Chris_R

You can draw anyone in the cup, you know.

Pointless including Dyer in that list, he'll still be out injured.

A couple of years ago I'd have been gutted about this deal, but £6.5m plus Taylor for a player who consistently underperforms and sulks is very good business IMO.

Good signing, delighted he's in. Need more though. We'll be getting well over £4.5m for Shay so let's see the rest re-invested as well because we desperately need it.

Changed my vote: 4 -> 8 It's hard to have any level of optimism at the moment.

Just submitted mine: 1) Does Joe Kinnear have the final say on transfers? 2) If Joe Kinnear does have the final say on transfers, why did Keegan not? 3) If Joe Kinnear doesn't have the final say on transfers, why does he keep telling the press that he does? 4) Joe Kinnear is claiming he's been offered a long-term contract. If this is the case, isn't it a sign of how far this club has fallen in the last 5 years? 5) Why has it taken you so long to open your mouth and speak to us? How do you react to fan's opinions that they've been treat with utter contempt by the board and especially yourself since you took over? Doubtless none of that will get through the sift, but it's got to be worth a try.

I normally sit (stand) in the singing section, love a bit of atmosphere even though I'm not one of the kids anymore. I don't have a season ticket though, work too many weekends, but go whenever I can. The only place I've never sat / stood in all my time of going to the matches is the East Stand. I keep promising myself I'll get a ticket there one day for a cup game or something, but it never seems to happen.

Surely the correct answer is 2006? Intertoto cup.

Well that's Shay gone. Can't imagine Harper would sign again if Shay wasn't already as good as out the door. Just hope we get a good midfielder in now, either with the cash for Given or as part of the deal. If that happens, it's a net positive effect on the team.

Ah, Shola Ameobi syndrome.

While Shepherd was splashing the cash, it was unsustainable. The debt we were in would have had to be paid back sooner rather than later and I don't see how that was going to happen without us doing a Leeds. So although Ashley hasn't brought Kaka or Robinho to Newcastle, he's steadied us, cleared the debts and stopped us going under. Just because he refuses to put the club into more debt or spend more of his own money doesn't make him worse than Shepherd. Fat Fred had us on a one-way ticket to oblivion and anyone who can't see that needs their head read. Ashley has done a lot wrong since he came here and I'm no blind fanboy, but this is a no contest for me. Ashley pretty much saved the club.

Whilst I agree with him to an extent, the "They're not my players" comment is unlikely to get the dressing room behind him. Bit of a daft comment really, it's the transfer window now so why not do something quietly to start making them your players and shut the fuck up?

Wank. That's us out. Not looked like scoring all game. Or last game for that matter.

Jackie Milburn.

Never like to see us buying players of that age. If he comes cheap (Couple of million tops) then fair enough, but if we're spunking all our budget on someone who'll be plodding round like Nicky Butt in a couple of seasons then it's not such a good idea.

Butt off. Thank god for that

Shambles.

Ridiculous. Owen is a player who needs service, and he's had none. What do you expect him to do, drop into midfield, win the ball, beat 5 men round the keeper and tap it in? If we're not getting the ball to him that's the rest of the team's fault, not his. One thing he's proven year after year is that if and when the ball is played to him in the right areas, he scores. And he'll do the same today if we can sort out the supply. He is not with his thoughts on the Pitch!!! His body language is like that he gives a f*** off what's happening there! If you'd touched the ball about 3 times in 45 minutes because the supply behind you was so utterly gash, how would you feel? Sort the supply out and you have a happy striker who will score goals. Owen is the only truly class player at the club, and anyone who thinks otherwise or thinks we should get rid of him is deluded. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some kind of Owen fanboy, but he's our most valuable player by a mile and would be our best player if only we'd get him the ball.

And Jonas seems to have gone right off the boil. Was great in his first few games but seems to be much less effective now. Partly because teams seem to be doubling up on him now all the time as they're identifying him as our main threat but I can't help but feel that he's lost some of his initial effectiveness too. Still working hard though, but not going past his man and not getting many crosses in, which for a winger is bad news.

Ridiculous. Owen is a player who needs service, and he's had none. What do you expect him to do, drop into midfield, win the ball, beat 5 men round the keeper and tap it in? If we're not getting the ball to him that's the rest of the team's fault, not his. One thing he's proven year after year is that if and when the ball is played to him in the right areas, he scores. And he'll do the same today if we can sort out the supply.

gahahahahaha, so underserved! We're still going to get raped though, only now it will be 10-1 instead of 10-0.

Perhaps it would be good for us to get a hammering, might persuade Ashley and Kinnear to get some reinforcements in.

Arsebiscuits.

Initially when this game sold out I was gutted I didn't get a ticket. Having watched the first half-hour through gaps in my fingers, I'm slightly less gutted now.

Lucky you. What game are you watching? I'm watching my team stand round on a field whilst the opposition play football.