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Oooot For The Summer

So as the summer draws nearer and we starting thinking about sun, sea, sand and egg and chips for some we also start thinking about the revolving door at St.James Park and quite naturally so. This season has hardly been a shining light has it? Quite rightly the club has been rocky with 2 changes [...]

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Model Pro’s

Newcastle United players seemed to be enjoying themselves in a fashion show arranged by Shay Given for the Macmillan Cancer Tyneside Appeal. It was lead by no other than Kevin Keegan who was in fine form. Players including Given, Beye, Taylor, Smith and Faye with onlookers including Chris Mort and Mike Ashely who seemed to [...]

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Diatta Possible

UPDATE II – Diatta has apparently agreed to a temporary contract until the end of the season with the option of us extending it if he proves successful – after initially hesitating hes had a reality check. UPDATE – After Diatta hesitated and asked for more time Keegan has pulled the plug on the deal. [...]

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Taylor Has A Moan

Now I am all for players getting contracts they deserve and we wouldn’t want to lose Taylor but hes come out moaning about not getting a contract sorted. I think Taylor along with a lot of the squad are under-performing at present and need to up their games. Certainly Taylor has had some mistakes of [...]

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Oba The Pop

[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_hAuvoa1o] Perhaps our favourite forward Obafemi Martins hurt his ankle going over it dancing in this pants video. Mind you he looks rivetted by it all. Some of the comments from geordies on You Tube is rather amusing.

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Yawn

Well no sooner has the transfer window shut, we scored our first goal under KK and started to show some signs of improving – the press have decided to move onto other s**t stories – but still NUFC. Their last tripe is coming in the form of lets wind the Geordies up about Charles N’Zogbia [...]

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Roz Off

Confirmation came this evening of David Rozenhal going out on loan to Lazio for the remainder of the season. Rozenhal was desperate for first team football to secure his place at the Euro 2008 tournament this summer. Not quite the sort of transfer activity Newcastle fans will have been hoping for. The only thing I [...]

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Chimbonda Incoming

UPDATE : KEEGAN SAYS NOT HAPPENING Spurs Pascal Chimbonda seems to be the attacking right back option that Keegan is looking to draft in as competition to Beye and Carr. Carr has been in good form the past 2 games but will likely move on in the summer as he has been dogged with numerous [...]

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Wood ‘Gallow’ Gate

UPDATE III: APPARENTLY ARSENAL BOUND… UPDATE II: APPARENTLY NOW REJECTED US FOR SPURS UPDATE: APPARENTLY REJECTED SPURS TO JOIN NEWCASTLE Could Woodgate be KK’s first major first team signing during his 2nd spell as Newcastle United manager? According to rumours going about at the moment Kevin is keen on bringing him back. Now I must [...]

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3 Signings Please

Keegan has stated he wants to make 3 signings and has been linked with the following players : Sol Campbell, Van Buyten, Defoe, Nicky Shorey, Berbatov, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright Phillips, Deco, Michael Carrick, David Bentley, Barry Robson. There are certainly a few players there that excite. One or 2 look more feasible than others [...]

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