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i often wondered along those lines. he was never quite the same player after that injury after his first year with us. we had to build the team to play around his strengths in the end. he almost became bigger than the club at one point too. having said all that, he's still our record goal scorer, and was class those seasons he had bellas alongside him. he was still the best finisher in the game, even after he lost all his pace. he was also unlucky not to have played in many great newcastle sides. we probably peaked the season before he arrived. he was feeding off scraps for most of his time with us. He peaked two seasons before he arrived. Turned down a move here to go to Blackburn too btw. he was still shit hot before he joined us though. was averaging over 30 goals a season at blackburn and got about 30 in his first season with us before he got injured. he only played in one really great newcastle side mind, and it was for only one season. the only side that came close to that one was when sbr was in charge and i'd say that was a good side, rather than a great one. I didn't say otherwise did I? You said he was unlucky not to play in a great Newcastle side though whereas it was actually down to his own choosing. Aye if we'd had him in 94/95 I think we'd have been unstoppable both that season and certainly 95/96. We'd never have signed Ferdinand in '95 though if we did have him (nor would we have ever had Andy Cole).

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Happy birthday - 40 today! Kinda depressing when you can remember him scoring that hat-trick on his debut against Arsenal as a 17 year old.

PM one of the admins. I'm sure they'll suspend your account for you That's banned you numbskull Try not to teach me to suck eggs sunshine. Get the fuck off my thread.

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Lee Ryder's latest offering:

No dipshit I said ingredients, not nutritional info. oh right, yes i know every ingredient put into it. You fucking twat features. Now get the fuck out of my thread before you get the back of my hand of the side of your head. So the answer to my question (which you answered yes) is actually no?

Much bigger club than us though, weren't they?

No dipshit I said ingredients, not nutritional info.

Do you really? Explain some of them then

They're quite nice, take one in moderation though. Also, you have no idea how much salt goes on the chips before they're served, so be careful with the amount of salt you use. I bet you've got fuck all idea of what goes into the majority of food in McDonald's menu tbh. We did McDonalds as a case study at university - VERY enlightening. I know. People think that the burgers and everythings microwaved aswell, nah they're all cooked fresh. Horribly bad for you but. I'm talking about the ingredients man

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even though everyone missed mine Fuck's sake... Happy 'belated' Birthday Simone

They're quite nice, take one in moderation though. Also, you have no idea how much salt goes on the chips before they're served, so be careful with the amount of salt you use. I bet you've got fuck all idea of what goes into the majority of food in McDonald's menu tbh. We did McDonalds as a case study at university - VERY enlightening.

That's fair enough. The point is though that those were players he didn't particularly rate either. There were also players who came in that summer: Tomasson, Pistone, Ketsbaia. Can't remember who else off the top of my head. He made some bad decisions, basically - even if his hand was forced somewhat. Agree that he didn't particularly rate some of them. I'm not so sure about Asprilla mind, especially after the Barca game. He did make bad decisions, yes. But he's vilified largely for not being as good as Keegan at the job when in reality he was working under very different circumstances. Would love to know how Keegan would have handled it but of course we'll never know. I'd wager he'd have struggled somewhat - being a bit like a kid who's got too many sweets, all ones he loves and he's told to put a couple back. If what I'm told is correct, Keegan left not because they wanted him to commit to a long term deal (he'd signed a 10 year deal in the past remember?) and not because his love for the game had wained (that stuff about the 7-1 win over Spurs was a smoke-screen). It was a combination of being told that in no uncertain terms, the Shearer signing was the last of the 'free-spending' attitude combined by the realisation that even with Shearer on board we weren't good enough to topple Man United. He felt more serious investment was needed and knew it wasn't forthcoming.

I didn't start this thread to say i got a job, i started it to say i got an interview, then i got the job Who said anything about it being this thread? You mention it every fucking day man. And anyway it's McDonalds. Most of them have a permanent 'Jobs Vacancies' section built into the menu board.

Me, me, me... look at me, I got a job!

The Asprilla thing - my mate's dad worked at Barclays at the time and was well aware of the loan we had in place for the Shearer deal. Basically Hall mortgaged us to the heavens and the terms were fucking harsh - it had to be repaid within 12 months! The bank wanted a £10m repayment by Christmas 1996 with the balance paid by the end of July 1997 but the impending floatation combined with the Keegan departure issues bought us some time. 6 months to be exact. In the summer of 97 we sold Ferdinand for £6m and Clark and Ginola for £2.5m each which covered the £10m inital down payment. Selling Asprilla the following January (6 months later) covered the balance plus the interest. As I've said earlier, Keegan's autobiography touches on this and he alludes to the severity of the replayments.

If that was a fundamental factor above everything else, why did they try to stop the Spurs deal going through when Shearer got injured. Tino's sale was to do with nothing more than trying to fund deals for the likes of Gary Speed suggesting anything else is rewriting history. They tried to stop the sale because it became abundantly clear that Ferdinand leaving was a massive fuck-up from the footballing side of things. Tino's sale was exactly what I said it was - not re-writing history. Your opinion is different It's not an opinion it's fact. We signed Speed circa Feb/March for more or less the same fee we got for Tino, plus Andersson on top of that, suggesting it was anything other than a money making exercise to get his own players in is just wrong. It is opinion. It's fact that the bank was demanding a huge down payment which just happened to co-incide with Asprilla being sold. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what went on. Suggesting I'm 'wrong' because what I've said doesn't fit in with your pre-conceived opinions of Dalglish is a tad arrogant.

Ketsbaia, ran around a lot but did basically nothing. But he was mental so we loved him. Speed Nobody wanted him here at first as he looked finished., DabizasGot turned easily, sometimes caught ballwatching. Got mostly away with it because he scored against the mackems, Solano as well. Bits in bold. Can't argue with Shay, Didi and nobby though. Speed and Dabizas served this club well for the majority of Robson's reign. They may not have been on the scale of some of Keegan's signings but in retrospect they were both good signings for the club. Like I said before, the floatation fucked this club up. I agree in part but where some tinkering was required Dalglish went about it with a sledgehammer. He was unlucky with Shearer's injury too, admittedly. And while players like Speed did turn out to be good signings I think KD would've played him, Lee and Batty. Speed only flourised when Batty left. I don't hate him in the way I do Souness but he did a lot of damage imo. Aye I think you've got a good point there. He certainly wasn't as bad as Souness put it that way.

Strong rumour that Liverpool have now had a £2.5m bid accepted! Middlesbrough must think it's fucking Christmas!

Ketsbaia, ran around a lot but did basically nothing. But he was mental so we loved him. Speed Nobody wanted him here at first as he looked finished., DabizasGot turned easily, sometimes caught ballwatching. Got mostly away with it because he scored against the mackems, Solano as well. Bits in bold. Can't argue with Shay, Didi and nobby though. Speed and Dabizas served this club well for the majority of Robson's reign. They may not have been on the scale of some of Keegan's signings but in retrospect they were both good signings for the club. Like I said before, the floatation fucked this club up.

If that was a fundamental factor above everything else, why did they try to stop the Spurs deal going through when Shearer got injured. Tino's sale was to do with nothing more than trying to fund deals for the likes of Gary Speed suggesting anything else is rewriting history. They tried to stop the sale because it became abundantly clear that Ferdinand leaving was a massive fuck-up from the footballing side of things. Tino's sale was exactly what I said it was - not re-writing history. Your opinion is different