Snake

Couldn't agree more. The wage bill was and still is crippling the club. It will take quite a while to rectify, something the squealers don't want to accept.

we don't want squad players, we want players to improve the first team. Woopey fuckin do since when was guthrie signed instead of a player to improve the first team? fact has it we need players as our squad is so thin. maybe we can judge keegan's aspirations on september 1st and also judge guthrie after he's actually been given a chance to prove himself... Don't interrupt Freddie when he's in full crybaby mode

Agreed, fuck buying squad players, we need trophy signings NOW its all just good business Bring back Freddie daft lad. Never mind, soopa mike will win the european cup in 6 years time I agree, that's what everyone is saying he will do, he can't fail. I can see him leaving with 80 million in his back pocket and the club being 160 million in debt. Go Mike nailed on then. Wonder if Liverpool know they have just let us have the new Gazza Did you type that with your forehead?

Agreed, fuck buying squad players, we need trophy signings NOW its all just good business Bring back Freddie daft lad. Never mind, soopa mike will win the european cup in 6 years time I agree, that's what everyone is saying he will do, he can't fail. I can see him leaving with 80 million in his back pocket and the club being 160 million in debt. Go Mike

No mask but does Hulk impressions

Agreed, fuck buying squad players, we need trophy signings NOW its all just good business Bring back Freddie

Agreed, fuck buying squad players, we need trophy signings NOW

He's shite, we're fucked

That barnet is a disgrace

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7494664.stm Front page news I reckon

Sidwell=Parker=Barton=Barry=Jenas etc.... Just another average Premiership plodder, the league is packed with them

Arsenal winger Alex Hleb says he has fallen out with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger and would like to play for Barcelona next season. (Daily Mirror) Inter Milan are prepared to pay up to £8m to sign Frank Lampard from Chelsea (Daily Mirror), £9m (The Sun) or £11m. (The Independent) Inter begin Lampard negotiations Chelsea insist they have not received an offer for Lampard and expect him to see out his contract at Stamford Bridge. (Daily Star) New Chelsea boss Luiz Feliope Scolari wants Lampard to stay and the England midfielder is also looking for a new deal with the Blues but is yet to be offered a new contract. (The Independent) Scolari will allow Andriy Shevchenko, Florent Malouda, Claudio Pizarro, Steve Sidwell and Carlo Cudicini to leave Chelsea. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle are lining up a £5m move for Sidwell. (Daily Mirror) But Sidwell is on the verge of a £5m move to Aston Villa to replace Liverpool-bound Gareth Barry. (Daily Star, The Times) Martin O'Neill is considering accepting Liverpool's £15m bid for Barry now that Steve Finnan has been offered in addition in a part-exchange deal. (The Times) Chelsea are demanding £24m for want-away striker Didier Drogba but are yet to receive any offers. (The Independent) Fenerbahce's Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos, 35, claims Chelsea want to sign him. (Daily Star) Blackburn are willing to sell England winger David Bentley but have told Tottenham, Liverpool and Aston Villa that their asking price is £17m. (Daily Mirror) Tottenham have offered an assortment of players, including striker Darren Bent, goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Anthony Gardner, in part-exchange for Bentley. (The Guardian) Russian star Andrei Arshavin will cost any club wishing to sign him from Zenit St Petersburg a total of £41.5m in transfer fees and wages. (Daily Telegraph) Real Madrid are still chasing Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo even though the Portuguese winger is out injured for the next six weeks. (The Sun) Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says United should be 'proud' to let Ronaldo join them in what he says could be the 'transfer of the century'. (Daily Mirror) Birmingham will sell Olivier Kapo to Wigan to fund a £3.5m move for Reading striker Dave Kitson. (Daily Mirror) Aston Villa are lining up a season-long loan deal for Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster but are also eyeing Tottenham's Paul Robinson and USA international Brad Guzan. (The Sun) Crewe are demanding £2m for striker Nicky Maynard after rejecting bids from Bristol City and Ipswich. (Daily Mirror) Everton boss David Moyes hopes to persuade Manchester United to sell him Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher. (The Sun) Sunderland are hoping to hijack Hull City's £2m bid for Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng. (The Sun) Hull have agreed a £1m fee for Boateng but face competition from Celtic and Fulham. (Daily Mirror) Sunderland, Celtic and Rangers are all in the race to sign Watford centre-back Danny Shittu. (Daily Star) Wigan are willing to pay up to £10m to sign Everton striker Andy Johnson. (The Sun) Sunderland are also closing in on a deal for Johnson after indicating they are prepared to match the Toffees' £10m asking price. (Daily Mail) Auxerre defender Gabriel Tamas is keen on a £3.5m switch to Celtic after being transfer-listed by his French side. (Daily Record) Crystal Palace have dropped their interest in Hearts striker Christian Nade after the Jambos rejected a £300,000 offer. (Daily Record) Liverpool goalkeeper Charles Itandje is poised to join Turkish side Galatasaray. (Daily Mail) Liverpool have won the race to sign 17-year-old Danish striker Nikola Saric. (Daily Telegraph) West Brom are lining up a £2.5m bid for Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi and also want £3m-rated Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite. (The Sun) Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi says he will turn down a move to Liverpool to fight for his place at Craven Cottage. (Daily Star) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is keen on Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Daily Telegraph) Redknapp is also chasing Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, Reading defender Nicky Shorey and Lens left-back Nadir Belhadj. (The Guardian) Linfield have rejected Kilmarnock's latest offer for striker Peter Thompson. (Daily Record) Aston Villa are considering signing midfielder Steed Malbranque, who will be allowed to leave Tottenham, as well as Sheffield Wednesday defender Frank Simek. (The Times) Want-away Swansea midfielder Ferrie Bodde will join up with his team-mates on their pre-season tour of Sweden despite saying he wants to join Derby County. (Western Mail) OTHER GOSSIP Arsenal have told Emmanuel Adebayor that they will pay him £3m per year to sign a new contract - less than half the money he is demanding. (The Sun) New Newcastle chairman Derek Llambias insists the club's owner Mike Ashley has no plans to sell the Magpies. (The Independent) Everton midfielder Tim Cahill could miss the start of the season with the broken metatarsal that ruled him out of the end of last campaign. (Daily Star) Hearts' majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has unveiled plans to increase his holding in the club from £81.5% to 95.1%. (Daily Record) Motherwell have turned down a £30,000 offer to rename their Fir Park ground after a radio station. (Daily Record) Ex-England striker Robbie Fowler will head to Dubai to finish his career, after one final season with Cardiff City. (Western Mail) AND FINALLY Aston Villa had their training session disrupted by two giant Rottweilers on Monday. The dogs had escaped from a nearby farm and the club called a dog warden to collect them. (Daily Mirror) New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari was intrigued when he walked into the dressing room at the club's training ground on his first day in charge and found a game of darts going on - he had only ever seen the game being played on TV before. (The Sun) Crystal Palace winger Ashley-Paul Robinson has been forced to apologise after posting details of a proposed move to Fulham on his Facebook page. (The Guardian) Inter Milan are prepared to pay up to £8m to sign Frank Lampard from Chelsea (Daily Mirror), £9m (The Sun) or £11m. (The Independent) Chelsea insist they have not received an offer for Lampard and expect him to see out his contract at Stamford Bridge. (Daily Star)

I have. Don't forget Arsenal

Could have done with a few of them turning up when you were getting gates of 10k and less

Do you not find it a tad embarrassing to have to quote another teams success? What about Newcastle snake? The team YOU support? The fucking irony I'm just interested in how your more famous and successful rivals have been doing. Hopefully we'll find out soon enough, I've just posted this thread on a couple of their boards

How does that compare to Arsenal's?

Twice wasn't it? I remember them fucking it up on the last day though to finish 5th when Arsenal got 4th. That was fucking hilarious

If I were your lot I would be concentrating on improving the playing staff rather than influencing the rules of the game. Im not bitter in the slightest. THFC = In Arsenal's shadow. NUFC = In no-one's shadow. Agreed NUFC = In no-one's shadow. In a one horse town. There's an achievement. Open top bus parade? Nope, not at all, just happy not to have a far bigger, more successful and way more famous club right next door to us. That would really hurt

If I were your lot I would be concentrating on improving the playing staff rather than influencing the rules of the game. Im not bitter in the slightest. THFC = In Arsenal's shadow. NUFC = In no-one's shadow. Agreed

Looks like cobblers http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcas...72703-21264133/

The mackem Baresi apparantly

I've heard this too, from a mackem as it happens who was almost in tears

Lost the plot

Nailed on to be class for us then... I haven't a clue how good this guy will be, so I'll reserve judgement. All we can do is support him and give him time to settle and simply hope he isn't another Luque. Seconded, never heard of him or seen him play so we'll see

For someone who's supposedly worth a lot more it seems