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That's a very high mark for N'Zogbia IMO. I think he was pretty poor. Are people honestly saying we couldn't have brought in a better player than Nicky Butt in January??? We could've brought in someone better than Butt. The point is we didn't want to buy someone we'd just have to replace again in the summer. This season was written off from the start. Things are going as planned as long as we're not relegated.

We'll lose three and maybe draw with Blackburn, but I think we're still safe. The typical Newcastle scenario would be for us to secure saftey, putting our hopes into Keegan to rebuild us over the summer. He fails miserably and we're somewhere between 12~17 again next year. Pretty soon after that we're going to start getting mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Boro, Wigan, Fulham etc.

Creditable draw against a far superior side. I'm not even joking. On the bright side, every point brings us a bit further from relegation. Thank god we had that nice patch early-season or we'd be down for sure.

FUCK YEAH! I don't mind being proved wrong

oh well. 0-0 or 0-1 and booed off the pitch I suppose. Jesus we're so bad. Makes me cry.

Suddenly not so confident. Boro already had a better midfield and arguably a better defense than us. Now they have better strikers too. I hope Alves is really, really shit. The fans look just about ready to turn on KK if we don't get a result here.

might as well reserve space on this thread for the ensuing shitfest after Alves/Downing score a wondergoal/crazy freekick against us on Sunday.

Not coincidental our plummet seemed to coincide with him leaving We weren't exactly flying high when he was here, were we? Neither were we in the mess we are in now, though eh ? I think you've forgotten that our mess last season was significantly worse than the "mess" we have now. By several degrees of magnitude.

Jesus. Desperation. At least we get to clean out ManU and Chelsea's trash. Would be tempted to suicide when we're reduced to picking off rejects from Spurs for ridiculous fees.

Not coincidental our plummet seemed to coincide with him leaving We weren't exactly flying high when he was here, were we?

I wish. We're in for one heck of a painful, boring second half of a season, that's what we're in for.

I heard that Beckford thing this morning, actually. You never know. Surely not good enough for the Premiership?

Would be a decent idea to pop a small bid for Lee now that Spurs have Gilberto... Could get an experienced left back for next to nowt.

Please don't jinx it. The last time I heard a statement to this effect was when somebody said during halftime at old trafford "looks like it could end a scoreless draw if we're lucky"

http://pds1.egloos.com/pds/1/200605/12/91/a0010291_23282770.jpg Seoul World Cup Stadium during any international. (Preferably when Korea aren't playing like shit.) 68476 people all in Red, screaming at the top of their lungs. Absolutely unbeatable atmosphere.

all right then, move along, nothing to see here.

Neil Lennon! For Wycombe! Seriously. Don't even try.

Wish we could just lock reality itself. It's much more painful than this thread.

Perhaps Wise and co. decided to let Roz go on loan over KK's head. Perhaps this is the beginning of a massive fallout between KK andt he new management types. Perhaps the ensuing bustup will result in KK having a nervous breakdown and leaving us at the end of the season. Perhaps by that point absolutely no one will want to come anywhere near us and we'll be forced to make Wise our manager. Then again, perhaps we'll get relegated by then and this will all be a moot point. :frantic: :frantic: :frantic: [/skyisfalling] f*** me you could make a career at The Sun with writing like that! Sorry, already nailed on as Oliver's successor.

Perhaps Wise and co. decided to let Roz go on loan over KK's head. Perhaps this is the beginning of a massive fallout between KK andt he new management types. Perhaps the ensuing bustup will result in KK having a nervous breakdown and leaving us at the end of the season. Perhaps by that point absolutely no one will want to come anywhere near us and we'll be forced to make Wise our manager. Then again, perhaps we'll get relegated by then and this will all be a moot point. :frantic: :frantic: :frantic: [/skyisfalling]

Rest of the season is pretty damn near pointless anyway, might as well let him recover some confidence away from the bloodthirsty hordes (aka our fans) and give Edgar or Kadar a run in the team if it comes to that. Was never going to get anywhere near the first team, whether it be at CB, RB, or DMF, while Faye and Beye are here anyway.

That's better Skirge, if Vidula's out then Smith up front as he's due a goal. I wonder what odds the bookies would give me if I bet on Smith to never score a Premiership goal for Newcastle.

What exactly has he done this season that's been impressive? He looks just as out of place in the prem as the other Derby players do. He supposedly has the potential to come good in a couple of years but for now, he's just one for the future. 3m seems about the right price.

For what it's worth, we've actually signed three players this window - Tozer, Baheng, and Kadar with a couple more to come in if reports are to believe. (That Czech lad may actually even be able make an instant impact) These are players that could grow into the core of our first team within 2~3 years. Assuming we don't get relegated this season. it has been a very good window. For once we're signing promising youngsters instead of going for overpriced mediocre players, which is what we usually do in January.

I doubt any player coming directly from the Czech league would get more than that, never mind one who's only 20 years old and hasn't even made a dozen appearances for his club. If anything, 3.7m is extraordinarily high.