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One of the worst games I've ever seen. If there's 3 worse teams than us at the end of the season they want to be embarrassed with themselves. Toothless.

By all accounts he's a bit of a weird bloke. Doesn't excuse him of any of the stupid things he's said, like.

It's fucking mental he's made it as far as he has. The bloke is a moron.

The Reading match was beyond belief. He should've been out the door as soon as the full-time whistle went on that one.

Sport Central (Northumbria) is far superior.

There's a bit later in the chapter where Bobby says they didn't discuss the matter for a while until Shearer thought to bring it up. "You didn't tell me about Liverpool, did you?" That suggests to me that Shearer wasn't exactly itching for a move but sure as hell would've used it in his contract negotiations.

Aye, that was class like. "Chris - I'm standing in your back yard at the moment, shining a torch into my own face."

Aye I can't remember the specifics but it's definitely in there. The disloyal cunt Shearer stayed and scored 60 more goals in three seasons. EDIT: Actually, I think the link came at the end of the 2003/04 season in fairness (in which Shearer had scored 28 of those 60-odd goals), when Bobby wanted to put Kluivert and Bellamy together in the coming season. Turns out Shearer was justified in feeling he deserved to stay in the team seeing as Kluivert was basically a waste of space. I'm sure Bobby had as much to do with the thought of letting Shearer go. I could be miles away but I recall something along the lines of Liverpool offering £3m and Bobby being just about okay with the thought of accepting it, but didn't in the end cos he knew the fans would be fuming. But even if Shearer did fancy a move; A, that happens, so what? B, he didn't actually move. C, he continued to leave everything on the pitch for another two seasons, including reversing his decision to retire because he wanted the glory of the Newcastle record. Anyway, this shite coming from a person like Owen? The man is the embodiment of the modern day mercenary. An utter, utter wanker. "An urban myth that dogged me towards the end of my time with Newcastle was that I tried to sell Alan Shearer to Liverpool - not in a million years. " He basically goes on to say that Shepherd received a bid but failed to tell him about it as he had no interest in selling "the crown jewels". Bobby suggested Mpenza as his replacement for £1.2m in case Shepherd changed his mind but then requested that Al's contract be sorted ASAP when it was clear that there was no chance of him leaving.

He's a crease in this Q&A, like.

And now he's banned again for ban evasion. Not the brightest. Fucking hero.

Yawn, another one who can bore off. We'll all just remind ourselves that Almiron's shit a few times a week then you won't be a miss See ya.

Precisely. Vaguely remember this as well.

Hope that helps.

Sums up the reasons why we can't just expect the Premier League to pay for mismanagement, but it would be interesting to hear these football academics actually offer some kind of alternative solution. There's a duty of care here, and it should apply to everyone in football. A lot of people here are taking their money away from the Premier League this season and into the divisions below, for instance, which is a start. At the very least, you'd hope there'd be some more rallying calls to that end. It's not as if greater support if the lower leagues would damage the big brand; there's always a conveyor belt of customers waiting for an empty seat at a Premier League ground (as has been demonstrated at SJP). The Premier League shouldn't front the bill. Fine, whatever. I'm sure the majority see the sense in that so hopefully we can just draw a line under it. What are we going to do then? Unsurprisingly, that's a really sanctimonious piece from Samuel. Like you say, it's just one long criticism of how these clubs have been horrendously mismanaged with no preventative solutions offered. Of course it's not the duty of the PL/PL clubs to bail out their neighbours, but there has to be a more effective way to prevent these problems occurring in the first place.

Left the ground certain that this was the best goal I'd ever seen. I'd had a couple beforehand.

I'm not a subscriber but have an account and it's showing up in full in the app but not on the website. I'm sure that helps nobody.

Lifting pel from Shelvey.

Must be a good number more than they usually get, not that it'll do much like.

Jesus christ, man. That bloke shouldn't even be able to so much as approach another football club, let alone bid for one.

Ignore is your friend.

Not sure how accurate the below source is, but it's very interesting nonetheless. Obviously it doesn't take into account yesterday's performance. https://www.footballwhispers.com/blog/miguel-almiron-newcastle-2

He is allegedly a forward, that's how they are judged, do they score or assist. He is like a salesman who does all the customer care but never sells. He is a luxury we can't afford