magpie1892

Bit of everything communications related but I stick a fair bit of 'straight journalism' in there to keep my eye in; mostly football, travel and business. My other half worked in NL 2011-2012 so I was at the football all the time getting interviews with players for the UK tabloids. I interviewed Temuri Ketsbaia the other week and the result can be seen in today's Sun on Sunday. Well, in the Scottish edition as Georgia are playing Scotland on Saturday. He went absolutely mental when I mentioned Bolton 1998 - but I managed to talk him down, just...

Speaks fluent Dutch my arse. I interviewed him at an AZ - Twente match a couple of years back and this was after a post-match press conference conducted entirely in English. Perhaps he means with a fluent Dutch accent. I was at that press conference. I have never felt so ashamed to be English in my whole life. I spent about half an hour apologising to the Dutch journos there. Some thought it was hilarious, some thought it was plain weird, and some of them were furious.

Speaks fluent Dutch my arse. I interviewed him at an AZ - Twente match a couple of years back and this was after a post-match press conference conducted entirely in English.

The whole thing just defies belief.

Vince

The Eaglettes. Some of them are f*cking outstanding. I met them at CPFC 1-1 Blackpool in 2011. Couple of them are close to jailbait, mind.

Am in Gallowgate - oddly enough managed to secure my former season ticket seat (the one I had been sat in since that stand went up). Am absolutely depserate for an atmosphere like Cardiff but worse (better?!) be several degrees. I don't think it's fanciful that major public disorder could be on the cards if Hull spank us...

He looks awful, certainly.

Nope. Yep.

It won't be depressing. It will be fucking awesome.

FFS, Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease don't sack him before Hull. Match and train tickets purchased, 'ashley - fuck off' top cleaned and pressed...

Multi-millionaire? I doubt it. Obviously has a quid or two but has a very expensive lifestyle and he'd better factor in an expensive divorce if his wife fidns out the extent of his philandering. Whatever cash he has, I hope he's putting enough of it away because he's going to need it when he eventually 'leaves' NUFC..! I didn't say multimillionaire. I'm not sure how expensive his lifestyle is tbh, I've absolutely no idea what his lifestyle is like. I agree on the divorce/philandering part mind. No, the original poster said he was a multi-millionaire easy. I wasn't really directing that at you. It seems we're more-or-less reading from the same page.

I'm not sure he does. I think he thinks 'all is well'. Will make it all the sweeter when he gets the bullet. He'll never get sacked unless the threat of relegation is genuine.. every win puts it off Which is why I hope we take a tanking tomorrow and make the Hull game 10x as offensive as Cardiff from minute 1.

I'm not sure he does. I think he thinks 'all is well'. Will make it all the sweeter when he gets the bullet.

Multi-millionaire? I doubt it. Obviously has a quid or two but has a very expensive lifestyle and he'd better factor in an expensive divorce if his wife fidns out the extent of his philandering. Whatever cash he has, I hope he's putting enough of it away because he's going to need it when he eventually 'leaves' NUFC..!

I'm not aware that they've ever taken legal action against any newspaper? They've threatened to but have we seen them in court, and win? As for the Independent article, the newspaper says it 'understands', and carries no direct quotes. Also, as the games in question have yet to take place, how can we ascertain that the article has 'no substance. It's not actionable even if he lasts until 2018. by legal action, i meant a lgeal letter and demand of an apology. pretty much what they´ve done to the telegraph today, and to others in the past. Like I said, the Independent story would not have been legally actionable. Sending a lawyers' letter (which would not be sent to a newspaper as it's not in the PCC tariff of complaints) isn't legal action, nor is asking for an apology or even asking for, and getting, a retraction. None of these things have happened. As you correctly observe they just ban newspapers willy-nilly. I maintain this is actually more about money than anything else. I'm not aware that they've ever taken legal action against any newspaper? They've threatened to but have we seen them in court, and win? As for the Independent article, the newspaper says it 'understands', and carries no direct quotes. Also, as the games in question have yet to take place, how can we ascertain that the article has 'no substance. It's not actionable even if he lasts until 2018. by legal action, i meant a lgeal letter and demand of an apology. pretty much what they´ve done to the telegraph today, and to others in the past. Like I said, the Independent story would not have been legally actionable. Sending a lawyers' letter (which would not be sent to a newspaper as it's not in the PCC tariff of complaints) isn't legal action, nor is asking for an apology or even asking for, and getting, a retraction. None of these things have happened. As you correctly observe they just ban newspapers willy-nilly. I maintain this is actually more about money than anything else. You obviously have a legal background, which I don't. So I'll remove the term legal is at merely a technicality. The course of action they take against newspapers who print stories they deem to be incorrect, hasn't been taken against the journalists /papers who've printed the pardew has two games stories. There's a reason for that, imo. I'm also pretty sure they've taken action in the past when pardew stories gave surfaced. Just 'law for journalists' - and law as part of my degree. Nothing criminal or exciting. I'm 99% sure that not once have Newcastle completed - and won - a legal action against any newspaper but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

Newcastle United and Ireland back-up goalkeeper says the time has come to make regular football his goal for club and country After a breakthrough week with Ireland, Rob Elliot will return to Tyneside facing a familiar and difficult dilemma. During the international break, the goalkeeper won a second cap for his country, a source of pride and encouragement but, all things being equal, he will once more take his place on the substitutes’ bench for Newcastle United on Saturday. In the long run, he knows that inactivity is unsustainable. Elliot joined Newcastle from Charlton Athletic in August 2011 on a five-year contract. He has grown to adore the club and in a perfect world would stay, but in three years has made just 12 first-team appearances. He has Tim Krul, the Holland goalkeeper, in front of him, but at the age of 28, Elliot is itching to play and is now reaching the stage where he must consider his future. “It’s been really tough and I’ve been a bit frustrated,” Elliot said. “I’ve wanted to play — I don’t want to just get the tag of being a No 2 keeper. I work hard every day, I try and improve myself and I believe I can play in the Premier League and I want to try and push Tim as much as I can. I’ve spoken to Alan Pardew about it, and he’s fine about that — I’ve got a good relationship with him — but it’s just a case of waiting for my opportunity.” Last season, there were few of them; two games in the Barclays Premier League, one in each domestic cup. “You get times when you think, ‘Right, I need to play’, and that’s the big thing for me,” Elliot, who played for half of Ireland’s 2-0 friendly victory over Oman, said. “I love it at Newcastle. I love living there, I love the club. Anyone who has been there knows what an amazing city it is, how fantastic the fans are, but I want to play football. I hope it is at Newcastle, but if it’s not, it’s not. I think after this season, depending on how many games I get, I’ll have to look at it and see what happens.” In the circumstances and without pushing to move, all Elliot can do is be prepared. “I’ve thought to myself that the one thing I can control is how fit I can be,” he said. “I had a good chat with the manager in pre-season in America and he just said ‘get as fit as you can’, so that’s what I’ve done. I’ve gone away, lost a lot of weight and told myself I’m going to give myself the next ten years or so and have a proper go.” Being with Ireland, who won their opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Georgia on Sunday — Elliot was again on the bench — has energised him. Although he played five times in pre-season, his past two senior matches have both been internationals, he has relished the opportunity to work under Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane and has benefited from training alongside Shay Given, who was recalled to the international squad. “Shay is probably our greatest ever goalkeeper, so to work with him, to watch him and hopefully pick up a few things and to just have him around the place was really good,” Elliot said. “For myself, selfishly, it’s really good because you want to train with the best goalkeepers and then pit yourself against them, because that’s the only way you’re going to get better, so I’ve really enjoyed it. “I’ve emulated him in some ways, going to Newcastle and then coming to Ireland. It might be asking too much to get another 125 caps or so, but that would be lovely. It’s good. He helps give me a target to set, to try and work towards.” After a summer of renewal and new signings, Newcastle have started the season with a batch of unconvincing results, losing to Manchester City, drawing with Aston Villa and Crystal Palace and narrowly beating Gillingham in the Capital One Cup. It has not been enough to shift attention away from Pardew, who finished last season under pressure from supporters. A poll in a local newspaper yesterday suggested that 85 per cent of Newcastle fans would like him to be dismissed. “We finished poorly last season and we knew we should have done better,” Elliot said. “We knew we should have finished higher than we did, but we’ve signed some really good, quality players in the transfer window just gone. I knew a few people were upset we didn’t sign anyone right on deadline day, but the players we’ve brought in are real quality. “The first few games have been really positive. It was disappointing to concede a last-minute goal against Palace but, personally, I think it’s going to be a good season for us. I think the lads who haven’t played in the Premier League, the new players, just need time to bed in, but once they do, we’ve got some real quality in there. We’ve bought well.” There is also some dismay that Hatem Ben Arfa, who had fallen out with Pardew, was permitted to join Hull City on loan. “What happened with Hatem happened, that’s obviously between him and the club,” Elliot said. “All I know is that Hatem is a fantastic talent as a player, but obviously if things weren’t right, they weren’t right. I just wish him all the best. He’s a nice lad. The club have obviously made the decision and you just have to respect that.”

Not a chance. He's skint.

I'm not aware that they've ever taken legal action against any newspaper? They've threatened to but have we seen them in court, and win? As for the Independent article, the newspaper says it 'understands', and carries no direct quotes. Also, as the games in question have yet to take place, how can we ascertain that the article has 'no substance. It's not actionable even if he lasts until 2018. by legal action, i meant a lgeal letter and demand of an apology. pretty much what they´ve done to the telegraph today, and to others in the past. Like I said, the Independent story would not have been legally actionable. Sending a lawyers' letter (which would not be sent to a newspaper as it's not in the PCC tariff of complaints) isn't legal action, nor is asking for an apology or even asking for, and getting, a retraction. None of these things have happened. As you correctly observe they just ban newspapers willy-nilly. I maintain this is actually more about money than anything else.

from the stories you hear he's got a massive ego problem though no? I think it's just him acting as if. There's no ego big enough on the planet to withstand getting sacked from Championship and League One clubs and still come out with the rubbish he does. It's pretence and self-delusion. Your last sentence doesn't go far enough. I actually think he's mentally ill - there is a great deal of evidence to back up this (semi-)amateur diagnosis. He displays Neuropsychosis, Sociopathy, Narcissistic personality disorder, and others. He's really unwell.

Hull at home has GOT to be like Cardiff, but less friendly.

Jabba was asked for cash to buy some shares. He was asked for about £300,000. In exchange, Jabba would get exclusive distibution rights for Rangers' merchandise and branded outlets. Charles Green, the then chief executive of Rangers, usually had his own notary public draw up contracts of this nature. In this case, Ashley's people drew up the contract and whisked it up to Ibrox. Green didn't spot the '£1 for naming rights' clause in the contract, and signed it. Green then spent c.£400,000 trying to get the contract annulled - without success. In short - Ashley tricked him. A c*nts trick, and it would actually be quite funny if Jabba wasn't our owner.

I've sent it to people I know at the Nationals and Local press. I doubt ncj will run anything on it as they have just conducted their own poll, but the nationals might.

I picked the Hull game especially. I think we're going to see something special that day.

Done at 150.