Ronaldo

lets hope so, beating the drop and having those fuckers go down

That's besides the point. The players clearly raise their game for the bigger clubs, regardless of the space they get. who?

sick of all this 'if we play like we did against' shite Man U and Arsenal play football and are happy to give us space because they know they can beat us 10 times out of 10. It means absolutely fuck all against Stoke and Portsmouth

He doesn't say owt about us being pretty crap there, he's bang right to be honest. After all, we boo 12 goal a season wingers and the entire team when we get beat by Arsenal

that's absolute nonsense, he did an interview the day before he scored against us and said nowt but good things about the fans and we held out Villa with a combination of luck and Villa being absolutely shocking in the second half

Bramble would come back in a second man, he loves it up here

don't get me started mate, Bramble looks like Nesta with the ball compare to Stevie T

a year with one of the best readers of the game in premiership history goes a long way. I always like Bramble at nufc but he's looked genuine top quality this season. Wigan's player of the year by a mile

says all the right things. Sadly means very little

he'd be ideal in a 3-5-2 wingback formation like, not that i'd ever suggest playing 3-5-2

If Bruce gets the job he WILL bring back Bramble like, no doubt about it, he raves about him every week

the defence is solid, Rio and Terry have never really let us down and wont, although admittedly I'm far from Terry's biggest fan

Dimitri Kharine and his aversion to shorts

Bruce coaching a central defence of Bramble and Bassong, sounds good to me

good to see Lampard and Rooney shining like the should as two of the world's best

the argument is fair and well constructed but the picture VERY harsh imo

If Ashley intends to stick with the continental system, he needs to get rid of wise and Llambias and bring in a a proper DoF and allow him to bring in his own team of scouts. Ideally Chris Mort would return but failing that, it isn't diffcult to find a british businessman with strong footballing knowledge is you look beyond you poker buddies. A new manager should be appointed of course. I'd suggest Bruce, Van Gaal or Avram Grant who should be allowed to bring in a couple of seasoned assistants. Kinnear, Hughton and Calderwood should be thanked and given their p45. Finally, a net investment of no less than £20m in the first team. An emphasis on creativty would be nice, and i'd not be adverse to serious investment (at the expense of stopgap players like Nolan) in a massive scouting drive in South America.

True. Like I've said before the guy has been a complete and utter failure. He's played more games and scored more goals than Martins this season. What are your opinions on Martins? in the league Owen and Martins have the same amount of goals from open play, with Owen having played 4 more games Hardly huge difference. What's your opinion on Martins? Frail? Finished? some key differences here: Martins hasn't been on the wain for the past 5 years, and he most certainly is not as prone to injury as Owen, this season not withstanding. Martins IS improving. He's using the ball this season much better than he did when he first arrived and he's still the player I fancy more than any other in the squad to stick the ball in the back of the net

True. Like I've said before the guy has been a complete and utter failure. He's played more games and scored more goals than Martins this season. What are your opinions on Martins? in the league Owen and Martins have the same amount of goals from open play, with Owen having played 4 more games

Those'll be in Gateshead then? Come on Howard, if you are going to quote places that are in Gateshead then at least include Gateshead's population and preferably the rest of Tyneside's to Newcastle's when saying where Newcastle's grass roots football community comes from. that does include Gateshead. Newcastle's population alone is just under 200,000

right or wrong, I suspect he's going to be the next victim of the SJP boo boys

A minority of Liverpool fans should take SOME of the blame for Hillsbrough and it's extremely hypocritical for the entire LFC support to point the finger at the police and only the police. the victims can never be part of the cause, it's always the case. The police and footballing authorities should take the bulk of the blame, that i'm not disputing for a second, but are they aren't the only causes here, absolutely not in a million years.

you acknowledge the ticketless and drunk yet you say NO-ONE else is to blame but the authorities. Very, very daft Jesus man, read it again. He said ticketless or drunk does not excuse what resulted. I've been both at times going to watch Newcastle (either UK or Europe), i'm sure i'm not the only one. bit confused as to why you've highlighted the word 'or' like it makes a difference. You cannot put all of the blame on the authorities when the a minority of fans have acted irrepsonsiblity Is 'black and white' different to 'black or white'? it makes a difference to me. As for your second point, what is the point then of the authorities if they can't act on the irresponsibility of a minority of fans? what exactly is the job of the authorities? the authorities didn't do their job properly, nobody is disuputing that. But that doesn't mean we run a red light then blame the traffic system. The police we're mostly but not soely to blame here

you acknowledge the ticketless and drunk yet you say NO-ONE else is to blame but the authorities. Very, very daft Jesus man, read it again. He said ticketless or drunk does not excuse what resulted. I've been both at times going to watch Newcastle (either UK or Europe), i'm sure i'm not the only one. bit confused as to why you've highlighted the word 'or' like it makes a difference. You cannot put all of the blame on the authorities when the a minority of fans have acted irrepsonsiblity

you acknowledge the ticketless and drunk yet you say NO-ONE else is to blame but the authorities. Very, very daft