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Exactly the irony

stop moaning

Confirmed a while ago tbh. Madness if we don't bring in another defender. If we don't, we have to give Kadar a chance. we've got James Perch man

unfortunately, while nobody is saying having a good youth team isn't pleasing, the reality is that, for every football club in the world, the focus is almost solely on the first team. Everything about a club is reflected in the first team, supporters, bankers, commercial aspects, everything. I've nothing to apologise for. People misrepresent me all the time, and you blatantly disregard it. Not that I'm bothered.

because I'm right. And they know it. So do you. You're right, they know you are, and so they argue with you. Have you even met logic? I thought you had blocked me ? Good for you that you have decided to continue being educated.

and nobody misrepresents me ? every club in the world reckons it has good kids, fool. Start performing your police duties without the obvious bias and I may start going easier on you.

You're not wrong, to be honest. For every Gazza, there's been 10 Ian Bogie's. 10 ? More like 100

The youth team is also sitting top of their group in the FAPAL, 2 points and 2 games cleare of their closest opposition. Whether or not any kids come through the ranks into the first team, this is definitely good news. haha, the self proclaimed intelligent guy getting carried away by having a few supposed good kids. You couldn't make it up, I stopped thinking kids automatically became world beaters when I was about 16.

"bonding"

Not sure what you are getting at and I have a hangover. If he have bought good first teamers that is great. If we have bought good younger players such as Santon, Albeid etc to further develop then that is great. If we have also bought or found promising kids on the streets who we are developing such as A Carrol or Streete etc then that is good to isnt it? Dont we have a very good youth team? It was a response to your suggestion "the fact that we are being mentioned means we are getting the basics right". Which I don't agree with. Having a quarter of your first team squad made up of kids that came up through the ranks is only brilliant if they're of sufficient quality to make an impact on the pitch, and can be relied upon to perform at this level. The reason we have so many kids in our first team squad is nothing to do with their quality though, or they'd get games, it's more to do with the fact we've not bought enough quality to name a 25 man squad without them filling the gaps. correct and obvious [to some]

The difference quoted between Bolton etc. is how much MORE we have spent than them in the last 5 years. If only our stadium debt was the only debt we had. The other £52 Million was the kicker. Bottom line for me Jay, is YES the previous regime backed the manager. But only when that level of backing didn't effect their take. See the Bowyer summer, portrayed as a summer of taking stock and consolidating, i.e. being prudent. Shame the prudence didn't stretch to the £9 million taken in Divi and salary that year aint it. That £9 Mill might just have bought a player (or two) to have kept us challenging in/around the CL when the money really exploded. What he also fails to mention are the decidedly average players signed in the last few years before Ashley bought the club, players that now would be scoffed at. 5th most qualified team for europe in 15 years, 5th highest average league position in 15 years, turning a club that couldn't sell for 1.25m quid into the 14th biggest turnover in football, expanding the stadium from a half full cow shed into one of the biggest and best in europe, attracting world class footballers including a world transfer record and title winning managers and managers of international standing to the club - I think justifies the transfer policy and covers any mistakes, and any manageable debts accrued [which all clubs have who want to do anything or get anywhere in football] unless you are cherry picking. Please tell me when your man with his sell and replace "selling club" policy will EVER finish 5th in the premiership ONCE. Until then, listen to what I tell you and shut up.

Where have I EVER said, intimated, or even conveyed I may have thought that, seriously :icon_lol: The stadium debt (as mentioned as nauseum) was less than half of our total debt, it's the ONLY element of the total debt that was sensible. not backing your manager is sensible ? You're completely losing the plot, in your desperation to avoid answering the questions I've been asking you for ages.

Not sure what you are getting at and I have a hangover. If he have bought good first teamers that is great. If we have bought good younger players such as Santon, Albeid etc to further develop then that is great. If we have also bought or found promising kids on the streets who we are developing such as A Carrol or Streete etc then that is good to isnt it? Dont we have a very good youth team? and if we sell them further on, whats the point dummy

don't know how many times I've heard that we have "great kids" over the years like. I realise that for some, it will be new and they will be getting into a bit of a frenzy about it. If anybody makes it, that is IF, Mikey boy will be rubbing his hands with glee then.

Why do u reckon that going to games means you have a higher understanding of football?? Were you at the QPR game? Of Course you were, youll have been one of those idiots shouting "Shooooot" everytime one of our players had the ball in their half (because we hadnt scored in first 20 mins,).... including when WILLIAMSON had it 45 yards out!! I'd say that about 90% of the games i go to i hear some idiot shout something truly idiotic and actually meaning it...... its a knocking bet that one of them was you!

because I'm right. And they know it. So do you.

has it impacted us more than the likes of Stoke, Bolton, Blackburn etc ie forced us to lower our ambitions to such levels ? Last I looked, we were still at least twice the club that these are, wouldn't you agree ? Was it the reason Spurs told Chelsea to fuck off when they asked about Modric ? With at least thrice the debt (to the banks) at the time BTW we've spent £20Mill more than each the first two, over the last 5 years, thick end of £50 Mill more than Blackburn. are you saying we shouldn't have expanded the stadium, and sat in no mans land in mid table with a [rapidly emptying] 36,000 stadium then, rather than take on "debt" ? Is there no end to the people who peddle this rubbish ?

you'll never learn

has it impacted us more than the likes of Stoke, Bolton, Blackburn etc ie forced us to lower our ambitions to such levels ? Last I looked, we were still at least twice the club that these are, wouldn't you agree ? Was it the reason Spurs told Chelsea to fuck off when they asked about Modric ?

Think I prefer Coloccini. We sold Woodgate for £13.4m and replaced him with Boumsong for £8m. How is that different to the Ashley approach, other than the cheaper replacements he's brought in over the last 2 years have been improvements almost across the board. stop confusing him with FACTS so you think Ashley is backing his managers ? Stop your fucking moaning all the time then.

the difference has been explained, many, many times. I thought you said you were intelligent ? Aye, totally different, Woodgate was much better than anyone Ashley's sold. He's also better than anyone Ashley has bought You ought to pose this particular angle towards those who were wanking themselves to death when they backed their manager to replace him with Boumsong and Luque with the money ?

And never recovered or looked like doing so any time soon tbf. It was a massive fucking mistake. Strange to write it off like it was a mere trifle. sacking SBR days into a new season then replacing him with souness then giving souness all the money that SBR should have had to spend in the previous summer was the dumbest move of shepherd's chairmanship and we never recovered from it in his tenure. we had a real chance of kicking on and establishing the club as genuine top 6 material in the long term. then he replaces one of our most successful managers in living memory and a much loved national treasure with a manager on the verge of the sack at blackburn that no other big club would have gone near. it had disaster written all over it from the start. strange how LM never discusses it when defending the halls AND shepherd. open your eyes. Something you may not be aware of actually, as you don't appear to go to many games, and don't mention too much that you disagreed with me with at the time but agree with me now about, but the majority of NUFC supporters at the time, actually agreed that it was time for Sir Bob to "move upstairs". In any case, Mike Ashley losing Keegan, having got him back, was by far the bigger blunder, when we were only 2 good players short of being a top 6 team again, but it certainly won't be the last time he falls short of ambition. Still, you only moaned on when we had ambitious owners too didn't you ?

blatant leazes baiting gobsmacked.

Ah but we shouldn't sell our best players. Only a shit owner would do that and set us back 20 years. Ah but Woodgate is different. Somehow the difference has been explained, many, many times. I thought you said you were intelligent ?

of course, a man owning less than 30% of shares in a multi-million pound football business, was allowed to run the club all on his own by one of the most respected businessmen in the North East. What planet do you live on ?