rufus.gpig - It really does man. Thanks. On a lighter­ note, anybody saying we need Keegan back, have a word­ with yourselves. I didn't want him back first time­ because he was basically finished in football. The only­ thing he had left was a reputation for walking out,­ which he duly did. Shocker. Michael Owen is past his­ best, but probably would score more at another club­ with better service (20 a season is a bit optimistic).­ The club's crumble isn't down to Mike Ashley,­ Kevin Keegan, Denis Wise, Sam Allerdyce, Chris Hughton,­ Joe Kinnear or anybody else. It's down to four or­ five years of steady decline without any attempt at the­ consistency required to succeed. Championship here we­ come. Good luck Wolves, Birmingham and whoever else­ comes up. We'll be back I hope.

Shocking i was at the fulham game and bassongs red card­ should never have been. The fulham players foot clipped­ bassongs knee and he leaped on the floor. Our goal­ should have counted aswell. Nolan didnt even touch­ shcwartzer let alone grab onto him. Howard Webb best­ referee in the prm your having a laugh. Jammy Cockneys.­ Owens and waist of time and space. Sunderland 4 the­ drop.

I think the majority of newcastles fans can hold their­ hands up and say that no way have we been good enough­ this season, however I think owen also needs to do the­ same and say that he hasn't had the best of seasons­ either. I am constantly surprised by the amount of­ times I see people post on here simply to have a go at­ people. It seems a little ridiculous when at no point­ is every other team/manager/player ever perfect. I am­ astonished that someone can comment and say that we­ didnt support keegan, however I can only assume that­ they are not a Newcastle fan or they would be hard­ pushed to make that comment. By all means have a go,­ have a dig at the fact we havent been good enough but­ do it with some dignity instead of making yourselves­ look like narrow minded little children, throwing their­ toys out of the premiership pram.

Owen doesn't suit the way newcastle play, they­ haven't any good wide men who put the ball in the­ box for him, same would of been for gary liniker, he­ was a box player but he had good men to feed him the­ ball in the box at different clubs, if owen isn't­ getting the service course he wont do well, put him in­ liverpool's team or man u and he'll be a 20 a­ season goal scorer again (if fit).

Owen is class...and its been said he cannot score­ because the quality passes to give him the chance are­ non existent.

You watch him go to another club and­ start scoring.

Newcastles problem is thwe fact the­ fans didn't support keagan when he needed­ them...instead they flocked back to thweir seats and­ the fatmna was delighted.

Newcastle need keagan you­ better hope he comes back

I wonder how many of you idiots actually know any­ geordies, or have any real reason to be such a bunch of­ biggotted, small minded spiteful ****s. I hope your­ teams get relegated too. W*****s.

I am a newcaslte fan and we deserve what we get this­ season, keegan, daglish, gullit, robson, roder,­ souness, alladyce, keegan, kinner....what did we ever­ expect!!!

Owen is back , thats good news for the Villa defence. ­ Martin Oneill will probably let his lads have a few­ beers on the Saturday night now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha

For all those whinging about United fielding a weakened­ team, they did for other games in the season as did­ Liverpool when playing some weak teams. Apart from­ which if any of you were lucky enough to have a team­ who were League Champions and having to play the final­ of the Champions League three days after a match that­ was meaningless to your team, you would expect them to­ play a weakened side. The Champions league is worth­ millions, would you expect your team to throw millions­ away because of some battle at the bottom of the table.­ Course not you idiots

LFC placed an 8 million bid to Real Madrid for Owen ,­ Owen was desperate Real excepted this bid.Then Geordies­ came in with a bid of 17 million!!! plus 100k plus in­ wages P/W(great piece of business). Owen clearly didnt­ want to play for Newcastle from day one (because­ he's a winner). Other than stop changing your­ manager every five minutes. You should concentrate on­ buying players that want to play and be successful at­ Newcastle, perhaps looking down a few leagues.

I think the Newcastle fans are misguided blaming Owen­ for there problems. He did it for Liverpool and he did­ it for Real Madrid best goal per game ration fact!!!­ Owen is a true striker which is a paocher and he­ can't poach if the people supplying the crucial­ ball are @#$% and dont have what it takes. When Owen­ leaves and joins a club with better service he will­ start to score again. Its not about form its about­ service and he does not get the service he needs.­ Newcastle are in this position because the players you­ have don't have any heart for the club, The only­ player who show's grit and determination is Taylor.­ The best thing about Newcastle United is the fans­ fact!!!

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