Doug

Curtis Davis just limped off for Villa. Looks doubtful for next week Shame Doug

Looks like Fulham are going to beat Villa deserve it to from what I can see Doug

No good blaming the officials, A good team keeps the pressure on a puts the ball away again and again. They rarely dissallow all of them. The other lot scoring just becomes a consolation goal then. Its a cliche but a good team makes its own luck and does not need help from officials or to blame them. Fingers crossed we can limp through this season with our premier league place intact and then see the good side formed next year. Doug.

One thing supporting Newcastle does to you is teach you not to get too optimistic and keep your expectations low otherwise you invariably will end up suffering crushing dissapointment. The threat of relegation has been increasing for many weeks now. The signs have been there for most of the season. To deny them is the mark of the relatively new Newcastle fan untouched by the 50 odd year legacy of domestic underachievement. Doug.

Some of us have been saying that about Butt since the game at Derby which would have been his last game in a newcastle shirt if I had been manager. Doug.

This whole thread is a bit pointless really, perpetuating the medias hysteria. I dont think Keegan or Shearer are really bothered about any of the made up statements attributed to them. I agree Paul Hart will be good for the youth structure . A greater loss to Portsmouth than 'Arry' would have been. Doug.

Jimmy Greaves said that Emlyn Hughes was living proof that you could fool all of the people all of the time which suggests that he thought he was a C**t aswell. Doug.

Money. That is what what motivates players from different backrounds with nothing in common. Money is what it is all about. They want to hug each other when one scores or does something good because they can see their win /performance bonus increasing. Money is the overiding thing these people all have in common so they don.t need to like each other. It is naive to assume any other reason takes precedence. Only the fans have the unconditional love and bond with the club. Doug.

Some players take longer to adapt to new clubs. Some clubs are better than others at putting up with this. I think we are possibly among the worst for this and I am not sure why. Players have to hit the ground running here or are crucified from day one with us. It is little wonder so many players of promise fade when they play here. Rozenhal reminds me of Gary Pallister. A talented footballing defender who couldnt put a foot right in the whole of his first season after his first move (boro - Man U) but who went on to fulfill his promise for club and country after being persisted with and believed in by his new club. I think Rozenthal is another Pallister type and a prime example of this lack of patience. He is a footballing defender who is finding his feet and would be worth persisting with IMO. Sadly it seems the verdict is already out on him in the Bermuda Triangle of talent that is NU and he will no doubt have to succeed elswhere. Doug.

Every team has their star performers. We will have to Identify the best players from struggling sides and bid for them. Star players (like Berbatov)at top clubs are looking forward to titles, cup runs and European competition so will be reluctant to move to us in our present predicament. Relegation would be a disaster for signing anyone. Avoiding that will do nicely this season. Doug.

Well said Big TRon, lets have more of this. Doug.

All we can do is do our bit and get behind the set up. After all the staff want success whoever they are. We can give our support and help it along. We can be the counterbalance to the scheming and malice of the press who want to undermine our club and bring it all down. (sells more papers). the Sun this morning is so overtly anti Newcastle without having a story to be almost laughable. Doug.

Beware the southern press. They are going for the jugular straight away. Have you seen the Sun this morning. front page and back page plus inside back two pages full of a non story designed to bring us down. Doug

The worst part of this scenario is that expectation has been hyped up to unreasonable levels with KK's appointment without the on field personnel to guarantee safety. Imagine the glee the press will have in putting the boot in if we crash and burn from these false heights of optimism. The b******s will be praying it does happen. It makes a great story. They love to build things up then knock them down. Batten down the hatches and stick together because they will be lobbing editorial hand grenades at us from now until the end of the season to ensure it does happen. Expect criticism of Kevins tactics or suggested lack of them to be exagerated for starters as they start their mischief. Doug.

We'll all be looking forward to observing their minutes silence for Munich they have imposed at the next England home match then. Doug.

So he decided to spend a load of his money on booze, women and gambling did he. What did he do with the rest of it ? Just wasted it I suppose. Doug.

Precisely right that this should be brought up. no-one has had more false dawns than us, so getting carried away with the hype of KK,s appointment should not detract from the overiding priority of avoiding relegation. We have been in a Souness like freefall untill two weeks ago. Losing and drawing to Derby and 0-3 down at home after 11mins (pompey) should shake us to the core and make us realise that this squad of ours was perfectly capable of going down this season. Avoid the drop then next year will see the rebuilding for a challenge. Doug.

He is far too injury prone. Doug

Reasons to dislike Spurs. 1 The southern press build them up with the same enthusiasm as they try to tear us down. 2 Waddle, Newcastle all fish n chips,paupers. Spurs Steaks and classy. Come and join me Gazza etc. 3 Stomach turning protests by Spurs fans when Lazio took "their" Gazza from them. Remember the great words of K Keegan "never again will this club become a nursery club for smaller clubs" He did'nt say who but we all knew at the time he meant Spurs. Lets hope he picks up where he left off. Doug.

We need to get real and forget talking about challenging and breaking into the top four. It is embarrassing . We must realise we are in a relegation battle and the priority must be to preserve our premiership status. That will be a success for the new regime. I was sure we were going down until last week just as we were before Souness was sacked. If KK keeps us up with what he has inherited he will have done well in my view. It is nothing short of criminal the millions that have been squandered on mediocrity over the last few years by this club. Doug.

Ask yourself what sort of crowds Liverpool or Man u would be getting if they had not even won a domestic honour for over half a century. Certainly no place for glory hunters with a record like that. Still we see full houses of long suffering crowds to make us proud. All we crave is a team to match us. Doug.

That 7-1 Leicester game was played on a Sunday as I recall and it was the last result I needed to win 160 quid on my fixed odds coupon for a quid bet. All the other results had come up on the Saturday. It was 6-0 at half time so I knew It was safe. What a great day. we even had Lindisfarne playng to us above the leazes terrace before the game as the framework for the new stands were just being put up then. The stage was mounted on it. A Happy day that was indeed. Doug

Indi and Liam Liam Liam O Exactly right Given, Beye, Feye, Zog. There are no others for a top 6 team in this squad. Doug.

Butt is a spent force who can only play in fits and starts. Unacceptable for the engine room of central midfield I think. It is little wonder we are struggling this season. Doug.

Relegation boys and girls. Start contemplating it because we a re seeing relegation form on a regular basis this season. Portsmouth and Derby County performances belong to a team going down. Forget the Stoke game, Play the reserves in that. We need all our efforts to get points to stay in the Premiership. That is all that matters now. i can't see where the nextr points are coming from. We need 40 points asap. Doug.