Like i said, talk is cheap pal!

And on!

And the wait goes on!

Still waiting!

I am waiting!

voiceofreason,
'All day, every­ day, in these­ columns'
Okay then,
i challenge you to find these­ comments - go on, there are 100s of articles to trawl­ through!
Find these alleged comments, copy them and­ paste them on this thread - with the names and dates­ below the comments too so we can follow them up!
Talk­ is cheap pal!

"I have yet to meet a NUFC fan who claims we­ belong in the top flight, i have yet to meet an NUFC­ fan who bangs on that we are a big club . . . . where­ do you get your information from - please, come on, i­ am interested"
You don't get out much then, do­ you?
Don't you read these columns?
All day, every­ day, in these columns, Radio 5 Live football phone-ins,­ Talksport.
Have I missed anywhere?
Don't shoot the­ messenger.
"You will however never convince the­ Toon fans that Hull and Wigan are bigger" I­ didn't say THAT. Reread the post. I said that they­ had exceeded the expectations of their­ supporters.
"And that is defined by it's­ history, the players who they have had" In that­ case you could make out a case for almost every club in­ the top two divisions being a "Big" club and­ certainly Leeds from League 1.
For me a Big club is one­ that performs well most seasons and wins trophies every­ so often and there is something seriously wrong at­ Newcastle if they win nothing in 54 years. (excluding­ Fairs Cup)
You can't keep blaming bad Directors and­ managers. There is something inherently wrong.

ANNY KRISHNAN. ANNY KRISHNAN. ANNY KRISHNAN. ALAN­ SHEARER...................... voiceofreason... HAD IT­ NOT BEEN FOR VILLAINS AND IDIOTS RUNNING THIS CLUB,­ WE'D BE DOING JUST FINE. WE'VE AT LEAST GOT A­ FAN BASE. PROBLEM IS. WE'VE BEEN EXPLOITED

More speculation. The tea lady was seen walking through­ SJP with the cleaner, and were instantly reported by­ the media as potential buyers.
Who next?

voiceofreason
you read too many tabloids - there is not­ a word of truth in anything you have said.
Voice of­ untruth morelike pal!
I have yet to meet a NUFC fan who­ claims we belong in the top flight, i have yet to meet­ an NUFC fan who bangs on that we are a big club . . . .­ where do you get your information from - please, come­ on, i am interested.
Show me the evidence . . . . . bet­ you can't; you know why, 'cause it is simply­ not true.
We are where we are because at this moment in­ time, that is 'where we belong'!
Hopefully,­ sometime soon, our fortunes will change and the new­ owners (whoever they may be) will provide us with a­ squad of players that will give 100% committment and­ make us proud - so what if they win nowt, that's­ not the be all and end all . . . . . we just want a­ team to be proud of . . . . that's all!
Now did you­ digest all of that . . . . truth?

Have to disagree Voice. For me a Big Club is not about­ trophies won in the last 10 or 20 or 30 years. It is­ about standing in football. And that is defined by­ it's history, the players who they have had and­ therefore the kind of teams which they have been able­ to feild, and most of all the support base. So in­ Newcastle's case it's not just about Shearer­ and Keegan, but the likes of Beardsley, McDermott,­ Macdonald, Milburn, etc give them their history and­ make them a big club. So in my eyes, regardless of not­ having won a trophy in many years, Newcastle have­ always been and always will be a big club.

voiceofreason, We have heard this so many times and it­ is a general belief that us Geordies think we are­ bigger than we really are and should be winning­ trophies in the Premiership etc etc etc. Have you ever­ heard this, not from a TV pundit or in a national­ newspaper but from an actual Newcastle fan. You may­ well have and I wont dispute it but I haven't.
You­ will however never convince the Toon fans that Hull and­ Wigan are bigger and Bolton have a much better history­ because as a fact, they are not and that is no­ disrespect to them.

"Indeed, there is a feeling that a deal could be­ struck within days" closes the article. Has/is­ that not said about every deal to buy any club?
It is­ the totally unrealistic aspirations of supporters­ accompanied by relegation that often results in yet­ further degradation of the club concerned.
Many people­ have said before and not just on here, that Newcastle­ supporters have this inflated idea that it is a­ "Big" club.
It is not. It is a small club­ with "Big" support, due to its geographical­ location.
It has not been a major player in the­ "trophies won" league since 1955.
Don't­ belittle the achievements of clubs like Wigan and Hull,­ who have exceeded their supporters expectations by some­ margin just to get into the Premiership.
Bolton are a­ different kettle of fish, as they have some­ "history" like Newcastle. Indeed, some would­ say a better history than Newcastle.
You guys have to­ get over this "we belong in the top flight"­ paranoia. It is this which has haunted you for over 50­ years.
Just be thankful that you did not go out of the­ league altogether, as you nearly did, until the famous­ "King Kev" (LOL) came to the rescue.
Have a­ little more humility. Build from the bottom, instead of­ thinking you are at the top, because you are clearly­ not.

markthegeordie2003...10.. I've going to Toon games­ since 1974. Missed a few years working abroad. SJH,­ Well, he did do wonders for the club, but he himself­ wasn't whiter than white. Relocating the ground and­ developing the area around SJP might of been on the­ agenda. But he was the best man to do the­ chairman's job in living history. Then he went a­ spoiled it all by handing the reigns to Shepherd, and­ his flakey son, Douglas Hall. Good riddance to­ them........

omniuk...8.. Have you ever been to a Man united game? I­ have, and I'm quite certain that there has been, on­ occasions, a certain amount of match fixing going on.­ Every time Ronaldo hit the deck during the last two­ seasons, the referee could have, and should have pulled­ out a yellow card. Decisions that change the course of­ games. Two obvious attempts at deceiving the referee.­ 2 yellow cards, and the cheat is off the field, and­ munchester united are down to 10 men. But the referees­ choose not to book him. Why? Cos they're all bought­ and paid for. Match fixing

Just read the Holy Bible (The Chronicle), and they­ reckon this is serious stuff!
Woohoo, could that be a­ light i see at the end of this tunnel!

sr.melvin...7 totally agree with the Fat Freddie­ comments not sure how old you are but with the­ exception of SJH I can't remember a decent­ owner/chairman and I can remember back to Lord­ Westwood. Fat Freddie had the club near bankruptcy if­ the stories from Cashley are to be believed and after­ the "negotiation" with Luque I find it very­ believeable.

Fat Freddie's track reacord on­ managerial appointments (Sir Bobby excluded) was­ appauling as well, Souness managed to take a apart a­ decent squad in the space of a summer. Messers Gullit,­ Dagliesh and Alardyce pretty much in the same vain and­ the less said about the latters signings the­ better.

Would clear out the likes of Joey "the­ thug" Barton, Xisco, Smith, Enrique, Guttierez and­ give some of the kids a go and lets face it they­ couldn't do any worse than the so called 1st team­ players did last year. Let's just hope that whoever­ these interested parties are they have common sense and­ business acumen to get us back to where we should­ be.

One last thing if Fat Freddie gets anywhere near­ the club I'm going to become a Gateshead fan lmao.

safcsmb, comment 5 why dont you try it, you may be­ surprised

When I was in Malaysia during the 80s there were­ constant scandals of match fixings etc in the domestic­ league there - hope it isnt the same bunch

markthegeordie2003.. 2.....Better the devil you know.­ I'm not having it. The Toon are still trying to­ recover from the Shepherd era. Ashley was just part of­ the disease. The infestation began under Shepherd.­ Shepherd left this club, I hate to say it - but here­ goes, with a serious cancer. I said at the begging of­ last season that NUFC may need to spend some time in­ the Championship to recover from the critically flawed­ miss management of Shepherd and Souness.
It might­ hurt, but the Championship is probably the place we­ need to be order to cut the rot out of the Toon and to­ re - invigorate ourselves. We'll be back. All we­ need is on owner with intellect and integrity. The club­ is big enough to generate the resources needed to get­ back into the top strata. You look at the Wigan's,­ Hull's and Bolton's of this world. If they had­ our recent history to deal with, they'd be gone.­ People are interested because we represent good­ business. With the right strategy - the Toon represents­ a winner...