=50081-name_page.html

I thought Steve Bruce turned us down under this board? Why would anybody be afraid to take the job on if they are going to get good financial backing off the board? I know the fans are giving Roeder stick and gave the same to Souness but that's down to those two not being good enough. Steve Bruce has never been offered the job. It would appear that he thinks he was offered it although I can only find the quotes and not a link to the article in The Journal. "People associate me with Manchester United but I am a Newcastle United fan, my family is from Newcastle and I used to crawl under the turnstiles to watch them play. I had the chance to manage them but felt loyalty to the people I work for here at Birmingham."

I thought Steve Bruce turned us down under this board? Why would anybody be afraid to take the job on if they are going to get good financial backing off the board? I know the fans are giving Roeder stick and gave the same to Souness but that's down to those two not being good enough.

Nobody seemed to want the job when Bobby or Souness were sacked, if they did want it then we surely wouldn't have had Souness or Roeder.

I'm sure it was two.

He's well on the way, maybe you should buy him something else.

Has anybody signed up to this?

We all know what happened when Sir Bobby became a lame duck, let's just hope the players are too think to work out 2-1=1.