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Sat 26.01.08 Arsenal (a) @ Emirates Stadium, 3pm. FA Cup Fourth Round.

Tue 29.01.08 Arsenal (a) @ Emirates Stadium, 7.45pm. Premiership.


Tum, ti tum tum tum.....

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Ouch?!

Gotta say I like Keegan... purely from an "entertaining interview and gung-ho football" point of view!!!

Least he's experienced and loves the club undoubtedly. Tough matches them though!

Well, Pompski have Chelsea and Man Utd in the Prem so I don't hold out much hope of our "push for Europe" the next few weeks. Point will do! Did like the look of the league table someone posted earlier... ahhh 6th place!!! Dreamin'!

Shinkansen

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Hahah!! KK will!!

Shinkansen

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How confident are you that you're going to come away with anything though.

And yes, I know Spuds beat our kids in the Carling Cup last night.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXpUdBlRZe8

can't believe no one has posted this yet, i will just love it, i tell you, just love it, when they sack him.

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Ferguson, you mean?

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Oh, supremely confident that we'll come away with at least 2 red cards, a crocked l'il Mickey and a herniated Shay.

Good luck anyway, you'll need it.

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eewwwwwe. you must be interested how they will fare in the first enounter given the past history.

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I would take you more seriously if you took your finger out of your nostril. And if your posts were a bit more coherent.

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now now. just curious to see whether keegan will lose it again after his next thrashing at the hands of the mighty reds, or has he learned his lesson?

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<Now we can concentrate on the league>


Sobs.

<Did anyone watch the game? Were we shite?>

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http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={78F24B85-702C-4DC8-A5D4-2F67252C28AA}&itype=12977&pagebuildpageid=2716&bg= 1

Here you go mate, face facts and join in, you'll feel much better honestly.

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Surprisingly, not for the first half. Alan Smith could have scored in the 15th minute. You guys held out until half-time then we just moved up a gear but Shay Given was outstanding for Newcastle.

See you again on Tuesday.

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I've mentioned coherence as a prerequisite for being taken seriously before.

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Thanks for being kind. I talked to one of my sons who did watch the game and his comments were very much like yours.

Roll on Tuesday and further frollicks and fun.

<at least no-one got broken or sent off today>

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here we go then, nice and simple for you, any time you wish to defect let me know and i'll show you the way.

FA cup results.

Arsenal 3-0(HT 0-0) Newcastle
Adebayor 51
Adebayor 83
Butt o.g. 89

Bookings:
Cacapa 75

Man Utd 3-1(HT 1-1) Tottenham
Tevez 38
Ronaldo (pen) 69
Ronaldo 88
Keane 24

Bookings:
Evra 45

Sent off:
Dawson 68

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Cup 5th round draw....

Bristol Rovers v Southampton
Cardiff City v Wolves
Sheff Utd v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Barnsley
Manchester United v Arsenal
Preston v Portsmouth
Coventry v West Brom
Chelsea v Huddersfield

<sits back and waits for rae and Hook to get stuck in>

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Thanks Novo. Even if you had beat us on saturday, I guess you'd not have been wanting this tie.

I look at it this way. You have to play the big teams sometime (and ManU), so why not now and get it over and done with. There are only 6 Premier League teams left in the last 16.

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hmm yes, difficult one, can't say i am filled with optimism, but, we are at home, everyone is fit at the moment and we are on a good run. all i think of is the semi's a few years back against arsenal when giggsy picked it up in his own half and ran most of the pitch and scored. come one utd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r3GyFDonx0

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Indeed. I can't be arsed to go a-googling on the subject, but this is quite unusual I would think.

Wouldn't it be funny if your match winner was the only premiership team in the last eight? C'mon Barnsley! C'mon 'Uddersfield.

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The vestigial Pompey fan in me can't bring myself to agree :p. I never did pay a great deal of attention to the footie, and even less so now I don't have the right channels on the telly, but I did go to a few games at Fratton Park with my dad in the mid-late 1970s during their meteoric descent to League Division 4. Actually, thinking about where we were living at the time I must also have seen a game or two in the 1979-80 season when they won promotion back out of div 4...

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Part two of the Epic at the Emirates kicks off at 2:45pm EST. I wonder what'll happen this time?

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So whats going on with Dennis Wise and the other "executives" recently brought on board?

Surely this must smell of "too many cooks", at least as far as "King for a week" Kev must be concerned.

Aint no good going to come of it if you ask me.

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I don't know what's going on either. I'll have to wait until Niall and Biffa update nufc.com.

Maybe Newcastle are the new Leeds?

Or maybe Ashley and Mort know their own limitations and want a knowledgible footie person on the board (for a change). That said I hated Wise when he was playing. He made Joey Barton look sophisticated.

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Wise has been a sucessful manager considering, but a yorkshire friend of mine is pretty sure that Leeds sucess of late was largely to do with Poyet anyway, and that is largely borne out by results since he left for Spurs.

What I dont get is if you want a Footie person on the board, then why not bring Keegan himself onboard, or offer it to Shearer?

And why the need for the others?

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Shearer was an iconic player for the Toon, but he's got zero qualifications as a manager and coach. If they want to use him they should tell him to put the frighteners on the so-called strikers on the team.

What others?

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I thought Sheared had his UEFA A or B licenses now?..Granted, no management experience, but he will probably end up with some sort of job there yet.


The others...acording to the Times, "Tony Jimenez, a London-based property developer, will join the board as a vice-president and Jeff Vetere, a scout for Real Madrid, will be appointed as technical director to complete a continental-style management structure working in support of Kevin Keegan."

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Well there you are then. M&A are just cleaning house and getting rid of the rubbish that Fat Freddy Shepherd left behind. Can't be any worse than the last lot.

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The scary thing is the Keegan is on record as recently as last october saying that a continental management structure never worked out well for anyone...and now he says hes fine with it.

Something aint right...but thats hardly news at newcastle I suppose.

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Why would you need a property developer on a football team board unless you were looking to sell St James's Park for redevelopment?

Or is a case of jobs for the boys?

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Looks more like the latter to me...

"Wise and Newcastle have apparently been brought together by Tony Jimenez, a property developer and friend of both Ashley and Kemsley, who is developing a relationship as a facilitator of deals and was involved in Juande Ramos's managerial move from Sevilla to Spurs." - The Grauniad.

Kick off in 2 minutes. I'll be sporting and only wish for an entertaining match.

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Keegan looks shocked and troubled already:( Wise has come in to take over in a month or so, thats the rumour in the pubs.

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I'm surprised that people in the pubs of the Cotswolds should be so well informed.

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So the story so far is........

Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle
Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan
Sunderland 1-0 Birmingham

I think the Wise man is two not enough. No wonder Keegan's not happy if it's jobs for the boys. Bet he wishes he hadn't took the job now.

As the table will stand if the scores remain the same, Boro will be 2 points and Sunderland will be 4 points behind Newcastle.

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Why isn't that bastard Adebeyor off playing in the African Nations Cup? What's he got against wor lot. :frown:

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Togo failed to qualify for the ACN. We're not complaining.

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England are the new Togo.

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I always thought of England as more of a spoilt child who wants to take their ball home when they don't get picked first.

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Good idea that. That's our ball you keep knocking past That Nice Mr. Given. :mad:

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Final scores.
Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle
Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan
Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham

Yet another case of Deja Vu for Toon Town, as Newcastle end another game under their new manager without scoring. If they aren't careful, they could soon be the lowest placed North-East team at the end of the season. :p

Deja Vu = Same Sh*t, different day.