Kitman

He looked good from the highlights I saw (the Dennis Wise scouting technique). Possibly too fast and skilful for us though, needs a serious injury.

He's here most days. I would like to see him post sometime. I don't know why he doesn't post to be honest, he used to raise the occasional good point. what I find amusing is that NO is such a goooood board, with so many banned and unwanted posters now on here, yet he finds the time to read all our posts. Still would have thought more of him if he had been big enough to respond to my posts/attempted pms months ago too. Still, wtf. You can swear on here and other terrible things, talk earnestly and factually about how good it was to be in europe regulary, and disagree with admin. It's not that good a board, there's far more posters than here, and as a consequence far more talking shite. My bitterness was squarely due to the fact people who grew up hundreds of miles away with absolutely no connection to the club other than we were good in 90s, had the power to ban me. Most of us slag Man Utd and Liverpool's cockney reds, so I see no difference between them and Newcastle. They see a magic in Liverpool and Man Utd, and they saw something similar in us and support us for that very reason. That's not exclusive to NO, it's everywhere. Anyway good luck to NO, we all piss and shite the same, and I'm sure a lot of them are very good people, no point in bleating on about not having access. Anyway, lets give Best a chance, I was thinking about him tonight texting his mates "YE BLUD BUZZIN HOME BOY, GET U TICKETS FOR DA GAME", and he'll be aware the expectancy level is higher here. We've got him now, he's our player and lets get behind him so he can turn out for us with a lot of confidence. When a player, especially at Newcastle I would say, has the belief that the crowd like him he can raise his game 50% you saw it with Sibierski, and there's a lot of players the crowd just don't like and they never manage to raise it. So lets get behind him, and lets hope what happened to Harewood when he got booed off never happens to him, because he's 23, and most people are still kids mentally at 23, regardless what front they put on, he'll be sensitive to abuse, so lets get behind him and see if he can flourish. I was taking the piss Stevie. There are as you say far more posters talking shite, in fact the vast majority do. I was often asked why I only posted in threads about the board, the reason for that - which I also said - was that there were too many threads and I was just posting in the ones that interested me. What I find peculiar about the likes of Dave spending so much time on here is because having banned all the posters on NO that he thinks drag it down or whatever why spend so much time elsewhere? Surely he and anybody else on their admin should be pleased that they have retained all the best posters over there Repeat. I would have thought more of them if they/he had responded to my pm/posts on here. Whatever. It is interesting to look in now and again and find people saying that you talked sense etc etc.......and of course as I make an odd post and they don't know it is me obviously I can't post anything that would make them realise it is me but beating their childish way of doing things is amusing. They had the chance to keep a new id for me in the open but tbh there isn't much point really in posting stuff that isn't what you really want to say. That board was better for the likes of me and you posting on it. They know it and so does everybody else, I see the self styled accountants like macbeth have disappeard along with Baggio ......... Another dickhead I had disagreements with is back too, macca888, another exile like tooner and Noelie who think they know all about the club, who did nothing other than slate Keegan for his "tactical ineptitude" etc etc while watching no manager since get anywhere near him, who is now slating Shearer for exactly the same thing and harping on about Hughton being a "good coach". I bet Hughton gets nowhere near Keegan either. Anyway. I can't really agree with being optimistic about Best. To me he is just another Tony Cunningham, in principle you are getting behind a player for the sake of the club but you are also showing the owners you are accepting shit standards. Not acceptable in my eyes, which is exactly how I felt about this club all the way during the 70's, 80's until 1992-93. I take your point about slagging Keegan although that's not just exclusive to Newcastle Online. I usually find it's out of town people who do this who jump on the national ridicule Keegan bandwagon. Your younger local fan does it, in fact the only two notable younger under 25 who support Keegan hand over fist are Jonny2J and Smoggeordie. When you read people saying "Everyone knew Keegan would quit" anyone with any fucking dignity would have done with a dwarf like rodent (his genes need checking for a new species) undermining him and telling him to watch youtubes. I know nobody is above criticism, but with Keegan he's pretty close to being exempt from it in my eyes, cynics say he came back for the money, cynics are wanks, he came back because of his deep love of the club, if you couldn't see that in his interviews and passion on the touchline then they're blind cunts. It's the biggest thing at fucks me off about these "half fans" as I term them, and media absorbing sheep. I agree Stevie. I just can't get my head round any toon fan slagging Keegan. Not that he's perfect, far from it, but after what he's done for the club, as a player and a manager, he's earned automatic respect in my book. I don't blame him for what's happened to the club, and the tribunal pretty much supported his version of events in any case. The anti-Keegan shit on N-O is pretty much the reason I hardly go on there anymore.

Sorry but I think the answer is no. Not with the current owner and manager. I don't think Ashley will bankroll the players we need. I doubt Hughton can attract and manage top players, or has the nous or support to uncover hidden gems. If I was a decent player or agent, the sight of Derek Llambias waving his chequebook would cause me to laugh out loud as I swung the door in his face. Under this lot everything will remain on a shoestring ("we thought it right to stick with the players that got us promoted etc") and a season long relegation battle will follow. For all we talk about trophy players and glory signings, it's going to be difficult to compete for the players we need to improve the team to prem standard, even with a good set up. Unless Leon Best is the new Beardsley, just getting a striker (or two) that can score the goals to keep us up is going to be expensive and difficult. That's without thinking about our trundling midfield. Given that Ashley has probably already trousered the previous transfer proceeds, they'll need to be bargains too. To have any hope, Ashley needs to sell at the end of the season. To someone with deep pockets and without Ashley's stupidity.

Sad but true

How many times has Keane moved clubs?

Laughable isn't it? 17 years ago we got promoted and David Kelly wasn't considered by KK to be good enough to elevate to Premiership level. We can only dream of the 2010 equivalent of DK tbh. It's a fucking joke. How true

Parky's the eternal optimist. I think it's all the hallucinogens Ahhhh i see. I reckon we will get Hughes or something like that God, the difference in budgets between us and his last job

I'm still expecting us to sell another player, someone on big wages like Colo.

Thank feck for that!

Rumour mill says 19 unpublished manuscripts. There may be a reason they're unpublished.

Sums up my view on him. He strikes me as a mediocre manager.

I don't share your optimism. He strikes me as having no shame and being immune to criticism. I expect he won't want his dirty linen aired in public but I doubt it'll affect his behaviour towards us - or any of his other businesses for that matter unless people boycoutt his shops as a result.

Fine by me, at least we'd have a bit of pace.

Righto I'm convinced Interesting that you don't view Barca vs Real as a derby. Whilst I typically think of derbies as same city affairs, I've always thought of it as a derby, mainly due to the press reporting of it as such.

I think the Prem has got duller over many years. Not only is it less competitive than it used to be but the football has got more and more defensive and based on counter attacking. Foreign coaches are probably to blame but the basement clubs set their teams up to stifle the opposition and score from set pieces. Managers seem to take greater pleasure from clean sheets than scoring goals. In the old days there was the like of George Graham whose teams were like a dose of sleeping pills. But I don't recall there being quite so many dull teams and matches. Who wants to pay good money to watch the likes of Bolton, Blackburn, Everton, Hull play? We have all the prem matches on Sky here and they show continous highlights shows but I honestly can't be bothered to watch them since we got relegated, even the highlights are usually tedious. If we don't get promoted I'll probably de-subscribe.

I think Barca v Real Madrid is massive because it's about so much more than football. It's about Catalan culture and independence, General Franco, years of repression, rivalry between cities and nations which for many years could only find an outlet in footy. Then there's the years of footballing rivalry, two massive clubs on the world stage pitted against each other, the high profile of these super clubs, the players that play and have played for them, the success that they've had and continue to have, the money involved etc. Not disputing what you're saying as I don't know anything about the Argie lot, but I wonder whether they have the same glamour and worldwide interest as the Spanish clubs, or whether there's the same cultural and historical dimension as Barca vs Real Madrid? The Manchester derby doesn't even come close and I doubt many foreigners know who Citeh are.

Nonsense. Barca vs Real Madrid, shirley?

I assume his wealth is built on 3rd world child labour and destroying premium brands by piling high, selling cheap and going downmarket on quality. If only he could play 11 Asian pre-teens in the first team for ten pounds a week, we'd fit the model perfectly.

It was vital we got the 3 pts today and we did. Not much else to be excited about by the sound of it.

Is it this fella?

Impressive. Of course you get the blame if he's gash

No worries, mate. I'm being greedy asking for a decent performance from the lads after all

This. We need a convincing win. Grow up the pair of you, we dont need convincing of anything, we know the ability of the players and the problems in the squad. We need some new players but short of that, we need 3 points. Grow up? We've had a run of draws and been lucky to get some of those, on the back of some dodgy performances by all accounts. A good performance and 3 points against a struggling team would help the team's confidence and re-establish some momentum at a crucial juncture.

I feel sorry for the fans. I don't feel the least bit sorry for Jordan, who comes across as an egomaniacal twat. Also isn't Warnock their manager, another unlikeable tit of the highest order? Incidentally anyone rich bloke who holidays in Puero Banus is there for the Russian hookers. Well according to my old boss anyway (who was there for the Russian hookers).

Of course it would. That's why I'm expecting it to happen. Sod the team, take the money as usual.