Stevie

Was anyone here part of the 25,989 that saw his goal that saved the day? I was right in line with shot in it went what a goal. Gallowgate, almost in line from where he hit the shot - flew in - pandemodium Were you in the Scoreboard quite far back, but near The Corner. That's where I was when the ball hit the net, I was near the front 30 seconds later. :bounce: :bounce: I was almost in line with where the 18 yard lines goes outwards from the by-line (Old Stand side of the Gallowgate). I was about 3/4 of the way back. Those who were there will never forget it. You would've been within spitting distance of me.

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I've looked all over the internet for the result of France v Portugal last night in the Toulon Tournament. Had £10 on France HT/FT, does anyone know how it finished?

Was anyone here part of the 25,989 that saw his goal that saved the day? I was right in line with shot in it went what a goal. Gallowgate, almost in line from where he hit the shot - flew in - pandemodium Were you in the Scoreboard quite far back, but near The Corner. That's where I was when the ball hit the net, I was near the front 30 seconds later. :bounce: :bounce:

I think he's brilliant. I remember when he first came on to the scene in the lat 90's Fergie said he was the best natural defender at the club, some statement. Bandwagons are generally parked for the weak minded to jump on, and a few mediocre games for England and now hes shite??? Baffling. He's obviously better at centre half than right back, but he's great in the air, athletic, strong, uses the ball well, and makes good decisions. He'd be an absolutely brilliant buy for the toon, and if it took 6 or £7m to buy him I'd still pay it.

He HAS to be related to Andy O'Brien.

Mourinho: Your wife she is nice lady, but she had one tit bigger than the other. Sam: How do you know you Portuguese c***?? :rant:

Was anyone here part of the 25,989 that saw his goal that saved the day? I was right in line with shot in it went what a goal.

Up there with Francesco Totti as one of THE most overrated players in history.

DAVID KELLY, DAVID KELLY, DAVID DAVID KELLY, HE'S SCORED A HATTRICK ON THE TELLY DAAAAAAAAVID DAVID KELLY

Take in to account whoever bought us was buying £100m of debt so our true value (obviously) is more than theirs.

Leicester £250,000 He got a hattrick against us the season before he signed for us as well. One of two times in the last 40 years of NUFC, that two players have scored hattricks on the same pitch, Quinn got a hattrick in the same game. The other time Kelly got a hattrick too, who else did? What a geeky cunt eh?

Honest something will go wrong it always does. No this isn't a quote from Northern Monkey, it's what my heart is telling me.

From a Scottish ITK mackems.gif Newcastle to Manchester 143.2 miles 2hrs28 Manchester to Glasgow 214.0 miles 3hrs38 Manchester to London 199.2 miles Apparently a distance of 60 miles made him turn his nose up at a more lucrative contract from West Ham. There's been so much shite written about this deal, and you really couldn't make some of it up. With Celtic the ONLY thing would've been he wouldn't want to play in the SPL. With West Ham oh dear. This bloke says he wanted to stay in the NW. Liverpool and Man Utd weren't going to sign him were they, and he described Everton as being a tenth the size of Man City, so where do you think he'd have wanted to go, Wigan? Bolton? Blackburn??!??!

It's hilarious the fact he didn't even want to speak to West Ham in the end. They've completely piped down on their board about it, still they have other things to occupy them..... http://i4.tinypic.com/5xoszuw.jpg

Not what I've heard.

I'd say more Windy Nook/Felling

VFB Stuttgart are letting Tomasson go on a free. Whatever you might think of him at the toon, what can't be denied is he's forged a fabulous career since leaving us. UEFA Cup Winners medal, CL winners and losers medal, Serie A title, great international performances in big tournaments. He's filled out a lot since he was here, and don't forget he was badly played out of position, while his contribution to "that night" against Barcelona, is often over looked. I really think we could do a lot worse than have him as back up, and that's all I'd want him as to be honest, and perhaps he would give us an option of playing a different way on occasion as there aren't many players who are more tailor made for "the hole".

5.5m for Barton is not cheap, imo. Speed £5.5m - 1998 Hamann £4.5m - 1998 Dyer £6m - 1999 Maric £3.5m - 1999 Bassedas - £4m - 2000 Jenas - £5m - 2002 Viana - £8.5m - 2002 Parker £6.5m - 2005 Emre £3.8m - 2005 A selection of central midfield players over the last decade who have signed for us. Look at the prices even as far back as when we bought Speed. I don't think we've got a bad deal at all in terms of a transfer fee considering he's proven Premiership quality. If he does half as well as Speed then we're on a winner. I agree. It's a fair price. Liverpool paid £24m for Cisse and Diouf. Man Utd paid £28m for Juan Sebastian Veron. Chelsea paid £24m for SWP. They're on about £10m for this Fernandes who might be good but he's far from proven. I think it's a good deal. they would have been fair prices if they done the bizz,if barton is crap for us then it will be seen as a bad price Aye but £5.5m isn't going to bankrupt us, I don't think this is a gamble, I think we'll get value for money genuinely. How many good players have you seen made look average in a shite team. A really good example is Freddie Kanoute, he wasn't absolute pish at West Ham and Spurs, but look at him now he's with a really quality team, it's the same with Joey Barton, playing with better players will make him a better player.

To be fair Midds, I reckon whatever we were going to put on the table West Ham would better anyway. West Ham will offer players 10 grand more than other clubs because it's the only way they'll get them to sign. If it was all about money he could've kept on driving and used that as a bargaining tool for getting 80k a week off those animals. My take on it anyway.

5.5m for Barton is not cheap, imo. Speed £5.5m - 1998 Hamann £4.5m - 1998 Dyer £6m - 1999 Maric £3.5m - 1999 Bassedas - £4m - 2000 Jenas - £5m - 2002 Viana - £8.5m - 2002 Parker £6.5m - 2005 Emre £3.8m - 2005 A selection of central midfield players over the last decade who have signed for us. Look at the prices even as far back as when we bought Speed. I don't think we've got a bad deal at all in terms of a transfer fee considering he's proven Premiership quality. If he does half as well as Speed then we're on a winner. I agree. It's a fair price. Liverpool paid £24m for Cisse and Diouf. Man Utd paid £28m for Juan Sebastian Veron. Chelsea paid £24m for SWP. They're on about £10m for this Fernandes who might be good but he's far from proven. I think it's a good deal.

See the end of season report, forgive my ignorance here btw because I've never held a great interest in the details of our finances, apart worrying about our wages/turnover ratio being over 50%, which is the recommended maximum level for a healthy club. See if you're a share holder surely you get a detailed report, about who's getting paid what, or am I just so wrong it's ridiculous?

Bloody hell. (Am i gonna be whooshed?) Not really. I know it's only messing around and to be expected on a football forum but it annoys me that just about every single female member on this forum is focused on as soon as they make a post, generally not so much for what they have to say, but for the fact that they're, well, female. I'm sure the majority don't mind but I reckon it puts some females off posting here. A naa and they're all stinkers anyway the ones on here. Parker was allegedly on £55,000 a week for the person that asked, and if any of you believe Joey Barton is seriously getting £70,000 a week in his 5 year deal, yiz are daft c***s. David Craig Sky Sports