Craig

Aye, Happy Birthday and all that.......

Lord, help us.... I'm glad I'm going up north........

Vic Reeves style?

Actually a very good way of describing him! And as people have said, he is showing up Roeder and his lot with every passing day. Its also worth noting that if it weren't for Chelski being cheap this year we'd also have Haim in the bag and possibly Sidwell, and he said if he'd been earlier he would have been interested in Distin. So we could have been sitting here with 6 or 7 players in for hardly anything at the start of July! But none of them are world class! we're not even european class at the moment, we're going to struggle to bring in the likes of kaka and messi for at least a few years, what we need now is exactly what we're getting, a squad You reckon?? I think Chelsea and Man Utd would struggle to bring in the likes of them tbh

You really are a miserable bastard at times Dan

If you're keen to 'have a go' the building your own PC is a good learning curve. But then you have to be prepared to get your hands dirty and 'fault-find' if things go wrong (or be prepared to fork out silly money for not a lot of work). If you want something that simply 'works' and needs as little hands-on maintenance as possible and is covered for 12 months, buy a Dell.

Look at the size of that boy's heed. I'm not kidding, it's like an orange on a toothpick. Has it's own weather system!

Make your mind up, yesterday you were suggesting we should forget Gudjohnsen and go with the kids

It's akin to the whole situation with Michael Owen as well. I couldn't give a flying fuck if he has no affection for the club, just as long as he puts in 100% effort everytime he represents us. I have no affection for my current employers and if someone came along and offered me a more attractive package for the same or more money, i'd be off like a shot. I still put my all into the job though. I'm afraid this is a legacy of us signing Shearer and 'bringing him home'. A lot of the fans expect other players to have the same affection and reasoning for coming to Newcastle as he did. He was a one-off case in that respect though. Don't agree with that. What's annoying about the whole Owen thing is that he cost us a huge transfer fee, plus massive wages and he's hardly played for us. Now he's got us over a barrell with the release clause he insisted was put in his contract, which means he could fuck off on 31st August and leave us in the shit. I couldn't give a stuff if we weren't his first choice, but instead of hedging his bets he should make his intentions clear to Allardyce so we have time to find a suitable replacement if needed. And who says he hasn't??? The press?? This is the same press who said he'd never sign for Newcastle United in a million years remember. And anyway if he does go, are we seriously that much in the shit? Gudjohnsen is a serious possibility from all accounts and we have Martins and Viduka as well. What happens if he claimed he was staying and then left anyway? Would that make it any different?? The soundbites coming from Allardyce suggest he hasn't. Martins may very well be off to Arsenal and who says that Gudjohnsen would still be available if we waited until 31st August? And if he claimed he was staying then left anyway he'd be seen as a bigger arse than a lot of Toon fans see him already. Who says we're waiting for Gudjohnsen? From all accounts, we're after him now. We don't have to sell a striker before we buy another you know

It's akin to the whole situation with Michael Owen as well. I couldn't give a flying fuck if he has no affection for the club, just as long as he puts in 100% effort everytime he represents us. I have no affection for my current employers and if someone came along and offered me a more attractive package for the same or more money, i'd be off like a shot. I still put my all into the job though. I'm afraid this is a legacy of us signing Shearer and 'bringing him home'. A lot of the fans expect other players to have the same affection and reasoning for coming to Newcastle as he did. He was a one-off case in that respect though. Don't agree with that. What's annoying about the whole Owen thing is that he cost us a huge transfer fee, plus massive wages and he's hardly played for us. Now he's got us over a barrell with the release clause he insisted was put in his contract, which means he could fuck off on 31st August and leave us in the shit. I couldn't give a stuff if we weren't his first choice, but instead of hedging his bets he should make his intentions clear to Allardyce so we have time to find a suitable replacement if needed. And who says he hasn't??? The press?? This is the same press who said he'd never sign for Newcastle United in a million years remember. And anyway if he does go, are we seriously that much in the shit? Gudjohnsen is a serious possibility from all accounts and we have Martins and Viduka as well. What happens if he claimed he was staying and then left anyway? Would that make it any different??

It's akin to the whole situation with Michael Owen as well. I couldn't give a flying fuck if he has no affection for the club, just as long as he puts in 100% effort everytime he represents us. I have no affection for my current employers and if someone came along and offered me a more attractive package for the same or more money, i'd be off like a shot. I still put my all into the job though. I'm afraid this is a legacy of us signing Shearer and 'bringing him home'. A lot of the fans expect other players to have the same affection and reasoning for coming to Newcastle as he did. He was a one-off case in that respect though.

Personally I think this thread needs to be allowed to fall down the list. If we sign Baines, resurrect it but arguing about bannings and apologies is doing no-one any good.

Only when he smiles?

Aye Firefox works OK for me - reckon it's all the dodgy add-ons you've got mate

Noticed he had to get a mention in about Notorious BIG and him releasing "Missing You" as a tribute to him...

Gudjohnsen for £4.5m would be an absolute steal!

I'd go with what Jimbo says and look to buy a pre-built Dell - given the fact I work with PCs all week, the last thing I want to is build one at home but I can understand why some people do want to. just bear in mind that with a pre-built machine, you'll get your 12 months warranty if anything goes wrong and also the beauty of a Dell is that the service tag is your passport to all the information you'll need. All you have to do is enter it on their website and it'll give you all the information you need about your machine and all the drivers for all operating systems.

Agreed, Martins seems to want to play for us while Owen is only here for the cash. Owen can fuck off now. Equally What footballer, born outside of the North East, is playing for Newcastle for any other reason than for the cash? It's a job for fuck's sake. Shearer came here because it was his club, Owen came here to make money and cement his place in the England team and has never hidden this fact. Fucking get over it man, so long as he puts in 100% when wearing a black and white shirt (something he's undeniably done), I couldn't give a flying fuck what he says at other times.

The wager being something that neither can enforce?? I don't remember agreeing to it and I wouldn't have done. Stevie is not getting banned and Sima wouldn't have been banned had it gone the other way. Sima's hardly an adult, either. Your point being?

Perhaps they're no better in quality, but they're a damned sight more applicable to our needs which I think both the previous two incumbents of the manager's chair failed to address. As has been alluded to previously, Ashley is unable to plough the big money in until the club is de-listed (scheduled for 18th July). I can't say for sure, but I'm hoping that at least one signing after this point will make people's eyes open.

FYP

You being serious or a sensationalist? If Lampard was on his way to us, you'd cream your pants tttt! I rate that pair over two lampards didn't think it was that controversial really So what do Hargreaves and Carrick bring that a 40 goal a season pair of Lampards don't ?? Agreed. I can see some mileage in the argument between Gerrard and Lampard, but neither Carrick nor Hargreaves are anywhere near Frank in terms of talent!

Which 6 are they on about?? Owen, Martins, Viduka & Ameobi obviously and then it's take your pick from Carroll, LuaLua, Troisi & Luque. If it meant the arrival of Gudjohnsen, I'd happily pack the bags of Ameobi, LuaLua, Troisi or Luque That's a good advert for our youth team, kicking young kids out who are likely to be on small wages to accommodate Gudjohnsson. I take it you've seen enough of them to judge that they're not going to be good enough? What I've seen of LuaLua I'm not at all impressed, I don't think he's anywhere near the talents of Ameobi. Not seen enough of Troisi but by all accounts he's not going to set the world alight. Take it you're not keen on Gudjohnsen arriving then? Even if the two kids are promising, i think i'd live with losing one of them to get fucking Gudjohnsen in!!! Thank fuck for that, I thought I was on a planet by myself for a second....

You being serious or a sensationalist? If Lampard was on his way to us, you'd cream your pants tttt!

Which 6 are they on about?? Owen, Martins, Viduka & Ameobi obviously and then it's take your pick from Carroll, LuaLua, Troisi & Luque. If it meant the arrival of Gudjohnsen, I'd happily pack the bags of Ameobi, LuaLua, Troisi or Luque That's a good advert for our youth team, kicking young kids out who are likely to be on small wages to accommodate Gudjohnsson. I take it you've seen enough of them to judge that they're not going to be good enough? What I've seen of LuaLua I'm not at all impressed, I don't think he's anywhere near the talents of Ameobi. Not seen enough of Troisi but by all accounts he's not going to set the world alight. Take it you're not keen on Gudjohnsen arriving then?