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As I remember it most folk wondered why we were signing a player who had in the same week failed a medical at Liverpool....then we looked at the fee and understood.

In a way, this could be the model that Ashley is tying to follow. Maybe he didnt think there was enough money on the table early enough for Cabaye or HBA and didnt want to do a deal at the end for fear of getting a Carroll type backlash.

Welsh and Gaelic, for the vast majority of their histories were only spoken, not written down. When ( the almost always English) people started to do so in the 17/1800's I think they took the oppurtunity to just take the fuckin piss with it

Whats the bets we'll see a headline along the lines of "Pardew: Europe not a priority" around mid February

Why sint he getting a game for Marseille anyone know?...did they sign someone to replace him in the summer?...is he cup tied for Europe??!!...

Quotes from Shearer this morning: “Newcastle missed a huge opportunity in the summer.” “Having punched above their weight last season and almost made it into the top four, this was the time to spend.” “The club was up and running again after so many years mired in uncertainty.” “There was once again a feel-good factor and even Mike Ashley was enjoying it, but he needed to put his hand in his pocket and strengthen with two or three quality players.” “The best time to buy is when you are in a position of strength.” “It’s up to Ashley how much he spends, but just look at what Spurs did last summer.” “They pipped Newcastle to fourth place and went out and spent £57M on six players. Newcastle spent £8.1M on three and got a fourth in on a free.” “Nowadays in the Premier League you need to spend £15m just to stand still.” “Newcastle needed to move forward again, particularly with the demands of the Europa League factored into the equation.” “They should be knocking on the door of the top four and occasionally getting in it.” “Sadly the momentum built up by Alan Pardew last season has been lost and what is going on at St James’ right now is starting to look worrying.” Shearer reads TT

Theres one thing being shit. Another thing is not trying. Am not sure about him, but he just seems a bit heartless iyam.

Aren't you lot taught Gaelic at primary school? Same with the Welsh I think...you do have a sort of head start on us Anglo Saxons

Physically too weak, and looks like he needs too much time on the ball, meaning in this league he's no good to man nor fuckin beast. Cabaye was tough enough straight away,same with Cisse. But Anita is coming good with time so who knows? One thing I would say is when we still might have qualified for the champions league v Everton last season he was abysmal. They all were mind, but he looked like he couldnt be arsed, regardless of how fit he was. Didnt appear for the second half. Lovely first touch mind. CT's noticed that

We had a game at Leicester in the late 90s on the Saturday between xmas and new year....we got back and the bus dropped us off at the Theatre Royal so we were straight into the Adlephi for the few....where we spent the rest of the evening on the piss with alll 7 dwarves, their understudies, the fellah who played Des in Corrie and his missus...do not undersstimate a dwarf's drinking ability is all I have to say about the evening

And in Conneticut a woman with all this stuff in the background is allowed to be a kintergarten teacher?

why?

Adebayor played yesterday, but aye, good post.

Average over acheiveing squad last season Lack of investment in the summer Players heads being turned by other clubs/their own agents Injuries out of all propotion compared with last season Suspensions Small squad struggling with the Europa League I'll grant you Pardew is responsible for the last one as he got us to 5th last season

I blame my piss poor memory on social activiies circa 88-94...or was it 96?...

using an anachronism from the 1950s to beat him with now... Michael Owen and Nigel Mansell being past winners sort of pisses on your parade though.

I think its mentioned further back in the thread that Greg Rusedeski has won it but Murray won the US Open and the Olympics in the same summer and only got 3rd ....but as you say, will he be that fuckin bothered?....if he wins another major next year he'll piss it in 2013 anyway...

Is consistancy not important here then? I came a long way last season; I think I'd sound like a fuckin cock though tbh if I went from being ultra critical of the whole Ashley regime in August 2011 to being very complimentry in May 2012, then strted calling for the managers head in October 2012 I agree largely though, espcially about Ba/Cisse...thing is, weve had at least one player from the midfiled/forward line out injured for almost every league game, making Pardew's selection of both more easily justified. I think theres a lot more going on behind the scenes than we know. For me I think even when he's looked fit Cabaye hasnt looked interested hardly at all compared with last season. His head's been turned iyam. We're linked again with that Sissoko this morning. Ba's making eyes at Arsenal but still doing the business on the pitch, but Cisse has suffered. Thing is, we cant keep two players as good as Ba and Cisse happy on the money theyre on as they could both earn more elswhere and be the main man into the bargain. We need old fashioned "inside forwards" and we need them to be young,cheap and keen. Then we'll sell them on due to them being able to earn more elsewhere. Thats what we're doing here, and if the 4 you picked out do all leave before next season kicks off for a good sized profit for Ashley then he, the man you blew smoke up the arse of for 9 months last season, will feel its mission accomplished.

Not sure about the shoes...

looks like she's wearing a badly fitted wig in that

Jade Jones, taekwondo goldie.....did anyone see her on spoty last night?....scrubs up exceedingly well....very tall, great legs, can't find a piccy of her from last night though..

CT's on the wind up...again. If he's not, he obviously doesn't care how riduculous he's sounding after last season's "Mike can do no wrong" wankfest. If Pardew was the right man last season I fail to see what's changed significantly.

John Terry's legal advisors for team of the year?