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That's what I say to folk who blame Tino for us losing the league that year. If Sir Les had scored in that game, we would have gone on to win the league imo. More to do with Derek Fazackerly going to Blackburn at christmas if you ask me,but as you say signing Tino was just a convenient thing for lazy hacks and pundits to spout like a bunch of lobotomised parrots for years after until it becomes the general public's perceived view on what happened.

Theres not a goverment on earth which could conceivably regulate the global economic markets, and that is precisely why we are in recession. In this country people can blame Gordon Brown until they are blue in the face but in reality theres fuck all he or anyone else could've done.

One word to describe us yesterday-complacent.Its an attitude we've been getting away with in this division, but one which was partially to blame for relegation last season. Not a lot changes really. The players know they are mostly head and shoulders above their opponenents in this division ability wise and usually do just enough to get by. So they dont mind doing this. Last season was a bit too much like hard work but being millionaires why should they care? Talk is cheap, they can say what they want in the press but for me the general attitiude is still one of indifference.Add to this the only reason many of the highest earners are still here is everyone in football knows they are chronically overpaid in relation to their ability and wouldn't bid for them if they were the last professsional footballers on earth. The only thing that has changed is the quality of the opposistion. If the teams we are playing are organised and have a better attitude to hard work than us (Blackpool,Forest,Scunthorpe) or we have "key" players out (Nolan,S Taylor,Colo) then we are found wanting. Shola it would seem is more interested in going to the ACN/WC with Nigeria,Butt is still inexplcably being picked in front of Guthrie (I really think Hughton actively dislikes Guthrie) in the centre of the park and we still have Ashley at the helm with an economic situation that makes a bid from someone or a group of individuals even at the lower end of Ashley's price spectrum distinctly unlikely. Having said all that, I am enjoying this season. But the elephant in the room is next season.Nothings really changed that much.

"Adidas ditching The Toon"? according to the MoS (well yeah I know ) they are..... http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/145742...-Newcastle-deal

I saw some purporting to be of his missus last night when I was round a mates house (honest! ) Does she have a history in soft porn/"arty" shots of her with her clout out? I always thought she was Jesper Parnevik's nanny?

My brothers in that He was at the same college as John Davidson in the mid 80's and can be seen in the background a couple of times. Another lad from our old school features heavily.....Beebs (as in "fuck off Beebs ya fat cunt!!" ) was in the year below me.

I'll tell you when you can judge whether Gerrard is the best player in his posistion.....if and when this summer he is the outstanding player in a successful (semis?) England team. He has to be far more disciplined when playing for Cappello than when he tries to carry a piss poor Liverpool side on his own, with only Torres to give the ball to. For me england a bit Spain lite at the moment...thats how Cappello wants them to play, bit has he got a Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas to do the job in the centre of the park? The same could be said of Lampard and Rooney, but they are surrounded by better players at their clubs. Stevie's right in a way, Gerrard sticks out like a sore thumb becuase of the (relative) mediocrity surrounding him.

Can someone explain to me how and why a club which was unsellable 2 months ago at 80 million will somehow (promotion permitting) may well be worth worth a reported 150 million in 5 months time with the same players and a major rebuilding job required? It just doesnt make any sense. In saying that now is the time for any buyer who is tempted to come in...promotion looking more than likely and they apparently wouldnt have to pay nearly twice as much as the club as they wouldve done a couple of months back....but I'm not holding my breath

To be fair Jonny, he's made a living by stealing other peoples material. Wouldn't you hold a musician or a novelist accountable for plagiarism? Why not a comedian? End of the day comedy is a business like most others and stealing a joke is the same as stealing a song. So where is all the evidence for Peter Kay being the worlds biggest gag thief? First I've heard of it. I'd say Max and Paddy wasnt as funny as Phoenix nights, but as mentioned Spikey and the other bloke weren't involved in the writing. And Spikey was the only reason to watch 8 out of 10 cats so it could be said that Kay isnt as funny without him, but it sounds as if you'd hang the bloke for the heinous crime of paying someone to write gags for him

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I'm in....Rage were/are great....best ever UK live music appaerance on "The Word" although in the spirit of Cid_MCP's post I'd quite like to see "pictures of starving children sell records" by Chumbabwumba ps....for good measure, here's Nirvana on The Word.......the live music and the trippy visuals was the only reason to watch that bag of shit...oh and Dani Behr...whatever happened to her? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3nCI_9uQfI&feature=fvw

What the fuck does Beckham look like? Has a ferret died on his head?

Darren Bent's old dear abused at Wigan http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...loss-Wigan.html

I wonder what they were arguing about? http://www.popcrunch.com/tiger-woods-rache...el-affair-pics/ looks like Erin has beaten the crap out of him (hence the "inconsistent injuries") for whats been in the press about him this week and the car crash thing may or may not be an elaborate cover up story.....

Avram Grant is director of football.....but doesnt have a work permit to work as manager,according to the bbc......is Mike Ashley running Pompey as well?

For all the Marlene and Guthrie doom sayers....have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb5bqkpMJ4A Harewood is crucially involved twice in the build up to the goal,and Guthrie puts a great cross in. Without those two bits of good play theres no goal and it's nowts each at FT. Also Nolan was guilty of giving the ball directly to a Preston player at least 3 times in the centre of the park last night...good job Preston are ultimately wank and couldnt captilise on it. Maybe we're being hard on Harewood in particular?...is there just a bit of the Shola about him?

Promotion is pointless unless Ashley sells the club, and that begs the question why, seeing as there are no takers at a reported 80mill with good odds on promotion being acheived this season,would anyone pay well over the 100mill the fat bastard will undoubtedly ask for next summer should we have something to celebrate in May? The correct time to buy NUFC is NOW, before the window opens in January and before we are if/when etc promoted. I'm not holding my breath on that one though

Wonder if Titus will get Wigan's player of the year this time around?

Went to see this lot on Thursday night....Mark E Smith looks like hes 70 odd and recovering from stroke or something...but as usual the band he's put together sounds fuckin brilliant.. ps.....how do you embed the youtube videos on to here?...cheers, from an IT moron

Try these folks

Just had a pint with His missus is captain of Iceland's womens football team and used to work in a fish factory....he reckons that makes her more famous then him in Iceland

Good point I think we would have been in the final at least. Fucking Celtic got there! That toon side would've ripped them a new arsehole, Larsson or not. I think in hindsight we were very unlucky, the only game we were shit in the second group phase was Barcelona at home. Fucking Bramble. Of those games mentioned the only two I wasn't at was the 2-1 win at Roker, and Hillsborough as I wasn't born, personally I would put other games in there too. Leeds 4-3 being a definite contender. People always remember O'Briens goal in the 2-1 win, which was great of course, (I personally had a hand in it by putting Tim Carter off as he was lining up his wall, Liam owes me a pint!), but I'd love to see O'Briens equaliser down there the season before that, again. He lobbed Tony Norman from just outside the box and it was a fucking peach. Saw it once on Tyne-Tees on the monday after the game and it looked as mental in the Roker end on the box as it was on the day. The Roker end seemed more 'packed' that day as I think they'd given us fewer tickets than normal. when it went in the Toon fans just surged forward rather than jumped up and down. (From memory, anyway!). After the match a brick threw by some mackems down one of the side streets missed my mate by inches but hit some other oldish bloke instead. That may well have been due to virtually the only decent mackem I've ever met....some lad called Barry, who sauntered up to a group of us,quite plainly ticketless, Mags and told us to go to turnstile 11 and tell the bloke that "Barry had sent you", hand over a tenner, and we'd get in.And we were far from the only ones. Cheers Barry As someone mentioned, Leeds 4-3 was great too, as was a week later when we won in London for the first time in 4 years or so and in beating Arsenal we were top of the league at Christmas. I'd also add beating Leeds 5-2 with Quinny getting 4 on his debut...went out that night and pulled a bird with the biggest set I'd ever seen....and I'm yet to see bigger 20 years later

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Sad to say but promotion under Ashley is virtually worthless. We'll come straight back down again when he tries to strengthen the squad with some white fivers, half an ounce of shag and a four pack of stella