Village Idiot

Why loan Aiyegbeni if you have no intention of replacing him in the same window? Do they have that much faith in Gueye? Dunno why they let Yakubu go. One injury to Saha and they look pretty shabby upfront.

Looking at Everton's bench looks like Everton have pulled a Newcastle regarding their striking options.

Craig Bellamy, surely.

Pep had been linked with the Qatar job until he extended his contract this week, that's a hell of a downgrade

I'm bored so here's a song me and some pals tried (unsuccessfully) to get running at Camp Nou some years ago, translated back to English and adapted to yourselves. They're creepy and they're kuqi mysterious and spooky they're all together ooky Newcastle United! Their stadium is a museum Where people come see'em They really are a scream Newcastle United! So come and get your scarf on and some booze to sip on we are going to cheer on Newcastle United! (probably want some more football-related adjectives in the first verse but I'm not *that* bored)

Only time I have seen Mou backpedalling was for this comment. It was really bad.

Pretty sure Depor played him as a sweeper in the latter part of his last season there. Only team I see employing one with some regularity. Lotina and his 5-man defence lines

Mou certainly prefers Adebayor to him, can see him going this summer.

Still think Wham's move to the Olympic Stadium will end up in tears. 60k capacity and a race track? My local library will have more atmosphere.

Mmmm... just checked. Chris Eagles 2 goals 3 assists in 34 PL games (20 starts). Somehow I thought he had better stats.

I remember him having quite a few good games for Burnley.

Also, if one team on parachute payments gets promoted the remainder of his pot is redistributed throughout the Football League, isn't it?

I admit that one of the reasons I sort of want to see Leeds promoted is seeing Becchio somehow managing to play in the PL.

Never understood how with such good ownership they have done so badly. That's football I guess.

Would really like to have Leeds back, personally. That said, I have never met a Leeds fan or anything.

Well, he's Kosovar-Albanian.

Just watching Brum-Stoke highlights. Every Stoke highlight seems to start with a Delap throwin.

He only needs to master the "appeal for a foul as you fall down" technique then. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/19/article-1087477-02A4D50A0000044D-236_468x286.jpg

It is rare in Spain though, for some reason (well, the Big 2 never cared much about the Cup lately). Would have loved to see the likes of Betis, Mallorca, Zaragoza, Espanyol having CL outings in the past few years. Having the 4th placed team going to the CL is a joke, at least have an actual "champion" take that spot.

You only need to add two legs to that proposal and you'll get our s*** Cup tbf. I miss the time when we had the "single game at the lowest team stadium" rule. Lots of giantkilling and unusual winners.

awful. In anything it should be seeded like the French cup so the lower league team are always at home. Uh? Is that on the cards? Incidentally I'd love it if the top 3 leagues gave the fourth spot to their domestic cup winner.

'Doing a Newcastle' Not winning anything for a long time. Throwing away a significant title lead. Participating in a game that has lots of goals, bonus points if it ends up 4-3. Sacking a manager for little or no reason. Having a prick as an owner. Having impatient, deluded fans. Coming back from a number of goals down to draw. Generally shooting yourself in the foot at any given opportunity. Etc.

Come back and get a draw. West Ham were 3 down, drew 3-3. Stupid commentary. I see. Was out and didn't follow the PL today. Just checked your result from my cellphone and that's it.

What's "to do a Newcastle" nowadays? You lot get through a lot of insane stuff.

Is he getting any profile in Spain again? I think if he were to move he'd go back to La Liga as he has previous there. No. Same with José Enrique really. You play in the top 4 or you don't exist. Doesn't mean club scouts aren't paying attention to them, just that they're not getting press.