Jimbo

No wonder we lost! Doh ! Never was good at maths......

Sounded like a Newcastle IX rather than a strong Newcastle side.

Kids in the hall was fantastic. Aye, I heard the DVD was out and figured I had to get my hands on it. Hope it still holds up after all this time, mind.

Kids in the hall was fantastic.

I'd think twice before being treated by someone named Dr Hertz.

By SHAUN CUSTIS THE simmering tension between Michael Owen and his Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce stretches back nearly two years. SunSport can reveal Owen is still privately hurt by comments Allardyce made before the last World Cup. Part of the reason why he is so determined to play in England’s Euro qualifier double-header against Estonia and Russia is he wants to prove Big Sam wrong. Allardyce, then Bolton manager, wrote off Owen at the start of Germany 2006. He claimed he should be left out of the opener against Paraguay as he had not sufficiently recovered from injury. Owen had broken a metatarsal against Tottenham on New Year’s Eve and made only one fleeting appearance for the rest of the season. Allardyce then commented: “If I was England manager, I would forget about Michael Owen.” But Owen was determined to take part and unhappy with Allardyce’s comments. Ironically, he now finds himself in a similar situation. Battling to prove he can play for England — this time just 10 days after a major stomach and groin op — despite Allardyce’s reservations. A source said: “At the time, Michael did not take what Sam said very well. He never forgets who said what about him. “Even though it was a year-and-a-half ago, Sam is saying similar things to what he said then.” Owen did line up against Paraguay, only to be subbed early. Later he was ruled out for almost a year after rupturing his right knee against Sweden. That is why Allardyce feels Owen should be wary now.

Joey Barton back on England attack By Rob Stewart Last Updated: 1:22am BST 10/10/2007 Joey Barton yesterday ran the risk of re-opening old wounds with his international peers by making the contentious assertion that they "get carried away" about representing England. As well as suggesting the international stage was over-rated, Newcastle's spiky midfielder, who has a solitary England cap, also insisted he was more interested in winning honours with his club than his country. Barton is no stranger to ruffling feathers and his latest candid interview follows the derisive remarks he made about England players, such as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand, all publishing autobiographies after England's exit at the last World Cup. As well as pouring scorn on their literary efforts, Barton also attacked Sven-Goran Eriksson's former charges last summer for playing as "a team of individuals playing for themselves and not wanting to do the nasty things involved in being a team". Barton, 25, whose Newcastle team-mates include England duo Michael Owen and Alan Smith, has clearly not modified his views about England players. "People get carried away about playing for their country," he said yesterday. "It's always nice to be selected, and it is always a privilege and an honour. But the thing I have to do first and foremost is to do what I have been bought to do and that is play good football for Newcastle. "If England comes then so be it, but I have played for them once now and that'll do for me. I am more interested in winning domestic honours. advertisement"This is my bread and butter and at the minute — hand on heart — I would much rather be successful for Newcastle United than I would for England. "England is on the back-burner for me, without a shadow of a doubt. I haven't been bought to play for England — I am here to play for Newcastle United." Huyton-born Barton, who joined Newcastle from Manchester City in a £5.8 million deal last June, gained international recognition eight months ago when he came on as a substitute in the 1-0 defeat by Spain at Old Trafford. He failed to retain his place in the squad and missed the start of the season after being struck by the curse of the metatarsal injury. But he is now setting his sights on making his club debut a week on Monday when Tottenham visit St James' Park for a match that England head coach Steve McClaren is likely to attend. After opening the scoring in a 3-1 victory over Wigan's reserves on Monday, Barton's comeback will gather pace in a behind-closed-doors friendly against a Rangers side today

Better than James Blunt and Kid Rock.

Pay off my mortgage with half of it and invest the other half.

MICHAEL OWEN has told his Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce: Don’t tell me when I can play for England. The Toon striker, 27, insists he will only listen to German surgeon Dr Ulrike Muschaweck who operated on his groin. And in another stinging rebuke to the Geordies’ gaffer, Owen declared Allardyce got it wrong about when he got crocked. Allardyce claimed Owen picked it up playing for England last month — but the hitman insists he had it before then. He said: “I’ll listen to the surgeon and not anyone else because she knows what she is talking about. “Could I play against Estonia? I don’t see why not. The surgeon tells me nothing can go wrong in terms of the operation. “I know the manager here said I did it in the last international matches but I was playing in pain even before them.” Owen scored on his Toon return in the 3-2 win over Everton on Sunday just eight days after under-going surgery in Munich. And he added: “I’ve been pushing myself through a lot of pain for about six weeks — even before the last two internationals.” Now the ex-Liverpool and Real Madrid star has declared himself fit for the looming Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia. But Big Sam has warned England boss Steve McClaren not to send his star back to St James’ injured again next week. Upbeat Owen, though, cannot believe how well the surgery has gone. He revealed: “It’s unbelievable. It feels great. It’s much stronger than when I went in. “As long as you can manage the pain, it won’t get any worse. Thankfully now I can go out and not feel any pain. I’m available for both sides I represent.”

Nice one ! What job are you doing at the moment ?

Just retained the Dutch league title.

Been mentioned before but he's never played this well for me before: Rodrigo Palacio

Herenveen 9 - 0 Heracles

Fenerbahçe

Agreed with most of the Kid Cock Rock comments, but I do admit I quite liked one track he did, "lonely road of faith" I think Pedro had it as the soundtrack to one of his toon videos, other than that the blokes one nudge away from Vanilla Ice

Quoted for truth !

Scored 34 in 31 games last season.

Quality track.

Square pegs in round holes.

The vast majority of the cases shown on the show look worse following their surgery in my opnion, especially the men.

Clearly most of these peoples problems are in their brains rather than any other part of the anatomy.

Imagine if he'd had a left foot too

9th on 14 points, 2 points off 4th.