Fatwax

I think you're on about Victor Moses.

Fuck a duck!

Enrique not even on the bench..

When all is said and done, the fact of the matter is that the old board and the way in which the club was run was an embarrasment. By no means am I going to take away from the investment in players and stadium expansions and all of that.. but every time I read another one of Shepards comments in the papers, or another scandal - the whore house incident as an example - I just cringed. Since the boards departure, it has been revealed that the club was not too far away from collapsing financially due to the way it had been maintained and was heavily in debt.. I at least feel that our new board adds some professionalism. Even if we aren't storming the premiership, at least I know that the club is being rebuilt. The worst thing of all about the old board though is that they simply did not care about the fans. Argue what you will, but Shepard & Hall saw us as nothing more but cash cows. As far as I see it, I would rather have several seasons of mid-table graft and building with a professional and well run boardroom in place, with the same manager at the helm, rather than the joke that we had before. I don't care what the stats say and I definately will not disagree with the fact that when Dougie and company stepped in it got us into a much better place, but I would rather have what we have now - a developing football club with enormous potential - than the soap opera rubbish that we have had to deal with for so long that made us all out to be jokes.

Best insult ever.

Classic commmentary. "It's an Australian on for a Nigerian.. sums up the Premier League right now."

It was the promotion season of 92-93 - we had just come off an 11 game winning run, finishing with the win at Joker Park the previous week...ironically, it was AT Grimsby, in May the following year, that we clinched promotion with a 2-0 win ; Andy Cole got the first, just after half-time and Ned Kelly clinched it on around 85 mins - one of the best nights supporting NUFC I've ever had ; was lucky enough to get into the Directors' Box at Blundell Park, we were all going berserk when Ned scored. KK had a bucket of water chucked over him by Ned afterwards - always wondered if that was why he let Ned go to Wolves after the season ended(just joking !). What an amazing night that was. I was born and raised in Grimsby, but have always supported NUFC through family ties and my upbringing, although I've always followed Grimsby closely, what with it being my home. I always love it when these two teams play eachother.

Ditto, if Big Sam can get Duff playing how he used to, then we'll look a hell of a lot better in the middle of the park.

The morning headlines will no doubt read "MARTIN WANTS OUT OF TOON" or "EMRE TO HAVE SHOWDOWN TALKS".

4 points in 2 games.. this could be the turning point! This result was needed after a frustrating November, no matter how hard it was to finally get the result.

Totally agree!

Wasn't it the 1-1 draw with Arsenal last season after losing to Sheff Utd that saw us pick up speed a bit and get some better results? Hat trick from Martins, heh.

Where the hell has Cacapa disappeared to? Is he still injured or has he just been dropped? Apparently Taylor is still suffering from his back injury so if he plays won't be 100%. I think that currently our only fit CB is Roz..

Source?

To be fair I would too. I don't think he brings anyway near enough to a full 90 minutes to warrant starting him.. I think we lack real depth in that area moreso than others.

Since the Blackburn game, Same has mentioned preferring Smith in a strikers role as opposed to his midfield role.. wouldn't be surprised to see a midfield 3 of Butt, Emre and Barton and a 3 point attack of Milner, Martins and Smith.. thats my guess anyway.

One of the most enjoyable derbies I have been to in recent years is Sheffield Wednesday v. Sheffield United.. even though they're both from the same city, there can still be as much venom as you'd get with the tyne-wear matches. I also find it interesting that the Notts Forest/County derby is generally very dull and lifeless, whereas the Notts Forest v. Derby County matches have a real edge to them.

Come on boys!!

Haha, brilliant.

No beef with Europe at all. Just not keen on people assuming the world revolves around Europe and everyone else should change what they do to accommodate Europeans. Expecting the world to fit in with what Europe does is arrogant though tbh. The reasons for holding the ACN in Jan/Feb have already been mentioned. The sport doesn't belong to England, Britain or Europe - Africa have the right to hold their tournament whenever the f*** they like. If this ruffles a few feathers then yes, 'tough s***'. I just hope you are just as outraged when the likes of Given, Owen, Viduka, Emre, Milner and Taylor are called upon to represent their countries. Cos that's totally different isn't it? Well, it is actually. We make time in our own league to accomodate the internationals... Also, the world/european cups aren't in season time, but if they were, I would be very pissed off if I saw the players mentioned f****** off to play in some cup. With all due respect, you're missing the point. the Internationals? f****** hell! International matches involving African countries aren't as important? It was well known when the ACN was taking place for years and years. People are only twisting and fretting because they haven't been intelligent enough to have a squad to deal with it. Africa has the right to choose when to hold the ACN. Full stop. It seems that every time somebody gives you an answer of some kind you try to twist the words. Other International competitions are held out of season because then the entire situation is made easier for the club, country and also the player. Fair play if ACN is in Jan-Feb it's just one of those things, but you must be able to see why people would be annoyed, especially since teams like Newcastle will have to go another two or three fixtures without our top goalscorer potentially.

I'd be very interested in reading this too.

The entire structure of the club has changed, from the owner to the majority of first team players.. give it time. Besides, until very recently there hasn't been much choice in the midfield creativity-wise, with Emre either being injured or looking mostly ineffective and N'Zogbia playing at leftback. Barton has been injured and Damien Duff is out for another 8 weeks or so still.. Solano and Dyer are off the books and after that there isn't much to choose from apart from fairly similar midfield characters. It'll come good. If we're playing s*** now and fifth, there isn't any reason for us to adapt better over the season and achieve some long awaited consistency.

Do you know the history behind the word RACISM ffs?. Its ridiculous to even mention them in the same bloody sentence let alone put them on the same level of discrimination. Being fair, all he said was that they are similar because they are both forms of discrimination. At no point did he really compare the significance of their history or pass judgement as to which is the worse.

Playing in Serie B though. Italian fizzy pop league. Boumsong was a fucking car crash.. fair play some players just don't adapt, but he just outright took the piss. If you don't quite remember check out YouTube.

Well no, definately not.. probably not the best example but I think my point still stands. Looking at last season I'd blame Shephard before Roeder, because it was FF that appointed him, although it could easily be said that Roeder never said no.. Either way I don't think that Roeder deserves the abuse that he's gotten.