Scottish Mag

Forrest Gump tbh Charles frustrates me so much. I know so many on here rate him really highly but he is so inconsistent and like Martins has no football brain whatsoever. Aye give him a ball at his feet and tell him to run with it (or credit where its due hes not scared to have a shot) but his crossing is inconsistent, he fails to play the obvious (and often simple) pass all too often and can't tackle either. Don't get me wrong he has attributes but I fear he is just going to be another Keiron Dyer.

Doing us a favour tbh...

We badly need the likes of Jonas, Viduka, Beye etc back in the team asap or we are right royally fucked...

Hardly a surprise there either... And again...

Hardly a surprise there either...

Well you can revoke my soopafan status. Even though my trains were booked, I have decided against coming down. I am not doing it in protest but the fact all my trains are getting redirected (meaning my journey was going from the usual 7 hour round trip to an 11 hour one) all the shite thats going on and the moving of fixtures right at the last minute has just left me "scunnered".... The only thing I feel bad about was deciding at the last minute as I would have given my ticket to someone else if I had the chance to pass my season ticket on...

News that will not go down well with those who have booked tickets, time off work, hotels etc http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0...1405137,00.html Moved from Wed Oct 29th to Tuesday Oct 28th for coverage on Sky. I see nufc.co.uk have changed the date on the website but not "announced" the fixture change and this is also probably why nufc.com have not updated the fixture yet... I am sure this will shaft a fair few supporters...

Ashley is ripping the piss right out of us...

So its looking like Toontastic willbe entering a team next year...

Bassett! Give it a few days and Barry Fry will be getting linked too....

You wouldn't post that over on N-O

NEWCASTLE GOSSIP Terry Venables has been contacted by Newcastle about becoming their new boss. (Various) Venables linked with Magpies role Venables is set for talks with the Magpies and will let them know on Thursday whether he wants to become their caretaker manager. (Daily Mirror) Or, Venables held talks before Wednesday's Carling Cup defeat by Tottenham and rejected a week-to-week deal before agreeing to sleep on the proposal. (Daily Telegraph) Despite the uncertainty over the future ownership of the club, Newcastle hope to lure Venables by offering him a short-term deal, and paying him accordingly as a fire-fighter. (The Independent) The Magpies have also contacted another former England and Tottenham manager, Glenn Hoddle, about the post. (The Times) If Venables and Hoddle both say no, Newcastle will turn to another former Spurs manager, George Graham. (Daily Telegraph) Newcastle's current owner Mike Ashley hopes to announce a successor to Kevin Keegan before Saturday's home game against Blackburn. (The Times) Tottenham assistant manager Gus Poyet, Blackburn boss Paul Ince and former French international Didier Deschamps are no longer in the frame for the St James' Park post. (The Times) Chris Nathaniel, who is fronting a Nigerian consortium reputedly interested in a takeover at Newcastle, hopes there will be movement in their bid over the next 48 hours. (The Independent) Nathaniel is ready to make an announcement on the group's plans to buy the Magpies and says one of their first acts could be to reinstall Kevin Keegan as boss. (Daily Star) Keegan is believed to be preparing a case for constructive dismissal against Ashley after losing a power struggle over transfer policy with director of football Dennis Wise. (Daily Telegraph) Other prospective buyers for Newcastle include groups from the United States, Kuwait and the Far East. (Daily Telegraph) CARLOS TEVEZ GOSSIP Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore will not stand down over the Carlos Tevez affair. (The Times) As well as taking their appeal over the Football Association arbitration panel's ruling on the Tevez affair to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, West Ham are set to challenge Sheffield United's estimated cost of relegation. (The Times) Sheffield United will spend any windfall they get from the Tevez ruling to bid for Wigan midfielder Michael Brown and Hull star Peter Halmosi. (Daily Mirror) West Ham chief executive Scott Duxbury could lose his job in the fallout from the latest revelations in the Tevez affair. (The Guardian) The Hammers are expected to escape any further Premier League investigation or charges over the saga. (The Guardian) But Duxbury is almost certain to be subjected to a new Premier League investigation into his role in the Tevez scandal. (Daily Mail) The full findings of the FA's arbitration panel have not yet been made public and the Premier League does not expect to view the three-man body's judgement until next week. (The Guardian) West Ham have turned to Manchester United solicitor Maurice Watkins - the man who untangled Tevez's complicated transfer from the Hammers to Old Trafford - to advise them following the latest developments in the saga. (Daily Express, Daily Telegraph) Sheffield United players are examining their own rights to take action against the Hammers for loss of individual earnings in dropping out of the Premier League. (Daily Mail) TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester City are ready to bid £48m for Athletico Madrid's Argentine start Kun Aguero to trigger a release clause in his contract. (Daily Mirror) City were due to have two scouts watching Aguero play against Getafe on Wednesday and will bid £40m for him in January. (Daily Star) Celtic are ready to make a £750,000 bid for 23-year-old Swiss star Sandro Burki after the Aarau midfielder visited Glasgow last week. (Scottish Daily Express) Birmingham are set to sign Scotland midfielder Nigel Quashie on loan from West Ham. (Daily Star) Middlesbrough will have to outbid Ajax if they are to sign Standard Liege midfielder Steve Defour in January. (Daily Telegraph) Liverpool are set to make a £15m offer for Tottenham's Welsh defender Gareth Bale in January. (The Sun) OTHER GOSSIP Ukraine and Poland will find out on Friday whether they will be able to host the European Championship finals in 2012 as planned. (The Times) Uefa is set to rubber-stamp an expansion of the European Championships from 16 to 24 teams from 2016 - a move that will limit the pool of potential hosts. (The Guardian) Former Manchester City and West Ham midfielder Steve Lomas is in the frame to become the new boss of Colchester United. (Daily Mirror) Veteran Hull striker Dean Windass could move to Grimsby as player-boss after Alan Buckley's sacking last week. (Daily Mirror) Windass has threatened to quit Hull unless he is given a chance for the Tigers in the Premier League. (Daily Star) The Football Association is in talks to introduce heavier punishments for career-threatening tackles such as Middlesbrough captain Emanuel Pogatetz's challenge on Rodrigo Possebon. (The Times) Former Everton defender Alan Stubbs has returned to the Toffees to take up a coaching role. (Daily Star) Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina says his side need to beat Everton in Saturday's Merseyside derby to prove they have enough character to win the Premier League title. (Daily Star) Wembley National Stadium Ltd are close to securing a refinancing deal that will save as much as £3.5m a year in interest payments and ease the financial burden on the organisation. (Daily Telegraph) Dundee's veteran midfielder Colin Cameron will not play again this year because of a knee injury. (Daily Record) AND FINALLY Ebay reports that sales of blue tea towels have increased by 1,650% since Manchester City were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group. (The Times)

I don't rate the lad that highly but its fucking scary that he is a first choice centre half and that we have fuck all to replace him with even if we wanted to...

Old school tactics guaranteed if he was take over...

Still living off the back of being in charge of a very good English side, but that was fucking 12 years ago...

And people complained with KK being out the game for 3 years. What has Venables done?

I don't think I could bring myself to go along if that fucking crook was in charge...

Well my seat will be empty. I get free cup games but forgot to send my ticket down to 2J

Oh yay!

With my knee giving me so much trouble again (though the extra weight on it prob does not help) I have been advised to defer my entry for a year Apologies to everyone who donated...

So I take it from that if they don't want to use the drama as an excuse he is basically holding his hands up and admitting they are shite....