Well that's one theory. The other is that he's a bozo. Apparently our players are going to collapse with exhaustion by Christmas, if you read his comments on Murray.
Oh he was serious all right. Everyone else in the studio looked at him a bit weird as he continued to insist this was the case; despite obvious scepticism from those present who I thought all looked a bit embarrassed at this delerious babbling from the sick-bed. He has well and truly lost the...
I'm still here Doctor Mike ;-)
I think the Doug may not be Dougdeep but an old mate of mine who now spends most of his leisure time zooming around the globe taking pictures of steam engines. Not sure that he posts on here any more.
That's NSC (or a good part of it at this time of year) in a nutshell.
I would try and kick the habit of logging on 2-3 times a day in the close season if I could.
But I can't!
I'm getting bored with this. Why can't he just make his bloody mind up. If this is indicative of the general standard of his decision making on the pitch then Newcastle are welcome to him!
I'm 99% sure this is utter rot, unless there's been a policy change recently. But don't landlords have the right to shut up shop whenever they want too (may be different in managed pubs though?).
Including him being serenaded with "Oh, Danny Boy" during the negotiations by one of our then senior members of staff, allegedly.
No wonder he had some doubts........