Lenny

and who did you want to follow? Can't remember, dunno what you're talking about

The father followed Keegan for some reason, which developed into support for the club, and I naturally followed suit. I can honestly remember some of my mates calling me a glory supporter for supporting Newcastle because I weren't from there

I'd rather see him go abroad if/when he leaves. The deluded side of me really would love to see him stay, but it was never really likely.

http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/mar2009/3/6/manchester-united-shirt-761258733.jpg

I think he has to be the one professional footballer I would hate to see playing for us. He's lazy and has a shite attitude. He used to live where I do and he comes down on occassion with loads of people round him, burning notes in clubs etc.

I read that, beyond belief.

Course they won't, they are all money grabbing bastards; none of them would do the right thing. They should though since they are not even worth 10% of their wages. That's mental though. If you or I went into work with a hangover and got nothing done we wouldn't offer to give up some of your money. Just because they're not worth what they're paid doesn't give them any obligation to return the money. If you went for a hangover for a year (which is what they've done) you'd be sacked. I'm not saying there is an obligation that's why i said voluntary. The thing is though, most people, regardless of how much they earn, live to their means, so it's highly unlikely that it would be just a simple case of taking a pay cut.

let's get typing then...

Christ

Awfully quiet around here today. Yes... a little TOO quiet, if you know what I mean.

Calling Enrique BY FAR our worst is just simply ridiculous... in my opinion of course.

Yes but he is NOT being paid to be our manager. So what's stopping him quitting? I'm confused? He owes us nothing, has been here a short amount of time. Maybe he knows it's highly unlikely anyone else would take him on for half the wage he's getting with us. How do you know he wouldn't get another job on the same wage? For a start I can't imagine you even know how much his wage is. I can understand you saying this for high earning players but I can't really see this applying to a coach.

I feel a bit sorry for Houghton to be fair, he may be a shit motivator, and all the rest, but he just gets on with the job no matter what's thrown at him. Doesn't compain at all.

Can you tell I just read the last post in the thread...

Now I tend to steer clear of a lot of the financial talk but I get the impression a lot of that is down to his own fucks ups and shortsighted planning. Things such as making a profit in the transfer window and hoping we stayed up has ultimately backfired on him and cost him a lot more than the little bit he made in January.

Didn't realise he was 30. Don't want him now....

There were others around him putting in far worse performances yet probably earning a lot more, so can you really blame him for wanting to be paid on a par with the rest of his team mates? Iirc he only signed an extension the year before and had done fuck all to merit a rise. Just because others were earning ridiculous wages shouldn't mean he should, as that's what many people on here defended this board for, for trying to bring the wage structure under control (which was a load of shit) so it can't be had both ways. I'm not saying he should have been earning rediculous wages, but what I am saying is that I can understand a person (in any job) wanting a pay that is on par with other colleagues ultimately doing the same job.

He's shite mate. You heard it here first. I'm sure I heard it about 45 pages back tbh.

I'd rather Jonas was loaned out rather than sold tbh. It would get him off the pay role for the season and if we went up we'd have the choice/chance to keep him. I think he is capable of offering a lot more than he did last season in a decent environment.

There were others around him putting in far worse performances yet probably earning a lot more, so can you really blame him for wanting to be paid on a par with the rest of his team mates?

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=goal_hull_city_boss&prov=goal&type=lgns Fu.King.Idiot!

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... Seriously mate, I was as surprised as you are to hear it, he's a Liverpool fan as well. We did play pretty well that game, and it was very early in the season.

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 shit though...

He had a pretty good game in his last game for us IIRC.

My issue with Owen has nothing to do with how much he was earning, for me it's just down to the fact that he was captain and looked like he didn't give two shits most of the time he managed to get out on the field. On the back of that, he's managed to get himself a move to the league champions, a move which he just does not deserve. He hasn't shown anything for me to suggest he is good enough to play for them. I still remember him being sent down the channel against Villa and he couldn't even control the fucking ball. He has just been utter garbage from at least christmas time, and not much better prior to that. He also thinks he's a model professional but you can just tell he's coming out with the bullshit that he's been told to say that will cover his back. Things like "I would have stayed if we'd stayed up", "Shearer should be made manager", "they have good players". Fuck off, you couldn't give a fuck, you made that perfectly clear when you summed up your whole 4 year stint with us as "a bad patch". I've gone numb to most things around Newcastle lately, but this one has really boiled my piss for some reason.