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But that is what has been happening since relegation and is continuing to happen. it won't continue. It never does. You have one or two odd seasons flirting near the top at best then sink back again. You need top quality players to get there, and to stay there. Like it or not, they cost the big bucks. What I don't quite get is the people who don't seem to understand NUFC are a top club, not a 2nd rate club, so why do they sell it short ? Love to hear your explaination of the difference between the two (league positions btw, not crowds etc). The truth is we are neither a top club or 2nd rate, we are A club in the premiership. Most of my lifetime we have been a fairly average club whether in the first or second division. 50 or so years without a domestic trophy should tell you all you need to know about whether we are a top club. Sure we had a nice little run under Keegan but still won nowt. Im sure you will agree "Top Clubs" win things. Rather than building on Keegans foundations the rot set in and we are now a million miles away from a top four club. We have being doing well for 18 months, have a team playing some decent football, possibly a promising young manager and have just give our local rivals the biggest derby walloping in premiership history. Im a happy chappy....You just keep talking us down.

Post the link -I fancy reading it, but NO makes my brain bleed + 1

The problem is everyone is trying to save money so shortcuts will be getting taken and airlines will be trying to extend the life os servicable parts. Add this to all the terrorists trying to blow the fuckers up and its not really a pleasant experience anymore. Take the boat instead

No Survivors After Plane Crashes In Cuba http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-New...ng_No_Survivors Oh Bugger!

But that is what has been happening since relegation and is continuing to happen.

Enrique didnt leave when we went down and not every player can joing the top four. It is simply foolish to think that you can buy overnight success these days. I would much rather keep adding several good players and get better that way. Ben Arfa is not the messiah. Had he still being fit who knows what might have happened on Sunday. Would Barton have been on the right or Jonas. Would have been a completely different set up and not neccesarily better. We've all seen these players come who have glimpses of brilliance but long periods of nowtness. Overall though I am heartened that we have someone at the club who is managing to un-earth these gems. Dont know who it is but long may it continue. It is only last season that Enrique settled down and made the big impact that he has made. But when it comes down to it, the players inside the club know if they are playing for a progressive club or not.This is mainly determined by the quality of footballer they see brought into the dressing room and the team to play alongside them. On that note then they will all have enjoyed seeing the quality additions that have come in of recent. Its also about Club spirit and whether they enjoy their job. It goes without saying that very few clubs have the sort of spirit going that we have at the moment. Its also worth notoing the lack of players whispering in a journos ear about being unhappy about this or that. It tells you a lot. I'm afraid the likes of Leon Best, Wayne Routledge, James Perch, to go with loan signings, over the top 35 year olds, and crocked kids who can't even get into Evertons team will answer any thoughts they may have. This is quite simply a few "bargains" too many. The ambitious clubs buy top players and pay the going rate for wages etc. They will see this, and the attraction is obvious. Very few clubs can afford the "top players" and that is just a fact of life. Even if you are not a mega rich club you can still be ambitious and I have no doubt that everyone at NUFC is ambitious. The only difference is the way you fulfill that ambition. Following relegation, Im pretty happy with the way we have recovered, the type of players that have come in, the manager and more importantly the attitude of the players which probably hasnt been their since the early Keegan days. As for Hughton, he is managing the club with his hands tied, just like people in the past such as Arthur Cox, Gordon Lee, Bill McGarry, Jim Smith, Ossie Ardiles....the list goes on. He will make some good buys but most will not be of the standard you should be demanding at a club like NUFC. The end result is sadly that the manager is sacked, because he can't build a top premiership team on the cheap like this. It's impossible. Accept this is the case. Hughton will leave Newcastle either because he is a success operating on a shoestring and will go when someone tempts him to a better club ie Wigan, or because he can't achieve the impossible. Ofcourse he is trying to do it on a shoestring and we all know the history of why that is. That doesnt take away from the fact that he is doing it and he is doing it in a style that I find appealing. After relegation I thought I would find it hard to get excited again however the togetherness, style of play and form of players like Barton, Tiote, Nolan etc has got me excited and really enjoying it again. I think the future looks very bright for us. Some more of the dead wood on scandalous wages will dissappear very soon and survival this year will give us a very good financial base for going forward. More of the same from Hughton and the scouting team and I will be very happy. I think ambition is aplenty at St. James.

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Enrique didnt leave when we went down and not every player can joing the top four. It is simply foolish to think that you can buy overnight success these days. I would much rather keep adding several good players and get better that way. Ben Arfa is not the messiah. Had he still being fit who knows what might have happened on Sunday. Would Barton have been on the right or Jonas. Would have been a completely different set up and not neccesarily better. We've all seen these players come who have glimpses of brilliance but long periods of nowtness. Overall though I am heartened that we have someone at the club who is managing to un-earth these gems. Dont know who it is but long may it continue.

Can understand where you are coming from but the lad just doesnt seem to have the bottle, heart etc in that area of the pitch. Unfortunately think the championship is his level.

Just been having a nosey at the current squad and think quite a few prem teams would be quite envious (Putting aside champ league teams). A few of these like Smith are at the end of contracts this year and will no doubt be shipped on, but as long as we can keep finding players like Tiote, Ben Arfa, etc and adding a few each window then I think we are on the way to being a decent top half team pretty soon (if not this year). The gaping hole ofcourse is the striking department which is probably as barren as its been for some time. Carrols a decent prospect but shouldnt be trying to carry the burden as the main striker. An injury to Nolan at the moment would be devistating for us. Goal Keepers Steve Harper -- Tim Krul -- Fraser Forster -- Ole Soderberg Defenders Fabricio Coloccini -- Jose Enrique -- Sol Campbell -- Mike Williamson -- Danny Simpson -- James Perch -- Ryan Taylor -- Steven Taylor -- Tamas Kadar -- James Tavernier Midfielders Kevin Nolan -- Joey Barton -- Danny Guthrie -- Wayne Routledge -- Dan Gosling -- Alan Smith -- Jonas Gutierrez -- Cheik Tiote -- Kazenga Lua Lua -- Haris Vuckic -- Shane Ferguson -- Ryan Donaldson -- Hatem Ben Arfa -- Bradden Inman Strikers Abdrew Carrol -- Peter Lovenkrands -- Xisco -- Leon Best -- Shola Ameobi -- Nile Ranger

Jeremy Kyle goes Toontastic. Great stuff!

Another famous 3-1 to us on the cards.

So assuming time travel is possible, what five events in time would you visit? Without a great deal of thought I would go for.... Being in the crowd at one of our F A Cup triumphs A ringside seat watching me lose my cherry (just to give myself a knowing smile) Saturday gone to bet the house on 5-1 Back to Age 11 to put myself straight on the big wide world The birth of Hitler, Ashley or Katie Price......Cant decide which one

Old but apt

inception. Half way through and have really lost the will to live. Will stick with it but so far it gets a 4/10

Wall street, money never sleeps. 4/10 utter cack.

Dont know what you are doing wrong but I just checked them and they are still working fine. http://www.rojadirecta.org/goto/www.filese...om/file/hm2VX4X http://www.rojadirecta.org/goto/www.filese...om/file/f3xYAEr

Fellow time travellers

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Be interesting to know which club currently has the formula that we believe is right for us. Putting asisde Man Utd or an arabian shiek, what is the next best realistic club that we could be like. Shepherd struck lucky as well by being in the right place at the right time and although the ride was good, we won nowt, ended up massively in debt with a squad full of wankers on silly money. At the very least we should have been left with a solid foundation of a club to build on. What our club is crying out for is an excellent football administrator at the top who can guide Ashley in the right direction.

Classed as a midfielder but seems to be finding success playing on the right wing ala Barton.