Andy

We haven't paid 5 million for him, whoever thinks we have wants to have there head examined...it's a nominal fee at the most and other reports say it's on a year long loan deal. Well said mate, Jaffa Cake Boy is just a clueless fool who likes jaffa cakes FAR too much. He needs his head examined.

We are actually a fucking laughing stock. More so than ever before. Anyone who knows me will know I'm not one to knee-jerk, and this is genuinely the most embarrassed, speechless and utterly bemused I've ever felt towards newcastle united in my entire lifetime -- and I have a bad feeling that by this time tomorrow those feelings will have descended into pure apathy. I think that's the best way I can put it at the moment, I really, honestly don't know what else to say.

I still don't know what to say. So here's a picture to represent my feelings: http://www.humoronline.com/funny-baby-pictures-13.jpg

Seriously? Without wanting to overreact, what the FUCKING HELL is happening to my club?

Wow, I actually don't know what to say, so I'll just stick with a customary "..."

Shepherd. Though Roeder is in no way exempt from criticism either.

"world class manager"

All players have bad games, and all players have bad consecutive games. Even the likes of Maradona and Pele had awful displays, but you wouldn't categorise them as "rubbish" based on seeing those performances, even if it was the first time you'd seen them play. Obviously, I'm not comparing Kuyt to Pele or Maradona, but the point is still valid. There ARE players out there (fumaca) who you watch and think "christ, has he even kicked a ball before?", I agree. But Kuyt is NOT one of those players. His two displays in the world cup were below expectations, yes. But they weren't so bad that they were beyond the point of being dismissible as just "two bad games" and nothing more. They certainly weren't so bad that you could immediately categorise him as being "rubbish" or "simply not good enough" without seeing more. People are swift enough to judge him based on his performances against two of the most solid teams in world football. What would the reaction be if he failed to score against Wigan and Villa?

Judging a player on two games, one against the best team in the tournament and the other a poor team performance against a pretty solid portugal side, is just beyond belief in all honesty. Granted, you can only go off what you've seen, but to pass a player off as "not good enough" on the basis of TWO matches, as some are, is just absolutely incredible. Fact is, Kuyt coming here probably WOULD be a mistake. Not because of a lack of ability. But because the slightly more moronic section of our fanbase wouldn't even give him a chance to prove himself before wanting him out of the door.

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Totally underwhelmed by this, if I'm honest.