Colos Short and Curlies

How gay is Almunia btw. I remember when keepers used to either be hard or fat

so much wrong in that. if we get a DOF (which hasn't been confirmed thats what wise'll be doing yet)fro a foreign country isn't it likely he'll have knowladge of that country alone as thats what you imply about having an english one ? each club on the continent uses DOF's differently,some have more say than others,some the head coach dictates the purchases at some they don't. the advisors who you don't know how they get where they are, a bit like scouts in that even the best are relativly anonymous. my guess is that someone reckons they have sen something in wise that he can bring here in the same way without having the great reputation someone saw something in wenger when he was merely a coach What's so wrong with what I said? The way I see football people is that everyone knows generally about what is going on at the top level in each country but not too much at other levels of the game. So I imagine that Newcastle will know about most players in the top leagues in Europe but not too much below that. So for example if we got a German DOF then he would have expert knowledge of German football and have a whole set of contacts that could be used to our effect. Contacts that we don't have at the club! Look at Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal. All of them take advantage of the foreign element to their football setup. To be honest there would be nothing wrong at getting a DOF who did not know too much about English football as we should have that well and truly covered! It would also bring in fresh ideas. The thing I have against the advisers is that they have no history of knowing about football. That's why you end up with laughable people like Grant at Chelsea and possibly Redknapp getting the Toon job! At least with scouts a lot of them will have been ex players or have dedicated their lives to football! I cannot believe your comparing Wise to Wenger, yes Wenger had to start somewhere and without knowing his history before Monaco I imagine he would have got where he did through his own brilliance and also hard work. He earned the right to be where he is. I couldn't say that about Wise! That would be the A Grant with a better record than Jose over his first 28/29 games in charge at Chelsea then.

Anyone else see Muntari literally get bummed in the face in the Ghana game?

Talksport suggesting Gudjonson to Citeh. Would still be a good signing for us, just behind Oba

More chance of Europe than relegation imo

One worry is that as KK has given Owen the armband he is a starter when fit. Can Oba and Owen play together? We still need an answer to this. My view is that they can play together as long as the midfield are playing on the deck and looking for quick balls forward. There maybe the problem

So have the FA looked into this and not banned him or has the 'fast track' process suffered a Network rail delay?

Darren Bent for me. Yes Spurs paid well over the odds for him, but you could build a midfield and supporting striker around him, he will run the channels and always looks for the ball. Probably would be available too.

The guy who told me that the Beye and Faye deals had completed (low grade accounts pleb at SJP) reckons we have made a bid equal to Spurs but nothing confirmed re Boro accepting it or Woody agreeing terms. Bit more vague than the last 2, not sure I believe him on this one, but its another 'ITK' for the thread I suppose

he's worth what somebody is prepared to pay for him. For me, yeah £7m is a fair price for all parties

Any reason for Shay wearing the custard shirt today?

The Cole sale talk for me. That was the start of the title charge really

Bring back Gillespie!

He failed at a number of jobs, based on effectively cracking and walking away. Its just the way things are. Plenty of people would argue against that, and state other reasons for his departures. If nowt else, least he has the decency to resign, rather than hanging on for a pay-off. So now he's some kind of brave soldier for walking away, as opposed to a man who couldn't take the pressure and did one?? Once could be discussed. Twice would be very unfortunate.........more than that? You seriously think every departure can be dismissed on its own merits, ignoring the pattern? Keegan did not fail here last time. I'm sure the bright successful managers like Hughes and Moyes would love that level of failure

Couldn't work out how it went in or owt, but I'm blaming Carr

Give the server some of the Keegan factor please!

Did I just hear on Radio Newcastle that Lua Lua is actually The real Lua Lua's brother and not nephew?

Candidate for captain under Keegan? Seems like a Keegan type thing to do

We want 6!

Didier Deschamps?

Stoke are a decent Championship side to be fair, not like we're playing Havant and Waterloo

I think you nailed the spelling. Used to play for Everton didn't he?

Bobby there too?

Anyone else hear Sir Les on Talksport earlier? Talking about 'that' interview, the next day in training all the players going around sayin 'I'd love it'. Need that spirit and camaraderie(sp - most definitely wrong I reckon) back