Snake
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Get him a stripper
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His family would appear to be safe from the danger of being assaulted now, funny that
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Say what you like about SAF but I would love him if he was our manager.
He'd be useless unless his big chequebook came with him
Other managers spend big.
Yep, but not as big as him. I'd love to see all the chequebook managers given fuck all to spend then we'd actually find out just how good they really are. Not that it would ever happen
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Enjoy him when you can, as soon as an ambitious club shows an interest he'll be off I reckon
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Say what you like about SAF but I would love him if he was our manager.
He'd be useless unless his big chequebook came with him
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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcas...703-22996279/2/
First the Kinnear disaster and now this gem
'Llambias is confident United will stay up and has boldly predicted they will surpass their safety target.
He added: “I think we’ll stay up.
“We’ve had conversations about where we are going points-wise. I have said 46 points.
“Everybody thinks I am potty, but I’m confident of it'
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23 games for your money if we go down, bargain
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Is this the closing down sale stage of the 'run a football club like a sports shop' plan?
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Get in quick, they'll be selling like hotcakes when people see this
http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastl...61634-22993828/
Unbelievable
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Fuck off and die you fat, patronising cunt.
He's striking me as like a bloke on death row. He's not sorry about the people he's killed but the closer he gets to the electric chair the more desperate he becomes, or something like that
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'The club are keen to prevent that from happening, and will look to reassure those who believe the club is no longer heading in the right direction with a personal letter from managing director Derek Llambias outlining Ashley’s vision for the future – and pleading with them not to desert the club in such troubled times.'
I'm honestly speechless
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Whenever I read that board I get the impression there are so many old grudges and intra-board agendas that a lot of them can't see the wood for the trees.
The number of posters on there bumming Ashley's mob is surprisingly high, and some of the anti-Keegan stuff is fucking shocking.
You'll not be surprised to hear that the vast majority of them don't go to the match, they just sit at home trying to act clever and condescending on the internet. Utter pricks
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That's the message I started getting today if it's any help
It's gone now by the way
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Do you think Krul will get his chance once our position in the Premier League is secure? He really needs to get into the team now.
I must admit I'm very impressed by you being able to go and see Krul play for the kids and reserves over these years to make such judgements. Especially due to yourself being a school kid who lives in London. That must cost you a canny bit.
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Someone was saying on NO Ashley is paying people to go on message boards and stir shit.
Judging by the number of complete and utter arseholes on there I can see why
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Another one has seen through the bullshit and lies
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/col...St_James__Park/
Vow of silence finally broken at St James' Park
By Scott Wilson
SO Derek Llambias has finally broken his silence, and said he’s sorry. What Newcastle’s embattled managing director hasn’t said, though, is what he’s sorry for, or what he’s willing to do to repair the damage.
As befits a regime that appeared to have taken a collective vow of silence following its takeover of Newcastle United, this week’s offensive in the ongoing propaganda war was more notable for what was not said than what was.
At no stage was there an acceptance that the structure at St James’ Park is flawed, or an acknowledgement that Newcastle supporters’ grievances run far deeper than an emotional yearning for Kevin Keegan’s return.
There was no commitment to provide supporters with a meaningful input into the running of their club, only a suggestion that talks were already ongoing with the Newcastle United Supporters’ Club – a claim that was later denied by the fans’ group.
And there was no grand plan for how to get Newcastle out of the mess they currently inhabit.
So if Llambias, pictured below, failed to address a number of key issues that have turned Newcastle supporters against their own club, what did he say?
Plenty that was predictable.
There was a commitment to improve dialogue between the management and the fans, but no sense of how this was going to happen, and certainly nothing that suggested that Mike Ashley was going to become the public face that Newcastle desperately need.
There was a series of attacks on the former regime – the club was in financial trouble, transfer fees were outstanding even though deals had been concluded years previously, sponsorship money had already been squandered on the purchase of Michael Owen – but no admission that all of this should have been known before Ashley put his business plan in place.
Newcastle supporters should not be paying the price for their owner’s impetuosity.
A failure to complete a meaningful process of due diligence meant that crippling financial problems only came to light when it was too late to modify expenditure to deal with them.
Freddy Shepherd’s stewardship has clearly saddled Newcastle with a myriad of debts, but if you buy a car and it breaks down the following day, it’s your problem not the previous owner’s.
Ashley appears to have splashed the cash without even checking there was an engine under the bonnet. He also introduced a controversial management model that ultimately led to the departure of Keegan, yet Llambias was quick to defend a system that has been dismantled at every other Premier League club at which it had previously been deployed.
“It’s been tore up at Tottenham and they’ve dismissed it to go back to the old-fashioned style, but for us we still thinks it works,” said Llambias.
It works so well, it seems, that the departure of one of the most iconic managers in Newcastle’s history and a transfer policy that has seen James Milner, Shay Given and Charles N’Zogbia depart for a combined total of about £24m can be deemed a success.
And what of Dennis Wise, Newcastle’s million-pounda- year man? What does an executive director (football) do to justify his salary when the only players to arrive last month were a free agent who was being touted around the Premier League and two players who could be seen on Match of the Day every Saturday night? Despite a supposed new era of openness, your guess is still as good as mine.
If there were positives to come out of Llambias’ address they were the fact that the interview took place at all – any information has to be better than none, even if the recipients of said information were carefully controlled – and a promise to reinvest the £8m-or-so that is outstanding from transfer receipts in the summer transfer window. Provided, of course, Newcastle retain their Premier League status between now and then.
Ultimately, though, this was a case of too little, too late. Too late, because a significant section of supporters have already delivered their verdict on the regime and intend to vote with their feet next season.
And too little, because contrary to the popular song lyric, sorry is not the hardest word. An apology means nothing without a commitment to change.
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I'm a Jedi Knight
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Lost
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Dunno what all the fuss is about, this fella has nailed it, couldn't be simpler
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I've got a lot of time for anyone with his level of workrate but I can't really understand what a lot of people seem to see in him. He's a winger with a poor cross and a poor shot on the evidence of what I've seen. I certainly wouldn't single him out for criticism because he's one of our better players but, so far, most of his good work has been done in our third of the pitch and not the opposition's. I'd like to think he's still settling in and is also hindered by the quality of his team mates but I think he's overrated in some quarters.
He's the exact opposite of Robert who was all end product and little graft
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'We think he’s a good fit for us' = he's desperate, so he does what he's told.
That's it in a nutshell. Any serious manager will demand full control and rightly so. All we'll now attract are the has beens
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Try uninstalling your codec pack and install ffdshow
Probably pointless though as I'm certain that my solution above will fix your problem
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http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/nufc-lat...61634-22912391/
Nevertheless, although some fans have questioned Kinnear’s ability to take the club forward on the pitch, he has plenty of support in the boardroom.
Speaking before Kinnear’s heart scare, Llambias defended the decision to offer the former Republic of Ireland international a two-year contract.
That contract has still not been signed as Kinnear argued he would rather wait until the end of the season before deciding whether he wanted to make that sort of commitment.
Llambias said: “Joe has incredible experience.
“He’s got incredible vision and he’s a good man manager. We think he’s a good fit for us, he’s realistic of what he’s looking for.
“He’s what we are looking for. Whether he takes the contract, we don’t know. And if he doesn’t we’ll review the situation and we’ll go out again and find somebody else.
“Joe is a football man, he’s qualified. We have confidence in him. Joe will do a good job and he will get us out the crap we’re in.”
All over bar the shouting
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Fergie Legend
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You're ignoring the wages and the fact that these low cost purchases still cost more than most other clubs could afford. I'm fairly certain that many other clubs spot these low cost youth players as well but can't offer better deals, not that the players would go there anyway. Let's even the playing field, then we'll see