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I do actually miss it. Funny Irish bloke in the studio, Goochy Onyewu acting as touchline reporter against the Belgian opposition...brilliant. the UEFA cup runs taught me more about where places were in Europe than GCSE geography did, without a shadow of a doubt.

Champion and Royle were genuinely hilarious. its not Champion I'm on about, its that other guy. I honestly believe we would have won the UEFA cup had 5 shown the Alkmaar away leg and not ITV. (whey, I don't but still...)

can the poll instead be, "do you miss our barmy nights on channel 5, John Barnes turning up in borrowed clothes because his suitcase got lost, that commentator who used to pattle on with random little stories, Pat Nevin and the chance to win a 32" telly every week?"

Or Ligue 1. Or the Welsh Premier League. If financing Newi Cefn Druids vs. Airbus UK is to blame, I'll go fucking ape.

eh? He speaks the truth. Wasn't bad, but not outstanding. wasn't the worst on the pitch by a distance, either.

why the fuck have footballs governing bodies scrapped this? Could they have just got rid of a lesser "nothing" tournament? The World Cup or something?

what I'd give to update the chant with "we've won it TWIIIICE". And the excuse to punch any cunt that sings "we've won it two times" for having shit English.

That Martin McFadden looks like a complete tosspot. Anyone else noticed he'd changed his Fred Perry jacket? Probably got melted cheese down it. Scruffy twat.

eh?

could still be similar to when he originally signed. His options were sitting on the bench at Real or come back to England and be a regular. He said at the time he spoke to Benitez, but he didn't go (I'd imagine that would have been his first choice), suggesting they didn't want him. As Apisith said, again his options appear to be limited.

tends to stop running about midnight. Although not sure about weekends.

I think he'll be wanting a long-term deal, if possible. A 2 year deal takes him to 31 when he's free to sign for another club and he won't get 100k/week from anyone at that age and for any length of time. Sign a 4 year deal now and he's done with the club at 33 after collecting 100k/week for 8 years. Pretty sweet deal if money's a priority for him. There's still a good chance that he'll stay. I think he knows that no other club are as desperate (?) as we are and none are also willing to accommodate him to the extent that we are (the chopper, for example). He's captain here. He's wanted, needed even. He's guaranteed a first-team place, lots of money and the club has potential if we can sort out this mess. Villa play a different style, Everton can't pay his wages, Spurs play one up front and have got two expensive strikers and City seem to have set their sights on a different tier of talent. I just don't know where else he'd go because the top 4 are even less likely to sign him. The only thing making me think he'll not commit for another 4 years is that there is no indication of where we're heading. I'm guessing that he's still hungry to win things, which are pretty much none existant with us. The way Liverpool fans described his mentality at his time there, he'll be desperate for his England place back, so again it depends if he still thinks he has a chance of regaining that while playing for Newcastle. Spoony said on 6-0-6 he makes that 8 in 12, which should get him a place in the squad regardless of who he's playing for. Ultimately I think it'll come down to whether he's more bothered by picking up money or possibly picking up the odd medal or two. We can offer the former, but probably not the latter.

mass influx of photoshopped pics of Owen in that pose like the mackems did with that one of Allardyce? Has the potential for some hilarious ideas...

I'll go with those teams like (obviously I have no idea how good any of you are!)

He's speaking about the offer having to be right. If he's implying he wouldn't be happy with a 6 month extension (his words), then it seems to suggest he wouldn't take a 1 year deal (which personally, I thought he might, as it still gives him the freedom to walk away sooner rather than later). I'm thinking if we offer him something like another 2 years, probably with a high salary, he'll take it. However if we ask him to commit for another 3-4 years I think he'll tell us to get fucked.

Dunno if its been posted, but 5live just played a bit of an interview with him. Basically... - Hasn't had anything from the club yet (we already know) - He's seen all the different clubs he's linked with in the papers - He obviously can't do anything until the club speak to him - He's read in the papers its apparantly happening this week He was then asked if he'll sign. He said it depends on the contract he's offered. He said if he's offered a 6 month extension (then laughed), then obviously he feels he has more to offer than that. Again re-iterated he'll have to see what we put on the table. Oh, he said things like this are usually private, and rarely go public before, the interviewer said nothing seems to be private at Newcastle, he laughed again and agreed.

what my mates and I were saying. Yesterday was the nail in WBA's coffin, definitely no way back for them, and Blackburn's game yesterday was appalling from their point of view. They've got Stoke next week, then the great unwashed on Boxing Day, which I struggle to see them winning. Its simply up to us to drag ourselves clear. But yeah, unless they get shot of Ince, I think that could be two spots taken come May. I wouldn't call it a freak result. Fortunate? Maybe. Its what I tried to say after the Stoke game. When people were saying "Pompey, Spuds, Wigan Liverpool... I can't see us winning any", they were banking on those teams coming out and playing to the best of their ability. Pompey were s*** today, and we took advantage. The same went for Villa at home. As much as people are banking us to play s***, you can't always bank on the opposition to be at their best. Its why I love the unpredictability of football, even though it can be horrible at times.

Anelka 1-1

Hughes has done a piss poor job so far despite the amount of money he has to spend. look quality on paper, but depends how far you read into the owners trying to influence his team selection.

what my mates and I were saying. Yesterday was the nail in WBA's coffin, definitely no way back for them, and Blackburn's game yesterday was appalling from their point of view. They've got Stoke next week, then the great unwashed on Boxing Day, which I struggle to see them winning. Its simply up to us to drag ourselves clear. But yeah, unless they get shot of Ince, I think that could be two spots taken come May.

can't write me essay now. On too much of a high, still buzzing. Had we lost, I'd be on too much of a downer to do it... There's just no happy medium

yeah. 10-10.50 (Top Gear being 9-10).

wonder how many people's drop from around 7 onwards down to around 2-3 now...

fucking brilliant performance! Pompey weren't all that though. See what happens when we don't sit back though? I just hope to god Kinnear made note of that. No reason we can't beat spuds next week.

Seb's fit :celb: although I'm still not optomistic.