Martins playing for some Russian outfit....
Despite only selling one player so far, one website described it as a “mass exodus” which apparently “looks set to continue”. Perhaps you think that the departure of King Kev II, is another example of a player leaving to do great things for another team (e.g. Giussepe Rossi, Jon Dahl Tomasson).
The truth is that many players who left to much rancour amongst the fan base have shown that life after the Gallowgate is not so great. Here are ten players from the last ten years who have given me reason to think that losing the likes of Kevin Nolan shouldn’t be mourned too vehemently.
Hugo Viana – The Portuguese “whizzkid” was supposed to bring skill and technical brilliance to our midfield when Sir Bobby shelled out €12 million to bring him from Sporting Lisbon in 2002. He thoroughly underwhelmed despite being not bad with the ball at his feet.
After two years and 39 appearances we decided to loan him back to Sporting in 2004/05 where he almost matched his record of Newcastle appearances in a season, but Sporting couldn’t be persuaded to take him for £1.5 million and thus he went to Valencia for not very much, if anything at al in fact.
They subsequently found him to be a bit crap and loaned him round the Iberian peninsula until Braga became his current home. Rather amazingly he has been to two World Cups in the same teams as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo, and has a third place medal, which is more than any England footballer has musterted in the last 40 years!
Jonathan Woodgate – Woody arrived from Leeds for a whopping fee of £9 million smackers. A known racist thug convicted for wailing on some Asian fella (sorry don’t remember the guy’s name or even nationality) with fellow Toon underperformer and future on pitch scrapper Lee Bowyer, he was very much the fore-runner of a certain Mr. Barton.
He was actually brilliant on the pitch. which was not frequently enough, and even less frequently for Real Madrid and Spurs via a reasonably fit run at Middlesbrough. Spurs have released him after paying him extortionate wages for someone who basically lies on a treatment table for most of the season.
Michael Chopra – Chopra was supposed to become the player that Andy Carroll almost did. Often touted as the next Alan Shearer in his youth, his crowning glory was scoring against 5under1and and then missing a sitter for them while later wearing their colours. That feat earned him the nickname “agent Chopra” round these parts. Now plying his trade for annual play-off bottlers Cardiff, he remains, well, crap.
Jermaine Jenas – Many thought his arrival from Nottingham Forest was shrewd business from Uncle Bobby for around £5 million. He flattered to deceive many, and when things were going badly he claimed that being round the Toon was like being in a goldfish bowl. He joined the Spuds and now can be seen warming their bench real good, as he has lots of practice at it. He is probably destined for pastures new in either the lower half of the Premier League or the higher echelons of the Championship. He did bear a striking resemblance to…
Kieron Dyer – And you thought that Woody would be the most injury prone player on the list. Dyer had electrifying pace and no small amount of skill. Many thought career rejuvenation was due at West Sham and that the Toon would rue selling him. Two words come to mind. Dodged and bullet. An expensive, gold-plated bullet at that.
James Milner – Milner looked to have been the one that got away last year as he became an England regular under the tutelage of Martin O’Neill. Unfortunately he’s now gone the way of Gareth Barry. He is currently on massive wages for mediocre football at Man City.
Craig Bellamy – After falling out with Graeme Souness (who was in the Ruud Gullet class of terrible Toon managers) he was shipped off to Celtic on loan. He spent most of his time mouthing off in Glasgea and told one opposition player during a cup match that “he’d be cutting his grass this summer”.
Despite brief but promising spells at West Sham (boy we’ve sold them some crap!) and Blackburn, he is currently in exile from Man City having been fairly average in a league where Marlon Harewood scored goals for fun.
Shay Given – The sale of Shay hurt me. He was a legend at this club and had been regularly touted as the best goalie in the league whilst at Newcastle. That he’s warming the bench of Man City is an atrocity, but is also a warning to Jose Enrique when it comes to thinking that the grass may be greener elsewhere. His appearance on the bench of the FA Cup final however represents the only silverware for anyone on this list apart from…
Obafemi Martins – The Nigerian 54-year-old teen sensation was brought by Glen Roeder who actually had a fairly good record as Toon manager, with no other incumbent having finished higher in the league since his dismissal.
Martins’ was the epitome of Roeder’s side. Massively inconsistent, Ameobi like some may say. He was shipped off to Wolfsburg after relegation, where he couldn’t get a game ahead of Grafite and Edin Dzeko and he’s not even good enough for some Russian team you’ve only heard of because they bought Obafemi (Rubin Kazan).
He was loaned to Birmingham for a 2 minute glory-filled appearance in the League Cup final but has now been shipped back to Russia following their subsequent relegation – his second in as many seasons in England.
Sebastian Bassong – Don’t believe the hype of the Gallowgate is the message of this article. Too late for Seb to learn that now. He can’t even get a game at Spuds despite Ledley King and Woody being in ICU for almost a year. We all thought he was a great loss and we were lumbered with Fabricio Coloccini in the Championship. How things change……
So who have I missed? Who else did the Toon sell that you thought were going to come back to bite us, but turned out to be toothless? I could have added a lot of names to this list myself, but thought it was long winded enough.
Or maybe you think King Kev II will come up trumps for the Irons. Please try and tell me why you think this could happen?
Note from Toonsy: Thanks to Michael82 for submitting this article. I usually despise top ten lists (pet hate of mine) but I have to admit this one makes a cracking point! « View from the away end- Liverpool. | Benny keen to don the number 9 shirt? »
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Chopra signed for Ipswich about a month ago.
I thought chopra had left cardiff ??
Also, Rubin Kazan beat Barcelona in the Champions League a season or two ago. Isn’t that a major claim to fame for us despite it being nearly 40 years ago now?
This list seems a little bit rose tinted to me, especially since most wanted Bellamy back to partner Carroll and I am sure most wouldn’t say no to Bassong either. I still wouldn’t object to Martins.
Theres no way I’d have Martins back at all. Out that list I would have back Bellamy, Bassong only for cover and probably Milner but I don’t even rate him that much.
you forgot the worst waste of space ever to wear a toon shirt!!!! a certain mr michael owen (aka man yoo bench warmer & medal taker)
Last season I would have had oba back in January,hell I would have taken anyone. He’s probably better than lovenkrands but meh, we don’t miss him.
It is funny, the day we sold Nolan I was told confidently by about 5 fans of other clubs that there was a mass exodus of our players about to happen…..Erm…yeah.
What pedantic gits
cause Cardiff or Ipswich make much difference? he’s hardly progressing as a player.
Think its a tad hard to say the grass isnt greener to Martins. He had to go so the club could be kept afloat and didnt think he wanted to go.
Would defo have him back, but not as a high paid player or nr. 9 or anything like that. But would certainly have him back as an exciting alternative to the attack as he brings a certain element of the unexpected, granted he can be inconsistent. Bassong probably had his agent whispering in his ear, his high thoughts of himself, and still he also had to go, as the club got a great offer for him. Again I would have him back, but not at any high price or wage.
Newkie – Nolans exit is blown way out of proportion.
Martins is shocking man. He couldn’t trap a medicine ball. Was awful for Brum, especially against us.
This is pretty similar to my article the other day. Great minds ;D
Jobey,
Chopra is one of the top players in the Championship and played well enough for Cardiff for another promotion chasing team to sign him up. He has hardly vanished off the face of the earth.
Playing first team for Ipswich is better than being stuck in our reserves. At least that’s the argument used when people want to knock Harper for not leaving anyway.
FJ – is that why Cardiff were happy to let him go for 1.5m
http://t.co/5IJsHsL canny mad
For me the only one I would have back is Bellamy, I did like Oba because he was exciting, and I do think Nolan will find the grass isn’t greener but I dont think he will care because he got what he wanted a pension fund though he will try to say it was football reasons but I dont believe that and I do think that the thought of being a bench warmer helped make up his mind. it was interesting to note what Joey said when asked about dropping down a league
@Joey7BartonJoseph Barton
@KevinAshford7 why would a drop down a league when I can more than hold my own in the premiership???
followed by
@KevinAshford7 what benefit would it give me???? Logically??? None I play this game to play against the best week in week out…..
Plus Martins played for us when we where in a not particular great periode. First season with Roeder was an injury nightmare.
Second season with long balls sam.
Third season relegation season.
So what we saying here? If we sell Barton and Enrique we won’t miss them?
I don’t think we replaced any of that list with adequate replacements did we? We might have better players now but we got rid of them players and never replaced them – then we just declined from there and eventually got relegated, well apart from Bassong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0smWRttp3ls
Nolan anyone?????
I take that back. He’s defo more like Owen.
Jobey,
Cardiff did that because he had one year left on his contract and had said he would leave this summer if they didn’t go up – last year.
It’s fairly simple.
Stuart79
July 2, 2011 at 17:39
“So what we saying here?”
That people who leave often never live up to the hype.
How about the flipside of the coin? Boumsong left for 2 years to Juventus and 2 further years at Lyon all the while making fairly consistent appearances for France’s national team. He currently plays for Panathinikos. Or how about Aaron Hughes who spent 5 years with us before being sold for a paltry 1mill to Aston Villa. After 2 seasons he was sold to Fuhlam where he has started since 2007 and continues to do so. Rossi was only a loan so I won’t mention him. I have to say though these seem more like the exception to the rule.
you didnt add owen duff carroll who has been flop since leaving us
I didn’t put Owen in cos I don’t think any of us really wet upset that he left. Also I have to admit complete ignorance about agent Child’s defection. However the point is still moot as he is crap.
maybe the real message here is that if one of the three superstar bargins that we have jusy bought graces this list in a few years time don’t be too surprised. Hope it’s not all three. In Carr we trust
Surely if we stick with a Shola/Martins partnership all season then our two completely unpredictable and flukey strikers will develop an unbeatable partnership ala Shearer and Sutton?
I think we need the best lovenkrands partnership that started against the arsenal in th 4-4 comeback game
“However the point is still moot as he is crap.”
Titus Calamatus Bramble.
Lowered his standards when he went to Wigan , then hit rock bottom when he moved on from there.
You forgot “Monday Tuesday!” Our former player of the season and an excellent right back for us, he and Damian Puff decided they wanted to bail out even though Beye swore undying love for the Toon. He ended up unable to get a game in a pretty lousy Villa team. Grass definitely un-green!
Magpie6699 @ 29 – beye is one of the players I completely lost respect for. puff aswell.
How can anyone forget BRAMBLE!!!! That pathetic, dumb, always slipping reckless piece of sh*t!!! He went to the scum and how did that 1 go? lol I swear I went out and celebrated when we got rid of that ugly clown.
There are just too many useless ‘players’ to have been at Newcastle to name them all. Marcelino, Guivarc’h, Charvet, Dumas, the list goes on and on sadly.
I am really excited for this coming season as we have a young and exciting team now full of promising players with proven quality. We have much less deadwood now than ever before.
The Future is Bright the Future is Black and White!!!
Hugo Viana the man we turned down Ronaldo to sign….
What ever happend to Emre ,does anyone know who he plays for now?
Toonsy – Any chance of you using my entire sentence when you quote me to try and make a point? Kind of distorts my point when you only use half of it.
Axel @ 33 – We sold Emre to Fenerbache, which was a bit controversial seeing as he had played for Galatasaray before. Kinda miss the little fellah. Injury prone but very likeable and skillful not to mention a real engine in the middle.
Have we had anybody leave us and gave a sustained period of success? Using tge same timeframe as this….. I’m struggling to think of many
@21
I cant beleive we sold hughes he was one of our best defenders and he is still one of the most under rated defenders in the league. I used to love him and Gillespie they were one of the reasons i started supporting newcastle being a young N.Irish lad myself
I would take Given and Milner back out of that list. Milner would be awesome on the right for us. The rest of the players are all sh*te now. People saying they would take Bellamy back realy? Did you guys not see how crap he was at celtic?
Toonsy – Nzogbia??? Not in terms of winning but he has definately not been bad since we sold him
It’s not just about being useless. You have to think of players who you thought world be good but turned put crap when they left. Think about the side Gullet dismantled. Girls could have counted though his mediocrity at spurs was enough to avoid the top ten.
Ginola not girls
Stuart – If we’re on about distorting points…… Isn’t this much the same thing:
“So what we saying here? If we sell Barton and Enrique we won’t miss them?”
I mean Enrique or Barton aren’t mentioned are they? And the nuts of this is about the departure of Nolan and looking back at other players who left for “better” things only to have their fingers burnt.
@toonsy may have just answerd your question there without nowing it
Aaron Hughes has been superb for fulham captain under murphy.
Ohh one more Toonsy – I think Nicky Butt scored a cracker on his debut for South China
the only player i would have back is barry venison
The Chronicle understands French star Hatem Ben Arfa is keen to wear the No 9.
i dont know what to think of that
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A MASSIVE ” COME ON HAYE” FOR TONIGHT!!! HARD FIGHT , CANT WAIT TO WATCH IT!!!
Why the he’ll not give it to benny. He is clearly in charge of our transfer activity so why not make him the talisman
Got a link Army???
Santii @ 37 where abouts are you mate
As for Benny getting the No9 i dont think so but im sure he will get the 10
I LOVE BENNY , but wudnt giv him number 9 , thats for ranger
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=121555&part=sports
there u go santii
michael – i dont know if it would be wise yet to giv him it , he might be terrible 4 us
dave can i ask u a serious question??
have we signed any1 yet?
Toonsy @ 41 has Stuart been caught out there
I wouldn’t give the number 9 shirt to any of the strikers this season.
It should be deserved and put up for grabs for the following season.
Army I asked Batty that yesterday and he said no and then I heard we signed Mehdi Abeid
@Dave Lisburn
@Army Cheers mate
@army
But klitchko is fighting on his home ground in Germany. That’s why it’s a national event and free.
Bobby @ 55 well mate surprised when I read your post yesterday about the talk in with KK, I thought you’s would have had some info from it
and when are you telling us more about the names of some people that use the blog 
Oh I have to agree with you about the No9
Santii have you used another name before ?
@Big Dave
There was no craic to give cos KK never gave any.
The only question he answered was about abolishing the reserves. He stated he still didn’t regret it because it’s not the reserves where the future stars come from. He believed the youth set up is more important and the reserves are just a means for crocked first teamers to get their fitness back.
I totally disagree because surely the youth players use the reserve team as a stepping stone.
agree with bobby at 55
@big Dave
I won’t disclose wraiths pseudonym.
But I had an interesting chat with him. When the right thread comes up I will post what he said.
He may also but you won’t know.,
santii neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bother me mara
@premandup
You’ve been hovering between my reality train and the platform all night but o think you’ve just bought a ticket.
Stand clear of the doors.
@Dave no?
Anyone on here got any money on the fight?
I got £30 on haye win knockout in the 4th 22/1 so come on haye knock this c**t out
Bobby I agree with you its ok the younguns playing in their own leagues but in the reserves I think they tend to play with and against senior players trying to get match fit, so its a bit like a halfway between kids and the seniors.
I’m sure you were left a bit disappointed
Bobby @ 64 I think I know anyway
@santii
Klitchko has a massive advantage fighting in his own country Germany. Do you agree?
@big Dave
Go on, I’m interested to see who you think?
Yeah a massive advantage but i still think its going to be a very good fight, well the best the heavyweight division has seen in a wile
I still think he shuld beat Wladimir and if he gets to fight Vitaly it will be a far better fight.
Bobby I will FB it to you as I dont want to give him away incase it is
@santii
I don’t want to see a german winning the world heavy weight title.
If it helps, someone called Steve Wraith has just registered with the site
toonsy
no nicknames from me…i’m not a keyboard warrior…look forward to the crack
Bobby are you taking the piss??
Klitschko isnt german and he already is the champion
come on david haye knock the taste clean out of klitschko’s mouth
Not really toonsy, the article is about players who the fans weren’t happy to see go and failed at their next club. If Barton and Enrique both left and totally flopped at their next club would that mean we wouldn’t miss them?
The point is that just because they left and weren’t very good at their next club doesn’t mean anything. Maybe we had their best years – we failed to replace any of them and we suffered the consequences.
You need to look at their performances for us and judge them on their replacements and how they performed and where the club headed after they left.
Its never as simple as these articles paint it.
Bobby Shinton number 9 says:
July 2, 2011 at 20:16
@santii
I don’t want to see a german winning the world heavy weight title.
The Klitschko brothers are from the Ukraine Bobby. Hows your reality train going?
DJG
July 2, 2011 at 20:24 (Edit)
“The Klitschko brothers are from the Ukraine Bobby. Hows your reality train going?”
To the wrong destinations by the sounds of it
Btw toonsy, liking this new more sophisticated layout.
@toonsy
Have a word with santii and DJG . Woo hoo hoo hoo.
I thought I was never going to get a bite. It took 3 posts and a bigger worm each time.
Hook, line, DJG and Santii . Woo hoo hoo hoo.
Toonsy
An Englishman fighting in Germany?
Haye to lose on penalties
Oh dear.
Revised.
Hook, line, toonsy, DJG, and Santii!!!!
That was some bait I attached there!
Im here after a great deal of persuasion!
stevewraith steve wraith
The Newcastle No9. | NUFC Blog – Newcastle United Blog nufcblog.co.uk/2011/06/17/new…
3 minutes ago
Bobby you are going to need a bigger landing net soon
Yeah yeah booby, gan back to sleep, I’ll wake you up when we sign our new striker and it’s arse in Fenwicks time.
@santii
@DJG
@Toonsy
@DJG
Me go to sleep? Woo hoo hoo hoo.
Bobby Shinton number 9 says:
July 2, 2011 at 20:07
@santii
Klitchko has a massive advantage fighting in his own country Germany. Do you agree?
Oh right if I had seen that I would have click, but seeing as I had just booted up and read your last comment you got me.
Some winder uper you are bobby
nice one keep it up. We all could learn a great deal from you. 
(my last sentence was sarcastic incase you don’t understand in you self glorifying interlude)
You got Steve Wraith advertising for you now?
@DJG
I think Toonsy and Santii have just run a cold bath!
@stu
I’m sure you’ve heard Wraiths views. What do you make of them?
terry dunstun just got knocked the fk oot
I don’t think they are as bothered as you to be honest. Remember Bobby, he who laughs last laughs the longest; and the night is young.
@hitman
Some punch as well. He’s still recovering!
@DJG
I didn’t think you would take it quite so badly.
corker bobby..
@hitman
Who do you fancy to win.
Haye or Klit?
I believe Haye will be too quick and mobile for Klit.
Bobby i’m just playing with you. xx
One of my neigbours is having a party outside and playing ABBA.
It’s really awful. 
@DJG
It looks like you are biting everytime tho .
haye for me all the way.bobby
Gutted I can’t watch it…I start work at 10
Haye to knock him out within 6 rounds
am i allowed to post yet?
Haye to lose admirably like most brits…
Bobby Shinton number 9 says:
July 2, 2011 at 20:46
@hitman
Who do you fancy to win.
Haye or Klit?
I believe Haye will be too quick and mobile for Klit.
I still think you know nothing about boxing.
The bookies have gone for Klitchko and I can understand why. The judges, the ref and most of the crowd will be on Klitchko’s side. Haye is giving away 2 stone and 3 inches to Klitchko. He is not a true heavyweight. If you want my prediction Klitchko will take it the distance and win on judges decision or knock him out in last rounds. He is just too big and athletic, Haye has to knock him out and he won’t because Klitchko will hold and exhaust him.
Haye to lose for me
@andrew lets hope for round 4
@DJG what Abba are awesome
DJG > I still think you know nothing about boxing
I think Bobby would beg to differ 
I found that funny
hang on there DJG,what about the veluev fight,but your reet he has to take this bloke out.
@DJG
I don’t think you know anything about boxing?
Hmmmm.
Valuev is a giant, not a boxer in my opinion. Klitchko is a boxer, not a vey good one but boxing (and heavyweight boxing) is at about it’s lowest point in 100 years IMHO.
Never underestimate how hard it is to win in a boxers home county (or adopted home counry) it is almost impossible and I just can’t see Haye knocking him out.
@DJG
I’ve got to be honest I haven’t seen much of Klit but I believe Haye is more than capable of causing an upset .
Natural boxer and an athlete. The only thing is with Heavyweights as we all know, it takes one punch and if Klit gets his full force behind one then no one is gonna be on their feet.
However, Haye has the tools to put him on the back foot and defeat him.
wheres reg varney gone thought he would be buzzin getting a plug from steve wraith
Steve Wraith – Your comments got eaten by the spam filter for some reason. I’ve fished them all out now like
bobby
All it takes is one punch mate, and Haye is quick and powerful enough to catch him. Good luck to him. He talks so much he has to do something or it will just be embarrasing.
steve @112 aye and me
I think Haye has a lot of tools but he will need to have a mallet with him
Toonsy @ 121 you should have got Bobby to fish them out as he is good at fishing
Steve Wraith
Remember when Ricky Fattun went to the states and fought Mayweather and he just took him apart.
It was a total boxing lesson to Ricky Hatton.
Who’s going to tell Steve Wraith what theyve said about him in the past?
Steve do you remember me from twitter?
Our flurry in the transfer market seems to have died a death…could this be the end of the incomings ?
lol spam filter must have been working for fatty
bobby @128 ive already done that ,i give him running commentary
you can see in adam booths face he isnt that confident like…
cometh the hour cometh the man
happy to be here lads and lasses…im no fans spokesman..never have been..never could be…i have my own views and opinions…can admit when i’m wrong…i’m anti ashley and can’t stand SAFC….yes i visited the krays…that doesn’t meam i’m a wannabee gangster…i was a doorman for 18 years…probably one of the most pleasant in the toon which served me quite well….i now run an events company in North East and do a bit of writing and acting…i was persuaded to come onto the forum by a few men in uniform! So here I am…
Ha. Steve Wraith has ignored my texts!
Im his only ally as well.
has anyone got a decent link for it mine is sh1te
…i was persuaded to come onto the forum by a few men in uniform! So here I am…
they wernt traffic wardens were they
welcome onboard Steve
Bobby – Some of his views I agree with, others I’m not too sure of.
I think I agree on most of his views on Ashley though.
dave try these m6,dont know if there any good like.
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=121555&part=sports
steve wraith says: @ 136
Welcome Steve this will be your biggest test.
welcome steve
@dave
This one is working ok for me http://smoggy-sports.yolasite.com/
hey steve i have 2 questions for you
1..was the judas pushed or did he hand in a transfer request..
2..were in the hell did you here we have a 25k a week salary cap..
are i welcome to the blog
Welcome along Steve. You talk utter white at times, but as you say, its your opinion and your entitled to it. At least you take it all in the way its intended though and don’t get arsey about it if people do question your opinions
Is it time for a wage cap thread?
I’m still waiting for the abuse that Steve normally gets.
Do you want me to trawl previous threads and copy/paste?
You know who you are.
I will give Stu a bye as he is the only one who has similar views on Ashley.
Santii nice one mate cheers
COME ON……AINT NO STOPIING US NOW
Anyway, im off to bed now as I drank far too much last night and still feel like shyte so toodle pip all.
Night night bobster
Toonsy take it easy mate
@hitman
Are you with DJG and listening to ABBA?
Come on Haye!!!
Getting excited now! Haye playing mind games waiting 10 minutes!
bobby trawl away if you find 1 comment from me where i have gave the fat man any praise at all i will gladley leave the blog
total BS bobby he needs to get his arse oot there and get it on.
fkin mind games are owa just get out there david and do the biz
snap batty
@batty
To be fair there are a few including yourself who don’t give Ashley the lickings of a dog.
That was a bit unfair from me. But Steve Wraith seems to get a hard time from most.
bobby ever the diplomat
bobby aye he dus but i agree with most he says
fuking stupid links are down agai
n
It’s some build up to this fight!
reet lets get it on
bobby haye to take the bloke oot in 3
batty sopcast Channel – 114717 super pic but lingo not so but the boxing should talk for itself
I think booing a countries anthem is shit
Farting fafflekers anyone else’s sky go down at 1:36 in the first
http://realtvsport.com/channel-4.php
I think Boxing gives Formula 1 a run for it’s money on being the most boring sport in history!
I think atm its a draw
If it was a boxing match it’d be stopped by now!
Halfway through and this ain’t worth 15 quid
Haye is getting owned
fk me
neither would have lasted 4 rds with Tyson
fkin shite,just wasted 15 bills….
The they were both shit
That should be tbh not the
The only way to keep our best player is to break into the Champions League spots in the PL. With an owner with a policy of keeping NUFC at the mid tabel, and buying cheap and sellinge expensive without reinvesting in the team, this is simply not possible. As long as MA is in charge we will continue to be a selling team. Get used to it, our get him out of our club.
How bad must haye feel right now lol such an awful fight i feel sorry for anyone that paid to see that
Stu @ 168. Agree. I’d add basketball to that. Even Aussie Rules is more interesting than boxing.
@stu
You a man? Or a wimp?
I don’t think ashley wants to stay midtable, he just doesn’t see that to try and up the ante you need to put newcastle in the shop window i.e. Europe
Michael82 @ 182. Is that the same shop window as BS9′s arse will be in?
I think wor Troy would have been a better fight
Micael82 – Ashley just wants NUFC to stay in the PL, that’s it.
When we sold Carroll all I heard was people saying “look what Spurs did when they sold Berbatov, they used that money to get in the CL. Well I didn’t see Spurs using it to pay the fcking wages!
alreet lads!!! i might not be able to type 4 much longer on here bcos ive broke my toe 3 weeks ago !!!!!!! terrible excuse hahaha!!
WHOO HAHA WHHOOO HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
‘I think Haye will Haymaker him’
WHOO HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a boring fight….
Tennis is a far better sport. I can guarantee tomorrow’s match will be better than that jabfest.
I’m predicting a fiver-setter!
Tennis is sh!t. And we cannot even win that. Murray was a set up and one killer shot from getting a second set and he overhit it, then he fell apart in true British sporting tradition. Serves him right for being ‘scottish and not British’, dic##ead.
Who won in the end?
Good article.
Maybe the follow up article could be how about the fact that the higher price we pay for a player the crapper they tend to be. Apart from Shearer and maybe Collo I cant think of any players we have spent more than 8 mill on who turned out to be worthwhile and Collo at 80 grand a week wont be getting his contract renewed thats for sure.
It’s why I am dumbfounded by all these people insisting we spend tons of cash in the market. When has it ever worked out for us? I prefer players like Tiote and Bassong who come in and work their socks off. It means they work hard and don’t have massive ego’s and cant get away with a “well i’m worth 20 mill attitude so if we are not winning it aint my fault” or the even worse “I need to get to a bigger club to be around real ambition”.
There was Olivier Bernard too who left to “better himself” and ended up at Southampton (who I think he helped get relelgated) and then came back begging to be taken on again, full of nostalgia for NUFC – now apparently helping our new influx of Froggies settle.
Speaking of our ex-Frenchies, Laurent Robert too – another who wanted to come back after leaving.
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