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i take it he doesnt rate them too much then? The only bit I disagree about is him bringing up these individual players names, especially Xisco who hasn't done much wrong at all.

Not up front, the league stats are: Micky O, Played 5, scored 3, OBA, 2 & 1 & even Xisco is at 3 & 1. Duff scored last game while playing up front. I think Xisco needs more game time than anyone else up font. I cant see JFK dropping or putting Duff at left wing after scoring against Everton & creating a goal for Keane in midweek. Fair points about the strikers, I just meant that without Owen we might need a bit of a spark. You're right their stats aren't that bad. I'm definintely not one of the brigade constantly whinging at the players.

It is a risk, obviuously the probability is that if he does come on he won't score or do much. But sometimes you need to have a gamble, and the lad is definitely in form.

We might be in a relegation battle, but with our other options upfront a bright, confident young striker who has been scoring regularly might be just what we need to get us a goal. It's the experienced campaigners who have failed to deliver this season remember.

Got to be at least on the bench for City, the lad can't stop scoring. Bearing in mind we won't be able to buy a goal if Owen and Oba are bopth out, seems like a good time to gamble on the lad.

Don't know where a goal is going to come from to be honest, so I'd be very happy with a point tonight.

I packed my fanasy team with Spurs players pre-season, thought they would do big things. Do like to laugh at them, but lets not forget we only have 3 points more than them.

I think Diouf has a point to be honest, he was probably the leading Senegalese player of his generation, just as Eto'o was the leading Cameroonian and Drogba the leading Ivorian. He doesn't say anywhere in that article that he has as much ability as either of them.

Dirk Kuyt does annoy me, it's more the fact that he's playing right wing for Liverpool that is inexplicable.

I've not seen any proof of that from Ashley. We're certainly on the road to hell though, so you may be right like. Argh Think we'll have to agree to disagree on this! Please can you let one of my posts pass without a remark

I hope we get either someone who wants to borrow heavily against the club to buy us, someone who wants to sell all our best players, or failing that a Thai fugitive accused of all sorts of crimes. These English owners with good intentions are shit I tell you.

You're missing an important part of the reason why protests affected Ashley more than Hicks, Glazers and before them the likes of Doug Ellis. Ashley bought the club for fun, because he wanted to go to the match and mix with normal people - enjoy himself. Now he can't do that there's no point in him hanging around. The fact that he has folded so quickly suggests to me that he is anything but a ruthless businessman with regard to this. If he was he would have hung around, made the club a success and continued taking the money.

Mint, the Owen one is spot on!

I think this is actually the most likely scenario. If the club would be liable to him for breaching his contract then he should be liable to them as well if he breaks it. In which case he should pay them the 2m.

What was this thread about again?

Things like picking Jenas though, inexplicable. Shit team, fairly decent player. Not really the ingredients for an England call up usually.

It's understandable that fans would react like this to Keegan walking, but there's no denying that our actions have been very harmful to the club, at least in the short term.

There was a pundit on 5Live last night saying that he can see why Young (and Agbonlahor) haven't made it in, that they still have 'more to do'. I can't see it myself, Young has been quality for a season and a bit, and he's our best LW by far - he should be in.

You've got a point about changing views on Ashley NE5 - although I still think he would have been a good owner in the long term he has gone down a long way in my estimation after the ease with which he 'bottled out' in the face of protests. But nothing I've said with regard to this has anything to do with Shepherd really, except that I think Ashley was the kind of owner we needed at the present time.

He's probably claiming 'constructive dismissal' rather than unfair - meaning that he was left with no option but to resign. He was 'forced out'... That's what I thought, would make more sense. If this story is genuine and true in the first place. Yeah, don't know the details of what defence the club would be likely to go with on that - probably that (as their statement said) they did everything they could to resolve matters and help Keegan to stay on. Might be difficult for Keegan if the agreement that he would have 'full control' was decided in chats with Ashley and Mort rather than written in his contract. If it was written in his contract the club deserve whatever is coming to them I suppose.

He's probably claiming 'constructive dismissal' rather than unfair - meaning that he was left with no option but to resign. He was 'forced out'...

I understand it is difficult to represent a group as diverse as us Newcastle fans. Is that not why most supporters clubs concentrate on more mundane issues of actually supporting the team and stay more balanced on controversial issues such as this? If you are a representative of a group that you know has polarised views (as NUSC do), then they should confine themselves to statements with caveats like "some of our members believe that..." and "a section of NUFC fans think..." A trade union, for example, presumably needs a large enough membership to be recognised as representative. Then it needs a ballot amongst those members in order to take industrial action.

Jesus to return as manager? With shares in the club of course...

If I could get to this meeting I would love to pass on our concerns about NUSC, sadly stranded down south. If they just called themselves something that represented their true aims as a single-issue group dedicated to getting Ashley out, then I wouldn't have a problem with them, but as NUSC they are making us all look like idiots. Also, Ashley is trying to sell so they should stop the whinging and just let him get on with it.

Unlucky. Truth, bizarre town. When I got the job there I didn't have a clue where it was, I got the A-Z out - 'so that's where I'm moving to'! Oxford is class though, love it.