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Change of thread title to "will JFK be permanent after Chelsea?"

In some ways I'm not sure why Jonas has to be a winger. The way I see it, he's got the physicality, work rate, and distribution to play through the middle. And he doesn't seem to like running on the touchline and swinging in crosses anyway. Not necessarily the best of ideas to have our best player switch the position he's been playing for all his life.. But still, food for thought.

Has Duff been taking classes on "how to become unpopular on the message boards?"

needless to say, we have very little chance of attracting any players as long as the ownership situation remains unsettled and we haven't got a permanent manager.

I wake up from a coma tomorrow. Turns out everything from the end of last season was just hallucination. Keegan never walked out, and he's getting along just fine with Ashley/Wise/Jimenez/Vertre. Chairman Chris Mort is doing a smashing job running the club. We're 7th on the table behind Villa and Everton. Jonas got player of the month for November after terrorizing Fulham and Wigan's defenses playing through the center of the pitch in Keegan's new 4-3-3. Nile Ranger is averaging a hat trick in the U18 and Reserve leagues, and KK has just gone on another rant about how Wenger is "tapping him up." We're on course to finish top half. The fans have never been more optimistic. It's a good time to be a Newcastle fan.

I give up.

In the end it just seems like the media making a big deal out of nothing, and not actually signs of some bigger changes coming at the club. Just another pointless rumor.

Sack wise, appoint Shearer, and get on with things. This seems to be the best alternative if selling the club turns out to be impossible, and I honestly don't think there's a better managerial fit than Shearer that is realistically available for us. I would want him even if we had new owner(s) So, in other words,

Oneywu has always been a mystery to me. He didn't seem spectacular when he was with us but always thought he might be worth another look, yet two years gone and no-one in a major European league has touched him. Is he that bad? The lad's fucking huge, you'd think a couple Premier league teams (*cough* Stoke... *cough*) would be willing to offer him a contract on that basis alone.

How i wish we could just have an official announcement instead of all these cryptic statements from everyone who is in any way connected to the club.

If you could have one player back that we sold in the past two transfer windows, (excluding the ones that are terrible/too old/Babayaro/Carr) who would it be? Scott Parker just been called up for England again. And while we can all agree that he has his limitations, (horrible distribution, those "stupid pirouette things", and of course, telling your own fans to f*** off) his hard-tackling all-action style seems like precisely what we're lacking in midfield right now. He'd also be a goal threat from midfield, something none of our current players seem to be capable of. God knows we'd at least all rather have him than Nicky Butt. Kieron Dyer is probably the best footballer on this list. Unfortunately, I think West Ham would be the ones wanting him back never mind us. Emre is probably similar to Dyer in that he's a good influence to the team whenever he plays. Good luck with that though. Then again, considering that we've "replaced" him with the even-less reliable Nacho, his presence is missed. Reliable central defenders are a commodity sorely lacking in our current squad, as we've been forced to recognize over the past couple of weeks. One can only wonder how many points we wouldn't have dropped if Abdoulaye Faye hadn't fallen out with Keegan. Oguchi Oneywu's physicality could also be an asset in our current backline, although I suppose if he was capable of playing in the Premiership he'd already be here by now. I think we'll all agree that the less said about Bramble or Rozhenal (can't even be bothered to spell his name right anymore,) the better. Finally, it's hard not to mention our twelve-million-pound man, James Milner. While his price tag certainly justifies his departure, he would have been a useful squad member and more often than not better than Duff.

Wouldn't it be simpler for them to just order longer shorts or something?

Chelsea are just playing so well right now, if Keegan was still here and we were cruising at top half, I'd still be worried about a massive beating. As it is? I just wish I could skip over the next week of my life.

Jesus fucking Christ. The very existence of this match is extremely depressing. 6-0.

Right, I'm sure he'd play our Brazilian international and former Lyon captain instead.

We need ANOTHER scapegoat? Apparently Taylor, Butt, Duff, and Ameobi wasn't enough.

No callup for Shola then?

So is this Mancienne lad any good then? Haven't seen him play

Jesus wept. Fucking disgrace of a thread.

Baffling isn't it, not only would it make no sense at all for Ashley to sell players, but any potential buyer wouldn't stand for it either. Your talking about Ashley here though, he thinks to make life easier for the next lot taking over we should not have a full time manager in charge. So selling a keeper who is on big bucks when we have Stevie Harper + a host of goalkeepers who have been picked at various age groups for there country may make sense to him on some level. He's not a moron despite what alot of people like to think, and personally i think having an interim manager makes perfect sense as the news guys will want to bring in their own manager, it saves them having to pay-off whoever has the job. It actually makes perfect sense from Ashley's point of view to not appoint a permanent manager, considering that he had to go through a lot of trouble because his predecessor left him saddled with Big Sam.

Owen never really felt like "our player" to me. It's always been as if we've borrowed him and are due to send him back somewhere soon. Never seemed quite right seeing him in Black and White stripes. As much as he offers the team, I don't think I'll be too gutted when he leaves. (Personally, I think he'll see out his contract for us.)

Apart from when they play lower league opposition. I meant just in the league, but tbf I didnt say that. I know and agree, just making a point. Aye, they're so amazingly good. And we get to experience them first hand next week! Joy.

NUFC is genuinely the worst relationship I've ever gotten myself into.

I'd absolutely have him here. Then again, I'd have Roeder back in a shot if it meant some stability, so my standards aren't exactly the highest right now.