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Loved the video without the commentary, brought back memories of being there. I was there two witness 7 of those goals in the flesh... Be interesting to see if there is anyone who can genuinely claim the full house!

Good going forward, very dodgy in defence. For £17m the skates whould be laughing their way to the bank...

You probably want to re-tract that statement. Considering he had little or no control over Newcastle's signings the 2nd time around, the first time around the majority of his signings were pretty inspired to be honest. Phillipe Albert, Pavel Srnicek, Rob Lee, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Keith Gillespie, David Ginola, David Batty... the list does go on if I was to start thinking about it. In my opinion, that displays a pretty damn good eye for a player. With regard to staying long, what manager in the past 5 years or so has? I'd rather have a couple of years with someone like Keegan who has the ability to galvanise the club and city, excellent track record with promotions, motivate the squad and attract even better players for a couple of seasons and see where we ended up than 5+ years of mediocrity under someone totally uninspiring like Steve Cotterill.

Wotton may not have every been a massive earner but I'm pretty sure he would have been drawing a wage of more than £3k a week throughout the 10 years he has been playing regular first team football. That equates to over £1.5m earnt in his career, lets take half a million off, thats still £1m in career earnings. I am sure he is in a much more comfortable position to miss one or two paycheques than the non-playing staff at St Mary's. One of which is a good friend of mine in corporate sales who has recently bought a house with a friend, only for his friend to bale on him leaving him no option to buy out his half of the property. That is what he should have been focussing on. All the employees at the club drawing salarys between 14k-30k per annum, still with mouths to feed. I dont begrudge him the money, if I was offered similar amounts I would gladly take it but an ounce of perspective really should have been used before he started commenting on worrying about not getting paid for a month in which he didnt have to work anyway as it was the close season.

In my opinion what Wotton was saying was nothing short of disgraceful. Saying how he was worrying about things as he's got kids to pay for. What about the guys that work in the club shop or in catering etc.. Does he not think they have kids to pay for on a salary considerably less than him? He's been a professional footballer for around 10 years no doubt drawing a healthy salary. Would have been nice for him given his age and experience to give the non-playing staff of SFC a mention before himself.

I'd love it if we can afford Rasiak for the season. He's lazy, doesnt work that hard, is getting old and demands a high wage but the bloke knows where the goal is. I'm pretty sure in League 1 he would bang them in, given a modicum of service.

Just had a debate about this in the office. I think its pretty obvious Fergie would want to keep hold of him but I'm sure he would rather have £80m to spend than a sulky little sh!t not putting in a proper shift and having an adverse effect on the rest of the team. Ferguson is no mug. He will simply change the way the team plays now. Probably sign Ribery, couple of wingers and another poacher of the van Nistelrooy ilk. I still expect them to be the team to beat in the Prem next season.

So you dont think the new board would be sounding out potential new managers? I'm not saying I believe what I heard earlier about Strachan but I would feel fairly confident whoever is about to take the club over would have a few ideas on who will be taking charge of team affairs. Even Wotte accepts his job is in jeopardy. If he acknowledges this himself, I am sure the people looking to take over the club would be looking at alternatives also.

That'll teach me to proof read posts in the future.... oops.

Anyone know if Radio Hampshire are still based at St Mary's? I've just spoke to a friend of mine who I know is good friends with Will Cope. Apparently someone from within the radio station who he is friends with (you would know who they were if I told you but probably a bit unfair to say) has told him that Gordon Strachan has been at the stadium today and he called me straight away to tell me. My friend has a history of stretching the truth but never really with footballing matters, usually white lies about how fit a girl he has pulled is or telling me he has caught a 20lb carp when in reality its about 7lb. I do however know he is good mates with this person in question and as far as I know, the person at the radio station would have no reason to lie. He also suggested the person behind Pinnacle could be Rod Stewart. I dont know how to guage this one but would be interesting to hear if anyone else hears anything of Mr Strachan being seen at the stadium. Dont shoot me and dont shoot my mate. I'm not ITK, just relaying something that was told to my mate by a friend of his that works in the stadium.

No offence but I think the badge is shocking. Far too much going on in it. If the badge were to be re-designed, I would feel very confident it would be minimalist in its appearance and in my opinion would look much better for it.

Not a bad player but not irreplacable either. I dont think we'd miss him too much. Might give Lallana the opportunity to play behind the front two instead of on the wing which is his natural position and would probably also be enough to get Jan Paul Saiejs and have a bit of change as well.

Rather put the money towards signing JP Saeijs.

Dyer can jog on, I dont care. McGlaggon looks a very similar type of player with just the same attributes and I wouldnt want them both in my team. Dyer is older, had developed less than we all expected and is on a good deal more money. If Dyer wants out, I say let him. Decent enough player but if he doesnt want to be a part of a new chapter is SFC's storied history then we shouldnt let him.

Sincerely hope so... its my birthday!!!

Good on Kelvin. "I'm a Saints player through and through". He wants to stay here, I hope we can now reward his loyalty with a contract for next season and hopefully one or two players to play in front of him who are worthy of having him as a goalkeeper. Happy news and most definately cause for celebration this evening.

Lets go farkin' Emmental, Lets go farkin' Emmental, tra la la la, tra la la la.

Tommy Larsen is a real player. Plays for Stabaek in Norway and is a Norway international. His actualy name is Tommy Svindal Larsen.

I think McGlaggon looks better at his age than Nathan Dyer did at the same age anyway. Similar amounts of pace as well. Good luck Nathan, hope you tear it up next season and get yourself a £15m transfer to one of the big boys next summer with us getting a hefty lump from the sell-on clause!

My girlfriend has predicted 1-1 after 90 mins, Ronaldo first goal. Barcelona to win on pens. She has no interest in football but her predictions have come good quite a few times this season.

Well I am sure I could tear apart the grammar of the majority or users on this forum on every thread and I'm sure they could do the same for me. I can just see a lot of people interested in reading this thread and it can become very annoying when having to read 3 pages of nonsense about spelling, grammar and punctuation in order to do so. Sadly not everyone is in the position where they can spend all day on this website keeping abreast of each and every interesting post, so to have to sift through them amongst whats on this thread can be a tad annoying. This is what TMS is for.

Jesus. For once an interesting post about a potential new owner and it is totally diluted with idiots spouting absolute rubbish about spelling and grammar. It was funny for the first post but its getting a bit tiresome now. Any chance we can nip it in the bud guys?

Every club has a fair proportion of deluded supporters. We have more than your average. The amount of fans on the main page that think we have some divine right to expect a billionaire to buy us and carry us back to the glory days of Premier League mid-table obscurity is rather unsettling. Despite this, I know we have a great set of fans because I sit amongst them at matches but can appreciate there are a fair few that expect everything on a plate. Bit unfair to think they represent the feelings of an entire fanbase. Whilst on the subject, do you think producers of 606 would prefer an idiot spouting the rubbish you have quoted a fan saying or someone who gives an honest assessment of the state that club is in? I'm sure it would be the former as it encourages more people to call to carry the argument on. Such as the BBC website saying "Tears as Newcastle go down" as their headline. There were about 3 people blubbing and the rest were taking the relegation with dignity which is a lot more than can be said for supporters of other clubs.

When Glenn Roeder was manager Newcastle had a lot more dangerous players at their disposal. The likes of Kieron Dyer, Scott Parker, Emre all players who could spot a pass and provide that final ball which is what they have lacked this season. Contrary to what most people believe, Keegan was actually a very good appointment. He identifies with the Newcastle fans and actually had them playing very good football at the end of last season and beginning of this season. He left because he was undermined by that little scrote Dennis Wise. Any manager worth their salt would up an leave in the same situation and I dont blame Keegan for doing so. Shearer, like Keegan identifies with the Newcastle fans. He is a realist and knows things wont happen overnight with getting the club back to where they want to be but he knows how the fans want them to play and will be afforded the time to get things right due to his standing as a legend of the club. He is also reasonably smart and knows he was in a no lose situation. If Newcastle survived, he would have the clout to demand a huge transfer budget to overhall the squad and if they did get relegated would have a good few weeks to assess everything thats wrong with the club and address the issues. Whether Mike Ashley heeds his advice or hires another "yes man" such as Kinnear who is simply pleased to be there we will have to wait and see... Sam Allardyce was an awful manager for Newcastle. I have a large Geordie contingent in my family and actually watched a couple of Newcastle games under his leadership and they truly were awful. All their fans ask for is a team that show pride in the shirt, look as if they want to be there and play a simple passing brand of football. Under Allardyce they got none of those things. Players we disillusioned with the tactics, didnt put in a decent shift and hoofed the ball at every opportunity. Can you blame the fans turning on Allardyce if the players already had? I cant. As for Graeme Souness, he dismantled a perfectly good squad he inherited from Bobby Robson. Maybe not title contenders but comfortably a top 6 outfit. He seemed to make it his priority to fall out with Newcastle's most gifted, creative players such as Bellamy and Robert. He signed the likes of Amdy Faye, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Albert Luque and Michael Owen all on massive wages and involving huge transfer fees. All of those players best days were behind them, they clearly didnt want to be there and only signed for the money. Is that really the fans fault? I dont think so. Yes, Newcastle's manager list in recent years has been a joke and is no surprise they have been relegated. They deserve it on the balance of how they have performed over the course of a season but it is far too easy to simply rest the blame at the feet of their fans. Mike Ashley needs to take a long look at himself and realise that the main reason Newcastle have failed so miserably is because of him. You cannot sell players like Milner, N'Zogbia and Given and replace them with no-one at all. As for comparing Newcastle to us, its a totally different kettle of fish. The clubs are in totally different circumstances behind the scenes. Despite going down, in terms of revenue Newcastle are still something stupid like the 17th richest club in the world. I'm sure it wont be the case next year but they will have a considerably larger amount in their coffers than we did and wont be held to ransom for any players they dont want to sell (although I cant think of many beyond Harper, Taylor, Beye, Bassong and Guthrie).

Millwall is so overhyped its untrue. I went a few seasons back (we won 2-0 or 2-1, cant really remember. Think Walcott scored, remember singing "Theo, give us a wave, Theo, Theo, give us a wave" as he had the ball. He literally stopped mid-dribble and waved at the fans!) I went to the game with such trepidation, constantly looking over my shoulder. From the moment you set foot on the train to the stadium you are seperated from the home fans and then caged in for the half-mile walk from the station to the stadium so no-one can get to you. Nothing to worry about for this one, unless you go looking for trouble.