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Dillon used to get a chance a game. Was a scoring midfielder but never scored that season. He was doomed as he was a mackem and also got into scrap with Peter Jackson a year or two before that when he was a Portsmouth player where they both got sent off. Rob Mcdonald comes to mind as well. According to the Chronicle he was an ex athletic sprinter as a kid when he signed! He was fucking shit.

There's always been the odd detested player. My mate almost goes purple faced when you mention a keeper called Steve Hardwick! (Just before my time). Mark 'Jason Donovan' Stimson was my first real loathed player that I remember off hand.

Was a joke signing from the beginning. £6M for a striker that cannot score or pick a pass or tackle, £60K a week as well? Thats not hindsight, I thought it was a terrible waste of money at the time and he's even surpassed what I thought of him before he signed. A model pro? I'd wash the tops, make the tea and sort out the half time oranges if someone was paying me £60 grand a week!!!

Ok, Boss.

Tiote and HBA are miles better than; Gillespie, Venison, Beresford, Lee, Sellars, Albert, Peacock, Solano, Dyer, Jenas, Robert, Bellamy, Parker, Hottiger, Dabizas, Acuna, Carr, Butt, Milner........... I thought Sellars, Acuna, Carr, Hottiger, Dabizas, Jenas and Butt were pretty shit. If you thought they were pretty shit then all I can say say is, wow!, what players you witnessed, they must have been fucking class!!

Howay then, Stevie, me and Meenzer are on fucking tenterhooks here, man. KBJ? Aye he's right that's what a KBJ is till pictoral evidence is provided, of course me and Craig are the only ones to provide such evidence, and till such time as anyone else does, we remain the only CERTIFIED two non-KBJ's on this board. Nee pictorial evidence, but let your conscience be your guide. I'm a johnny come lately or I've been around a bit. The choice is yours!

Howay then, Stevie, me and Meenzer are on fucking tenterhooks here, man. KBJ?

Fuck off you utter knob!

I actually had neither!! I had the tracksuit before it - the one with the NUFC ball logo and umbro written vertically on the right hand side. As for the away shirt, the first I actually got was the one after that - the yellow one with the green lines on it (same one we were still using when we got promoted). Aye. To be fair me and you iirc, are the only two on here who can provide pictoral proof that we're not KBJ's. I'll bite. What's a KBJ when it's at home?

You started it, to be fair.

I wonder if the seller has the bit of turf where my mate's mince pie landed after narrowly missing David Speedies napper?

It's too hard to do, but for a few random name checks, (in no particular order other than Maradona); Maradona (Most gifted player I've ever seen in an era where he got kicked up a height). Van Basten Gullit Matthaus Brehme Baresi Maldini Beardsley Ronaldo Romario Stoichkov Zidane Gascoigne Beckham* Was tempted to put in the likes of Socretes, Zico and Poalo Rossi but I was too young to really appreciate them. *That's a joke by the way.

Bradshaw's piece makes him appear a bit pathetic. Good. What a top class wanker this kid is, indeed, reduced to sniping with fans and playing the Great Pretender, 'pretending that I'm doing well'. He's finished and he knows it.

*** Wheres the evidence? Pardew alludes to it. *** Not getting his own way Who's happy when they don't get their own way and they feel they're in the right? *** Could have done and probably many on here demanding it at the time They'd loved to have done it and saved his wages. He was/is a top earner. If they could've they would've. Anyway, I'll leave it at that cos your a canny poster but I think your being blinded my JB's sulk. I'll leave it at that as well. I just wonder how many more 'greedy' and 'sulky' players the regime are going to upset?

I don't know of any bloke who shaves his pits, and I know some quite lavender fellas So, come on then Jan, what's a "real Man"? Someone who shaves their armpits and put the loo seat down after use and actually manages not to pee on the floor. I have never met one they are are rare as rocky horse sh**e! I actually do put the seat down after I piss as I live with three females and have gave up arguing about it, I may have pissed on the floor in moments of darkness combined with drunkenness, but shaved armpits? Don't be daft, man! I also guess you'll not be running your fingers through the hairs on my arse any time soon, either?

What the fuck am I avoiding, for fuck's sake!? Now I'm pretty sure he'd have slagged ashley off previously to this as there's evidently been bad blood there, and if he didn't, so what? He's seen what has went on in his time at NUFC and if it's taken this to finally speak up, (even though Pardew is quoted suggesting Barton and the Board haven't seen eye to eye in the past), then Barton is entitled to his view. If we got on like a house on fire I'd be surprised if you had a pop at me, if you weren't happy then that would be the time to have your say. Why should Barton be any different? NUFC did stick by him, what else were they going to do? Sack him? Lose a player to a rival for zip? They couldn't sell him as nobody would pay his wages as well as a transfer fee but they might now and now is when he'll be sold. To make money. I agree with you, it is all about the money.

I don't know what 'bump' is, but anyway, I read on a link to his twitter his comments where his comments about Mike and Derek seem critical, (although he does seem to stop himself from going further). Not really sure what you're going on about, CT, honestly. You've went from 'team positive'* to Ashley's Josef Goebbels. If I was being a bit more cynical I'd say you've been pissed off with some on here to a degree where you're deliberately winding people up. *Nothing wrong with positivity, CT, but it can be over-egged.

See you still havent answered the points raised from yesterday. Funny though how he wasnt very bolshy until AFTER he turned down his contract offer in January. Funny That. I also would love a straight answer to specific details of what you think he has brought into the public domain? Only last week his agent was publicly praising the regime. The bottom line is that he wasnt slagging the board off until he couldnt get what he wanted in Januray. And lets kill this rubbish once and for all, he hasnt come out and revealed any unknown truths about Newcastle. If he has, someone link them. What he has done, since January is snipe away like a spoiled child. Joey the footballer, great. Joey the man, tit. I wasn't on yesterday, I've no idea what you're talking about. In public, taking an add out in the press, as an analogy, to put your grievance in front of your fellow employees and customers, really ?? It's not called "having your say and not being trampled over" in the real world (anywhere but football) it's called career suicide. I don't doubt the people in charge are economical with the facts, but equally I don't doubt players and their agents are as well. I don't trust any of them. But what I also don't do is swallow everything that's said as gospel so long as it's derogatory to the club/owner. It's always about the money, on both sides. If he'd kept his gob shut until he was either sold or played out his last year, then I'd give it some creedence. Or at least taken the moral high ground as it were and kept the "I want to stay" line going, great. But he knows he's popular, his agent is a bona fide prize cunt and obviously by pure coincidence he's pushing all the right Anti-Ashley buttons. Mckay is a bone fide cunt? Probably. If you were being lined up to be the next greedy bastard I'm sure you'd like it to be known to all your workmates or in his case, NUFC fans, your own take on things. Barton is no lillywhite figure to me which in a daft way, is why I'd give him more credence. He's looked the part last year, so the logical thing to do is move him on. Unless of course it's really a cunning plot by Joey to get out of the club and look the innocent victim. Whilst I'm sure Mckay could do a cracking job bending facts and garnering sympathy for a player who wants out I don't think Barton seems quite so cute. Warm the helicoptor up, Mike.

I didnt say that though. The observations I read were discussing how Bartons influence while channelled positively is good, however a negative Barton could have an eroding influence. Anyone who thinks Bartons comments at talk ins, in the press and now via twitter are positive for NUFC or assisting his chances of staying at the club, are mad. I love Barton as has been evident over time on here but I certainly dont want a sulky, argumentative Barton hanging around. Needs addressing quickly. So you'd rather he swept it under the carpet, took his wages and moved along quietly? Not Barton's way, really. I'm glad Barton has had his say on the matter, no smokescreens, no bullshit just the situation as the player sees it, if people at the club have their own views they are free to air them. I'm sure the local/non local journalists will provide them with a platform. One thing about Barton is that he doesn't seem the type to sit on the fence, it's fairly obvious that there's bad blood between him and the hierarchy and an extra year with a pay cut seems a fair enough compromise to me. (He gets his extra year option, they get the pay cut), but maybe he's not wanted by the big Cheese. There's no conspiracy, the people in charge are, in my opinion, huffy bastards who have deliberately closed a section who occasionally gave them the bird and have strung along some of the younger displaced supporters with vague talk of relocating them together before denying them this opportunity once the final game is out the way and verbal protests are avoided. Barton has had run ins with them so he's out as well. First bold bit - Yes I would, until he was out of contract or sold. He's making his position untenable at the club. It's simply a "negotiating tactic" but designed for him to escape "lillywhite" in the eyes of the fans IMO, but it's not about the money. How far would you get slagging your employer (however much you dislike him/her) in public, there's been plenty of "normal" people sacked for saying inappropriate things on Twitter/Fbook. Second Bold bit - If you had ultimate control and someone (or a collection of someones) was pissing you off, wouldn't you do the same. I would. Although based on threads I've read here and elsewhere isn't just about everyone loosely back together ?? Yes I'd quite happily let my feelings be known to my employer if I thought they were taking the piss. It's called having your say and not being trampled over. If you've no respect for yourself how is an employer supposed to? (Ok, depends how you put it but you get my drift). We seem to be getting a recurring theme here where the club put their hands up and say, 'Not our fault, Guv, can't keep unhappy players' and everyone from Shearer to KK to Barton to Carroll are all greedy/mad/unhappy at club/whatever. How about, just for once, it might be that the people in charge are not always being truthful with the facts? Leazes gets a lot of stick on here, but for me you are just as twisty as CT. No matter what comes out about whatever player MA/Llambias gets your nod of approval at best, benefit of the doubt at worst.

I didnt say that though. The observations I read were discussing how Bartons influence while channelled positively is good, however a negative Barton could have an eroding influence. Anyone who thinks Bartons comments at talk ins, in the press and now via twitter are positive for NUFC or assisting his chances of staying at the club, are mad. I love Barton as has been evident over time on here but I certainly dont want a sulky, argumentative Barton hanging around. Needs addressing quickly. So you'd rather he swept it under the carpet, took his wages and moved along quietly? Not Barton's way, really. I'm glad Barton has had his say on the matter, no smokescreens, no bullshit just the situation as the player sees it, if people at the club have their own views they are free to air them. I'm sure the local/non local journalists will provide them with a platform. One thing about Barton is that he doesn't seem the type to sit on the fence, it's fairly obvious that there's bad blood between him and the hierarchy and an extra year with a pay cut seems a fair enough compromise to me. (He gets his extra year option, they get the pay cut), but maybe he's not wanted by the big Cheese. There's no conspiracy, the people in charge are, in my opinion, huffy bastards who have deliberately closed a section who occasionally gave them the bird and have strung along some of the younger displaced supporters with vague talk of relocating them together before denying them this opportunity once the final game is out the way and verbal protests are avoided. Barton has had run ins with them so he's out as well.

My eldest daughter singing 'Get your kit off for the lads' when she was about 3 or 4. My alarm is Teardrop by Massive Attack as the intro is a bit quiet and doesn't have you jumping out of bed trying to turn it off before it wakes up Wife who is not a "Morning person".

I was going to put Sparky on the poll but I didn't think anyone on here was suitably qualified. ooh touche, chemical ali you around next weekend?....in town for a stag do Friday and Saturday...the lads from down here need a guide to find some semi comatose charva birds in the sort of clubs where you wipe your feet on the way out...I know you'll be able to help out there This weekend coming I'm grafting. Weekend after will be ok. My clubbing days are back in the time of Sid the Sexist, Red Stripe cans and shirt and pants, nee jeans. If you lot are in fancy dress then it's a niet, comrade!

That most people on here work in an office environment.

I was going to put Sparky on the poll but I didn't think anyone on here was suitably qualified.