Colos Short and Curlies

Wheres the 9/11 was a conspiracy option?

There wouldn't necessarly be interest attached to it - NR could have an agreement which entitles them to x% of any money NUFC make out of marketing involving Owen or a % interest based on sell on fee. I know through my work that Swansea have a similar arrangement with their sponsors

Harper Carr Roz Taylor Inglesas (#1,000!) Geremi Smith Zog Dukes Oba James 'John Cena' Milner

Fraser Forster Nailed on

Would love Nike to start sponsoring the Toon, on an Adidas shirt obviously

If they just decided to walk away, then in theory we could not pay them back and get a new sponsorship deal = double the money! Can't for one second imagine that the deal has been structured to allow us to do this though

Thought no Sunderland players lived in Sunderland anyway.......

Given Cacapa Geremi Martins Dukes Owen Duff Emre All top drawer proven class Rozhenal Enrique Taylor Zogbia Milner Internationals at decent-good nationsa u21 or full level Carroll Krul Tipped to be great Thats being conservative

Joe Lewis is a billionaire. Clubs below us have spent big this season, but so have we - more than Man City IIRC. People keep on saying we 'blew our budget' on Bent, but I don't think that's the case. Yesterday news came through that we've submitted a planning application for 'the development of a world class Academy and First Team Training Centre', which I'd guess will cost a few bob. I'm sure the funds are available to strengthen further, it just seems as if the management have failed to notice that gaping hole on the left of midfield and problems in defence. Even so, it makes our strategy of investing so heavily in youth all the more commendable/sensible. Boateng, who was probably one of the best players in the Germany, and certainly the best prospect there, could prove a snip at £5m - he's ready to make an impact in the first team now, but if he develops and fulfills even half his potential in 2 or 3 years time, along with Taarabt, Bale, Kaboul and Lennon, we could even be challenging for the top spots. Even Bent is only 23, the average age of our squad. We certainly look in a much healthier position than NUFC in the long term - most of your new signings should only last a season or two max, and your future lies in the hands of Edgar, Huntington and Ramage. Viduka and Cacapa I'll give you as being 1-2 season signings Enrique, Barton, Smith, Rozhenal all got at least 6 seasons in them. Geremi I'd say 4 or 5

Ideal scenario: Mass brawal after 70 mins. Each team deducted points

Really? What position? I'd guess you'd be some kind of Walter Mitty style hardman. He's starting XI as the left right out but when they have a really tough game the manager prefers to use him as the offensive right back out in a 4-5-3 formation! for the easier games do you stick to the regulaton 11 players?

Does his staying mess up the ridiculous line-up in your sig like? The one that doesn't include £12m worth of new players Not too dissimilar to my Proevo line that that

So the only thing holding up the transfer is a transfer fee? Pretty fundamental dontcha think?

Under the headline... "Super Mario Deal Hitch" (just seen it on the icnewcastle website - no details yet) We're going to be sponsored by Nintendo Wii!

Oh, for fucks sake man, behave. Like he does his own weekly food shopping. I've seen a helicopter parked in the disabled bay at Kingston Park Tesco.

Piss head then, no wonder he's always crocked

Blatently been down to London seeing Nobbys ex

Problems with Spurs: 1. No proven winners in their squad, couldn't understand letting Davids go for that reason 2. Best defender injury prone, defence looks suspect without him 3. Paul Robinson 4. Jermain Jenas 5. Poor spending this summer. Didn't address where was needed, blew their load on an expensive bench buddy for Defoe 6. Piss poor midfield 7. Jermain Jenas 8. Berbatov........ let me explain! 2 seasons ago Spurs had a good team, no stand out individuals but 11 players at any one time playng for eachother. Last season Spurs relied on Berbatov, without him UEFA cup football would have been unlikely. A signing which although improved the quality of strikers weakened the team, think Shearer for us (I know he kept us up, but the 95-96 team was better all round than the 96-97 team. He's also probably considering where he will move to next summer, all in all a weakness for the club.

3 subs was better

Get some bloody big pyros going off from the goal posts when we come out, possibly to 'Kane's' music from WWE. Will scare a few old codgers into their grave! (Still keep Local Hero though, got to as it leads me into my story about Knopfler writing romeo and Julliet for my old Drama teacher!)

Still top of the league!

Always fancied going to Barca or Milan for an away game - preferably the semi-final of the champions league

Big money signings should always be 'icing on the cake' players. Rooney, Ronaldo etc complimented and added to what Man United already had. Hargreaves does the same (although he was a bit overpriced). Spurs did well paying £10m on Berbatov last season as he was what they needed. Bent was a waste at £16m because they didn't need it. £11m on Smith and Barton was money well spent for us this season, if we had spent the same amount on Hargreaves it would have been money wasted. Personally glad that this summer we've paid money where we've had to to put the right players where needed and then picked up some cracking Bosmans to build the squad/team

Funny how Everton and Liverpool are so different, after all the stadiums are only 5 mins apart! Also thought Anfield (the mechano stadium that it is) was a better day than Goodison (wtf is that blue gravel all about???)

Won't do him any harm being on the end of a scoreline like that