Christmas Tree

He's here, he's there, he's every fucking where.....Ji Dong Won, Ji Dong Won.

Just been to the local shop for a nice packet of Richmond irish recipe sausages. Just fancy a good old sausage sarnie with tomato sauce to start the day.

Can't see Ashley touching this with a barge pole. A new loan deal or look elsewhere.

Video of contestants here http://www.heatworld.com/Entertainment/TV/...-Geordie-Shore/

Esland went on to say....... "In the next few days the Club will be announcing a 'money-can't buy' prize competition for Club members to enter. It really will be a once in a lifetime experience for the winner and all we can say at the moment is that you will need to be free in July to enjoy it"! ????? Trip with the team to USA or a five year contract to play up front? http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110427/un...2281670_2347849

Injured again according to twitter. This time for the season with an ankle injury. Hope we can set up another loan deal rather than a purchase. (if at all)

:lol: :razz: :D :D :D :D What a knob.

Horrible horrible woman

Don't quite understand. You've paid three years up front and got a further 10? But sury your deal must be frozen as well?

I've renewed without taking the 10 year deal. Isn't it just the same price? And if so, what is the benefit in not taking it?

Good to hear but can't understand the 10% to have renewed but not taken up the 10 year deal!!

Burridge?

If only running a premier league football club was the same as paying slave wages to 12 year olds in the philipines. If you think sports retailing is so easy you had betterexplain to JJB where they went wrong. And if you think Sports Direct is one of Britain's most successful businesses then you'd be utterly wrong Try Vodaphone, BP, GSK, HSBC etc. I've worked on bigger products than Sports Direct. Its a chain of tatty corner shops, not a flagship of British industry. Steady on old chap! SD is still a very successful retail operation that is totally bucking the trend in the UK at the moment. He has also been very shrewd over the years at buying once famous brands and exploiting their worth. Not BP but a bit of credit where credits due.

Agree with most of that. At the stage we are now, my expectations for the summer are finding 3 or 4 players who will walk straight into the team. Granted they may not be world beaters, but they will be vast improvements on the likes of Shola, Best and Lovenkrands. Our cup is currently running over in midfield and in goal so a decent enough left back comes next. I don't think (with the money at our disposal), the above should be too much of a challenge.

On the other hand they sacked Hughton who was performing above expectations, replaced him with someone that's performed no better, sold our best player, got into a slagging match with Shearer, failed to sell ANY of the advertising space they claim to just be showcasing with Sports Drect, moved thousands of fans who didn't want to move, jeopardised the atmosphere in the ground going forward, screwed up the renewals process so badly no-one even has a clue if they've received our applications or not and announced massive losses in their accounts. Is my glass half empty? Yes

PMT Gemmil?

GDP figures for the first quarter of this year due out in 15 mins. Will Osbourne have reversed the minus growth? Will it be time for a new chancellor?

and then you said this. Okay, you use the word 'expectations' in 2 different ways, I can see that. But regarding the use of the word 'expectations' in the FIRST way, what should our expectations be? We should expect to challenge for Europe. We should expect to challenge for the two domestic cups. We should expect to fight to keep our best players and to sign players that demonstrate an ambition to improve. None of this is rocket science. As none of the above has happened regularly in yours, your parents or your grand parents lifetime, why should we expect it?

Apart from some more dramatic tones, that's not a bad appraisal. Some fans realise that success at Newcastle is a very rare commodity and has been for the main in 70 years. Our ride under KK was a blip not the norm. Those who see it as the norm or "our right" or however you want to describe it, are the ones who will constantly have this negative outlook. Those who accept it was indeed a blip can more easily return to being an also ran yet still get enjoyment out of following Newcastle. Unless the new financial regulations have a big impact (which I think they may) or a sheik buys us out, then there is no prospect us really competing with the Top four anytime soon. I would also note that my outlook A is a 12 month outlook and I do expect us to start next year stronger than this and perform better than this. Newcastle fans should know better than most that it is all about the "team", not individual stars. So how is any of that A grade. You're predicting a C grade future and ranking it as A grade. I suppose my scale was like this.... D = relegation C = relegation scrap B = mid table mediocrity A = notable improvement all round from this year.

Both correct IMHO Sometimes it's better just to say nothing at all Craig

Apart from some more dramatic tones, that's not a bad appraisal. Some fans realise that success at Newcastle is a very rare commodity and has been for the main in 70 years. Our ride under KK was a blip not the norm. Those who see it as the norm or "our right" or however you want to describe it, are the ones who will constantly have this negative outlook. Those who accept it was indeed a blip can more easily return to being an also ran yet still get enjoyment out of following Newcastle. Unless the new financial regulations have a big impact (which I think they may) or a sheik buys us out, then there is no prospect us really competing with the Top four anytime soon. I would also note that my outlook A is a 12 month outlook and I do expect us to start next year stronger than this and perform better than this. Newcastle fans should know better than most that it is all about the "team", not individual stars.

I predicted promotion from the championship, you predicted relegation. I predicted a good first season back, you predicted relegation. I am predicting a good season next year, you are again predicting relegation (or a scrap at least). "history" with regards to predictions, is on my side. The rumblings I think are all in your head.

Who gives a fuck what Freddy Shepherd has to say these days. Nothing will ever change in my mind that when Sir John was involved, we looked like a real force going somewhere. When he took a back seat and Freddy was left in sole charge we were all fur coat no knickers. As someone has pointed out, SJH eventually saw it was only going one way (administration) and got out pdq. Hindsights very easy but investing in a proper football administrator in the mid 90's may have saved the rot. In the end, shepherd was lime one of these blokes who loses his job yet pretends to go to work every day letting the wife dwindle away the savings and getting further into debt to "keep living the lifestyle".

Most of "you" expected no promotion from the championship and intact expected relegation. Once promoted, most of "you" expected another relegation. (if memory serves me right, you were still predicting our relegation in December)! My outlook is deserved optimism based on the progress made over the last two years since relegation. Yours is based on rampant negativity based on nothing more than your negative outlook on all things toon related. We are in a far stronger position than most clubs outside of the top six and have funds available to strengthen. hanging on to Enrique appears out of the clubs hands, however the loss of Enrique will not make or break next season by any stretch of imagination. You need to take some happy pills.