Dr Venkman

Local journo's have as well, i have not been able to watch any games to call their bluff though. Today will be the proof in the pudding. Look at the lineup, we'll be shite

Lads, it's fine man. It's still only pre-season and the players have been talking about us playing better football.

I love You've Been Framed.

Is that Sammy with the shit fake accent? I dislike him more every day.

Hansen: 'ahhh, banter'

I think he's being kept on because he's done everything asked of him. We're still in the premier league, he's praised Ashley, talked up other teams and talked down NUFC.

Thats a good point. I think it's easy to forget too. Look at laudrup kicking off six or seven weeks ago about players, they've since signed 5? Would never happen here. That's why we will never get a top manager under Ashley. It's just the same basic principle as last summer - and pretty much everything to do with the club these days - Ashley thinks he knows better than everyone else involved in football. Last summer we'd just finished 5th; there was no need to invest as we'd obviously be able to repeat it by default. This summer we've just finished 16th; there's no need to invest as we'll obviously be able to do much better by default. He and the odious people he employs to do his dirty work think they will win every gamble they make. Will we be better? Probably, it's hard to imagine us being as bad or worse. Is simply being better than 16th good enough for NUFC? Absolutely not. For me, there's been a big realisation this summer especially that Ashley is happy for us to simply exists, for the club to run itself. There is no ambition to succeed or achieve anything in particular. So in the meantime, we have to hope the players and manager can produce a decent cup run or a some decent results in the league. Pretty fucking sad really. I think that realisation came last summer tbf.

It's worse than that and has been evident for some time. He doesn't care where we finish as long as it's above 18th.

Everyone is these days. The fans are the only good thing about the club.

I didn't have RVP last year and I won the company league, how shit must everyone else be

Irrelevant imo, me or you could take the club over and it'd be run better. Your given me far too much credit there I do agree though, i was just saying its not like Southampton are lacking in cash they have very wealthy benefactors backing them. I don't think people realise how much money they have, they are not like Norwich etc etc who are clearly stooping into the TV money they actually have significant cash flow to call upon. Fair one.

Holding my hands up here but I think I muttered "fucking pass it man!" at some point Get him!

The amount of idiots who claimed at the time that "its not that good, he only runs in a straight line" Completely missing the balance required, the split second change of pace to get away from the second tackle and the little chip while running flat out at the end to leave the last defender tackling thin air. The turn, the first touch which sends the bolton player for a paper, the little chip an inch over a defenders foot as he tries to tackle. It's beautiful. I remember screaming the house down when it went in. I remember the forum, was mental. Ended up dedicating a pizza to him and spelling his name out with ham. Watching it made me excited again. pics My bad, it was tomato sauce http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/TaylorJ_01/DSCF0062.jpg Sweetcorn

Irrelevant imo, me or you could take the club over and it'd be run better.

The amount of idiots who claimed at the time that "its not that good, he only runs in a straight line" Completely missing the balance required, the split second change of pace to get away from the second tackle and the little chip while running flat out at the end to leave the last defender tackling thin air. The turn, the first touch which sends the bolton player for a paper, the little chip an inch over a defenders foot as he tries to tackle. It's beautiful. I remember screaming the house down when it went in. I remember the forum, was mental. Ended up dedicating a pizza to him and spelling his name out with ham. Watching it made me excited again. pics

The amount of idiots who claimed at the time that "its not that good, he only runs in a straight line" Completely missing the balance required, the split second change of pace to get away from the second tackle and the little chip while running flat out at the end to leave the last defender tackling thin air. As with most people who say things about football that are completely wrong, it'll be because they've never played, or it was so long ago they can't remember it.

I enjoy controversy if it's fairly normal within the game, but I hate people acting like cunts. Diving, whinging, racisming. Spoils MOTD most weeks IMO, hate the guy so much.

good post, and as regards the bit in bold his formula for success when we finished 5th was based on little else than ba and cisse scoring goals out of nothing, so yes i'd tend to agree with you Think he's hoping Remy will provide the goals out of nothing/'moments of magic' this year. http://i.qkme.me/3vg5d9.jpg

He wasn't exceptionally quick or the first player to do it but the player who sticks out most in my mind for this is Bergkamp. Slowing things right down then 'sprinting' past a player to get that extra yard on them, he was very clever at pulling this off considering he wasn't exactly Theo Walcott. Henry took that to the extreme, when he would just stop the ball dead, face up to the defender and then breeze past him

the Bolton goal displayed everything. Initial huge turn and burst of speed, prolonged pace and close control of the ball. That goal man

Get him!

The team of a man that's watched Newcastle a lot

I'm in.

Thumbed 3 Chelsea players in

The word 'servant' used to describe a professional footballer man