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what was he dressed up as?? it was a superhero fancy dress night.....

ameobi's not doing any harm by staying. he's not a big earner and we're potentially losing owen, xisco and viduka in the summer. and lovenkrands' deal runs out. and to be fair, he's done an ok job of being a squad member over the years. its the wages of owen, geremi, viduka, cacapa and smith that need to go... i must say, IF we stay up - im reasonably optimistic about next year (unless Kinnear stays, of course). Finally a chance to get rid of the deadwood and start again.

im in the minority, but i want villa to fail (sorry brummie!) its just pure jealousy. theyre everything i want us to be.

Winners: Man City - didnt buy Kaka, but still bought good players, even if it is for ridiculous prices (except given ) Aston Villa - bought exactly what they needed Everton - bought exactly what they needed Stoke - no major sales and a couple of handy sales in Etherington and Beattie Losers: Portsmouth - lost key players and replaced them with dross Newcastle - needed at least 1 more player Liverpool - Rafa's an idiot Wigan - Losing Heskey, Palacios and Taylor is a big blow, even though Rodallega and Mido might turn out ok. Insomnia is an enigma. Watson isn't good enough Boro - came off worse in the Mido-King swap and thats all they ended up doing.

that would be annoying

and not a penny less i hope...

im really sad to see shay go and its definitely the end of an era. unfortunately, the way he's left has soured things a little bit but don't let it cloud the fact that for 11 years he's stuck with us and proven himself as one of the worlds best. until recently, he never complained publicly despite having many reasons to. the amount of shit he's had to put up with is unbelievable and its symbolic of the current turmoil that he thinks THIS is the point of no return. came close to breaking our appearances record too. shay given became synonymous with newcastle united and itll take some time getting used to him in a new shirt with a new logo. but life moves on and this might have been the last chance we ever had to seriously cash in on him, consdiering his age. and in the present situation, if sacrificing shay means keeping us in the premiership....then its something that had to be done. its a risk worth taking!! good luck shay, not sure how long you'll be number 1 at citeh though.....

VERY concerned about keeping the fee a secret. cant see that turning out well for us?? and would people REALLY be happy with bent? he'd eat into quite a lot of our kitty

ive had enough of colo now. he's had time to settle and still done nowt for me

the tension at SJP will crush the players

we've got all the symptoms of a relegated team. instability off the pitch, clueless on it, a total lack of passion throughout the club, long serving players finally abandoning the ship, crippling injuries and lots of bad luck (think of all the injury time equalisers we've conceded). if any team defines the term "confidence team", then its us. we either go on good runs or horrifically bad runs with no in-between. we're running out of time to pick up the momentum.

then i rounded up

unfortunately, we just dont win away games - so forget about them. we've got man u, chelsea and arsenal - so forget about them. that leaves sunderland, everton, pompey, boro and fulham. take that as a good thing or a bad thing.....

8. its three out of us, boro, west brom and stoke

who the hells gonna play? harper taylor bassong coloccini enrique jonas geremi butt nzogbia carroll duff the bench can be from: krul cacapa edgar lua lua lovenkrands xisco ameobi smith physioroom says cacapa and ameobi will be ok. also, you'd have thought they'd try to rush martins back early for a game this important. at least a few bodies should be back, despite losing the players with actual quality

we're gonna get sliced and diced. ultimate rape-age. roll on sunday

derbyshire to olympiakos http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_4865129,00.html

blackburn close to signing pogrebnyak from zenit......do we have a crying smiley?? i'd like to use it please

not quite sure if this belongs here or the "other clubs transfers" thread.........but an unnamed english club are set to sign sunny on loan from valencia. they suggest it might be pompey, but how would people feel if it was us? http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_4859635,00.html EDIT: SS have another story on it, looks like it is pompey :no: EDIT 2: its already on the other thread!! ignore me. EDIT 3: Ok, we will.

and also, for every disaster - like paul ince - theres a david moyes. fact is, there ARE some lower leagues managers who are ready for the step up, its just a matter of identifying whom. but as nixon says, will the big ego's take them seriously?

I'd want them for different reasons, really. Martinez and Shearer are exciting because of their age and potential as managers, whereas houllier and van gaal are immensely experienced. it depends what you want in a manager really, and also what state the club will be in come summertime. basically, as long as its not JFK haha

Bobby Martinez is brilliant!! He's exactly the type of appointment this club has been scared of making for years, And thats why we should do it. It would signal a new direction for the club and eventually......world domination!! I'd love Martinez, Houllier, Van Gaal or Shearer tbh.

15 points should do it. so thats wins againt sunderland, pompey and boro. one win out of fulham/everton and sneak a few draws against out of the WBA, bolton, stoke, hull and arsenal games. its do-able, but im still not optimistic

apart from the mackems, thevye been a good set of results. theyve also got stoke, spurs, wigan and hull at home so i'd imagine they're almost safe now

but spurs are never going to go down, whereas stoke should do. so i'd sacrifice seeing saggy faced harry win, for our benefit.