Dogmatix

Fixed Your Post Thanks I thought it was 'F You Pal'

Please excuse my stupidity ,what does FYP mean?

Rather be a hammer than a nail

What do you think your own web sites were calling for soft lad ???

I hope you're right about the incoming,but I don't think Sam will be able to pick up players as cheaply as with Bolton.Other clubs know our situation ,and will want to milk it if possible.Players on frees can demand large signing on fees. If Ashley takes over other clubs will treat us like a money pit But whatever happens I hope it happens soon-my nerves are in tatters already

I think it would be true to say that a lot of us had good whinge over the cash that Abromovich has poured into Chelsea.You know,unearned cash upsetting the balance of the league,that sort of thing. Will we all be singing a different tune if Ashleys'cash starts rolling in?

Oh Happy Day

NUFC shares have been rising for weeks now. We'll soon find out if it has been 'friends' of Ashley(please God)or 'friends ' of FFS

Great player, but I agree. Must have started to score while still in the womb, even for a great player thats not easy

According to OPTA Parker put in more tackles last season than anyone else in the league

.Com listed our managers from 1962 it totalled 15. The rest of the country seems to think we,as a club,fire and hire at the drop of a point. Looking to draw a comparison I checked out the mackems. They've had 20 managers over the same period and 6 caretakers. It would appear that we are not worst at the 'select a new manager game',i can't be arsed to check them all out but I wonder if any club has had more than that?

Wasn't Shepherd completely unaware of Bobby until he came out in the press and stated his interest in the job? Very true - I'd forgotten about that too. Something I do remember was when we were trying to replace Keegan. SJH wanted Bobby and made no secret of the fact when it was quite clear that Fred & Doug wanted Dalglish and they got their way. How different would it have been had it been down to Sir John? Yes you're right but Sir John didn't want Keegan in the first place,that was down to Doug and Freddie Fletcher.They persuaded SJH into appointing him. And talking of Freddie Fletcher,never a fan of him,but didn't the wheels start to come off just after he left?

You've really spoilt my night ,I was on a high till I read this and thought of all the horrible possibilities. What a Tw*t Bruce Coleman O'Leary The list goes on and on

What he said

On the Football First coverage (yes I'm a masochist) did anybody else notice that after the final whistle,SBR and Freds' bro disappeared leaving The Fat Controller surrounded by about 5 large security/bodyguard types.Was that usual or is FFS arse going tanner-shilling, tanner-shilling??????

Could not agree more but you forgot to add AND YOU TOO SHEPHERD

Slightly O/T ,I can't stand it when the players lug most of their family along with them. It's really crept into football over the last 3or 4 seasons.Whether it's a lap of honour/thanks, a testimonial ovation or ,God forbid ,picking up a trophy I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR KIDS

Didn't one of our managers (Charlie Mitten I Think) go to Ireland to scout out a centre forward and return with two greyhounds. I can see history repeating itself. I await with fear and trepidation

Try reading it again-slooowly

Do you think it would be stretching things too far for someone say 'had on a minute - Nobby might just be the man to ask first (being a god down Sth America way)He might just have some contacts over there. Or am I just being silly again

Don't change the subject just when I'm getting somewhere. 3 up to now eh.......That officially a COVEN

Why do so many avatars on here and on N-O feature swimming pools ? Is it some kind of 'Inner Circle' clique? The Barrymore club perhaps?

Don't sell youself short,Wullie.I thought it was F*CKIN brilliant. I do feel he needs to see a doctor though.

Anyone who is better than the crap we have just now

What bollocks. Well the Souness out Roeder in is complete bollocks. But a lot of people wanted Roeder at the end of his caretakership and an awful lot of people DID want Robson out . It's probably no surprise if this is the national view of Newcastle fans. Fop, you talk an inordinate amount of shit. Firstly, you're talking nonsense in your assessment of the fans. I think extremely few people actually wanted Roeder to stop on after the season had finished and were keen to see a proper external appointment made. I'd go further and say I think they actually expected it. The Robson situation was slighly different in that it was only proper and sensible that the man bowed out at some point as he was getting towards his mid fucking seventies-it wasnt rocket science-it was all about the strategy of replacing him and central to that was the issue of timing. In the end, as we all know, the timing couldnt have been any worse. All of the above, including the appointment of Souness in between, has been an unmitigated disaster. Secondly and much more importantly however, to tie this in with the Rod Liddle bollocks, even if your assessment of the fans views was correct it is meaningless. The fans are entitled to say what they like, the fans are entitled to be completely wrong and the fans are entitled to the benefit of hindsight. It's a completely redundant argument because in short the fans don't run the football club. If you want to use the most extreme example of that, a huge number of Man U fans wanted Ferguson out very early on in his tenure (only to be placated by a Cup Winners Cup win) and then again after they lost the title race to Leeds (only to be placated by their triumph the following season). This is absolute fact-I grew up with it and remember it vividly speaking to mates at school, listening to radio phone ins etc etc. On both of those occasions the fans views were ignored by a strong board who had a belief in the manager and a vision for the future. On each occassion the fans have benefitted from having their views overruled. This is how it should be ideally. There is a slight paternalistic aspect to it which is uncomfortable, but the only real point of importance is that the board are paid to know whats best for the club and it is their fucking job to know whats best for the club. The fans on the otherhand are entitled to talk shite and sense in equal instalments but that never avails a chairman or any of his apologists of a defence to a bad appointment (be it either personnel or timing). The 'overwhelming fan's support' defence that is being trotted out now as a near pre-emptive strike is the most desparate management I think I've ever witnessed and is nothing short of a fucking disgrace. It speaks volumes about how this club has been run for many years now. Excellent post Mancmag I think the point is FDL no matter what people though or posted on here or elsewhere, no-one chanted Robson-out.It's the invention of a twisted smoggie mind