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Well he's not going to the press and say he thinks he's a lazy, worthless piece of shit is he? He's always been good at motivating the troops man. Yeah but this is just delusional. What has he exactly said that's delusional though? Viduka patently can't be anything like Torres 99% of the time. If he's saying that in that one moment he can do the unexpected that's fair enough I guess. I don't want to be too hard on KK. Motivating players only makes sense if the player themselves can believe it. Worth a go I guess. If he's saying that? But he isn't really saying that. He's saying that on the whole they have similar assets which is patent bollocks. I've watered it down cause I like him - as you would do for you mate when he starts rambling in the pub.

In my mind they have become an entity like Rod Hull and Emu. Similar skill set.

The 'winnable games' will soon be here no worries mate.

Without going into all that is obvious to most of us (I've nursed a 30 pager on N.O. about Mashley fucking up), I will say that the summer spend was too limited to apportion the whole blame on SA and I always had a gut feeling he (SA) went to Mashley for more cash in Jan and the resulting fallout led to his dismissal. It all seemed too disorganised (the flirt with Nappy) etc to have been part of "the plan". SA doesn't deserve to be judged on half a season with a team half-built (with little money). You see all along SA maybe could see the limitations better than most of us which might half way explain his reticence in tactics - guiding a faltering ship through tricky waters. Perhaps we cannot even blame Mashley if we take into account their serious lack of football knowledge and background. Yet if this is the case and they are by not means idiots why didn't they appoint some serious advice givers at board level they week they took over? That surely would have been the approach of long term serious players. All that talk of an internal review was only it seems about finance and not it seems about football...Was Kemsley HIS main advisor all along? It wouldn't surprise me taking into account the subsequent appointments. I said somewhere a few weeks ago that the greatest tragedies can only occur when a former hero is in place to take the fall. Bringing in KK was a masterstroke of PR but a wild gamble regarding the first team. That is still my view although I have had to convince myself that rabbits may still be pulled from circus hats.

He hasn't invested £250m in the club. He bought the club. He's invested £8m net on the pitch, the only place it matters.

Exactly. I'd play Martins ahead of him but would not lose any sleep in case Viduka starts. In those few cases he actually turned up, he put in mostly decent performances imho. His link up play, his ability to keep possession high up the pitch and his threat in front of goal would actually really be a big bonus in contrast to the brainless things other players do. Just say Martins man, we know you wanted to. For a change I was actually at first thinking of Smith. But I was tempted to write Smith/Martins though... Smith can be our Betega [KevinKeegan/] I wouldn't mind him to be our Bettega though...

Exactly. I'd play Martins ahead of him but would not lose any sleep in case Viduka starts. In those few cases he actually turned up, he put in mostly decent performances imho. His link up play, his ability to keep possession high up the pitch and his threat in front of goal would actually really be a big bonus in contrast to the brainless things other players do. Just say Martins man, we know you wanted to. For a change I was actually at first thinking of Smith. But I was tempted to write Smith/Martins though... Smith can be our Betega [KevinKeegan/]

Well he's not going to the press and say he thinks he's a lazy, worthless piece of shit is he? He's always been good at motivating the troops man. Yeah but this is just delusional. What has he exactly said that's delusional though? Viduka patently can't be anything like Torres 99% of the time. If he's saying that in that one moment he can do the unexpected that's fair enough I guess. I don't want to be too hard on KK. Motivating players only makes sense if the player themselves can believe it. Worth a go I guess.

Well he's not going to the press and say he thinks he's a lazy, worthless piece of shit is he? He's always been good at motivating the troops man. Yeah but this is just delusional.

It's this kind of thing KK comes out with that really worries me.

It's all relative. I don't remember us ever being 2 points from the drop. I do remember a manager being slated for bigging up smith, dropping zog, excluding enrique, targetting scottish league players and talking endless shite. I also remember making the point, if Keegan came in, was shite and left, what then for NUFC? We might well find out soon. Grass is always greener. So go find the other side already and do it sharpish, you sorry troll. Shut the fuck up you yank twat. [Ramsey/]

He's here because Ashley couldn't think of any better option, and went with the opinion of the first gurning sky camera mong he encountered in the away section at Fulham. I bet Ashley's glad he's got your counsel On current evidence, I'd give better advice than Mort. Wise is rambling and wild eyed staring at Mort across the cravass of their respective backgrounds and understanding of the game. We can only wait.

It's arguable that we would have had a few more points. However SA is the man you want in charge if you get into a relegation scrap in all honesty I don't think it's KK's strong-point. In an ideal world SA should have been kept till the summer and the change made then imo.

I've heard of it, is it any good? I'll let you know. I love his books though. One I've missed as well. Will get it.

Word.

I saw a 'healer' in Prague over the weekend and was hypnotised. I felt great for a couple of days but today I feel a bit tetchy. Should I be worried? *I also asked him if Newcastle were to be relegated and he said no.

I don't really think the cv's of Svennis and Nappy Rash are comparable.

More tetchy about people who insist that anybody that the general public likes is shit, and only the people that they list (of whom 95% of people have never heard of) are the ones with talent. Pisses me off because it's bullshit. It is clearly bullshit to an extent, but the above is just as much a straw man argument as "Thompers says that everybody the general public likes is great and anyone who isn't well-known mustn't be talented enough to succeed". Opposed to the complete bollocks that Kid Cock and James Bl©unt have any talent at all! I've never heard a single track by either.

*Spoiler* highlight text below to read. Series 2 was good but the danger is they're running out of plot-lines that can hold tension as he's been so close to getting caught already.

Mrs P is a big fan of Ben's stuff.

There weren't much better around apparently. A shame that life isn't as easy as computer games, eh... Some contrive to make it harder being my point. Get you!

It will come down to our home game against Reading I guess.

There weren't much better around apparently.