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Just starting to sink in that he won't be a newcastle player much longer Don't man, just don't cannot even think about it... We've already seen his last game.

"Borrow and Spend" ended as a potentially effective policy after the complete fiasco that was the Souness era, and Shepherd's spending in his last year reflect's this. We were already far, far beyond the point where we could borrow some more and hope we get ourselves into Europe. In the state the club was when he came in, Ashley's policy really represented the only sane thing he could do.

I saw him about 5 times last season when Sporting played Man Utd, Bolton, Rangers etc in europe and didnt really notice him, Sporting were crap in pretty much every game... Here's a couple of posts on him from people who watch far more Portuguese football than me, and probably everyone else on here.... http://www.footballportugalpodcast.com/?p=58#comments (scroll down a bit) Hmm, those aren't exactly winning endorsements are they?

In before the merge. You know what jumped out at me from that article? "Spokesman Chris Nathaniel"

In the end the proper criteria for judging a manager's ability is not made-up subjective categories but what they have achieved during their careers. While Keegan certainly achieved a lot during his first spell here, Sir Bobby's managerial CV is one of the most illustrious in the history of the game. "Keegan at NUFC" may have achieved more than "Sir Bobby at NUFC," but objectively, Kevin Keegan as a manger isn't fit to lace Sir Bobby Robson's boots.

Oh dear God please yes. It's a risk, but every appointment is a risk. I have a good feeling about him.

Thing is, they just need to sack Adams and that's all their problems solved. Still have a decent squad there.

fuck me I'd kill for some of Spurs' players.

Good results so far. Need Portsmouth and Stoke to start sinking fast.

Some very exciting football in Spurs v. Stoke

Super goal from Lennon that.

That's just about half our squad.

It's actually getting hilarious how everyone's trying to make NE5 admit that he's talking nonsense. It's not happening. Ever. Give up.

You lot are just encouraging him by biting really.

Ah well. Your Churchill was a wise man.

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -Winston Churchill

I totally agree, they've been f***ing us over for years it's hardly surprising no-one has any sympathy for them and is happy to screw them given the chance. Also, if the Premier League had a brain they'd see that the reason the music industry is suffering is because instead of embracing the new technology they tried to destroy it and in doing so they were happy to criminalise the majority of their customers, those were two of the most monumental mistakes an industry has ever made in the history of business, and they're reaping the whirlwind now. Imagine what kind of revenue the Premier League could bring in by doing their own official high quality streams!?! Just the advertising revenue would be phenomenal. They should separate off the internet rights and do they're own streams of every match at a high bit-rate for a cheap price (£1 a match or whatever), or farm it out to someone else. If they did they'd kill most of the illegal stuff almost over-night, as they wouldn't be able to compete with the quality and people would pay a nominal fee to avoid all the hassle associated with what's available now. The money they'd generate would at minimum offset the reduced fees traditional broadcasters might be prepare to pay as a consequence. This is what the music industry should have done, but they were too slow (they still don't get it, even now!) and everyone got used to downloading music for free and now resents paying for something of lower quality when they can get better quality easily for free. The music industry has already lost the battle, the sports industry is in danger of doing the same, if they try and ape their failed tactics. The online streaming of football, etc is still of a small enough scale that they could turn it around, but they need to act quickly, as it won't be for much longer. Having said all that, it's still not okay to risk this site's future by posting links to streams, etc, so don't so it, anyone who does will be banned. That would seriously f*** sky off who lash the most money in the pot. They'd literally make a zillion dollars if they implemented such a system and just limited it to overseas viewers. No need to piss off Sky either. I would happily plunk down a hundred pound a year or more to be able to watch a HQ stream of every Newcastle game. And so would many, many others. Unfortunately they just don't get it. And just like Apple had to cram iTunes down the music industry's throat, they probably never will.

I would buy it if you sold it you fucking idiots. Figure out a way for the matches to be watched legally online for a reasonable price and the piracy problem will be solved. Simple as that.

Phil Brown was on an American radio show a week ago, and someone phoned in and told him that Hull should be in for Jimmy Bullard. I think he said he'd love to get Bullard but they didn't have enough money or something. Guess that bloke was on to something

I don't remember it being anywhere near this bad under Robson or Keegan (1st time around). Kadar's injury is a freak occurrence, a broken bone from an impact during a match unlike most of our other injuries this season that have occurred in training. It's those training injuries that we need to get a handle on, figure out why they're happening on such a regular basis. We have our share of matchday injuries too though. Beye, Barton, and Martins' injuries in-match. Shola, Viduka, and Smith have had training injuries, but lets face it, those three could injure themselves getting out of bed in the morning.

Why talk about things that are actually happening when you can blather on about the same old things FOREVER!

Guys, stop ganging up on the poor old man. Let him self-destruct at his own pace.

Jesus, what are they five years old or something?

Man must be working for absolute peanuts if keeping him would be significant savings over appointing a manager from the Championship.

Once Owen, Viduka and their like are off the wagebill the club will start generating a profit allowing us to consolidate slowly. Theoretically, after a few years of that we can just pick a moment to take a bit of financial risk to pull us up the table. (The "Villa model" so to speak) Until we get all the wasters off the wagebill though, it does indeed look like we're just going to have to struggle to keep our head above the water and stay in the Premiership. One thing's for sure: the age of "ambitious/insane" Shepherd-level spending is over. Forever.