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(2) would win by a country mile. On the whole the NUST have been organised, earnest and effective. This is clearly a mis-step but it's a long term, well backed campaign amongst fans and the media. Such clangers hurt them all the more having built up the level of momentum they have exactly because they're a far more well publicised and organised group than whoever knocked up the pamphlet on powerpoint that no-one outside of a couple of message boards has any clue about. Do they have your support still, and more importantly your money if they make a bid? I've paid my membership and pledged nothing else because i don't agree with making a bid to buy the club. They still have my unwavering support though. They're Newcastle fans. I'll say when i don't agree with something. i won't call the entire endeavour flawed and insist a stop be put to it. You'd have to be a mackem to do that. To me a Supporters Trust which has access to the board on scheduled, regular occaisions to discuss certain aspects of the club (not including transfers, management etc) could only be a good thing. The NUST isn't this model though (imo obviously). Buying the club this way was never going to work within English Football (for better or worse) and nothing which they have done/said in relation to the campaign has strengthened the appeal of the trust to me. They started off like a couple of piss heads in a pub, got better, but now have slipped back to appearing to be a key stone cops type organisation (again this is my perception obviously). I don't have to be a Mackem to state that this Trust has failed at present You don't, and I never said you would. I said only a mackem would insist they wrap it all up. What have been the biggest failures for you? You seem to be suggesting it was a failure from day 1 and will be until it succeeds. It won't be a failure in my opinion until they lose the financial support of fans and therefore run out of money to keep campaigning The "Yes We can" campaign is only 8 weeks old and only started because of the refusal from the club to give the fans the recognition that you say would be your aim. How else would you go about achieving that? I'm not going to trawl back and pick up every early example of mis-information which has come out of the press rooms of NUST, its just that the tone of what was released early doors was very childish and made the Trust appear to be nothing more than a one trick 'Ashley Out' protest group. If you were MA or DL would you encourage such a group to engage in discussions on the direction/activites of the club? A bit like Osama Bin Laden inviting Bush and Blair around for tea.

(2) would win by a country mile. On the whole the NUST have been organised, earnest and effective. This is clearly a mis-step but it's a long term, well backed campaign amongst fans and the media. Such clangers hurt them all the more having built up the level of momentum they have exactly because they're a far more well publicised and organised group than whoever knocked up the pamphlet on powerpoint that no-one outside of a couple of message boards has any clue about. Do they have your support still, and more importantly your money if they make a bid? I've paid my membership and pledged nothing else because i don't agree with making a bid to buy the club. They still have my unwavering support though. They're Newcastle fans. I'll say when i don't agree with something. i won't call the entire endeavour flawed and insist a stop be put to it. You'd have to be a mackem to do that. To me a Supporters Trust which has access to the board on scheduled, regular occaisions to discuss certain aspects of the club (not including transfers, management etc) could only be a good thing. The NUST isn't this model though (imo obviously). Buying the club this way was never going to work within English Football (for better or worse) and nothing which they have done/said in relation to the campaign has strengthened the appeal of the trust to me. They started off like a couple of piss heads in a pub, got better, but now have slipped back to appearing to be a key stone cops type organisation (again this is my perception obviously). I don't have to be a Mackem to state that this Trust has failed at present

We should have a poll on what was more embarrasisng (1) NUST's press releases (2) The golf course dossier

Can I just add, Rober Peston = Wanker.

People generally get a feeling when something isn't right. I can't believe that Redknapp didn't have the 'this is wrong' moment when he was signing some of the players on the wages begin paid. He may not have signed the cheques, but imo any manager has a responsibility to question the chairman when stupid figures are being paid, especially in the post Leeds United era

So lets say team x (probably invovlnig Harry Redknapp) wants to buy a player (who is remarkedly like David James) and Pompey want 2million for him and need to sell in the next week to avoid administration, would tema x be better placed to delay any bid for 6 days, push Pompey into adminsitration and get the player for nearer £1m? I can't see where they are going to raise the £6m+ from in the next week as I'm sure a number of chairmen of clubs who would be interested in their players would be looking for the lowest possible price for them and would wait for administration to strike.

The story was run on Saturday, its now Tuesday and despite all of the shite weather etc we've had its still the headline sotry in South Wales. Does it really matter to people that much that a guy happens to pack fudge?

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2009/12/21/nufc-starlet-ranger-relishing-super-sub-role-72703-25439805/

Bird from Dirty Dancing http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00775/50_col_280x390_775257a.jpg My namesake http://www.ze.nl/artikelen/Image/17-03-2008/dirty%20dancing%20baby_150.jpeg

Fractured my eye socket playing football earlier that day, concussed, on pain killers and pissed on WKD (I was a student, it was allowed). Pulled a stunner of blonde IRish lass anall that night. IT doesn't get much better than that night

Nail on head. Is there better either at the club or who we could attract from elsewhere? I'd be quite happy with Lovelyhands, Ranger, Shola and Andy 'Hitman' Carroll if we could get in Wiltshire (assuming we're playing a one in one out game here) and possibly get Vikic some game time when he recovers from injury. If its Harewood or no-one, then the only possible harm to keeping him would be in keeping Nile or Andy off the green stuff

To be honest its just a natural part of the evolution of football under Sky et al. Money attracts money, which then allows the richer teams to improve at a faster rate than those with none, creating leagues within leagues. It's then only natural that teams concentrate on beating the teams from within their 'own mini league'. Its going to become more and more common I'm afraid, and it won't be long before its teams fighting for the last UEFA cup spot who are doing similar, not just those fighting off relegation

No wonder Newcastle didn't manage to buy Schweinsteiger after selling Milner. He must have signed a new contract then, he was in his final year at BM when we sold Milner iirc

Nile Ranger

What you do if you were Liverpools yankee doodles? Sack Rafa = £20m plus up to £10m to recruit a replacement Keep Rafa and risk missing out on Champions League = £20m at least in lost revenue Surely the only thing they can't afford to do is to sack him at the end of the season if they don't qualify?

Still think he'll end up as a right back

This would all make perfect sense but for one slightl flaw....They make Boro's kits FFS ..For HOW long ? As I said, they look long & hard before acting and Steve Gibson has probably been the main reason why they haven't jumped ship yet - wait until the contract is up for renewal....don't forget that Boro had the best academy system in the NE. So why don't they make Crewe's kits?

Was it? Players have little scuffles in training all the time. 'Little Scuffles.' Doesn't describe it though, this was a fight, and when it came out why the fight started it just made the whole thing sound even dafter. He clearly has anger issues of sorts, and is easily wound up. Yet N'Zogbia also has previous for being involved in fights with fellow colleagues. I was unaware of this, who with? Matty Pattison for one. Matty used to live next door to my mother in law and is still mates with my brother in law. Blames Charlie Zog for deliberately crocking him in training resulting int he injury that pretty much knacked his PL career. Nothing to do with him being nowhere near PL standard like. Tbf the lad was supposed to be class when young, was injured for 2 years or something which is a hell of along time at that stage of your career most players with an injury like that would have been booted out so they must have seen something different. Aye true, mind when he made his first start against West Brom he looked very good, looked like something to get excited about. He just didnt develop in the end. Is he still at Norwich does anyone know? Being played as the slowest winger in history didn't help him either

24 hours wasn't it?

Scrap the Champions League and Europa cup. For every league which falls under UEFA's banner, every club in their top league is entered into a super European cup. No seedings, one legged ties from round one to final (A preliminary round or two may be needed to lose some of the chaff - its a work in progress). We get the true European Champions. TV may be a bit of a bugger, but you could make use of digital telly (like Sky do for Champs leagues) or internet to get every game available to view if you so wish.

It's all about opinions, but I think littering the streets is anything but petty and I'd expect an organisation which wants to be taken seriously and take over one of the biggest football club brands in the world to have a bit more off than handing out leaflets which anyone with half a brain knows just get thrown away by most people. I hate litter ! I thought NUST were trying to take over Newcastle United, who last time i looked are currently a 2nd division club in England not Barca, Man U, Juventus or one of the other biggest clubs in the world. And yet in it's ads include, "Barcelona on Tyne". Does that mean we are ditching the Black and White Stripes if NUST buy the club

I've always wondered why the Irish and Scousers seemed so close. Now I understand

That explains why they're such a bunch of miserable, violent, car-thieving angry cunts then. Salt of the earth man

I know he is Brazillian, but what would they have made of Fumaca??

Having lived by Swansea for 4 and a bit years now can I please respectively ask that we do not roll out a barrarge of sheep lover chants. There is no sheep loving down here just pure raw sex with the fluffy friends