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Pav in the Metro Centre (on his first spell here) My God he is massive in the flesh!

It would be bloody impossible to police, but if they would have a large screen showing re-runs of entertaining games (maybe not exclusively Toon ones either) and allow you to sup a pint in your seat until say 2:00 then I'm sure a few more people would have their final pint or 2 at SJP rather than a local boozer. Don't agree with the counter thing btw, people should be away from their seat and back again as quickly as possible, need a full crowd for second half kick off!

To compare Solano and Milner is ludicrous. One is a footballer and one is a tryer. Of course we need better than Milner. He probably holds the most important position in the 4-3-3. He's ok, just nowhere near Solano standard. Or several others we have had. If he reaches Keith Gillespies standard between Jan 1995 and May 1997 I will be happy . Can't see him doing it, simply because he doesn't have the attributes. Don' t want him to be that s****. Maybe he could have one good game if we ever get to play Barcelona again by putting a couple of decent balls in the box and live off that for the rest of his career. Worked for Gillespie. Oh dear. Just think when people talk about wasters in the Premier League, he was our original Wasn't Gillespie an irreplaceable component in the title-challenging 95/96 side, at something like 20 years old? Didn't the wheels fall off when he got injured? Aye, Phil Neville cost us the league by injuring Gillespie. Can't remember much about his performances during 96/97, though I'd guess that they must have been fairly productive considering the amount of goals we scored depsite Ginola's second season syndrom. All went wrong after the Barca game, unitl then he was a damn good right winger

I put mine on the first page, then commented on some others. As most people joining the thread at this late stage won't read that far back I'll repeat them! (1) Allow at least one radio station to broadcast games over the Internet or make World worth subscribing too for non-local fans to get access to games (2) Scrap match day programmes and produce a weekly NUFC mag/paper full of analysis, stories, interviews, fan opinion etc. Bring down the Chronicle at the same time! (3) Reissue the Grandad Collar shirt, either as a commemorative issue after this shirt or a retro option. (not my idea, just commented on) (4) Like the idea of NUFC TV if feasible (again not my idea) (5) Love the idea of clubshops in the Airport/Central Station (6) Agree with tarting up the outside of SJP, maybe lighting up the outside for evening games, make the ground even more opposing than it is already (7) Bring back Local Hero

Berwick in the Scottish league

Isn't Turkey part in Europe (Istanbul is the only city to cover two continents is it not?) If you allow Cyprus the choice then Turkey should also be afforded the same luxury

Derby - win West Ham - Anhiliation Arsenal - really don't know, depends on Wengerbus's policy for the cup this year Citeh - If they don't win their next game we'll win this. Citeh need to stop the little losing streak they've got going quickly or it could be a tricky season still, Svens a good manager when things are going ok, but I'm not convinced about how good he is at turing things around Everton - Win - we're due one against them!

Missed out Eto'o and Ronaldinho though, not too mention Deco

I hope you're wrong there, i really do. "I'd rather Newcastle won the toss than England won the world cup" = cretins. Newcastle win the FA Cup or European Cup or England win the World Cup? Toon all the way I'm afraid (plus England games bore me now, so predictable) [sigh] Why the sigh? The toon takes up a lot more of my life than the England team, so why shouldn't I prefer to see Newcastle win a cup than England?

Wasn't she in some band/group or something? Dunno, just remember she was a looney drama teacher

Anyone here used to go to Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham? Drama Teacher Kathy White-Webster used t odate Knopflor, Romeo and Juliette was written for her. She ended up with the head teacher. Shame

So ...... World cup final England vs Nigeria Owen got injured in the semis, Barton is still doing time, Milner overlooked for Lennon and Taylor's leg fell off after trying to play 90 minutes with a double break. - therefore no Toon presence Oba up front for Nigeria (Babayaro is injured obviously) Who do you want to win?

I hope you're wrong there, i really do. "I'd rather Newcastle won the toss than England won the world cup" = cretins. Newcastle win the FA Cup or European Cup or England win the World Cup? Toon all the way I'm afraid (plus England games bore me now, so predictable)

Can someone change the thread title so at least the song name is correct? (Pedant)

You can only limit non-EU, which I believe Spain certainly does (though willing to be corrected). Where it falls down is the non-EU work-permit issue. Its too easy to get around the criteria which is laid down for a reason - 75% of national games in the past 4 years. Take Yakubu, he failed the test but was allowed due to 'reputation'. Big deal, don't make the quota you don't get the permit

Why not? I managed to. Maybe if some spent less time and money on the piss they could still afford to buy their season ticket, thats what I done. I agree that seaosn tickets should not carry a student discount (they get enough in this world as it is!). However, I wouldn't be against a discount for midweek cup games. Anything to get a decent crowd in for these games would get my vote

Agreed, the best kit we ever had. Or at least add it to the reto kit selection the club has been selling of late. I had 2 of these babies, a long sleeved one with Gillespie and short sleeved with Elliott. Would definitely purchase on of these again if it was brought out as a retro shirt. Was good material as well, felt like a proper shirt

But did he ever sign the last extension?

Backflips after 'scoring' as well New meaning to the term bedroom acrobats

Kanes WWE music complete with Pyros please. Especially for midweek evening games. Failing that bring back Local Hero!

Re the club shop. Our owner owns a fecking sports shop chain (or at least part owns!) would people be happy with an extended megastore which included non NUFC stuff? Trainers, keeper gloves, England shirts??? Hopefully it would be less of a muddle than Sports Soccer, but an extneded range would work well imo (as long as its in moderation of course)

Exactly. Sadly many academies now think like this, including our own. Just as well the first team bucks that trend

But they can influence what he writes by banning him completely from NUFC. Doing this could mean that he takes the hump and writes (even more) negative s**** out of spite. The quickest way to get any journo out a job is to stop buying the rag in the first place imo. And if a weekly toon paper was produced (as per my earlier post) people would have a viable alternative to get the interviews etc

Oh, and a thought thats been in my head for a while... Replace the programme with a detailed weekly NUFC/North East sports newspaper. Fill it with news, in depth previews/reviews, interviews, guest comments, the lot. Basically expand on the programmes to make it more of a rounded NUFC product than a match product. Could replace the Ronnie in no time as the primary source of NUFC related info

One from an excile Remove the exclusive internet radio from Newcastle World, or make it worthwhile to subscribe. I don't want to have to go down the 'illegal' route to hear/see the games live, but at the moment I have no choice. Even if its just letting Radio Newcastle broadcast over the internet it would help immensly