Out of interest what has Dowies attitude toward the youth team been? Has he brought many young players through?

Well Williams himself stated in the LET that a number of the applicants are already employed in top jobs so I guess it makes sense. Wonder who the 3 could be though?!? - Worthington - Redknapp - Dowie Actually ###### it could be anyone bar the ones who are obviously out of our league.

Now then that's a bit unfair! On the basis that Emerton was a cracking player at his previous club and he's also looked good for the Aussie team, maybe, just maybe SOuness wasn't getting the best out of him. Emerton is one of the players who's progress I'm looking forward to under the new boss.........

Poor Kieron Dyer. Wouldn't play slightly out of position for sir Bobby, how will the arrogant little tit like playing as a sweeper behind Shearer and Robert?

Feel a sense of relief about him leaving at the moment. We've been stuck in a rut for a while now, the wheels were spinning away but we weren't getting out of it to be honest. Unfortunately for NUFC fans I can see him definitely falling out with the stronger characters in the dressing room, the likes of Dyer, Robert & Shearer spring to mind. No hard feelings towards Souness however, I respect him for the good things he acheived at our club. He's certainly got his work cut out with the massive expectations of the barcodes fans and sorting another dodgy defence out.

No more "souness' Blue n White army" being sung from the Blackburn end then eh? How will we cope? Lets just find some geezer with a really bizzarre name that won't fit in with the chant

Shearer said he wasn't ready to manage a team yet didn't he when linked with the Newcastle job?

I must not know much either then Strachan for me too.

What about Paul Sturrock?

Bulk order of Kleenex for JimMk2 please Bye Graeme, no hard feelings but I think it's time for a change at Ewood providing we get the right replacement.....

Exactly. Jansen could, and would IMO offer more to our first team than Boothroyd.

Exactly. God knows why Matt thinks he should stay here to have 'one last shot' at resurrecting his career with us, he never gets a frigging chance. Is this Matt 'I'm a idiot who most likely broke the rules of my contract by riding a moped' Jansen Why does he deserve another chance, he's shown nothing For a club in our situation it makes sense to give one of our best players in recent years another shot at the big time. I'm not denying he made a silly mistake, that's clear for anyone to see but how we'd benefit from a few flashes of the 'old Matt'. He hasn't had the chance to 'show anything' because he's been bundled in with the stiffs, he'll NEVER get back to his best doing that.

Exactly. God knows why Matt thinks he should stay here to have 'one last shot' at resurrecting his career with us, he never gets a frigging chance.

Dress it up however you like, it's a poor, poor signing.

What an absolute joke. Jesus wept.

Barmyflags.co.uk could sort it and have done a good job in the past. Not sure how the design/payment etc can be arranged though.

Thats a cracking idea. I'd chip in definitely.

Newcastle seem to start like this every year, don't see what the fuss is about. Freddie Shepherd is an absolute clown, feel sorry for Robson, one of the true gents in football.

Im sure hes not fit. If souness hadnt been such an idiot todd would have at least played a game in pre-season and had a chance to get fit. And what if Todd wasn't fit to play pre-season? why wouldnt he be? He started training the same day as the rest of them. At the end of the day he was wrong to refuse to play. Souness should of fined him. Not hold a personal grudge against the fans player of the season and refuse to include him in a squad ever again. All I'm saying is that you have no idea about Todd's fitness, we'll leave it at that.

Im sure hes not fit. If souness hadnt been such an idiot todd would have at least played a game in pre-season and had a chance to get fit. And what if Todd wasn't fit to play pre-season?

Maybe Todd ain't fit?

I wouldn't say that's entirely true. More like a last roll of the dice in my opinion. It's happened quite a few times in recent seasons. One that springs to mind is Peter Reid at Sunderland. He was given cash to splash, (think it was on Flo and Stewart), but was shown the door a few weeks later.

Souey's only saving graces now IMO could be the signings of MGP and that Corduroy bloke whatever his name is.

Lets hope he's given the baptism of fire Vs those blasted Mancs on Saturday then. We can all see we're crying out for a bit of skill/flair/excitement.

Quite a few People, D.Connors/Mallon