Craig

Not true actually... When all this kicked off back in January, Strachan commented that he had 'issues' with Bellamy when he was managing him at Coventry... I have heard rumours that the reason Celtic didn't make a permanent move for him was because Strachan vehemently didn't want him - never heard that bit confirmed though...

Puff! 36605[/snapback] Oh look, we've got a curry 'hard man' who won't eat a curry any milder than a vindaloo.... Taste-buds are fucked then? 36614[/snapback] Not at all, would never go beyond a Madras personally, and I'm not really that keen on curries full stop. But I thought Korma was exclusively for girls? 36633[/snapback] Puff!

Puff! 36605[/snapback] Oh look, we've got a curry 'hard man' who won't eat a curry any milder than a vindaloo.... Taste-buds are fucked then?

You're calling me a whinger? Twat. 36511[/snapback]

The new board would still be GREAT!!

We can't all be IT dweebs. 36486[/snapback] And some of us have to be 'IT dweebs' supporting the financial applications for the accountants.... They've got to be the biggest bunch of arrogant bastards I've ever come across (speaking from experience ).. Not an ounce of common sense, if it doesn't involve money, they don't want to know! 36499[/snapback] I've got news for you - anything IT-related is about as far removed from common sense as it gets. I bet you've got a comedy ringtone like the IT dweebs here though. 36502[/snapback] "Ring-ring" The last 'comedy ringtone' heard in our office resulted in the phone being thrown out of the window! The bastard had it on full volume as well! As for common sense: Accountant: "Fix this now!!" Me: "Fine, 3 days work at £256 a day." Accountant: "I'm not paying for it, it'll affect my pretty balance sheet..." Usual type of conversation which happens in this place...

We can't all be IT dweebs. 36486[/snapback] 36492[/snapback] You're an IT expert. Craig's the dweeb. 36498[/snapback]

We can't all be IT dweebs. 36486[/snapback] And some of us have to be 'IT dweebs' supporting the financial applications for the accountants.... They've got to be the biggest bunch of arrogant bastards I've ever come across (speaking from experience ).. Not an ounce of common sense, if it doesn't involve money, they don't want to know!

A fellow 'bean counter'!

I did the last week PANIC and ended up with a indvidual mark of 'first' for my dissertation! Some people work better under pressure! 36417[/snapback] and most f*** up.................... 36431[/snapback] In your experience perhaps.... In mine, the successful lot seem to be those who leave it to the last minute.

You mean the red cross is spoken for?? Shame...

Class-ist!

I did the last week PANIC and ended up with a indvidual mark of 'first' for my dissertation! Some people work better under pressure!

You know my opinion better than I do now?? It's not 100% nonesense to me, it's very much sense. I don't think we could have afforded to play Shearer, Bellamy & Owen in the same team from either a financial POV or a footballing one... What would we have done? Played Bellamy on the wing? I can't see Shearer sitting mainly on the bench in his swangsong year particularly when there was the opportunity to re-kindle his partnership with Owen 36343[/snapback] I said nothing about your opinion Craig, maybe you should read the posts again. I was just pointing out that your attempt to ridicule what someone had said didnt work because he didnt say what you thought he had. 36365[/snapback] Erm.... he said exactly what I thought he had! As I have said IMO we couldn't have got Owen if we still had Bellamy, therefore my view remains that I think to say it was 100% nonesense was ridiculous.... Keep twisting it though to try and ridicule me, won't ya?

thing is though Gem, did you tell us this when he was here under Bobby Robson ? If not, why not ? 36380[/snapback] No. Because I'm not a clairvoyant. 36382[/snapback] I added to the last. Being a clairvoyant is quite easy sometimes .......... 36383[/snapback] Robert and Bellamy both gone in somewhat controversial circumstances. Both guilty of causing bother at other clubs they've been at, and with a reputation for being trouble-makers. You're right, I should have seen it sooner. 36384[/snapback] along with Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, both troublemakers under Alex Ferguson, Kevin Keegan, Brian Little, and David Dunn at Birmingham as well.. And others at Souness' other clubs ..... Never Souness is it 36386[/snapback] No-one has ever said Souness was innocent.... However, Bellamy was trouble under Robson (and yes i brought it up, more than once - i just wish the old posts were still around to support that).

Sod the hair colour, that's some gorgeous effort with the eye shadow! And what the hell is that thing around her neck? Some pygmy she's killed??

Same could be said if I wasn't there...

He'll get his £20m back.... But not the respect he's lost in all of this!

That's a new one Pud.... Most people associate the nickname with Rimmer! Simple reason, there were 3 Craigs in my class at school: Craig Brown Craig Lewis Me We were called 'B', 'L' & 'H' respectively....

You know my opinion better than I do now?? It's not 100% nonesense to me, it's very much sense. I don't think we could have afforded to play Shearer, Bellamy & Owen in the same team from either a financial POV or a footballing one... What would we have done? Played Bellamy on the wing? I can't see Shearer sitting mainly on the bench in his swangsong year particularly when there was the opportunity to re-kindle his partnership with Owen

Shearer's still here, Bellamy is not! By definition, he's replaced Bellamy (from a footballing sense..)

Real first name: Craig (surprisingly) Nickname: North, H Age: 28 Occupation: IT Project Leader Location: Home - Basingstoke; Work - Watford Language(s) spoken? English, Geordie Avatar - why? The historical crests of NUFC Previous avatars? NUFC home strip, Morph Tell us when you first joined the boards? January 2003 Board highlights? The craic Board lowlights? Inactivity What would you be doing if you weren't doing your current job? Chef - almost became one Pets? None I play a bit like.... Stuart Pearce (so I've been told!) Football heroes? Peter Beardsley, David Kelly, Alan Shearer Football villains? Craig Bellamy, Roy Keane Best advice given? Don't be led by others, do your own thing Ideal partner? Louise Redknapp Ideal dinner date? Louise Redknapp Ideal meal? Lasagne, cooked by me from scratch complete with Italian salad & home-made garlic bread Can you cook? Yes, see above Current wheels? Ford Focus, soon to be exchanged for a Mondeo Biggest influence? Combination of my parents and my brother TV programmes? MOTD, F1, Spooks Burger and chips or fish and chips? Burger and chips Chinese or indian? What do you order? Indian - Chicken Tikka Masala, Pilau Rice & Keema Naan Favourite tunes? Oasis - Half a world away; Green Day - Time of your life Abi Titmuss or Jodi Marsh? Neither, but if I had to pick it'd be Titmuss George Clooney or Bradley Pitt? Clooney - just! Favourite film? Shawshank Redemption If I won a million pounds.... I'd pay off my debts, make sure my kids were setup for life and give the rest away Age first drunk alcohol? First drink? 13 - concoction of all the spirits in my parents alcohol cabinet Ever suspended/expelled from school? Nope Favourite insult? mong! Not a lot of people know that...... I nearly drank myself to death at 16 Most you've ever spent on an item of clothes? £200 How many pairs of shoes do you own? 5 I'm obsessed with..... Louise Redknapp In 5 years time, I hope to be.... able to say i've seen a Newcastle captain lift some silverware!

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If we still had Bellamy, we never would have had Owen - simple as that... 35790[/snapback] You keep saying that in any Bellamy thread as if its a fact when its categorically wrong. Souness on his own admission (and rightly) bought Owen to replace Shearer, hence him pointing out that Owen was one of onle a handful of people who could ever fill Shearers boots. 36207[/snapback] All a matter of interpretation. When Souness said that, I interpreted it in the sense of replacing Shearer as an iconic status rather than a direct replacement. Really?? 100% nonesense?? So you say that without a shadow of a doubt, if Craig Bellamy was still here, we'd have still have signed Michael Owen? That's gotta be one of the most ridiculous statements I've seen in a long, long while....

Just hope he is better at running a football team than he is an F1 team tbh. 36285[/snapback] The bloke has done an absolutely fucking superb job of running Minardi. The very fact that they haven't gone under during his time at the helm is a miracle. It's the equivalent of managing Gateshead and their current budget whilst playing in the Premiership!! Back to 'Makeshit', any rumour in the fact his next purchase will be Austria itself which will be re-named Red Bull and the national flag changed to blue and silver quarters??