Dr Venkman

wasnt it keegan that picked him for england when he was a lad?

Hasn't. People just getting carried away. WE IZ GONNA WIN DA LEEEEEG i'm not getting carried away mate, have it on good authority he's got a LOT of money to spend

shitting yourself :lol: No! pissing mesell!!!.... mackems.gif it just gets better. you're pissing yourself because we've just re-hired our most successful recent manager and the chairman's told him he can spend as much as he wants? i'm pissing myself that you're signed up on here tbh, and thats just for starters, what are you doing here?

got this on good authority mate, fact, one might say

anyone watching ssn? is jim smith pissed?

Chris Coleman has just resigned at Real Sociedad and was KK's captain at Fulham....... Nah, it's gotta to be Shearer as No 2 shearer and kk dont speak

just to add to this, my dads just come in from town and was talking to beardsley today, apparently peter said 'the only thing that would make him say no to the job would be if they didnt offer him enough money to spend' tell my i'm making it up if you like but it was said and just wanted to share

agree with this sort of mindset, people will either whinge that certain players aren't glamour signings, or about round pegs etc etc, you cant have it both ways unless you're a MASSIVE club, there has to be compromise somewhere

indeed

cant understand why people think shearer wouldnt want to be involved even if he was assistant 'there you go alan, there's a job at the top end of the managerial structure in a premier league club you've loved all your life, you'll be idolised even more if you do well and if you dont it'll be the other guys fault, doesn't matter if you've got any experience, jobs yours son' 'nah thanks, i only want to manage when i'm in charge of the universe XI, i'm alan shearer for fucks sake' not that i'm saying he will or dont do well, but why on earth would he turn that down on 'i want to be on total charge' grounds? its tailor made for him and handed on a plate

cant argue with much of that, nice one lads

From the Mail: Former Newcastle chairman Shepherd to respond to criticism but you'll have to wait for the book The way things really were? Or just trying to make a bit more money?

http://www.soccercircus.com/ mackems.gif mackems.gif mackems.gif "The SoccerCircus is a must if you've ever dreamed of becoming a profesional footballer" "Whether it's a Soccer Circus visit, a surprise Birthday Party or a full scale Corporate Event, we need to know every last detail to make it an event to remember. Our staff will be only to happy to help describe the event packages we have available, and also go through basic details such as dates, times, numbers and catering requirements." we should see if we can martins signed up for that, especially the 'worlds first football shooting gallery'

that occurred to me also

really?

he also said this

hahahahaaaaaaaa

i think you're attributing too much thought to the 'process', they basically just say what they want and worry about the damage/ethics later

Easy to say when you've won all those f****** trophies. (I laughed too btw) Its all patronizing crap tbh - Fergie just comes out with this stuff when he thinks we are no threat to him.. In his book, he slagged the club off royally about the transfer of Andy Cole 'Newcastle have never been a club able to keep good players' ....etc. etc. He doesn't fool me for one minute... just watch what he says in the unlikely even of the club ever being able to challenge them again before he retires......!! yep

undecided on this, part of me says give him a chance, he's done well so far, part of me says i dont want to see us just kicking people while he gets the basics right, oh and he's possibly the most boring man in football, and there's some stiff competition

good track record, lots of money to spend, playing good football, you can see why

mental

50m quid = no backing mackems.gif Buying what you want for other people isn't backing them, particularly when it's done to massage your own overinflated ego. only a mug or a liar would put up with being treated like that, he doesn't need the money, and as i said, could have kicked up a stink and got himself sacked for it if he was so principled. 50m quid is 50m quid. End of. And nobody told him to sell Bellamy and Robert for a total of 4m quid. No mention of Boumsong or Faye, I see. At the end of the day FS (or FFS, whichever you prefer) took over as Chairman of an improving club in a climate that was God-given to further improve it. He didn't do that; he was inept in his recruitment (including that of Souness, the man you so deride for lacking the qualities FS recruited him for). The only man who was a success was dismissed by FS in a particularly craven and disreputable way. I will forever shudder at the memory of his pose in the programme; it spoke a thousand words. He was a chairman of a well supported club in the Sky era that had been brought back from the brink by two men of vision. And he f***** it up. this has been said before. If you seriously think that one man was solely responsible for the appointment of a s*** manager ....... And the major shareholders with millions of pounds of shares in the club, took no part in it........ Shame people like you NEVER mention that they weren't "inept" when playing in the Champions League, Europe more than every club bar 4, and 2 FA Cup Finals. Also, it has been said before that "the 2 men of vision" you have in mind being Keegan and Sir John Hall. Well, it wasn't Sir John Halls idea to appoint Keegan, it was Hall Jnr, Shepherd and Fletcher. They had to persuade him, and in the end outvoted him. This is in Keegans book. It doesn't suit your "opinion" to accept that all of the managers were selected by virtue of a board majority though does it ? whats the crack then? is two managers (one loved, one hated) independently coming out and saying the chairman signed or sold whoever he wanted not even slightly damning?

50m quid = no backing mackems.gif but hang on, lets for just a minute assume that he's telling the truth, 28 million on luque and owen isnt backing him, if they weren't his choices, backing someone is having faith in their judgement aswell as handing over money, surely?

whats the crack then? is two managers (one loved, one hated) independently coming out and saying the chairman signed or sold whoever he wanted not even slightly damning?