Fatwax

He was terrible in the Championship for Stoke. He'll be next to no use for us in any league for the simple reason that he can't string more than 2-3 good performances together without breaking down with an injury for X amount of weeks or months.

Glad I read this before wading through that ridiculous hissy fit on the previous pages. ..is what I should be saying.

Permanent.

I have no idea why I find this picture so hilarious.

To get used to them obviously.

Isn't that one of the reasons the club is in the state it is now? Shepherd going all out with the contract offers landed us with Owen, Luque, etc. Not really the same. If Owen and Luque had played like players deserving of their transfer fee/wage demands then both would have been worthwhile signings. It wasn't the amount necessarily being spent, but what on that was the problem. An improved and extended contract for Bassong could be a decent bit of business since we all know of his quality and potential. Yes, I agree we should try to keep Bassong but are we really going to offer him Premiership wages when we are in the Championship? The mess the club is in at the moment it's not exactly nailed on that we will be back in the Premiership in a season. Well it all depends on how much Spurs were offering him and how much Bassong wanted. I don't imagine it'd be a massive amount to be honest and I can't see him being on much more than a youth wage here. Obviously if he is asking for a lot then fair enough but when I read it I thought he was just asking for a good wage that reflected his age and ability.. whatever that might be.

Isn't that one of the reasons the club is in the state it is now? Shepherd going all out with the contract offers landed us with Owen, Luque, etc. Not really the same. If Owen and Luque had played like players deserving of their transfer fee/wage demands then both would have been worthwhile signings. It wasn't the amount necessarily being spent, but what on that was the problem. An improved and extended contract for Bassong could be a decent bit of business since we all know of his quality and potential.

So you got us relegated on FM? Cunt.

One question for you. Would you prefer Newcastle United to be in a) the Premiership or b) the Championship? One question for you. Would you say banana's are a) too yellow or b) not yellow enough? Depends on the banana.

I'd laugh, but I have this awful feeling if he can't find a club, he'll come crawling back to us and we'll be stupid enough to give him another contract. The beauty of this is that we're broke so there's literally no way of offering him any kind of contract that he'd accept. But on the other hand, we're broke.

I wouldn't replace Bosingwa with Johnson.

They have a unique TV deal that sees only them gain profits from each TV viewing. I think last seasons was roughly 150 million or something stupid. They can basically afford anyone they want just on the back of this. Not to mention stuff like champions league money, merchandise sales and the brand name in itself.. they pretty much have the whole of South America on their side.

As usual West Ham have a hand in shitting all over everything.

Fuck sake.

I was saying Boo-eckham.

Or what? We're nothing but horrified onlookers with each and every mess this club falls into. This'll be no different. No doubt Luque and Xisco will be high-fiving on the same team this time next year or something.

Sigh.

It would be spiteful...

I'd like to think that he'll do well in the under-21s and prove pivotal in getting us promoted next season. However..

Yeah, what's everyones problem? Probably the self-destruction of a major fixture of our lives.

Lets write a letter and do a sing-song about how we want our perfect chairman to be. Then Mike Ashley can rip it up and throw it in the fire.. hopefully the news will get to Mary Poppins and we'll be saved. This place has gone mental with news in the last 12 hours.

I met you in Paris in June of last year, you said I was the only toon fan you'd seen about. Where in Paris did I bump into you? Ey? Ey?

The majority of football fans tend to be idiots.. it certainly isn't exclusive to Newcastle fans like the stereotype suggests. When Everton were linked with Smith people their fans were saying on message boards that they could get the best out of him and that his Newcastle form was a bit of a 'blip'. Some said similar when we signed him. Malouda was brilliant before he went to Chelsea and after his first season he was worse than James Milner. People were saying that Torres would be too flimsy and weak for the Premiership too.. end of the day we're nothing more than a bunch of armchair pundits.

I was thinking that when I saw Lampard on the ball, just before he took the shot. Malouda nearly scores, Pienaar injured.

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