Ronaldo

We going to find out a fair bit about Nile Ranger in the coming months, prepare for dissapointment

spent 4 hours reading the autobiography last night, unearthed 2 more quotes that had me spitting out ma Broon Ale: "I've got a newspaper headline that I still look at with incredulity: 'Robson quizzed in rape case'. Can you believe that?" "I said to Alan Oliver one day, 'You've got something against Titus Bramble and I'm not having it. Now stop it Alan.'"

indeed, going to be a god

wait until he sees Shola, at least one of his infamous quotes will be recycled - with haste

I count only one, Kinnear. He was injured for the bulk of Shearer's time No he wasn't he was fit and lumbering about in the reserves, even scored a few goals when Shearer was manager. Hughton had plenty games when he could have picked him as well. Hughton picked him to play 4 times didn't he? When did he score goals with Shearer boss? He was injured for the duration of April and some of May, making selection for Shearer pretty unlikely He scored a few for the reserves near the end of the season, couple of pens and a few tap ins, might have finished with about 5 goals in the end. Whilst Shearer was boss, he scored 2 against Ashington in mid-may after returning from an injury which kept him out for 6 weeks. Nobody is desputing that Kinnear ignored him, but it's unfair to say that the other managers followed suit He scored 2 against Wigan and think one of the pens was against Man U, when macheda scored his hat-trick 4 days before he came off the bench to get the winner for Man U against Villa. i've had the fortune to witness every goal Xisco has scored so far for NUFC!! Shearer WAS NOT boss then, how many times do you need to be told? Not all that relevant really when you consider binnsy's seen pretty much every Xisco performance for us at all levels and rates Shola with a f***ed hip higher than him. that wasn't the argument though matey. He was saying that Xisco had been ignored by 3 managers. My point was that Hughton didn't ignore him and he was injured for the first 6 weeks of Shearer's 8 week stay.

£10m Sambas, £12m Cattermoles and £18m Johnsons. What the fuck happened to football?

I count only one, Kinnear. He was injured for the bulk of Shearer's time No he wasn't he was fit and lumbering about in the reserves, even scored a few goals when Shearer was manager. Hughton had plenty games when he could have picked him as well. Hughton picked him to play 4 times didn't he? When did he score goals with Shearer boss? He was injured for the duration of April and some of May, making selection for Shearer pretty unlikely He scored a few for the reserves near the end of the season, couple of pens and a few tap ins, might have finished with about 5 goals in the end. Whilst Shearer was boss, he scored 2 against Ashington in mid-may after returning from an injury which kept him out for 6 weeks. Nobody is desputing that Kinnear ignored him, but it's unfair to say that the other managers followed suit He scored 2 against Wigan and think one of the pens was against Man U, when macheda scored his hat-trick 4 days before he came off the bench to get the winner for Man U against Villa. i've had the fortune to witness every goal Xisco has scored so far for NUFC!! Shearer WAS NOT boss then, how many times do you need to be told?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/118354/Nolan-demands-change-at-Toon brilliantly written as ever

And you're happy with that, are you? Nope, but what can you do? I didn't want Charlie to go either, but its inevitable really. Losing our best players is s*** Coloccini has looked ok in pre-season, he should get the nod till he demands to leave

I count only one, Kinnear. He was injured for the bulk of Shearer's time No he wasn't he was fit and lumbering about in the reserves, even scored a few goals when Shearer was manager. Hughton had plenty games when he could have picked him as well. Hughton picked him to play 4 times didn't he? When did he score goals with Shearer boss? He was injured for the duration of April and some of May, making selection for Shearer pretty unlikely He scored a few for the reserves near the end of the season, couple of pens and a few tap ins, might have finished with about 5 goals in the end. Whilst Shearer was boss, he scored 2 against Ashington in mid-may after returning from an injury which kept him out for 6 weeks. Nobody is desputing that Kinnear ignored him, but it's unfair to say that the other managers followed suit

I count only one, Kinnear. He was injured for the bulk of Shearer's time No he wasn't he was fit and lumbering about in the reserves, even scored a few goals when Shearer was manager. Hughton had plenty games when he could have picked him as well. Hughton picked him to play 4 times didn't he? When did he score goals with Shearer boss? He was injured for the duration of April and some of May, making selection for Shearer pretty unlikely

We've done what we have under MON despite his transfer policy, rather than because of it. Moyes, for example, is far more adept in the transfer market than O'Neill is. However, having said that, life with him and Lerner hasn't been boring for a second (unlike the unremitting torpor of the last years of Ellis) Cuellar I think will come good this season, though, and possibly Davies too (who, lest we forget, was on the fringes of the England squad earlier this season). Luke Young, Ashley Young and Carew have all been good signings. As has Petrov (well, one excellent season, two gash ones). He gets it wrong far too often for my liking, though. Still, f*** it, he's got us back to 6th, which I believe is about our average position since the inception of the premiership. What he needs to do now is show his mettle and move us on. That'll be the challenge. it cant be surely

I count only one, Kinnear. He was injured for the bulk of Shearer's time

I wonder if there's a contingency plan in place should the club not be sold before a specified deadline

Well, he did it against Leeds to an extent imo. He's our only player i'd trust to carry the ball with the exception of Barton

i know he's managed to get progressively worse and less interested in every game he's played! Started like you'd expect an Argentinian international to perform when he looked quality against Darlo but has been a disgrace in the last 2 games. not against Leeds he wasn't. He never stopped running in the first half, looked by far our biggest threat biggest threat?? how many shots? how many crosses did he put over? how many through balls did he play? i would run all day if i was playing for NUFC, i wouldn't be any good to the team though. It would however mean you're interested, and you just accused him of not being

And you're happy with that, are you?

Had we been able to keep him fit, we of course would have

i know he's managed to get progressively worse and less interested in every game he's played! Started like you'd expect an Argentinian international to perform when he looked quality against Darlo but has been a disgrace in the last 2 games. not against Leeds he wasn't. He never stopped running in the first half, looked by far our biggest threat

exactly, we should all surely be aware of this by now

Come on mate, we all know that Shola will be s**** because he's spent 9 years reminding us of it every other week. For Carroll the signs aren't great because he doesn't read the game well and has the touch of your local crimewatch featured rapist. Xisco to be fair is an unknown quantity. And can you honestly see us making an intelligent attacking signing between now and september?

Reports from who? He certainly looked like he gave a toss against Leeds, they just doubled up on him and nulified the threat. That tends to work when we have no attacking threat in the team

And Jonas does?!? moreso than Kazenga Lua Lua. Jonas is a useful player to have in the team for his defensive attributes, not that he'll shine Kazenga wants to play for us and is hungry Jonas doesn't and isn't. based on what?

to finish mid-table in that league, we'll have to score at least 60 goals. Where the hell are they going to come from?