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...it's the bloody whinging fans. Not ALL the fans, just the whinging ones. The ones who think we have a God given right to win something. The ones who are looking for a crack to complain about. The ones who only sing when we're winning. The ones who think Toon fans should only have Geordie accents. The ones who keep saying our club is a joke. I have good friends who support Nottingham Forest, Ipswich, Norwich and Plymouth Argyle and they would kill to be where we are. Someone is responsible for us having the money to bid £18m for Owen. RANT OVER (possibly)

If he does come, I'm going to make an enormous pie to celebrate. If he doesn't I'll probably just buy one.

Well, apart from Crawford01, I see I'm pretty much on my own here! Hey ho, I'm not afraid of a good old disagreement so here goes another point! Nobody "tasty" wanted the job last August/September which I admit is why we now have Souness. That's 100% down to Freddy. I think sacking a manager mid term is almost invariably a bad idea. The kitty's empty and the new boss has a 9 month period where he can pass the buck. Souness HAS won a lot of trophies both as a player and a manager. He is probably cheaper and more industrious than a Gullit equivalent who we could have just as easily ended up with. The discipline of a club means a lot to me. I hate the idea of players on huge money not giving their all. I believe with the exception of Babayaro, all his signings fit that mould. I think he could be a dark horse if he gets the chance. Lets face it. If he won something somewhere else, all of a sudden his pedigree looks great again. What has Steve Bruce won? I think Souness has a toughness that we have lacked since before Keegan. The fact that he is prepared to argue with referees is a good thing in my book. Look at messers Ferguson, Wenger and Mourinho. I'm sick of us being a jokey club where a sense of humour gets pulled out to avoid facing defeat head on. Above all I think we should not do anything until the end of the season. If we are bottom half by then, fine sack him. He will have had a good chance to turn things around. Anyway dudes, great forum, I look forward to you all buying me a drink in the Strawberry when we win a cup this year! (Or me rocking myself to sleep in a muttering stupour if wu divvent)

And another thing that used to piss me off(!) Robson saying "there's noone unhappier than me when we lose". Well I'm sure he was down, but if you've been paid £40K (or so) for that match as opposed to forked out £70 (2 tickets, petrol, parking, food) then it'd be better not to say how bad you feel. Souness does that a lot better IMO. He realises how much it is to the average fan and doesn't bleat as much. *scuttles off miserably at having convinced nobody about anything at all*

he bought Faye, Moore and Babayaro. He let Bernard go to be replaced by Babayaro. He has let Ambrose and Hughes go. He wants to get rid of Bowyer and keep Dyer and Jenas. He has let our entire attack go and replaced them with more midfield players. He is down on his transfer fees and has used the majority of his budget to do the above. No one was pissed off with Bellamy. If you were, you were the only one who was. We have plummeted in the league, believe it or not it's results that count, and every time he talks about Spriit, Bobby Robson should go on TV and tell him he should shut his gob until he matches the spirit, results and ability of the team that played regularly in the Champions League that he inherited. 16451[/snapback] You weren't pissed off when Bellamy gloated that we lost the FA semi? Bobby had five years and won nothing. I appreciate we consistently finished high in the league but it took him 2 seasons. (13th and 11th I think?) Souness won't be given that time probably, but I think his critics are way too harsh. Also, I don't think the lack of strikers is as much down to Souness as Shepherd.

Yes they are, but he did try and get rid of Bowyer didn't he? As for Dyer, you're right, but I think he's got potential to sort himself out. Nobody wants Dyer anymore and I think he realises that.

He's made some cracking signings. He didn't sell Solano. He didn't buy Cort or Viana. He stood up to the wankers who we were all pissed off with. Bellamy never scored anyway... As for Mr Shepherd, I can't believe why we're not realising that big offers for the right player saves the club money in the long run.

Hilarious post! And sadly true.

I couldn't agree more!

Buying Owen would be the best thing the club have done for a decade. He is a no risk asset. If we don't replace Shearer with someone of Owen's class we don't deserve to be doing anything other than battling it out with Villa, Spurs and the Smoggies for intertoto places.

Because its a smokescreen. Fat Fred has no intention of letting Souness spend anymore money. 12111[/snapback] And I saw another advert for season tickets today.........

Michael Owen is 25. If he's not worth £20m then I'm Ruud Van Nistelrooy's jock strap. At least he'd feel like we were really keen and he'd be a big star again.

I think strikers are where we are the leanest!? Besides, we haven't really spent anything this summer in real terms.

Would £12m have bought him 2 years ago? Why are we not forcing the issue with a bigger bid?