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Paul Ince is black?!

Not anymore it's not, when everyone is up for it, and a bit of the so-called 'Geordie injustice' has taken place then IMO we can't be beaten. Or like for example the Chelsea home game a few seasons ago when Titus scored. There's loads of little moments where I remember the noise being mental. Even this season, when Shay saved that penalty against Bolton the noise was deafening.

Whenever I see new stadiums like this proposed Spurs one and the one that the dippers were on about making, I think of SJP and smile. I love our stadium so much.

Fits the bill quite nicely - young, available, probably not too pricey, plays on both wings. We could do a hell of a lot worse. And probably will.

People say this a lot of the time, but the difference is that Gerrard scores goals like this consistently. Any player can have moments of pure brilliance, but it's the quality players that do it on a consistent level, week in week out. I look forward to seeing if Guthrie can maintain his form. Wow, Danny's just changed his MSN status: "is pleased his manager has recognized his good form and hopes to play even better in the near future"

People say this a lot of the time, but the difference is that Gerrard scores goals like this consistently. Any player can have moments of pure brilliance, but it's the quality players that do it on a consistent level, week in week out. I look forward to seeing if Guthrie can maintain his form.

I think Lotus is on about Dwight Johnson, defensive linesman for the Philadelphia Eagles and then later the New York Giants.

Robbie Fowler to Grimsby Town as a player-coach possibly, depending on what happens with Blackburn and his monthly contract there. My nephew is an academy player and Robbie was with Newell talking to the players about it at Blundell Park and how they'd feel about it a few weeks back.

I don't feel too pessimistic about Xisco at the moment. As I understand it he's currently injured, although not listed on physioroom. I wouldn't be surprised to see him later in the season if we've been steered away from the drop zone somewhat. I suppose it'd make sense to rely on players that you know about or are willing to perform for you like Ameobi & Viduka as opposed to a striker that's very new to the league and country, with his best years ahead of him. Could even see him pop up at the KC stadium for the FA cup 3rd round.

It's a bit of a weird one, the way I'm feeling about this club at the moment. On the one hand I'm dubious about us against Spurs at home but on the other I can't wait for our next away fixture. Kerazee.

He is right though, Neil Warnock as a fullback would NOT be an improvement on Enrique. ..Although it'd be hilarious to watch.

Wasn't one of the games called off the other season because of weather? Or was that at 3 point lane? Martins is on physioroom as no return date - with him in the squad I'll feel confident of getting something, without him not so much. He's played really well and Spurs seem to be his team to play well against. I bet Dawson is lubing up now for a smoother entry.

Now is the time for Nixon to stand up and be counted. Go on my son!

It's like something out of a fucking Saw film. Hello Mr. Ashley, I want to play a game..

Bullard would be good for us, he's also very good with a deadball which is something we tend to lack. I don't expect to see the kind of player we want to see in the middle of the park arriving in January, so based on that if we got Bullard for a few seasons I'd be happy with that for a start.

3 assists in the league this season so far in 12 (?) appearances in all competitions.

I just go out of my way not to watch them. If I do end up having to watch them it's because we're playing them and we always drown them out anyway.

You can write off a year of his wages to be fair, since the FA paid them. At the end of the day when Owen has played for us we've got a decent deal out of it. He's been professional and scored crucial goals that arguably kept us up last season. The only downside is one massive freak injury and a load of niggles that tend to reoccur. He doesn't 'owe' us anything and I wouldn't blame him for leaving for free come July. If better companies were after my employment I doubt I'd stay with a company that was in as much of a mess as this club. He's 29 now and only has a few years left, he has a right to be selfish and go for a deal/club that can bring him as much as possible.

Problem is that I can't see where that win will come from. Sunday, 21 December 2008 Barclays Premier League Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00 That'll be the same Tottenham that beat our full team 2-1 when they were absolutely terrible, and are now a much much better side and we've got worse? We didn't have a manager, the owner wanted out.. we were (and still are) in turmoil. Their excuse is that the players didn't want to play for Ramos anymore, despite leading them to silverware and europe a few months before. Pathetic.

they also said deco and rivaldo in the past. And Distin in Jan 05. We did move for Distin though didn't we? Pretty sure Souness confirmed it. Must be true then. Man City confirmed it too so I take it it's true. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/newcastle-weigh-up-kuffour-move-as-city-reject-distin-bid-495719.html Like I said, must be true then.

To be fair if we ended up with a few seasons around the 8th-12th mark I wouldn't be too bothered as long as there were signs that the first team, academy and general setup were improving and being built upon. Anyone that's actually played football or has a clue about it will tell you that you can't just buy a load of quality players and watch them shoot you up the table, because it's a team game and it takes time for a team to truly gel an work together - this is helped by having a good manager as well. The thing is though, irrespective of where we finish this season, there have definitely been no signs of improvement with possibly the exception of the academy. Last season we bought players to improve our very thin squad but also threw out some players that on their day could turn a game - these were replaced by workhorses, shit ones at that. We flirted with relegation, were unable to strengthen in January and managed to pull ourselves away from the drop zone thanks to Keegan and his ability to lift players. This summer saw some improvements in certain areas again, but it seems to be the same story of selling players as well and not really building up a squad, oh yeah and Keegan left which fucked up our season royal. Now, if we'd have got in a better manager or hadn't have had some of the bad luck with injuries at times then we could possibly be out of the mire right now.. if you look at the points dropped and where we'd be if they hadn't have gone then we'd be looking pretty decent at the moment - but of course we did waste those points and they're gone for good. I can't see us doing any better than 13th or so this season which is a step backwards. This club is a mess and I'm fucking sick of being pissed around at every level possible. There hasn't been any progress and this January should also tell us about Mike Ashley and how he feels with the club. If he invests in some players that'll help us that's brilliant, if not then he'll have done the impressive task of turning an entire city against him as I can't see us staying up with the current squad, bearing in mind it's Kinnear who's picking the first 11.

they also said deco and rivaldo in the past. And Distin in Jan 05. We did move for Distin though didn't we? Pretty sure Souness confirmed it. Must be true then.

Whenever I read one of his interviews, I imagine Kinnear spouting off with a megaphone like Jimmy 'the Mouth of the South' Hart.

If we don't sign a central mid - a good one at that - then I reckon there's a big chance of us going down. Saying that though, if we do get Upson, does that mean that Kinnear doesn't rate Taylor or Upson? Assuming Taylor is fit I think that may just be answered on Sunday. Clearly Bassong is the brighter prospect but let us not forget that our beloved club is being run by a cretin.

That's nonsense. Complete nonsense. Your blaming the recruitment team for the manager offering a contract to player that is already at the club and has been there since before they arrived?? I think he's blaming the recruitment team for being incapable of pushing Nicky Butt out of the first team with younger, better players. If we had better alternatives then we wouldn't need to offer him a contract. We have no depth at all, or real quality if we're honest, in the centre of the park.