Thomson Mouse

I've recently moved to Australia and joined, so don't let distance stop you as Brummiemag's comments are spot on. I wasn't keen on the idea at first, but they've shown me they are willing to listen and evolve which was the most important thing for me. For too long the apathy among NUFC fans has been shameful, if NUST can pull this off this would be amazing for normal fans all over the UK.

Ok fair enough.

Because I've met him, quite a few times.

Latest venture Steve, you tosser? Obviously some money in it for you somewhere, if it's as bad as your usual, don't bother, just stick to dancing in a garage.

So, its not relevant imo what everyone else does. This is a case about Newcastle United, our club, our identety. I dont give a flying f*** if Spurs, Everton, Man u whatever club does it, so be it, let em flush down everything that is tradition. We wont accept it, we are proud of our stadium, and its legacy. It would simpley be a direct hit at the spine of the club and city. Cant belive people take so easy on it, just bend over and let Ashley bumfuck the living s*** out of the supporters and club... unfortunatly that sort of tradition died the day a big blue star appeared on the shirt. Eh? i don't see a great deal of difference between renaming the stadium and having adverts plastered over the strip. (in fact the renaming of the stadium, when everyone will still call it by its original name, is probably the lesser of the two evils) No, far from, compare it to change the clubs name or relocating. I liked football a lot more when everything was not just about the money, kind of sad really... i think my comparisson is closer and i agree with your other sentiment. unfortunatly football has always been about the money only now it's more cynical. Your comparison is not close at all. Cannot understnad why ANY NUFC supporter would accept this. Mirror (McNally) reckon we're going to have the Adidas Arena http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Newcastle-stadium-name-change-Goodbye-St-James-Park-hello-adidas-Arena-article207491.html

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but thought it might keep some people amused http://www.punchinthefacebook.com/punch/mike-ashley

Bollocks man. I want the club and the team to do well, it doesn't always have to revolve around Ashley. I remember some saying they would welcome relegation last season because it would push Ashley into selling cheap, and wow that worked didn't it. When are you going to take your head out of your arse and realise that everything does revolve around Ashley. Until he goes we can't look forward or even appoint a half decent manager. If losing games is the price we have to pay then so be it If you can suggest to me a form of protest/boycott that will work, then I'll listen. Until then, I'll continue to have 'my head in my arse' as you put it. Protesting won't work, chanting won't work, raising a fan buy-out won't work, not turning up at games won't work. First off, most are season ticket holders and have already paid. Secondly, you couldn't sanction such a boycott - people would still go. Thirdly, it'll do a hell of alot of damage to the club, and like I've said again and again and again, it won't have the desired effect. It'll put us deep in the s*** long before it dents Mr Ashley's pockets. Were you around when McKeag was in charge?

Did he move a few feet while doing it? If he did, it the most the most he's moved since he's been with us. Marlon Harewood, you have to ask yourself, why?

It was the last goal as well. He actually put more effort into raising his arm than actually stopping the forward.

He appears to have changed his mind again. Or he was bullshitting in the first place. I think he's had a vastly inflated price from the start and no one has come close to matching it; we've clearly not been close to being sold which is very worrying. recession or not people snap up football clubs like nobody's business these days yet we can't attract a half credible buyer for s***. We don't like Cockney wankers, why the f*** would we want investment from potential terrorists? Thank f*** they aren't interested I say. WTF? Didn't you read about the lad from Wallsend who complained to a BT call centre worker in India about his poor service? He got threatened his house would get blown up by the irate Indian. I am concerned that if we are taken over by Arabs and they cock things up, anti- semitic chants could have disastrous consequences. :omg: If there was ever a more suitable time for to be used on this forum, I haven't yet seen it.

Lets face it Skirgey boy we just ain't even good enough for this league at present. We need change and fast. Knee and jerk somewhere in that. Hardly, we've been found out in the last 3 games unless you're watching something totally different? No, I've been watching the same as you, but I know we won't be relegated. Quite amusing someone thinks we will be.

Lets face it Skirgey boy we just ain't even good enough for this league at present. We need change and fast. Knee and jerk somewhere in that.

Must have been watching a different game then.

Harewood has been fucking awful. He could at least look bothered

No, but I did think it was quite ironic the only thing sat next to him was a bust of a Geordie legend. if it had legs I'm sure it would have changed seats. Funniest thing I've read in a while. Thanks.

Keegan. The thought of him getting some sort of coaching off Shearer in the future is frightening.

More tripe. Your far flung location sees you detached from reality but really, there is no excuse given the power of the internet. When Keegan was appointed by fat ash the reality is that people saw him as a manager with some talent who may turn the team into a decent one and who may see us up near the top 6 or so and looking like challengers. Babbling on the way you do about Keegan being seen as a god or something merely goes to show your knowledge of the club and it's supporters is limited to what you read in the media. Love the reference to YOU SUPPORTERS by the way. That tells a story. I suggest you stick to stuff about australia and leave the Newcastle stuff to those more clued up. A rather angry and irrational response which rather confirms what macca was saying. Keegan has a status which, in many people's eyes, puts him beyond criticism. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him described as a 'legend'. I've also found that when you criticise the man, the response is often one of moral outrage, as though you'd pissed on the steps of the Vatican rather than made an observation about a human being who is as flawed as the rest of us. Not his first though, is it? Anyone who doesn't agree with him is talking 'tripe' and anyone who lives in Australia (including myself), has to bow to his superior knowledge of all things NUFC. What a wonderful person to go for a pint before the match with Can't say I've ever noticed you. Who are you? You won't know this, but people who go to the match disagree, so disagreeing with someone is nowt to do with whether or not someone like you or your mate are in australia, it's more to do with the content of posts made, which exhibit a huge degree of ignorance....or tripe, about Newcastle United. Sorry, didn't realise that I needed to have over 100 posts to disagree with you (which we have done in the past over Shepherd). Please let us know your recognition scheme in the future. The bit in bold...you're making yourself look a bit more of a prick now, you see, I only moved to Australia in Jan this year and had been going to the matches since '82, So I know all about disagreeing, just not in your usual way of completely putting down the other persons point of view. If it's got nowt to do with macca being in Australia, why did you bring it up and use it against him? I'll not be expecting a straight answer. f***ing loon. You again. Mate, I've said nowt about 100 posts. Making stuff up is a bad sign. If you've been going to matches since 1982 and have recently moved to australia I'm sure you will agree it's much more difficult to maintain a decent grip on what is happening in Newcastle. Macca has lived in australia for years, my point is that he does not have a proper idea of "the feeling" about the club, Ashley or Keegan and it comes across in the content of his posts. His view is based on incomplete information and that is due in some measure to his location. That you find it insulting that I mention is a laugh. Are you going to claim someone on the other side of Planet Earth has the same "feel" for what is happening in Newcastle as those living there or going there on a regular basis? I've lived abroad as well, so think carefully before you reply. You lied at the top of your last post so I won't be surprised if you do so again. I'm thinking carefully and did not lie. I don't think it's hard to keep up to date. I have the internet, lots of mates who go and watch the matches. Apologies for not actually being 'there' and having the 'feeling'. You're talking tripe now. Mate, You completely misunderstand. You don't need to apologise to me for anything, let alone for not going to matches, for not being "there" and for not having the "feeling". I don't give a s**** what you think. Why are you replying then?

Not whaen they are calling each other f***ing loons and bringing up tired old debates. I come on here expecting to hear the latest on the club sale, not this crap, if you want to talk about this nonsense over and over again, start a new bloody thread or take it to PMs. There was one post where someone called another poster a loon. Other than that it's been good debate. Threads evolve you know, although your post isn't on topic either so why didn't you just PM everyone? I agree it's not on topic either, but FFS this thread is long enough as it is, stop f***ing talking about stuff that's unrelated in it. Take it to another thread, whether it's a good debate, which is highly questionable btw, or not. Yes, this thread is too long, only ITK's and Llambias should post on this now.

Not whaen they are calling each other f***ing loons and bringing up tired old debates. I come on here expecting to hear the latest on the club sale, not this crap, if you want to talk about this nonsense over and over again, start a new bloody thread or take it to PMs. Honestly? I gave up doing that a while ago.

More tripe. Your far flung location sees you detached from reality but really, there is no excuse given the power of the internet. When Keegan was appointed by fat ash the reality is that people saw him as a manager with some talent who may turn the team into a decent one and who may see us up near the top 6 or so and looking like challengers. Babbling on the way you do about Keegan being seen as a god or something merely goes to show your knowledge of the club and it's supporters is limited to what you read in the media. Love the reference to YOU SUPPORTERS by the way. That tells a story. I suggest you stick to stuff about australia and leave the Newcastle stuff to those more clued up. A rather angry and irrational response which rather confirms what macca was saying. Keegan has a status which, in many people's eyes, puts him beyond criticism. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him described as a 'legend'. I've also found that when you criticise the man, the response is often one of moral outrage, as though you'd pissed on the steps of the Vatican rather than made an observation about a human being who is as flawed as the rest of us. Not his first though, is it? Anyone who doesn't agree with him is talking 'tripe' and anyone who lives in Australia (including myself), has to bow to his superior knowledge of all things NUFC. What a wonderful person to go for a pint before the match with Can't say I've ever noticed you. Who are you? You won't know this, but people who go to the match disagree, so disagreeing with someone is nowt to do with whether or not someone like you or your mate are in australia, it's more to do with the content of posts made, which exhibit a huge degree of ignorance....or tripe, about Newcastle United. Sorry, didn't realise that I needed to have over 100 posts to disagree with you (which we have done in the past over Shepherd). Please let us know your recognition scheme in the future. The bit in bold...you're making yourself look a bit more of a prick now, you see, I only moved to Australia in Jan this year and had been going to the matches since '82, So I know all about disagreeing, just not in your usual way of completely putting down the other persons point of view. If it's got nowt to do with macca being in Australia, why did you bring it up and use it against him? I'll not be expecting a straight answer. f***ing loon. You again. Mate, I've said nowt about 100 posts. Making stuff up is a bad sign. If you've been going to matches since 1982 and have recently moved to australia I'm sure you will agree it's much more difficult to maintain a decent grip on what is happening in Newcastle. Macca has lived in australia for years, my point is that he does not have a proper idea of "the feeling" about the club, Ashley or Keegan and it comes across in the content of his posts. His view is based on incomplete information and that is due in some measure to his location. That you find it insulting that I mention is a laugh. Are you going to claim someone on the other side of Planet Earth has the same "feel" for what is happening in Newcastle as those living there or going there on a regular basis? I've lived abroad as well, so think carefully before you reply. You lied at the top of your last post so I won't be surprised if you do so again. I'm thinking carefully and did not lie. I don't think it's hard to keep up to date. I have the internet, lots of mates who go and watch the matches. Apologies for not actually being 'there' and having the 'feeling'. You're talking tripe now.

More tripe. Your far flung location sees you detached from reality but really, there is no excuse given the power of the internet. When Keegan was appointed by fat ash the reality is that people saw him as a manager with some talent who may turn the team into a decent one and who may see us up near the top 6 or so and looking like challengers. Babbling on the way you do about Keegan being seen as a god or something merely goes to show your knowledge of the club and it's supporters is limited to what you read in the media. Love the reference to YOU SUPPORTERS by the way. That tells a story. I suggest you stick to stuff about australia and leave the Newcastle stuff to those more clued up. A rather angry and irrational response which rather confirms what macca was saying. Keegan has a status which, in many people's eyes, puts him beyond criticism. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him described as a 'legend'. I've also found that when you criticise the man, the response is often one of moral outrage, as though you'd pissed on the steps of the Vatican rather than made an observation about a human being who is as flawed as the rest of us. Not his first though, is it? Anyone who doesn't agree with him is talking 'tripe' and anyone who lives in Australia (including myself), has to bow to his superior knowledge of all things NUFC. What a wonderful person to go for a pint before the match with Can't say I've ever noticed you. Who are you? You won't know this, but people who go to the match disagree, so disagreeing with someone is nowt to do with whether or not someone like you or your mate are in australia, it's more to do with the content of posts made, which exhibit a huge degree of ignorance....or tripe, about Newcastle United. Sorry, didn't realise that I needed to have over 100 posts to disagree with you (which we have done in the past over Shepherd). Please let us know your recognition scheme in the future. The bit in bold...you're making yourself look a bit more of a prick now, you see, I only moved to Australia in Jan this year and had been going to the matches since '82, So I know all about disagreeing, just not in your usual way of completely putting down the other persons point of view. If it's got nowt to do with macca being in Australia, why did you bring it up and use it against him? I'll not be expecting a straight answer. Fucking loon.

More tripe. Your far flung location sees you detached from reality but really, there is no excuse given the power of the internet. When Keegan was appointed by fat ash the reality is that people saw him as a manager with some talent who may turn the team into a decent one and who may see us up near the top 6 or so and looking like challengers. Babbling on the way you do about Keegan being seen as a god or something merely goes to show your knowledge of the club and it's supporters is limited to what you read in the media. Love the reference to YOU SUPPORTERS by the way. That tells a story. I suggest you stick to stuff about australia and leave the Newcastle stuff to those more clued up. A rather angry and irrational response which rather confirms what macca was saying. Keegan has a status which, in many people's eyes, puts him beyond criticism. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him described as a 'legend'. I've also found that when you criticise the man, the response is often one of moral outrage, as though you'd pissed on the steps of the Vatican rather than made an observation about a human being who is as flawed as the rest of us. Not his first though, is it? Anyone who doesn't agree with him is talking 'tripe' and anyone who lives in Australia (including myself), has to bow to his superior knowledge of all things NUFC. What a wonderful person to go for a pint before the match with

I'm in Perth mate. You need to get yourself that Foxtel IQ thing, I'll be 'working from home' for a couple of hours tomorrow morning.

macca, not being funny mate but it's been advertised on Fox for a bit. If it's on sky you can be sure it'll be on Fox.

This sounds very promising. Shame he mentioned Wraith though.