Gemmill

Whoa, it just went huge! Gol, have you let Craig loose on it or something? I've told you before, he's incompetent.

Wait til the gimps forget to update it though. That's when I'll GO TO TOWN ON THEIR ASSES.

I use Screenselect. They've just been taken over by LoveFilm, so they're the biggest in Europe at this malarkey now I think. Have no complaints about them at all.

Owt by Celine Dion. But in a Mick Hucknall stylee.

The 5th best thing - whether it's a myth or not, when you consider our actual premier league finishes, the swings from 13th to 3rd to 13th to 4th and all that is only further evidence that we are a rudderless mess. As has been mentioned, the 4 clubs above us in that have won things, but not only that, they have been consistent in their top 4 finishes for the most part - certainly none have finished outside of the top 6. That we have is evidence of how far behind those clubs we are because of Shepherd's failure to even think up, never mind implement anything in the way of a medium or long-term plan.

Craig/Gol, stick the kickoff time on there as well please. Looks good.

not the case mate, there are a few people on here who don't consider Sibierski a "trophy signing".....or are they talking about Luque ? Maybe we SHOULD go back to signing players like Kevin Brock, Mark Stimpson et all ... 190706[/snapback] Yeah cos thats what anyone who doesn't think Shepherd is doing a good job wants ffs. Your first sentence is completely nonsensical btw. What exactly are you bleating on about?

Can't see where I am being blinkered, in fact I think the majority of people on here who seem either oblivious to the financial position of the club - through a lack of intelligence or just because they are deluded enough to think we can just spend what we like - are the blinkered ones. And for what its worth, as a squad player for a small fee Sibierski is alright - bearing in mind again our budget - whereas my main worry is Martins because if he flops, that is another 10m quid down the plug, and this is the type of signing who has created the position that we are in now ie Luque, Boumsong, and many others before those over previous years. 190617[/snapback] Nobody is oblivious to the financial position of the club. Nobody is saying we only spent £15m, why not more. What we're saying is, why not spend the £15m more prudently? That's a question Freddy Shepherd should be asking too. But prudent spending robs him of his Hollywood signings and requires him to actually put some hard graft in helping his manager to establish a transfer plan. Why do that when you can fly by the seat of your pants and then just say "One thing you can't level at us is that we're boring." He actually thinks that this is an asset of ours ffs!? 190624[/snapback] Ok Gem, we'll go and buy 7 x 2m pound players, and see where that gets you, if you dont' want "hollywood" signings .... plenty of those over at the SOS mate. 190675[/snapback] 7 decent players for £15m is not impossible you know. Look what Redknapp's done at Portsmouth. If we'd bought 7 players this window, we could have gone in for a couple of big names next summer with a solid basis of a squad to work on. All we do under Shepherd is make a big summer signing which then flops. We take a massive writedown on them and sell them at a huge loss. Rinse. Repeat. And you point to the amount he's provided and say he's backed his manager. Aye, he's backed his manager with cash, but that's all. He's provided nothing in the way of guidance, advice or a business structure. There's more to his job than financing signings you know? Do you think that's all Dein does at Arsenal?

I don't get this like. They buy a stake in the club by giving them two players at a vastly reduced price. Clever way of doing business if you don't have the cash for a full takeover approach though, I suppose.

Amn't ginger!

Probably the twats that wanted to buy us looking elsewhere because of slug boy.

190611[/snapback] So you don't think our major priority was replacing Alan Shearer, and even Bellamy - as he hasn't been replaced or hadn't been, as Owen is out for a season ? Are you saying we should have bought a defender and spent the whole of the season playing with Luque, Ameobi and maybe Milner up front ? I think the club HAVE prioritised, they knew we needed 2 forwards, minimum. The fact that no money is left to replace Babayaro, with someone better, is the fault of the previous manager, who's legacy will take more than 8 months to recover from. 190634[/snapback] Jesus Christ man! Listen ok. If you know you only have £15m, and you know you have certain areas that need strengthening, you cannot afford to sign a player like Damien Duff for a third of your transfer fund. That could have bought us Lucas Neill and gone some way to sorting out our huge shortage in defense. You also don't spend £10m on Martins. You spend £5m on Nugent, get Hasselbaink on a free, and have £5m to further strengthen your problematic defence. Stop harping on like Souness, you sound daft! Souness is gone. This summer we had a reasonable transfer fund to spend, which NO ONE has complained about by the way, and we pissed it away on two players.

To be fair to him, I think he's an exile. 190607[/snapback] Nope. He's a yank. He used to be alright a while ago, but I can't abide being told to get a grip by someone who doesn't have to fork out money for tickets to have the piss taken out of them. If I supported an American football team from afar, I would never have the brass neck to turn up on their forum and tell the match-going fans to get a grip and some perspective. Cheeky twat.

Just to add a bit of levity, Northern Monkey has just referred to Souness as "The Tartan Darth Vader" on NO. Quality.

Can't see where I am being blinkered, in fact I think the majority of people on here who seem either oblivious to the financial position of the club - through a lack of intelligence or just because they are deluded enough to think we can just spend what we like - are the blinkered ones. And for what its worth, as a squad player for a small fee Sibierski is alright - bearing in mind again our budget - whereas my main worry is Martins because if he flops, that is another 10m quid down the plug, and this is the type of signing who has created the position that we are in now ie Luque, Boumsong, and many others before those over previous years. 190617[/snapback] Nobody is oblivious to the financial position of the club. Nobody is saying we only spent £15m, why not more. What we're saying is, why not spend the £15m more prudently? That's a question Freddy Shepherd should be asking too. But prudent spending robs him of his Hollywood signings and requires him to actually put some hard graft in helping his manager to establish a transfer plan. Why do that when you can fly by the seat of your pants and then just say "One thing you can't level at us is that we're boring." He actually thinks that this is an asset of ours ffs!?

The state you were in at the last pissup, I'd give yourself at least a fortnight after 4 pints of stella, lightweight.

Leazes, I wrote this in reponse to HTL on N-O. He still disagrees as far as I'm aware, but I think it's a valid argument. What's your take on it? Any major spending decisions in any business have to have a business case behind them (or a footballing case, if you like). We don't have a set-up like this at NUFC.

I can imagine Skol with a bumfluff tache that he uses as ID to get in places like. Mark should grow one to make up for his skinny arms.

Many's the golden shower Rob's had to prove this.

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Agree with Gram on the effect Dyer has on the pitch.

What is the legal limit btw? I haven't got a clue. I always assume anything more than a pint and you're on dodgy ground and relying on the strength of whatever you're drinking.

Wullie told his steering wheel that it was his best mate. FACT!

Wullie's a one-pint hero.

Also, of the money Souness spent, Owen (£16m), Parker (£6.5m), Emre (£4m??), Babayaro (whatever he cost) are still in the squad. That's about £27-28m. It's not like we've spent that money and Roeder has no players to show for it.