Toonpack

If it was a choice between England and Newcastle, everyone on here would pick Newcastle and it would be "fuck England". Club is WAY more important than country in football terms over here (that probably goes for any club as well).

There's three excuses really, the one you state and the others being someone further up the tree making an offer you can't (and the player won't) refuse. Those and remaining contract duration, where agents and players can coin it in with a move (see Enrique).

But why is the fact that he wasn't the owner significant in any way ??? On the other, I have numerous times in the last few months, not doing it again.

Yeah, cause that never happened under Shepherd..... 5th most qualified for europe and the Champions League in 15 years, 5th highest average league position in 15 years, transforming the club from one that couldn't raise 1.2m quid into the 14th biggest revenues in football, from a club with one foot in the 3rd division into one of the biggest clubs in europe, signing the world record transfer player......justifies the transfer policy they employed, wouldn't you agree ? PS. Shepherd never owned the club by the way. Just thought I'd point that out, in case you didn't know. Why do you believe that is significant in any way ???

Can't it also be argued that players like Duff, Boumsong are marquee signings on inflated wages? Duff by virtue of reputation, Boumsong by virtue of the fee paid? We have, under H&S, spent a lot of money and offered high wages. Often to secure players who who may have chosen the London clubs or Manchester/ Liverpool if it weren't for those deciding factors? I don't believe that we only ever paid over the odds, but I'd say that we did so more than a lot of Premier League clubs in our position. we also got higher positions for the money, much higher and more consistently high positions and european football and champions League. Which is the whole idea, wouldn't you agree ? What makes me laugh about posts like this, is the cherry picking on the presumption that we ought to get every single transfer correct and/or every other club bar NUFC does so. Nobody gets every transfer right, not even Peter Taylor and Brian Clough did that. The overall results of the 2 different strategies are crystal clear. It was borrowed money, i.e. money we didn't have and when wasted was irreplaceable and it ran out. (no-one outside of Leeds and Portsmouth operated like that as the "one and only" policy).

Quick question Yesterday player (bald cunt) through on keeper, knocks ball sideways, runs into advancing keeper = Penalty Today Player (Welbeck) through on keeper knocks ball past keeper, brought down by advancing keeper = clerance off the line, play on. How's that work ???

The high line is fine as a rule, it gets caught out by the "straight run" when the bloody midfield can't keep hold of the ball in front of the back 4 when moving forward. The back line are advancing and are wrong footed by a quick release back at them. Doesn't excuse some shoddy defending but the "high line" wasn't the main problem. Frankly just an appalling 20 minutes for us Midfield 2nd half (apart from last 15 mins or so) was attrocious Putting it down to one of those days, was thinking at half time, if we'd had a cutting edge we'd have been out of sight by the half !!

Ah a man without black & white glasses on You sound happy

Chalk and cheese frist half to this, Duff's artistic impression moment changed it big time, but why we just capitulated fuck knows, utterly on top first half.

Was never a fucking pen, knocked the ball wide and ran into the already prostrate keeper. Utter wank. Im listening to the wireless and they said it was a bang on pen Well I was watching it and it was knock the ball square and run/hurl yourself into the keeper who's on the deck, aye stonewall

Was never a fucking pen, knocked the ball wide and ran into the already prostrate keeper. Utter wank.

Fuck me, never a pen, thought Demspey was offside (Simpson was off the pitch) and now this Didn't see this commig, Sublime-ish to the ridiculous.

Excellent performance so far, Shit, this team could do some serious damage with Ba back and if Demba2 is even only half as lively as reports suggest. That's not even mentioning Tiote !!!!!!

Probably that, or wishfully thinking, he's drumming up an interest in his book which he was supposedly doing, if he does name names and can make it stick (get past the publishers lawyers) he's onto a canny bestseller and syndication earner though.

His last "revelation" in that documentary a few months ago was a real damp squib, likely this'll peter out the same. Shame as we all know the game (and certain idviduals) is bent as fuck, but getting it nailed is a whole different thing. If he has got the info, he'll be bought off, in truth that's probably what he's looking for.

It'd be astonishing if there's not tbh Willie McKay and Harrison (who despite his apparent pending revelations was also dodgy as fuck) were all over NUFC in those days.

I like Peter Harrison already. If what he's going to say is as good as the build up this will make all the other investigations seem insignificant, Harry and Sam's lawyers will be all over this so he won't be making it up. "matt I will not delete anything but if no one has sued by tuesday then who is right?" Love it if he does a job on 'Arry

Former Agent, was Carroll's agent at one point

Peter Harrison was on form last night: "Good night, the truth will be out there soon, Good night Harry, Sam, Phil, Willy, Im coming to get you" "i have loads, wait, everything will be revealed" "Harry is bent and I will show everyone soon." "I will get them all out, and their mate Willy Mackay, wanka" "Sam Allardyce is bent, his son is, and his wife Lynn is a fat fucking cow. Good night. Ps. Plenty to come tomorrow night" Just for starters

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We are in grave danger of being raped and pillaged, lock up Holy Island !!!!!!!!

Who thinks that ??? The balance sheet undoubtedly drives a sustained opportunity for success but does not in itself define success.

Football has no soul. Ridiculous amounts of TV money saw to that, in concert with a Mr Bosmann and the advantage/opportunity he created for agents along with the odd oligarch/sheik here and there.

Only a 5 year old would think that's what NUFC are doing.

Even if that was true, t'is better to be lucky than good.