Could Keegan's Outburst .....

[Wullie]

Everyones having a say now like ... your favourite Martin Samuel's take.

 

Henry's tab would land directly at Ashley's door.

 

I don't want any players here who smoke. Fitness is too important.

[Syrette]

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[NE5]

Woodgate turned down the old board for Middlesborough.

 

I am absolutely certain i am not the only member of this forum or even in the minority who thought Owen would ever sign a new contract here. Yes he signed for the old board but he didn't really have much choice if we are being completely honest.

 

he wanted the opportunity to play for his hometown team

 

Owen had every choice, what are you talking about, what a load of bollocks. How many players have NUFC signed from Real Madrid ffs  mackems.gif

 

When we had a shite board, we lost our best players to bloody middlesboro..........

 

 

Ok NE5.

 

Woodgate wanted away from the North East, Tottenham are looking a better bet than us at the moment.

 

What choices did Owen have? The only other English team in for him (Liverpool) offered half of what we did.

 

We lost out on Huth and Woodgate to the smogs under Shepherd and co, I suppose Huth was a Middlesborough fan as a boy aswell?

 

Says everything really, its how to get your man, you can however dismiss it as long as you like, but you could also say the same about Torres ie Liverpool got their man, and manure ie Rooney, and Ronaldo at the time.

 

One day the penny will drop with you that if prudency was the way to win trophies, then Chelsea, manu and Liverpool would do it. If Arsenal want to move back to winning the title it may well be that they too have to spend money, despite their 300m + debt [shame on them for accumulating such a debt due to stadium expansion/building etc].

 

Woodgate signed for Newcastle in January 2003.

 

Huth I've no idea, nobody signs EVERY player they like, but I find it quite worrying that Spurs have trumped us twice, that hasn't happened since the mid 1980's.

 

Didn't you ask the same question elsewhere. I've replied, again, rather than avoid it like some do.

 

 

 

[NE5]

What is the problem?

 

Owen has a contract over the next season and we are still playing games. It is better and everyone else can focus on that, and in the summer (he does´t even play in the summer) take the contract talk.

 

Think KK is a little annoying about all his talk in the media about Owen and the transfer money.

 

the thing that escapes you here laddie is that KK knows how to treat and manage footballers, and manage a good club, as he did the last time with the support from his board in respect of they backed him when he wanted to sign players and extend their contracts.

 

This was the Liverpool way of doing things when Keegan was a player in fact, but don't let any blind support of the current board putting prudency before anything get in the way of common sense and putting correct value in your best players.

 

Only the 2nd rate clubs behave like that. Oh dear, what have I just described.

 

absolute tosh.

 

 

the liverpool way was to keep everything indoors.

 

whats that got to do with signing players and extending their contracts and making them feeling wanted ?

 

Simple fact is.........and any long term Newcastle supporter knows this.........first time round, Keegan made it a policy to extend all the players contracts long before their current ones ended when he thought they were worth it, and was completely backed by his board. But don't let any silly agenda or desire to paint a negative point where it didn't happen get in the way of your opinion.

 

 

first time round bosman wasn't in force so players were happy to get the security rather than run their contracts down and scoot off for the wages.

 

completely irrelevant where players are made to feel wanted and be part of a progressive club............ and paid the money of course

 

money they can afford

 

We are the 3rd biggest supported club in the country, with the capability of more. If you don't want the club to punch its weight, then fair enough.

 

In actual fact, Keegan is probably just telling us that we shouldn't expect the meteoric rise to 3rd etc that we got the last time, but that in itself isn't the sort of thing he usually says. There must be a reason why, especially when he does know the potential of the club, and  hopefully this in itself doesn't dampen his enthusiasm which is one of his biggest strengths ref managerial style.

 

 

[madras]

What is the problem?

 

Owen has a contract over the next season and we are still playing games. It is better and everyone else can focus on that, and in the summer (he does´t even play in the summer) take the contract talk.

 

Think KK is a little annoying about all his talk in the media about Owen and the transfer money.

 

the thing that escapes you here laddie is that KK knows how to treat and manage footballers, and manage a good club, as he did the last time with the support from his board in respect of they backed him when he wanted to sign players and extend their contracts.

 

This was the Liverpool way of doing things when Keegan was a player in fact, but don't let any blind support of the current board putting prudency before anything get in the way of common sense and putting correct value in your best players.

 

Only the 2nd rate clubs behave like that. Oh dear, what have I just described.

 

absolute tosh.

 

 

the liverpool way was to keep everything indoors.

 

whats that got to do with signing players and extending their contracts and making them feeling wanted ?

 

Simple fact is.........and any long term Newcastle supporter knows this.........first time round, Keegan made it a policy to extend all the players contracts long before their current ones ended when he thought they were worth it, and was completely backed by his board. But don't let any silly agenda or desire to paint a negative point where it didn't happen get in the way of your opinion.

 

 

first time round bosman wasn't in force so players were happy to get the security rather than run their contracts down and scoot off for the wages.

 

completely irrelevant where players are made to feel wanted and be part of a progressive club............ and paid the money of course

 

money they can afford

 

We are the 3rd biggest supported club in the country, with the capability of more. If you don't want the club to punch its weight, then fair enough.

 

In actual fact, Keegan is probably just telling us that we shouldn't expect the meteoric rise to 3rd etc that we got the last time, but that in itself isn't the sort of thing he usually says. There must be a reason why, especially when he does know the potential of the club, and  hopefully this in itself doesn't dampen his enthusiasm which is one of his biggest strengths ref managerial style.

 

 

we don't have the worldwide support of the others tiofill the coffers or the champs league money.

 

they have higher turnover which means they can afford to finance more debt.

[Optimistic Nut]

Was at the Ques'Toon' of Sport thing last night and Owen said no-one had spoken to him yet but hopes someone offers him a deal before he goes on holiday.

[Colocho]

I think he will have signed a new contract by the start of the new season.

[Menace]

Don't really care tbh. Owen is good but not £100k a week good.  I'd rather go 4-4-2 with Martins and a target man, someone like Zigic.