Meenzer

Pint to drown your sorrows? A swift visit to SE14 should give you some perspective on life.

Surely someone must have said the same about Pearson after Saturday...?

so did we score?

God, you can tell this fella was raised on Vic and Bob and just wishes he was as wacky as them.

He was stupid to get wound up by the challenge on him and retailiate, but you must admit the first challenge was rough too. Oh of course. Probably only deserved a yellow though... but for it to not even be a foul is abit weird. Yellow for both I'd say, but then I didn't see an angle on the Beeb that showed Emre's challenge to be anything more than petulant. Then again, that seems to be enough these days, and he should have known that. I'd still love to see it from the ref's perspective.

Shearer: "It remains an ambition of mine to manage [Newcastle] some day, when that will be I don't really know." On Keegan: "It'll be exciting." Then Hansen repeating the "they get 6, we'll get 7" fallacy. Great.

He was stupid to get wound up by the challenge on him and retailiate, but you must admit the first challenge was rough too.

Just saw the half-time highlights on BBC. Emre was a bit daft, but - for all the Beeb's commentator wailing "where's the consistency??? was a bit cringeworthy - he's got a point. Uriah Rennie as we know and love him, basically.

Only if he gets the funds

Reluctant as I am to align my opinion to that of a smelly student :nufc: , he's got a point. People would have been sniping at us regardless of whoever we'd signed up. Let's just enjoy the nostalgia value for now and see what happens along the line.

Saves me having to say it. "...and oh, how we wish we could summon up the ghost of Ronnie Radford for a bit of a story now. John Motson, jumpers for goalposts, isn't it?" OK, maybe that's just me.

Not sure how much better Keegan is than Redknapp, tbh. What I'd say to that is that I feel like I know all I need to know about Redknapp's capabilities. By contrast, for all Keegan never truly excelled after he left us, what I don't know is whether he's just a second-rate manager who rode a wave with us, or if it's the combination of us and him that made the whole thing special in the first place (and will do so again, even if it's to a lesser extent than previously). Which is why I reckon Keegan's worth a pop, whereas Redknapp isn't, never should have been considered as such.

And to think we rip it out of the New Monkey.

Paddy Power are ahead of us... http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go_ty...&bir_index=

did we score?

I'd definitely take him if he was genuinely interested. Wouldn't be the worst idea in the world to groom him as Kev's successor either, looking to the long-term for once.

I don't think any of us have honestly thought that since about 1997.

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What's with those who became fans under Bobby Robson? Are they now considered pre- or post-Keegan-bandwagon jumpers? And how many points do the get awarded/deducted on Stevie's Soopafan ranking now? EDIT: Damn you Meenzer, we taught you far too much about efficiency down here. Sorry. I'll try to be more British in future.

odds on tbh Don't tell Smooth Operator, he'll stick the family silverware on Alan Oliver

This buggers up Stevie's points scheme, doesn't it? "Errr.... 20 points if you were there pre-pre-Keegan, 10 if you became a fan post-pre-Keegan but pre-Keegan... oh fuck it... SCOUSERS STEAL THINGS"

A rare decent point. Students I was joking however. Thanks for the back-handed compliment though. Edukayshun is shot

Put me in the "this is clearly bizarre but fuck it, let's see what happens" brigade. It's a write-off of a season now anyway, so he might as well have a go.