thewellander

Yeah, he only single-handidly saved our club from financial ruin with his own money. What a prick!

This whole scenario plays right into my theory that after a year of sitting with the Newcastle supporters, Mike Ashley absolutely hates the lot of us. Well, not me, I live in Canada.

I might take a break from reading articles about the behind-the-scenes drama at the club, but I'll back the lads every single weekend. NUFC is bigger than Ashley or Keegan. It's about the football, not the owner.

I've never been tempted to use this one before, but:

Let's not forget that Aston Villa finished high up the table last year, and they also had a small squad and a lack of 'WOW' signings. So far, our new signings have been good, and we can potentially go far as long as injuries don't continue to be such a huge problem.

We were dangerously close to relegation last year. At the beginning of the year we had a terrible chairman, our finances were in shambles, and we had Fat Sam taking over for Roeder and signing Alan Smith, Mark Viduka, and Joey Barton. This year we have Kevin Keegan, a stable financial situation, and we've signed promising young players. Are we going to challenge for a top spot this year? Probably not. But Rome wasn't built in a day. I think we've made some good moves that are going to secure our future. Let's see how we do this season and not starting a panic.

Is it likely that Berbatov will agree personal terms with Man City? Surely this will go down to the wire, while he waits for an improved bid from ManUre to be accepted.

I truly don't understand all the Milner haters on here. He's one of our hardest workers and he's a good player. It seems like it's fashionable for some around here to rip on our players, but it makes no sense to want to sell one of our better young players to a team that finished above us last year.

Well, that game was nothing if not entertaining. Some definite positives to take out of it, although some negatives as well. I need a drink.

To be fair, Taylor isn't terrible and he's never really had a great partner at centre back before. Perhaps with Coloccini beside him, he can grow into a strong defender. I'm happy to give this pairing a chance for a while.

Podolski would be a dream signing... don't see it happening, though.

I'd be surprised if Smith doesn't start this game. I would prefer that Owen not play the full 90 minutes at this point, and who knows, maybe Smith can finally get a goal against a lower-division team. It's not ideal (obviously) but he's going to have to play at some point.

Most fans want Carver to stick around, he's a fan favourite. There is of course a minority (of mostly less intelligent, more impatient fans) who have advocated for his release. Most fans criticize the General Manager Mo Johnston for the teams problems. TFC have many problems, but I think it comes down to the players and the field turf, tbh. Carver is doing as best he can with a sh*t team. And, the whole Carver/Johnston relationship is strange. From what I understand, Mo is in charge of bringing in players and Carver only coaches. It's sort of like what the media speculate is happening here with Keegan and Wise, only in actual fact. As a result, Toronto have spent most of the season without anyone who can score a goal, which is unnacceptable, since everyone knew that was where the team had to make up ground. Feel free to not answer this, but you wouldnt happen to be from Welland Ontario would you? I went to college there, yes. Hence the name. I've long since moved, but I've just stuck with the login name.

Most fans want Carver to stick around, he's a fan favourite. There is of course a minority (of mostly less intelligent, more impatient fans) who have advocated for his release. Most fans criticize the General Manager Mo Johnston for the teams problems. TFC have many problems, but I think it comes down to the players and the field turf, tbh. Carver is doing as best he can with a sh*t team. And, the whole Carver/Johnston relationship is strange. From what I understand, Mo is in charge of bringing in players and Carver only coaches. It's sort of like what the media speculate is happening here with Keegan and Wise, only in actual fact. As a result, Toronto have spent most of the season without anyone who can score a goal, which is unnacceptable, since everyone knew that was where the team had to make up ground.

Not a huge surprise. He wasn't fit enough to play a full 90 minutes and never really found his form. At least I can say that I was there when he scored his one and only goal for Toronto FC. It was the only game I went to this year. I'll have to change my profile pic, I guess.

I think we'll pull this one out. We should probably start with the same team that went out against Manchester United, and hope that Owen (and maybe some new signings) can get a run out in the 2nd half.

Instant legend. I've been very impressed with him. I can't wait to hear the reception he gets with a full house at St. James' park next weekend.

I was a little nervous about him for the first 10 minutes, but he settled in fairly well. I can see him getting stronger for sure.

That's the one i would go with. Just makes complete sense at old trafford, not to be defensive but to frustrate them and rely on the likes of Jonas and Martins to hurt them. Nice idea. More like this though: Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Enrique Guthrie Butt Milner Zoggy Jonas Martins I think we could well see something like this, although I suspect KK may go with Duff as the link up man in place of N'Zog. Is Beye fit then? No shock Rooney is going to play, they're looking pretty strong. I just hope we give them a good game and make it difficult for them. Duff has had a strong preseason, so I don't see Keegan leaving him out. I think we'll have a lineup similar to what we had against Valencia, except Coloccini being in CB, of course. Enrique will probably start at LB, and I can see Jonas starting on the bench and coming on as a substitute in the 2nd half.

It's obvious to me that Ashley hates us and is just f*cking with us at this point.

If this is true then Faye must have been unsettled, and Keegan must have faith that Bassong can figure in as a stable substitute from the start. This puzzles me, though, because if we were to lose any CB, it should be Edgar on loan.

Yes, but if she has REALLY nice clothes, it probably means she's rich. So, yes, your analogy works both ways. Great fans = more money.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/08/14/jonas-ready-to-face-argentinian-pal-tevez-72703-21531930/ My favorite line from Jonas in that article: “It is not just Carlos, they have players like Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick playing." Really? Michael Carrick? That's who he singles out with Giggs?

I know he wasn't at the open training, but I was under the impression that Keegan said he had been training with us. I would imagine that he will be playing in this behind closed doors game today as well. Bottom line, if he's available and he's as good as we seem to think he is, I would be disappointed if he wasn't played on Sunday.

If we wouldn't sell Smith, I would hate to think we would sell Faye. If I'm not mistaken, he signed here to be with Allardyce, so I can understand that he might have been unsettled by last-year's proceedings, but I hope he decides to stick it out and we hold on to him. I really can't see us selling anyone at the moment, though.