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It's all fucking smoke and mirrors again, as Ashley drives to make us profitable - fuck the football..

Thanks for the belly laugh in what is a fuckin shocking day... We're just a fucking joke , we really are.

sure, and I agree with your point. BUT Wonga are purely lending, and are very very aggressive with the profit they generate from that.

I suppose. The difference is that Virgin Money are a retail bank - Wonga are purely lenders, and the worst kind at that. My view will always be that NUFC's affiliation with Wonga is shameful, we should have more scruples than that. But with those two at the top, they care little about the toon, its reputation or anything, I reckon they think we're all just northern monkeys who are too stupid and fickle to ever complain with our wallets....

http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/22857014 Do you think the whole team could do it? On Moral grounds ;->

Hmm, how can you slate Cabaye for not being bothered, then in the very next sentence say that Jonas needs to go for completely the opposite reason. Jonas gives 100% every match. Getting rid of Cisse would without a doubt destroy any chances of being in the premiership in 2015/16. We've only got 1 striker for gawds sake. I disagree on Tiote too, he can go already , we've got better players in the squad already. Selling anyone from our squad without replacing first would be tragic, we're already struggling with the squad we have.

same. I think he just had nervous nerris moments.

huh? Are you saying I'm a sockie ? or asking for CT to chirp in?

Sorry for continually bumping the thread - is there a link or way of seeing this if I missed it? It's my personal ambition to listen to every single soundbite that comes from Kev's mouth.

new comments? or the ones from his trial?

I hope so, I'm really in two minds about Cabaye , I've had a proper rollercoaster ride with him. When he first arrived, I don't know why exactly but I really saw a lot of Rob Lee in his play . But then just three weeks after, he took a heavy tackle and showed his gallic flair, taking his gloves off and throwing them on the floor, sat on his bum with a proper tantrum. This really put me off him, if he can dish it out he needs to take it. Then, he starts playing out of his skin, with killer longfield passes perfectly into his targets stride. But, this last year he's just been woeful, all gallic flair and too much despondant play. I'm just not sure what sort of player Cabaye actually is, and if he even wants to play properly anymore. I've seen him do far too much strolling around without intent.

I'm not sure how much perception it is tbh. I've felt Tiote has obviously deteriorated and stats can be deceiving too. E.G a completed pass can mean a 15 footer to space and a mans feet , or a pass 1 foot to a player to get immediately disposed under pressure. My grief other than the cards has been the fact that hes willing to hold onto the ball that little bit too long, then offload it in a way which makes the other player totally overwhelmed immediately.

I'm with you on that, this is as good as putting our best players in the shop window "Newcastle are prepared for enquiries for Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye and Papiss Cissé but are not in the mood to sell any of them unless they receive “game-changing offers”"

I've said it before in this thread , I'll say it again. Andy Carrol can do a lot more than head the ball - this association with him and hoofball hasn't been helped by Brendan Rodgers ... He played very well with his feet in the games I saw him in.

hate saying it, but shiter than that for me. I was also calling everyone for bedwetting about relegation this year , so I'm optimistic too. I predict next year to be one of the toughest yet , I reckon we'll lose another couple of first teamers (if anyone wants them) and don't expect any established signings, just more of the same bargain bucket gambles , with silly release clauses.

glad to hear it, because again all the guys sat around me thought it was necessary and were even mentioning things like alzheimers etc... disgusting. He over achieved with us, not under , Shearer was one of those players that played beyond his sell by date , both internationally and domestically. Don't get me wrong, I'm a shearer fan - but I think both England and NUFC were held back a bit by the insistence to keep playing him when perhaps others should have had their chance, with a shearer on for the last 40 mins option.

yep, not to get too Statto about it, but it would also be even more damning if put alongside the actual squad sizes. Man U for example have a massive squad so I'd expect a higher number of days out.

Did he disrespect Bobby? I thought he was one of Bobby's darlings.....

Cant find anything about it, do you have a link?

I wish it was as easy as this, I've felt this for years but you can't take the love of the club away. (even if it was for what it was, rather than is) As NHL isnt that popular over here, there's a recent event that's worth noting that *might* happen in football. NHL players get silly wages, for years it became like the premiership is now - a few elite clubs , playing players with no affilitation or loyalty to the area and club - winning every year. Canadian players got annoyed (even though they did it themselves) that US teams were winning the Stanley Cup with more Canadian players than the canadian teams (due to big money deals). This does end soon People also got annoyed that the money from the game was going to TV and individual clubs, nothing to the association, nothing to develop grass roots hockey for everyone and nothing for actual performance. So , they all got together in the equivalent of the PFA and demanded a wage cap, also Playoff performance related bonuses and a sizable "tax" on clubs to invest in developing the game elsewhere. The players associated won and the cap has even been decreased again last year. They still would now, if they really cared for the game rather than the wallets - a player strike kills everyone involved and demands action. I'd love to see this happen in football - the Fifa finance rules are just a crappy token gesture. Collective bargaining is easy and simple for them to put in, but of course they wont - because they are creaming off the money as much as everyone else. This is probably at least 60% factually correct

That's just silly talk :/ Getting rid of a striker shouldn't be an option for 40 mil unless we have another already :/ Great Suarez vid, laughing hard at points.

I'd seriously rank him below quite a few players. He had a good spell mid season but that's about it. Being different again I'd have to say that either Cisse (even though he doesn't seem to understand the offside rule) or Taylor (the number of goal-line clearances) or even Jonas for his workrate over Cabaye (gawd, that's saying something)

Let's be fair, hes come into a team that's been decimated through the middle - although he's had some rough matches he really has been under far too much sustained pressure. I'm quite impressed with him to be honest, and think Keepers don't really seem to mature until their mid to late 20's anyway.

Yeeeehaaaa!

Because there really wasn't that much of a stink among my mates at the time - and not much pitch side protest either? or did I miss something?