HaydnNUFC

He's probably the best striker I've seen play for us since going to games, when I started going Shearer was in his last season.

If he can get his fitness and confidence back then great. Can't see it though unfortunately.

Thoughts, VI?

Would have had 20 if he didn't get injured IMO, his pace made him really hard to stop. I worry that he's lost all that though. Think he suffered when we lost Cabaye as well, mind. Can't remember fully 2013/14 (probably for the better) but I can't remember when he was injured? I know he got sent off at Norwich and came back against Villa and scored a last minute winner and then got one at Hull where Pards butted Meyler but I can't remember fully. First half of that season he was quality though.

It's been a while since he was any good, be a risk imo. Was the best striker since Ba though. 14 goals in a Pardew managed team.

Fuck off. I blame Groo.

Quite surprised at that. If true, obviously.

Colback in the training photos

Origi on loan?

3 goals in 31 competitive appearances.

After any sort of defeat I do my best to stay away from social media, our fans after a loss on Twitter or wherever are absolute AIDS.

Was Wolves at home. No idea why we bought him at all tbqh.

Newcastle World TV? The hell is that?

According to Mark Douglas' book, he wanted Townsend, Loftus-Cheek and Delph in January, all on loan (albeit with loan fees) and clauses in their contracts that if we were promoted, their transfers would all be made permanent for an additional fee on top of that. Promotion effectively sealed and half of the recruitment for the summer done in January. Why they didn't go ahead with that I've no fucking clue, absolute cunts...

Really good reads his interviews with journalists like Hardy and Caulkin. Intelligent lad, hope he does really well for us this season. Takes a bit too much time on the ball but that can be worked on, he's only 22.

Don't read the Mag anymore, been garbage for years.

A somehow even more terrible attempt at an ITK than some of the ones on here throughout the summer. ^ I see that yer West Ham supporting da is coming up for this.

Hope he dies, what a cunt. Hope we hump them 5-0.

Michael Martin is a right c*** but that article is true in every word. As was said in that piece, things have been bad in the past but the difference now is that the person running the club isn't even trying to make the club successful. I wasn't around for the McKeag years and I've been unable to read too much about it apart from a snippet from the book Touching Distance. Only thing I know are best players sold for the building of a new stand, stadium in awful condition, s*** team, crowds of mostly <17,000, how different were those years to now? My dad went to games in that period and he still goes now, but he never really talks of it. Although young myself back then, they sure were awful times. The ground was old and crumbling. As a kid i remember the old leazes end being demolished and they intended to build a new stand and join it with the East stand. We got relegated. They got as far as building a small terrace with a wall behind it then the work had to stop as we were skint. IIRC what is now the Milburn stand had to be replaced after the Bradford fire. It had wooden floors and seats and really was a danger. Now we have the stadium, crowds, everything in place, just no ambition. So McKeag actually was just skint? Was he as much of a vile b****** as Ashley? My era mate and i was a kid back then and football so so much more simple back then (old git mode ) .we were s*** but tbh the fans were behind the team then now i think with the passion and to answer your question about Mckeag well i think he cared but greed took over but looking back i really enjoyed home and away with my mates . Goes to show the way football's changed in the modern day. Absolute minging circumstances the club was in, crumbling stadium, shite team, relegations, yet fans like yourselves were still enjoying following the team. I've still got that enjoyment of following Newcastle to be sapped from me being a younger supporter (although they are doing their best to rid me of it right now, cheers Mike) but can completely understand other people's complete loss of enthusiam for the club and/or football in general.

Think the issue is we'll never know if someone wants it as Ashley has never been serious about selling. Pretending to invite offers whilst asking a price that is prohibitive is what he's done. Why would he want to sell when he's got it so easy here? I'm still struggling to see what we do. The man is immune to our pressure, he's proven that before. He pretty much ignores it. We're stuck in a pit we can never get out of. He isn't immune to pressure. That's a fallacy. It's the level of pressure needed to do anything seismic that's tricky. He's stubborn for sure. He wouldn't do these weird interviews if he wasn't fussed by any of it. The AO/SP campaigns in 2014/15 well put the pressure on him.

Michael Martin is a right c*** but that article is true in every word. As was said in that piece, things have been bad in the past but the difference now is that the person running the club isn't even trying to make the club successful. I wasn't around for the McKeag years and I've been unable to read too much about it apart from a snippet from the book Touching Distance. Only thing I know are best players sold for the building of a new stand, stadium in awful condition, s*** team, crowds of mostly <17,000, how different were those years to now? My dad went to games in that period and he still goes now, but he never really talks of it. Although young myself back then, they sure were awful times. The ground was old and crumbling. As a kid i remember the old leazes end being demolished and they intended to build a new stand and join it with the East stand. We got relegated. They got as far as building a small terrace with a wall behind it then the work had to stop as we were skint. IIRC what is now the Milburn stand had to be replaced after the Bradford fire. It had wooden floors and seats and really was a danger. Now we have the stadium, crowds, everything in place, just no ambition. So McKeag actually was just skint? Was he as much of a vile b****** as Ashley?