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Surely if you've being paying attention to what's been said, and believe what's been said, you should have an idea. Closer to £20m or £0 then? As for 1-2, I'm not really sure that 1-2 of Robinho quality would be enough. Keegan said at the end of the summer transfer season that he wanted another 2-4 in to avoid the sort of situation we have now..... can it be that the utterly clueless and bumbling Kevin "tactically naive" Keegan actually got something right? Whilst we desperately do need quality we also need a decent squad and cover, something that seems to have passed Ashley, Wise, Lambrusco, yourself and company by, only Keegan and Kinnear seem to have twigged. It was hard enough in the summer. Keegan said last Summer he wanted 3 players before we even bought anyone, seems like he's as inconsistent as Kinnear for what he says to the media. As for 2 players of Robinho's quality, now you're just being daft. Perhaps you could tell me the last window when we brought in 3 players who have been the quality of Jonas, Coloccini and Bassong? Or are you one of these people who are appeased by how much we spend rather than the quality of the player? Aye and look where they've got us in the table. They're ok as players, I've no real complaints to be honest. Its just that the major surgery that needed to be carried out last summer to prevent another flirt with relegation this season was baulked at by Ashley who decided a better policy would be to sit idly by and let Wise and Llambias drive the manager out of the club and now surprise surprise we're two points off the drop zone in the tightest league table for years where just a tiny piece of consistancy can get you out of trouble and into contention for Europe e.g. Wigan. Yesterday some rather worrying looking pigieons came home to roost the chief one being if Bassong was to get a long term injury we'd be somewhere up a creek without a paddle. And seeing as this is Ashley's fourth transfer window since he came to the club and we're still complete fuckin crap on the pitch surely you can't blame some of us for being a tad concerned as to who will be coming in and who will be going out? He doesn't want "unrealistic" signings for big money?.....well lets see how real the fizzy pop league will feel to him next season......

Agree with both of these posts. So do I to an extent but have you looked at the league table? it gives the lie to the myth that Wise/Jiminez have made "good" signings...they have made signings to make us continue to tread water, to keep running to stand still. I was in the San Siro a few years ago with a centre back pairing of Titus Bramble and Andy O'Brein.Go Figure.

Regans fuckin cow of a mother has used Gazza as a cash cow since the the moment she clapped eyes on him and this is just the latest installment. I'm not condoning Gazza beating her up in any way shape of form. The tabloid press and the section of society obsessed with celebrity have created the situation where she can just keep milking him/his situation until he is in his grave and no doubt for decades afterwards. Hope she's happy with her part in his downfall because she's played a leading role. Allowing their son to say this shite in public is beyond beleif....and all for money.

I'm just growing tired of his feigning to decieve tricks. I pick on him also cause he's half decent. I given up with most of the others. It seems a bit sad singling out one of the positives to come out of the season for me. I agree. I want him to stay up the pitch save his energy and do the things we need rather than playing the Ian Botham role Shafting dusky carribean models so hard the bed breaks and smoking more ganja than a Bob Marley tribute act?........no wonder he's been shite in the last two games.........

3 points between Bolton in 10th and Stoke in 18th, a relegation spot, as it stands we're on 22, a princely 2 points above Stoke..........thats what gets me. The league is so mind numbmingly average this year. I think it could've been all different if we'd avoided the unpleasantness in September and bought KK a leftback and another midfileder.The thing is about being "average" and "mid table" this season is that its all far too close to the drop zone for comfort. Wigan move up to 8th, realistically thinking of Europe on todays evidence, a mere 5 points ahead of Stoke in the drop zone. This season has been a huge missed oppotunity, the way most teams are playing we could've really kicked on under KK and built on our good finish to last season/good start to this one.....but we've shot ourselves in in the foot once again.

.com: 2007/08 Wigan (a) lost 0-1 2006/07 Bolton (a) lost 1-2 2005/06 Liverpool (a) lost 0-2 2004/05 Blackburn (a) drew 2-2 2003/04 Leicester (a) drew 1-1 2002/03 Bolton (a) lost 3-4 1997/98 Derby (a) lost 0-1 1996/97 Blackburn (a) lost 0-1 1995/96 Man U (a) lost 0-2 (moved to Dec 27th) 1994/95 Leeds (a) drew 0-0 1993/94 Chelsea (a) lost 0-1 (moved to Dec 28th) 1989/90 Stoke (a) lost 1-2 1988/89 Sheff Weds (a) won 2-1 fuck me thats 20 years ago..........it snowed at half time whilst we were singing along to "real gone kid" by deacon blue..........and Rob MacDonald got the winner! went to Wigan last season and I said for the first time in 30 years after that game that I wasnt going back after the cup game at Stoke and Manu at OT for which I already had tickets......but then Sam got sacked and KK came back and eventually all was right in the world....for a while anyway I actually fancy us more at home to Liverpool than I do at Wigan......draw for me and hope to collect 3 points v the bin dippers on Sunday

Sir Bobby Robson day v Liverpool, according to NUSC: 18th December 2008 Its official! Sunday 28th December 2008 will be Sir Bobby Robson day, a day to honour this great Geordie figure and promote the work of his charity. A day to celebrate his life and love of Newcastle United. This is our chance to show Sir Bobby what we really think of him, sing your hearts out and get behind the team, bring a banner and scarf and lets get the stadium bouncing. What do you need to do? simply pass the message on to everyone you know and sign his message book here. http://www.newcastle-united-supporters-club.co.uk/

Stevie, you really are a complete embarrassment to your fellow supporters http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...ier-League.html survey of 2,708 football fans... wow, that is supposed to back up an argument... 2,708??? Canny sample size if done properly. The fact it's an internet poll renders it useless bollocks though. I'd be more concerned that watching their team on TV is supposed to make them the 'best' fans. You're right, it is a decent sample size, I'm not sure how big your fellow supporters think sample sizes are but they're never generally more than a couple of thousand, as for the watching your team on tv comment, maybe you should reread the article, it says Liverpool are the best supported club and as a side point mentions that they are also the most watched on tv, nothing to do with the point that I was making, finally, there is nothing wrong with internet surveys, it is the 21st century after all! Surely the fact that the survey was carried out on behalf of these guys http://www.wheresthematch.com/tv/home.asp which appears to be some sort of football streaming website suggests that its the sort of armchair,sky/setanta/stream watching fan that the survey did actually ask? Do you think they went to the bother of employing market researchers to ask 2,708 folk just about to go through a turnstile which team they support?......the survey is fucking useless, the telegraph should be shot for using it. What the article suggests is that Liverpool has the most glory hunters based on "past successes" with Manu second and Spurs third.....and we're 5th which just proves what a crock of shit it all is, because where's the glory in supporting us at the moment, either in person at the games or via a tv screen? And for that matter fuckin Spurs haven't been setting the premier league since its inception have they? based on this survey Spurs would be the third best supported team because of the acheivements of Bill Nicholson and Danny Blanchflower.......what a load of fuckin shit.

The editor of the sporting life said that on talksport, which is a bit different, and he was taking a guess, the same as any punter on here. Steve Bruce got it right, he said only if he gets a stupid ie 10 mill offer for Heskey would he consider selling Heskey in January,and aonly if he can find a decent replacement....and JFK said much the same at the weekend. I think he's ours till the summer, but after that who knows? Steve Bruce has a chairman/owner who supports his manager and understands football as an ex pro. World of difference between that and a fuckwit like Ashley has been so far. 110% correct I'd be inclined to agree with you and on the evidence Ashley has presented so far, anything could happen.Indeed,in reality the Owen "horse" may have bolted the NUFC stable months ago. But there is a contract on the table, Ashley seems to have finally realised that Owen is the best player we have and our best insurance against relegation. All of which KK told him, but there you go. No one is going to bid 10mill for Owen next month,not when he can be got for nothing in June. The club in its present financial situation will find themselves a lot better off being in the premier league next season (with or without Owen) than taking a couple of million for the player in January and being relegated, and I think even Ashley has realised that.

He's not a talksport presenter, he was being interviewed on the Hawksbee and Jacobs show, and the bit in your post I've highlited is precisely what I was pointing out in my previous post, it certainly wasn't the opinion of talksport,it was the opinion of the editor of the sporting life. Which your first post failed to mention.Which is a bit of a contradiction, seeing as in your subsequent post you tell me that it wasnt the opinion of talksport, which I feel I had pointed out in contradiction to your first post in my first post. hope that clears things up

The editor of the sporting life said that on talksport, which is a bit different, and he was taking a guess, the same as any punter on here. Steve Bruce got it right, he said only if he gets a stupid ie 10 mill offer for Heskey would he consider selling Heskey in January,and aonly if he can find a decent replacement....and JFK said much the same at the weekend. I think he's ours till the summer, but after that who knows?

I was at pompey on Sunday and it was fuckin embarrassing in a funny sort of way....virtually everyone got their name bellowed out by our lot, even fuckin Enrique, which to be fair was warranted as he played as well as I've seen him....but poor Michael got barely a fuckin mention....Oba was having a bit of a mare, was carrying an injury for 15mins before he scored, and because of this he wasnt attempting to get the ball back when he invairiably lost the ball, and still he name was being sung from the rafters.......all after Owen had scored a goal using huge bravery (the meat in a James/Campbell sandwich?..no thanks!) and finishing superbly under immense pressure...if he does leave and turns round and says "I never felt truly accepted by the fans" it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

A bust of Sir Bobby stands in the player's entrance at SJP: http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsD...1248756,00.html

So do you think any of the previous regimes in say the last 30 years at SJP have been so much better than Ashley and his muckers?.....or is it just because he let KK walk off into the sunset? I don't think anyone bar Sir John Hall has really moved the club forwards, and KK was a pretty stupid appointment if the plan was to have a "continental" management structure above him....it was always going to end in tears,the whole football world told us but most of us chose not to listen. Mostly we've always in my time been run by a shower of self serving twats, and Ashley is just the latest. The club has changed since the days of "sack the board" 20 years ago, two new generations of fans have come into the club. The club is virtually unrecognisable in form and structure from what was there in those days, so to think we can get rid of Ashley by sitting down in protest on the Gallowgate or outside the Stawberry/ waving badly spelt bed linen at skytv cameras outside Shearers or bycotting matchday beer and the club shop is, sadly, a bit far fetched. As far as I can see compromise is what is needed on both sides, and this NUSC statement makes a lot of sense.Still won't be joining though....why do they need a tenner from everyone? apparently a thousand have signed up, so they have 10k in the bank less what the flyers handed out before the Blackburn game, website set up costs.....does all that cost 10 grand?.........if they really wanted to put pressure on to force Ashley out, then perhaps a campaign for everyone who had signed up to the 3 year season ticket deal to cancel the direct debits for next seasons ST's? A mate of mine suggested this to them but they've ignored it in favour of compromise when the chance was there to put the club in an awkward posistion....swallow it or take the supporters to court.......it wouldve been interesting to see what wouldve happened, but it may well have damaged the us and them terminally. So compromise it is, which is very different to their initial stated aims. I cant get away from the feeling though after their bold initial aims and now this sudden about turn that it will be just another talking shop acheiving next to fuck all with a few "media oppurtunities" for those who have got themselves on to the comittee.With us plebs paying 10 quid to let them do it.

Pompey is now sold out.....didnt even last till today anyway,I live on the south coast and a mate is coming down and I said I'd get him a ticket nee bother if any of you happen to get a spare drop in your laps I'll take it off your hands.....send me a pm cheers

If Butcher is such an English patriot can someone tell me why he's working for the fuckin Scottish Football Association?........

aye..........anyone from outside the city supporting the Toon is nothing but a glory hunting bandwagoner...........all those tropies in the last 40 years makes us an obvious club for attracting twats like that

Thats his biggest problem.......the club is worth about half what he wants for it.Has it progressed either as a business or on the pitch since he bought it? I think the answer on both counts is no. So why would any self respecting billionaire buy it for double the price of what it is worth? MA's biggest mistake is not doing due dilligence to uncover what he claims were "hidden debts". These were apparently 110mill, which he has coveniently tacked on to the asking price.........and he's surprised he can't sell in a financial market that makes The Wall Street Crash" look like a walk in the park. The bloke is a born gambler, has been all his life, and this is one he's going to lose out on.........sadly he runs the risk of taking NUFC down with him. And regardless of what the bloke on the radio says that would be a disaster for Ashley and us.

Yep thats the one for me. He knobbed one in a few weeks earlier that was pretty important. Dont see many goals knobbed in by the likes of Bergkamp or Henry do you??? Best goal I saw was Gazzas against Chelsea. I was sat in the makeshift seats in the Leazes for some reason that day. I've never seen that goal repeated on TV,video or dvd (if anyone has a copy PM me!!) but it is without doubt one of the best I've ever seen.Jackie Milburn was at the time the judge of something called "Barclays Young Eagle of the Month" for the NE and he said much the the same in the match programme the following home game. also as mentioned by others: Gazza v Palace in the cup McGee v Bradford Ginola v Ferencvaros and one by Pedro in his second spell at SJP.........a volley from the right hand side of the area in a night game..........can't remember who we were playing?...........

We could name the training ground and the academy "the Sir Bobby Robson Centre" or something....he told fatfred we were a disgrace because we didnt have purpose built training facilities, and it was designed,built and opened whilst he was manager. There is a bust of him just inside the Old Milburn Stand entrance...........very good likeness of him

Agreed his value now is far higher than when he started. Do not want him long term but is his situation any different to Owens sadly not.........Owen will go if a club in the UEFA competions after xmas want a proven striker.......simple as that.......which means Man City...........probably.

Okay.........say he goes back to Forest next month on a contract to keep them in the championship with a bonus if he actually does..........where the fuck do you think that would leave us? He's limited as a manager,anyone can see that...........but we'd be fucked without him at the moment, and it looks like he knows it,hence trying to get a bit more loot out of Ashley.Fair play to the bloke. Add your list of realistic candidates to replace him at a club in complete limbo if he walks below.........

He's just playing the game...........he's basically saying to any champioship team who are thinking of dumping their present boss"I'm availiable and I want a 3 year contract" But don't be surprised if he's still here after xmas............Ashley wants 300 mill for a club thats worth no more than 150......and its a buyers market. Good luck Mike

The point is how did he deem it a foul? And worse how can he STILL deem it a foul after watching video playback? Clearly a ref can deem anything a foul, but that doesn't make them right. Graham Poll said after ther game " Just because he got the ball first doesn't mean that its not a foul" which as far as I can dedeuce means its as you say completely down to the refs interpretation of the law. Which means we're probably fucked and Beye is out for 3 games. With the advantages of Setanta slow motion Beye clearly got the ball first and then his and Robinho's momentum led to their being contact between their legs.That is why it isnt a foul. Beye didnt try to clear him out by taking his standing leg which was what Poll seemed to be implying, and Styles was also shouted down by 3 ex England internationals sat in the Studio. Styles' posistioning to make the call was dreadful (not that he needs to be 20 yards away and have 3 players between him and the ball to fuck it up-ask Bolton) and the linesman on that side bottled it completely. they need to be made an example of but I'm not holding my breath.