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Being second choice to Hughesinho.

Proper player who would give no shit... I think he got recommended to Souness by Rene Huigita and the Medellin cartel...

There was a lot of stunned silence around me too. Even the reaction to Clark's equaliser was a bit muted, given that we'd just drew level with the last kick of the game against the 'Boro. 79850[/snapback] I have been in the state of indifference since the start of the season. I am not really caring about the results anymore. Wins don't make me really happy, neither I am shocked about games lost. The problem in the lack of protest lies in the whole process IMHO. The thing is only very few saw the signing of Souness as a good move. Most people were negative, worried, scared. But only very few were able to see the positives. Some people were pleased by those winning streaks and by certain actions (i.e. the booting of Robert and Bellamy). But what really is missing is the process of growing disappointment that is settling in. You only get get disappointed when you are expecting else. But most people could see it coming (though nobody wanted it to happen).

If it takes place in the summer (July - Sept) I would be up for it.

Abject display proves it is time for a change at St James' Park By Tony Cascarino Graeme Souness has no excuses and is on borrowed time DISMISSALS CAN BE SWIFT AND BRUTAL or slow and agonising. When under-pressure managers reiterate time and again that they are not going to resign and suddenly the chairman goes quiet, even though results are still poor, it is often the case that the two have talked and failed to come to an agreement about how the manager should leave. Which usually means that they are unable to strike a compensation deal. Paying off Graeme Souness would probably be expensive and it is hard to imagine that Newcastle United have much in the coffers after his £50 million spending spree. There are cheaper methods. I have seen cases where chairmen decide to send in the infantry for an assault that they hope will oust the enemy within through sheer force of numbers. I am talking about the fans. Demonstrations, radio phone-ins, boycotts, boos. Coupled with a board that has no intention of manning the barricades, they can make a manager’s position untenable. As Souness’s position surely is, which he must admit in private if not in public, where he remains defiant. The Scot’s excuse of choice is Newcastle’s injury list. He is right, of course, there are a lot of key players missing. But what are managers paid for? To overachieve, to coax performances and secure results above expectations. I sat at Craven Cottage on Saturday watching an abject Newcastle display and thought that even the number of absent players was not an adequate reason to explain the standard of football played by those who were fit to pull on the shirt. Even below-par teams, if they are well coached, can mesh into a unit, can be organised and can execute tactics. Newcastle resembled a bunch of lads just slung on the pitch any old how. It was hard not to conclude that even if Newcastle had a full- strength team, victories would owe more to the natural ability of their stars than to the way they were instructed. Start with the line-up, which smacked of a manager living a game-by-game existence, thinking: “If I don’t lose, I get to do this again next week.” Alan Shearer up front on his own, with Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano tucking in behind. Outcome: no threat. At his age (35), Shearer cannot endlessly run into the channels any more. Luque cost £9.5 million but is nowhere near as good as James Milner, who was sent to Aston Villa on loan. Jean-Alain Boumsong is £8 million of gladiator. Tough-looking enough to be a bouncer, he may be more suited to stopping people entering discos than to preventing players sauntering past him on the pitch. He’s so dodgy even I dominated him, aged 34, when he was a teenager with Le Havre and I was at Nancy. There were lots of chants of “Souness out” — but all from mocking Fulham supporters. The away fans were unsure how to react, not wanting to seem disloyal but not prepared to sing in support of their manager. So they responded by chanting the name of the team. Perhaps they will heap scorn on Souness if Newcastle are as bad at the next home match. I have no personal gripe with Souness, but sadly there were no positives to take. There will not be a turnaround, just more mediocrity, and that’s down to bad buys and inadequate coaching, not because Newcastle are an impossible club. There is no light at the end of this dark, dark tunnel.

How many midgets are actually posting on this site? It's abnormal. "Bringing Newcastle fans back home, on little stumpy legs." 79532[/snapback] Didn't you know. We might not be the oldest or greatest Newcastle forum, but we are definitely the shortest. And thanks to Gemmill we also carry a lot of weight...

Is anyone actually still saying that on here, as I don't think they are. Even Gemmill has given in. 79516[/snapback] There's still one or two on an influential nufc forum, apparently. Who cares about this bag of shite, too perpetual tbh. 79521[/snapback] There is even a whole bunch of them on Tyne Squawk, the nuthouse where Obi sometimes escapes from...

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Aye, on Rob's part. Ridiculous over-reaction tbh. 79491[/snapback] I think from both... And it's gay ginger, foul mouthed, ill-bred charva tbh. 79511[/snapback] I think you're wrong, speccy German midget. 79515[/snapback] I know. There is a comma missing...

It's probably easier to point out what both teams have in common... ... getting beaten by Jormany on penalties.

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Aye, on Rob's part. Ridiculous over-reaction tbh. 79491[/snapback] I think from both... And it's gay ginger, foul mouthed, ill-bred charva tbh.

It's really nice to have Owen in the team (especially as he seperates us from a relegation place). But I remember how I got shot down when I questioned the sense of the transfer because of the huge fee and the problems that could arise...

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Sense of responsibility in fact - or even RESPECT (cue T Blair) Possibly age as well TBH sometimes the grinding idiocy and/or immaturity of some of our fellow posters gets me down I blame Souness really 79330[/snapback] Jesus Christ, even by your standards that was unbelievably pompous. Know-it-all arsehole. 79332[/snapback]

He is currently on a free transfer, do you want his telephone number... 79344[/snapback] I bet you've got it Haven't you? 79347[/snapback] It's on his website...

He is currently on a free transfer, do you want his telephone number...

I think even more significant are the stats when you compare the matches with and without Michael Owen: 6 points from a possible 33 when Owen wasn't playing. 20 points from a possible 30 when Owen was playing. There wasn't a huge difference in performances, because Newcastle were playing shite in all games so far. So we are in fact relying on the goal poaching abilities of one single player....

Hmm, I thinks it's much cheaper to sack the ONE person that is responsible for the dilemma...

PMS?

Well, he can come if he is paying to play for the privilege to play under the great Graeme Souness.

The thing is that of course injuries are taking their toll. But Souness can't cope with a situation like this. From the names Souness was still able to send out a good squad yesterday. But the tactical ignorance of Souness is taking its toll, too. Again he attempted to frustrate the oposition in the first half with a ultra-negative 4-5-1 formation with Luque on the wing. During the first half yesterday (when I was absolutel bored) I stumbled about a thread on a Blackburn forum... http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php?showtopic=5958

Cheers mate, anyone know what i nwould amend it to 79281[/snapback] As it is your PC why don't try: value:key=Software\value=anythingbutpaki

"Hey, I am a rich Arab and have a bomb round my wrist. Please feel free to answer the following questions."

Ha ha! Boro and Sunderland both getting relegated (along with Brum) could be some compensation for this miserable seaon I suppose. 79172[/snapback] Good that at least someone getting a bit of schadenfreude out of it... 79173[/snapback] Schadenfreude is my middle name in times like these. 79177[/snapback] The thing is I look at the table and wonder where we would be if Michael Owen hadn't won us the games against the likes of Man City, West Brom and West Ham...

Ha ha! Boro and Sunderland both getting relegated (along with Brum) could be some compensation for this miserable seaon I suppose. 79172[/snapback] Good that at least someone getting a bit of schadenfreude out of it...

So I am waiting for plan B now...

I don't want the likes of McLaren and Bruce getting sacked...