Chris_R

If only Carr had shown that much energy and enthusiasm when he was on the pitch here, he might have made something of his time with us.

We can't sign anyone on monday, Shirley? (Unless they're a free agent of course, but how many of them would "shock the world"?) Why can't we sign anyone on monday like? Because I'm stupid and ill-informed?

We can't sign anyone on monday, Shirley? (Unless they're a free agent of course, but how many of them would "shock the world"?) Where have you been? It's been shifted to Monday at midnight. I did hear that, but I assumed that when they said that they meant Sunday into Monday. So yeah, not really been paying enough attention.

We can't sign anyone on monday, Shirley? (Unless they're a free agent of course, but how many of them would "shock the world"?)

Heskey >>>>>>>>> Ameobi So on that note, yes a good signing.

So he'll probably sell for £9m then.

So happy I cancelled it. I hope they fold.

Well I can't say I'm disappointed that that's over! And by that, I mean not only the match but also the terrible commentary on the foreign TV channel. Wankers. Arsenal were exceptional, we ranged from mediocre to terrible. Given: 7 Did nothing wrong Beye: 5 Did nothing Taylor: 4 Got pulled all over the place Coloccini: 6 Got pulled over a slightly smaller place Enrique: 6 OK. Got forward well and passed OK Jonas: 7 Excellent tracking back, very willing to run forward but seemed to lack the talent to actually beat a man Butt: 5 Seemed to lack any talent at all. Broke up a few tackles and flukily hit the bar when the ball came off his shoulder Guthrie: 7 Tidy in the middle. Kept the ball well and good distribution N'Zogbia: 6 Willing, got forward well but has played better Owen: 6 Did OK, couple of half chances but really didn't get much service. Hard to blame him for that though Ameobi: 2 Fuckoff, you're not a footballer. Bassong: 6 Did little positive or negative. OK at the back but didn't get forward much Mike Ashley: 10 just for downing that pint.

I can't say I'm massively keen on signing someone on loan who we have no option to buy. I can see how it could be positive long-term if he helps us up the league and therefore we are able to attract better players next year, but it still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. I'll admit I was hoping for better.

Would you support Whitley over a PL team playing at SJP in black and white stripes, calling themselves Newcastle Nitros or something, having originally been located in lancashire ? Was with you all the way up until "Originally located in lancashire". I despise the whole relocation thing, so it would be really hard for me to accept that. So I'd probably stick with Whitley Bay and hope that someone started a home-grown Football Club United of Newcastle or so on. Failing that, I'd start it myself! Wouldn't it be hard though not to jump on the bandwagon, if the Nitros started playing great football winning trophies and the rest of the city had been taken in. After all you're a Newcastle lad, they are representing your city, the Geordie nation as it were, just because they started out some where else, does it mean we should be any less proud of them, would it not be hard to resist ? Just so you know, I'm playing devil's adovcate here I've resisted enough bandwagons in my time to not jump on the next one that passes. For me, supporting Newcastle has never been about winning trophies (Thank god), it's about supporting a team that you identify with. Your local team. The team your family supported. Of course, there'd come a point where this new Newcastle Nitros team would become more synonymous with Newcastle than with their previous Lancashire base but I think that point would take so long to arrive (ie years rather than weeks or months) that I'd be a hardened Whitley Bay supporter by then and there'd be no going back. That's certainly how I'd like to think it would happen, but of course you never can tell. Maybe I'd sneak in to a couple of matches to watch the Nitros beat the Mackems!

Would you support Whitley over a PL team playing at SJP in black and white stripes, calling themselves Newcastle Nitros or something, having originally been located in lancashire ? Was with you all the way up until "Originally located in lancashire". I despise the whole relocation thing, so it would be really hard for me to accept that. So I'd probably stick with Whitley Bay and hope that someone started a home-grown Football Club United of Newcastle or so on. Failing that, I'd start it myself!

I'd want to support my local team. Just now, that would be South Shields. Though there'd be a temptation to go and see Whitley Bay's matches as I used to on occasion when I lived there for 10 years and I only moved ot South Shields 2 years ago, so I've no real affiliation for the team or anything yet. So yeah, probably Whitley Bay. That's assuming no reborn NUFC, as they'd obviously be my first choice.

So - we may now have £12M to spend from the sale of Milner. The Oxford English Dictionary definition of a "Selling Club" - (Can only buy when they sell . . so NO PROGRESS ever to be made) Waddle / Beardsley / Gasgoigne - the good old days are BACK! (Don't have a go at me!) We didn't have to sell Milner to buy, we're selling him because he wants out. If Man U had sold Ronaldo, would that have made them a "Selling club"? You need to look at the circumstances of the sale before sticking a label on like that.

I wonder how much the sell-on clause is for to Leeds? They're going to be happy about this, that's for sure.

If he's having a medical now, then I hope to god we've got a replacement signed, sealed and all but delivered. I have no problem with him leaving provided cover comes in. Without that, we're shooting ourselves in the foot.

That's your opinion of us is it, below Spurs? They can offer European Football, we can't. It's more world opinion rather than mine.

I'd love to see him here, but at £20m it would smack of being a panic buy. Seems like a really good player though, and if we could negotiate a decent deal and if we got £10m from Milner then it might be something we could look at. Whether he'd lower himself to us or not is another matter, but he's already lowered his sights from Barca to Spurs, so it's not much further to lower them to us.

Valencia. Failing that, SWP. Fuck it, anyone who's decent. Don't really care who they are or if I've heard of them just so long as they're top class.

I wouldn't be averse to that tbh. Get a quality attacking midfielder in and Milner can gtf.

Is it online? Linkage? http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/08/27/a-victory-for-super-fans-says-jonas-72703-21615768/ Cheers.

Is it online? Linkage?

Lennon is just a sprinter who plays a bit of football. Technically he's terrible, less end product than Milner. I'd not pay £10 for Lennon, nevermind £10m.

Don't let him leave until we have a replacement. Get SWP in or someone of that calibre then let him fuck off to whatever shithole of a club he wants to go to provided they pay every penny that we want for him.

Looked good last night, but as others have already said it was against very mediocre opposition. Give him another 5-10 games in the Premiership and I'll give you a better opinion.

Yeah, fantastic through ball with the outside of the left foot over the top of the defence to play him in on goal. Whilst Enrique was far from perfect today, I thought he had a very good game and think he should be at left back from now on. Hopefully Keegan will see the same positves and will move Charlie up the pitch and bring Jose in at the back. I'd score it as follows: Given: 6 - Made a couple of decent saves but didn't have a lot to do. Hard to fault him for either goal Enrique: 8 - Thought he played really well, did some good stuff going forward and in defence Beye: 6 - He's played a lot better for us Bassong: 7 - Composed, played a good game Coloccini: 7 - Decent performance Butt: 7 - I'm not his biggest fan and think generally he should be dropped but he played well tonight, broke up a lot of their attacks Guthrie: 6 - Tidy, looked quick across the ground. Unspectacular though Geremi: 5 - Nothing terrible, but he's got no pace and can't beat a man. Offered very little going forward Gutierrez: 7 - Energetic, ran round a lot but didn't do anything spectacular. Decent performance though Milner: 8 - Lots of energy, played well Charlie: 8 - Looked threatening whenever he got the ball Owen: 7 - Looked sharp. Scored a good goal with his only real chance but linked up well with other players and looked to have some pace as well. Overall, I enjoyed the game. Sure they scored a couple of goals with their rare forays into our half but you always run the risk with Keegan's sides that this may happen. It's just nice to see us go out to create rather than to destroy.