maggiespaws

Excellent, we've become a club that is run under the advice of a mate from Spurs. Are we just going to do everything they try? Question, if Rednapp turned down Spurs and he likes living down south, why on earth would he move here? The idea of our manager flying up from the south coast is ridiculous. Where is he going to fly from? Farnborough? That'll take an hour to reach from the south coast. Then and hour or so in the air (I used to do a weekly flight from Wharton in the North West to Farnborough) plus about an hour at the other end to get to SJP. Where will he land? Is there a little airport in Ponteland or something? (or am I confusing that with somewhere else?). Either way, about 3hrs travelling each way. I can't see him walking his dogs much. Even our chairman has relocated for the foreseeable future so the idea of the manager not doing so is beyond belief; and that's before we actually talk about what we could resonably expect form him in terms of performance. Utter.fucking.madness.

I know what you mean. I've used the Sven example in other threads as a comparison. New club, new regime etc and he started better. That contributed to BSA's downfall (imo). That aside, I totally agree with what you've said. I didn't like the football we've been playing, but frankly the whole club is a bag of shite and it's not going to take a plaster and a kiss of yer mam to fix. Whilst I wasn't totally happy with the Allardyce signing in the first place, I did feel that, given some time; he'd steady the ship and turn us into a team we could properly build upon. Given that the last 4 seasons or whatever have seen us in decline, I'd have taken that. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was Man Utd or Arsenal. Neither was Chelsea to a degree. The tinkerman left a decent platform for The Special One to build on. Either way, whoever takes over, I dont expect us to be back in the CL anytime soon. We have more work to do before we get back there. I'll add one caveat though. Keegan did it - he exceeded our expectations, turned us into an exciting and winning team and got us into Europe in a relatively short space of time; so that's not to say it can't be done. Just that I'm not expecting it; because what Keegan also did was to artificially raise the expectations of our fans - particularly those under the current age of say 25? We were class back then and on one hand we have every right to ask for it again. On the other hand, it might have been the exception that proves the rule and we're in for a long haul back to those days.

Regardless of who he is, he raises some good points imo. Particularly those about Ashley in the stands. A fair read.

If it's Redknapp we'll be an even bigger laughing stock than we already are.

I can't help but feel this episode will just remind people how much of a joke we are as a club. Whilst I didn't like the way we are playing I was sure things would settle and BSA would get us working together properly. After all, we've shown glimpses of it and surely after a bit of time we could play consistently. Also, we desperately need stability and sacking a manager who inherited a club in pieces after only 8 months does not promote stability. Whoever manages us is unlikely to turn us into Man Utd / Arsenal / Liverpool overnight. Maybe BSA was not the man to do that, but given time I believe he would have left us in better shape than before he took over. We don't stand much chance of attracting anyone huge given that I reckon the job does more harm than good to your career. Not unless we pay them a shitload. Look at Man City. Sven has been overachieving there and they are beginning to look like the team they really are rather than the team they looked like at the beginning of the season. The main difference between us and them is that they got off to a good start. This kick started BSA downfall imo, in that he didn't and his nearest comparison did. I feel more uncertain than ever really, mixed with a feeling of dread - and I'm normally irritatingly optimistic!

Fish, I know a lot of people are having problems with xbox live and CoD4 (including me). Apparently (according to my nephew) the developers of CoD4 have admitted there is a problem and they are working on it. Live has been a bitch recently. I'd google about resetting your xbox. I think you can do a software reset. After all, your 360 is just a pc running a cut down version of windows mce. The ring of death is not permanent. I was on live a couple of days ago and a bloke form leeds I know (xbox live 'know') has a similar problem and apparently he googled about it. If you deliberately overheat your xbox, it performs a hard reset. Fixed his up no problem. Not sure how he did it or how safe it is (so dont blame me - investigate first!) but it's worth a look before you give up. Good luck!

Dad - Seaham, Mam - Byker. I was born in Newcastle and raised in West Denton. To be fair to my Dad, he let me choose either way and even followed NUFC himself (although he gre up watching Sunlun). By the time we all left Newcastle, my Dad had lived in and supported Newcastle longer than he'd lived in and supported Sunlun. He still occasionally looks for their results but is firmly a toon fan. I guess, because of my heritage, this means I have no chance of ever reaching sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopafan status [/whatever]

mmmmmmmmm, sisters.......

Massive underachiever. He has attributes that should have made him a success, he had small spells where he looked like he might have made it, but then disappeared again, through injury and attitude. Attitude is the thing with him. After a while you realise with some players, they will just not have the application to be successful, and he fell into that category. Its just as vital as any other attribute.Sometimes you can see straight away or fairly quickly they don't have application, maybe in his case I wanted to believe but in the end realised it just wasn;t going to happen. He should have copied Craig Bellamy for lessons in it. Our mistake was not replacing him, not in getting rid. QFT

Aye, I know what you mean. My brother and I used to have ps2's on which we used to play Fifa. (stay with me on this one). For those who don't know, you used the circle button for both shoot and for clearance (if you were defending). We called this button the 'Bramble button' as this tended to be what Bramble did when he played for us. It struck us as funny that once we got rid of him, the button's power was not transferred out of Newcastle with him, but shared amongst the remaining team. Last night we played without the use of the 'Bramble button'. Footnote: Before you all ask, I'm am not on drugs or alcohol. A little sleep deprived maybe.......

Christ, i'm not saying we're going to win the league but it was a good result and more than what most people asked for. Recognise that atleast. Off topic slightly, but was I the only person who saw Adebayor lean into Beye? It certainly wasn't a foul IMO. I thought that too. It was at least half and half. I think given Ade's performance for the rest of the match, the officials weren't willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he was trying another pen appeal so I think the ref got it right. On the flip side I think Taylor was lucky. There's 'using your weight and strength' and there's a blatant shoulder barge. Taylor needs to make the latter look more like the former

Class, like it

Roz - nice cover. I think we are frustrating the Arse, and not by just stopping them play. I need to try and to be too optimistic

Dare I say it, but I can see us getting a 2nd? Had to try really hard not to scream at the equalizer - Matthews been chilled for the first time today. Mrs Paws would not be amused :

Yeah, I'd say they deserve a mention too. Agree with the sentiments of Martin over Sinatra too.

I've not read the whole thread but Rodgers was my first thought too. I've seen him live too - makes the hair stand on your arms. Apologies if these are duplicated (I'm sure they must be by now) but here's a few who I think should be up there (not all of them are my taste, but they are clearly good): 1. Mercury (obviously) 2. Cocker 3. The guy from Hootie and the Blowfish 4. Jon Bon Jovi 5. When not being a dick, Axl Rose had a fair range on him and carried the power behind it 6. In his day, Rodger Daltry 7. Robert Plant It's easy to list a few who are very good, but for me Rodgers takes it. I think with Freddie you have to separate the fact he was such a showman and compare his vocals pound for pound against the others. He still fairs well like! As for female singers, none of the warbly ones should really be considered as despite their talents they blow it by warbling all over the place. Ask them to hold a single note for a sustained period of time. Now that's clever! Aretha Franklin managed to be good without warbling all over.

Due to Guitar Hero III I have rediscovered Pearl Jam. Listening to Ten now. Forgotten how good they were. Currently: PJ - Even Flow. Alive next

If only HMRC used that excuse shouldn't laugh really......

Waiting for it to be delivered. Play say it dispatched 3 days ago. Parcelforce say they have no record. Apparently it might be because PF tracking system is not up to date (happens a lot). Wor kid has bought it this afternoon and says it's mint It better have been delivered to next door

The FA wanted him though. So it's not as though McLaren would have needed to do all the bargaining. Agreeing a notice period for a job is a necessary requirement. The FA would need to protect themselves also, to stop McLaren buggering off and leaving them in the lurch. I know that given the results, it would be unlikely, but in reality, all the FA have done is to agree a 12month notice period for the Manager of their 'company'.

As he was leaving the boro job (which will have had in it contractual obligations) it is understandable there will have been some kind of agreement in the new job. After all, a person is unlikely to leave a job for another with poorer conditions (there are exceptional circumstances I know, but it's unlikely). Therefore, the clause is of no surprise. However, the FA were clearly burned by Sven so the tie in is much shorter. It is not unusual for Directors of large companies to be on 6 or 12months notice. If a company sacks a Director, they are entitled to the 6/12mths compensation unless the sacking is for a breach of contract.

Watching the match in a pub outside Manchester, with a mate who's a scouser, who lived in Newcastle for 8 years and I was born in Newcastle too. Still with me? Strangely looking forward to this one. I think it's because my mate tends to watch and support the toon matches with me so I'm quite looking forward to the banter I reckon. As for the thoughts on Everton and Liverpool - I agree. I worked with an Evertonian for 9 months and had had friends who where toffees before this. I was reasonably apathetic before meeting this guy but now I loathe them. I reckon 9 months in Strangeways for doing something bad would pale into insignificance compared to what I endured before the bastid handed his notice in. Apart from the fact he was 27 and still lived with his Mam (his dad still made his packed lunch and his mam still ironed his clothes because he couldn't), he never shut up about how great Everton were, how they we so much bigger and better than Liverpool and how we kept stealing Moyes' transfer targets. On topic though, I wonder if an insider to the club is involved?

QFT I dont even think Ashleys made a tit of himself tbh, he was seen out and about in the clubs thats all. Its not like hes been burning 50's in front of bar staff or getting into fights. Im with the majority here though its Mort thats done the best job, quietly getting on with things and not getting involved in stupid statements. Allardyce well based on so far hes been a disappointment with some decisions, happy to give him time though and see long term. QFT I think we'd do well to remember it too - (J69's comment in particular). For me, Mort runs the club and he's the sensible one. If our billionaire owner likes to spend some time with the fans then fine. He's not done anything embarrassing (something FFS or worse - Douglas Hall could do almost on command) and to be honest, if I'd just spunked the think end of 200mil on a new venture I'd want to get something out of it too. Perhaps this is his way of letting off some steam from his core business. It's not like he's running the club - Mort has stated that. Mort is a class act. He and Ashley want to run the club like a business - something we and many other football clubs have been missing. For the record, I think SA will come good. I think we're more in danger of fans getting sucked into the relentless media wagon and let's be honest - some people are easily led. We don't need any help shooting ourselves in the foot either.

I really wish the media would just fuck off. It's beyond a joke now. No source, no quote, no truth (other than the fact the SA was appointed by FFS and Ashley owns the club) and no substance to this whatsoever. Yet another non-story to fill the column inches. It is Sunday after all and they have more inches to fill.

I almost forgot, just bought this 12MP beast. Bought an 8GB SDHC card for it too It took the picture I posted of us all in our shirts. I've just bought one of those portable photo printers too. It's an HP but I cant remember the model. Canny though. I recommend getting heavy stock paper to get the best results like.