It looks like Newcastle will have no problem selling Oba Martins, if Newcastle do get relegated this season, and are forced to sell a lot of their highly paid players.
Jose Mourinho - said to want Martins
Of course Newcastle signed Oba from Inter Milan three years ago for £10M, and in the People yesterday Jose Mourinho is said to want to bring back the Newcastle United striker to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, better known as the San Siro
Newcastle can still save themselves this season, but with every game that passes the players seem less and less up to the challenge, shame on them. But if do end up being relegated, we will need to unload quite a few of our highly paid players. If we stay up we will need to unload some of our highly paid players – because they’re not worth their wages. 
If we are relegated those would include Oba Martins, Owen, Viduka, Barton, Cacapa, Geremi, Coloccini, Gutierrez, Smith, Duff and maybe Jose Enrique.
That will save the club about £33M, from those 11 players on our wage bill of £74M, but of course we will need to replace those players to build up the squad.
Oba Martins, who is now 24, has scored 27 goals at Newcastle, and had spent four years at the San Siro, before joining Glenn Roeder at Newcastle, for £10M in 2006.
But the report suggests that Mourinho would look to take the Nigerian striker back for around £5M, but we should be able to get more than that, for the Nigerian striker. Of course, we also have to remember this is out of The People, so it could be a made up story.
151 responses so far ↓
1 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM
i dunno how popular this will be but if we got the 10 million we paid for him id sell him , regardless what divison we are in
2 Geordie-Gerrard7 // May 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM
if we could get 10 million for him if we stayed up i would, without doubt let him go and bring in cisse
3 Otter // May 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM
No way–when healthy and supported by a decent midfield, he has been great for us. Considering the lack of pace elsewhere in the squad, we should try to hang onto a few key young players even if we go down. That’s the best way to get back up, then not have to completely rebuild the team when we get back up.
4 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM
I dunno otter i just find him like a headless chicken to be honest , in saying that tho when he is in form he is great no question about it but for me i would sell
5 Tom_Toon // May 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Martins will never be good enough for a top team.
For 1 reason: My 96 year old Nan has a better footballing brain!
6 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Give Martins a break he is still not fully recovered from his groin injury.
Geordie-Gerrard7- This is from a previous article where you called me stupid for saying everton are a one man team
Well its not stupid, listen to this Everton have played 35 games in the league. They have won 15, drawn 11 and lost 9, cahill has started 24 games and in those games everton have only lost 4 (man u, liverpool, wigan, villa), won 11 and drew 9. Without him (11 games) they have won 4 , drew 2 and lost 5. Everton would be a middle table team without Cahill.
So that means Everton have lost 5 times / 11 games without cahill and have lost 4 times/ 24 games with Cahill.
7 Hugh Jorgan // May 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM
If Newcastle can get 10million for Oba we will be very lucky, especially if we are relegated.
Any interested parties will know the club will be desperate to offload the big wage earners and will screw us rotten !
Be my pupil please !
http://francis-rossi.mybrute.com
8 Toonaholic // May 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
i would actually prefer to keep martyins, if he wants to go then let him but if he doesnt then keep him, he is still young, and quality on his day. the players i would get rid of are cacapa collicini r.taylor nolanviduka and owen, if we stay up i would love for us to have a cheeky attempt for van der vaart (from what ive heard he aint starting that often for real) also bring in penant, he wont be to pricy but is a hell of a lot better then r taylor, like others have said tom huddlestone would be awsome, and with spurs getting palacios i think he will be available. as will bent if they get cisse, and i personally think that bent is way better then cisse. also i reckon we should look for some young good players from holland.also make a cheeky bid for micah richards and a few others which i cant think of to improve the squad.
i mean think of the possibilities if we could play this team next seoson:
————————harper——————–
richards——–beye——–bassong——-enrique
———————huddlestone——————
pennant————————————guttierez
———————van der vaart——————
————-martins———-bent—————
dont get me wrong im not saying we are going to get van der vaart and richards or even huddlestone but wierder things have happened
i mean no one expected us to get owen and we did, and if we do stay up i think ashley will invest, he seriously cant afford another seoson like this one.
9 dougnufc // May 4, 2009 at 3:03 PM
When we bought Owen, we were a team challenging for a European spot. But now we are on the edge of the cliff near relegation.
10 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
van der vart would be a dream! be we certainly need creativty and i think , as someone mentioned earlier , pennant is on a free
11 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
sorry didnt mean to finish there ,
pennant could be a good bit of business and he would do a job for us , good shout
12 Toonaholic // May 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM
fair point doug, ok god im just trying to stay positive kinda hard atm
, the only thing that keeps me happy is dreaming of what could happen next seoson, and god it seriously cant be worse then this seoson, it started of so well, and now we are in the bottom 3, who woulda thought it.
13 dougnufc // May 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Let me lay out all the positives and negatives of both staying in the Premier League and Relegating.
Staying in the Premier League:
Positives:
1) Still a Premier League club
2) Able to attract players
Negatives:
1) Deadwood players will stay unless Alan Shearer can clear them out but I doubt anyone would buy them
2) A chance of a repeat of this season’s crappy performance
3) Get spanked by bigger clubs
4) A risk of poor big money signings
Relegating:
Positives:
1) Big clear-out
2) Wage-cut
3) Youngsters will get chance
Negatives:
1) Might not go up
2) Might do a Leeds
3) None of the channels in Asia show championship games.
14 dougnufc // May 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Really hope we stay up, even though the crappy players will still be here, I cannot bare to see us go down
15 Ericles // May 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Oh no – not Martins. We could GIVE AWAY Owen, Smith and Butt!!!!
16 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Weather we stay up or go down, we should get rid of Martins. He’s not exactly worthy of the number 9 shirt, IMO. He’s missed so many sitters since christmas it’s just ridiculous. A team in a relegation battle cannot afford to miss absolute sitters which he’s done time and time again. Lose Martins, Owen, Viduka, Butt, Duff, Geremi, and Cacapa and get in some quality players or give the young guns a chance.
17 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Oh, and bring back Kazenga LuaLua. That’s a must whether or not we go down or stay up. That lad is going to be a powerhouse at some point soon in his career. Talk about FAST.
18 Rodzilla // May 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Is Kazenga really that good OHurley? I know a lot of people on here sing his praises but I’ve never seen him play. I know his elder brother also had the speed quality but was always a bit of a headless chicken for me.
19 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
think you hit the nail on the head there o’hurley he is not worthy of that number 9 shirt
20 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Rodzilla-
Fingers crossed, like, about Kazenga. I think he’s got his head in the game and I’m pretty sure he’s already faster than Martins. Use him as an attacking winger provided he can have some good awareness and I think he’ll be a pivotal player. With that kind of speed, you wouldn’t even really NEED a good cross. He could potentially double as a forward. IDK, we’ll see
Johno-
He really doesn’t deserve that shirt, does he? Sh!te performances over the past few months. Hell, I’d rather see DANNY GUTHRIE wearing the number 9 shirt, right now… at least he plays with heart and a bit of inspiration…
21 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM
http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_5278874,00.html
We should of bought him in January
22 RyanToon // May 4, 2009 at 3:58 PM
we should DEFO sign SIMON COX of swindon town. the next ian wright
23 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 3:59 PM
RyanToon-
Never seen him play. Is he that good?
24 Johno Toon // May 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Toon factor , he could of certainly done a job for us this season and next season,
I have heard of him Ryantoon never seen him tho so like o’hurley wat is he like?
O’hurly yeah i have been very impressed guthrie , if only the other players played with his passion
25 Tom4Nufc // May 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM
RyanToon, I am not sure I would agree with that statement, yes he is good, and yes we should definitely buy him, though he is yet to prove himself at higher levels that he is as good as Ian Wright. But I think the fact that he has scored 29 goals at mid table Swindon in league 1, and that he is 21 yrs old means he is worth a punt for sure. I would also love Jordi Gomez of Espanol on loan at Swansea, cracking player!
26 chuck // May 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Depends, we go down it`s a given he`s outa here
(pun intended).
Otherwise he is one of our better players only lacking a big link up partner, not unlike Bellamy
with Shearer.
I would also try to hang onto Gutierrez, Bassong,
Beye,Taylor and perhaps Xisco and the Uruguayan that no one has seen, as a the basis to rebuild on, the rest are either past there sell by date or crap, well perhaps thats a bit harsh, I do think Duff has played well and Harper has been ok.
But face it we need new blood and a complete cull is needed.
The talent level at this club is no better than Championship level so no big loss, there are plenty of decent young players available, who would be happy for the opportunity to play for this club.
Face it we are going nowhere with this lot, a mishmash of various managers picks.
27 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Viduka has impressed me in his last few games I must say.
28 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Chuck-
Agreed.
29 Jan Stavik // May 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Doubt this story, I went to San Siro to watch Inter when Oba played there and the was not popular at all.
Toon going down, yet another terrible season. Look at our side and weep, it’s awful.
The only decent players are Beye, Coloccini, Bassong, Enrique, Jonas, Guthrie and Martins. The others are not good enough, and u simply can’t stay up with 6-7 decent players our of a squad of nearly 40 players.
Gongrats, Fat Ash. I hope your wallet runs empty from this stupidity. The lesson is: Never invest in something you have no clue about.
30 OHurley // May 4, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Doocey-
True. Viduka has been just about the only one making things happen. Too bad we have nobody to play with him. What a disappointment Michael Owen has been for the Toon. IDK what the answer is, but I know that the first part of the answer is getting rid of Owen and Martins. Probably even Viduka as he’s an aud gadgie. Maybe someday, we’ll be able to snag the Torres’s and the Gerrards of the footballing world. Fingers crossed, like. If we stay up, I’d like to see Mike Ashley splash enough cash to pick up Luka Modric. What an addition he’d be to our midfield. Would be nice to pick up another Solano-esque winger, too. I think that with a good midfield, our current defense should be able to cope. We just are in desparate need of midfield and strikers.
31 Geordiedoonsooth // May 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Sell Martins for as much as we can get. He can’t trap a bag of wet cement his control is awful & his attitude is cr*p & he doesn’t score enough goals. He may be quick but Malcom MacDonald he aint.
32 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 5:30 PM
If Hull win tonight we will be relegated
33 amir7 // May 4, 2009 at 5:48 PM
I highly doubt this is true, what exactly has Oba done this year to warrant this kind of intrest.
dont get me wrong, i love oba, but he’s been shit lately. hopefully its just a combination of the groin injury, and the fact that we have the worst mid-field in the premireship, and that he’ll be back next year in full force
34 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Jan Stavik // May 4, 2009 at 4:37 PM
“Doubt this story, I went to San Siro to watch Inter when Oba played there and the was not popular at all.”
He was a popular player at Milan, Jan. They loved his speed and his goal celebrations.
35 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 5:53 PM
workyticket
Wow worky is there anything you dont know?
36 simon376 // May 4, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I was a big fan of Oba when he first came, but the past couple of seasons, he’s been poor. as someone who sits near me says, if he had a brain, he would be a good player. I know he’s fast and can sometimes do something out of nothing, but he’s not a team player and that is what we have lacked this season. Even if we stay up, we would be better off cutting our losses and selling him.
37 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM
LOL
Toon Factor.
38 JJJ // May 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Some people are still calling Viduka fat and lazy.
But let me tell you, he is AS good as Berbatov with his touches and holding the ball up…
We have no choice but to play him in the starting lineup.
And on current form its a toss up on wether to play Oba or Owen with him, as they ar both playing equally cr@p. Only difference is Oba can still produce a long range shot and has more pace. Thats why he’s being favoured.
If we had Owens brain and Obas skills we’d have a decent striker.
Duff has also been good lately and I’d play him in central midfield with Butt (first 60mins) and Guthrie. Duff would play in the same role as Giggs doesnt now for Man U.
39 shearer4pm // May 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM
we shud def trade him for ibrahimovic and cambiasso, and do a buy one get 5 free, buy martins, get owen, viduka, barton, smith, ameobi, lol, i had a dream last night, we beat boro 4-1, so im poppin of to williham hill 2moz to back it up
40 howay man // May 4, 2009 at 6:19 PM
outs
xisco 3 million
cacapa free
martins 8 million
collocini 2 million
owen free
geremi free
gonzalez departing after loan
ryan taylor 1 million
shola ameobi 1 million
mark viduka free
total 15 million+ 20 million (for given n’zogbia and milner sales) + 5 million that mike said he would give us.
all together 40 million to refresh the side with.
in
rod fanni rennes 6 million
amauri juventus 4 million
gary o-neil boro 2 million
bring in more youngsters
john paul kissock accrington stanley next to nout
dani parejo real madrid 2 million
ben hatira hamburg 2 million
chris wood WBA next to nout
Henri Saivet 5 million
—————-harper—————
fanni —-beye —s.taylor —bassong
o’neil -smith-nolan -barton -gutierez
—————-amauri—————–
bench: butt, duff, lovenkrands, carroll, jose enrique, krul, guthrie
rod fanni; a 6ft 1 top class full back
amauri; a perfect mix of height, speed and strength
gary o’neil; goal scoring midfeilder who could be on the cheap if middlesbrough go down
5 in the midfield gives nolan the freedom to play the way he did at bolton.
Barton and smith will literally kick the sh1t out of anyone coming through.
Gutierez and o’neil add creativity on the wings.
amauri will put anything he gets in the net.
Our three best defenders with the addition of rod fanni will keep harper’s sheet clean.
And for back up we have butt, lovenkrands, jose enrique, and guthrie who are all capable of starting.
and still we will have abvout 19 million to fix things in january if things don’t go to plan.
rite then all we have to do now is make up a three point deficate with 3 games to go.
41 Obafan // May 4, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Barton’s tackle yesterday wa sawful!
It was always a RED CARD! The tackle was awful and absolutely not necessary!!!!
What a chance Barton had to do something back for NUFC and his fans, by helping them to stay in the EPL; But what has he done; he has thrown away another good chance to change his attitude.
He is a f*cking bastard, who I want as far as possible from a black ‘n white shirt.
I hope it was the last action he made in a NUFC shirt.
42 G 2 // May 4, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Cox is a great finisher but doesn’t have the pace to make it in the prem so would be good when we go down.
We need a totally new midfield, it has no energy and zero creativity.
43 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM
“LOL
Toon Factor.”
Yes I guess I am a bit of a knowall Doocey, I even know why hardly anyone ever looks at your ‘blog!
44 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Sorry, couldn’t resist that one!
45 shearer4pm // May 4, 2009 at 7:06 PM
im from near yeovil in somerset, and go to a few games, cox didnt look that brill when he came to us, didnt look anythin special, im not denyin hes a talent, but i think he’s make a great league one player, but an average championship player, like freddy eastwood, and billy sharp
46 AndyT // May 4, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Howay Man, I like your thinking. Unfortunately, I’m not too sure if we can score goals at the moment to get us clear of this dreadful relegation zone. Hopefully we can pick up some of those players after offloading of all of the sh!te
47 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Evening lads,
Why the hell I am sweating over the Hull match?! Oh yeah – I remember now – we need Villa to win.
I’ll be glued to SSHD1 for the 90 mins I tells ya!
48 Isaac Hunt // May 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Sell them all and let God sort it oot!
49 61663 // May 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM
40 howay man
“john paul kissock accrington stanley next to nout”
JPK is on loan from Everton – I doubt you will get him for the sum quoted
50 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Milner got studs to the bollox – walking ok like. Balls of steel ha ha!!
51 the holy grail // May 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM
MARTINS IS ABSALUTLEY AWFULL AND I WILL PERSONALLY DRIVE HIM TO MILAN IF IT MENT WE COULD GET RID OF HIM. people say he has pace. . . when was the last time he beat a player wit it, its his biggest asset and he doesnt use it.
finishing . . . . . is absalutley awfull he has propbly misses more 1 on 1s than scored, has no composure at all and allways tries to blast the ball which in his case means it hits row Z.
movement . . . . . . lacks movement, is very flat footed and never looks to run in behind instead allways comes deep wanting the ball to his feet back to goal, he should be more like bellamy and play on the defenders shoulder but never does.
overall he is awfull and VERY VERY ball greedy and not a team player he would rather shoot then pass
52 RyanToon // May 4, 2009 at 8:35 PM
GET IN
VILLA 1-0 UP!
53 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Come on Carew!
54 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Excellent player.
55 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Hull City is better than us…We don`t have a chance…
56 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Offside???? Who cares!!!!! Finish em off Villa.
57 Big Dave // May 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Yeah Ryan get in there hopefully they will give us a chance
58 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Loved him at Valencia.
59 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Deniro – what you on about mate??
60 jimiley // May 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Veloso is available and so is M’Bia. We should buy those two asap.
61 Big Dave // May 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Lads just looking at the tables there and thought how well the hammers are doing after there dodgy start
62 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM
DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 8:39 PM
“Hull City is better than us…We don`t have a chance…”
We’re both sh*te Den.
63 jimiley // May 4, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Holy Grail
Post 40
Spot on. Martins is a plonker. Fast he may be but he has no football brain. He has a hard hit or miss shot. And he has no skill…could not trap cement. Riubbish. I’ll drive him to Milan for 5 mil
64 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Injury aside Martins skill isnt top notch. He is easily dispossessed and doesnt look to pass.
65 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 8:47 PM
I think that Hull play better football then us this days (like everybody else)…Villa will smash them, and what chance we have there?
And, Hull plays vs. Stoke next week, and if they grab a win, we are in championship..
66 Isaac Hunt // May 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM
For fkcu’s sake Jimiley. Do you work for Noda Taxis?
67 Toon Graeme // May 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I think stoke will beat hull based on what I have seen tonight!
68 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I hope so…
69 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Problem with our team is that we dont have a style of play.
70 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 8:59 PM
But, what I have seen in our games , I`m afraid that Fulham will beat us…I feel sorry for Shearer and all suporters, but with our present players (except Bassong, Beye, Enrique and Martins), we have worst squad in premier league. Only miracle can save us, but I think it`s too late…
71 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Yes, they don`t have style of play, and don`t have a will for anything…They plays like somebody force them to go out to pitch, and looks like they hardly waiting to go home…
72 DENIro // May 4, 2009 at 9:05 PM
sorry for english…
73 Hugh Jorgan // May 4, 2009 at 9:10 PM
http://francis-rossi.mybrute.com
Click this link and villa might win 4-0 !
74 komfort // May 4, 2009 at 9:17 PM
deniro , nowt wrang wi it..
UP THE VILLA…
75 NicoGF // May 4, 2009 at 9:21 PM
It’s gonna be tough to stay up guys.
That’s why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0JHuD2lEjQ
76 NicoGF // May 4, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Thx guys. My channel is very active now. People commentin’, exchanging views and stuff like that. Thanks again and HOWAY THE LADS like you say. I can support ‘Nacho’ and you Newcastle United, but at the end of the day we’re all in this together, aren’t we?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Nacho-Gonzalez-The-Schachmeister/58916778255?ref=t
77 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Wokyticket
Haha, it’s alright mate
Don’t forget to have a look at my latest post, makes for interesting reading me thinks!
Come on Villa!
78 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 9:31 PM
“Wokyticket
Haha, it’s alright mate ”
I was actually being serious Doocey. There are several things you can do to get alot more people there. It’s part of my job to do that sort of thing, and it’s immediately apparent that there are several things missing from your site that need to be there if Toon fans are going to find you.
79 Stuart79 // May 4, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Come on Va for fcks sake!
Put about 5 past em and we might sneak through on GD!
80 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Worky are you moving to Doocey’s blog with this one stops?
81 Stuart79 // May 4, 2009 at 9:49 PM
If he does he’ll be on his own! lol
82 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Well, I’ve submitted myself to all major news outlets. Newsnow, e-soccer etc, still waiting on replies from them.
I don’t want a full time job with the site either, especially if I’m getting little revenue from it.
I’m still in school too mind you haha!
Saying all that, where can I improve?
83 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Doocey,
Page Title tags, relevant key words and keyphrases etc. It’s very important.
84 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Agreed.
However, my host say I’ll have to pay an extra $49 for Search Engine Submission. Is that bull shit because I already appear in Google somewhat.
85 IrishMan // May 4, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Phew,
Thank you Brad Friedal.
86 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Doocey
eg your latest story should have the PAGE title “Shearer’s Newcastle staring relegation in the eyes. Currently it is just “Tyne Time”.
Toon fans will use search terms with words like “Shearer”, “relegation” etc, not “Tyne Time”.
87 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:03 PM
What do you mean by PAGE title?
Explain a little further please
88 geordie deb // May 4, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Blimey – that was a bit close for comfort. Well done Villa
89 Danish_Magpie // May 4, 2009 at 10:05 PM
If we beat Boro, and Hull lose to Stoke, we are out of the relegation zone… Wild.
Two big IFs mind you.. I am fearful Stoke wont beat Hull and with our Boro game anything can happen.
90 IrishMan // May 4, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Hull showed a lot of character in the last 20 minutes.
I think the Stoke-Hull game could go either way.
91 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM
“Agreed.
However, my host say I’ll have to pay an extra $49 for Search Engine Submission. Is that bull shit because I already appear in Google somewhat.”
You don’t have to Doocey, it will be trawled by ‘bots anyway so long as it is linked to some other sites with a “follow” link (links from your comments here won’t BTW). You just have to think about making your pages readable by them in the right way and getting some real links into your site.
92 Danish_Magpie // May 4, 2009 at 10:08 PM
I just noticed that Bolton have Sunderland home, then Hull home.
Come on Bolton! (That’s a first for me, I think…)
93 batty // May 4, 2009 at 10:11 PM
next weekend is the bigget weve had since the last game ov 95 96 season
94 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Id sell the whole squad apart from Harper, Krul, Forster, Bassong, Guthrie, Enrique, Beye, Taylor, Carroll, Ranger and the youngins.
95 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Ah so you mean, if news broke about say Newcastle signing Nicky Shorey, in the article I would have written, there would be a link to Skysports.com, that is the idea?
Thanks for the help.
96 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Doocey, you are on Google. No problem.
You need to tune your page tags, especially the page title tags. 70 characters relevant to the story, incorporating the words that searchers will be using.
97 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Fair enough mate, thanks for the tips.
I’m off for the night.
Talk to you lot later
98 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:17 PM
When you’re choosing titles for pages, headings, and even writing page copy, think like you’re on Google, searching for a story about Newcastle United.
99 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Doocey,
The title for your homepage must have “Newcastle United” and “blog” in those 70 odd characters somewhere. The earlier the word, the more important it is too.
100 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Like.
‘ Newcastle United stay in the Premier League ‘
instead of ‘We manage to survive’
Thanks,
Off now, gluck lads.
101 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM
night Doocey.
102 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:20 PM
“Like.
‘ Newcastle United stay in the Premier League ‘
instead of ‘We manage to survive’”
Absolutely, Doocey.
103 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Spot on.
104 Doocey // May 4, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Right, I’m off this time.
Night everyone
105 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I wonder if Doocey ever thinks hes wasting his time writing articles that nobody reads, but dont worry it will soon become popular in the coming months.
106 Toon_Factor // May 4, 2009 at 10:38 PM
We need Man U to drop points in there next few games so last day of the season they will be playing for something.
107 NicoGF // May 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM
We have to stop with the: IF, COULD, WOULD, and the Survival Maths. Hey: “Woulda coulda choulda” like Ed. Harrison well said.
We just have to defeat both Middlesbrough and Fulham. Without crying or looking what others do.. and that’s the difficult task. (And we know it.. let’s face it). We need to perform the Miracle of Winning.. yes it’s a miracle for us to win. Get over it.
108 jokerkinnear // May 4, 2009 at 10:56 PM
we are going down
109 jokerkinnear // May 4, 2009 at 10:56 PM
toonfactor your an arse
110 batty // May 4, 2009 at 11:03 PM
nicogf u dck
111 jokerkinnear // May 4, 2009 at 11:10 PM
hi iam new on here
112 Ross // May 4, 2009 at 11:10 PM
areet lads. Thankyou very much brad friedel like..Hull showed some spirit in that final 20, so glad villa still managed to nick a 1-0. Day by day Boro becomes bigger and bigger like. Its annoying because every week its “must win, must win”..every game we lose, the following week becomes our biggest game of the season. Well boro IS our biggest game of the season. I’m pretty confident i’ll have said all this before aswell. Will probably continue to do so up until the end of the season should we continue to slip up, yet still mathematically be able to beat the drop.
Also still canny angry at Barton like. bloody idiot, we needed him and he’s managed to once again let us down. A shame because he was one of the best for us against ‘pool, and i continue to sympathise with him regardless. Maybe i’m as daft as he is like.
113 G 2 // May 4, 2009 at 11:16 PM
We wont beat Boro, we would struggle to beat Scarborough……
114 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Im sick of hearing that ‘it is the most important game of the last 10years’.
They still capitulate after 10 mins whether he says that or not. We have had about 2 attempts at goal in the the 5 games and who it gonna score against boro when they shut up shop. Fulham is shockingly a MUCH better club than us now aswell so I can’t see us beating them.
Hull are in absoulute free-fall but they will be kept up by the absolute uselessness of NUFC and Boro.
Again the toon Army were faultless at Anfield and again they were severely mis-represented.
I wonder how many of our ’superstars’ would get a trial at Liverpool?
115 Rodzilla // May 4, 2009 at 11:23 PM
howay man // May 4, 2009 at 6:19 PM —-40
“then all we have to do now is make up a three point deficate with 3 games to go.”
…LOL, wouldn’t that be making up a number two point “deficate”?
…an interesting post mind you.
116 Ross // May 4, 2009 at 11:27 PM
I think boro will be a different game. In our last 6 we’ve had Pool, Chelsea and Arsenal. We were never getting anything out of those 3 and Pompey clearly came looking for a point from the word go. Fact is both teams are more than desperate for a win. I genuinly think we’re better than boro and we’re at home.
117 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 11:30 PM
I think a key thing aswell is that most of our players are has-been wage merchants.
The old cliche goes ‘ you can’t win anything with kids’ but you sure as hell can’t with has-beens either.
It is so obvious that Michael Owen is sick of the club and just wants to leave as quickly and quietly as he can.
118 AndyNUFC // May 4, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Pompey came looking for a point? Maybe, but, we had 3 chances in the match that simply have to be finished by a combined strikeforce earning over £200,000 a week between them.
119 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 11:32 PM
I had a three point defecate once.
120 workyticket // May 4, 2009 at 11:33 PM
It was after a Chicken Phal.
121 Ross // May 4, 2009 at 11:33 PM
DJG-its aggrivating i agree but in reality are you really that bothered? im a bit sick of him if im honest, he’s had his chances and hasnt taken them, let him go as quietly as he likes.
For a long time i defended Owen and said he was still a brilliant striker but he’s been missing chances for us, for a while now. Every striker goes through bad patches but this bad patch is slightly severe and has came at the worst possible time.
You still hear pundits coming out with things like “if you create chances one on one and micheal owen is there…y’know, he’ll still score them”….will he? wasnt the case against pompey!
122 Ross // May 4, 2009 at 11:34 PM
in saying that though its not like Martins has been taking his chances either. He too has to have a finger pointed at him for some of the sitters he’s missed recently
123 AndyNUFC // May 4, 2009 at 11:39 PM
All 3 of our strikers have been rubbish
124 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Ross
The thing is we buy players at the wrong time. Michael Owen 10 years ago was pure world class now he is a has-been.
We dont need really expensive world class players just for our team to gel and pass it around waiting for a chance to come. The biggest problem this year has been our midfield. If we had Nacho and Barton ( not being stupid) all season Ithink we would have created at least 3-4 chances for our strikers every game.
125 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Truth is our supposed ’star strikers’ just arnt that good. martins is an athlete not a footballer. Viduka is a footballer but not an athlete and Michael Owen just looks AWFUL.
126 DJG // May 4, 2009 at 11:47 PM
The top 4 have the players to keep clean sheets and blast them in at the other end.
The rest either defend well or can score their way to wins. Traditionally that is what we were.
If you leak goals at one end and can’t score at the other then you are in big trouble.
127 Ross // May 4, 2009 at 11:49 PM
DJG-i fully agree regarding the barton comment. He seems to give us a bit of drive and forward thinking that we’ve lacked in our midfield..well, for years now if we’re honest. As for Nacho, i havent seen enough of him so i really dont know. I would call him a poor piece of business but how were we to know he’d end up injured like he has and in reality he could be a good creative midfielder.
Martins frustrates me alot. He seems to enjoy looking for the spectacular strike when we’d all much rather just see the ball hit the net regardless of how he does it. He hits a ball bloody hard, why cant he just use his pace to burst into the box and smash it from 12 yards, keep it low and its a problem for any gk at that speed. I still think Viduka is a class act but like you say he doesnt have the legs anymore. In truth we just look a bit toothless all over the field. I hate to say it but i think coloccini has looked really poor recently like, he’s painfully slow.
128 Dragonera // May 4, 2009 at 11:50 PM
DJG # 121
Spot on, mate.
Ross
I agree that the Boro game is completely different. The team will actually have belief that they can win the game and will go at them from the word go. If the crowd are as loud as they were against Pompy it won’t be long until the pressure gets to a few of them and they start making mistakes. I also agree that Barton has let us down. He was our best midfielder against Liverpool and would have passed right through Boro. Shame.
129 Dragonera // May 4, 2009 at 11:54 PM
The problem with Coloccin is he doesn’t kno what kind of defender he is. He is a clean-up defender, but he chases the opposition around as if he has the speed, strength and height of Bassong. Bassong should be doing this and Colo should be staying back, keeping the opposition in front of him at all times, just waiting to clear up the loose balls.
130 Dragonera // May 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Regarding my comment about Boro, the sad thing is, they will be well up for it as well. Expect Tuncay and Downing to give us hell.
131 Ross // May 5, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Dragonera-exactly. I was sitting watching Barton against Liverpool and thinking “he’s having a canny game, spraying the ball about quite well, looking to go forward, this will cause problems for a team like boro”..but then all of a sudden he goes and does the unexplainable. His reputation does him no favours and he was always going to be sent off. Alonso was going nowhere, back to goal right in the corner, to go to ground was mindless. There was only one outcome.
As for colo, maybe you’re right. End of the day he looks weakest when he’s chasing players, being beaten for pace/strength and is caught out of position. Maybe if he sits back and lets bassong do that he can clean up effectively. I just sadly dont think we’ve seen ten million quids worth of defender at all. He’s had some good games and looked very neat and tidy at times, but he’s also had some real clangers. Ricardo Fuller cruising past him in the game at sjp has stuck in my mind since it happened like.
132 Ross // May 5, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Double up on Downing like. Beye will hopefully have the experience to keep him as quiet as possible but whomever is playing down the right needs to help. As for Tuncay hopefully Bassong can overpower him, if we give him time on the ball we’ll be punished because he’s skillfull and players with a bit of talent on the opposing team have seemed to cause us trouble recently,lol
133 51times // May 5, 2009 at 12:16 AM
So with Barton out for the season, what do we do for creativity? Any ideas on the team selection, guys?
134 Ross // May 5, 2009 at 12:26 AM
51-give messi the last of Ashleys fortune, shove a blonde curley wig on him and swear down that it was only this week we realised Coloccini had attacking abilities
135 51times // May 5, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Is Nacho fit or what? He’s the only playmaker we have so I wouldn’t be against him starting our remaining games.
136 NicoGF // May 5, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Nobody knows for sure 51times . All about him is a mystery… Would be great news.
137 Tom_Toon // May 5, 2009 at 3:44 AM
howay man – Amauri, 4 mil?
Oh dear.
He cost Juve 14-16mil this season and has been really good.
138 NicoGF // May 5, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Today I have been thinking a lot.. about Newcastle United.
Finally I got a conclussion: Shearer won’t play ‘Nacho’ cause that would mean dropping captain Butt, and he probably doesn’t have the balls to do so. So basically we are dead. It would be perfect to have Jonas, Smith, ‘Nacho’ and Guthrie together in the midfield.
All the current problems would be fixed. As easy as it sounds. Can’t you see Butt is the only one getting endless chances regardless of his performances? even Owen has been dropped but not useless Butt.. he looks like the owner of the team.
139 Danish_Magpie // May 5, 2009 at 7:21 AM
NicoGF,
Please, please, please stop.
The reason Nacho is not playing is not because Shearer does not have balls. Nacho would have to get used to the pace of the premiership, like every other player has needed to (including Henry, Torres etc.). Nacho has played 31 minutes of football in the past 10 months. Throwing him into a relegation battle completely unfit (even if he, as you seem so certain of, is NOT injured) would be absolutely suicide. Nacho will NOT play for the remainder of the season. I can guarantee that. I don’t doubt he is a quality footballer, and maybe you are right, maybe he is exactly what we need at the moment. But he will not play because he is unfit, not used to the English game, and apparently has not convinced Shearer in training (if he is training).
Please, I am asking you to be so kind to stop writing about him. We don’t make the decision regarding who plays. You cannot convince us that he should play, and then we pick him. You would have to convince Shearer, and I don’t think he is on this forum. Call his office 40 times a day instead of posting on here?
Have a good day.
140 Toon Graeme // May 5, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Danish Magpie -
Nicogf has been doing my head in on here and on facebook too.
He or she also posted that if Nacho wasnt selected he would support liverpool!!! Complete arse of the highest.
You have summed up exactly the situ re Nacho.
141 Toon Graeme // May 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Did anyone watch the Villa – Hull match. Last 20 mins had me on the edge of the settee.
Hull showed real fight. Poss 3 points to them against stoke on Saturday. Totally different team than the first half.
I see the sun is on a mission to stir up sh*t again. I would love to know who that inside source is like. That kit man is my best guess!!
142 Steve_48 // May 5, 2009 at 9:28 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/premteams/newcastle/article2411707.ece
If anyone was in any doubt then read the above please and now tell me we need to keep this moron at our club – I dare you – who will be the 1st to support him
143 Toon Graeme // May 5, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Steve 48 –
Bartons last chance for me was against Man city. He got injured so that continued on to Sunday against the pool and well as for me thats it for him. Id prefer never to see him in the black and white again. But if we do stay up and we cant sell him – I suppose we will have to put up – until he does something else that is completely stupid.
Milner sticking the knife in too and Spidermag has come to MO’s defence in the journal.
I expect the rally call to the crowd as early as tomorrow (again) and a 4 3 3 attacking formation for Monday.
144 lesh // May 5, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Well, I’d imagine Ashley’s experiencing mixed feelings over Barton.
He wanted to sell him in the summer but Keegan persuaded him otherwise.
And, like Keegan, Joe convinced him not to sell in January.
On both occassions, I’d guess that Ashley’s motivation wasn’t footballing reasons though.
Nevertheless, if I were him, I’d be feeling both vindicated and a jut a tad peed off!
Thanks Joey and for your own sake, get a grip of yourself man!!
145 NotAGhostToon // May 5, 2009 at 9:48 AM
The writing style of that article is hideous, I wouldn’t believe a word! However Joey has had his last chance but this time i’m not annoyed or whatever I just think its pitiful that he’s not taken his chances!
146 Stuart79 // May 5, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Shearer should have butted him!
147 davis_toons // May 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Stoke 1 – 1 Hull
Fuller 73(pen) – King 45
Will Stoke Beat Hull?
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Man Utd 4 – 3 Hull
Will Man Utd give Hull and easy game?
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Remember: For the TRUTH newcastle fans around the world
Please PRAY around the stadium for our team Newcastle Utd to win on home soil against Middlesbrough. OK!
I’ll be sayin my prayer in SINGAPORE.
IT will helps.
148 geordie deb // May 5, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Toon Graeme 141
Yes the last 20 minutes of the Hull game saw me watching it through my fingers most of the time. Hull did have a lot of fight and were trying really hard – I hope some of our team were watching that and feeling a bit ashamed at their lack of fortitude and how easily they throw in the towel but I guess it may have been lost on several of them
149 Tom_Toon // May 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Its the Sun!!!!
150 ian // May 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM
If we go down I hope he gets in to the best team possible and I hope his career hits the highs that I know he is capable of with the right team behind him, I love to hear the ex footballers and the rubbish they spout, Macdonald, Moncur and co, Owen doesnt get the supply but he is decent, Martins is no good but doenst need a good supply?
Owen gets supply of Mrtins but Martins gets nothing off Owen in return, he is nowhere to be seen most of the time.
If we stay up I would like to see Martins and Cisse partnered, Cisse puts ball after ball on to the heads and at the feet of the other Sunderland players and they cannot put any of them away, Martins would love to get passes like that, when Martins makes a run Cisse would be tapping his foot waiting, not wheezing like Owen still in our half, we have to face it we will never have £13m plus midfielders to give perfect service and score goals equal to a reasonable striker, so we have to have strikers who are fast on the counter so the opposition has to keep four players back (not just two for Martins) and ones who can make something themselves, Martins and Cisse take the pressure off the rest of the team so they can perform better, they would partner up brilliantly, Cisse is tall, Martins is short, which is ideal, but they are both fast.
151 NicoGF // May 5, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Danish_Magpie 139,
I’m afraid I won’t stop. The only suicide here is playing Butt and not seeing reality. What reality? just look at our last 20 games and don’t be stupid.. we won just 1 of them (of 20! games) it means we are not capable of winning, regardless of the opponent, we have played, strong, average, and small teams and we lose,draw,lose,draw.. that’s suicide..(cause we have to win games now!).
And I know Nacho is struggling with all that. Inlcuding his match fitness, and the respect Shearer has for the fake captain Nicky Butt. That might be the reason why he won’t get a game. If this happens I wish you a happy Championship.
But I bet you Hughton will be intending to convince Shearer about playing Nacho, cause he watched the 25 minutes he played vs. Hull City where he showed quiality.
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