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Did Roeder not happen ??

Unfortunately, I don't think we can safely say he's out of the running. I don't buy in to the crap that he wouldn't want to come, managing a huge club, working with his mate, getting a bumper pay rise ! Purely from a financial point of view it's a no brainer for him.

Forget campaigning as a way of forcing Ashley out. I agree it's very unlikely to work to that end. The situation is though that the club has seriously pissed off most supporters by its actions in the last week, and whether that be by negligence, by design or through no fault of his own, does not change that fact. I'm sure at this moment Ashley is regretting what has happened and if he could go back in time he'd do something to at least put off Keegan resigning (until he could undermine him a bit more ho ho). However, if after such a sacred cow has been used and cast adrift, if after such an initial public outcry, there were now to be no protests, no boycoutts, no repercussions whatsoever, what message does that send to Ashley? If he can carry on through this as if nothing has happened, it tells him he can do whatever the f*** he likes with the club from now to the end of time and noone will bat an eyelid. Is that the "relationship" we want with the owner of the club? Protest and affect the revenue of his other businesses now and it sends him a message so perhaps he'll at least think twice about crossing the supporters again. Do nothing, and expect an equal measure of respect to be given to our opinion in the future. Excellent post UV. That's a great point.

I can see it happening now, I really can, I didn't think Ashley was that stupid, but his levels of stupidity when it comes to running Newccastle United seemingly know no bounds.

Dont know if it's been mentioned/posted, but thoday's Chronicle reckons talks took place, but Poyet is reluctant to leave London. Just hope its true!! Bloody hell I've just read that piece by the Chronicle it makes it sound like we are trying to pursade him to accept the role and somehow West Ham are a more attractive proposition than us, but if Poyet turns us down we are hoping to get West Ham's cast offs ! Honestly have we fallen this low, it's extremely sad if we have. And how would the Chronicle know whats going on? They've shown all Summer that they're clearly out of the loop and any of their exclusives have either turned out to be bullshit or have already been picked up on here from foreign news sources a few days earlier. Point me to the part of my post where I said FACT !! Do you not see the phrases like "make it sound like" in my post ? Honestly Baggio your comments are getting worse by the second. If you don't think it's true then why bother commenting on it? West Ham cast offs ffs. Muppet. You are proving you are indeed kermit the frog in a parallel universe with your comments lately Baggio. So thats a little rich coming from you. I ask you again when did I say I believed it, read my f***ing post you moron, it clearly shows how skeptical I was with what they are saying and trying to see if anyone thinks it's true. Stick to ice hockey, soccermom. Wow cutting, I'm almost in tears here.

Dont know if it's been mentioned/posted, but thoday's Chronicle reckons talks took place, but Poyet is reluctant to leave London. Just hope its true!! Bloody hell I've just read that piece by the Chronicle it makes it sound like we are trying to pursade him to accept the role and somehow West Ham are a more attractive proposition than us, but if Poyet turns us down we are hoping to get West Ham's cast offs ! Honestly have we fallen this low, it's extremely sad if we have. And how would the Chronicle know whats going on? They've shown all Summer that they're clearly out of the loop and any of their exclusives have either turned out to be bullshit or have already been picked up on here from foreign news sources a few days earlier. Point me to the part of my post where I said FACT !! Do you not see the phrases like "make it sound like" in my post ? Honestly Baggio your comments are getting worse by the second. If you don't think it's true then why bother commenting on it? West Ham cast offs ffs. Muppet. You are proving you are indeed kermit the frog in a parallel universe with your comments lately Baggio. So that’s a little rich coming from you. I ask you again when did I say I believed it, read my fucking post you moron, it clearly shows how skeptical I was with what they are saying and trying to see if anyone thinks it's true.

That about sums it up, but Tron would have you believe he's the next Arsene Wenger.

I wouldn't have a problem because I don't hate him to start with. On the pitch he used to get on my wick when he scored against us, but he built up a good reputation for the work he did at Leeds. I don't think he'll be persuaded though, not the most attractive option to uproot to the north where the supporters of your own team would be willing you to fail . What a load of crap again Tron. No one will be willing him to fail at all. They would love it if he suceed, just highly dubious that he would and not give him any benefit of the doubt. They'll be exactly like they were with Souness, nobody wanted him to fail just expected him to.

Dont know if it's been mentioned/posted, but thoday's Chronicle reckons talks took place, but Poyet is reluctant to leave London. Just hope its true!! Bloody hell I've just read that piece by the Chronicle it makes it sound like we are trying to pursade him to accept the role and somehow West Ham are a more attractive proposition than us, but if Poyet turns us down we are hoping to get West Ham's cast offs ! Honestly have we fallen this low, it's extremely sad if we have. And how would the Chronicle know whats going on? They've shown all Summer that they're clearly out of the loop and any of their exclusives have either turned out to be bullshit or have already been picked up on here from foreign news sources a few days earlier. Point me to the part of my post where I said FACT !! Do you not see the phrases like "make it sound like" in my post ? Honestly Baggio your comments are getting worse by the second.

Dont know if it's been mentioned/posted, but thoday's Chronicle reckons talks took place, but Poyet is reluctant to leave London. Just hope its true!! Bloody hell I've just read that piece by the Chronicle it makes it sound like we are trying to pursade him to accept the role and somehow West Ham are a more attractive proposition than us, but if Poyet turns us down we are hoping to get West Ham's cast offs ! Honestly have we fallen this low, it's extremely sad if we have.

Got to agree, clinging to the hope of a buyout but it's just not going to happen

Absouletly agree and so do the vast majority of NUFC fans, appoining him would be about as popular as appointing Souness, if not worse.

Basically it is a choice of: 1) Someone with a good track record who won't like the boardroom's transfer policy. 2) Someone experienced who is purely mediocre. 3) Someone unproven or with limited experince, but with some potential. 1 and 2 will fail, at least option 3 gives the club a chance of having something to smile about. There are tons of better options that Gus Poyet for option 3. Don't you wonder why so many inside the game rate Poyet as an up and coming potential manager? Why he got interviewed for the West Ham job? Maybe they know something Joe Bloggs down the pub doesn't? Who are these people ? Wise ? Ramos ? That's two, Wise was his best mate and Ramos needed someone who spoke English and Spanish. It seems like his apparent reputation has been built on being multilingual, I'm not sure that sufficent to qualify him to be manager of Newcastle United Football Club. Who was that French bloke that came to England from managing some poxy club in Japan? Oh yes. Arsene Wenger. What the f*** were Arsenal Directors thinking? Honestly your logic is laughible sometimes. I'll play that game too, my Uncle Albert has managed bedlington under 9's but he's a bloody good manager so Newcastle directors would be mad not to employ him. For every Wenger there's a Brian Kidd or Christian Gross or Sammy Lee or Paul Sturrock or Steve Wigley. At Least Wenger had managed a football club before coming to Arsenal. FFS Tron engage your brain before you post.

well said, we cant let the sheep decide, we will run round in circles forever....oh look...the grass is greener over there...baahh I seriuosly question your constant and frankly disturbing refrence to sheep, you may find you need to seek help my friend. What's to say Poyet would be any more of a gamble than Laudrup, Rijkaard, or any other foreign coach? It's highly unlikey in the current system a British manager would want to come in. Some fans really need to let Keegan go, he gone, done, finished and this club needs to find a replacement. So you can continue your pathetic and frankly futile crusade while I get on with supporting my football club, enjoy. Gets my award for the stupidest comment of the year. Are you for real ? An assistant manager who's CV consists of number two at at league one club and number two at a club who finished middle table in the prem and are currently 2nd bottom of the PL is no more of a risk than a European cup winner and multi la liga winner, who's managed one of the bigggest clubs in the world ? To be fair to Poyet, you missed out the most important parts of his CV as a coach - he's won a trophy at Wembley and has a couple of seasons coaching in the UEFA as well. I still don't think he's ready for a job as big as this but at least be fair to him. He's won nothing. He was and is an assistant, I suspect the main reason they won the League cup was not because of Poyet.

Basically it is a choice of: 1) Someone with a good track record who won't like the boardroom's transfer policy. 2) Someone experienced who is purely mediocre. 3) Someone unproven or with limited experince, but with some potential. 1 and 2 will fail, at least option 3 gives the club a chance of having something to smile about. There are tons of better options that Gus Poyet for option 3. Don't you wonder why so many inside the game rate Poyet as an up and coming potential manager? Why he got interviewed for the West Ham job? Maybe they know something Joe Bloggs down the pub doesn't? Who are these people ? Wise ? Ramos ? That's two, Wise was his best mate and Ramos needed someone who spoke English and Spanish. It seems like his apparent reputation has been built on being multilingual, I'm not sure that sufficent to qualify him to be manager of Newcastle United Football Club.

Basically it is a choice of: 1) Someone with a good track record who won't like the boardroom's transfer policy. 2) Someone experienced who is purely mediocre. 3) Someone unproven or with limited experince, but with some potential. 1 and 2 will fail, at least option 3 gives the club a chance of having something to smile about. There are tons of better options that Gus Poyet for option 3. Name them. Anyone who doesn't alienate the fan base from day one because of his past links to certain members of the football club’s board. Someone who has managed a football club. Someone who’s had at least some relative success, bloody hell a young manager that has won the Hungarian First division has a better CV than Poyet. If we are going to take a huge on gamble a COMPLETELY unproven manager (which I don’t think we should) then he should be a Shearer, Beardsley, Robert Lee or someone else that has some link or passion for the club. Poyet’s done nothing, he’s unpopular already, he would be a horrendous choice but like I said before I honestly don’t think Ashley is that stupid to appoint him.

Basically it is a choice of: 1) Someone with a good track record who won't like the boardroom's transfer policy. 2) Someone experienced who is purely mediocre. 3) Someone unproven or with limited experince, but with some potential. 1 and 2 will fail, at least option 3 gives the club a chance of having something to smile about. There are tons of better options that Gus Poyet for option 3.

well said, we cant let the sheep decide, we will run round in circles forever....oh look...the grass is greener over there...baahh I seriuosly question your constant and frankly disturbing refrence to sheep, you may find you need to seek help my friend. What's to say Poyet would be any more of a gamble than Laudrup, Rijkaard, or any other foreign coach? It's highly unlikey in the current system a British manager would want to come in. Some fans really need to let Keegan go, he gone, done, finished and this club needs to find a replacement. So you can continue your pathetic and frankly futile crusade while I get on with supporting my football club, enjoy. Gets my award for the stupidest comment of the year. Are you for real ? An assistant manager who's CV consists of number two at at league one club and number two at a club who finished middle table in the prem and are currently 2nd bottom of the PL is no more of a risk than a European cup winner and multi la liga winner, who's managed one of the bigggest clubs in the world ?

I was going to do start I poll about who you would least like to be our next manager. Poyet would have been the hands down winner of that one for me. I can't believe that some people on here are actually open to his appointment. Have we sunk so low that we are considering employing Spuds assistant manager who was formerly number two at a league one club ? Apart from this, he's done absolutely nothing to suggest that he's ready for a role as big as this. Nothing. This would be an absolute suicidal appointment by Ashley, I honestly don't think he's that stupid. Poyet would get zero support, absolute zero support from the bulk of the fans, apathy would be returned to those that were re-invigorated under KK. What's even more laughable is that the papers would have us believe that we won't be able to get him because he doesn't want to move up north. Crazy just crazy.

Perfectly put Teasy, really this should have been the end of this thread, it's ridiculous in the extreme.

In complete agreement, If I still lived in the UK, I would be there without a shadow of a doubt. The team needs our support now more than anything.

Who knows ? He does. Who does? afar? I do ? You do? I'm not sure now

Who knows ? He does. Who does? afar? I do ?

Who knows ? He does. Who does? I feel like I'm reading "Fox in Socks" by Dr Suess, when my daughter picks that one out for her bedtime story I loose all will to live

Blatantly an MSN convo mate. I know, thought I would try an mature it up a bit, nvm, I'll bugger off back to other threads.