Dr Gloom

a bit like htt then during hitzfeld-gate

i swear he reads this board

no doubt attributed to the fact that i've been posting more than usual

duff can open his mouth after he's put in a performance worthy of the shirt tbh

i don't see him as a big sam type of player tbh.

i didn't relalise that. good to know if it's true.

that really fucking annoying sheila's wheels advert.

i've never met a bird who's into that like

i enjoyed it for the first hour or so - it had some funny moments and the script was, surprisingly, half decent - but the prolonged battle sequences dragged on a bit. it could have easily been half an hour shorter. why does every new film need to be over 2 and a half hours long these days? no need for something like transformers shirley? i felt violated by the cgi at times. there were some disgustingly good effects but there's so much going on at one time you don't know where to look.

“Oba was the main man last year because Michael was kept out with injuries, but they will be fighting with each other for a place in the side this season. Perhaps even the pair of them will play together with one of the big men on occasions as well.” interesting. looks like viduka will be first choice with either owen or martins alongside him or both if we go for a 4-3-3.

he's a good keeper but i'm sure that amount of money would have been better spent elsewhere. with £9m they could have signed a top class striker which i think they're in more need of if they want to stay up.

That line there is bollocks. One of his best strengths is his positional sense! fair enough but is luque a winger or a centre forward?

i'd like to know too. it would make our decision more understandable if that is the case.

My Newcastle postcode says otherwise. NE postcodes like they carry any weight. Wooler is 48 miles from the toon and that's NE71. By any definition people from Washington are known and accepted as mackems. Did you go to skewl or skool? Honest answer. i wouldn't say that's strictly true. geographically, perhaps, washington is the wrong side of the river but if you use that as your benchmark you'd be accusing a lot of geordies of being mackems. i lived in washington for a bit when i was a bairn - i reckon it's no man's land personally. pretty much a 50/50 split between geordies and mackems as far as i can remember. about equal distances to both, but i always felt more alliegence to the toon because sunderland was such a shithole. ....but not as big a shithole as washington. got to be the most grim place i've ever lived in my life. What he said. Barring the City of Sunderland Council logo that's scrawled across the wheely bins they've tried to remove every trace of Sunderland from the place. I'm quite literally within pissing distance of the 'border' between Sunderland and Gateshead. It's weird that it's classed as a borough of Sunderland because there are three real areas. The Sunderland disticts, the Durham districts and the Newcastle/Gateshead districts which are all pretty much defined by the post code you have. I don't consider myself a Mackem for many reasons, my favourite at the minute being that a taxi back after a night out from Newcastle City Centre costs less than one back from Sunderland City Centre. As if you needed anymore proof, I may aswell bleed Black and White You're fucking right about it being a shithole like. It's basically a town full of council houses, broken up by the occasional Industrial estate. no soul or sense of community either beyond other than teenage mother charvers hanging around the inshops in the galleries.

Smith would be in there somewhere, there's no way he came here to be on the bench. I don't think we'll play 4-4-2 personally. I think Geremi needs to be in the middle, too. that's just the side i'd go for personally. i'd play viduka and owen (and martins) ahead of smith up front. and i don't think smith's good enough in midfield to start ahead of barton, butt or geremi

i just can't see owen working at all as a wide striker in a 4-3-3.

who cares that he's an overpaid tosser who wears too much bling? when he's been fit, he's been one of our best players and i think he'll provide good competition for places in midfield. i'd be happy for dyer to stay at the club if the boo boys can get over it. who cares that he wanted to go? as long as he does a job on the pitch who gives a shit?

My Newcastle postcode says otherwise. NE postcodes like they carry any weight. Wooler is 48 miles from the toon and that's NE71. By any definition people from Washington are known and accepted as mackems. Did you go to skewl or skool? Honest answer. i wouldn't say that's strictly true. geographically, perhaps, washington is the wrong side of the river but if you use that as your benchmark you'd be accusing a lot of geordies of being mackems. i lived in washington for a bit when i was a bairn - i reckon it's no man's land personally. pretty much a 50/50 split between geordies and mackems as far as i can remember. about equal distances to both, but i always felt more alliegence to the toon because sunderland was such a shithole. ....but not as big a shithole as washington. got to be the most grim place i've ever lived in my life.

agreed. although hopefully sam's regime can help turn him from a complete liability into someone that we can rely on to do a job occasionally

the man has come out with some classics over the years this latest gem got me thinking... ...what's the most ridiculous bit of copy you can remember reading from the ronnie gill's chief football writer over the years? post your favourite bits below so we can all have a good laugh at his expense.

i was just about to post that myself. he surely must be taking the piss with that one - who could possibly write such drivel with a straight face? i reckon he musr read this board, sees how much he is ridiculed then writes something even more ridiculous in the next day's edition. and what the fuck is this supposed to mean? "My information is that West Ham, after taking flak from some of their fans over Dyer’s signing, were looking for a “get-out-of jail card” and United handed it to them on Friday afternoon by slapping another £2m on the transfer fee."

There's no way you want Barton playing defensive midfield. He's not that type of player. i'd sooner play barton alongside someone that can give him more license to attack but i'm pretty sure he's competent enough to do a job there if the likes of butt and geremi are inured. my point was that we're well covered for players that can do a job in that position and we're not blessed with as many creative types.

as it stands we look pretty ameuter. some clarification on the speculation regarding the reason we asked for more cash at the last minute would be nice. as it stands, i'm happy for dyer to remain at the club in terms of what he offers as a player - his pace compliments our squad nicely. whether he can stay or whether the fans will put up with him is another matter

am toying with the idea of going to see the transformers film tonight. i'm expecting next level cgi and a wafer thin plot - anyone seen it or recommend it?