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It's not difficult, given that most of them are 4-5 sentences of inane drivel, dressed up as 'informed opinion' Yeah, but how does he find them amongst all the other identical posts?

I agree with Pissi to be honest, I think sending him out on loan was a bizarre decision.

Everyone gets injuries, we get less than we ever used to I reckon. Also, when your squad is tiny you feel it more.

That's cool.

Who dares wins.

Jonas on the right, Fergie in at LW?

I'm refusing to contemplate any options that involve Enrique leaving... it's just not happening.

Lennon, McCoist and Diouf are all fucking horrible characters anyway, and the whole old firm thing is tiring and slightly embarrassing. It was all entertaining to watch though.

As long as it doesn't mean Enrique is leaving, it wouldn't be a bad signing.

Any Dutch-Surinam players are alright with me, it's one of the best footballing ethnicities!

I think we've been linked to Riise every season for about 7 years.

No idea where any of this random debate came from, completely different players at completely different periods of NUFC. I was wondering myself. It led to a photo of a gerbil mind, so it was probably worth it.

Well not really, that would be to suggest that we could be the exception to almost every football club's season ever. Hence the **** post on the previous page. No it doesn't. Every club's fans can look at it and see, "They've been crap, if only we'd took advantage". We've had a very good season, but given how poor other sides that we'd thought would have done better have done, it could have been so much better. Your post contradicts itself though. If every club thinks they could have done better, then that surely suggests it's a normal situation in football? If every club is always thinking the same, we don't have any special right to be right! What I'm saying is, yes we can obviously look back and rue all the missed chances to pick up more points (like every club can) but it's pretty unrealistic to expect us to be in a situation where we don't have anything to regret. That would make us the exception to almost every other club in the league.

just to wind people like you up tbh tho, its to make a valid point, people are discrediting Keegan, yet choosing to ignore his record at league finishes here. even considering those quoted figures , it equates to what? approximately 10 million a season to see entertaining attacking football, and finish high up the league- I wonder what Relegation cost us- more or less than 10 million a season? People who want to attack keegan need to look at sheffields clubs , because I honestly believe without what he achieved here- thats the sort of club we were and would still be. I don't think anyone disagrees with most of that, I certainly don't. I don't think you honestly believe that anyone is arguing that Mike Ashley has been better for NUFC than Kevin Keegan - obviously that's insane.

TBF, being ridiculed by Ronaldo is something to be quite proud of. (Just joshing R-Dog!)

Why do you keep posting that cp40, what's your point? That finances don't matter as long as results improve?

I'm sure Routledge's problems in the Premier League are more mental than anything else, he's just not confident in this division.

In respect of his business model, seeing that other clubs were having to cut wages and spending less on transfer fees in the same way as we are. Continuing to acquire really good players for reasonable fees. Obviously the business side can't be separated from the football side, and that's where the crunch comes. As the Arsenal chief exec said in that great BBC interview recently, the objective of Arsenal FC is to spend every penny they make. Just not spend too much more. In football terms, it'll be difficult to say when Ashley has been vindicated, if it's even possible. I suspect it will never happen unless he delivers a trophy or something else totally unprecedented... his bridges are well and truly burnt with some people. Say we have another 3 or 4 seasons of steady progress, with us maybe qualifying for Europe once or twice, then I would say that we would be as good a position as when he arrived. Depending on how much importance you give to finances, you could argue a better position. Then it also can't be separated from where the club was heading before Ashley. I know you don't agree that our existence was in danger, and you're probably right. Banks are going to be reluctant to force a Premier League club out of business. But I think we can agree that our debt position was unsustainable and something needed to change. We couldn't go on buying Owens and Luques and Duffs - players who weren't up to it for superstar salaries. The way I see it, the only better alternative to Ashley's way is the Man City model - and that's also wrong really. Good respones. Financial stability and a rosier future would be vindication for some, but it's probably going to take a cup or at least European qualification for others. Some just have their mind made up and there will never be vindication. I like your last comment - a bit like saying "I'm not going to bother working too hard or progressing my career, I'll just wait for a lottery win to come along" Ha ha, not really! I didn't mean it was impossible to achieve success under the Ashley regime. I believe it is, it is just much harder than spending millions on superstars. I don't want the Man City model, I hate it.

Aye I was there, he was really good. The good news is that for a young lad, doing some strength training shouldn't be a problem. No idea whether he'll turn our to be a LB or LW.

Would be surprised to see Ireland start... but I guess if he's fit and doing well in training then it's possible.

Chelsea will be looking at Cole's long-term successor soon though won't they. Could be Van Aarnholt is in line for that.

In respect of his business model, seeing that other clubs were having to cut wages and spending less on transfer fees in the same way as we are. Continuing to acquire really good players for reasonable fees. Obviously the business side can't be separated from the football side, and that's where the crunch comes. As the Arsenal chief exec said in that great BBC interview recently, the objective of Arsenal FC is to spend every penny they make. Just not spend too much more. In football terms, it'll be difficult to say when Ashley has been vindicated, if it's even possible. I suspect it will never happen unless he delivers a trophy or something else totally unprecedented... his bridges are well and truly burnt with some people. Say we have another 3 or 4 seasons of steady progress, with us maybe qualifying for Europe once or twice, then I would say that we would be as good a position as when he arrived. Depending on how much importance you give to finances, you could argue a better position. Then it also can't be separated from where the club was heading before Ashley. I know you don't agree that our existence was in danger, and you're probably right. Banks are going to be reluctant to force a Premier League club out of business. But I think we can agree that our debt position was unsustainable and something needed to change. We couldn't go on buying Owens and Luques and Duffs - players who weren't up to it for superstar salaries. The way I see it, the only better alternative to Ashley's way is the Man City model - and that's also wrong really.

I'd met and worked with the man, directly in some cases and knew how his business mind worked. I couldn't see that changing with him taking over the club. I hated freddy as much as the next man but as has been said before he would get the cash and spend it when we needed it. He often went to far like he did with Owen and using all the sponsorship cash to pay for him. We're kinda looking for someone in the middle really. Someone who will run with what Ashley has now started but is happy to spread payments on players so we can invest in quality players to improve the team who are known quality when we buy them. Good insight, seems to me that Ashley applying his business methods too directly to NUFC is what has led to a lot of the mistakes he has made. I can imagine his reaction to Carroll, a young lad asking for a second big pay rise in weeks! In the end though, I think he might be vindicated in that the rest of the football world (who aren't owned by sugar daddies) will have to cut their cloth accordingly as well.