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Paddy Power are quoting 12/1 now

My 25/1 relegation bet still looks like good value then

Thank you Bobby for so many superb memories of a game you were so passionate about. I should stop reading the tributes, the first and last time Alex Ferguson's words will leave me in tears. "for me, he was the special one." Well said Sven.

01 Aug 2009 - English Championship - Relegation - Relegation Newcastle @ 25/1 Stake : £40.00 Estimated Returns : £ 1040.00

25/1 relegation odds. Very long for a club that is obviously rotting slowly. Worth a punt.

It has links with existing football businesses, including a current Premier League club. Surely there is a conflict of interests here?

Relegation odds are 11/1 for next season. Thats a really good return. Perhaps Ashley is running some secret betting consortium from the Cayman Islands?

It really comes down to how much debt the club is actually in. If as said above Ashley is willing to write off the 100mil loan then a club with a 52k seater stadium seems a bargain for 80mil. But it's not that simple is it?

Our odds on going down have now reached the stage where the arthimitec is difficult. Time for an interim, interim manager? oh dear

Thanks for that Craig It's still totally incomprehensible stuff. At least the dickheads involved football at the moment aren't accountable for manslaughter.

Compared to Mark Hughes and Roy Keane he is doing a great job.

Can I ask, has there actually been any dialogue between the NUSC and the club? Can you let me know what was the outcome of the proposals of the 29/10 meeting where you were trying to open a dialogue with Mike Ashley? Where are the minutes for the meeting where it was discussed that this sort of statement was to be issued. With VOTE - Motion Carried?

Klinsmann: diving, cheating wanker and finance guru

I think our signings during the summer where some of the most positive in recent history. It just imploded with the ridiculous wow signing pledge, and obviously Keegan walking. The fact is if Keegan was on board at the moment we would be skirting the Uefa cup spots. I thought Ashley has rid himself of this worry by putting the club up for sale! If the club is actually going to be sold it matters little to Ashley surely what the payroll looks like. If he can't find a buyer why would he risk selling key players for the sake of 20-30 million when relegation would wipe far far more off that...

"I would be delighted if he wanted to come here two days a week and see for himself what football is all about." I think Joe that Shearer might have some idea what football is about. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...ted/7742265.stm

95. Kaka (AM, Sao Paulo)

Hugo Viana surely?

Wow, Joe Kinnear has earnt his salary now. Really crucial result and a storming 2nd half performance. I would not have liked to referee that game btw, and yes steve bennett is a wanker

Colocinni has looked far from commanding. Blocking off the supply and forcing play through the middle is more than half the battle surely.

He's actually in pretty good shape at the moment, compared to that picture He was playing in a Masters type tournament the other day, crying when he had to go off with an injury! The man is fucked in the head. Despite the coke addiction he is waaay too partisan, they could easily end up with a Boca / River argument that will potentially blow their already sinking World Cup bid out of the water. As said above his managerial record is far from convincing. Wierd decision and not particularly well recieved here (outside of the Boca, mullet sporting contigent). I will be very pissed off if Argentina don't make it to the next world cup, which is a real possibility.

Actually seeing Andy Caroll shaking the hand of Robinho at the end hammered home that we should be pleased with the point. On a side note if Joe Kinnear can get Ameobi to play like that every week I will rate him the best manager to grace this club since SBR!!!

Haven't you had enough luck Mark Hughes? Poached from the shit hole that is Blackburn to a side swimming in cash. At worst you can fail and be on your way with a fat redundancy cheque. What a wanker. I hate the English football more and more every day.

"My meeting with Kevin went very well," Cleland said. "I am hugely impressed with him and I got the sense there is a good chemistry between us and there is a strong mutual interest in working together. "He is our preferred option, but we can't make any concrete decisions on the management position until negotiations on our planned takeover are further advanced "I think he understands and supports our concept of developing the club organically." So even direct "quotes" mean bugger all now. When is this crap going to end???

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/cou...stment&pg=6 In spite of its oil wealth, Nigeria is not a rich country. Its Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is $640, lower than the average for sub-Saharan Africa. Fifty-two per cent of the population - over 70 million people - live on less than $1 a day. Its very large population, together with endemic corruption, long periods of military misrule and the long-term mismanagement of resources has meant that Nigeria's socio-economic indicators are very low. Nigeria ranked 158 (out of 177) in the Human Development Report for 2007/8, again lower than the average for sub-Saharan Africa. football is becoming more morally bankrupt by the day