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I really like Roy Hodgson. Good British manager with top experience all over Europe. Very surprising how he was never considered for decent jobs in this country for ages. With the likes of Allardyce getting hired ahead of him. Sigh ...

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Arrys honeymoon is over!!! Farcical.

I think this news is positive because he has shown his hand prior to the transfer window opening. He didn't have to come out with this and could have used the selling of the club as an excuse not to invest in the team. This announcement today essentially means that he has to invest in the team this January and failure to do so will leave him looking very silly. At this moment in time this is good for the club and I am somewhat confident that it means that the team will be improved in January.

Viduka torn groin ... Bloody useless this man.

I know. It came out a bit harsher than I intended. Just having a little dig. However, I do not think there is any hope for the partnership at all even if they played a 100 games going forward.

Bet you would have been on here waxing lyrical if they had each sccored three though right You talk as though the service has been so fantastic all season. It hasn't. However, despite this Martins still made things happen when he was out there. Come on man! You've been harping on about Owen and Viduka being our best possible partnership! I was always going to stick it to you wasn't I Oh and another thing ... if they were so good they would be able to manufacture some sort of chances irrespective of the service provided. Horrible partnership.

Rivetting stuff ... Whose dream lineup was this again? Optimisitc Nut right? Pathetic stuff really.

How inappropriate is Charlie with all of this? So random. I wouldn't be surprised if this interview actually took place a few weeks back before he broke into the first team.

Please no. Very overrated. I was going to say, while I've not seen him regularly he was never a cut above and the fact no big teams took a gamble on him seemed to speak volumes. I'm pretty sure he's good enough for us though. So he's not the best in the world? He'll be solid competition for Enrique.

Can't hit a barn door according to JFK. Really?

Me too.

Juanito in Cacapa out fair enough.

I'd take that. Interesting. Would make sense.

Yeah, I think this is fabricated. Bassong article implies Zoggy is very happy here.

Owen made it pretty clear that he will never play abroad again when he returned from Real Madrid. His options are Premiership clubs. As the training times abroad clashed with the afternoon racing.

Adriano of Inter available on loan apparently.

Wow. Interesting. So all things considered if Man City come in with a £10 million bid in January, and they might very well be desperate enough to do so, what do you think we ought to do?

What a silly boy. Why not just put Lassana on there. Although that does sound just as girly thinking about it now. "Lass" though? :lol:

So we've basically lucked into the Irish Wenger. Sign him up now! Jokes aside though ... that really was a brilliant use of his time while he was out of the game, and he couldn't have picked a better club to take an inside look at. If he actually turns out to be brilliant the rest of the season and succeeds in getting some really good players in, this could turn out to be one of the jammiest hires ever. And wouldn't it just be typical that this would be the one that worked out.

I honestly can't see why people can't see the similarities. Bullys and grafters and one sort of flairish player at the most. That is their mantra. If Hughes just played all of his best players at City they would at the very worst hammer the likes of West Brom even if it meant losing to teams in and around the top 4. However, they certainly wouldn't be in the relegation zone right now that's for sure.

Great post. i've been reading through this thread and seen some good stuff, some not so great (imo). This post is pretty much how I feel too. I think the one really good point you make is that he does seem to learn. Basing so much of our offense around counter attacks with Martins, now playing N'Zogbia instead of Duff, and hopefully won't slot Taylor straight back in there. I just don't think he should be permanent manager though, he can probably walk away a cult hero from Newcastle and go and get a decent job in the championship, probably even get somebody promoted. I want to avoid another Roeder. Plus I don't trust his ability in the transfer market, he's been out of the game way too long and this squad has needed some serious rebuilding for a few years now, I'd really like to see someone with European experience and a list of contacts he can rely on. http://www.magpieszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/08052008_kevin-keegan.jpg Ironically Joe has actually been scouting for teams all over the world during his time away from management. Keegan however was in the circus. I am not sure if this scouting all over the world is really true, I mean who is going to fork money out of there own pocket to scout for players for errrrrrrrr no one. I think scouting all over the world basically means he got the dodgy Arab channels in and stayed up watching Erdivise highlights until 4 in the morning. Don't be daft he said he was doing it while working for clubs not just out of some longing for doing so.

Quality quote from Wenger in that article: Wow ... that is so eerie.

:lol: It's a photoshop right? Plese tell me it is even if it isn't or I might wet myself here.

Great post. i've been reading through this thread and seen some good stuff, some not so great (imo). This post is pretty much how I feel too. I think the one really good point you make is that he does seem to learn. Basing so much of our offense around counter attacks with Martins, now playing N'Zogbia instead of Duff, and hopefully won't slot Taylor straight back in there. I just don't think he should be permanent manager though, he can probably walk away a cult hero from Newcastle and go and get a decent job in the championship, probably even get somebody promoted. I want to avoid another Roeder. Plus I don't trust his ability in the transfer market, he's been out of the game way too long and this squad has needed some serious rebuilding for a few years now, I'd really like to see someone with European experience and a list of contacts he can rely on. http://www.magpieszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/08052008_kevin-keegan.jpg Ironically Joe has actually been scouting for teams all over the world during his time away from management. Keegan however was in the circus.