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190611[/snapback] So you don't think our major priority was replacing Alan Shearer, and even Bellamy - as he hasn't been replaced or hadn't been, as Owen is out for a season ? Are you saying we should have bought a defender and spent the whole of the season playing with Luque, Ameobi and maybe Milner up front ? I think the club HAVE prioritised, they knew we needed 2 forwards, minimum. The fact that no money is left to replace Babayaro, with someone better, is the fault of the previous manager, who's legacy will take more than 8 months to recover from. 190634[/snapback] Jesus Christ man! Listen ok. If you know you only have £15m, and you know you have certain areas that need strengthening, you cannot afford to sign a player like Damien Duff for a third of your transfer fund. That could have bought us Lucas Neill and gone some way to sorting out our huge shortage in defense. You also don't spend £10m on Martins. You spend £5m on Nugent, get Hasselbaink on a free, and have £5m to further strengthen your problematic defence. Stop harping on like Souness, you sound daft! Souness is gone. This summer we had a reasonable transfer fund to spend, which NO ONE has complained about by the way, and we pissed it away on two players.

To be fair to him, I think he's an exile. 190607[/snapback] Nope. He's a yank. He used to be alright a while ago, but I can't abide being told to get a grip by someone who doesn't have to fork out money for tickets to have the piss taken out of them. If I supported an American football team from afar, I would never have the brass neck to turn up on their forum and tell the match-going fans to get a grip and some perspective. Cheeky twat.

Just to add a bit of levity, Northern Monkey has just referred to Souness as "The Tartan Darth Vader" on NO. Quality.

Can't see where I am being blinkered, in fact I think the majority of people on here who seem either oblivious to the financial position of the club - through a lack of intelligence or just because they are deluded enough to think we can just spend what we like - are the blinkered ones. And for what its worth, as a squad player for a small fee Sibierski is alright - bearing in mind again our budget - whereas my main worry is Martins because if he flops, that is another 10m quid down the plug, and this is the type of signing who has created the position that we are in now ie Luque, Boumsong, and many others before those over previous years. 190617[/snapback] Nobody is oblivious to the financial position of the club. Nobody is saying we only spent £15m, why not more. What we're saying is, why not spend the £15m more prudently? That's a question Freddy Shepherd should be asking too. But prudent spending robs him of his Hollywood signings and requires him to actually put some hard graft in helping his manager to establish a transfer plan. Why do that when you can fly by the seat of your pants and then just say "One thing you can't level at us is that we're boring." He actually thinks that this is an asset of ours ffs!?

The state you were in at the last pissup, I'd give yourself at least a fortnight after 4 pints of stella, lightweight.

Leazes, I wrote this in reponse to HTL on N-O. He still disagrees as far as I'm aware, but I think it's a valid argument. What's your take on it? Any major spending decisions in any business have to have a business case behind them (or a footballing case, if you like). We don't have a set-up like this at NUFC.

I can imagine Skol with a bumfluff tache that he uses as ID to get in places like. Mark should grow one to make up for his skinny arms.

Many's the golden shower Rob's had to prove this.

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Agree with Gram on the effect Dyer has on the pitch.

What is the legal limit btw? I haven't got a clue. I always assume anything more than a pint and you're on dodgy ground and relying on the strength of whatever you're drinking.

Wullie told his steering wheel that it was his best mate. FACT!

Wullie's a one-pint hero.

Also, of the money Souness spent, Owen (£16m), Parker (£6.5m), Emre (£4m??), Babayaro (whatever he cost) are still in the squad. That's about £27-28m. It's not like we've spent that money and Roeder has no players to show for it.

I like your version of events.

It's cobblers about feeling sorry for Roeder btw. He had £15m + to spend. So spend it wisely. That's plenty money to patch over some of the holes in our squad.

It starts off quite well, with even a hint of criticism, but he soon realises what side his bread's buttered and puts that right. Finishes it with a little dig though. Better than I expected. I get a point for the comment about how well they did to get Duff for £5m btw.

No, Fergie does not want him cup tied... 190413[/snapback] Is that right? Ferguson taking the piss tbh - as if he's gonna play this kid in the CL.

Renton? 190411[/snapback] I won't smash up airport departure lounges. I draw the line at that.

Aye that's why he went off at half time at Villa supposedly.

Never again will I make the mistake of having any optimism in relation to NUFC under Shepherd. That's it. Unless we get bought out it's pessimism fitted as standard with me from now on.

No bother, I believe you. Just hadn't heard it. Canny good!

My one word response to that interview is "whatever".

When did the news of Shola being out for two months come out? Is it his hip then? Superb advice from the doctors on that one. Really sterling stuff.

Aye, Huth has gone to Boro. Utter spastic. I love the way Huth has been our key transfer target since April, but the first Huth heard of it is when we tried to hijack his medical at Boro. His SECOND medical at Boro, after they already tried to sign him a month or two ago. Way to get your man, Glenn!