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I'd have him for comedy value alone - his list of best quotes puts me in stitches!

Stevie, you must really hate Bolton if Wigan is "in the North" and Sheffield is "in the North(ish)" but Bolton isn't

Get in there lad - it's not like every time we refer to an Englishmen we say "soap dodging Pommy whingers who are shite at cricket and tennis and only margianally better at football" And Parky, I think it might be you living in dreamland if you think Kanu is close to Viduka...

By that logic then, because Pele was shite at New York and American pundits similarly didn't "give a shit" about his time at Santos, they'd be correct if they said Pele was over-rated?

Don't think so, think it all just comes under the Bosman ruling. 6 months or less to go and they can speak to anyone. A quick, rough and ready search has revealed the following quote: From this thread - http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=38152.0 - which quoted this source - http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007150398,00.html I know the Sun isn't the most reputable of sources, but I was fairly sure that was the case...

Gee, can I be the first to say I hope the FA doesn't hear about this - I'm pretty sure pre-contracts for domestic Bosman-style transfers is against the rules!!! Gio as a left back - we could certainly do worse... Not sure how that fits in with Glenn's age restrictions...

I've said many a time that I would love Big Marko to play for the Toon - but I've always added that I'm biased so to take my opinion with a pinch of salt! That horrible cliche "good technique for a big man" was never more true than with Viduka, truly a classy striker and one can only wonder what might have happened if a top notch manager had shaped his career and instilled some discipline and consistency into him. More talent than Le Sib and Shola combined, his style of play means we could probably squeeze another two or three seasons out of him, providing a great foil for Owen or Martins, or an extra dimension as a sub. Unfortunately, I have little doubt Roeder would turn his nose up at him - using a combination of age, wages and injury record as plausible but ultimately insufficient reasons.

Interesting snippet from soccernet's Insider column: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=419778&root=england&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2&cc=3436 Where can I find the extended version of that interview, so I can bask in the wisdom of our great leader?

No. It really wouldn't. I can't see how any "neutral" would want Chelsea to continue their dominance over English football. My thughts exactly - I despise Man U, but fucking loathe Chelsea, they're like a foul taste in the mouth you can't get rid of...

Safe! Most relieved! I can even put up with a certain poster and his "told you so" routine which is as certain as the sun rising from the east!

Hope FFS and GR are paying attention - SIGN VIDUKA!!!

Not really his fault,Its that Rocha guy (who btw IS worst the bramble) who is responsible for the goal Took forever to get down - besides, I think he's shite, so any excuse to rag on him!

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You could be onto something - if only it wasn't for the different brow, eyes, ears, chest and nationality, they could be the same person! I'll give you the ears. The rest is shite I would have thought if you were going to "give" me anything it might have been nationality - see how Rino has a green, red and white emblem with a little "Italia" printed above it?

Is that an actual quote?!? He needs his legs broken and mouth surgically sealed if it is...

You could be onto something - if only it wasn't for the different brow, eyes, ears, chest and nationality, they could be the same person!

Outrageous - Andrei Kanchelskis was a fine winger, better than any NUFC right winger you could care to name in the Premier League era... (That said, his career did nose-dive sharply as he aged, but in his prime he was electric)

How many of those clubs have the same appalling record we do since February, the same shocking scoring record, a shite manager and a squad of players who don't seem to give a fuck since the AZ away match? I'm not saying we're doomed - I just think we (well, specifically Roeder) need to be aware that unless the lads pull together and start being professional then in a few weeks we could be looking over our shoulder with discomfort. Didn't someone recently say that Wimbledon managed one point from their last eleven matches the year they went down or something?

I remember suggesting Sparky a few weeks ago and was told in no uncertain terms he was in the frame for bigger things - Man U and Chelsea, which is a bummer because I reckon he'd be a great choice. Next choice for me would be Big Sam because I admire what he's built up on and off the pitch... But since neither of those fit into the "realistic" frame... I don't know, I like HTL's idea of Dave Jones - was doing a good job at Southampton before the messy business of false allegations... Don't know about his current record though

"Newcastle missed out on Alan Shearer as a youngster because he spent the trial day in goals"

Is that from Alex Bellos' book?

Can't argue with one word there - a very well reasoned post It will take a huge effort to get anything from Sheffield United, no one expects anything from Arsenal and then we travel to Pompey on 14 April... Our form says we haven't scored a league goal since 10 Feb, by the Pompey match it's very possible we won't have scored in the league for more than two months! Anyone can say relegation is an impossibility is living in fantasy land!

Perhaps you can name the bad managerial choices any of these clubs have made in the last ten years. Gullit...?

Better than Anal abusing Oba - without wanting to re-open a debate done a million times, it cannot be any help whatsoever when a journalist many consider to be the club's unofficial scribe to be lambasting hm in the press...

That's pretty tough - isn't the boy only 16? But as others have said, at that age it's more about coaching and development, and it no one would say we have the setup to groom young talent...