Keith Scantlebury

Carefull , they might unLEASH something nasty

You mean nice well behaved players that lead ultra clean lives like Terry, Ashley Cole, Rooney and Lescott. I honestly think that a call to the England squad would be well deserved for Joey Barton. I'm sure Peter Beardsley may have an old mask laying around that Ameobi can borrow 6 months out with a broken cheek seems a bit excessive, [Although remember how long Marcelino was on the sick with a sore finger]

Just watched one of the best premiership games of all time. The Toon staged the best recovery since the Titanic was raised. 0-4 down at half time to draw at 4-4 and should have won 5-4 . Capello [a fine English name] needs to be told that football is played in places other than London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Joey Barton has played out of his skin this season, that incident today proved that he can bite his lip, many a player would have retaliated. He has to be one of the best midfielders in the premiership at the moment, so why is Capello not picking him for England [same could be said about Nolan].

Would one be correct in assuming that Merlin is rather upset, by jove. [he has a good right to be ]

Nice re-vamp GGGG, just as I got ma heed roond the oldun ya mek it easier hmph.

Cleva not the word Malcolm, I think it is brillant. The best I have seen for a long time.

Just watched the news, that was blowing one helluva hooley out there Brian. Seems that most folk have been lucky/took proper precautions. They say that damage wasn't as great as expected. You and yours ok?

Like I said ealier £35m a good kickstart...... especially when he would have taken £100m for the club at the begining of last season

Things are going to be a little draughty out there Brian, according to our news. I had a look on google earth and seems it is going to hit the coast a little further north from where you live. Hope it dosn't blow you about too much, nail everything down just in case. Stay safe mate

Agreed..... they should be ok as long as Ameobi is given sevice from midfield and wings cos he his not the best at putting himself about and winning the ball. Pardew has already told Ranger to buckle down or else, the kid has the talent as long as he works at it. BUT , what is going to happen to this £35m?

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Cheers Merlin, if ever I need Confidence boost..............

Well, £35m for a player with half a season Premiership experience Suppose it is good business for NUFC but a helluva risk for Liverpool. I dont think the kid is a one season wonder but you just need to look back at the Andy Cole saga when he was sold to Man Utd. He did ok for them but was never the star player he was at the toon. Carroll needs the right people arround him now to keep him grounded, things may be moving a bit too fast for him and liverpool need to be carefull. If they need help I'm sure Paul Gasgoine would offer some advice. [young player,lots of money,hangers on and front page headlines etc.]

If Liverpool want to pay £35m for him the TOON should let him go. Yes they would miss the player, but unless he does some growing up and sort himself out, away from football he will land himself in jail. Only thing is,can NUFC find a replacement in such short time [8 hrs or so] cos if they dont Ashley will trouser the money for himself, then just watch the club go back up for sale , after all, he has just had a £35m kickstart from the sale of a homegrown player, as close to pure profit as you can get.

Your Mrs might just be on the right track doing things the old fashioned way Brettly, may be that steam power is the way forward [just need a clean green fuel to make it]

The De Arend and it's twin the De Snelheid, Holands first train were built in Bedlington as was Italy's first train the Bayard Replicas are on view at Haarlem railway museum in Holland and Naples railway museum in Italy.

Back in the 80's Farmway were trialing the early forms of bio-diesel made from rapeseed oil. They had all of their trucks and vans running on this fuel at a fraction of the cost of conventional diesel and even before the trials were complete the government at the time slapped so much duty on it,it wasn't even worth completing the trial. The easier we try to make life for ourselves, the more the government wants us to pay for it. That means any goverment, no matter who is in power, now or any time in the future. The saying, "what goes up, must come down" does not, and will never apply to the cost of running a car.

Seeing that Christmas is well out of the way, how many of us has either had or given someone a naff or useless prezzie at any time. I remember the first proper xmas me and the wife had together (the previous one we had only been married a week). We were living and working on a large dairy farm in Hertfordshire and the winter months were really busy for us. I left it right to the last minute [5pm xmas eve] before buying her prezzie. I went into Buntingford, a place similar in size to Bedlington, and the only two shops left open were a sweet shop and a hardware store. I went into the sweet shop and bought her a box of chocolates, then into the hardware shop and bought her long shafted axe. On xmas morning I made sure I was well out of her swing when she opened the axe [i did put a pretty ribbon on it]. Luckily she saw the funny side - we needed a new axe anyway.

I've been trying all week to get a horse for my darling wife , but the miserable git that I have been trying to do a deal with just wont swap.

washing ironing f.....g everything else (Please do not read the first letter of each word down as it is sexist and may cause offence to those without a sense of humor)

There was a hole in the road ..... the police are looking into it

That barmaid worked in the Percy for years Brian, ..... I wondered where she got to.

I dont mind a bit of folk music, usually traditional Northumbrian, but I don't think I will be rushing out to get a baggy Arran sweater just yet, mind you, the Guiness aint bad