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The Zog scores! Get in!

It's utterly ridiculous the way we manage to make sure every foreign player we buy ends up a failure. And no, it's not always down to the players.

Why? Better than a half-fit Ameobi, surely

Brilliant!!

I think we'll win, 2-1. I'm quite optimistic about Roeder/Shearer as a short-term, temporary solution.

Something to hide? I'll swap you you're stereotype for ours, I'll accept a reputation for 'looking the other way, occasionally' if you accept a reputation for being so stupid you can fall over and miss the ground! 88273[/snapback] My great-grandfather was Irish, I combine the best of both worlds!

Fantastically sophisticated statistics from the BBC!

Coffee all over my desk now 88259[/snapback] Nazi Gold mug tbh 88260[/snapback] Unfair accusations tbh

Coffee all over my desk now

Aye, they've all won the league 3 times on the trot and name their biggest CM achievement as managing to get Kaka to the toon. 88251[/snapback] "My first priority as Newcastle manager will be to buy two DMCs and an AML" 88255[/snapback] Tell your uncle to apply again, he's got to be in with a chance!

Ideally, it would be Hiddink or Hitzfeld. Extremely unlikely to happen though. Realistically, I'd be very happy with Allardyce and Le Guen. I'm undecided on Eriksson, O'Neill and Ranieri. I absolutely don't want any of the usual suspects whose only 'achievement' is the fact that they're British or Geordie. That includes Bruce, Venables, O'Leary, McClaren, Curbishley or Roeder/Shearer on a permanent basis. Your turn now, Gemmill.

A sizeable part of those 36 victories came against minnows from Slovenia and Israel...his league record is worse.

To be fair, Ant and Dec are probably 3rd on Shepherd's short-list, seeing as they're Geordies.

Latest odds: Sam Allardyce 5/4 Paul Jewell 6/1 Steve Bruce, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Mark Hughes 7/1 Alan Curbishley 8/1 Alan Shearer 10/1 Stuart Pearce, Paul Le Guen 14/1 David Moyes, Kevin Keegan, Louis van Gaal 20/1 David O'Leary 25/1 Kenny Dalglish 33/1 Peter Reid 50/1 Paul Gascoigne 500/1 Seriously, why do the bookies even bother with putting Dalglish and Monkey's Heed in there?

88105[/snapback] I saw that bit, quite telling.

If I want to bludgeon him to death with said gold bars, would that be OTT? 88065[/snapback] We would never take gold that has passed through the hands of criminals.

88046[/snapback] Don't know what you're laughing about, stashing all his gold for him. 88052[/snapback] His compensation package should make for a nice stack of gold bars!

I can see Emre leaving, which is a shame.

Gazza at 500/1 has to be worth a punt, seeing as he meets the main criteria required for the job according to the Fat Man: British & Geordie!

Brilliant!

GO GET THE FUCKING CHAMPAGNE!

Wind-up???

It's Gol hiding his love for Chelsea behind a weak and unsuccessful attempt at irony.

Am I the only one who thinks Graeme's getting sacked today, then? If MysticPeg doesn't think so, I guess I'm wrong! 87728[/snapback] I think he is too. Just from the Fat man's body language last night. 87729[/snapback] I hope you're right, but I can't see it! I'm afraid he will still be manager on Monday unless we lose against Portsmouth - even a draw might keep him in the job "because we're still in the Cup".