Dr Venkman

and yet....michael johnson, charles n'zogbia. jeff stelling, george caulkin and mcdonald (as much as )saying they dont think there was a genuine attempt to get one or all of these players. why was there a thread debating who our 'last gasp failed bid' would be for. because we've seen them do this all before. we knew it was coming the way i knew we weren't ever gonna pay for n'zogbia even after 'bidding' more for him in january than he eventually went for. why did i know that? why was i so sure in february that carroll wouldnt be replaced properly? because i'm paying attention i accept they dont care much what we think, but using that as your reasoning for why these attempts to bring players into the club are genuine isnt enough imo, not in the face of the evidence.

negotiations were complex and protracted? what else are they gonna be when you offer 2/3 of what everyone's worth? wankers

i assume by 'all this' he means passing football and by 'around me' he means in front of him, on the pitch.

fail lol

i think he's in the process of seeing that it is

it's based on the fact that Ashley and Lambias are using our football club as an advert for Sports Direct and aren't interested in the slightest in improving us a football team, not now, not ever. and for that i want them hounded out of town at the nearest opportunity, the only way i can see anything like that happening is if journalists start to highlight what they're up to so the common fan comes round to the idea. it doesnt mean i dont want us to win next weekend. Seems to be a fairly expensive way to advertise Sports Direct, £240m + for some signs on a stadium where a reasonable chunk of the people in that stadium would like to burn Sports Direct to the ground... he'll save a fortune in the long run

No, I didn't say that. Expecting the manager to speak to the press is fine, expecting what he says to be true and taking some kind of masochistic pleasure in encouraging journalists to pile pressure on him is just stupid. on the owners ian, not on him. he knew exactly what he was getting himself in for, perhaps you should start writing football journalism? they'd love you at SJP that's for sure. why on earth is it masochistic? you're showing more and more signs of stockholm syndrome.

it's based on the fact that Ashley and Lambias are using our football club as an advert for Sports Direct and aren't interested in the slightest in improving us a football team, not now, not ever. and for that i want them hounded out of town at the nearest opportunity, the only way i can see anything like that happening is if journalists start to highlight what they're up to so the common fan comes round to the idea. it doesnt mean i dont want us to win next weekend.

lucky for them mike ashley's been levelling the playing field for them for a bit

It's taken long enough. indeed

interesting that some of the local journalists are now openly calling them out on their bullshit, would be nice if we built up a bit of momentum

i wish george bush was our manager, at least the statements and press conferences would be amusing. 'I assure all the fans of newcastle united around the world that we are doing all we can to get the right striker in for the club, now watch this drive'

gotta hand it over, we just write the figures down and fax them

only ever liked or dis-liked him for what he did on the pitch tbh

they're either massively incompetent or they do it deliberately so they dont have to pay over 5m for anyone but looks like they tried. it's all becoming a bit of a sick joke.

the fuck's that?

dunno what you're on about, but yes.

fwiw, i dont buy the geordie nation stuff either. just think he's not doing anything that the board aren't doing themselves to a much higher degree in terms of unsettling players Don't disagree with that, which is why with the board we have we don't need a player who apparently cares sticking his oar in too. they've made us pretty vulnerable then eh? depressing. if only the supporters were willing or able enough to stick their own oars in. I think people have gotten the impression I am sticking up for the board? I really, really am not They are a bunch of cunts and I want them gone as much as anyone. My problem isn't because Joey is slagging off my precious board, it's because he is putting the CLUB in a bad light and stirring shit. He is also having digs at new players which goes against everything he claims about loving the club, fans etc.. What he is doing has a small chance of doing some harm but no chance of doing anything good. The board have their "plan" and an ex player slagging them off in the press won't change that. They have been through much worse and persisted so he just needs to get over his bitterness. If for one minute I genuinely believed his rants were an attempt to do something for the Geordie Nation I would probably still feel they were a stupid idea but would appreciate the sentiment. Fact is though, I don't think it's anything about us, it's just a useful excuse to get us on his side and help his bitter crusade. So basically, he needs to just shut up and show some respect for the fans of the club he is currently at, I would imagine the majority probably find it a little amsuing at the moment however I would be surprised if a few don't think "Hey Joey, what about us, huh?" and if he continues I would imagine this numbers grows. Let's not forget "man of the people" Joey Barton wouldn't come here until we paid his loyalty bonus that Man City decided he wasn't owed due to him assaulting one of their players. He got a bloody good wage here and is getting an even better one there (paid more than the likes of Modric etc isn't he?) so as much as he is probably more down to earth than most players he isn't the salt of the earth, just wants to play football bloke he portrays. i was a bit worried when i typed that out that you'd think it was a dig at you, it really wasnt. i was merely saying it's a shame there's seemingly nothing we can bring ourselves to do that will get rid of a board who are so shit that some things joey barton tweets will make us vulnerable as a team.

I'd have liked to have seen him up against Santon and him being kept out of the game, that'd have helped shut him up a while. SWP will no doubt start on the right. 2 players making their debut there. hope ours comes out on top. battle of the men who've hardly played, let's hope it's the younger legs that hold out. i hope we see at least one diagonal ball played to SWP in the air

fwiw, i dont buy the geordie nation stuff either. just think he's not doing anything that the board aren't doing themselves to a much higher degree in terms of unsettling players Don't disagree with that, which is why with the board we have we don't need a player who apparently cares sticking his oar in too. they've made us pretty vulnerable then eh? depressing. if only the supporters were willing or able enough to stick their own oars in.

fwiw, i dont buy the geordie nation stuff either. just think he's not doing anything that the board aren't doing themselves to a much higher degree in terms of unsettling players

going completely off the point, did i read somewhere that steve bruce had instructed any mackem who scored against us this season to do the chicken dance? in that case Sewelly, can we please see a slight variation to your avatar? perhaps with a sad looking steve bruce head?

I was talking about the Santon and Cabaye comments but it wouldn't surprise me if Cattermole was given free reign by some if he had a dig about the board, that seems to be the most important thing at the moment because they're the root of the problems, howay man. Supporting the team > Slate the shit cunts who run it. For me anyway goes without saying. he's not a supporter like us though is he, doesnt mean he shouldnt be allowed to give his opinion. slightly going in circles now i feel. ashley's a cunt, 35m, howay the toon.

should i get the ball rolling? http://www.nufc.com/2011-12images/2011-08-31east-stand.jpg Isn't a new one coming up? So if this sign gets replaced with the same, is it still taking the piss? no it isnt, but it wont.