Matt

Not sure why whitley felt the need to have them massive, view-obstructing nets behind each goal. From what I managed to see of things, it wasn't a great game but Whitley were well on top, winning all of the 50-50s. Blyth were extremely poor (as poor as I've seen them in a while) and very lucky to stay in the cup. A massive improvement on their part is required for the replay. Can't go to that either as I'll be working but it should be another good crowd.

See if you can get away with turning the SSID broadcast off. It used to work fine for now but some devices refuse to reconnect without it.

Currently designing and building automation systems for airfield lighting control systems and other odds and ends. Fled my previous job as a trainee accountant in order to save my sanity. A similar course of action is not that far off again. Hoptastic.

Are we injecting Owen with Shearer DNA?

Reading between the lines, everything Roeder has said suggests he hasn't got a huge amount of faith in Bramble. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that Roeder has maintained a position in what he says then does something totally different.

No need to hound him out, his performances are doing a fine job of it. His chances of a new deal are very, very slim.

Bricks are surely the only way? Forget your job worries, your biggest challenge is facing broad south-west accents and keeping a straight face. Every day is talk like a pirate day!

Not going to happen though, at least not as long as so many parents are allowed to bring up their children so shabbily- and it only takes a handful of wayward kids to drag a whole bunch down to their level. While in principle I would agree that faith an the state should not mix and admire a lot of countries who have acheived this situation- I don't think it would be the right time now to do away with them. A lot of faith schools still operate in an 'old-fashioned' manner (though not much) and gives a good indication of how successful or otherwise recent changes to the education system are. Mind you, as long as the government proceeds with their 'one for all' approach to education we're screwed in the long-term regardless.

I went to a Catholic school and bar the assembly there's not a great deal of difference in what you actually do. At least where I was the curricula were the same as any other school (no creationism thanks- in fact it's now a specialst science school, whatever good that means). Realistically these schools have survived not so much because of the faith element but because they have traditionally fared better than the average mainline comp, even those (like mine) which had no selection policies based on ability. It wasn't becuase God helped everyone out (though some might like to think so). The reality was the place (back then) was still pretty strict and had streamed classes from Day 1. This 'edge' is being eroded and will continue to do so. Nearer home, the local Catholic high has such a bad rep that kids are leaving in droves from the Middle schools to go to Crammy High. I guess it depends where you are. I guess you can't ban faith schools without banning private education too and there's not a massive amount wrong with the way things work now. IIRC the way it works is that capital maintenance is covered by the appropriate religious body or by charitable trust while the day to day expenses that would be incurred regardless of where the kids go to school comes through general taxation via the LEA.

We're not saving on all of Owen's injuries. I think we are in line for £2m of the likely £5m but the rest depends on the upcoming court action and there are no guarantees on that.

We don't make money, though and that's the killer. Not proper money. A few million here or there on £80-100m turnover is spare change. The only season we've really made a killing is when we were in the CL under Robson and reached the 2nd group stage. No-one's going to be able to justify their investment by selling players, witholding transfer funds, selling naming rights to the ground or jacking up ticket prices. All of these will result in losing money- one of the reasons why I'm not as sceptical about this takeover as perhaps a Man Utd fan was of the Glazers (as Man Utd were already a cash cow ripe for milking). I'd love to know what their business plan is, because I can't see this club generating big bucks year-on-year. I can see us generating reasonable profit but not massive money. Until we know who's behind this deal, it's impossible to tell whether it would be the dawn of a new era or the beginning of the end.

now, if you want a company like that taking over the club, you really are showing your abject stupidity Depends what their intentions are and what their role is in the deal. They could be buying it for someone else and making a tidy commission for keeping the purchaser out of the spotlight. I won't go into a long drawn out post, but I'm not sure why an investor would see NUFC as a great prospect and makes me question who is behind the deal. I don't beleive for a minute an institutional investor would sit down and see us as a prospect. The numbers just don't add up.

Guess it's better than the Bannatyne Casino approach, with a note on the door on Monday morning saying it had been sold off for offices.

Every speed camera installation should be based on safety reasoning (after all that's what they're for, isn't it?). I've seen cameras on long stretches on quiet roads, resulting in people trying to overtake slow-moving vehicles on corners. Safe? Nope. What about the 'surprise' copper with his van parked behind a bush? Could result in late braking and more likely to cause an accident than prevent one. Utterly retarded. What is effective is the sort of approach on Gosforth High Street. Big speed detector that flashes up if you're going too fast, couple of hundred yards later a camera. If you get done on that one at 50 you deserve the points.

Ordered it- look forward to it's arrival.

We signed Rossi in the summer! You can't bring him into the argument. We had Ameobi and Luque. And that was it- and knowing Ameobi was eventually going to need a hip op. 2 players for 2 positions. At the back we had Babayaro, Bramble, Taylor, Moore, Ramage and Carr. 6 players for 4 positions.

To be fair, our movement on crosses was dismal. You can't stand still and expect the ball to come to you. Milner threw in a couple of great balls today and it was 5 against 2. He might as well have played it back to Howard and got on with the game.

You'd look a bit of a twat if you did say I told you so seen as we all knew it anyway. You cock. The fact is most people thought I was nuts for suggesting that in a thread I started before the season began. The fact is they didn't. Our top priority was a striker as we physically didn't have any. Next it was defenders as we had some, but they weren't good enough. Therefore, when people said a striker was top priority, it didn't mean they thought we didn't need defenders. Anyone with half a brain would have told you we needed defenders. As you've so eloquently proven.

If you replaced Emre with Butt, you'd certainly notice the difference but I doubt it would be a good one.

But only if you've got plenty of free HD space and RAM- obviously not a problem for Lazarus and the like. You can get a dubious copy of Audition from Mininova- dead easy wave editor, though if you can get Cool Edit Pro 2 this is probably better. It will do the same thing (it's effectively the same program) but CEP2 is less fiddly and user-friendly.

Will be there at some stage, depending on the crap sunday bus service.

Having not posted on the thread all night, it seemed a little bit of a harsh introduction.

Wouldn't it be one in the first place? joking, btw

Is SSR Online? I foresee a million and one animated gifs on their way.

Correct, on the Newsnight preview last night there was a whole section about buying Charleloi even though agencies are not allowed to- via Peter Harrison.