fredbob

I thought keegan said money was available?? I dont get whats gone wrong if moeny was available and it wasnt spent.

Same with Bowyer, and to a lesser extent, Alan Smith. Definitely Bowyer, he was really good at leeds making those lates runs into the box, not sure about Smith though, though he was definitely a good player im not sure he had the talent to be considered potentially great. Ronaldihno is antoher player who could be a bit of a waste. He was entirely responsible for Barcelona becoming champions agains after so many years with his outrageous talent, and even though he's still good, i think he definitely has/had the potential to be one of the worlds greatest. Aye, Adriano threw it all away, Ronaldinho needs to sort himself out, a lot of bad press about his lifestyle especially when you compare him to Kaka who seems to have a good head. Can we chuck Gazza in here? I really don't think he got near his potential. Adriano-great shout. Has everything as a striker, would have him at nufc in a second. Gazza is a given, outrageous talent, should of taken him to WC98. Shame how its all fallen apart so badly for him.

Same with Bowyer, and to a lesser extent, Alan Smith. Definitely Bowyer, he was really good at leeds making those lates runs into the box, not sure about Smith though, though he was definitely a good player im not sure he had the talent to be considered potentially great. Ronaldihno is antoher player who could be a bit of a waste. He was entirely responsible for Barcelona becoming champions agains after so many years with his outrageous talent, and even though he's still good, i think he definitely has/had the potential to be one of the worlds greatest.

Kieron Dyer? Jokes aside when he was on form he was devasting. Real waste of talent, could easily have been an england regular had he put his mind to it, especiallty when Scholes looked to be on the way out.

never mind about the relegation struggle, at least we didn't waste any money in the transfer window Whos decision was that?

I'm impressed, you've also got a website. Thanks, its been set up for years now but i have a feeling with the way this thread is going, we might have our first caller. Fingers crossed anyway!

Again, i genuinely mean this seriously, but which of the boards decisions do you attribute to the position we are in?

you're "past caring" ? Like I said, you've seen nowt. But you "cared" when the board you slate ran the club mackems.gif What a plonker Quoting for posterity. You nobjockey. :lol: :lol: :lol: "things have got this bad"......... oh dear. The new board have done just great..... Do you think that the new board is shit then? Serious question.

Good idea, give him your phone number, please. 08457 90 90 90 http://www.samaritans.org/

well said Dave.

NE5 are you having a breakdown? Do you need to talk to somebody?

mackems.gif Is this your one man mission to make sure that nothing negative is said about the old board? Never seen such blinkered views in my life. Cue retort of top 4 European quals and 3 consec top 5 finishes and how well we're doing nows etc etc.

To be honest, im numb at the mo, but i have a slight feeling at the back of my mind that Boltons fixture list will proe too much. It would be the worse thing if were to go down becasue i can see a spending spree this summer like no other being shelved cos of it, Keegan is the only man im genuinely excited about having money.

WHat, ones like Barton, Smith, Enrique, Geremi and Viduka? Of course we'd have been where we are. Only difference is, when we've been s*** recently, Keegan has spouted his s**** abut us playing well, whereas Fat c*** would have blamed the players, fans, groundstaff ad George Stephenson for pur problems. Yeh man, i agree with you, i was agaisnt Allardyce getting too much money in the Jan window anyway cos i didnt think he'd proved anyhting with the players he'd signed anyway, however a player like Diarra maybe could of given the midfield a bit of stregnth. Its hard to disagree with peole saying that if Allardyce had signed more players to which would of fitted his systembetter then we would of maybe suceeded a bit, however as it stands i still dont think the players are s*** even though there performnaces have been woeful, i just think they have had all the confidence sapped out of them and need that first win to get a bit of solidarity in the ranks. We wouldn't have signed Diarra, he has ability. You think Geremi, Viduka and Smith have ability??? Come on! I dont know wht to think about our players to be honest, part of me thinks that they're are crap, but then i look at the squads just above us and ones lower and i think surely the position we are in is down the the fact that the players dont have the ability. Confidence, organisation and pace are killing us to be honest. I'd be gutted if we went down because we wont see the spending spree that i think is just around the corner.

West Ham vs Liverpool a couple of years ago was an amazing final. Had everything.

WHat, ones like Barton, Smith, Enrique, Geremi and Viduka? Of course we'd have been where we are. Only difference is, when we've been s*** recently, Keegan has spouted his s**** abut us playing well, whereas Fat c*** would have blamed the players, fans, groundstaff ad George Stephenson for pur problems. Yeh man, i agree with you, i was agaisnt Allardyce getting too much money in the Jan window anyway cos i didnt think he'd proved anyhting with the players he'd signed anyway, however a player like Diarra maybe could of given the midfield a bit of stregnth. Its hard to disagree with peole saying that if Allardyce had signed more players to which would of fitted his systembetter then we would of maybe suceeded a bit, however as it stands i still dont think the players are shit even though there performnaces have been woeful, i just think they have had all the confidence sapped out of them and need that first win to get a bit of solidarity in the ranks.

Or if he's really clever, he'll keep them cos they might be pretty handy next year......

Excellent, just another example. try responding ? Would you lead by example? What is your link to the old board/Freddy Shepherd?

To be honest, no i dont think we would of been in this situation. I think the would of been new impetus in the squad with the with maybe a couple of new signings (not sure who though)which may of got us a couple of results maybe against Boro and Bolton which would of made things slightly less pressured. But overall id pin point the current situation on 3 factors maybe 4. They would be the many points thrownaway earlier in the season, which Allardyce has to take responsiblity for, the timing of the sacking which is an iffy one because i dont think its right to have to back a manager you clearly dont want which the board have to take responsiiblty for, Keegans choices to not go out to sign anyone and maybe some of keegans tactics against big teams. To be honest, i think the major decision which will of affected us the most will probably be the sacking, the board have done us no favours, however having said that i saw no other option, so....

surprised you even ask this Dave, when a quick IP check will show you that I live nearer to where you do than Tyneside just now !! So is that a yes or a no? Because i cant see anything in your answer which suggests you do or dont have a link to the old board and Shepherd. Still not answering the question. It would be easier if you just lied. fredbob, its very amusing that you think anyone who doesn't slate the old board for saving the club from bankruptcy, the old 3rd division and qualified us for europe more than everyone bar 4 teams, only does so because they "know them personally". I'm not going to say what you want to hear, sorry, but I know you won't believe me anyway, so there is no point is there BTW, I'm not a lawyer or a politician, and they always tell the truth. Honestly speaking, if you told me that you genuinely had no link to the board or Freddy Shepherd then id believe you,i'd of have no choice but to believe you. However the fact that you cant and wont answer a simple question directly suggests that theres more to it. Scared that you may lose credibility if theres an obvious bias in your history? Like i said, it would of been easier to lie. As has been pointed out, I can back up my comments and "opinions" with stone cold facts so the whole question is irrelevant. Still no direct answer. Fair enough. Ill leave you to it. The plot thickens.

surprised you even ask this Dave, when a quick IP check will show you that I live nearer to where you do than Tyneside just now !! So is that a yes or a no? Because i cant see anything in your answer which suggests you do or dont have a link to the old board and Shepherd. Still not answering the question. It would be easier if you just lied. fredbob, its very amusing that you think anyone who doesn't slate the old board for saving the club from bankruptcy, the old 3rd division and qualified us for europe more than everyone bar 4 teams, only does so because they "know them personally". I'm not going to say what you want to hear, sorry, but I know you won't believe me anyway, so there is no point is there BTW, I'm not a lawyer or a politician, and they always tell the truth. Honestly speaking, if you told me that you genuinely had no link to the board or Freddy Shepherd then id believe you,i'd of have no choice but to believe you. However the fact that you cant and wont answer a simple question directly suggests that theres more to it. Scared that you may lose credibility if theres an obvious bias in your history? Like i said, it would of been easier to lie.

I take it you 2 know each others identities?

surprised you even ask this Dave, when a quick IP check will show you that I live nearer to where you do than Tyneside just now !! So is that a yes or a no? Because i cant see anything in your answer which suggests you do or dont have a link to the old board and Shepherd. Still not answering the question. It would be easier if you just lied.

Try this then There are a fair few who have said they want to come to the premierhship, its only the Liverpool job which looks like it will be availbale and appealing to big managers, the next one from that is ours, Houllier Lippi Van Gaal Scolari Mourihno (said he wants to come back sooner or later) Hitzfeld Capello They are all managers in recent times who have said they would like to come to the premiership, not saying that they would come now but just saying the names are out there. p.s Im aware of some of the peoples circumstances, just reiterating that its an appealing league which top class managers want to come to. The fact is is that managers want to manage in this league, its become an ambtions for a lot of managers becuase of the hype and money around the premiership nowadays. If you ask me if it were possilble for a top class foriegn manager to be appointed for nufc, despite todays performance id still say yes because the oppurtunity to manage one fo the big big clubs is becoming rarer and rarer so its a case of the next best thing. Which without a shadow of a doubt is us. Are you now going to argue that we were a more attractive proposition to a top manager as a club that just finished 14th, 7th, 14th who'd had 3 managers in as many years, the last of which lasted half a season, than one which had just finished 4th, 3rd, 5th simply because of the "manner" in which we sacked the previous well respected manager? How is the "manner" in which we got rid of Allardyce any better? You are the one who keeps bringing up the manner of the sacking, I only mention it because you seem to place such an emphasis on it - "I beleive the manner of the sacking set the club back becasue it made the job extremely unnattractive". I don't have a problem with it, and in fact I think (and thought at the time) we should have replaced him in the Summer. I realised that it would have been a very brave and unpopular decision at the time though and replacing him at the end of the season (as was the plan) was a decent compromise which would have allowed us to openly look for a new manager throughout the season (as it was out in the open that Robson was going to be retired from the job). Wow, that is a lot of effort for a pretty poor post again, completely missing the point...again. Do we have something better to offer a new manager now? Well yes we do, we have the new set up of Spurs and the potential finances of Chelsea so again, comparing nufc 2008 with nufc 2004 is massively skewed. If we had the finaces or the set up to offer a new manager the what we can do now, then, then i would have to agree it would of been a more accpetable decision. I still dont understand the footballing justifications of sacking a manager who's just finished 5th. To me the plot reads legendary manager finisihed 4th , 3rd, 5th having staved off relegation 5 years previously gets sacked, he has been humiliated and undermined many times, the club doesnt have a fantastic record with longevity and managers, does a top class manager (which we needed) want to come here? or Jan 2008 New board, clean slate, potentially big finances and a new set up who have sacked the manager not appointed by them in questionable circumstances? Are you still saying im wrong to think that we should of stuck with SBR for at least antoher years to see what may of occured or are you that certain that we would of been releagated? You seem more intent on finding a contradiction from me than proving your point.

Are you a friend of Chris Mort ? You see, never a direct answer. I take it by that response that you are a friend of Mr Shephard. Right? To clarify, you think something is wrong with crediting a board who achieves regular european and champions League football against one who fails to see a looming relegation battle and imposes a "sell to buy" policy on the manager ? And you think anyone who - like you - prefers to see the latter, is Freddie Shepherd ? Amazing. mackems.gif You must indeed by Chris Mort, because surely nobody else would defend such actiions So you have absolutley no link with the old board or Freddy Shepherd then? So you have absolutley no link to the new board or Chris Mort then ? I can categorically confirm that i have absolutley no link with the new board including Chris Mort, your turn.... I don't believe you. Fred Haha, so you think i have a link with London based businessman and billionaire Mike Ashley. Are you seriously 53? You have the logic of a 10 years old. Classic evasion bytheway, dont answer the question directly, turn it around. Dead clever. And you have no sense of humour fredbob, and certainly not much about you if you seriously think that just because I see value in a board showing ambition and ran a club that qualified for europe more than everybody bar 4 other clubs means I have a friendship etc with the chairman of the club. The vast majority of football fans would be quite happy with this, and also realise they had supported clubs that had done very well. In fact they would give their teeth for what we have had the last 15 years. As a matter of interest, why do you call yourself "fredbob" who exactly is it a tribute to ? So you dont have any link whatsoever to Freddy Shepherd or the old board then? Simple question. Fredbob is nothing to do with Freddy shepherd of Sir bobby Robson bytheway, nothing even closed to be linked to NUFC, but nice bit of detective work. Good try! Sorry for not acknowledging your joke bytheway, i didnt realise it was one.