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NEWCASTLE United goalkeeper Tim Krul faces between four and six weeks on the sidelines after undergoing an operation on his injured knee on Tuesday night. The Dutch starlet had to be carried from the Vicarage Road field after suffering a torn cartilage as he went through a training session ahead of the Magpies' Carling Cup victory over The Hornets. He was taken to the BUPA Hospital in Bushey where he underwent an op before returning back to Tyneside on Wednesday. Special thanks from Newcastle go to Bob McKenney, consultant orthopeadic surgeon. Krul, who was not due to be involved against Aidy Boothroyd's team with penalty shoot-out hero Steve Harper between the posts and Pavel Srnicek on the bench, made a magnificent senior debut the previous week in the 1-0 UEFA Cup victory away to Italian Serie A title-chasers Palermo. Manager Glenn Roeder told nufc.co.uk: "As he proved in Palermo, Tim is a very highly promising young goalkeeper. "He's had an operation and we think he will be out for between four and six weeks. There is absolutely no need to rush him back too soon."

FAT Invisible woman sexually assaulted. And shearer wanks thumb. Thats no thumb.......

And "Supermac" agreed with him !! That bloke gets more out of touch by the day.

Nearly a clean sweep

there is an option in preferences which will display their ID when you view them in the game.

Superb !

Prince Charles with his new assistant manager:

What the fuck are you dribbling on about Rob ? I visited the country, and I fucking hated it, sorry if you were expecting some Pseudointellectual chin stroking, but I'm just giving my honest answer. If you take pleasure in any of the misery I described, fine, knock yourself out.

I wouldn't go to that shit-hole again if you paid me, went there about 8 years ago and I rate it as by a country mile the worst place I have visited in my life, if I could have afforded it at the time I'd have paid to come home after 2 days. If you enjoy shit food, flies, being nagged by every "friendly" local shop owner if you make the fatal mistake of venturing out of your hotel complex, then go for it, but if you've got any sense sign up for a week in Darfur before going to Tunisia.

Anyone know of a NOCD patch for ProEvo 6 ? So I don't need to spoil my lovely original, all paid for Disc ?

Nice philosophy !

What a kernt.

Jericho bored me shitless.

Exactly: Hansen should stick to his hindsight wisdom on MOTD.

Its the Unabomber !

Its John Holmes !!!

Nobody in the Premier League will want to see a club the size of Newcastle United relegated. However, the rules of engagement are crystal-clear and the simple fact is that no club are too big to be relegated and, at the moment, Newcastle are in a sorry state of affairs. Anybody who thinks it simply won't happen to Newcastle only need to look at Leeds and Sunderland to realise that they are going to have to be careful. They have had a horrific start to the season, they are conceding more than they are scoring and only goal difference is keeping them off the foot of the Premiership table. Newcastle are a massive club, they have a terrific stadium and the whole set-up should be geared for the big time. Some of the clubs who have come into the Premiership are struggling to fill their grounds, but you never see empty seats at Newcastle and that's why the Premiership needs them in the top flight. If they are ever to bring success to the club, though, Newcastle need a change of philosophy and that is something that the supporters are going to have to accept. What they have to decide is whether they want to win trophies or if they would rather try and win 5-4 every week. I don't think they want to change. Whether it be Sir Alex Ferguson or Jose Mourinho, they will tell you that you have to get the foundation right before you do anything else. Some of the managers that Newcastle have had since Kevin Keegan have tried to implement that, but Newcastle fans don't want their team to play like Chelsea. They want a team that says: "If you score four, we'll score five." advertisement From Jackie Milburn through to Alan Shearer, they have always wanted a great No 9, but how many great central defensive partnerships can you think of at Newcastle? The last defender of any merit who they had was Jonathan Woodgate – and they sold him. The problem they have now is that not only do they need a No 4, No 5 and No 6, they still need another No 9 because Shearer is no longer there and they have had terrible luck with Michael Owen's injury. Despite what he may be saying, Glenn Roeder is under real pressure as manager. Every manager in the bottom six is under pressure and Glenn is no different, especially when you consider that Newcastle have had six managers in 10 years. That is far too many and it says it all about the situation they are in. As a chairman, Freddy Shepherd is two things. Firstly, he has proved beyond any doubt that he is no-nonsense when it comes to sacking managers, but those managers have also been given a hell of a lot of money to spend by him, so you cannot say that he hasn't backed them in the transfer market. To his credit, he gave Graeme Souness an awful lot of money to buy Owen, and there have been countless others who have been brought in for big transfer fees. Albert Luque and Obafemi Martins were other big-money centre-forwards, but despite all the money that has been spent they haven't signed many good centre-halves. That just sums up Newcastle and the philosophy of the club. What happened under Kevin Keegan was once-in-a-lifetime stuff, though, and if the team who lost a 12-point lead in 1995-96 were playing in this season's Premiership, they wouldn't even finish in the top four because the game has moved on. The issue now for Newcastle is getting out of the mess they are in, and you often find that it tends to get worse before it gets better. When you look at the way they played against Sheffield United on Saturday, you would have to say that they are in big, big trouble. Having played in Palermo in the Uefa Cup on Thursday night, they could have moved the game back to Sunday, but they decided to take the television money, despite the fact that Sheffield United hadn't played for a week. In my opinion, if it was a choice between three points and the TV money, the points are 100 times more important, but that was Newcastle's decision. If I were a betting man, I would still back them to stay up because they will probably just go out and buy another No 9 from somewhere, but if things continue as they are they will face major problems.

FREDDY SHEPHERD jetted back into Tyneside last night and vowed to ride out the storm at St James’ Park. The Newcastle chairman has been in Majorca helping wife Lorelle recover from a health scare. He missed hearing a large section of fans shouting for his head after the disastrous 1-0 home defeat to Sheffield United. Newcastle have slumped to joint bottom of the Premiership after taking just five points from their last 10 games. To compound matters, Shepherd is also believed to have had a major bust-up with manager Glenn Roeder over the scheduling of the game. The club chose to accept the £350,000 Sky cash and play on Saturday night despite a tiring UEFA Cup trip to Sicily on Thursday. Roeder said: “I was hoping Palermo was a turning point but the big concern was playing the game so quickly.” The Belgravia Consortium are waiting in the wings to buy out Shepherd. But a source close to him said: “Freddy is no quitter. “Changing the manager or the chairman wouldn’t put the ball in the back of the net. It’s a case of trying to get through until January when the squad can be strengthened.” Roeder insisted: “The chairman isn’t out there playing. He selects mangers and I have complete responsibility for the team and the squad. “I accept that and would not want it any other way.” Newcastle’s decision not to postpone the game 24 hours enraged fans. Website nufc.com said: “The false economy of taking a few hundred grand while risking the club’s top-flight status was a risk never worth taking.” Former skipper Alan Shearer said: “Glenn is trying his best but has his hands tied — his only striker is Giuseppe Rossi which is why they’re struggling.”

44 points

agreed, its a superb show.

Wouldn't fancy cutting tiddles a hole in the back door for a cat flap either !

Fair play to them all then! Somebody said the same at the match, suggesting Curbishley and it has some logic behind it. He's used to this end of the table and what's needed to stay up, he'd be better than what we have, is out of work and i think would come. But you'd really want to just give hima contract to the end of this season and see what happens and i don't know what he'd think of that. I think Curbishley is a good manager, but I'm not sure his achievements at Charlon equate to the job required at Newcastle, most Charlton fans were glad to see the back of him in the end.