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One thing about Shearer is that he's not a "joke" type media figure. He won't be getting carried away and will keep his feet on the ground. It would be nice to think we could have a bit of stability and get talked about for being "good at football" for a bit. Shearer's always treated the media like a viper that he has to walk past to get where he is going. Very sensible, if boring, and means it's hard for them to get anything on him especially to dig in and twist - although if we go the way we seem to be going that may not be the case for much longer. Even if we get relegated, as long as Shearer stays and we build something I'll be happier than the ongoing chaos of this fucking season. I'm still looking forward to the championship

This is what happens when you make a profit in transfer windows and do your shopping at the cut price, heap of shite player store

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,1...5153968,00.html In particular As soon as you embrace relegation it ceases to have any power over you. People say the club will have no money but hey, all it has done with the money its had so far is spend it on mediocre players' wages who have got you into this position. So you won't miss it or them. You'll be left with a core of players who might actually like playing for the club. Radical huh? Some of them might get a chance to shine now when the multi-million quid fat striker and his has-been mates have jumped ship. Chances are once relegated the fans will see the club actually winning a lot of games and that is simply much more weekly fun than seeing a teeth-grinding home thrashing by Chelsea or getting caned away to Bolton. Yes, they might struggle but that at least will be a new battle; a change from the same old same old. Here's what I believe; success is not surviving in the Premier League at all costs; success is giving the fans a good time, without bankrupting the club regardless of what position the club finishes. What is success anyway? I'd rather win the Johnstone's Paint Trophy than cling on to mid-table Premier League mediocrity and I refuse to buy this idea that it and only it is the football nirvana and we must all shudder in awe and orgasm before it even while accepting it does throw up some cracking games occasionally. The Premier League and its sirens want to depict relegation as a kind of living death in order to ramp up the status of their league; to make it appear the shiny diamond-encrusted nipple atop the giant milky breast of success. But when you've won just six games all season and played horribly for 80% of the games, that is a lie we no longer believe. The Premier League's 'this is the only game in town' brigade patronise the rest of football and intrinsically belittle noble football clubs who ply their trade in front of a dedicated audience outside the top flight. This isn't a losers' mentality, rather it is a rational mentality with a wider perspective as to what is important about club football. To me just winning enough games to survive playing mostly ordinary football; never bad enough to go down, never good enough to win anything is actually the living death that the Premier League would have us believe is relegation.

The black Beardsley tbh

Imagine him against Shearer in his prime? Would be embarrassing

Bassong and Taylor hopefully from now on, have the floppy haired clown put down

Bassong needs to play

Missed our chances, gifted them 2 goals, our usual drill

Coloccini = Boumsong mark 2

Dear me

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_5138694,00.html 5 hours on Prozone right there

That's good. I had visions of the former terrorising our defence (especially if it's a makeshift one). Coloccini will be delighted

I don't give a fuck what you think bitch! He's not all there that lad

Stroller's knacked for this one, more good news

At least now we have something to believe in, however temporary it may be

Fuck considering your blind support of Ashley and the cunts for so long your opinion on anything has to be seriously questioned. I can think of more games where Jonas has contributed more 75% of the team than I can where your criticisms of him are actually correct. Like I said play him on the left where he wants to play and watch him contribute. It's a shame we don't have a genuine right winger Stevie tbh. T?

Fuck considering your blind support of Ashley and the cunts for so long your opinion on anything has to be seriously questioned. I can think of more games where Jonas has contributed more 75% of the team than I can where your criticisms of him are actually correct. Like I said play him on the left where he wants to play and watch him contribute. It's a shame we don't have a genuine right winger

Not a great surprise, chequebook manager found wanting when he couldn't outspend the opposition At least he had the balls to take the job on

Fucking hungry bastards http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/new...15875-21245874/

PS: The intriguing possibility has emerged that the Shearer appointment is linked to a new investor iin the club and he's been persuaded to take the position by someone other than Ashley and Llambias. The events of the coming days will doubtless prove or disprove that theory. From dot com, too good to be true

One of Shearer's conditions probably

Mustn't have been bringing in enough youth players as per his job description

The bloke next door gets a sore head

Was he sitting in the basket/hand luggage end of the trolley?? Naughty step for throwing his ice-cream at someone

That's the ugliness quota taken care of