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I think that playing under Allardyce, Parker will be more likely to be what he was like in his first season for us than last season, so I wouldnt really want to lose him. £8 Million is a lot though.

Nice to see some all round optimism on here for a change! Agree with most people on here in that this is the first time I've been excited about Newcastle in a long time. Finally we have a propper manager.

same here, gonna be a really interesting summer! im actually excited about football for the first time in ages!

And that is stopping you why??? was waitin for that! im just not committed am i!

can't 350 mile away!

this is the thing, attacking wise, we have a a potentially quality side, it would just be nice to see all of them on form at the same time and working as a team.

Agree with all of that, would be interesting to see if he do do anything with Luque.

Thanks for that. Agreed. I might as well switch off now. I thought he was joking, thats unbelievable!

Id say hitting inside of the post is quite unlucky especially after how he took the ball to get himself through he kicked the ball into the post, though. Thats not bad luck, its not random where the ball ends up (except Ameobi, natch). As gleebals said above, opinions are great, I personally think that someone aiming for the bottom corner and missing it by a couple of inches is quite unlucky.

Id say hitting inside of the post is quite unlucky especially after how he took the ball to get himself through Opinions are great arn't they,. Indeed they are!

Id say hitting inside of the post is quite unlucky especially after how he took the ball to get himself through

robbie keane really unlucky there!

I don't know. It was the most southern sounding thing i could think of on the hop, that ugly fat bint The Badger on telly was putting me off. Watford is a good few hours north of me! well sorta north west anyway! Buy a fookin car man.. Is you from the Europe? lol, South east kent right on the coast!

I don't know. It was the most southern sounding thing i could think of on the hop, that ugly fat bint The Badger on telly was putting me off. Watford is a good few hours north of me! well sorta north west anyway! Which Watford? Elton John's Watford, or the Watford after which Watford gap gets its name? Er..... Watford, as in just off the M25 sorta north of London

I don't know. It was the most southern sounding thing i could think of on the hop, that ugly fat bint The Badger on telly was putting me off. Watford is a good few hours north of me! well sorta north west anyway!

What exactly does a DoF do?

Makes a change to see an optimistic opinion on here, I think I would be optimistic if Allardyce was appointed. A bit off topic but who does Manuel Fernades play for, and is he any good? I've heard the name (and Portsmouth bought him on my FM) but thats about it.

I hope he stays, everyone has been poor the the last month or two, I'd like us to build on our squad not lose our decent players.

Berbatov's goal was class!

not happy theyve gone, my mate has a couple of season tickets and he sometimes lets me go up for nothing, fuck watchin championship football!

agreed

I really hope its true, makes a change to get a manager in with plenty of time ahead of the new season. I dont particularly like him as a person, but I think he will do well for us. First time since the appointment of Robson I feel I can honestly say I am 100% behind our manager.

My opinion summed up.

I really cant see how people can call Duff at 28 past it. He has had a bad season, broken up by injury but before he came here (seems to be the trend with a lot of players), he was a quality player. There are so many players in our squad not playing to their ability at the moment. Hopefully whoever comes in can use what he has effectively because we do actually have some potentially quality players.

Looked to me like he was dropped because we bought Duff to play in his place, for some reason. Then his attitude began to stink, and understandably so tbh. Well he could have got his head down and tried to make the position his by putting in a performance when he got the chance. At the end of the day he is young and if you can find a balance between giving a player a decent amount of chances without putting too much pressure on him then it will be beneficial for him and the club. The player has to have the right attitude though. By that logic Man U should have sold Ronaldo last summer, considering he wanted out. And Milner has played more than anyone this season, and he's flourished in it. So I'd say it benefits players to play more rather than 'protecting' them. Yes but Ronaldo's attitude wasnt poor for his club last season, he wanted to leave because of the goings on in the world cup, and this season he has had a good attitude. Neither was Charlie's. Ronaldo's would have been 'poor' this season if they'd bought a replacement and benched him. For a start you don't know that, and Man Utd have better existing options in their squad than we do. I appreciate that other positions needed filling before a 2nd left mid, but we did need another option on the left. As I said above he could have got his head down and tried to capitalize on his chances when he got them. Its down to the character of the person at the end of the day, they can either sulk and blame everyone else and want out, or be determined to get in the side. Milner is a good example.