At least I'm not "rubbish", right dstpoupoulos? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

You're Tigers? So you've finally abandoned Newcastle then?

Aha! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Still it'll be fun taking it on with Mourinho in a one-on-one official match in the season.

Playing like we are at the moment I don't think it will be fun. Specially with the likes of Senderos, Favalli or Maldini taking on Ibra, Adriano, Quaresma or Mancini. Not fun, really.

You never know, Port. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) In the least derby earlier this year, everyone was saying we'll lose. But somehow we came out 2-1. Anyway, I understand what you're trying to say. If we win, it'll be because of our attack, not defense not goalies. Guys like Kaka, Seedorf, Ronaldinho, Sheva, Pato, Boriello, and Flamini will have to step it up several notches.

Won't be easy yes, considering Carlo is locking heads with Mourinho. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) That's what scares me.

We'll need to have a perfect match. No mistakes, not missing open-goals, etc.
But our defense... ewww. We'll see. Anything can happen in a big match.

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley is reportedly close to selling the club to a Nigerian consortium who have expressed an interest in buying the club.

Im sick of hearing people say that KK walks away from every clubs he is at - this is simply not true!


1) Newcastle United:

There were many reasons why he resigned - including board room politics. However although his timing was far from great - he did actually give us 5 VERY good years in which time he took us from the brink of extinction to the brink of greatness!

Lets not forget that the Premiership has only been won by 4 clubs and he oh so very nearly made that 5 - and he would have been the only English man to do so !!


2) Fulham

He left the club to become England Manager; and left it in better shape than when he took over!

NB: it is strange however to think that he actually started at Fulham as "Chief Operating Officer" (a similar role to a Director of Football) - before taking over as manager after Ray Wilkins was sacked !!


3) England:

He left the position in a way that only KK can - with honesty and emotion! In his famous farewell speech - he admitted that he was not good enough; but dont forget everyman needs his own people around him - even if just to feel secure. Yet the FA would not allow him to employ Arthur Cox as his assisant when he took over as England manager - because he was 60. Yet when Sven took over they allowed him to bring in Tord Grip who was 64 - and looks 120!!


4) Manchester City:

He took them up in his first season (after Joe Royal got them relegated) after scoring 108 goals. He finished 9th in his first season in the Premiership; and although he did not really repeat this success he did not run away from the club. He simply stated to the board that he would not be wishing to renew his contract at the end of the season - when it expired - as he was going to retire from football. As everyone knows this is a very difficult position for a club to be in ... when this information is released the constant speculation can very easily have a negative impact on the team.

However he agreed that he would stay on until they had arranged a successor - which he did!



5) Newcastle United - stabbed in back and had no choice but to leave!


OK - so people can and will say that he left Newcastle the first time round cos he wasnt good enough, and that he did a similar thing with England.

However IMO it is far better to be honest ; Id rather be like that than completely deluded like Steve "I can now speak Dutch" McClaren - convinced that he is the greatest manager in the World. Or even worse - those who sit there saying what ever they need to to get sacked so that they can take the payout !!

This is one of the most annoying thing about the comments that KK has received from the media; that he may have somehow tried to construct this whole thing in order to take the money; that is not what KK is about - never has and never will be !!


For me though the saddest thing about this whole affair is that after what he has given me (US!) I truly believed he deserved to have the chance to end his time gracefully. I think the timing of his first departure always had us looking over our shoulder and wondering .... "what if".

OK, so we may never have got back to the brink of greatness - in his final mangerial stint; but at least we would have had some fun; and we would have got to see some f***ing exciting football! And after his spell had ended we could have said farewell to KK and thanked him for all his efforts with the dignity and send off the man deserves and then looked forward to our new chapter !


SO Mike you got it wrong ; but most importantly you got US all wrong - cos we just want is to be entertained!

Yes, we all have big dreams for our club; but at the end of the day we dont ask for millions of pounds to be lavished on us every summer; we dont DEMAND to be a top 4 team; we dont DEMAND Eurpoean greatness; we dont even DEMAND silverware ( surely our full stadium after 50 barren years is proof of that! ) !

This is why Fat Boy will never be one of us - he decided to side with the lads who did well early on in the recruitment drive and then f***** it at the end; we now have no fit left back, no fit right back, no creative central midfielder, no left winger (as zogs is playing left back), no right winger, and 8 strikers!

WELL DONE LADS - you know best !!


Sad truth is though we may never have closure on the death of our relationship with King Kev - because some fat cockney couldnt control his staff !!