OTF

Even if you can't see his direct value to the side I'd not sell Jonas. He forms part of the Spanish speaking connection along with Coloccini and our strongest player Enrique. Selling him could very well upset that balance, not something we want to do recklessly after building it over the last season. Otherwise the other movements are all acceptable if superior players are bought. That's the one thing we're all having problems beleiving with the current owner. Forgetting the mistakes that ultimately lead to our premier league demise largely the right moves have been made in terms of the player market. The off-season will be the real test, one that will ultimately signal the intentions of he owner. If he hasn't learnt a lesson from his lack of investment in the past then he's clearly got no hope.

Can't wait for this. I'd imagine the atmosphere will be cracking and will help in getting our players performing at their best. It will be interesting to see who Chris prefers out of Shola and Carroll if Andy is fit. Hopefully he doesn't try to play them together at the expense of Lovenkrands.

Amen.

Team spirit is piss easy when you're more or less playing vastly inferior teams each week and as a result you're winning most of your matches. The leadership of same players next season (minus Butt who surely won't be here) will disappear in a flash if the going gets tough. If they had that within the team last season then the team would not have been relegated. I can appreciate any positive effect that they may have had at various times throughout the season, but on the whole this thread is a joke. Butt and Smith had nought choice but to stay and play if thy wanted to collect their inflated wages. If they're going to have to be here anyway it's in their best interests to have an enjoyable atmosphere at the club. To think that they were Doug it for anything more than their own damaged sense of pride is naive.

I honestly don't give a toss what you think about me, but if you're stupid enough to think that the English league would be as strong as it is without foreign money then good luck to you. Try to offer something constructive in your posts for a change, and who knows you might change the common perception you've built for yourself. That's the end of my comments on this, but if it makes you feel any better feel free to be as racist and xenophobic as you like In your response.

It really has been a classic fall from grace within the context of this season for Leeds. They'd want to arrest the slide quick smart if they want to do anymore than go out of the playoffs without a whimper.

How predictable do you want to be? Take a look at the revenue streams from the top clubs and see how much of he money comes from foreign soil. Might be a bit of a wake up call to you, you xenophobe. I don't have to justify myself to you but for three seasons prior to the current one in the premier league I've seen just about every single Newcastle United premierleague match (honestly would have not seen less that 5 over that time). Before it was possible to watch so many of our matches over here I watched all of the televised ones. Of course I appreciate that I may not have the same understanding of the area and even the history of the side what I have is a very firm grip of the current fortunes of the club both off and on the pitch. The money I pay for subscription TV forms part of the TV rights money afforded Premierleague and even championship sides. The money I've spent on countless DVDs, scarves, jerseys, beanies, flags etc in part would all made it's way back to the club. All you do is make pointless smart arsed remarks about the club and harp back to previous regimes that bear no relevance to the game today. So, as I was saying if you have nothing constructive to say, shut the fuck up. I know that a certain level

I hope you come to realise how naive and gullible you're being. If Butt had any real concern for the clubs welfare he would have paid back his wages from last season and pissed off this season. Smith should be on wages at most 1/3 of what he is currently getting.

it's easy isn't it ? Keep the books right, no matter what, as Pud says, sell some of our best players and replace them with inferior cheaper quality and make a profit. And get relegated. So you quite plainly don't have an answer. Then here's some advice - shut the fuck up until you have something constuctive to say.

You could make a case for Harper based on loyalty, on Smith based on tenacity in the first half of the season and on Nolan based on his important goals, but with Butt you've got nothing. At a pinch you could say his best contribution was filling the bench because it meant he wasn't on the pitch. This thread has the strench of a wum.

Leazes, I'm keen to hear what you think should be done with the club now. Specifically what should be done, what money should be spent and how the money spent should be funded (ie. How could he hit of he temporary debt be structured so that in the years to come it will be manageable). I really look forward to your response.

Forgot Lovenkrands in the goal scoring stakes, but no doubt he's already been told.

...and he's Joeys mum

And even if he did it wouldn't be possible unless he was replacing highly paid dross with lower paid dross. Wait a minute... have I just stumbled across Ashley's 'master' plan...

Billy Davies was more than a little contradictory in what he said. On one hand he was saying how we're positioned much better than any other club to have been promoted, then on the other suggests we'll need to spend £60m (not clear whether he meant just to survive). To clear it up he said 40 in the summer and 20 in January. Perhaps he was just imagining himself in the same position and making a suggestion about how much he would want to spend.

His statistics for the current season don't exactly make pretty reading. 23 games 3 goals 0 assists Lists him as a midfielder, though I think he's a midfield/shadow striker. Don't see any reason to be excited about signing him, much less about some rumour about signing him down the track. The age and the fact that he will be available for nothing unfortunately fits. One thing that is more promising is his previous statistics: 07-08 -> 24 starts 16 subs 8 goals 3 assists 08-09 -> 24 starts 8 subs 7 goals 6 assists But lets not forget that we already have Xisco who by comparison has put out these numbers for Racing Santander who are lower on the table than Getafe. 13 starts 16 subs 5 goals 1 assist.

Yeah, I think if he doesn't go to Real Madrid he's in with a chance of going to Man City assuming they don't finish 4th (which will be the end of Mancini).

That's shit reporting more than anything. Leazes, are you going to answer my question from earlier in the thread?

WTF Jonas? Feeding the Bull?

Chris should be targeting 100 points.

I don't think it looked too bad*. I suspect though that he will be rested on the weekend and Gola will be played instead. * - Said with as much medical conviction as Dr Leo Spaceman

Is there a better picture of that stacks-on goal celebration? Absolute classic.

indeed. Without it, why bother ? Leazes, I've just appointed you Director Of Football & Chief Executive of Ambition. You're in charge of the direction of the club from here on, what do you do? Genuinely interested in your answer. Try to be specific.

Yeah, Guthrie didn't create a great deal but I though he did a very good job of breaking up their play in the midfield, as well as being solid in posession. Free-kicks and corners were nothing to write home about, though he did hit one sweetly. On the whole everyone in the side did their job.

When they cut to Mike Ashley celebrating in the stands I initially thought, good on him. That feeling quickly went when he turned towards Llambias and continued celebrating. Despisable bastard LLambias is. Infuriating just to look at. At once he looks like someone who would pinch money from your bank account and diddle kids, all with a smile on his face. Anyway. Not even he can rain on my parade today. :angry: