Kevin Keegan. Only a Newcastle United supporter could­ believe that he wasn't going to do the club any­ harm. I feel really sorry for Newcastle but you have­ got what you deserve for poaching and then sacking Big­ Sam.

If Big Sam was still at the helm then you would­ have been guaranteed premiership football for years to­ come. As it is thanks to King Kevin, it's good luck­ in the championship. And then the Johnson's Paint­ Trophy when you will finally be able to re-live those­ glory days when you are reunited with Leeds.

As for­ blaming Dennis Wise. sure he's useless but he is­ not the one that walked out is he. If King Kevin truly­ loved the club then he would have acted like a man and­ stuck around and done the job he was paid to do. Yes,­ even if he didn't get all the players he wanted...­ And even if he did have to work with Dennis Chopper­ Wise.

An excellent article! MSN eat your heart out. Think i­ will be lifting some of this when i preach my weekly­ drivel to my numbers on my own radio show this weeeek­ (thats Stoke-on-Trent Polytechnic Radio by the way -­ thanks for your support, mum, dad, aunty and unkle).­

But you gotta laugh aintcha? A Nigerian consortium­ looking to buy Newcastle? Don't we all get them­ emails at least twice a month? No dout they want Mike­ Ashley to invest in some stocks and shares, left by­ some executed dictator to his mistress, via his second­ cousin twice removed. I suppose they want Dennis the­ Menace to get a taxi to Nairobi and then jump bail with­ a suitcase after having kicked the taxi & driver to­ death?

and Joe Lewis at Spurs? 100 Companies?­ Jesus.

As For Man City, well anyone who has 444­ billion in the bank and invests in a club like that is­ obviously two supporters short of a Kippax. 444­ Billion? What is the point? With that amount of dosh,­ the Arabs can play a real life ver$ion of Championship­ Manager and drive their 8 or so wives each positively­ bezerk. Bet Man City don't win fuckall this season­ anyway. Allah be praised.

Final word on me own club­ the beloved, (and since 1990) deluded LFC. Our owners­ have got it sussed, football these days, especially in­ the Carling Cup is often a close shave. When i heard­ Gillette had bought the Kop I rang me mate who runs a­ burger stall, went out and invested in one thousand­ pounds worth of shares in MACH 3 razors. I am still car­ booting 'em but i hope to become a millionaire­ myself one day. As the saying goes - you gotta spend­ money to make money...

@#$% is that the time? gotta go­ and prepare my insignificant internet podcast. Bye.

The owners are all t0ssers

Surely the question should be "Are Newcastle fans­ the Leagues worst supporters?"

mike ashleys big mistake was dennis the dwaf wise what­ does he know about newcastle u could write on the back­ of a stamp get shot of him and beg king kev to come­ back

mike ashley is said to be doing what is best for­ newcastle united.if he is selling the club then he wll­ have no need for wise and company.so let them go get­ kegen back in place and lets all move on.im sure this­ will settle it all down,and get the players playing­ again

"Abramovich is really the best owner a club could­ have". thats funny.

before anything else,its football,it is a buisness.only­ in the respect that its a franchise,that aside,its­ something that cnt be fu*ked around with,if you dont­ know football you have no buisness getting involved­ ,fans are loyal when they have something to­ support,when you rip the soul from a club,and bring in­ people who have no buisness being there your gonna have­ probles,denis wise played for chelsea,that aside,what­ credentials gives him the right to be director of­ football at one of the best supported clubs in­ england?some rich @#$% with ideas above his station­ thats what.for all the mucking about that the liverpool­ owners do,they let benitez pick his own team and buy­ his own players,thats a start,newcastle is a ship with­ now no captian.and no real direction ,there taking on­ water,and theres no one to bail them out it seems,but a­ group of nigerians who maybe are looking for an­ aquisition to add to there financial portfolio.god help­ us all

Personally I thought there was too many foreign players­ in our football league ruining everything. This article­ goes to show how many foreign investors are ruining our­ once beautiful game. My opinion is kick them all out­ and lets see some home grown talent and keep the­ british paying footballing publics money in this­ country for a change. Why is our national team so poor­ because our own boys have no opportunities and we seem­ to think foreign is best. Total rubbish.

who in there right mind besides a group of nigerians­ who possibly dont realise that newcatle are in the­ shizz,are going to want to throw money at a blackhole­ that is newcastle.no matter how much money you have the­ club swallows it up and still under achieves,long since­ are the times of lol,tino asprilla,the rubber legged­ oddity who graced your team in the champions league win­ over Juventus,now your struggling for your very­ identity,if i were a billionaire,id look to buy a club­ lower down in the championship,and bring it up then­ compete.newcastle is a thirsty horse that keeps on­ drinking,i really feel for the fans,they support­ through thick n thin,not like united.who dissapeard to­ set up a new club cos someone came in to buy­ there's,The prawn sandwich munching fans bemoan­ everyone else,count your blessings you have­ stability,for now!!!!

fkj
calm down, its just an article, dont take it to­ heart! I found it funny when man city wealth was 11/10!­ brilliant! keep it up boys!

Interesting artical....
man,man city are loaded....!
it­ should be fun to see what they do with it.
only a­ possitive for the EPL as it makes it even more­ competitive.
theres always a feeling that some clubs­ will never win anything,
no matter how much they­ spend,i.e. NUFC.
but saying that, I don't think­ NUFC has ever been the biggest spenders in a single­ season ?

I'm a Newcastle fan. I think Mike Ashley has bailed­ the club out a hell of a lot. his mistake was perhaps­ to bring in Dennis 'un' Wise, and then Keegan­ in a knee jerk. Let's be honest Keegan left­ Newcastle in a bit of a storm originally - there was no­ reserve team then - he had splashed the cash of Hall­ and Shepherd but to no avail. Yes we played great­ football - but Keegan, relative to the time, had as­ much as Jose at Chelsea was given - don't believe­ me? remember in 96 he bought BArton, Ginola, Shay­ Given, and Les Ferdinand in one close season alone - a­ year later he got Shearer for 15 million. He won­ nothing. The reason that the likes of Wenger, Fergie,­ Scolari get the last word on players is that they­ deliver. Wenger in particular buys cheap and sells for­ more - he's never had a Newcastle United­ budget.
Newcastle fans are very ungrateful for an owner­ that did try and balance the books - maybe he made two­ mistakes - Wise and Keegan. The fans - if that's­ what they are should turn up and support their club -­ especially if they want a proper investor - who's­ gonna invest without fans?

Football is turning into Cancer and spreading fast

Best Chairman is Butcher of Kirton United, he's­ invested more than £50 over the 200 years he has­ managed and ran the club. (He's still running it­ today).

Hmmmm. Very surprised. That many points for WBA? Absurd­ - Far, far too many. Masquerading as Premier League­ outfit/football club. Mike Norgrove , Exmouth -­ life-long Wolves fan.

Oh well said Mr Hawkins! Fjk seems to have forgotten­ all the abuse the Glazer family suffered when they­ first assumed control. 76000 glory hunters may inhabit­ Old Trafford but that surely pales into insignificance­ compared to the 50000 idiots who go to St James Park to­ see a team which hasnt won a major trophy since the­ late 1960's. Steve Gibson is the head kiddy amongst­ all this for me. Quietly going about his business and­ providing a small club in Yorkshire with dreams beyond­ all those imagined when Ayresome Park was closed down

Manure,(sorry,man utd),fans were so besotted with the­ Yank trailer-park owners that they promptly­ upped-sticks and formed their own club.
The Glazers­ have faced constant abuse,death-threats and a concerted­ "love united,hate glazer" campaign.
The 6 out­ of ten mark reflects the popularity of the owners,not­ the 70 odd thousand southern sheep who would travel up­ to watch the shirts being washed and who get off the­ Euston train at Piccadilly asking for directions to Old­ Trafford.
I would say that the assessment was more than­ generous.
Nice set of "fans" who print­ stickers bearing the message "three strokes and­ you're out" when Malcolm Glazer suffered a­ heart attack.
And people wonder why they are­ universally disliked?

Not sure how Eursport arrived at their marks out of­ ten; i can't comment for other clubs but the­ results for The Glazer family and Man Utd are way off­ the mark! I'm referring to the following...
1) Fan­ support: 6/10 - 76,000 full house every game at Old­ Trafford equates to 100%
2) Sticking power: 7/10 - Took­ over in 2005 and are still there in the background and­ going no where equates to another 100%
3) Letting the­ manager do his thing: 9/10 - I have not heard of one­ single incident where they have undermined any decision­ made by Sir Alex equates to another 100%
The fact that­ they have doubled their wealth is a clear indication of­ the ship under good control and heading in the right­ direction. I think the guys at Eurosport need to go­ back to the drawing board and re-evaluate their­ findings

Not that much wrong with Ashley. He bailed them out­ financially, sacked Big Sam when they wanted, brought­ back Keegan. The flaw in his plan was that he listened­ to the thick jocks that inhabit Newcastle. He should­ never have brought Keegan back, it was always going to­ end in tears. Now he is being hounded out of the club­ and it will be sold to Nigeria. Fortunately they have­ loads of money because I keep getting e-mails from­ there offering me £1 million. Be careful what you wish­ for!