brian

wai ho? exactly where it occured.....and for those who think i am uber geordie hardman.....think again, just someone who is principled with regards to our team...and far too old to be getting into scrapes with fit 20 yo athletes footballers..... so Fish, why did you think i was Lee Ryder, odd given the fact i tagged my name on the article, if it was lies i would not have even wrote it let alone tagged it. i done a fair few bits for TF and The MAg over the years and never write using a psuedonym. funny enough i been writing a book over the last 4 years.....your not ft to wear the shirt, he is just another name to add to the candiates for the first 11.........but he is competing with Ray Clarke, Frank Pingel, Rob McDonald, Bobby Shinton amongst others for the number 9 shirt

it did cross my mind when i saw the size of him but to be honest i was more interested in getting my point across, we pay good money to follow the team and it is heartbreak to have players who dont care, the daft thing is watching him 4 years ago in the resevers and juniors i was convinced he would play for england. Strong, good in the air, good touch and an abilty to roll opponets with ease when a defender is close up behind him. Then the game against Arsenal (4-4) when although he did not score they could not handle him when he came on, it all looked promising. regular skirmishes with the law are not what we want, and for someone who lives within 2 minutes drive or 10 minute walk of the training ground - its not good enough. Prove me wrong Nile....or with regards to England prove me right.....some hope now.

Just to clarify and to hopefully remove the doubters, i was the fan who wrote the atrticle and it is factually correct, the only credit i offer Mr Ranger is he did not over react, to be honest enough is enough for footballers like him at our club, the only saving grace is he does not command the same wages as Xisco, Marcelino, Luque etc, but we need players with commitment and ambition, he lacks commitment despite himstill thinking he can play for england, i have been criticised for using the term "gangsta", but this was purely an attempt at me to to inject humour, i dont care how Nile RAnger lives his life but if he plays for newcastle he has a responsibility to the shirt...and to set an example. The shirt is everything and a privilege to wear, its time some pride was bought back to the shirt On a better subject, some new signings and all saying the right things lets hope they settle in quickly, hopefully a couple more today. keep the faith