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Wouldn't be surprised if the lub shop ended up being a sports world outlet! Frankly couldn't care either. It's his business and he'll do what he wants to maximise profits!!!!

Roeder: - Take a good long hard look at that Feyenoord Boy Kuyt

IIRC He never played in the previous round for Bolton cos they were in the UEFA cup and don't start till round 3

It's not beyond they realms of possibility that a third could come in, especially now Ashley's bitten by the footie bug!!!! Might decide to spunk a wad of cash on a galactico or two

The next thing we'll know, there'll be a video of him on You Tube standing outside of the Riverside singing Geordie Alouette ;D

Reading that, I'd expect him to go for two more first team regulars(Right Back & Midfielder), with perhaps one or two squad players on free transfers

It's much better them being a yoyo club, at least every couple of years we get to sing let's all laugh at Sunderland!!!!!

Titus Bramble getting any injury whilst winning a ball

Like what? Pole Dancing, Thai Mail Order Bride Service

Just been talking to a mate of mine from Ashington, he can't understand why Big Sam is after a Serb, he thought he was looking for first team players!!!!!! :undecided:

Well at least the West Ham Chairman can recoup some of the cash he's paid for Dyer by putting him and Bowyer on Pay per View on Saturday Fight Night

£6 Million seems like a lot of money to spend on a guy who is going to spend much of his time at the club on the bench, for that reason don't reckon it's Smith

Titus Bramble

£6m Left Backs?? Leighton Baines Anyone??

Sol Campbell???

Well if we only had £10m to spend, it seems highly unlikely that BS would spunk £6m of it on Alan Smith when he and Mort have clearly said we need defenders

Seems highly unlikely that 10M including wages is all that BS would be given. Taking into account the type of player you need to attract would be commanding wages of 50k plus per year, that alone is 2.5m without transfer fees. Mort has already said Sam would be given cash to spend, so I doubt they would insult him with such a derisory amount of money. We've fallen way behind the leading pack in recent years, and the likes of West Sham, Villa and Man City are spending big in an attempt to at least make up some ground on the top. To only allow Sam to spend a small amount of money would put us even further down the pecking order, and knock a few quid off the price of Ashleys investment to boot. At the same time though, it wouldn't surprise me if Mort has told Sam to flog Dyer as he hasn't given the club value for his 80 odd grand a week. If we can get 5m for him, added to the 5m or so he costs in wages, it's like instantly bringing 10M in

I'm pretty sure there has been mention about improving our worldwide support and making us more of a global brand, surely by having a team that only manages top 8 finishes wouldn't have that much of an international appeal. On top of this, Ashley has made his sportswear business the best in the country so I'm pretty sure his ultimate aim is to put us back in the elite. A consistently successful Newcastle United with an extended ground capacity and extra television coverage would make us more attractive to foreign supporters. If we were to compete up there with Man Utd and Chelsea etc you would likely see Most Newcastle United Merchandise sold in ALL of his Sports World shops, with the possibility of these goods being sold all over the world. Its been made common knowledge the guy is very private but he obviously takes the plaudits for the success of his Sportswear firm, a successful Newcastle United not only makes him more money but gives Sports World a much larger profile all over the world. He never set out to be a middle of the road sports wear retailer, he set out to be the best so why would he settle for a fairly average football club. There are many other clubs he could have bought at a much reduced cost to ours, and still received the same TV revenues etc without the huge ambition that comes with our club. He could have bought a championship club for very little, spent a few quid to get them in the premiership, and spent just enough to keep them there, keeping their supporters relatively happy. I'd say he definitely has aspirations of us doing well

SBR would have done better at right back - FACT

Come to think about it he has the look of an old viz character Paul Whicker Tall Vicar

Just the job to keep Owen happy at Newcastle and want to give his all. Way to go Freddy you fckin clown!

When FFS gets the Season Ticket renewal stats thats likely to be the straw that breaks the camels back, then he might see even the fans want change. The c*** would probably just sack him and bleat on about "top" managers in an attempt to entice everyone back, and like lambs to the slaughter they will come

Last season when FFS was looking for a new manager the only name that we seemed to be linked with was O'Neill. If this was the only target proactively sought by Shepherd, who is to know which top manager wouldn't be interested. In terms of resources, potential and fan base etc we have to be the best bet outside of the top 4 for any manager harbouring ambitions of suceeding in the premiership. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that FFS is sounding out the ideas of SBR given he spends so much time sat next to Shepherd at home matches. I also remember that Mancini was quoted in the press last year saying he would be interested, so top managers would likely be interested, it would just remain to be seen whether FFS would give them the time of day.

At the rate he's going he'll have pissed everyone off bar his 3 signings. bit of a job having to sign 8 in the summer so why doesn't he just admit he isn't up to the job and fuck off?

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