Gemmill

Listen to him trying to play it cool and pretend he doesn't know. Yes Renton, it's Ljungberg and you!

LM only goes to games because Freddy Shepherd tapped him up and he wants some more. FACT!

Exactly. Pointing at chairmen of clubs that make no money and comparing Shepherd to them is ridiculous. 84750[/snapback] So how come othe big clubs don't tap their fanbases so well as us ? A straight answer will do 84797[/snapback] Sorry, are you suggesting that our attendances are down to Shepherd's ability to "tap the fanbase"? It's nothing to do with that - Newcastle get big attendances in spite of Shepherd, not because of him. 84805[/snapback] we got big crowds pre-1992 did we ? 84832[/snapback] Doesn't that defeat your argument though, surely that's why Shepherd is better at doling out the cash than pre-1992? 84837[/snapback] No Alex, it's BECAUSE Shepherd doles out the cash that we have big attendances. The attendances initially started because of the Freddie Shepherd pied-piper effect. LM's chasing his tail tbh.

Exactly. Pointing at chairmen of clubs that make no money and comparing Shepherd to them is ridiculous. 84750[/snapback] So how come othe big clubs don't tap their fanbases so well as us ? A straight answer will do 84797[/snapback] Sorry, are you suggesting that our attendances are down to Shepherd's ability to "tap the fanbase"? It's nothing to do with that - Newcastle get big attendances in spite of Shepherd, not because of him. 84805[/snapback] we got big crowds pre-1992 did we ? 84832[/snapback] Is Shepherd taking ALL credit for the worldwide boom in football's popularity now? I also didn't realise Shepherd took over as chairman in 1992.......

Exactly. Pointing at chairmen of clubs that make no money and comparing Shepherd to them is ridiculous. 84750[/snapback] So how come othe big clubs don't tap their fanbases so well as us ? A straight answer will do 84797[/snapback] Sorry, are you suggesting that our attendances are down to Shepherd's ability to "tap the fanbase"? It's nothing to do with that - Newcastle get big attendances in spite of Shepherd, not because of him.

I'm only saying what everyone else is thinking. One a day so far this week.....

because it is THE single most important thing. The best manager in the world won't do anything without money. 84737[/snapback] I re-iterate: No-one has questioned Shepherd's financial input. But: - Sacking Robson 2 days before the transfer window closes and without a contingency. - Bidding for Rooney with the money we got for Woodgate when we desperately needed a quality central defender - Appointing Souness have all had a detrimental effect on the fortunes of this club. Had he sacked Robson having properly planned a replacement (as Chelsea and Liverpool did), then we wouldn't have had to 'make-do' with Souness and I doubt very much we'd be in the position we are now... As I've said before, handing over the reddies is only a small part of the responsiblity of a club chairman and in him doing so, it doesn't excuse all the other fuck-ups (which far exceed the positives) he makes. 84764[/snapback] In actual fact, the revenue that NUFC bring in, and the cash that this affords Shepherd actually masks what a poor job he's doing. He's always got that to fall back on and clearly it fools some people into thinking that he's doing a great job, when in actual fact, in pretty much every respect other than transfer outlay, he's failing.

That's pretty much the top and bottom of it I'm afraid. 84659[/snapback] Well which useless twat put that in his contract? 84671[/snapback] Now, now.. we can't diss Freddy, after all he's the greatest chairman in the world simply on account of sticking his hand in his pocket.... 84692[/snapback] Got a question for you and the others Craig. Seeing as none of you take up my challenge to name all the dozens of chairman who have shown the ambition to back their managers as much as Shepherd, what would you do if, or when : He goes and we do replace him with a Doug Ellis/Bob Murray [add Bates, Al Fayed, Ridsdale, Gold, Hamman, Haywood, Mandrovic, Lowe, Kenwright, Sugar, Brown, Reynolds type]. Not to mention the names from our own past ie Westwood, Seymour, McKeag ? Far more likely than a Gibson or a Dein .... [although both of these have dropped a bollock as well...] 84706[/snapback] As an aside I've heard that Steve Gibson is running out of the type of money needed to bankroll Boro singlehandedly. If they go down the crowds will disappear and they will be massively in the shit. 84759[/snapback] Lad I used to work with reckoned the buzz round Boro was that a lot of their transfers were funded by a "mystery benefactor" (not Gibson). Gibson must wonder why he bothers sometimes when you see the crowds that lot get in.

Getting beyond a joke now like. This transfer bung inquiry could be interesting.....

84730[/snapback] I can just imagine you doing that, you pompous tart. 84734[/snapback] Oi fatty, for you it's still Dr. pompous tart. 84741[/snapback] Dr. Wolfie tbh. Poor man's Dr. Fox. 84743[/snapback] I think your antipathy towards doctorates stems from the fact that you failed with Dr. Atkin's diet... 84749[/snapback] Doctor Doctor! Give me the news! I've got a bad case of pickled cabbage poo!

Exactly. Pointing at chairmen of clubs that make no money and comparing Shepherd to them is ridiculous.

84730[/snapback] I can just imagine you doing that, you pompous tart. 84734[/snapback] Oi fatty, for you it's still Dr. pompous tart. 84741[/snapback] Dr. Wolfie tbh. Poor man's Dr. Fox.

84730[/snapback] I can just imagine you doing that, you pompous tart.

They were reporting on R5 this morning that Owen had said that he considered what Sven said about him to the "fake sheik" to be complimentary. What's all that about?

My dad's from St. Ives so we used to go there every summer to see my gran. It is a really nice place like.

I can't say I'd have any interest in a table of Class A Narcotics tbh. And by the way, a bloke your size drinking a half pint of bourbon would lapse into a coma in no time.

Gemmill and Mancy 80331[/snapback] You mean a big pair of tits ? 80333[/snapback] And its Gemmills case we are talking BIG!!!!!! 80334[/snapback] Everything must seem big when you're your size tbh.

Every penny from YOUR salary should go to paying his compensation tbh. 84696[/snapback] No way, I want him to stay!

White Zinfandel man tbh 84685[/snapback] Man's drink. FACT! 84687[/snapback] Gay man's drink 84689[/snapback]

White Zinfandel man tbh 84685[/snapback] Man's drink. FACT!

I drink vodka-cranberries like, and I'm a real man. I couldn't order a Woo-Woo though - although I believe catmag drinks them.

It should go towards paying Souness's compensation. Shearer's had enough from the fans over the years - time to give a little back.

It'll be like being in Europe again, having the town full of drunken people with unintelligible accents.

I'm going to Houston for a wedding in May. I watched Blazing Saddles last night by way of travel research.