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I thought one of the best things about the last 2 years has been their low profile. The less they say the better. The notion that Derek Llambias can educate any Newcastle fan what's gone right/wrong on the pitch is offensive. If he came out and talked finances it might be of interest, Football? Nah, we can see better with our own eyes. The problem they have with this guff about learning lessons is that they're faling with regularity rather than actually learning anything. To have allowed a window like Summer '12 following on from lessons that should have been learned in January '11 or even January '09 exposes their deceit. All credit for those windows that have gone well (Jan 13, Jan 12, Summer 11) but I don't believe a word of what he says about lessons or intentions. They just fucked up a window big-style due to penny pinching. as they regularly do.

Thought they pulled that off 20 years back personally. Boooyah!!!

Of course. I can envisage situations where I personally might murder, or steal, or smoke a doobie too. That's irrelevant to their legality and whether governments of the world should set-up a sophisticated system to industrialise it.

Happy birthday kidda, you wee whipper snapper, don't waste all your birthday money on caps like I did at your age.

I have every sympathy for Gascoigne and hope he gets all the help he needs. I have just as much sympathy for those he has been close to though. I get tired of people blaming those around him. If alcoholism is an illness (as I think it is) then you might as well blame someones cancer on their family & friends. That would be seen as in extemely bad taste for a family struggling with a gruelling illness though. ARS.

If only Saddam Hussein had you to defend him in his trial. He would have been pleased to have such a staunch supporter of his torture regime.

It's a centuries old defense of a centuries old law. You might as well argue that private sword ownership will be used to overthrow the government.

Think you're bieng kind to the wife-beating drunk because he's one of your idols. 4 people have just stumped up for him to go to rehab AGAIN ffs. It's nothing to do with what other people have done to him.

I'll bet they favoured gun ownership before America started assassinating citizens too though. Their Uzi will be ineffective when they're practising on the range and a drone controlled from hundreds of miles away wipes them out.

Whitley Bay are charging the same for that game as Newcastle are for the UEFA cup one. Think I'll just do the latter.

Was also interested to read the reports about the worldwide system of torture that was implemented. 54 nations complicit one way or another. A quarter of the nations in the world. http://www.thenation.com/article/172669/fifty-four-nations-are-implicated-cia-torture-scheme# Only one (Canada) has admitted it and apologised.

PDF available to read in full here.... http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/020413_DOJ_White_Paper.pdf It's been known for years, but with the leak of official documentation to confirm it, always good to be reminded.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/05/obama-kill-list-doj-memo But he says they'll have a look at gun laws at some point, hurrah for Obama.

Thought he retired 18 months ago

Haidara, Sissoko and Yanga-Mbiwa have been included in United’s squad for the second phase of the Europa League. Mathieu Debuchy was the unlucky man and missed out on a slot while Mehdi Abeid, Brad Inman, Conor Newton, released youngster Dennis Knight and departed strikers Demba Ba and Xisco were struck off the UEFA squad list. Yoan Gouffran was ineligible after appearing for Bordeaux in the earlier stages.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2013/02/07/derek-llambias-premier-league-is-our-main-focus-72703-32761790/2/#ixzz2KDMMVUoC

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2013/02/07/llambias-nufc-made-a-mistake-by-not-signing-more-last-summer-72703-32761783/2/#ixzz2KDKRViqR I feel a "Mike Ashley Lies" post coming out of this. How do you have to "work hard" not to sell someone. It's not like any of them got contract renewals.

Genius

"what're the hours?"

Carroll too, but not brought in from abroad. I think our academy would be viwed as a success. 99% of academy footballers will not make it at the top level. It's accepted everywhere. They are only brought in as Flotsam for the 1% that do have a chance, just bodies for the best to play 11 a-side with. Some of the 99% will become average players, their sale covering costs - half a million for Chopra, £2m for Forster, 200k for Alan O'Brien, half a million for Paul Huntington, Whatever Norwich paid for Matty Pattison etc. Carroll was the once in a generation payback that finances investment across the whole club, not just in the academy, that happens very rarely and is the aim of EVERY academy. We could also sell Krul for 8 figures. To have that happen twice in a couple of years would be something the top clubs hope for.. When Man U brought 5 academy players through in one year and won the title it was unheard of. It's never happened again either.

Wasn't the whole aim of the Premier League academy clubs that they pick their youth from a 30 mile radius? Are we going against the FA/Premier league in ignoring that and looking to foreign youth? Is this why we failed to pick up accreditation?

You don't sound like much of a fan tbh

Frankenweenie Think it's a big ask of kids. I was canny tired but the first hour is quite slow moving for a cartoon, I was willing it along much of the time. And black and white too. Started thinking it was an emo film made by an emo for emos. There's chuckles throughout that hour but the last half hour is the big pay-off. Well worth sticking with for the monsters arriving in numbers.

FYP

I'm thinking that already man. But I'm whipped

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