ChrisJbarnes

send him to the glue factory

"enzo" and "matic" in the centre. Sounds like a brand of washing machine.

One of these for the away kit: http://www.owleyesmagazine.com/sites/default/files/217727_176163912433453_129200697129775_394230_777119_n.jpeg

interest free credit available on crocodile garage doors? Fantastic.

:jones: :dowie: :dowie: :facepalm: Sums up my reaction to this affair

Whens this guy supposed to be back?

1 point wouldnt be the worst result in the world.

Hope for a Ben Arfa sub appearance?

West Ham away. 2-0 Martins and Duff, in front of the away end. Caught the bug from then on, going to that game was one of the worst decisions I've ever made!

Their next 6 or so games are all against mid table sides and fellow relegation fighters. Win a few of them and they are more or less out of it. They are currently only 4 points adrift but Id say they have got as much of a chance as Reading and Villa due to their fixtures as well as the fact that they genuinely do have quite a good squad. FWIW I know there is still a lot of ill feeling after our relegation day at Villa Park, but I reckon a similar thing could have happened elsewhere too and that many Villa fans didn't join in. I've always had a soft spot for Villa and I hope if anyone down there survives it's you lot. I honestly dont know what to make of Villa. The only trouble I've ever seen at football games has been largely created by these lot (in my opinion). Did enjoy the banter in the Holte End last night though, singing "itchy scalp my lord" "shall we wash your hair for you" and "2 in 1 my lord" at Joe Hart as well as 2 blokes coming as astronauts

Yeah, I lived right next to Greenwich park for a year. A massive inconvenience to the local residents with the whole park shut for so long and the damage after. Still, I guess the olympivs doesnt happen so often!

http://e0.365dm.com/12/08/660x350/RichardsonM_2816640.jpg

Amazing how a few new players and 2 good results changes perceptions dramatically. I reckon around mid-table (9-12th) and hopefully a good run in the EL.

Seriously what has gone wrong? Despite all our striker issues he's never had a lookin. If he was like Ranger you'd understand but it really is a mystery.

Fucks sake. 1-0 Man United pen, giggs.

I live in Birmingham and saw a Villa fan so pissed off he sellotaped his season ticket to a tree. I thought "I'll have that, you can never have enough sellotape"

It doesnt stack up. Why would a highly paid captain of an English premier league team who has been a model professional since he joined all of a sudden decide "sod 'em". Theres something more to this.

They have 2 extra games inbetween the time we play them. If we don't win this game, you question when we will win again. 0-1 Cisse

He's 27 not 23. His type of player - pace and athelticism tend to decline quickly as they approach their 30's. He needs the money now. So what do you do? Bend to his demands? What's the difference in what you were offering and what they did? You could equally say that if he's that type of player, he needs the money because he's going to decline, as you said, which doubly makes him one to avoid, especially at that cost. I think you're both arguing the same thing. Posssibly I am just super wary now, after our recent experience, of getting lumbered with high earning, uncommitted players, of the wrong age group. I'd also say that there are only two factors which could possibly swing him to them rather than you, one is London, which you can't change, the other is ££££ which you can change, but there have to be limits. Mind you, lucky you lot even trying to get these signings in. I dread to think of the sort of dross at the end of the market we'll be shopping in. 31st Jan there will be a "SENSATIONAL" battle between Newcastle and Aston Villa over the blow your socks off signings of Dean Windass and Lee Trundle

To be fair, it will truly be a privilege to see him play for a great club like QPR, under one of the most likeable ambassadors in the game in Redknapp.

Relegation season we had a shocking squad, a ton of managers, we were a total shambles from top to bottom, and still we went down by 1 point. I'd be far more worried if I was Villa to be honest, not that finishing 16th or so will represent a "victory" by any means.

football really is full of twats isnt it!

MASSIVE next 2 games. Reading at home, Villa away. Villa will have played 2 extra fixtures between the next 2 PL games, with a derby away to WBA, a cup semi against Bradford and then Millwall away. Their squad is small and young and will be exhausted. Frankly, we won't have a better opportunity to win away all season, and we'll have no excuses for a poor performance having had a week and a half to prepare. 2 very winnable games, which Pardew and the squad should be asking questions about if we dont.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newcastle_United_F.C._managers Since 2006 (6 years), we've had 7 managers: Roeder, Allardyce, Keegan, Kinnear, Shearer, Hughton, Pardew. Out of those, Pardew is the only one that has started and finished a season as full time manager. He finished 5th and we nearly got into the champions league. This season has been poor, for which Pardew must take some of the blame. Frankly though, is there any manager out there who: 1) Would have got more points on the board, taking into account the total lack of a squad capable of competing, decimated by injuries 2) Would fit in with "the system" and be willing to work under Fat Mike and Dekka for peanuts 3) Would manage to produce better attacking football, taking into account the glaring squad weaknesses, decimated by injuries 4) Would be worth the loss of credibility due to sacking someone who has got us our highest league finish in years, taking into account all of the above. I think for Newcastle, changing the manager has always been the solution, and frankly its never really worked. The grass may be greener, but given that Ashley has hired and fired Allardyce, Keegan and Hughton more or less because he doesnt get on with them and they dont fit in the system, surely its only a matter of time before whichever mediocre manager we were to appoint gets the boot. For anyone looking to make a name for themselves in management, they arent going to want to come here, work under Ashley with minimal investment in players, and then eventually be made the scapegoat when it doesnt work out as planned. We've got through managers faster than Ashley gets through pies and when they've left its hardly been onwards and upwards each time. Allardyce and Hughton seem to be doing very well because they are at much better run clubs. For me, Ashley's last of many chances was when he appointed Pardew after sacking Hughton, Keegan and Allardyce in a short space of time. His whole regime's credibility depends on Pardew's success, because surely after so many poor decisions and dismal failures, there wouldn't be anyone who would want to come here amid the turmoil and who would be a success. If Pardew goes, Ashley has to go as he will have consistently mucked it up over numerous years with many chances and lost all credibility. Since I don't see this realistically happening, Pardew has to stay for me. I think a better solution would be a striker in January, finishing off a crap season, reviewing in Summer, building a squad with Pardew and then this time next season if we aren't considerably better then Pardew and Ashley can both fuck off.

Everton and their encouraging defeat versus our encouraging defeats, but who wins? the neutral.