Dr Gloom

Just made Jamie olivers broccoli and cauliflower cannolini from the at home book with rocket salad. Good stuff

How much is your trainer? I'm already losing the will and I know that a few more collections of 4-5 shifts on the bounce and I'll really lose momentum. I figure if I get a trainer to goad me into motion I might genuninely see some benefit? About 25quid per session because i buy them in bulk. For me, it's worth it because I always work harder with a trainer than with a friend or on my own plus it gives you a excuse to go at least once or twice a week.

Nowt wrong with harper

Nowt wrong with harper

but then you risk missing out one muscle group if you only make it down 2-3 times a week instead of your planned 4 times. it works for me because my job can be hectic and i never know when i'm going to fit my next session in. got to say, i noticed better gains when i stopped doing splits and started doing total body. by that i mean, i gave up all isolation excercises in favour of dynmaic compound lifts like bent over row, deadlift, squat, wide gripped pull ups, clean and jerks and bench press. you do 5 sets of 5 reps of each of those excercises with as much weight as you can lift, three times a week and you might come around to my way of thinking i've been getting into kettle bells recently too. pure savagery man

one of the best players of his generation. shame he chose to play for wales and not england. him and beckham on either flank of our midfield in the 90s when they were at their peak would have turned england into genuine contenders instead of the nearly men

drop the split sessions then. if you do total body excercises, it won't matter if you miss a session and only make it 3 times in a week, you'll still be hitting every muscle group.

tbf kevin, you've upped your level of craic recently haven't you

You are well named. Can we not just enjoy this, so far so good, season whilst its happening, next summer/season will take care of itself. i don't think that's a particularly gloomy response. pardew's done a decent job so far. i expected a deterioration after hughton left. the players didn't want him out, but tbf the spirit is still intact, despite carroll going even, so pardew does deserve some credit for that - they obvioulsy don't hate him, or blame him for ashley needlesly sacking hughton. nontheless it is blatantly still hughton's side. formation is the same and he's using the players in exactly the same positions. he hasn't changed anything so far that i can see. the real test of pardew as a manger will come when he has to make some real decisions. fwiw, i have enjoyed this season. it's been the most fun for some time but that wasn't what the thread was asking was it?

ugh, i just did a killer session with my trainer. she had me doing (among other things) lat pull downs with a 5 second long eccentric phase. got to the point where my grip totally went. si struggled to carry my bag back to the office and typing this isn't easy now!

there's something to be said for the ashley approach of not over paying, but it's too extreme. cutting the wage bill, which was out of control under the last regime, and unearthing gems like tiote and ben arfa for minimal fees is one thing, but they need to complemented by better quality. and fromt iem to time that means putting your finger in yoru pocket. if you only shop in the bargain basement, you're going to end up with far more leon bests and peter lovenkrands than you are tiotes.

better than expected. i'll give him that. tbf though, this is still hughton's team. the real test for pardew is the kind of players he brings in over the summer and whether the team spirit can be carried on into next season. i'm not optimistic it'll be a good summer for incomings and outgoings but pardew knew that he'd be working under these constraints when he took the job. the real test for him comes next season. can he persuade ashley to invest a bit? or, if he's working on a shoe string, can he work a bit of magic in the transfer window and get in the right kind of player? all to prove imo

Surely not. Bellers has hardly got a game this season through injury and even in the championship when he has played he hasn't set the world alight, his pace is starting to go and furthermore his wages will be 90k plus. Roque Santa Cruz has not scored a premier league goal in a year I believe (correct me if I am wrong) and was completely ineffective against us. Again wages will be 90k plus. Complete waste of time and money the both of them imo. Better options would be Podolski (currently at Fc Koln, wages are not massive as he has only ever played in Germany where I would asume they are significantly lower cos they only charge about £15 a game) and then I agree a bigger option. I really like the big man little man combo a la shearer and bellamy but I am struggling to think of a bigger option who isn't gonna cost the earth in wages. We might need a young'un off the continent hasn't podolski been shit recently? still probably better than most we could attract. tbf to rsc, he's not had many games recently. i still reckon he's a class act. what is he - 28 or 29? i still think bellas is quality though injuries have always been an issue with him. you're probably right about us not being able to afford their wages though

though i could understand if someone thought gervais

i reckon jimmy carr, just. why the fuck does he laugh on the inhale? idiot

what happened to this lad? that's genius

try driving in london. basically makes you do all those things whether you like it or not.

presuming we do go in for two strikers, who would everyone like to see us get? if cardiff don't go up, i'd honestly like to see us go in for bellamy. maybe try for roque sante cruz too? those two would be your classic little and large combination. big fella wins it in the air so bellas can get on the end of it.

Yet another sad indictment of the modern game, before long it'll be when there's two years left. Players and agents hold all the cards. I fervently hope the Platini regulations actually have some bite, not holding my breath though. I agree but still think the club only has itself to blame on this one. They've also been more than happy to benefit from similar situations with players that have come in (nothing wrong with that but you can't have it both ways). Aye but isn't he one of them on a high wedge already, if so, we obviously had to make sure we're not doing the yo-yo before another offer could come forward and 12 months + to go should be OK as a time to talk, in those circumstances. easy way around that - an improved long term contract with a clause that let's him speak to other clubs in the event ofrelegation. Arse covered in other words.

what a kick in the balls but it's understandable. the carroll sale was a statement of (lack of) intent by ashley. i wouldn't blame him if he walked. i'd like to see ashley back pardew by signing enough quality players to help persuade enrique to stay but i don't see it happening. if i were enrique, i'd want out too.

just like the good old days. Still, its all "business". The good old days didn't have Bosman, it's called common sense same rules for everybody. Run the club like Netto, and your best players want to go because they see it for what it is. Just like your good old days. There's a fact of life that you need to get your head around. When and if certain clubs come calling you just are not going to be able to hold onto your players. The summer will be the test, if he gets sold to someone like Villa or Everton THEN you can rightly whinge. I think selling our top goalscorer to Liverpool for a record fee is a basis to "rightly whinge. Obviously you don't - but tell me when this last happened rather than the other way round when we ourselves bought the best players from other premiership clubs, something which the vast majority of people came to expect and something which someone your age should understand better - assuming you really did support the club in the 70's and 80's as you claim. First bold bit -then if you think £35m for Carrol should not be taken then you are a fool, not to mention the fact that Liverpool are still seen as a "monster" club, wrongly IMO but that's life. Not having a plan B was whinge-able but the sell decision, at that price, was a no brainer. When did that happen, when we bought the top 4-6th placed (you know the teams I mean) best players ??? you're a fool if you think you should sell your best players. You're also a fool if you think that Liverpool should be buying our best players. Liverpool were the most successful club for a lot of years, but selling them [no to mention the likes of Spurs and Villa] our best players for career and monetary reasons ? The last owners bridged that particular gap, and you're an even bigger fool if you can't accept that. You're also a fool - again - if you think we will see anywhere near that money invested in quality footballers as happened with the sale of Andy Cole as the managers decision I see you are completely avoiding the topic - every time - of supporting the club prior to 1992 ? They attracted you didn't they, now you criticise for not winning the title ? What "sheer" hypocrisy.....which answers your last point perfectly. Don't be stupid, you can't compare the club then (70/80's) to now, or the way players are handled, bosman changed everything. Oh and stick your attracted by 92 crap, I watched Alan Foggon and Micky Burns and Graham Oates and Glen Keeley and George Riley etc etc etc The only period when I didn't consistently go was when Keegan was a player here strangely enough, due to other priorities. I don't think you should sell your best players BUT I accept it as a fact of life in the modern game when those considered the established "big-boys" come knocking and turn a players head, or someone offers you a stupid amount of money, you're screwed. Everyone has their price and there is a pecking order and we ain't in that top tier (and sadly never really have been established there). Do you think for a minute the former owners would have turned down £35m for Carrol, really ?? As for the reinvestment (or not) we won't know until the summer will we (I accept FFS would likely have spent it - well what Barclays would have allowed him to) What you really need to accept is that the Keegan "glory years" were our blip, we had our Shankly moment and we screwed it up, we won nowt, and let it all slip away and it's a LONG road back. agree with all that, but that road has got to be longe under ashley than any other chairman out there, FFS included.

we are certainly a lot more attractive to any potential buyer now than we were this time last year. here's hoping because i have to agree with leazesmag - i can't see anything but mediocrity at best while ashley is in charge. i'd love it if he proved me wrong but can't see it going on his time in charge so far. seems our only hope is a buyout.

it's all down to ashley now, which doesn't inspire too much confidence. unless there's anyone stupid enough to buy the club from this cretin

that's silly money to pay for potential. That's the kind of fee the best players in the world command. Carroll, for all his potential, surely isn't worth as much as the likes of David Villa yet. Even 20m would have been a good price for him if you look at it rationally. Not saying I wasn't gutted when he was sold, nor that we won't regret it if the money is reinvested on bargain basement gambles....or not at all

Newcastle supporters have to beat whit Ashley. If you help Atco Madrid, millions of Atletico Fans would be grateful and a lot of help you when we want fight whit Aslhey. my work firewall blocked it for some reason. i'll have a look at home later