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http://www.espnstar.com/football/other-football/news/detail/item291682/Profitable-Group-makes-Newcastle-bid/ Wrong fucking McMahon

So Shepherd's bid is public knowledge Dr Evil in the house!

Stuck £50 on him being our new manager. Got a hot tip from a mate who works in the legal department in NUFC :colo:

That Aussie bird looks well fit in the workout DVDs she does

pic? Name? Aint seen any morning telly for yonks. is Susanna Reid on BBC Breakfast still a dirty sultry minx?

Does Alan Robson still do the 10pm slot? Get to those phones.

Erm who is going to take the chance of lurking round a school then? Theres a few on here not adverse to pulling on a parker jacket and keeping a beedy eye on 22 kids on a cold and wet November evening. 17 kids on a July afternoon will be a piece of piss

Its not Wiki mate, its us they use for everything, saves them doing any reseatrch. You're both missing the point. Usling either Wiki or N-O.o would suggest that they do research of any description. Hugh Dennis would be proud of that joke

Why would I want to marry Cherly Tweedy? The whole point would be to fuck her brains out, no chance of that once there's a ring on her finger

The podgy footballer or the podgy singer?

I really don't think the Blackburn scenario is the same. Yes they bought their team rather than nurtured it, but they simply paid the maket rate for these players. Chelsea and City are waving monopoly money around and its dangeorus and tbh a bit boring. Football was better when he whole country was excited about Klinnsmann joining Spurs or Ravanelli the smogs. Who really cares if Eto'o signs for City? Its just another player now. I seriously give football in its present form 5 more years and then something will have to be done. An European Super League is my guess and then the rebirth of 'proper' football domestically where money isn't a pre-requisite for success. Those identikit Ikea stadia will look a bit silly only being half full, but I'd rather be part of this 'second' tier then playing a corporate game accross Europe.

I'm guessing its a four year contract? Thats over £75m for one player (and thats assuming that the wage is before tax!). I can see the justification in paying that for a Beckham or a Ronaldo due to the commercial profile they bring to a club, but Eto'o would pretty much have to win the Champion's League for city within the four years to come close to justifying the number. And thats completely disregarding the numbers being paid out for Robinho and whoever else they bring in over the next 4 years. Is anythign really worth that sort of money???

To be fair I think Man Utd are different in the fact that they have earned the right to spend money, most of their expenditure is self financed. I know that in our time we have spent heavily, as have Blackburn for example, there is a difference however in that neither we nor they were completly distorting the market place. Man City aren't simply outbidding rivals, they are picking random numbers out of thin air for before fees and wages

I'll stick my hand up, I would hate for us to be doing a City. Football will eat itself, and right now the knives and forks are being put on the table, we are at a situation where its no longer about development of players, maintaining links with the locality of the club and having an identity. Its identikit stadia, identikit strategy and identikit teams. Ironically the one team breaking this mould is the most successful team in the country, but Man Utd are a different breed to every other premier league club. What is the difference to supporting Liverpool, Chelsea or City now? None of these clubs represent their history and heritage. they will in all probability all play the same style of football next season and the make up of the teams (in terms of nationality and ratio of home grown to imported (i.e. bought in regardless of country) will be one and the same. Then move down a rung or 2 of the ladder. Bolton, Sunderland, Hull. All live in Mechano flat pack stadia, all buy the cheap imitations of the Chelsea et al players and all play a lite style of their football. Yes it sucks being relegated, but I bet as fans we enjoy next season more than than true (i.e. not johnny come latelys) City fans. A lot of us have played/play FM, and most of us have at one time given oursleves an unlimited budget. It's an empty feeling winning the league like that. As a product the Premier League has had a good run, but its coming to an end and will need to be reinvented. The next few years will be looked back on as being the bad days of the concept.

Who would you be willing to take from Spurs in exchange? Darren Bent, straight swap

First things first. Find your passport. Or ring Nobby Solan, he will sort a Greek one out for you

I assume you mean £1 for every £1m under £100m? Like I said its dependant on the loan debt, IF Ashley expects his loan back then I wouldn't expect anyone to pay more then £20m for the club at the very most. Right so I have to give you £1 for every £1m under £100m including loan debt (so if it sells for £20m and the accounts tell us Ashley is still owed £100m loan that counts as £120m sale price). You have to give me £1 for every £1m over £50m including debt Tell you what, I'll play bookkeeper for this little spread bet for a very reasonable cut of 30% of either winnings :colo:

91-93 closely followed by 95-96

Killing his career if he leaves Swansea now.

Just an aside but Billy Kenwright was despised by a lot of Everton fans up to around 5 years ago. He even got death threats when he signed Moyes as it was showing his level of ambition. Look at him now

If only the Sultan of Brunei fancied a football club (or he hadn't hidden his brothers credit card)

The theme from He-Man. Inspirational stuff. Failing that the music that the Ultimate Warrier came to the ring to (sampled by the Kaiser Chiefs on 'Everyday I Love You Less and Less')

Would rather we stayed away from them unless they are with a view to a permanent deal. We should be using this season to build a young hungry team whcih will develop at Newcastle, promotion as champions with a build up of momentum then unleash them on the Premier League. We've had enough personnel changes without going through a season with temps in the team

Whats this 'plan B' malarky you speak of?

Butt pulling the strings from midfield no doubt though