Ronaldo

One of those players who just didn't hack in the premiership, but will probably do well on the continent. Gooch didn't have the speed of thought to play over here, over there with the slow pace he'll be fine

It was a good night that, long entertaining game. Great feeling about football - 3 games, 2 wins and a draw (against Man u no less) how things had changed a week later, ruined a holiday I paid over 2 grand for

not what Joe Kinnear said as I remember. Over £10m would surely have got him?

Against Coventry mind. True. Still not sure how we managed to go into extra time with that, that was one of the best performances from us I've seen in a long time. I remember going to football the next morning and my team mate saying that it was the best performance he'd seen from any team so far that season. Ultimately meant s*** though...

the only time I left a match thinking he'd played brilliantly was the Chelsea (h) last game of 04-05. We drew 1-1

Had I been an nufc player with access to Lambias/Ashley, I would be in prison now

i just don't see why ? seems we offered what i would consider a fair price. Weren't we making noises about signing M'bia and Veloso all through the window before finally ringing City and the Mackems with those last minute panic bids? The whole exercise was a joke which was only made worse by Kinnear shouting for months beforehand how he was going to hit the January window with mike's backing. it was bollocks from start to finish and the sooner these clowns are out of here the better. I voted for the Malaysians incidentally. Money isn't everything but it's much better to have plenty of it. good points As i've said before, the fact we refused to pay anymore than £5m for Mbia but then 'bid' £8m for Johnson is laughable, absolutely laughable

beyond belief. There is nothing similar about them imo, Gillespie was twice the player Aye for sure, faster and better crosser oh and he could take the ball past a defender too jonas is the better footballer. gillespie is the better out and out winger. The comparison was with Milner mate, not Jonas

Hang on... didn't he notice she was part-Indian until they were engaged or something? Lol blatant "scorned lass sells story for revenge" shenanigans tbf. I liked Bowyer a lot as a player but somehow all the racist dots seems to join up in his case

far too much of this nonsense

We were never going to sign Johnson, they picked a player we needed (a midfielder) from a team who clearly weren't selling anyone in the last HOUR of the transfer window. Wise up

Lee Bowyer who was caught on CCTV smashing up a Macdonalds, according to staff because he refused to be served by lets say, a man of asian descent. Bowyer who according to his fiance broke off their engagement because she was one quarter indian. I think the exact words were 'there's something in you' Bowyer who fought a teammate on the pitch (I partly enjoyed that one btw) Bowyer arrested for assualt more than once Bowyer who got sent off twice in successive seasons at Anfield, yet nobody seemed to care about that

But yet the Birmingham fans eventually cheered Bowyer, who's past is probably even more colourful than Barton's

The army of player who haven't given anywhere near on the best on the pitch, when they've actually got near it are far more culpable than Joey Barton. The likes of Babayaro, Carr, Viduka, Owen and even Shola have more to answer for imo. The first 3 made no effort, even as seasoned professionals to keep themselves in physical condition adequate for premiership football

saved me the effort, nail on head all clubs bid what they think for players and if the selling clubs want too much they pull out........however from the time of the rooney bid, if we don't actually sign the player then it was all just to con the supporters. the Rooney bid was genuine, and he would have been a Newcastle player had Man U not bid higher, Rooney himself alludes to this. The fact we sold Given the day before to Man city, the fact that Man city were never going to sell him, or anyone for that matter. Earlier that day they'd basically said that they weren't going to sell any of their squad. It was all nonsense, surely never ever believe what a club says unless it can be verified by another. ferguson said ronaldo was going nowhere and beckham, wenger said anelka was going nowhere. man utd said they had no transfer cashand would be signing no-one else two days before signing rooney. you're supporting my point re. Rooney with that useful post. Michael Johnson on the other hand? come on, last hour of the transfer window, club that blatantly weren't selling anyone that day.....

I am that desperate to win. Not that I think Barton is the biggest scumbag we've had at the club in recent times

saved me the effort, nail on head all clubs bid what they think for players and if the selling clubs want too much they pull out........however from the time of the rooney bid, if we don't actually sign the player then it was all just to con the supporters. the Rooney bid was genuine, and he would have been a Newcastle player had Man U not bid higher, Rooney himself alludes to this. The fact we sold Given the day before to Man city, the fact that Man city were never going to sell him, or anyone for that matter. Earlier that day they'd basically said that they weren't going to sell any of their squad. It was all nonsense, surely

i'm the same to be honest

I really hope we keep him

Lampard is better than the pair of them He isn't like. Scholes during his peak was fantastic, but not quite as complete as Lampard and certainly not as consistent with goals

I find it funny that a lot of supporters seem to think that Shearer hates whoever the toon concensus dislikes, ie Shepherd. I remember reading on the AOL boards by an ITK that Shearer hated Robert and often had to physically threaten him in training. Next week the two of them were spotten by a mate, walking their dogs together near Darras Hall

Coventry only really gave us problems in the air. This might just be the theme of next season given our lack of height in midfield

saved me the effort, nail on head

mate, you're blind, either that or you're very young and stupid. It's blatantly obvious why it might be in Lambias's interest to fabricate bids being made Any bidders would know that this is bollocks though surely? So he'd have nothing to gain from making it public. Just like we knew that the bid for Michael Johnson was complete bollocks. They still did it though, they're f***ing amateurs I thought City said they rejected that? Could be wrong. they did, somewhat predictably

mate, you're blind, either that or you're very young and stupid. It's blatantly obvious why it might be in Lambias's interest to fabricate bids being made Any bidders would know that this is bollocks though surely? So he'd have nothing to gain from making it public. Just like we knew that the bid for Michael Johnson was complete bollocks. They still did it though, they're fucking amateurs