Fatwax

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.

If anyone is interested, Poll isn't actually answering from the lawbook, more his interpretation. My law is a bit rusty (I have a referee qualifaction) but I'm sure the infringement would come from the player trying to pull the shirt, never mind just pulling it. The laws state similar things with yellow cards, like a player kicking or just merely attempting to kick another player.

He was a good player for us and his heart is in the right place, he just lacked the ability to manage NUFC. It wouldn't surprise me if most of the Roeder haters are people who never got a chance to see the performances he put in for us. Would the same people jump on Alan Shearers' back if he took over as manager and failed?

If you like alot of chocolate on your biscuit join our club.

Seeing Allardyce celebrate a goal Oba-style would be my last dying wish.

Second place so far, not bad for me

Nice.... Don't quite get why you posted that gem in this thread like... Me either, and i dont understand why it would matter how a football player looks, specially one who will be playing for Newcastle united this season.. Would'nt mind if Frankenstein was our left back, so long as he did a good job. You mean Frankensteins Monster.

I have a whippet, ironically he's called Merlin. Good post though.

Talking of form and points on whatnot, from what I've noticed from the last few seasons (with the odd exception aside) if you get on average 1 point per fixture, or 38 points total then you're skimming safety/relegation. Any below that and it's pretty much guaranteed. However, if you average 2 points per game - 3 points per home game and 1 per away game for example - you'll pretty much win the premiership, or be in a title race at the very least. I reckon that a top 6 finish is easily possible, but like several people have said.. it's all about consistency. I think with a bit more depth and less injuries (come on BS) we could be there.

And this.

Had a BBQ and had a messy night on the broons.

I was watching Soccer Saturday and when I saw the Bolton goal update my heart literally sank.. After all the times last season that we were doing well until the opposition scored a goal, causing our heads to drop, I was pretty worried like. But it's a thing of the past! Big Sams revolution has started rolling! Interesting thing in the interview how Sam brought up about changing formation several times to accomodate the change in pace of the game.

They wouldn't have to if he didn't want a payment. The original deal was £6m, why would Newcastle change that after agreeing to it initially? It can only mean he's after a payment of some sort, probably in lieu of his testimonial. Little b******. Good point, completely slipped my mind that it could have been a loyalty bonus job. Fuck him then.

I kinda feel for Dyer here.. I don't really want him here and the general consensus of fans don't want him here and Dyer is blatantly not wanting to hang around, so why prolong it? There are clearly funds about and there is no way that anyone would willingly pay £8,000,000 for a speedy sick note. Not even West Ham.

NUFC would never bring in an old player as a member of the coaching/managerial staff for sentimental/nostalgic reasons.. When is Shearer taking over as manager, anyway?

I got rugby.. On the upside though, Scunthorpe 1 Sunderland 0!

You can hardly compare Michael Owens situation of weighing up his options to Dyers lacklustre effort each game with no more than quick runs in some new makeshift position he's found, or to Bellamy who is just a disaster waiting to happen.. a golf club to Riise FFS. End of the day, at least if Michael stays with us until January you know he'll make an effort until then.. even if it's only for his own benefit it'll still see us up the top half of the table.

i thought that the Edmilson thing was wrapped up until january, agreement in principle.. fucked knees etc.

There's alot of talk of a £23 mil figure being bandied about, although this hasn't being confirmed by any reliable sources as such. I think that as long as the club isn't left with nothing else to spend then the price of the transfer would be academic. But then again, I rate Deco as a world class creative attacking mid and the only way to get world class players it seems is to get out the cheque book.

"Money changes everything" £50m that was giving to Souness and i beg to differ But that money did make a difference, the irresponsible way in which it was thrown about on needless and overpriced players who were more bothered about their next wage packet than for the club itself landed us in the mess that we're trying to crawl out of right now.

There's nothing on SSN right now.. heh I half believed that for a second. Bless.