Craig

That's the way I see it - fucking bully-boy tactics and basically telling Owen that he owes the club! Wrong fucking attitude completely, Owen himself came out the other week and said he was wracked with guilt about the fact that our fans haven't seen and value out of him yet but to hear it so brashly from his own chairman - the man who spent all the time pointing out how worthwhile it would be coming to Newcastle, the more you think he'll just say "I can't be fucking arsed with this" It's not like we're an attractive proposition to him at the moment either is it?

They hit the nail on the head this morning on Talksport.... Newcastle can fill their (bigger) stadium on a regular basis - Bolton can't. Funding was also mentioned

Maybe it's just me but with Shepherd coming out as he has, I can't help but wonder if there is something brewing under the surface with this one...

Next Monday is my guess...

She's a fucking witch - has done some serious damage to the ugly tree as well by the looks of it.... Burn her!

You sad bastard I was driving, stuck in traffic, listening to him and had had a bad day!

Precisely.... and what I was screaming at the radio. The day you tire of the idea of smacking that twat round the face with a fully charged fire extinguisher, you're tired of life tbh!

The boring twat was even on Talksport this evening - you can't fucking escape him. Reckoned SGE was a 1,000,000 to 1 shot but when pushed about Allardyce simply replied "I can't say..." Fuck off you retarded cunt!

bastid

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I dunno about the Asprilla deal but from what I heard at the time, Dalglish was livid that Ferdinand was going and was told by the board that £6m for a 31 year old was not going to be rejected. Of course before the deal went through, Shearer had his injury and the board tried to back-pedal but Sir Les, aware that the cash was more important to the board than his ability was having none of it... And quite frankly, I don't blame him!

At the time, I thought Dalglish would be the best option. He'd won it all with Liverpool, took a cash-backed Blackburn to title glory so most of us presumed he'd do the same at Newcastle. In hindsight, the main difference was that unlike at Blackburn, he was inheriting a great side and of course set about ripping it apart so he could start again and do it his way. There's no doubt that his success was hampered by 3 events. 1. The board's decision to sell Ferdinand 2. Shearer's injury 3. The ludicrous decision to cash in on Asprilla (I think the board is probably to blame on that one too). Had he had those three for the 97/98 season, who knows what might have happened. As for Gullit, again I thought it was a good choice, but in retrospect he didn't appreciate the size of the job. Because he instantly brought success to Chelsea, I think he was complacent in thinking that it would happen with us. Robson, as Alex said was a no brainer. Although I think we did need to look to replace him before we actually did. Souness - I can see the logic behind the decision to appoint a hard man, particularly as it was widely regarded that there was little control of the dressing room at that time but even so, he was the wrong man at the wrong time (he would have been the wrong man at ANY time!) Roeder - biggest fuck up of the lot IMO. Fred appointed him on the back of the last 15 league games of the season. Trouble is, he went into this season without the man who was controlling the dressing room (Shearer) and the man who was providing the coaching (Craig) and failed because of it. Had those two been working with him, it might have worked. Who knows though?

Yeah I think you're right - he was committed to Barcelona at the time but then we didn't really test the water, did we?

Wasn't Shepherd completely unaware of Bobby until he came out in the press and stated his interest in the job? Very true - I'd forgotten about that too. Something I do remember was when we were trying to replace Keegan. SJH wanted Bobby and made no secret of the fact when it was quite clear that Fred & Doug wanted Dalglish and they got their way. How different would it have been had it been down to Sir John?

Fuck that!!! I can't even hold a camera still enough with one hand

Is it a constant problem or does it just happen if you're doing something fiddly? It's worth getting it checked out like. Most common cause is anxiety, but if you can rule that out then it's possibly something like low blood sugar. Difficult to say really. I've had it for aslong as I remember. It's constantly there but it does get worse two or three times a day for about half an hour/an hour. It doesn't really come on when i've been doing anything paticular, it just happens. I get that. It's something my Dad has too, only a lot worse. Doctor told me it's whats known as a Hereditary Benign Tremor, whatever that is.... Did say it's nothing to worry about.

Why's that? I thought they had a good relationship. You not thinking of Fowler? Was he not in charge when Own pissed them around and fucked off to Madrid? Houllier was sacked in May, Owen left in August - Benitez sold him....

It's interesting like.... Last season there was a protest after the home game with Blackburn which resulted in the manager losing his job before the next home game (albeit a couple of away games in between). I seem to remember there was a protest after the Sheffield United game earlier this season but nothing came of it. Then Blackburn return to SJP, beat us again and another protest followed by another change in management. Coincidence or does Fred compare our progression to that of Blackburn, especially since the appointment of Souness 3 years back. Another interesting statistic someone point out to to me the other day was this: John Hall became chairman in January 1992. Within a month he'd sacked the manager and appointed Keegan and got it right 1st time. Keegan left his post at the same time SJH handed over the reins to Shepherd five years later. When the next appointment is made, Shepherd will be appointing his sixth manager in 10 years and with perhaps the exception of SBR (who was the man John Hall wanted to replace KK), he's got it wrong every single time.

Is he the guy who used to write for N-O?? Speaking of which, who was it who always used to end his posts with: Writer Newcastle-Online ??

The best Formula One racer there has ever been. Never in the best car, always was the best on the grid. Awesome, totally awesome. Rest in peace you crazy fool.

Sent home cos they're sick of his whinging proabably

In the advanced controls for the 'Volume Control' on my laptop, I've got a stupid check box called PC Spk Mute (see below) which, when checked, completely over-rides the mute check boxes on the normal volume control settings. Therefore it doesn't matter if the speakers are muted or not, if that box is checked, you hear nothing.

There's two Reading fans at work who are pissing themselves about the whole Sidwell situation. They can't understand why Newcastle are interested, let alone Chelsea. A mediocre player at best who has perhaps one decent game in ten was how one of them described him. Ludicrous!

WTF Cluedo? Whatever it is, it's not funny.... The parents made an error (and one that any number of parents will have done over the years and got away with it) and must be beside themselves with worry.

Bring back Lukas!