Ashley17

Portugal nicked it in stoppages

Albania just equalised against Portugal Only 32 played though

Croatia 1 - 0 Ukraine already.

Get in Dicky Dunne

Bronze and silver and the last two major tournaments. 16 points after 6 games in their current qualifying group But but but...we beat them in a friendly! How the hell is Lampard still on the pitch, utter shite today

Played him there against Coventry, his best game in a B&W shirt for me. Only took several managers and several years to cotton on to what i'd been saying from the start, Milner was in deed a central player in the making. He played in a roaming role really though, even then we just rotated him, N'Zogbia and Gutierrez in the final third.

Whilst I can see your point, if the new owners come in and turn Shearer away they'll already be seen negatively by the fans - they'd have to come up with a brilliant appointment to get a large number of fans back onside. And let's face it, that's unlikely to happen given the divison we are in. That does beg the question though, how much of a chance do you give the new owners? If they don't want Shearer but offer us financial stability, where does that leave us? They'd live or die by their first appointment, really.

Kaka to Madrid for £56m according to the ever reliable Spanish radio.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/wales-football-team/2009/05/23/jason-koumas-wales-career-on-the-line-55578-23695059/

Koumas would be a good signing, but i bet he'd cost quite a bit and i dunno if he'd be up for moving down a division again. I thought he'd knacked his hip and was seriously considering retiring?

No, we all love him now. You do realise we are in the championship now? Christ, you could have broke that news more gently.

I'd love to play, depending on the date.

If it's a quickfire sale then it'll be ok, the situation won't be that much different. If it drags on and on we're fucked. Basically what has been said above.

Because if there's no "quick sale" we have no manager and a board who aren't willing to do anything. They're hardly going to open the chequebook are they?

If he was going to sell what has he been discussing with Shearer all week? New theory: Shearer is part of a consortium buying out the club. Discuss.

I know nothing about loans [/Tuffnell]

So it's not a rule. I guess we'll find out if it applies to us but as things stand we're in at round one. I had been wonering why SSN had "Newcastle will enter league cup from 1st round next season" on the news ticker on Monday, didn't think it was news. But I guess it was for clarification purposes.

That's what I wanted to hear, preparation and no "deal with the consequences later" attitude. If true of course.

Eto'o to score first but Man Utd to win 3-1. Returns £215. Why not

Only one from Norwich worth a punt is Clingan, even then thoguh we can probably do better, even if I have no better suggestions.

It was one of the headlines on the Sky Sports News little ticker thingy. It's not really worthy of being news though, is it?

Nicky Butt is a tremendous professional who has won so many honours with Manchester United it must be difficult for him being down in the doldrums with us. He rarely misplaces a pass and is a key part of our team. It is rare when he gives away a penalty, a truly rare error. He sits in front of the back 4 brilliantly, a magnificent leader of men and he would still get into most Premiership sides. His tackling makes Essien look like Chris Bart-Williams. Furthermore, Butt is a goal threat from midfield, something he has added to his game as his career has progressed. In summary, we are lucky to have Nicky Butt. [/The media & every manager ever for some f***ing reason]

Easy to get a player in on loan for a month now as cover. See, Championship, full of positives.

Bristol City Manager Gary Johnson described him as a "very naughty boy." Would get wrecked in town every night here then, let's just not bother.