themanupstairs

fuck England, fuck Capello, and fuck the WCQualifiers Owen is better off being fit and playing week in week out for us

How dare he!! the selfish greedy fat cockney twat!!!! I agree Zero - although some will have you believe Ashley is the boogeyman. On the topic of Allardyce, if I were Mike Ashley, I would have never sacked him, and would have given him at least 2 full seasons to show the direction he was leading the club toward. I don't believe for one minute that we were going down. The vast majority on here will disagree I'm sure, and will be thinking, good job themanupstairs isn't Ashley

I'd nick Mark Noble off the hammers if they fold

what a load of rot. Ref your first paragraph - plenty of people have said in the past, when it suited them, everything stops with the owner [personally I don't necessarily agree] but why move the goalposts ? 2nd paragraph - I really don't think he did too much right at all 3rd para - of course he's to blame. He even had a chance to reverse the situation but didn't. The manager is his most important employee, so how the hell can you absove him of any blame < sigh > please tell us what you disagree with and why No mate, it's not that I disagree necessarily. I just found it funny that you made sure to cover all your bases from criticism with a good all-round use of the English language. Everything here is Ashley's fault, yet not everything was Shepherd's fault. edit: I thought bobyule's post was very reasoned, and told it like it is

what a load of rot. Ref your first paragraph - plenty of people have said in the past, when it suited them, everything stops with the owner [personally I don't necessarily agree] but why move the goalposts ? 2nd paragraph - I really don't think he did too much right at all 3rd para - of course he's to blame. He even had a chance to reverse the situation but didn't. The manager is his most important employee, so how the hell can you absove him of any blame

How about throwing the 12 pt lead away? Think people just gave up on us for letting Man U storm by us and nick the title

I remember him clattering one or two opponents last season, so I wouldn't say pansy

Is that the Enrique who plays left back for Newcastle ? Cos if it is you're seeing a completely different person/player to the one I am. plenum's on the wind-up surely!

NE5 seriously!!! The same way there are potential suitors out there who will turn out to be worse than Shepherd, there will also be those who will turn out to be better - a FACT of life that makes your above post look bafflingly stupid.

That's the feeling I get as well. It's those who need to whore themselves around the media that know they need the attention to give their bids some leverage. The silent ones are the ones with the heavy wallet. So let's hope!

I know some gnats with fairly large cocks tbf

HTT wouldn't be judging him now if he was a righteous "Keegan" signing

love you too baby Aside from the love-in, could someone quickly drum up a JFK poster with his face in place of Chuck Norris' with some bad-ass captions?

this post is tbh

It's a shame that a thread like this had to be tarred by NM's post. Of course he has every right to air his opinions, but it's a shame some people can't see the logic behind Kinnear's actions so far. JFK realises that something drastic needs be done, and is trying to do it. I hope and believe we'll see a different Newcastle United outfit on Sunday (in plain view of Sky cameras). Roll on Sunday

Absolutely spot on. If the "cockney mafia" was clueless about the "area" and the Geordie nation, then what on earth will a consortium from Nigeria know about it? Bringing back Keegan (under a consortium regime) will be a massive massive mistake that could spell the end for the club in the not so far future. Having said that, I will say it again, IMO Keegan is finished with football, and in particular, NUFC.

He's obsessed with the past. The title of this thread was intended to be provocative and make us think about the post Ashley era now he has been hounded out. Even NE5 has to realise that whether FFS and Co gave us courageous and successful leadership or whether they gave reckless leadership leading towards oblivion, it doesn't really matter any more. They are not coming back. It would be good if he could tell us what he wants post Ashley in specific real world terms rather than continuously using abstract expressions such as its gaining success on the field that matters, and thats his main requirement which he must do to the best of his ability. We ALL know that and we ALL want that, it's just that a lot of us thought that's what Ashley was doing until Keegan walked and he may just still be our best chance. If you want him out then specify what will improve our situation, but with specifics please not just "Ashley's s****, Keegan's a messiah, the old board were great" type remarks which frankly any retard can spout. Even if you think he might have been our best chance there's no way he's going to do anything positive with the club now. He will sell to the highest bidder (as yet unknown) and will try to tick it along keeping losses at a minimum until that happens. A quick sale has to be preferable since at least there's some chance of something constructive happening. In terms of what I would like to see - something along the lines of what Lerner has done at Villa would do for me. Villa have Martin O'Neal A proven manager backed Lerner style then. Keegan could be that man - if not there are others who would take it on if they were assured of the new owners intentions. A proven sensible manager who has won trophies at clubs he's been with, who is there to do a professional job and get on with things. KK on the other hand is a petulant genius who will desert ship when the going gets tough

He's obsessed with the past. The title of this thread was intended to be provocative and make us think about the post Ashley era now he has been hounded out. Even NE5 has to realise that whether FFS and Co gave us courageous and successful leadership or whether they gave reckless leadership leading towards oblivion, it doesn't really matter any more. They are not coming back. It would be good if he could tell us what he wants post Ashley in specific real world terms rather than continuously using abstract expressions such as its gaining success on the field that matters, and thats his main requirement which he must do to the best of his ability. We ALL know that and we ALL want that, it's just that a lot of us thought that's what Ashley was doing until Keegan walked and he may just still be our best chance. If you want him out then specify what will improve our situation, but with specifics please not just "Ashley's s****, Keegan's a messiah, the old board were great" type remarks which frankly any retard can spout. Even if you think he might have been our best chance there's no way he's going to do anything positive with the club now. He will sell to the highest bidder (as yet unknown) and will try to tick it along keeping losses at a minimum until that happens. A quick sale has to be preferable since at least there's some chance of something constructive happening. In terms of what I would like to see - something along the lines of what Lerner has done at Villa would do for me. Villa have Martin O'Neal

OK. The main points: Does NUSC join Supporters Direct, which can offer government funding. The problem being that Supporters Direct requires that groups who want funding aspire for representation on their club's board. There's still a bit of debate as to whether NUSC is to aspire to that or not. Nothing has been ruled out though. Honorary Memeberships: Several names discussed. Some people unsure about awarding them to KK and Shearer as it might be something the media can have a go at us for. SBR to be awarded Membership no.1 An NUSC Bank account is to be set up A secretary has been appointed as have people to undertake admin and extra press contacts. Merchandising will be looked into, what sort of stuff would be feasible. There have been no decisions made as yet. It's at an exploring/researching stage. What will membership fees be used for? At the minute, it's pretty much to get the thing up and running and for printing costs etc But it's going to be looked into how the money could be used, and what members can be offered in return. This will be displayed in the website. Again, on going protests - more leaflets/newsletters, demos etc. The possibility of contacting sponsors at NUFC will be looked at to see if they (or at least some) will support us. Ashley's business management (which has been lambasted in business/econnomic circles) will be highlighted. I should say that a lot of the stuff is looking at what could be done, and having people investigate further and report back their findings. right. so if I'm against the NUSC's anti-Ashley measures, I'm to understand that to be a member of this "save our future" supporters club, i'm to pay 10 quid, which will be used to print anti-Ashley drivel on leaflets and banners? no thanks. i'd rather re-new my subscription with the Mickey Mouse club

Habib Beye's the man to bring back communication

how are you privy to such information good sir?

The same way the local fans think it's rich of foreign fans to give their opinion on anything NUFC, I also think (As a foreign fan) it's quite a bit rich of the locals to tell me who to support. No I wasn't born in Newcastle, and have no Geordie parentage or heritage whatsoever, but I chose to support this club when I was 13, and haven't looked back since. Surely you can't question any 13 yr old's decision to support a team, can you? The club caught my eye in between the promotion season and first season back in the top flight. There was definitely an element about it that attracted a 13 yr old who was still learning about football. I will not make any apologies for that, and I suspect most of our foreign fans relate in the same way. I love it though when some of the local mongs come on here telling us to fuck off support another club, and I love the fact that it pisses them that I just simply won't

It's so hard to be taken seriously because everyone thinks it's only said because he left Newcastle, but he is a very average to poor footballer. He also has no character or leadership qualities. To actually make him captain was an unbelievable decision. correct. very poor decision making him captain. having said that, i don't think he's a poor footballer by any stretch. i think he's very good in fact, but lacks the bottle and the football brain that could have made him a midfield general.

except that Man U appointed Alex Ferguson in the November, and Arsenal appointed Wenger in September 1996. Bad timing ? i'm usually impartial when it comes to the 2 of you, but that argument has so many holes punched in it, it's not even funny