Christmas Tree

Strange but true. The more pessimism like this I see, the quicker it helps my eternal optimism bubble back to the surface. 6 months ago we brought two great quality players in. Even the great Man U lost Teves and Ronaldo All clubs lose big players. Unfortunately this is part and parcel of modern football. And remember, over 50% of this forum think we were right to take the money. (not me btw). Chin up and get a happy avatar man.

I bet you were looking for scampi. Rack of lamb, Dover Sole, Fillet steak at a push....

Went to a fabulous restaurant in Brugges where they cooked huge steaks and racks of ribs on an open wood grill in the restaurant. Is there nowt like that in Newcastle.

MAINS (v) Stilton & spinach tart, bitter leaves, honey & pine nut dressing £9 North Sea haddock & mussel chowder, Carroll’s Heritage Yukon Gold potatoes £14 Sea Bass, crab & potato cake, spinach, vanilla butter sauce £15 Roast chicken (breast & boned leg), duck fat potatoes, braised Savoy, peppercorn sauce £16 County Durham pork belly, apple & celeriac dumplings, crackling, sautéed sprouts £16 Slow-braised Northumbrian beef, oxtail & horseradish wellington, root vegetables £17 Roast red-legged partridge, parsnip purée, buttered game stock potatoes, redcurrant jus £18 North Sea halibut, spelt risotto, sautéed artichokes, smoked chicken wing, spinach £19 Hadrian Heritage Ribeye steak, bone marrow butter, roast tomatoes, hand-cut chips £21 Cant say Im greatly thrilled with the Mains.

How many optimists does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. They're convinced that the power will come back on soon.

Pictures always help. Have you not seen spaghetti before? http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chef...te-ganache-meal Spaghetti with Tuna Nope.

Improving. Not yet a but certainly a

Thanks boys.

Hope Best scores a fucking hat trick as we beat them 3-1 again at their place.

What was the name of that restaurant in Newcastle that Stevie was raving about last week? Cant remember what thread it was in. cheers

Cunt

itv player lads, itv player.

Pictures always help.

My moneys on never but really hope I'm wrong In fairness his hat trick was well taken and his fitness will be improving with every game. Being able to finish is one thing and being fit enough to get into positions is another. Having creative people around should also help.

For those of you not fed up with this story already, sky have video interview with Pardew here. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_6716633,00.html Body language experts can feast over every move. He starts / or the video is edited to start.....from a point where he is scratching his nose. Classic lying body language or an itchy nose.

At least someones got a canny pairing up front.

Best should be fired up to hell and back. No Carroll coming back, getting fitter all the time and some great players around and coming in to set the goals up. Now or never for you lad.

I actually missed it last night. That blame lies firmly at the feet of NUFC, Carroll and LFC. Bastards. Hope the big guy, CT's mate's still there. Aye, he's still there. The ginga one went. Champion, don't think my life could've dealt with losing Carroll and the big guy in one night. Whaaaat, 4 udders left the building? Disgraceful. She was a powerhouse, a workhorse and surely better than Kenan and Kel the twins. (I appreciate you might'nt know who K & K are) She lost the most weight last night. There was hell on because quite a few of them lost nowt. Doing the exercises but lots of scoffing. Lots of scoffing? How? Don't they have set meals? I can honestly see either Mark the Big Lad or the young kid winning it. How did they get on with going to Twickenham? Anyway yee, what's gan on with your diet and WW? Did you turn up last night or too traumatised from the events to attend? Another week to reach a higher weight for achieving star of the week once intigrated into the WW regime haha. Meeting was due to start at 6pm and I was too far into the cans and depression by that point. Out for a slap up tonight to re-discover my optimism, then out for the match tomorrow night. Like the last fag before quitting, the last few days before dieting are orgasmic. Obviously it would also be self defeating to continue with the treadmill while the snout is in the trough. Happy Days.....and coming soon to Biggest Loser 9

Texas Toon Needs to sort the moobs out.

Found a list of player stats here for those who like a dabble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newca...ed_F.C._players

Mark McGhee was fucking great, I loved McGhee me like. Peter Withe was well before my time, but I've always understood he was a bit of a crowd favourite? He left us and won the European Cup with Villa so he can't have been too shite. Player Goals per game Withe 32% Shoulder 32% McGhee 32% Mick Quinn 70%

Footballers are all used to this sort of thing and nearly all (shola ) have been there and done it themselves.

Peter Withe, Alan Shoulder ffs, Mark Mghee

Think my european place prediction looks a tad tougher today.