McFaul

looks like he's constipated. Lot of doom and gloom around at the minute. People need to chill, we can't surely be as bad as last season.

Irrespective of other teams having a mare, we finished with 65 points which is more than Everton ever have, and more than Liverpool have for 5 years, so they'd have both had to have outstanding seasons to better us anyway. We'll sign a proper striker I'm sure, Ashley isn't daft especially the amount of money involved next season, the most ever.

I honestly agree, there's fuck all in the league. The blue dippers are finished, I'm telling you that now. Ant we had the same negativity two seasons ago, NUFC are a club that shock you, I'm sticking my neck out and saying 6th and I'll still hate Ashley in May.

She looks like Harry Seycombe, god rest is sowwww

Every July I've done this since I've been on here, and lets be honest, the last 2 seasons I said 6th and we came 5th, and 12th and was closest when we came 16th. Based on fuck all but intuition here's what I think the crack will be next season. 1 Man Utd 2 Chelsea 3 Man City 4 Tottenham 5 Arsenal 6 Newcastle 7 Liverpool 8 West Ham 9 Aston Villa 10 Swansea 11 Sunderland 12 Everton 13 WBA 14 Fulham 15 Southampton 16 Norwich 17 Stoke 18 Cardiff 19 Hull 20 Palace FA Cup Man City League Cup Tottenham CL FC Bayern EL Tottenham Lets be honest that 2011/2012 everyone went to the first few games thinking it would be a relegation battle, but a little bit of momentum and the next thing you know we had 25 points from a possible 33. I think it'll be similar, Pardew has no European excuses, and hopefully fatty will do something positive in terms of signings. I think 6th, outside the top 5 teams there's fuck all in this league, especially Liverpool, Suarez is half that team and he'll be away.

Does anyone definitively know how old this bloke Ryder is?

Nar he's a fuckin wrongun!!! Hehe. Tbf I looked so young then I looked more like I'd be the victim of a nonce.

Nar she let the team doon in more ways than one. She was canny though, they all were, was mint meeting Kat Deeley as well that neet, what a canny lass.

Aye the one with the braids, the very dirtiest of lasses, she was from The Gorbels in Glasgow.

13 and a half years ago that, amazing how quickly life passes like, I'll be fuckin 48 in the same time period oh dear.

Aye not like yee to freeze the least flattering image like.

Seems like yesterday this

Shearer showing him how to write an article. Spot on this.... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4976231/Joe-Kinnear-if-you-were-manager-would-you-stand-for-this.html WHERE do we start? What I do know is that right now people are laughing at the football club I support. And that sickens me. I promised myself years ago never to be surprised by what happens in football — particularly when it comes to Newcastle. But this situation really is stretching it a bit. While other clubs are all plotting and planning for next season, Newcastle have a manager who has just been totally undermined. Alan Pardew has said he will carry on but I am sure it will be a difficult situation. I ask one question of Joe Kinnear: Would you stand for it, if you were manager? Someone else coming out in the national media announcing they are the Director of Football before even the club have made it official. Someone else basically taking control of who comes in and who goes out. As for that announcement, what are the players to think when he can’t even get their names right. It’s all a PR disaster. Also, it’s no way to treat a man who 12 months ago was enjoying the fact he had been voted Manager of the Year for guiding Newcastle to fifth place in the Premier League. His silence on the appointment of Kinnear himself over recent days said it all. But what could he say? He is in such an intolerable position. He can’t come out and slaughter his employers but at the same time he can’t agree with a situation which no manager would find comfortable. Take this for a statement from then managing director Derek Llambias, or ‘Director of Football Derek Lambayzee’ if you prefer. He said: “Joe will report directly to the club’s board as the senior executive in charge of all football related matters. “Chief Scout Graham Carr and manager Alan Pardew will report into Joe.” Pardew cannot stand for that, he was even named third in the statement when he should be the MOST important person on the staff. As it is, the man who issued that statement resigned yesterday. Clearly Llambias was too unhappy at what was going on. Why else would he go? I have another issue with Kinnear. Over the last few days he has banged on about how Newcastle would never have gone down had he not had his health problems and stayed on in the job to the end of the 2008-09 season. The implication being that it was first Chris Hughton and then my fault for the club being relegated. I had eight games as manager at the end of the season, won one, drew two and lost the rest. So, yes, I take my share of responsibility. But Kinnear had 19 league games in charge that season and won just four, taking 20 points. Indeed, before he was admitted to hospital with heart problems ahead of the West Brom away win on February 7, Newcastle had taken just two points from their previous 18. Chris Hughton could not arrest the slide in his brief role as caretaker, and nor could I. Given the downtrodden, disjointed group of players I took on, it would have been something special if I had. So it’s about time Kinnear took some responsibility for what happened as well. It was a real eye-opener when I did take charge for those final games. The team wasn’t just a mess, the club was a mess. Now I can’t say I know Mike Ashley well at all. But he just keeps making too many decisions that are alienating the Newcastle fans, including the one that saw him even briefly rename St James’ Park. After last season the club had the perfect opportunity to strengthen the side but it didn’t happen. And with the extra burden of the Europa League, Newcastle struggled. Pardew did not become a bad manager overnight but he needs support this summer, not the rug pulled from under him. I hope it all works out, I really do. Kinnear has a good football background — if not quite the one he would have us think after that questionable interview. Who knows, he may turn out to be the best director of football this country has ever had. But, you know what? I just have this sneaking feeling that it will not all go quite to plan. And who is left picking up the pieces again? Yes, the loyal fans. Kinnear says they are Geordies who just want Geordies in charge. What? Like Doncaster-born Kevin Keegan? Kinnear has made it very difficult for himself with his public pronouncements from the start. Right now the club is once again approaching a new season from a position of instability. But still the fans will come. Still they will give their support. Those 52,000 who turn up at the ground and the many more who remain loyal to the club. Their patience is tested time and again. They will not go away but they deserve better — much better. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4976231/Joe-Kinnear-if-you-were-manager-would-you-stand-for-this.html#ixzz2Wqd0BVgw

Borderline astonishing is what it is. I always though as a bairn journalists were people to be respected. How can you respect someone who drinks 5 cans of special brew every night. Some explain how you can, and I'll try.

"There have been suggestions that Ashley wasn’t happy with Newcastle’s overall performance last season." A great mind of our time at work there. I'd be on all day taking the piss out of this if I got started, judge for yourselves.

He falls short of any benchmark you care to mention.

One of Ryder's exclusives yesterday was he had it on good authority Llambias "would be there for the long haul", 20 minutes after it was published he'd resigned. Makes Oliver look like Henry Winter, truly he does. Maybe its an attempt by the Chronicle for the longest April fools in history.

:lol :lol:

You shouldn't wish death on anyone, but I'm coming close to it here. Absolute bastard. The whole thing is a wind up, he is scum, I will cheer if his helicopter falls out of the sky, very loudly.

Freddy Shepherd seen driving down Barrack Road.

fuck it

He can FRO anyway, miserable cunt bringing the atmosphere of this place down with great regularity. If there was odds on people topping themselves who post on here in the next 5 years, he'd be 20/1 favourite imo.

Even battered wives need a shag though, and we keep going because the sex is great sometimes, or you can be tied up and burnt with cigarette ends like we were against the mackems and Liverpool this season.

Dementia too it seems..... Paul McCarthy ‏@PaulMcCarthy66 3h Joe Kinnear claims he's won Manager of the Year three times. Hmmm, might want to check the record books on that one.