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Guess we'd rather talk about tits than Michael Owen. But I repeat myself.

Geordies are too stupid to spell Gutierrez, that's why he's got Jonas on his shirt.

If we're nominating, I nominate 'Bafra.' 'Barfa' is odious enough, but 'Bafra' bears no resemblance to the lad's name and anyone who uses it should be made unable to see anyone's posts but Fop's. They'd wander this board alone, surrounded by madness, wondering if they are the last beacon of sanity in the Newcastle-supporting world.

I don't know if I agree. Certainly his awareness and positioning are areas that need work, but he's shown some silky touches - vs. Fulham for his 2nd goal, of course, and I remember him peeling away from two defenders early in the QPR game as well before just missing his shot. He has some ability, grafts hard, and is a model pro, but what's lacking in his game that could really elevate him to the next level is the mental side, which mostly just passes him by.

Tbf he was only answering what he was asked. The Forest job looks like a nightmare and probably will be one for quite some time to come. We all have experience of how well these DoF/transfer panel bullshit setups work, that is, not at all.

Crikey. I believe that's known as a 'fail' in industry parlance.

He has matured into the player we all knew he could become since that night in Sicily. I don't think we'll face a fight to hang on to him in the short term (that is, if Fat Mike wants to hang on to him ). Where would he go? Man U have just bought two new keepers, Chelsea have Cech, City have Hart, Liverpool have Reina, and Arsenal are in crisis, especially if Wenger eventually goes.

Over the moon with the result, and both of our goals were special, but we let them back into the game with poor subs and tactics, and Pardew will want to think about how to keep that from happening in future. Sammy would've been a much better choice than the totally finished Lovenkrands, for example, and Guthrie should just not be playing unless we're down to the bare bones. Tiote was back to his best except for pissing about on the edge of the box as he did when Colo was down. Obviously, atrocious refereeing and Wolves can honestly feel hard done by there. Obertan is useless and should've been off for Marveaux or HBA by 60 minutes. Krul was 'incredible' again.

Now they reckon Elmohamady is one of Bruce's transfer fuckups? I thought just this season some four-fingered Freds were coming on here and giving it the big one, saying he'd tear us apart. Fickle fans, kind of like when they turned on Darren Bent's mum.

If we keep worrying about bruiser-type players who will 'do' HBA, he'll never get a game because every side has them. I agree that Wolves are particularly bad for that sort of thing and he's not entirely fit yet, so another sub appearance, perhaps on 65-70 minutes, would be the way forward for this game. But Ben Arfa is one of the players of real quality in this side and he has to start when fully fit, whether against Tottenham/Arsenal/Wigan/other 'softer' sides, or against Stoke and Wolves. You don't see David Silva or Luis Suarez, for example, not starting vs. those physical sides for fear that they'll get injured. They have a job to do and they have to do it against whatever opposition they face, same as HBA does.

Please stop before you hurt yourself, Clee.

Sounds like we huffed and puffed far, far more than we should've against a limited Forest side. The run goes on nevertheless, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing what Ben Arfa and Marveaux will produce v. Blackburn on Saturday.

Sensible to take HBA off, sounds like he had a great game but no need to rush things. If he had someone a little more dangerous than Lovenkrands in front of him, we might've seen some real damage. Marveaux sounds like he's positively unplayable as well.

Avoid the 'Island of the Damned' entirely. Never, never, never go to Staten Island. 'Tip' doesn't even begin to describe the place, and good luck getting off it if you don't have a rental car. It's no coincidence that I put this advice in the first paragraph. If you must, you can ride the S.I. Ferry as it's a canny (and free) way of seeing the water, the southern coastline of Manhattan, some of Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty, but as soon as you get off, turn around and get on the next one back to Manhattan. Avoid Times Square unless you want to pay huge money. You can get decent hotels in even some of the trendier parts of Manhattan, like the Upper West Side, without forking over the big bucks, but not in Times Square. It's not even that great. Brooklyn, by and large, is a shithole, and the places that aren't (like Williamsburg) are so yuppie-fied you probably won't stomach them. The Bronx is pretty bad too, much as I love it. Queens has nice parts. Visit Grand Central Station, South Street Seaport, Rockefeller Center, Union Square, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Columbus Circle, Museum Mile, etc. I would personally advise you stay away from any guided tours, tour buses, etc etc as you will be paying through the nose. This is a great city, one of the best in the world, and you can see most of it on your own without paying for assistance. Ride the subway to get where you need to go. If you're having trouble, try mta.info. That site has a trip planner where you enter your address and the address of where you want to go, and it'll tell you what trains and buses to take and where, with maps.

Typical NUFC luck. Ben Arfa and Santon, two young and well-known players with bags of talent who had lost their way somewhat in their respective countries come to NUFC and promptly get crocked.

Who posted that flounce bingo earlier? I can count at least 5 or 6 of the top of my head from his posts on here today. Enjoy N-O, you perma-deluded lying sack of shit. Fuck me, stealing from the SBR Foundation, how low can you get and still call yourself a NUFC supporter?

Another 90 minutes of pure dirge. I really don't have much else to say - we were awful and it showed. No jammy free-kick to rescue us this time. Get used to seeing a lot of results involving 'Newcastle 0' tbh.

Just trying to tune myself out of England until after the Euros tbh. Capello doesn't have a clue and lacks passion for the job as well. He's a mug and we'll not be competitive until after he's gone.

A player has to be judged on his consistency. Martins produced some moments of magic but for most of his time with us was shit, thus, he was shit (or, as it could be more politely described, a 'cult hero.') We all fall for that kind of player sometimes (see my avatar) but we still know in our heart of hearts that they are shit. Leon Best is shit. Best has scored some good goals and showed some striker's awareness and finishing skill, but the overwhelming majority of his performances have been awful, thus he is awful. Even against Fulham, he didn't play well, but did score a couple of goals. If that can continue, then he's worth having in the side, but I fear that the number of games where he plays like shit and does nothing (i.e. Scunthorpe) will far outweigh the number of games where he plays like shit and still scores (i.e. Fulham), which will in turn far outweigh the number of games where he plays brilliantly (i.e. Arsenal last season.) He's still a better option than Lovenkrands, but worse than Ameobi for my money. I hope Ba comes good and can forge an effective partnership with Ameobi, but we have to accept that both of those have poor fitness records and that our backup strikers, such as they are, will likely be featuring a lot this season, and for that reason we're going to have to hope that Best has more games like he did against Fulham.

What an utter load of shit. Slither back into whatever vodka bottle you crawled out of, you slimy specky bastard. Where's the Carroll money? No mention of it? What a surprise!

You're not wrong about that, but I don't think the people listed on the second line are the ones you're looking for. Anyway, for all that you talk endless shite ( ), you are definitely a true supporter and someone whose opinion is more worthy and valuable than, say, CT's or Kevin's, who are both just trolls/WUMs, and the board will be worse off without you. I'd give it a couple of days to think it over and come back - you've earned my respect for being man enough to back your convictions and to pay up when they were wrong, unlike a certain other sly gobshite who doesn't have the courage of his convictions.

It was a shite (actually, worse than that, it was reeking) article, but it got the point across: the board have once again failed to deliver on promises. I hope 30k show up for our next home game. That might clench the fat cunt's sphincters a bit, but I doubt it. There's still plenty of money left to be made from this squad. Actually, what I really hope is that we spend 90 minutes chanting "Where's the money gone?" or variations thereof vs. Blackburn. That'd get national media coverage, if nothing else.

Getting sigged. Any idiots still think he, Enrique or Nolan left this club for more money? Is it sinking in, morons? We sold our best player for 35 million, have never replaced him, and have not spent even one penny of the money we received for him. Not one penny. Ashley has pocketed all but 300k of the Carroll money, advertising, sponsorships, the PL money, and the TV money. Get that through your thick skulls. The owner that the Ashley apologists venerate has fleeced the club for far, far upward of 35m and continues to do it. He and Dekka are laughing right now at our expense. Santon? Great signing. You still don't get it, though. If he comes good, he's getting sold on deadline day for 20 mil, and we'll have more panic bids for players we're never going to land, and then more excuses like 'we had a few irons in the fire but just couldn't get them over the line, we weren't held to ransom, we'll be back to spend in January/August/January/etc.' This club is going absolutely nowhere except down. How many seasons do you think we'll stay up when our owner plainly couldn't give a shiny shit about seeing us succeed? With respect, everyone gets this bit of the picture. Daft to suggest otherwise. ...I don't want to drag up quotes, but I will if I have to...

Getting sigged. Any idiots still think he, Enrique or Nolan left this club for more money? Is it sinking in, morons? We sold our best player for 35 million, have never replaced him, and have not spent even one penny of the money we received for him. Not one penny. Ashley has pocketed all but 300k of the Carroll money, advertising, sponsorships, the PL money, and the TV money. Get that through your thick skulls. The owner that the Ashley apologists venerate has fleeced the club for far, far upward of 35m and continues to do it. He and Dekka are laughing right now at our expense. Santon? Great signing. You still don't get it, though. If he comes good, he's getting sold on deadline day for 20 mil, and we'll have more panic bids for players we're never going to land, and then more excuses like 'we had a few irons in the fire but just couldn't get them over the line, we weren't held to ransom, we'll be back to spend in January/August/January/etc.' This club is going absolutely nowhere except down. How many seasons do you think we'll stay up when our owner plainly couldn't give a shiny shit about seeing us succeed?

300k spend Disgraceful. Well, anyone still reckon that Ashley has any ambition whatsoever for this club? 30 million profit in January, 300k net spend 8 months later. Do that math, 'team positive.'