Craig

That pays for HTT's image rights 122981[/snapback] Bail money, to get him out the clink a week early? 122983[/snapback]

Do you think he should be given the chance against West Brom Renton? I personally do. It's a gilt-edged opportunity to put all the shit behind him and show what he can do. If he still doesn't deliver then I agree, his goose is well and truly cooked!

Think confidence of getting his first goal is a big boost to Luque. Now Shearer's out he has the chance to jump in with both feet and really make a name for himself, and stake a claim that he is good enough to stay. A lot of people have knocked Luque and said he's not good enough. He hasn't adapted to life in the Premiership well, sure. But to say he's not good enough is a bit unfair IMO - he proved in Spain that he has the talent, perhaps we just haven't been able to 'tap' it yet and that all he needed was the confidence of scoring his first to get going.... Optimistic it may be, but so long as he's turning out in a Newcastle United shirt, I'll support him!

I've just put £252 on Glenn Roeder.... Any more bets?

Fucking hell DotBum, get the skin coloured green and you've got the Incredible Hulk as your avatar!

Ah well, at least it gives them something to spend their Premiership position winnings on. How much is tile paint again?

Agree we need to replace him but until we do we should keep a hold of him. If we've learned anything from last summer we'll never trim the squad down like we did again. It might have balanced the books but from a footballing POV it was suicide - and we saw the outcome only too clearly!

Doesn't sound like he was calm and quiet yesterday - what did he say? I've stripped the paint off the tiles in the dressing room!

Why's that worrying, yer daft shite? Some people think if I go back to being chayton i'll start talking sense!

£385 for me 122741[/snapback] Fucking hell, what you doing, perched on the roof?? My colleague is doing his fucking nut in, they've hiked his up from £320 to £520! 122745[/snapback] Aye he's twisting now, but the extra ££ could be the difference between them staying up and coming straight back down. Sunderland are the perfect example of the caring, sharing family club that likes to give its tickets away. £520 for a Premiership club down south isn't that bad when you consider some of the prices elsewhere. 122756[/snapback] Agree with that, some of the prices are fucking stupid. I just thought most clubs that get promoted tend to take it easy on the fans for the first year at least. That's a 66% increase! What with Madjeski planning to hand over the chairmanship in the near future, I wonder if he has plans to float the club?

Given the size of the squad, I hope to hell this isn't the case. He may not be what we hoped he could be, but he's a decent squad player and despite the shambles of a defence that he got through, he was the only NUFC player who was quick enough to read what was going on.....

Cunning way of getting people to sign up! Which begs the question, if these '430 guests' did sign up, what would they do then? Be selective about who can log on (only members with more than xxx posts), or finally upgrade the server? They'll be charging for membership next!

£385 for me 122741[/snapback] Fucking hell, what you doing, perched on the roof?? My colleague is doing his fucking nut in, they've hiked his up from £320 to £520!

I think that is more testament to the lack of quality within the squad, something which Roeder cannot be blamed for as he took charge after the transfer window closed. The squad we have isn't good enough to challenge the top 3 and therefore I think it's unjustified somewhat to judge Roeder's ability on the basis of the results we got in those games. That said, the question was put to me yesterday "would I be happy if Roeder got the job permanently?". The answer is that I simply don't know. Tactically, I think he's got the ability to take us where we want to go. What we don't know of course is if he can do the business in the transfer market. Someone pointed out yesterday that he showed he can't because he signed Repka. Every manager buys at least one shit player during their time at a club (Keegan - Hooper & McDonough, Ferguson - Taibi, Wenger - Jeffers, etc) so I don't think we can automatically knock the bloke off one signing. What does interest me is that he is a manager who was a defender in his playing days and therefore thinks with a defensive mind. Everyone knows that defensively, we've been fucking shite for years but when you look at our recent history of managers: Souness (Midfielder) Robson (Winger) Gullit (Midfielder) Dalglish (Striker) Keegan (Striker) Ardiles (Midfielder) maybe there's a link? (and yes, I know Ardiles and Gullit [in later years] were defensive midfielders). Personally I think the major difference since Roeder took the reins is the defence. We're a million times better! Do we take him over O'Neill? Definitely not! But if it's between the likes of Curbishley, Allardyce, McLaren, etc I'd take Glenn every time. I certainly think he should have some involvement in coaching the first team - defensive coach perhaps? (That ought to piss Lawro off - still bitter about being fired Mark? )

Go to bed and sleep it off yer daft shite!

He's probably feeling guilty for getting Wacky banned. If he's that decent a bloke, get him to search his better nature and get Wacky reinstated! Even the SMB would benefit from his genial comments!

and......? You've won the Championship comfortably, Sunderland won it comfortably last season - how can there be 'no' comparison?

If this was N-O, I'd be giving you a 4 week ban for underage drinking Brock!

Aye, you're not wrong! Can't believe he went 'spastic'(*) about that joke like... (*) not chosen through coincidence!

I'm in total agreement with you on that. Roeder has done enough to prove he should be the man to take it IF we can't get someone of the likes of O'Neill. If Bruce, O'Leary, or someone like that gets it ahead of Glenn, Fat Fred wants fucking shooting. Roeder has proved himself, with similar luck on injuries with the same crop of players that Souness could do fuck all with.

You've gotta give it to them, they've got a cracking sense of humour!

If they're gonna stick to the rule books he has to be replaced after Saturday. Guess it'll be Tommy Craig if we haven't appointed someone in time for the Birmingham game...

I'd call 7 points from 2nd place more than marginal!

looks pretty spot on to me. Get a hold of that sheet though mate http://www.michaelwray.co.nz There's a sheet dedicated to form and you can specify a date. I've got it plumbed in to show the form since 2nd Feb 2006! The prediction sheet makes interesting reading mind, it reckons we'll finish 6th on GD!