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The question is who is next for the high jump?.

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That could include a fair proportion of players from the red side of a certain City as well.;)

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Graeme Souness on his time at Newcastle:

A pretty damning insight to the way to the club was being run under the late Shepherd, an absolute willingness to throw money at anyone and anything to keep the club relevant whilst knowingly racking up club ending debt. £150m to be exact for a club that was rapidly fading away from the top four, then removing itself from any form of European spot all together. £150m now is a drop in the pond but back then it was a debt that left Newcastle 3 weeks away from doing Portsmouth before they did it. I think Shepherd would have borrowed from elsewhere again though and just added more debt to keep us afloat.

Stretford being the bloke portions of united fans hate? because he's your best mate but he's touting the same player behind your back to someone else (See Rooney to Man United and his involvement in getting another club - Newcastle to basically drive up the price and sweeten his payment in the end) The bloke literally had an office at St James' with Freddie's son. I still believe the above is true, I don't think there was ever a question of where Rooney was going, it was always United and Stretford and co were all in on Newcastle essentially making shill offers.

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Well this one obviously thinks the grass is greener on the other side Julian.:D

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sp...-claude-676435

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Would you believe it, England beat Brazil 3-1 in World Cup semi final.:shocked:

Following Englands recent victory in the U20’s World Cup final the U17’s have reached their final in India. :cool:

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tbf Den he isn't with us any more since being binned after last season. :)

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l thought he did pretty well at your club personally.:)

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Carabao Cup draw, p*** up in a brewery more like it, what a shambles. :9

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Indeed a absolute shambles sums it up Jim.:td:

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Finally

Chelsea vs Bournemouth
Arsenal vs West Ham
Leicester vs Man City
Bristol City vs Manchester United

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Pre-recorded l see.

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How can you have a pre recorded 'live' draw?

All the 'big four teams' kept apart, Billingsgate Market anyone.:rolleyes:

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Blatantly obvious it is fixed. :rolleyes:

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Now the EFL want a full explanation into the shambles.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...tter?CMP=fb_gu

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A well fought win, just about deserved. Both teams played well in awful conditions.

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Very functional l thought.

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Unless you were actually in the ground it would be hard to understand just how bad playing conditions where TBH.

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Fantastic sending off for Salford today. Their keeper was sent off for having a pee during the game. They obviously have different standards that side of the Pennines ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41790381

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Everton still a shambles even with a stand in manager..

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Wonder which bright lad wanted to put Newcastle vs Burnley on TV :erm:

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Someone who was having trouble sleeping. :)

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Good result for my big mate Eddie, a lifelong Burnley supporter. Now level on points with Liverpool. :cool:

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We are not even worthy of that.:nworthy:

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One word for tonight at OT, turgid.:(

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But you won Jim something that was pretty rare under David.:)

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Personally l am surprised they appointed him in the first place Dave.

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The mighty Real getting a good tanking tonight.:D

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And a hell of a game in Napoli as well.

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Yep, puts Uniteds ‘functional’ performance into perspective. :p:

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Functional but it gets results Jim.;)

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Surprising to see teams like Monaco, Dortmund and Napoli struggling to qualify for next round.

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And good to see that the British teams have started to find their roar again.

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British teams?

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;)

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Well, until you reach Everton.

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:D

I guess they're saving themselves to consolidate their league position. :erm:

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Wonder what Arsenal will claim as the attendance tonight, ground looks half empty. :rolleyes:

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Did they cut their often very expensive tickets for once as that would attract a bigger crowd.

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What is it with Frenchmen and Kung Fu kicks.:rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41853841

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No excuses as l expect him to be banned for quite a while now.

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He's now been released by OM. Expect him to retire soon or make preparations in the US?

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I think someone translated it wrong as the initial reports of him being released have now changed to indefinitely suspended. Being released is probably coming though as he'll get a ban that will likely be longer than what remains of his contract anyway as it runs out at the end of the season, he'll be 37 by then.

As a comparison Cantona basically did the same thing as Pat and was banned from all football for 9 months and done for assault in court, got a nothing sentence for it mind you but still.

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Pretty much this then.

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Bit of a rubbish day for Neutrals today with all of the big 6 (apart from Liverpool) playing tomorrow. I doubt i'd watch any of today's matches if it wasn't for FPL.

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To be fair this Stoke v Leicester game is not half bad.:cool:

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You could say better then functional.;)

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Not good as the Shaw Lane v Mansfield FA Cup game (on BT sport's) - real football instead of the cosmetic manufactured Premiership fodder...

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But then you are not watching two teams with the best defences of last season. ;)

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But alas the natives seem to be rumbling their drums a bit lately and the special one is not enamoured by that.;)

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Jose has to have something to have a go at, TBH I didn’t hear much if any booing during the Spurs game, storm in a tea cup blown up by the press.;)

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When you score in 2017 and you're onside but it gets flagged, yeah that. :rolleyes:

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Burnley players getting their passports up to date, Europe beckons. 😂

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You never know there is always a chance that Sean and Jose might be drawn against each other in the Europa league.;):D

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Well if things stay as they are then Klopps Klompers will miss out altogether. :p:

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l expect that..

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Unless they play West Ham every week, what shocking defending.:shocked:

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:D:D

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On my way back from the game

I don’t know what’s more annoying. Losing that game or the guy trying to read the Telegraph sitting next to me

Waving at you Den as I arrive in Plymouth:)

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:waving::beer:

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Obviously he doesn't use his iPad to read the Telegraph subscribers app as I do in company, that said the print edition is good exercise for the arms. :)

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A lot of empty seats at Wembley for a London derby?

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One suspects the tickets are pretty pricey plus some are saving their pennies for Christmas.

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Or a sign that TV is all that matters and fans are over paying to come through the gate to watch obscenley paid foreign players ( who, like them have no connection to the team they support) Maybe they could just paintbox the crowd in in future, save a lot of bother if the fans didn't have to leave their sofas?
(ignore me I'm just a cynic ;) )

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And English players are not obscenely paid Mr K?.

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Stereotyping there l would say.

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Much improved from Chelsea today, United well out of it all of the game.

Sounds like fun at Goodison, Cleverly misses a pen 11 minutes into injury time.

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It seems your concerns once United played the big boys is fully justified.;):D

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TBH, United have a poor recent record in the smoke full stop, Pogba is a bigger loss than I thought he would be.

I thought Jones first half rocket was a stunner, De Gea never saw it. :D

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Do you think it was a foul?.

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Probably was a foul but I think he would have rifled it in anyway.:D

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Not a question you are going to like but who do you think will win the title?.:D

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Due to the massive amount of money that City have spent in the past two years they where always going to be favourites, it will take a major collapse by them for any other outcome.

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Well your club has nearly broke the Bank of England in these last few seasons to no avail.:D;)

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If your club is in crisis then David is your man it seems.;)

https://www.theguardian.com/football...id-moyes-waits

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On a lighter note. :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41880610

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The logic in appointing a man that was tasked with avoiding relegation with Sunderland and failing pretty awfully to then get another club out of relegation.

Meanwhile Amanda Staveley's group expect to move into the final third of the Newcastle takeover in the new few weeks, meaning the club should be sold by Christmas. :)

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Moyes confirmed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41889848

Astonishing.

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They will regret it..

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Not really, he was first choice before

Not as much as if they'd stuck with slav, I was quiet impressed with his press conference to, interesting times ahead

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You mean you are a fan of Mr Moyes TD?.:shocked:

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I'm pretty indifferent to him tbh I do think he's been much maligned by people jumping on a band wagon over nothing though

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Jim is probably quite well qualified to offer his opinion on David Moyes so it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on him.

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I take David Moyes in the round, he was good at Preston and very good for Everton.
The United job slightly overwhelmed him but he did inherit a team that was going nowhere fast and needed major surgery to turn things around.

He wasn’t helped by the people around him at OT, especially Woodward who was very green at the time but has improved since.

The record of English managers abroad is mixed to say the least and I doubt that even Big Sam would have been able to keep Sunderland up last time.

He has enough time to turn things around and I for one wish him well.

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He didn't get the support at utd perhaps it was partly his own fault, he spent to long trying to get bale. Was he really that bad in Spain, I heard he took over when they were 15th and finished of in 12th, what were they expecting exactly and he beat Barcelona there. Sunderland was a job he should never have taken, no one should have, fat Sam got lucky with kone and kircoff in his first window he wouldn't have kept them up 2nd time round, that said big Sam was my first choice to take over, apparently he wanted 8 million a season though

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You can't keep class down, Big Rom scores again.


Magic ball control skill :D

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The Swiss should be thrown out for providing a pitch in that state for a major game. :(

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And yet UEFA will do diddly squat about it Jim.:rolleyes:

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Perhaps FIFA might as it is their competition but I very much doubt it. ;)

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Oops thank you for correcting me Jim but the same sentiment still applies sadly as you say.

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Flurries of reports that Newcastle United have in fact been taken over by Amanda Staveley's PCP group, launching them into the footballing ultra rich :D

It's expected full confirmation will come this week, but the era of Ashley is over!! :woot::woot:

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If that is the case Adzii then praise be to god that Newcastle and Ashley have finally gone their separate ways.

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Not sure I'd like to see Fernando Torres though. Currently linked with Newcastle and Southampton. Not sure either set of fans would be that keen on it.

Everyone's dog knew the takeover deal was done though, we just wanted it over with for Christmas and to finally wave off Mike Ashley.

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not this week if you think Ashley is bad try having Ellis Short then you have something to complain about

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport...astle-13891719

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This game in Milan could get tasty, four bookings and one player stretchered off already.:shocked:

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Ashley gets a bad press imo, if the takeover goes ahead the Geordies may well find they've sold their soul, just like the hammers and for every man city or Chelsea there's a Birmingham with the owner in jail

And now Italy are out :rofl:

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The Italian football press will be in frenzied hysterical mode this morning as if one thinks England get it in the neck that is a tea party compared to what is coming there this morning.:D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41977749

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Gary Neville signed by ITV as 2018 World Cup pundit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...018-world-cup/

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United win at OT predicted. I can't see much else, Mourinho can't afford to lose or draw this to be honest.

Can do nothing but shrug really, just gotta do the best we can until January and hope our budget reads £150-£200m and not £10m :D

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In the press conference earlier Jose said Pogba, Zlatan and Rojo are all in the squad for Saturday too. Perfect timing for the crazy amount of games coming up.

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It might be a few matches though before they are fully match fit so l think he will do it gently gently with them..

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Perhaps this will cheer you up Dave.

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...ing-from-wales

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I can't see Zlatan starting until one of the cup games, maybe the CSKA one in a couple of weeks but rumours floating around this morning that Pogba and Rojo will start today. Soon find out i suppose.