McCormick

I know everyone thinks their club is the best but come on, get real please. It's not 1996, there is nothing special to an outsider about Newcastle United these days. I have to agree. What glamour? What mystique? This is not the mid 90s any more. Bentley would have been, what, 10 years old then? Footballers these days just want to play at the highest level. If you're not in the CL, there's a f****** huge gap to bridge. The only club outside the top four with a chance of signing him, imho, is Spurs, and that is because they are in London, which is more of a factor these days than it was before. And that's still asking him to put his faith in a club which is struggling to break the top half of the table, let alone the Champions League. Mock all you want but I still stand by the statement that Newcastle United is a bigger pull than the likes of Villa or Everton. We still have that Mystique, whether you like it or not, that your clubs just can't match. The media is actually a good barometer for this. TBH the goings on at Villa or Everton hardly register on the interest level but when the tea lady at NUFC sneezes there's a story written about it. Did Milner almost go to Villa as a step up ? What about Nobby's remarks when he returned, having been at both clubs he knew damn fine which one was the bigger. Arteta's complaing in the papers today that he would be in the Spain squad if he played for a bigger club. Spurs are the only team outside the top four that is a bigger draw than us at the moment. Most people inside and outside of football reguard the likes of Villa and Everton as also rans, they are not in the foreseeable future going to challenge for the major honours. While the likes of Spurs and ourselves have the potential under the right circumstances to break the top 4 dominance. Villa and Everton are very much "so what" clubs in my mind. That may sound condersending but I really don't give a damn what happens to them unfortunately for you guys my feeling is not uncommon. Leaving out any previous support for their club and assuming both clubs are in Europe or not in Europe, the player has no preference for which manager he plays for or area he lives in and the same assurances have been given on first team football. Do you honestly think most players would choose Villa or Everton over Newcastle ? I seriously doubt that would be the case, in fact I would be a little embarrased if I were a supporter of one of those clubs that despite NUFC atrocious form over the last few seasons and the upturn in form shown my own team, that my club still can not out draw them !! Mystique? Bollocks, the reason we've been in the press more than the likes of villa and everton is because of our laughable instability as a club. Being newsworthy isn't enough to draw a player like bentley to us, the media have moulded us into almost a laughing stock and to wrecklessly say we have a bigger pull than clubs like villa and everton (both of which have extremely competent mangers, good fanbases plus financial backing aswell.. not to mention being exponentially more stable and garnering higher league finishes for years on end now) based on a certain 'je-ne-sais-qua' is just you bringing your own biases into the equation. Lets face it, we're not scrapping with the mancs for the trophy, and yes we're on the up but we need at least a season to prove to the those outside of newcastle that we ARE a major force again, because quite frankly we aren't and haven't been for a long long time. If we get on a good run and put on a showcase of exciting football then the chances of a player of bentley's calibre sitting up and taking notice are less slim, but without doing that we simply don't have more of an allure than those other clubs you mentioned.

Mine usually does, but thats because the lass cant take more than a few bites without feeling like a porker

new... cant wait til he's allowed to start threads

DC: ferdinand, king, woodgate, vidic, carvalio. MC: gerrard, fabregas, essien, ballack, scholes FW: torres, anelka, rooney, berbatov and then id say adabayor is on par with drogba Woodgate better than Terry, Berbatov better than Drogba... Now I get it, you're kingdawson in disguise aren't you? good joke,i hate spurs, but i can admitt when they have good players, woodgate has class. something terry doesnt have. all terry does is throw himself at the ball. as for berbatov i dont think you can really argue with me as its a pretty close call, its not as if im saying someone shit like ashton is better than drogba who's gonna be first?

and what are you on about. all ive said is that hes overrated i havnt said hes rubbish or anything You're entitled to your opinion. If you genuinely think he's over-rated then fair enough. Millions of people disagree with you. millions of people think lampard is world class when that clearly isnt the case I think lampard is reasonably overrated myself

in his dreams a bit late with my 'edit'

Actually i'v always thought that, apart from his diving, drogba is a striker in the same mould as Shearer. Edit: before anyone says anything, i'm not saying he's as good as shearer was, just his general style of play reminds me of how the man himself used to do it

Yup, horrible feeling that either that lot or everton will have a go, which would make any of our bids redundant.

No fucking thank you

I want to see how we play against reading before i make a judgement, 2 wins in a row isnt exactly a milestone... a definitive win against reading and i'll be sold.

On youtube rewatching that spectacular goal bergkamp scored against us and i just happen to find this comment:

Lets not forget he's french

Jimmy's an absolute wanker

Well said, as am I, but i'm just worried that a loss on saturday will - much like bipolar patients- instantly turn this fit of joy into another spell of scathing criticism (harry-norway is perhaps the poster-boy for such behaviour).

Are we? Should we have a right to? In my opinion its been a while since we've had something to cheer about, but lets remember this is newcastle united and heart-break/disappointment is always lurking ahead. Lets get another win before we start exponentially raising the expectations. (sorry for being a buzz-kill)

Young, dynamic and looked class against man city. More realistic than some of the other names being mentioned- we could do a lot worse.

Have portsmouth actually bought defoe or is he still on loan? would definitely like to see him here, should owen depart in the summer

Spurs nothing to play for, easing off etc. And just as I post that, they say it on the radio. Wankers. scummy cunts... lets get another

^ says it all

A legend in the 'not really a legend' sense then? Legend in the Sibierski sense I reckon. So, not really a legend then? Maybe in the Robin Hood sense? So what you're saying is he robs from the rich? Aka our directors by getting paid vast amounts for not being a world beater, and steals from the poor? Aka the fans by us paying our money to see him not do it all of the time. Nah, I've seen him riding around Walkergate late at night on a horse, wearing a green cape and shooting charvas with his bow and arrow! Considering his marksmanship Charvas are pretty save then. Though he will kill a hand full with some lucky shots and get hailed as the saviour of British society. They were joking about the bow and arrow thing....

"Sir Bobby admits time is running out" Giant knot in my stomach now...

silly silly decision by Kev

We look amateurish, seriously i can't help shaking the feeling that i could walk into the team and play better- we look that bad. big sam received his share of animosity what in all honesty what has keegan produced? fuck me how did u miss that michael?

might win a few games at least