Jimbo

Cracking phone sir.... I'm well impressed with mine Not 100% convinced by it yet, feels like a camera that can make telephone calls.

Newcastle are preparing to sound out Fabio Capello as a possible replacement for under-fire Sam Allardyce. The Toon board are putting in a contingency plan in case the club's dismal form continues and they are forced to give Allardyce the axe. Club owner Mike Ashley is believed to be prepared to give the Newcastle boss until Christmas to turn things around. But with the January transfer window looming, reports in the Daily Star suggest Newcastle have targeted the Italian boss – who last year won the Spanish League with Real Madrid – as a potential successor. Although Allardyce has admitted his job is in jeopardy, tonight's result against Premier League leaders Arsenal will not have any impact on his future. But with one point from their last five games, the former Bolton boss knows he has to get some points on the board soon to save himself from the sack. Many Toon fans would like to see Alan Shearer as boss but Ashley plans to send a delegation to Italy to speak to Capello and see if he would be interested if the job does become vacant. Capello has made it clear he would love to manage in the Premier League, and has already voiced his interest in the England job. But a number of Toon legends rallied round Allardyce last night – and the clear message from Newcastle greats Les Ferdinand, Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle to the Geordie nation was: "Lay off Sam." Ferdinand, a regular visitor to his old stamping ground as a Setanta Sports pundit, urges fans to put their grievances to one side and turn the stadium into a cauldron of noise. He said: "When I played there, the fans weren't like a 12th man, they were a 13th man too. No wonder we won so many games. "We had a great team under Kevin Keegan, but opponents were often beaten before kick-off because of the intimidating atmosphere. "After a bright start, things have fallen away a bit for Sam and it's understandable that the fans are frustrated but an atmosphere like that's needed even more now."

If he's lost the dressingroom there is only one outcome.

Dead man walking tbh.

Or: "opinions are like arseholes, everyones got one but mine spouts more shite than anyone elses"

Got my eldest lad, Luca, one of these for his 6th bithday, I had one at his age, bloodly brilliant, and a great tribute to a legend.

Good to see the romance is alive and well in your marriage! Poor attempt at a comeback tbh. FYI she's been after some for a while, what you got your lass? Some pink furry dice for her matching Clio?

"opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one but everyone thinks other peoples stinks worse than theirs"

You managed to find a buyer for those two discs than got 'lost' then, eh Pud? Mrs N has isformed me that she's not spending much on me this year. Fine, if that's the way she wants it as greedy as I am, I'd rather the kids have a bulging sack on xmas morning rather than me

I think me and the Mrs will just exchange £20, we've spent on the kids this year rather than eachother.

Performance > Position There were some shit performances mixed in there as well though, Jimbo. They seemed to die out once Wadsworth found a new job mind. I can't disagree mate, but one major difference is that we weren't scratching our heads at basic managerial decisions like we are at the moment.

Performance > Position

Good call, Layne Staley's voice was amazing.

tried it in a different slot ?

I hope he gets a collective "ssssshhhhhh" from the crowd on Wednesday night

He needs more time because he can't pick the right team, select the right formation, play his players in their correct positions, find the right tactics or make the right substitutions, clearly needs more time to get these basic managerial requirements right.

He can't sing tbh. Coming from you that is probably the best argument for my vote for Bono, you've saved me a lot of time. The man can't hit high notes. He just strains through every song. It's awful. I think hitting the hight notes is one of Bono's strengths but its all down to what sounds right to your ear, its not about specifics, its taste, I love Bono's voice, especially from around the era of The Unforgetable Fire and The Joshua Tree, incredible vocal performances on both albums, but I do believe his voice is no where as good as it used to be.

Alan Shearer is understood to be prepared to end his sabbatical from football if a managerial vacancy arises at Newcastle United. Sam Allardyce is under increasing pressure at St James' Park and, with Newcastle having taken only one point from their past five games, there are suggestions that defeat at home to Arsenal on Wednesday could prompt his dismissal. Although Newcastle poured scorn on such a notion yesterday and said newspaper reports claiming Allardyce was one game from the sack were "not worthy of comment", Mike Ashley, the club's owner, is believed to be giving thought to his manager's future. Last night friends of Shearer indicated that the former Newcastle and England captain would be interested in managing his home-town club should Allardyce, who witnessed a 3-1 defeat at Blackburn on Saturday, fail to turn things around. Currently working as a football pundit for the BBC and serving as a special ambassador at Newcastle, Shearer is admired by Ashley and the club chairman, Chris Mort. He has not completed his mandatory professional licence qualification but has been on several coaching courses since retiring from playing and would almost certainly be permitted to follow in the footsteps of Middlesbrough's Gareth Southgate and initially manage in the Premier League without one. The former striker has been touted as a potential successor to Steve McClaren as England's head coach but it is understood that he would be more interested in coaching Newcastle than his country. Ironically Allardyce, who left Bolton Wanderers for Tyneside six months ago, was beaten to the England job by Steve McClaren in the spring of 2006. After succeeding Glenn Roeder at St James' Park he oversaw Newcastle's best start to a season for a decade, but results have since gone awry amid rumours that certain players are underwhelmed by his tactics and training methods. Should Allardyce survive defeat against Arsenal, Saturday's home match against Birmingham City could further determine his, and Shearer's, immediate future. Big Sam v Big Al Sam Allardyce Worn Newcastle No9 shirt? No United goals Played for Sunderland? Yes Managerial trophies Father in local sheet metal business? No Dubbed 'geordie messiah'? No Alan Shearer Worn Newcastle No9 shirt? Yes United goals 206 Played for Sunderland? No Managerial trophies Father in local sheet metal business? Yes Dubbed 'geordie messiah'? Yes

I must agree here, seems to me that with a bonafide left-back like Enrique whom Sam brought in to play there, is fit and on the bench, why does Sam keep putting Zoggy there, OUT of POSITION. Seems to me that Souness & Roeder didn't use that tactic in the absense of a bonafide left-back(Babayaro) but resorted to the use of Huntington & Edgar even Carr. What benefit does Sam see in playing Zoggy there rather than wide left where he has given his best performences. And what benefit does Sam see in playing Milner OUT of POSITION on the left side? I don't see any. It may seem like a broken record to keep on about playing people OUT of POSITION, but something is very wrong somewhere. Maybe there are those who don't see N'Zogbia as a left-back and Milner on the left side of midfield as players being played out of position? Samuel Allardyce for one.

Bollocks. If we'd been playing pish and getting results there'd be a collective tug-a-thon on here. If we'd been playing well and losing just as many people would be picking holes in the side. As for the last part then you need to stop talking to these 'many people' because they're quite clearly nutters. I'm not suggesting folk would be happy, but they'd be showing damn sight more patience, of course you'll always get the boo boys, but no one was baying for Sir Bobby's blood in those first couple of tentative seasons in the manner that they have under Allardyce, mainly because fella wasn't taking the piss out of the fans with his team selection, and players clearly wanted to play for him, do our rabble look like they are playing for Sam ? They did against Blackburn. You honestly can't claim that half the side that Allardyce has brought in have decided they don't fancy playing for him anymore. It's a load of fantastical bollocks drummed up by the papers. Funny how when we were doing well the likes of Martins were coming out saying they'd "Stay as long as Sam stayed" yet today in the paper I read a drummed up bit of shite from Oba, originating from an interview months ago saying he was going to up sticks. Get behind the side and the manager rather than helping L.Taylor and her pals from the Sunday papers stoke the fucking flames. Since when can we believe what Martins says ! Trust me, I want Sam to be a success, I was delighted when he was appointed, I've just started having some serious doubts as whether he's the right man for the job, and I've been arguing the point that getting rid of the wrong man early, deserves as much kudos as giving the right man enough time. Time will tell.

Bollocks. If we'd been playing pish and getting results there'd be a collective tug-a-thon on here. If we'd been playing well and losing just as many people would be picking holes in the side. As for the last part then you need to stop talking to these 'many people' because they're quite clearly nutters. I'm not suggesting folk would be happy, but they'd be showing damn sight more patience, of course you'll always get the boo boys, but no one was baying for Sir Bobby's blood in those first couple of tentative seasons in the manner that they have under Allardyce, mainly because fella wasn't taking the piss out of the fans with his team selection, and players clearly wanted to play for him, do our rabble look like they are playing for Sam ?

He can't sing tbh. Coming from you that is probably the best argument for my vote for Bono, you've saved me a lot of time.