This has been coming for years, NUFC must be the worst run club ever.
Scientists tell us that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but Michael Owen might prove them wrong as he leaves NUFC faster than the Starship Enterprise.
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JamesW wrote:
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Well we all know what they say about stats don't we James, LOL.
I understand what you're saying, and obviously there are always going to be exceptions. I'm not saying that they're ALL shirkers. The three you name though are also highly competitive individuals, and like I said above this is also a motivating factor for some.
HOWEVER - there a far too many grossly overpaid, medicore journeymen filling up the ranks of of Premiership teams. Even some of the so-called "big names" as well. Just look at Shevchenko's spell at Chelsea for instance - what a joke that was. He's not done much better at Milan either. Seems he's more interested in modelling for Armani these days. He's still raking it in handsomely though, so why should he care?
- Eric
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Well we all know what they say about stats don't we James, LOL.
I understand what you're saying, and obviously there are always going to be exceptions. I'm not saying that they're ALL shirkers. The three you name though are also highly competitive individuals, and like I said above this is also a motivating factor for some.
HOWEVER - there a far too many grossly overpaid, medicore journeymen filling up the ranks of of Premiership teams. Even some of the so-called "big names" as well. Just look at Shevchenko's spell at Chelsea for instance - what a joke that was. He's not done much better at Milan either. Seems he's more interested in modelling for Armani these days. He's still raking it in handsomely though, so why should he care?
- Eric
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JonnyHungwell
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It's only a game - no call for fat Geordies to cry on the terraces, it's not like anyone was killed or injured.
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"Just look at Shevchenko's spell at Chelsea for instance - what a joke that was."
Your use of the past tense is inappropriate. Shevchenko is still a Chelsea player and his loan spell at Milan has been completed, so as things stand he will be back with Chelsea next season
As a Chelsea fan, I don't in any way regard Shevchenko as a shirker. His problem is simply that his pace has gone.
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Shevchenko was brought to Chelsea pretty much on a whim by Abramovich and was never a signing that Jose Mourinho wanted ... so that was HIM done for in Chelsea colours.
When you see the likes of Michael Owen stashing 5 or 6 million quid (a year!!) for contributing absolutely zilch to NUFC you wonder if he will turn up at his NEXT club's press conference wearing a mask and brandishing a musket ... cos you can guarantee that some foolish manager will be willing to take a chance on buying the Owen of 4 or 5 years ago on the (relative)cheap. But he is just one of the big earners (?105,00 basic a week ffs) who show how poorly NUFC have been managed both on and off the park ... really the Geordies are masters of their own downfall.
When you see the likes of Michael Owen stashing 5 or 6 million quid (a year!!) for contributing absolutely zilch to NUFC you wonder if he will turn up at his NEXT club's press conference wearing a mask and brandishing a musket ... cos you can guarantee that some foolish manager will be willing to take a chance on buying the Owen of 4 or 5 years ago on the (relative)cheap. But he is just one of the big earners (?105,00 basic a week ffs) who show how poorly NUFC have been managed both on and off the park ... really the Geordies are masters of their own downfall.
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Dave Wells,of this forum,was a good footballer in his time.Perhaps he should be drafted in to sort out NUFC.They're a bunch of girls,anyway!
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Still haven't stopped laughing. Just waiting to see what excuses my Toon worshipping colleagues will have for the debacle that is Newcastle United FC. Whole club is rotten to the core with mediocrity, they have a big fan base, most deluded into thinking Shee-ra was the greatest player ever and could walk across the Tyne inhigh heels.
I reckon they will stay down and go bankcrupt, which will be a real financial smack in the face for Newcastle. To get rid of the club Ashley will have to take a massive loss and lord knows who will take over.
Newcastle fans should align themselves with Leeds fans, they know how it feels to live in the past.
I reckon they will stay down and go bankcrupt, which will be a real financial smack in the face for Newcastle. To get rid of the club Ashley will have to take a massive loss and lord knows who will take over.
Newcastle fans should align themselves with Leeds fans, they know how it feels to live in the past.
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Fortunately for Newcastle, Owen's contract runs out this summer so they will have the chance of getting him off their books.
I can't see any clubs going for him and the wages he would be looking for.
Maybe he will hang up is boots and concentrate on his horse racing.
I don't know how they are going to get shot of Joey Barton, but i can't see him playing for the club again.
I can't see any clubs going for him and the wages he would be looking for.
Maybe he will hang up is boots and concentrate on his horse racing.
I don't know how they are going to get shot of Joey Barton, but i can't see him playing for the club again.
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JamesW wrote:
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Shirker, pace gone, bit of both - whatever. The end result is the same, i.e. grossly overpaid for vastly underperforming.
Same with the almost permanently crocked Michael Owen, as crofter points out above.
Two perfect examples of the madness that is footballer's wages these days.
- Eric
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Shirker, pace gone, bit of both - whatever. The end result is the same, i.e. grossly overpaid for vastly underperforming.
Same with the almost permanently crocked Michael Owen, as crofter points out above.
Two perfect examples of the madness that is footballer's wages these days.
- Eric
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nikonman wrote:
> Fortunately for Newcastle, Owen's contract runs out this summer
> so they will have the chance of getting him off their books.
Which means he goes on a free transfer, another good bit of business by the geniuses who run NUFC. He wouldn't sign a new contract last year because, frankly, he's not so fucking stupid as to commit himself to a doomed club, but NUFC couldn't offload him when they could have got some cash for him, because they were leaderless and clueless.
> I can't see any clubs going for him and the wages he would be
> looking for.
I can, easily, because he'll cost nothing. For wages of, say, ?3million he'll get takers, even though he's past his prime.
> Fortunately for Newcastle, Owen's contract runs out this summer
> so they will have the chance of getting him off their books.
Which means he goes on a free transfer, another good bit of business by the geniuses who run NUFC. He wouldn't sign a new contract last year because, frankly, he's not so fucking stupid as to commit himself to a doomed club, but NUFC couldn't offload him when they could have got some cash for him, because they were leaderless and clueless.
> I can't see any clubs going for him and the wages he would be
> looking for.
I can, easily, because he'll cost nothing. For wages of, say, ?3million he'll get takers, even though he's past his prime.