Guest Gemmill Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Nope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Didn't think so Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I always think that the measure of someones time at NUFC will be the reception they get when they return for their new club at St James. For me Parker, will get a polite seated applause if taken off as a sub or comes to the Strawberry corner to take a corner or free kick. Standing ovation? No chance, but at the same time i bear him no ill will. Honestly, I can't see that happening. You may feel that way, and I agree with you, but there are many people who don't. I get the feeling if he does go to West Ham, and he plays at SJP next season, he'll likely get jeered with a few boos thrown in. And knowing our luck, he'll play a blinder in the process. I agree. I reckon he'll get booed, but i would clap. I dont really think booing is a good gauge of their success at the club as some players will inevitably get booed, or often it's the circumstances. Martins has done well, but if he left this summer he'd get a good booing. Bowyer was playing really well just before he left, but you also knew he'd be getting booed next season - because he's bowyer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Scotty is supposed to be earning considereably more than The Hammers currently best earning player Lucas Neill with 72.000 per week. Although Parker was always one of my absolute favourites at Newcastle(I did even bough a new shirt with 17 and Parker on the back ) paying him such wages is just nuts! This new owner of West Ham, Magnusson or whatever his name is, doesn't seem to have a clue of dealing with a football club's financial structure....or he's just way too rich and doesn't care a bit! Anyway...2 million profit on Parker is a brilliant piece of business after such a huge letdown this season. Big Sam's going to bring our finance and wage balance back to healthy level or what's the point with the current trend? Going for free transfers only and selling our big earners! With Ashley's money he culd do so much better... pretty sure you will get a refund for that shirt Says on the site, where you buy the shirt that you 'buy personalised shirts at your own risk' or something. So i dunno. Aye, you're screwed with that one. I was on a few weeks ago, and they're still offering ROSSI 15 as an option for the new shirt. Well...I don't exactly regret buying Parker personalized shirt as I loved his style of playing. Of course it would be better to have a shirt with a player's name of our current squad but my other Toon shirt is Shearer #9....so I aguess I'm living the past or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 All silent on the FAB front? Thank fuck for that, because as a maiden poster with no historical axe to grind, I've been praying to see one of these from you Vic, as the beating you're taking from Wullie et al has been getting painful to watch. http://www.rpmboxing.com/images/cataloguepics/RPMtowel.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 All silent on the FAB front? Thank fuck for that, because as a maiden poster with no historical axe to grind, I've been praying to see one of these from you Vic, as the beating you're taking from Wullie et al has been getting painful to watch. http://www.rpmboxing.com/images/cataloguepics/RPMtowel.jpg FAB? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 FAB - "Fat Aussie Bastard". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 All silent on the FAB front? Thank fuck for that, because as a maiden poster with no historical axe to grind, I've been praying to see one of these from you Vic, as the beating you're taking from Wullie et al has been getting painful to watch. http://www.rpmboxing.com/images/cataloguepics/RPMtowel.jpg FAB? Feline Advisory Bureau Federated Array of Bricks Fast atom bombardment Fat Aussie Bastard Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 what would a feline advisory bureau do exactly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 what would a feline advisory bureau do exactly? Provide advice to cats, which they would - according to their nature - duly ignore ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 what would a feline advisory bureau do exactly? Provide advice to cats, which they would - according to their nature - duly ignore ... you can take a cat to an advice bureau, but you can't make him listen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I always think that the measure of someones time at NUFC will be the reception they get when they return for their new club at St James. For me Parker, will get a polite seated applause if taken off as a sub or comes to the Strawberry corner to take a corner or free kick. Standing ovation? No chance, but at the same time i bear him no ill will. Can't see anything other than people trying to stifle their laughter if Parker goes anywhere near taking a set-piece. Anyway, happy to see him go. I would wish him well as he did always give his best, even if he was mis-used/not good enough for the most part. However, he's going to West Ham. So I wish him nowt but misery, in his professional life at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 If he came in the Strawberry i'd buy him a pint Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Okay, back to the point of the thread. Will Parker be taking his cats back to London? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I always think that the measure of someones time at NUFC will be the reception they get when they return for their new club at St James. For me Parker, will get a polite seated applause if taken off as a sub or comes to the Strawberry corner to take a corner or free kick. Standing ovation? No chance, but at the same time i bear him no ill will. Can't see anything other than people trying to stifle their laughter if Parker goes anywhere near taking a set-piece. Anyway, happy to see him go. I would wish him well as he did always give his best, even if he was mis-used/not good enough for the most part. However, he's going to West Ham. So I wish him nowt but misery, in his professional life at least. He will no doubt get abuse but you are spot on. He really wouldn't deserve it, he tried his best for us and was often put in a partnership that wasn't used correctly. He lost his rag once but I am sure he wouldn't be the first player to lose it if they really care about how a game is going and you have thousands of people calling you a useless cockney wanker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 On a more serious note, for what it's worth my view is that with Parker's departure we've lost absolutely nothing in terms of captaincy (frankly, I never felt that he posessed the required football nous, or people skills); we've lost very little in terms of a creative attacking midfield option (like others on this forum, I won't miss his maddening pirouettes that undermined our tempo, his lack of incisive passing, his frequently wide-of-the-mark long range shooting etc); and uncharacteristically it seems that we've even come out ahead financially. Whilst this might sound overly harsh, it's not meant to be, and it's simply my honest assessment of Parker's time with us, especially over the past season. Regarding Barton, I'd have to say that my jury is still out on that one ... and I guess I'm inclined to trust Big Sam with the casting vote. Okay, and putting it mildly, he doesn't exactly have all of the personal qualities that you'd choose in a friend or son-in-law, but I've always rated his ability, as well as his commitment. In fact, I was listening to an interview on YouTube which got him in to a lot of hot water in the media, but in which he was basically just forthrightly describing the problems at Man City as he (and, interestingly, the bulk of the supporters) saw them. In short, he may have (serious) anger management and etiquette / diplomacy issues, but nobody should doubt his honesty, commitment, and determination to do well - qualities that have arguably been in short supply around St James's Park of late. I suspect, in other words, that he's something of a wayward Roy Keane, and if Big Sam's man management skills are all that they're cracked up to be, then he could be an astute buy, and he might at least represent a worthwhile gamble. For starters, if the abovementioned interview is anything to go by, one way of reducing Barton's anger might be to provide him with a club that is not chronically underachieving, and with a host of overrated and overpaid wasters on its roster, who are happy to take the piss out of the fans on a weekly basis - a situation that we're hopefully moving away from under the new regime. Over to you Sam ... that's what you're paid for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I guess Sam feels it's too small a challenge to persuade Parker to stay, he sees reforming the animal Barton as a challenge worthy of his skills Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluegeordie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I guess Sam feels it's too small a challenge to persuade Parker to stay, he sees reforming the animal Barton as a challenge worthy of his skills When asked why he'd taken a notoriously difficult woman to be his wife, the Greek philosopher Socrates remarked that "horse trainers needed to practise on the more spirited animals", so perhaps Big Sam is taking a similar line with Joey? But seriously, my point was that Sam might have concluded that he didn't want Parker to stay, in which case there was little point in drawing on his powers of persuasion to convince him to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 So has Parker been sold then and for how much? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Not yet. A fee has been agreed and it is undisclosed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Not yet. A fee has been agreed and it is undisclosed Still not seen anything about the fee being agreed other than on Sky Sports (News). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Not yet. A fee has been agreed and it is undisclosed Still not seen anything about the fee being agreed other than on Sky Sports (News). Fridaynightitis probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Not yet. A fee has been agreed and it is undisclosed Still not seen anything about the fee being agreed other than on Sky Sports (News). Fridaynightitis probably. Eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hodgson09 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 How thick are people on this board he wan't a very good player anyone with two eyes and a brain can see that if we got 7-8.5 million for him that we have received an excellent deal. Everyone goes on about his running himself into the ground, so what!!! He couldn't pass a ball worth a damn and he couldn't run with the ball, his tackles were often ill timed, and his decision making on the pitch was unbelievably slow. If you are really into watching hard working players maybe you should change your name to Souness, because a team of hard working players will fail miserably everytime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Didn't build on a good first season, not worth £7m so if we got that much for him then good bit of business. Glad to see a clear out happening, hope we start singing people though cos it's making me nervous that we've only got about seven players I have faith though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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