Goalkeeper Steve Harper has talked about Joe Kinnear today, and starts off by saying Joe is a real character.
Steve Harper - enjoys the training under Joe
Harper, who played for Newcastle Reserves last night in their 2-1 defeat at Wigan told the Chronicle today:
“Joe is a character.” “He’s great out there on the training field.” “Chris Hughton was doing a great job but Joe has come in and done a good job.”“He has put the edge back into training with the way he operates.” “The training has been good and we have worked a lot on set-pieces.”
“It was fantastic to get a result at Everton.” “At 2-0 down you are fearing the worst.” “The manager showed good tactical know-how and made a couple of changes.”
“We can now enjoy training for the next two weeks.” “If we’d had a hiding, the doom and gloom would have continued.” “It was a great result – hopefully it is the start of an upturn in our fortunes and we look forward to Man City.”
You have to be a strong character to be successful at managing Newcastle, so it’s good to hear the praise for Joe from Steve Harper, who has always been very down to earth and a mature leader while at Newcastle.
Steve demonstrated his worth last season, when he filled in for the injured Shay Given brilliantly, and he’s been a great servant to the Tyneside club, since he joined back in 1992.
His contract runs out this summer so once the new owners come in, we’ll need to get that sorted out, but we have this terrible feeling that the global credit crunch will delay the sale of the club. It’s almost inevitable, given the credit situation.
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1 toonoot // Oct 8, 2008 at 13:27
and shortly the character assasination begins
2 skin d // Oct 8, 2008 at 13:35
just because he is a character,doesn,t mean he has character.
3 I want Steve Bruce in, Along with Amir Zaki, Valencia and Palacios(GG7) // Oct 8, 2008 at 13:39
http://www3.talksport.net/channels/index.asp?id=103904&c=100000&t=sport
listen to this lads
4 stu_go // Oct 8, 2008 at 13:49
fourth!
5 Ganiyu // Oct 8, 2008 at 13:53
Wigan players.
6 Paul // Oct 8, 2008 at 14:46
And the Pope is a Catholic too! Full marks for stating the bloomin’ obvious Steve.
7 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 15:12
Ganiyu hows it goin .. dont remmber you ever clarifying my weekly wage for your team or who was the manager .. whens the next match ?
8 Micky Toon // Oct 8, 2008 at 15:25
Apologies if someone has already posted it.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/newcastle-fans-call-for-the-reanimation-of-jackie-milburn-200809151252/
9 ToonEskimo // Oct 8, 2008 at 15:49
?
10 broon ale // Oct 8, 2008 at 16:19
micky toon, whats that shite supposed to be?
11 Ganiyu // Oct 8, 2008 at 16:47
Im trying to fix a ten team league.so i need ideas from you all
12 lesh // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:05
Off topic I know but lifted from another site….
bailiff43 (Newcastle United fan)
Posted 07/10/2008 @ 19:13 View all bailiff43’s posts
does anyone know any good spurs jokes ….??????……just to change the topic for us…..amen
I’ve heard that ‘Winalot’, one of Spurs sponsors, had withdrawn support!!
Boom boom!!
13 Punk Skunk // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:09
I know a good spuds joke…
…’spurs are gonna break into the top 4′…
…Boom, boom!..
…Yea, whatever!?!..
14 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:23
Punk skunk ha ha . . . I hate spuds. . Gainyu what do you mean 10 team league + you need ideas?
15 Punk Skunk // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:26
Toonpipes,
maybe they meant next millenium eh?..
…Roasties are alright tho’!..
16 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:45
Wa . . By the way has anyone seen the comments about fining clubs for being too debt ridden . . Its a reminder to me of the vision that MA had for the way our club shud be run . . Sadly, his desire to make the club economically sound and place emphasis on younger players has been viewed as penny pinching and being a tight-wad etc etc . . Its a pity the Kloners (term of endearment) or Kev himself didn’t see the benefit - in anycase whilst most Kloners blv they have got their way + MA will sell, I’m not so sure us MA ‘bum boys’ might still get what we wanted as I don’t think MA will find a buyer, not for a while anyway . . Problem is that he might run out of patience and. If he does, he might sell on terms he’s not totally happy with but does to get out of putting up with the mob and blv me the buyers will be even more ‘tight-fisted’ owner than the mob had before. . I repeat again we shud be begging MA to stay.
17 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 17:53
Finally!
Somebody who agrees with me on Mike Ashley’s policies etc.
I like the structure he’s put in place and the signings we’ve made (Not too sure on Xisco tho)
18 Xsico golden boot // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:08
I saw that article manure were something like 712 mil arsnil 340mil which suprised me and us 64mil unwashed 35 mil but this will not happen as these clubs are to powerful Oh and MA is tight
19 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:11
Dan13 mate I’ve been bangin this line on here since the kickoff mate . . Xisco golden boot - he aint tight you plonker he just isn’t stupid with money - there is a difference . . How do you think he (and any other prospective buyer of our club) make so much money? ! ! That sort of comment is MEGA ignorant in the extreme. .
20 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:16
Infact xisco golden shower your comment p isses me off . . Do you realise why we are in such a terrible economic climate? Its cos people have got too greedy and made outrageous financial decisions cos of their greed + flagrant disregard for the implications on other people . . I don’t blame the Kloners for wanting success at NUFC but we HAD to find a way to do it wherein we did it in a financially sound way - MA will have known that this economic crunch was coming, to a certain extent, and so his policy was tailored to fit the climate + in anycase it made sense crunch or no crunch. . Ignorant comment
21 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:18
You basically have no concept of the value of money imparticular when it comes to talking about millions of pounds and what it takes to earn it and how to manage it . .
22 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:23
well said
23 simon376 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:27
He is tight. Not expecting him to spend stupid amounts, just to buy players to fill the places where needed. His net spend was only between 2 - 6 million this season and even less last I think.
If he had spend 4 - 6 million on top of that on a full back, it may have made him money in the long term
24 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:30
micky toon
does any one know where this crap that we have dillusional fans came from that p1sses me off
25 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:30
Geeeesh!. . Gutherie + bassong CLASS and regular first teamers and CHEAP . . All the buys except xisco (but I think he will come good) basically play in the first 11 and our net outlay was good . . HOW MANY OTHER CLUBS WHO ARE SIMILAR TO US HAVE DONE THAT?! NONE
26 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:31
simon last season the net spend was 9 mil
27 shearer9 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:33
On another note, I hear a rumour that Aaron Spear is leaving Newcastle. Hates is apparently, oh well…Nile Ranger looks a good player.
28 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:34
Simon I am quite sure that other players were OFFERED. To keegan BUT that he turned them down - probs cos they were like bassong or gutherie . . And not hypia or lampard . . Don’t you think they wud have tried? I mean are you forgetting that success for the club is quite important for the owner, he doesn’t want to make the team a BAD team? Does he? Cos he wud LOSE money + you sure as h ell think he likes keeping his money . .
29 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:34
@ Ganiyu
Why dont u just pick ten teams from the premier league including NUFC
or you could do teams like Nufcblog athletic and random retards fc
except use real players in those teams and real transfers like
ronaldo plays for crazy comments fc
S Gerrard plays for nufc blog athletic
and stuff like that
30 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:36
to be fair to ashley we did go in for modrica nd aimar and apparentley we offered even more for modric than spurs though i am still glad ashley is going
31 Tom_Toon // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:38
shearer9 - you’re correct, got him on msn, his screen name atm is ‘hope im doing the right thing coming back :S’
32 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:38
Beye the great - exactly . . Those players turned us down cos we were are not attractive - we actually did not have much choice over the typr of player we went for . .The recruitment did an amazing job securing the players they did get . .an AMAZING job . .
33 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:40
why is he leaving
34 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:40
any 1 got his facebook
35 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:41
or myspace
36 Tom_Toon // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:44
i got his msn
37 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:45
actually i heard we offered20 mil for modric but they wanted 25 then sold to spurs for less so i am not sure he rejected us though aimar apparentley wanted more in wages
38 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:47
look at what modric turned out to be at spurs !
and they bought bentley for all that money to warm the bench
39 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:48
beye the great ur exactly right
40 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:50
thanx turkish mag
will someone answer my 1st question why are our fans percieved to be dellusional and when did people first start saying we are delusional
41 shearer9 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:55
I don’t know why he is leaving, maybe can’t handle living away from home? You asked him Tom_Toon? Seems a bit strange to me.
42 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:55
i’m afraid i dont no !~!#
43 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:57
Tom Toon, yeah your right mate am talking to him at the minute:
D ? ? !! You can play your R&B tunes (8) says:
don’t goooooo:)
Aaron spear (L):) says:
i dunno yet :L
D ? ? !! You can play your R&B tunes (8) says:
lol kkk:)
waste of talent:D
44 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 18:58
He’s told me loads that the coaches treat him like shit, and he openly admits to me that he’s lazy and can’t be bothered.
but h’es doing it for his mam
45 Tom_Toon // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:04
so he doesn’t really wanna be a footballer then?
because when i spoke to him before it sounded as if he barely liked football.
46 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:09
nah he tells me his heart isn’t really in it,
he makes our coaches look like arses,
Coz they call him a pri*k etc
47 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:16
i would give my right arm to play just omne game at st james park well maybe not but still i would love to do thta if i had his talent
48 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:19
Yeh, I often say this when it comes to players wages.
I would for free!
49 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:21
i guess the lad doesnt realize his talent
50 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:27
A think he does, A just think all that it comes down to
is the fact he cba lol
51 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:33
how van you not be football is something ayoure meant to enjoy
52 shearer9 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:33
So he’s just going to give up football? Is he mad?
53 Dan13 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:35
I presume if he does go back down there, it’ll be to play at plymouth again
54 Chris H // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:37
So I take it Aaron Spear isn’t contracted to us then, if he can just leave like that.
55 shearer9 // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:39
He’ll just be on schoolboy forms wont he? I suppose the club can’t stop him really, he’s just a kid after all.
56 KIZZA // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:48
why did Ramos (tottenham manager) get a speeding ticket?
because he wanted to know what 3 points felt like
57 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 19:55
gd one kizza
why dont they smoke in tottenham
coz they lost all thier matches
58 KIZZA // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:00
ha. thats a good one. i prefer you won
59 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:08
thanx i heard it a gd few years ago about sunderland the 1st year they finished with the lowest points total ever
60 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:12
hey beyethegreat
Did you hear how Tottenham has become an all-water stadium?
Someone gave-them a 3-piece suite!
61 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:15
listen to these sunderland ones
What should you do if you run over a mackem in the street? Reverse back over the bastard to make sure he’s dead:)
How many Sunderland fans does it take to change a lightbulb?
None - they’re quite happy living in the shadows
62 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:20
do u like them i can think of them all day lol
Why do seagulls fly upside down over Sunderland.
There is nothing below worth crapping on.
63 Micky Toon // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:24
Oh come on. If we can’t laugh at ourselves then we are in a sorry state. I posted that link because I thought it was a funny satire on our current situation and I thought others might “get it”. Is anyone really offended by it?
64 51times // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:36
Micky Toon - Mocking the dead isn’t funny. Well, it’s not funny when it’s our dead.
65 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:40
What’s the difference between a Mackem and a coconut? One’s thick and hairy, and the other’s a tropical fruit:)
66 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:43
i’m sory if i’m affendin any1 but i found this on the internet and had to post it
What do you do if a Mackem throws a grenade at you?Pull the pin and throw it back.
67 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:49
you crack me up turkish mag
68 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:50
lol
69 Turkish magpie // Oct 8, 2008 at 20:57
How many mackem jokes have i said?
none theyre all true stories!
70 beyethegreat // Oct 8, 2008 at 21:00
lol turkish mag you should have your own show
71 Troy Stavers // Oct 8, 2008 at 21:30
Toonpipes, you are the most misguided person i have heard on this Blog, maybe stardust comes close, or you might be the same person. Since he arrived he is £1m net profit in transfers. We are third bottom of the league. Where is the attacking midfielder we’ve been crying out for since last season? I could go on and on about the obvious pr disasters he has dropped. People like you drive me mad with your distorted views on the situation. Are you a social worker?
72 simon376 // Oct 8, 2008 at 21:37
I’ve just come back in and reading the blog again, who knows what players Keegan was offered, but I do think the ones mentioned would have improved our team a lot more even if its just for the short term. The way I look at things is, get palyers in, improve the league postion and when the club gets higher up there, other better younger players will be more willing to join up. Maybe I’m totally wrong, just trying to look at the big picture
73 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 22:12
Troy yu dimwit I am one of a few people who try to look at the situation without my head stuffed up keegans a rse, a location you are clearly familiar with, I am no more or less mis-guided than you, but at least I have a point of view. Now dry your eyes and quit your pitter patter and run along to dust your keegan wallpaper and try and be a little more open minded you dull sheep
74 toonoot // Oct 8, 2008 at 22:26
“dull sheep” hahaha
75 Paul // Oct 8, 2008 at 22:31
“Where is the attacking midfielder we’ve been crying out for since last season?”
Keegan didn’t want him Troy, so he’s still playing for Rosenburg (and looking pretty good too incidentally), so we got another playmaker on loan from Valencia (now injured) at the last minute, then Keegan walked out.
76 TOONPIPES // Oct 8, 2008 at 22:59
Exactly Paul, if Keegan said he needed a player the recruitment team would have offered him one, as it happens becos it wasn’t Lampard Keegan chucked a hissy fit. . troy come down from dusting your keegan wallpaper and let’s see if you have anything remotely interesting to say, or are you still being ‘mad’ with me somewhere?
77 Paul // Oct 8, 2008 at 23:41
Aye Toonpipes, I was disappointed that we didn’t get Skjelbred. He’s a 21 year old Beckham, not a 33 year old one.
78 Jasar // Oct 9, 2008 at 0:06
Kinnear has yet to show some commitment to newcastle.
79 Ganiyu // Oct 9, 2008 at 0:08
Skelbred and Poconogli would come during the january window.
80 PapaToon // Oct 9, 2008 at 4:25
Toonpipes MA had a good policy for the youth system but he gave no importance KK. KK was just a Media representative of the club. KK did not get enough players in let alone players he actually wanted. The outcome of that we are seeing where we have shola on the bench and then the under 12s team.
If the team does poorly the manager gets teh sack, but in NUFC how can that work when all the decisions are being made by Dennis Wise.
I didnt care that we didnt buy $20 mil player but i did care that we had more first team players and players the Manager can fit into his tactics.
81 lesh // Oct 9, 2008 at 8:39
C’mon Tom Toon, wake up to the reality of things.
Yes, agree with the structure Ashley put in, in principle. However, without the right blend of personalities, it’d never work as communication and shared aims are a must.
Was that there?
Who recruited the structure staff?
Was the situation that blew up managed well?
Some good buys yes, but also some sales that left us very weak in some departments. Who was actually in charge of buying and selling
In principle, a sound structure and financial management but it strikes me there were and are glaring weaknesses in the hierarchy!
82 daydeburt // Oct 9, 2008 at 8:47
http://www3.talksport.net/channels/index.asp?id=103904&c=100000&t=sport
83 daydeburt // Oct 9, 2008 at 8:48
yeah why doesnt he just sell man!!!!!!
84 Tom_Toon // Oct 9, 2008 at 11:28
lesh - what are you on about, i have not said anything to get that response?!?
85 TOONPIPES // Oct 9, 2008 at 18:18
It needed working on and it needed some time, but is DIDN’T NEED keegan walking out in a huff + that is why he shud not come back, he might claim he bleeds black and white but he’s a selfish mf ucker - he puts himself first not the toon . . If he had, he wud have got on with the structure he was asked to work in - good riddance like having a kid in charge
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