Jimbo

Probably tears of joy at the thought of his £1m payoff

I’ll have my notepad handy to play cliché bingo. I’ll put good money on: Great Stadium Fabulous fans To good to turn down Great tradition And the old chestnut: Sleeping Giant.

That quote is from the sun, so give it the credence it deserves.

Who? Duno if I should say tell us ..go on go on go on go on Craig and Ritchie That's made my day

A tough choice, neither should ever had been appointed in a million years. Souness just shades it for me.

Martins is Oba and out By GARY PAYNE May 15, 2007 COMMENT ON THIS STORY OBAFEMI MARTINS could be on his way out of Newcastle — with Valencia and Juventus already in talks over a £13million move. The striker’s Toon future was in doubt last night after he went AWOL for Sunday’s game at Watford having told club medics he was injured. SunSport can reveal officials from both European clubs have met with his agent over a possible summer swoop. The Nigerian, 22, has privately told pals he has no problems with Newcastle after settling in well since his £10m move from Inter last season. But the lure of Europe’s big guns looks too strong for the 17-goal striker to ignore. A close friend said: “Oba’s days in England are numbered. “Juventus and Valencia are in talks with his agent. No club in England is on the radar, so maybe it’s goodbye to the Premiership.”

From The Times May 15, 2007 Player unrest awaits arrival of Allardyce at Newcastle George Caulkin After receiving a nod of approval from Newcastle United directors yesterday, Sam Allardyce will be presented as the club’s new manager this lunchtime and discipline – or rather a lack of it – will figure prominently on his agenda. In its final moments, a trying campaign lurched from mediocrity to mutiny, leaving little doubt that a clear-out beckons. Allardyce has agreed a four-year contract worth in the region of £3 million per season; as with most of his predecessors, he will be required to earn it. Passion, soap opera and trauma are well-worn byproducts of Tyneside’s footballing heritage and there has been a glut of intrigue in recent days. To the names of Glenn Roeder and Michael Owen can now be added Charles N’Zogbia and Obafemi Martins. Neither N’Zogbia nor Martins – the striker who took Alan Shearer’s No 9 shirt when he joined Newcastle for £10 million from Inter Milan last summer – appeared in the first-team squad at Vicarage Road on Sunday. Having both been named on the substitutes’ bench by Nigel Pearson, the caretaker manager, Martins is alleged to have feigned injury, while N’Zogbia’s suspect attitude prompted his removal. Players are free to embark on summer holidays, but Martins began his earlier than expected. The 22-year-old’s refusal to travel to Watford from Newcastle’s hotel in Hertfordshire, when no medical complaint was detected, appalled his colleagues. There was also fury when N’Zogbia spent a tactics meeting reportedly texting on his mobile phone. Both men face fines; both could depart. With Owen’s future swathed in uncertainty and several other players destined to leave – Craig Moore, Titus Bramble, Olivier Bernard, Pavel Srnicek and Oguchi Onyewu are out of contract, Albert Luque is set to join PSV Eindhoven on loan and doubts also surround the future of Kieron Dyer and Celestine Babayaro – Allardyce is facing a summer of upheaval. Supporters will not shed many tears at the prospect and there has been some trenchant criticism of Newcastle’s miscreants from authoritative figures. Nicky Butt has taken time to win the trust of fans and does not fulfil the natural role of rebel, but the former Manchester United midfield player, who has enjoyed a fine season, has deep knowledge on the subject of spirit. “It needs to be put out that not every player playing in Newcastle colours this season has played for the shirt or played for everybody connected with the club,” Butt said. “The new manager is definitely a good capture for us and hopefully he can come in and sort a few things out. The majority of lads in the dressing-room are good lads and good professionals, but there are a few who don’t want to play for the club. “The sooner he gets them sorted out the better. If players don’t want to play for the club, they should be got rid of as quickly as possible. I’m not normally one who will come out and slag my teammates off, but there are genuinely one or two lads in there who don’t want to play for the club. We know that and the fans know that. “I feel there are a lot of players who give 100 per cent the whole time and maybe don’t always do well, but there are others who have ability and don’t want to do well.” Shearer, the former Newcastle captain, echoed that sentiment. “There are a lot of personalities there that need sorting out,” he said. “A lot of players have gone stale.” Shay Given, the goalkeeper, added: “A lot of players have got to look at themselves and ask if they could have done better this season,” he said. “I think the answer will be ‘yes’ from a few of them.” Martins, a Nigeria forward with 11 goals in 14 appearances for his country, has scored 17 times in his debut season for Newcastle, but his body language has often been suspect. He has been linked with Chelsea. N’Zogbia has long been a target for Arsenal.

As I said to Scottish Mag the other day, I'm sure Jim White must have an implant in his scrotum that vibrates automatically whenever the words "Newcastle United" are mentioned.

The Samsung Shola has poor ariel performance.

Frankly, Im happy for that to happen tbh, I dont know who these people are currently however Im happy to bet they are fairly shit at their jobs. We have a ridiculous number of injuries compared to the likes of Bolton, have no control of the dressing room and frankly appear to deal with our foreign players abysmally. IF Sam comes in, sacks a load and brings new people in then Im not going to complain like. Exactly, it boils down to just appointing a new manager, who changes the staff. Nothing different to what happens when any manager is appointed, and has nothing to do with Fat Sam being some mystical football wizard who has the keys to the fountain of knowledge of football management with his 28 experts. Sorry lads but Im going to continue taking the bait. Yes he does appear to be some mystical wizard comapred to the previous 2 at least. Very few changes seemed to be made to backroom staff in the past and if so, it was the old boys/ geordies network rather than experts. As I've said a million times before... Your're not fucking kidding ! You disagree? You think we should just be happy because he's an improvement on Roeder/Souness? Allardyce is going to be appointed tomorow, and its my belief that he'll take the club back to where it belongs, I don't proffess it to be fact, just my opinion, we'll have to wait and see.

Very, with the state of the club at this very minute, I believe its the perfect appointment.

Don't, just don't, ok ?

Frankly, Im happy for that to happen tbh, I dont know who these people are currently however Im happy to bet they are fairly shit at their jobs. We have a ridiculous number of injuries compared to the likes of Bolton, have no control of the dressing room and frankly appear to deal with our foreign players abysmally. IF Sam comes in, sacks a load and brings new people in then Im not going to complain like. Exactly, it boils down to just appointing a new manager, who changes the staff. Nothing different to what happens when any manager is appointed, and has nothing to do with Fat Sam being some mystical football wizard who has the keys to the fountain of knowledge of football management with his 28 experts. Sorry lads but Im going to continue taking the bait. Yes he does appear to be some mystical wizard comapred to the previous 2 at least. Very few changes seemed to be made to backroom staff in the past and if so, it was the old boys/ geordies network rather than experts. As I've said a million times before... Your're not fucking kidding !

Its Bruce Arena man, Im telling you its nailed on. Gooch to stay then. The Gooch is the name Americans use for the area between the ball bag and the rectum A perfect nick name for Onyewu.

My thoughts exactly ! Still not talking to you! No one will be more gutted than me if it happens....

Agreed Contribute or don't contribute. I don't mind either way. Just don't post a pointless whinge, I can't abide whingers. Stop whinging.

My thoughts exactly !

Agreed

Not sure about that, he spent pleny on Samaras and Corradi didn't he ? Think Corradi was free or very cheap. But what about that swedish keeper cost about 2million. Corradi was for and undisclosed fee and Samaras was for £6m

Crap battery life too.

Not sure about that, he spent pleny on Samaras and Corradi didn't he ?

I think you could put your mortgage on that one.

Hang on, we don't know who he will be unveiling tomorrow, we might see Barry Fry walk out from behind the curtain at 1pm.

He'd start 12 threads on the subject if he did.

You honestly believe that is our entire staff don't you Jon? Fat Sam, the only manager out there who knows his stuff. Well, apart from complete novices like Klinsman. Perhaps you can join in the game and list 28 staff positions that Sam will set up that we don't have? And at the same time explain how Terry Mac cured Kieron Dyer and repaired Micheal Owen. Oh, do piss off. Me? Right..... What do you expect when Jon's argument is so persuasive? If you are trying to bore the shit out of everyone on this board, you are doing a sterling job. Can you PM me your give-a-fuck-o-meter, I just need it for a sec.... At the end of the day, if you're happy to be bored by post after post fawning over a mysterious and elusive 28 member backroom staff, be my guest. Some of us aren't so, well, gullible? I swear to God I wonder how Fred has got away with it all these years, then a post like yours pops up. Thats the most tragic waste of bandwidth I've ever seen.