Owen signs for Newcastle

[Kinky Gerbil]

Spurs dont need another small striker

 

[Stevie Boy]

#
souness is shit

I'll second that

 

[Pavilionaire]

Any incoming manager taking over from Souness would not have chosen to spend £26 million on Luque and Owen, one of them perhaps but not both.

 

[Silent Bob]

Why not? They needed a striker, they needed a left winger.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Why not? They needed a striker, they needed a left winger.

who does?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

What, like Mourinho / Ferguson / Wenger / Jol / Benitez did?

They've all got strikers already.

Do you imagine any of those managers taking over from Souness being pissed off because Owen is there. In those shoes I would be delighted.

 

[Silent Bob]

who does?

Newcastle did, they've got them now in Luque and Owen.

Spurs probably do as well though.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

do we?

reid and ziegler are quite good enough

 

[Silent Bob]

I though Ziegler was leaving on loan?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

he might be - Reid is good enough anyway and with the signing of jj poss coming tomorrow i would say we have one of the best midfields in the league

 

[Silent Bob]

You do but why so many central players?

Davids
Carrick
Taino
Mendes
Brown
Davis
Huddlestone

And possibly Jenas. Seems a bit excessive.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I have no idea but i trust jol, plus anything that fucks newcastle is fine by me

 

[Lady Whistledown]

"a new manager will take them to the dizzy heights that Bobby Robson did"??

er, what dizzy heights are they then?

Sixth place in the Premiership and two humiliatingly easy defeats in the FA Cup semi finals?

Newcastle have won chuff all since the 1960s. Clubs who have won major trophies since Newcastle last lifted any silverware of note include:

Coventry City (FA Cup 1987)
Wimbledon (FAC 1988)
Sheffield Wednesday (League Cup 1990 odd)
Aston Villa (likewise)
Manchester City (FAC 1960something)
West Ham (FAC 1970something)
Southampton (FAC 1977)
And, FFS, Luton Town! (LC 1998)

And let's not forget even the mighty Swindon Town have won the League Cup more recently than the so called massive club that is Newcastle.

So I'm not sure why people think they should be up there, unless it's because of their large support, in which case Wednesday, Villa and Everton should be facing the same expectations.

 

[Storer68]

Why aren't we on this list Edna

do you not regard the Divivisoon 3 Championship, the Division 2 Championship and the Division 2 Play off Final trophies to be "major" trophies.

certainly more "major" than the poxy League Cup IMHO in which we do fank all

 

[Storer68]

"a new manager will take them to the dizzy heights that Bobby Robson did"??

er, what dizzy heights are they then?

Sixth place in the Premiership and two humiliatingly easy defeats in the FA Cup semi finals?

Newcastle have won chuff all since the 1960s. Clubs who have won major trophies since Newcastle last lifted any silverware of note include:

Coventry City (FA Cup 1987)
Wimbledon (FAC 1988)
Sheffield Wednesday (League Cup 1990 odd)
Aston Villa (likewise)
Manchester City (FAC 1960something)
West Ham (FAC 1970something)
Southampton (FAC 1977)
And, FFS, Luton Town! (LC 1998)

And let's not forget even the mighty Swindon Town have won the League Cup more recently than the so called massive club that is Newcastle.

So I'm not sure why people think they should be up there, unless it's because of their large support, in which case Wednesday, Villa and Everton should be facing the same expectations.

and lets nor forget other clubs who have plonked more silverware on the sideboard than Newcastle in the last 20 yeras or so............

Freight Rover Trophy
1984/85 Wigan Athletic
1985/86 Bristol City
1986/87 Mansfield Town
Sherpa Van Trophy
1987/88 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1988/89 Bolton Wanderers
Leyland DAF Cup
1989/90 Tranmere Rovers
1990/91 Birmingham City
Autoglass Trophy
1991/92 Stoke City
1992/93 Port Vale
1993/94 Swansea City
Auto Windscreens Shield
1994/95 Birmingham City
1995/96 Rotherham United
1996/97 Carlisle United
1997/98 Grimsby Town
1998/99 Wigan Athletic l
1999/2000 Stoke City
LDV Vans Trophy
2000/01 Port Vale
2001/02 Blackpool
2002/03 Bristol City
2003/04 Blackpool

 

[London Calling]

and lets nor forget other clubs who have plonked more silverware on the sideboard than Newcastle in the last 20 yeras or so............

Freight Rover Trophy
1984/85 Wigan Athletic
1985/86 Bristol City
1986/87 Mansfield Town
Sherpa Van Trophy
1987/88 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1988/89 Bolton Wanderers
Leyland DAF Cup
1989/90 Tranmere Rovers
1990/91 Birmingham City
Autoglass Trophy
1991/92 Stoke City
1992/93 Port Vale
1993/94 Swansea City
Auto Windscreens Shield
1994/95 Birmingham City
1995/96 Rotherham United
1996/97 Carlisle United
1997/98 Grimsby Town
1998/99 Wigan Athletic l
1999/2000 Stoke City
LDV Vans Trophy
2000/01 Port Vale
2001/02 Blackpool
2002/03 Bristol City
2003/04 Blackpool

Where did you dig up such info?

LC

 

[Del Boy]

Bored of hearing about him moving now! Its dragged on a bit like Gerrard, Ashley Cole etc...

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

"a new manager will take them to the dizzy heights that Bobby Robson did"??

er, what dizzy heights are they then?

Sixth place in the Premiership and two humiliatingly easy defeats in the FA Cup semi finals?

Newcastle have won chuff all since the 1960s. Clubs who have won major trophies since Newcastle last lifted any silverware of note include:

Coventry City (FA Cup 1987)
Wimbledon (FAC 1988)
Sheffield Wednesday (League Cup 1990 odd)
Aston Villa (likewise)
Manchester City (FAC 1960something)
West Ham (FAC 1970something)
Southampton (FAC 1977)
And, FFS, Luton Town! (LC 1998)

And let's not forget even the mighty Swindon Town have won the League Cup more recently than the so called massive club that is Newcastle.

So I'm not sure why people think they should be up there, unless it's because of their large support, in which case Wednesday, Villa and Everton should be facing the same expectations.

You know a lot about football for a girl

 

[Tooting Gull]

Good triv. I'd add Oxford to that list (at a guess - League Cup 1985ish?)

 

[perseus]

Let's hope we get Newcastle in the Cup at home !

Hinch should be fit by January.

Newcastle are always a good bet, because they usually think they are better than they really are. We have beaten the Gazza team on their own ground so beating the curent Newcastle should not be beyond our bounds. Albeit now we have won a game, the first for a long time, and only the third or fourth since last January.