Monroe Transfer

I swear Phil Brown is gay for Cattermole. So biased.

Phil Brown co-commentating on the match for 5live. Talks about clubs challenging Arsenal for fourth spot. Guess what club he 'forgot' to mention? Bearing in mind he mentioned Liverpool who are below said club...

Another loss for them today. Celtic could go 20 points clear on Wednesday if they win then and tomorrow. Motherwell only 6 points behind now, with a game in hand.

Come on man, use some originality. You can't just use insults that people have used against you.

West End, shirley.

Disappointing effort by Umbro. Still make the best-looking shirts in the business if you ask me.

I absolutely agree with your sentiment there about playing good football but I think we need some stability first. We appear to have that, again, at last. This would only be our second season with a sustained degree of stability (the other season being the Championship one). We need to use this season as a platform and build on it next year. That'll need us to hold on to some of our players and to complement them with better ones, however. Which is easier said than done.

Are you for real? You're not clueless about football, you've proved that in the past, so why come out with such comments? Bemusing. You do want him replaced really don't you? That's your underlying sentiment, isn't it? If we could replace him with someone better (and i mean properly better as in world class/someone with pedigree not another /ok'ish/ manager) then i'd be happy for him to go yeah but like i said we really can't, I never rated him as a manager long before he came to us, don't see why it should change now, like i said his saving grace is the fact Ba has carried our goal tally. So no i don't want him replaced unless Trapp/Hiddink etc is standing by to takeover, if he's getting replaced for McCarthy then there's no point lol least i'm not saying i wouldn't want mourhinio here @brummiemag, they've a 3goals per game average for the league so far this season you dafty, Mourhinio shuts up shop when he knows he needs to, theres a bit of a difference to that and playing negatively Well like I said, I agree that if a truly top class manager was willing to replace him, then it'd be hard to argue against that. I think it's very unfair to put where we are purely down to Ba scoring goals. I'm not saying this is your train of thought, but I get the impression some people focus their blame on Pardew when we lose, yet don't give him credit when we win. You can't have it both ways.

Fair enough. He definitely has got them playing somewhat better football - but with the players they've got, it'd be hard not to.

Well it's true. Honest to god in my social circle and people who care, peripheral people, randoms you chat to, fucking everyone, I know one person who respects Ashley, believe he's a good bloke and has the best interests of the club foremost in his mind. He happens to be one of me best mates, we've had many heated discussions about it. You come on here, you'd think it was a 50/50 split, and it's never geordies supporting him on here neither, Ireland, Stoke, fucking Brighton, London, rarely Newcastle other than silly old cunts like toonpack. Geordies like transparency and straight talking people, Ashley is the complete opposite of both, that's my theory, of course I'm not on about ALL OOT's but just read the likes of here and N-O. Keegan is absolutely idolised on Tyneside, idolised, go anywhere else in the country and he's laughed at, and that's the way it was for some on N-O and here when he left in 2008, I think that sums it up. Stevie, with all due respect, I really don't think it's as simple as 'you either support him or you don't'. It's more complex than that. We're all aware of Ashley's failings. Some remain vehemently opposed to him and everything he does. Some appreciate that it's not all bad. A number of us stay out of it for the most part, but that doesn't mean we support him, have forgotten about the relegation etc or don't care about SJP and the club's heritage. Whilst the team (stadium name aside) seem fairly settled and are doing well, we're focused on them. No one man is bigger than the club and at the end of the day it's really about what 11 players wearing our kit do on a Saturday afternoon. That is not to say heritage etc are not significant, they really are.

Are you for real? You're not clueless about football, you've proved that in the past, so why come out with such comments? Bemusing. You do want him replaced really don't you? That's your underlying sentiment, isn't it?

Do you pay attention to foreign football? Like La Liga for instance, and his Real Madrid team who score goals for fun and often do it with style? You'd really say no to a man with a proven track record in 4 countries (he's won trophies in 4 leagues and is well on his way to adding a fourth different league title to that record) because he occasionally played defensively whilst Chelsea manager (winning them 5 trophies in the process)?

Do you type web addresses in all caps? Of course it'll be Milburn and Shearer. I don't think many of the old timers who watched the likes of Gallacher will still be around and voting for stuff on websites.

I find the realisation that any NUFC fan wants him replaced - assuming the likes of Mourinho would not be in the frame to do so - embarrassing.

Been called up by Slovenia (seniors, not U21).

These indie/folk band names just get worse. It's like they've running out of words to go with 'The -'.

(sssh... I know that, but I'm not sure he does)

Never forget.

"Eau de toilet"

Suarez got banned for using offensive terms, DEADMAN. Are you looking to go the same way?

I've said it before wnd I'll say it again - why does anyone reply to him? If I was a footballer, I'd just ignore his questions after telling him "I'm not your mate, I don't want to get involved in banter with you."

How do you know Stevie mentioned it on here/in public?

Those players left under different circumstances (relegation, turmoil), circumstances which don't exist today. Enrique is the only one who left recently because he didn't feel we could match his ambitions. Makes it all the more satisfying to be above Liverpool.

only when I fancy a laugh. I thought you said they'd banned you the other day?

Are all your 'north-east articles' going to be about Newcastle?