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I think you'll find that was Albert Camus. 80042[/snapback] Ah, you're right. And Mendieta won the Nobel prize in literature. I always mix it up.

Sums him up though, doesn't it? 80029[/snapback] I think it's a typical Souness reaction, yes. Bullys can't stand criticism, in the same way that cowards can't face the music when they've ballsed up. Again. 80032[/snapback] I seriously am at the point of believing FS has lost his marbles given his failure so far to sack this joker. I can accept a mistake in making the initial appointment, as bad as it was. However, the evidence of incompetence has been so strong for so long, I can only conclude ( and hope ) that FS really must have someone lined up who is not available until summer. The problem with waiting that long is that we might be relegated by keeping Souness. I'd like to see a caretaker manager installed at this point, the entire Souness crew booted out immediately. 80036[/snapback] I agree; the risk of relegation is too great to ignore under Souness. I don't know what Shepherd is thinking about right now; surely he doesn't need more time to appreciate what a mistake he has committed? Also, there's the fact that each league position is worth £500,000 to us, so sacking him now could pay for itself. Even a caretaker manager could give us the boost we need. 80044[/snapback] I have said for ages that due to the lack of an imminent replacement we should at least look at a caretaker. And I don't think it is the question of money. If Fat Fred doesn't want to pay the compensation at once, he should at least relieve Souness from his duties and hand the management of the first team over to Roeder who already is at Newcastle's payroll anyway. That would could nothing and only can improve Newcastle's position. I can't see how results and performances can get any worse.

I got the feeling Anal O. got a bit silenced (that's why I don't think Fat Fred is instigating a sacking of the tosser). After the tosser appeared on SSN an said where Anal O. could stick his help I was expecting a full blast of stories about the poor journalist getting attacked by some imcompetent member of Newcastle United yet again. I am also puzzled that there was no revenge live on TV.

You are excused, you had your Larry...

He certainly is a scapegoat. I don't think there is much difference between Chopra and Ameobi - only that latter has played around 150 games more. A chance Chopra (probably thankfully) never got. But are not Premiership material and should be nowhere near Newcastle's first team.

What is rather an indication of how poor Newcastle's performances have been recently...

Being second choice to Hughesinho. 79926[/snapback] Fair point. He'll never get Aaron Pele out of that position tbh 79930[/snapback] No shame in that though. What a player that lad is! 79939[/snapback] Absolutely spot on. But still, this player is only a shadow of this other guy whose name I can't remember .. but I think he is the skipper of Betty Ford Center United.

Being second choice to Hughesinho.

Proper player who would give no shit... I think he got recommended to Souness by Rene Huigita and the Medellin cartel...

There was a lot of stunned silence around me too. Even the reaction to Clark's equaliser was a bit muted, given that we'd just drew level with the last kick of the game against the 'Boro. 79850[/snapback] I have been in the state of indifference since the start of the season. I am not really caring about the results anymore. Wins don't make me really happy, neither I am shocked about games lost. The problem in the lack of protest lies in the whole process IMHO. The thing is only very few saw the signing of Souness as a good move. Most people were negative, worried, scared. But only very few were able to see the positives. Some people were pleased by those winning streaks and by certain actions (i.e. the booting of Robert and Bellamy). But what really is missing is the process of growing disappointment that is settling in. You only get get disappointed when you are expecting else. But most people could see it coming (though nobody wanted it to happen).

If it takes place in the summer (July - Sept) I would be up for it.

Abject display proves it is time for a change at St James' Park By Tony Cascarino Graeme Souness has no excuses and is on borrowed time DISMISSALS CAN BE SWIFT AND BRUTAL or slow and agonising. When under-pressure managers reiterate time and again that they are not going to resign and suddenly the chairman goes quiet, even though results are still poor, it is often the case that the two have talked and failed to come to an agreement about how the manager should leave. Which usually means that they are unable to strike a compensation deal. Paying off Graeme Souness would probably be expensive and it is hard to imagine that Newcastle United have much in the coffers after his £50 million spending spree. There are cheaper methods. I have seen cases where chairmen decide to send in the infantry for an assault that they hope will oust the enemy within through sheer force of numbers. I am talking about the fans. Demonstrations, radio phone-ins, boycotts, boos. Coupled with a board that has no intention of manning the barricades, they can make a manager’s position untenable. As Souness’s position surely is, which he must admit in private if not in public, where he remains defiant. The Scot’s excuse of choice is Newcastle’s injury list. He is right, of course, there are a lot of key players missing. But what are managers paid for? To overachieve, to coax performances and secure results above expectations. I sat at Craven Cottage on Saturday watching an abject Newcastle display and thought that even the number of absent players was not an adequate reason to explain the standard of football played by those who were fit to pull on the shirt. Even below-par teams, if they are well coached, can mesh into a unit, can be organised and can execute tactics. Newcastle resembled a bunch of lads just slung on the pitch any old how. It was hard not to conclude that even if Newcastle had a full- strength team, victories would owe more to the natural ability of their stars than to the way they were instructed. Start with the line-up, which smacked of a manager living a game-by-game existence, thinking: “If I don’t lose, I get to do this again next week.” Alan Shearer up front on his own, with Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano tucking in behind. Outcome: no threat. At his age (35), Shearer cannot endlessly run into the channels any more. Luque cost £9.5 million but is nowhere near as good as James Milner, who was sent to Aston Villa on loan. Jean-Alain Boumsong is £8 million of gladiator. Tough-looking enough to be a bouncer, he may be more suited to stopping people entering discos than to preventing players sauntering past him on the pitch. He’s so dodgy even I dominated him, aged 34, when he was a teenager with Le Havre and I was at Nancy. There were lots of chants of “Souness out” — but all from mocking Fulham supporters. The away fans were unsure how to react, not wanting to seem disloyal but not prepared to sing in support of their manager. So they responded by chanting the name of the team. Perhaps they will heap scorn on Souness if Newcastle are as bad at the next home match. I have no personal gripe with Souness, but sadly there were no positives to take. There will not be a turnaround, just more mediocrity, and that’s down to bad buys and inadequate coaching, not because Newcastle are an impossible club. There is no light at the end of this dark, dark tunnel.

How many midgets are actually posting on this site? It's abnormal. "Bringing Newcastle fans back home, on little stumpy legs." 79532[/snapback] Didn't you know. We might not be the oldest or greatest Newcastle forum, but we are definitely the shortest. And thanks to Gemmill we also carry a lot of weight...

Is anyone actually still saying that on here, as I don't think they are. Even Gemmill has given in. 79516[/snapback] There's still one or two on an influential nufc forum, apparently. Who cares about this bag of shite, too perpetual tbh. 79521[/snapback] There is even a whole bunch of them on Tyne Squawk, the nuthouse where Obi sometimes escapes from...

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Aye, on Rob's part. Ridiculous over-reaction tbh. 79491[/snapback] I think from both... And it's gay ginger, foul mouthed, ill-bred charva tbh. 79511[/snapback] I think you're wrong, speccy German midget. 79515[/snapback] I know. There is a comma missing...

It's probably easier to point out what both teams have in common... ... getting beaten by Jormany on penalties.

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Aye, on Rob's part. Ridiculous over-reaction tbh. 79491[/snapback] I think from both... And it's gay ginger, foul mouthed, ill-bred charva tbh.

It's really nice to have Owen in the team (especially as he seperates us from a relegation place). But I remember how I got shot down when I questioned the sense of the transfer because of the huge fee and the problems that could arise...

PMS? 79323[/snapback] Sense of responsibility in fact - or even RESPECT (cue T Blair) Possibly age as well TBH sometimes the grinding idiocy and/or immaturity of some of our fellow posters gets me down I blame Souness really 79330[/snapback] Jesus Christ, even by your standards that was unbelievably pompous. Know-it-all arsehole. 79332[/snapback]

He is currently on a free transfer, do you want his telephone number... 79344[/snapback] I bet you've got it Haven't you? 79347[/snapback] It's on his website...

He is currently on a free transfer, do you want his telephone number...

I think even more significant are the stats when you compare the matches with and without Michael Owen: 6 points from a possible 33 when Owen wasn't playing. 20 points from a possible 30 when Owen was playing. There wasn't a huge difference in performances, because Newcastle were playing shite in all games so far. So we are in fact relying on the goal poaching abilities of one single player....

Hmm, I thinks it's much cheaper to sack the ONE person that is responsible for the dilemma...

PMS?

Well, he can come if he is paying to play for the privilege to play under the great Graeme Souness.