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glory, aye. Financial benefit of winning the cup < Financial benefit of PL TV rights

"Jo. We nd 2 tlk abt u getn jaild. U R becomn a liablty. I nd u 2 stp wit dis agresiv behavyr. I thnk tht u shud clm dwn abit nd focus on ur ftbl. you get the idea.....Sam Allardyce, text-a-holic. In a taxi provided by Mr B?

Tbh, I'd rather we focussed on climbing the league than going all out in the FA Cup. Ideally I'd take a high league finish and a cup win, but here are some boring stats to bore you with (but show alot). (In my lifetime) 1998 - FA cup finalists 13th in the PL 1999- FA cup finalists 13th in PL 2000 - FA cup semi-finalists 11th in PL 2005 - FA cup semi-finalists 14th in PL When we've had a good cup run, our league position has been mediocre to say the least. Its shown you need to be a good team to win the FA cup, and capable of beating the fucking "big 4". If you can beat the fucking "big 4" then you should be near the top of the table. A good cup run this year will only end in heartbreak. We're not going to win it. I'd rather we try and make steps forward in one way or another, establish ourselves as top 4 contenders like Man City, then have a good crack at the cup.

Teamtalk say two million of Mr. Ashley's English Pounds http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_3021724,00.html probably wrong like, considering they said we'll lose Enrique to the ANC...

couldn't be arsed to find the old Wes Brown thread so lock it if need be. See the yellow ticker on the channel

whats more likely? Arrivals at NUFC this January or arrivals of scheduled trains at central station? mackems.gif mackems.gif mackems.gif (I know its a shit attempt at a joke)

I love it how there's been fuck all updates on nufc.co.uk about any of this. I'm sorry, but if I was Mort I'd tell Craig Hope to have it on there. He's our player whether we like it or not and we're paying his fucking wages. The least they can do is post a small club statement.

fuck sacking Allardyce. Sack Barton. Now. Little Prick.

write that on a bit of paper and take it to the bookies and see what they'll give you. If it's around 7/1, metaphorically bite their hands off.

from teamtalk.com (they basically cut and paste newspaper articles, I just need to find what paper this is in) Big Sam hoping to borrow Ben Haim Under-fire Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce could be reunited once again with Chelsea defender Tal Ben Haim as he bids to plug his leaky defence. The Israel centre-back has started only nine Premier League games this term, but with John Terry injured and Ricardo Carvalho banned, the 25-year-old has been thrown into the fray at Stamford Bridge. But Allardyce, who coached the Israel international while the pair were at Bolton, is in desperate need of defensive reinforcements and has reportedly requested to take Ben Haim on loan until the end of the season. Allardyce has limited cash available and a temporary switch would boost a Magpies defence which has conceded 33 goals in 21 Premier League games. Allardyce is also bracing himself for the loss of Habib Beye, Jose Enrique and Abdoulaye Faye who are all on African Nations Cup duty. http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_3018887,00.html HOWEVER.... There is a flaw in the arguement. I never knew Spain was in Africa....

to be honest, the names mentioned are laughable but the main point is that I cannot see any way in which we will improve. Sam continues to play players out of position. It looks like we have no gameplan. We lack creativity in the centre of midfield - there's one player that could provide some, but he's continually benched. The defence continues to look vunerable (despite SA and Pearson both being ex-defenders). As I said, I don't think an interim manager would be much good, and to ask KK to come back is a fucking joke tbh, it's living in the past. However I'd like to ask this question. Sam has 20-odd backroom staff. In times like this, isn't it when he should consult them for suggestions/solutions/to see where we are going wrong? Do this little clan actually do anything or simply arse-lick him? Surely this Prozone Analysis bloke could use it to show that we managed barely any shots on goal against Wigan? At this minute in time, if I was Ashmort, I'd tell Sam to fuck off if he wants to keep bringing in staff for the time being. After waking up this morning I'm really beginning to question what influence they're having on first team affairs.

if the Sun is your paper of choice, thats the story you want to hear tbh

i mean "instead" of allardyce but leaving us time to find a fulltime appointment. yeah sorry, haha. It dawned on me after I'd posted. So in effect, a caretaker? The only qualm I'd have about that is that the interim manager does well, drags us up the league and performances improve, so we decide to appoint him full-time. Then we think "oh goody" and he's appointed as full-time manager. However in his first full season, he begins to lose it. He makes poor signings, some of which are panic signings on deadline day and we're back to square one in terms of what we're seeing on the pitch. I think this happened not so long ago somewhere....

I'd be for it, to try and offer an alternative to the style of football Allardyce is giving us. However, I think the effect would be minimal to nil. The reason for this, sadly, is that I'm beginning to think Allardyce is becoming so fucking ignorant that he wouldn't listen to someone offering an alternative. I can't help but feel that he thinks he knows best and obviously seems determined not to give in to the pressure of the fans. (Zog playing left wing). I watched "Big Ron Manager" on Sky, where Ron Atkinson helped out at Peterbrough, and as a result, their manager resigned as he felt Atkinson was getting preferential treatment from Peter Fry and didn't like having him around. Although I don't think Allardyce would walk, I think it would bring conflict into the club, perhaps as Allardyce wouldn't want to be portrayed as needing a "helper" as it would suggest to outsiders he isn't all what he's cracked up to be.

so then.... following another defeat tonight, where do we go from here? I can't help but feel that although we are the Premier League team, we are the underdogs. I think Pulis will have noted the battering our confidence has taken in recent weeks, and will have psyched his team up for this. What team to we put out? Do we go with the starting XI from tonight? As many have said, we played well for the opening 30 minutes, but it appears all of our strikers are piss-poor! At least Martins managed to work himself into positions where he had a chance of scoring.... Will Enrique be given a start? Does public humiliation in front of a teatime audience follow?

I've left early before like. The 4-1 home defeat by Fulham stands out, as does the Villa game where Dyer and Bowyer decided to lamp each other (I left as soon as they were both shown the red card). I don't give a fuck what people think of leaving early. I stumped up the money for the ticket, and so it is within my god given right to get up and leave when I want if I want to put myself out of misery and avoid traffic. Saying that, I don't think I would have left early tonight. The performance wasn't as shocking as the games mentioned above.

I didn't go tonight, but that is fuck all. I was more ashamed to being one of the fans shouting "Toon Toon pepperami" against Palace a few years back and having to amuse myself by making, and throwing a paper plane onto the pitch, along with many others. And going "oooooaaaah" as some managed to reach the turf.

We've got Titus Bramble, He's got a house in Amble, It's on a hill, It's fucking brill. Wigan fans will never be able to sing that one.

I've just been watching Football First and one of your defenders was booed for making a backpass shortly after City scored the first. Crazy. happens alot. More than likely to be the people who sing "attack attack attack"

Given Beye Rozehnal Taylor Enrique Faye Emre Milner N'Zogbia Pick 2 of any of the fuckers here Dearest Samuel, could you please play that team against Stoke? Just try it. See what happens. You have to notice we were piss poor tonight. It's all well and good being on top for the first 40 minutes. The point is we went behind and never looked like getting back into the game. We don't have the fucking ability to keep clean sheets, so once we do go behind in games, we need to push forward for something known as an equiliser. Just go with that, or something similar. If we win, great. If we don't, so fuck. The cup is just a pleasant diversion from the league (See Souness in the UEFA and FA Cup runs of 04/05).

hahahaha a liverpool fan said they'll take Sam if we don't want him

yeah, like Smith

If Ashley isn't going to sack Sam. He can get his fucking chequebook out and splash the cash. Bids in for big name, quality players please.

do any of our American posters on here go by the name of Bardia (sp?) from Florida? Just thats who's speaking on 6-0-6....

I contemplated going to bed and ending my misery. However I'm going to stay up and listen to 6-0-6. I think there's going to be some very interesting phone-calls. (Along with your usual bunch of mongs)