He's a scream in real life.

More accurately, in real life, I make any poor s*d who has to listen to me for more than 5 minutes scream.

Gio's too polite to say, but my sense of humour is currently banned under the European Convention for Human Rights...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/f...ms/n/newcastle_united/7179847.stm

Once again the Newcastle fan's belief that the world owes them a trophy has cost a good manager his job.

F**king Geordie-Tubbies.

"Eh-oh, divven't ya kna"
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tell what intrigues me, the betting patterns on the next manager.

Arry Redknapp was backed into even money at one stage with Alan shearer moving out to almost 42/1 and bigger - then at some stage last night, Shearer was backed into almost 3/1 and arry drifted - it flip flopped a bit, and this morning arry declares himself out of race ?!
all a bit wierd if you ask me....
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That screaming beached whale Jonathan Pearce mentioned something about the betting pattern and how it should investigated when he was yelping away on Football Focus this afternoon

Yesterday, I was certain that Redknapp would be sipping from the poisoned chalice that is the Newcastle job by lunchtime today and from what I heard him say this afternoon it seemed that he was pretty certain too, up until something behind the scenes changed his mind.

All rather strange.
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Dodgy as feck Mezz - especially if you look at the volume traded on BF for arry and co. I'm suprised BF haven't suspended their market in some way, as they have done in the past when similar things have taken place.

If you have a look at this:

http://sports.betfair.com/

and check the link on the top left (next NC manager) - have a click on the volume traded on Redknapp. At last check,   £4,558,792 by my reading    feel a bit gutted for the people that put tonnes on when the speculation mounted - they have been done
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Wasn't there some unusual betting activity when 'Arry was appointed at Portsmouth?

I notice that getting rid of Allardyce led to an instant improvement in Newcastle's fortunes....

You have to be either a special kind of mug or have insider knowledge to bet on such markets.  Of course people know who will be manager before he's appointed.  If I knew somebody who was going to be appointed to a job and a mug on Betfair offered me odds, I'd jump at it of course.  It's the only form of legal insider trading there is.

That Ronaldo is scarily good.

Remembering your shrewd take on gambling on the previous forum, i;m thinking you must be tidying up via BF, George ?

Given the odds on Arry , it seemed value to lay:

1.27   £161,697
1.28 £153,334
1.29   £137,520
1.30   £149,767

This was the kind of money being matched by the guessers  - Arry has now drifted to 19/1    

Thinking this will go down in BF history along with Kieron Fallons 'alleged' race-chucking and Davydenko's match against Vassallo
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Slightly premiership related, i found this old link whilst cleaning out old emails (couldnlt help but chuckle):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC54A2PFwqw


Apologies in advance if anyone finds it offensive
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Newcastle United and their supporters would be scattered haphazardly across the Solar System if it were up to me. Funny how the passionate Geordies - football's a religion up there, Brian, etc etc - produced an average attendance of 16,879 in 1990/91. I assume finishing 11th in the old Division 2 isn't mere coincidence. All of a sudden, when Newcastle played in the top flight in 93/94, having spent four seasons in the division below (in two of which they finished 20th and 11th) their average attendance jumped into the 30,000s for the first time since 76/77.

Hello George. Welcome to the dark side! I presume as no one else turned up I won the Foro Italia Christmas Golf Tournament yet again? BTW me and Ed are on Facebook if you want to join and chat up some pre-teens.

"He's had 15 minutes and hasn't turned the club around", complain Newcastle supporters...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/f...ms/n/newcastle_united/7192457.stm

So, general consensus is that Newcastle's main problem is an inability to defend, yes? Logic therefore suggests that you appoint.... Kevin Keegan?

I think Newcastle have taken the opinion that they're going to lose anyway, so they might as well lose playing attacking football, and with the fans a bit happier.
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That seems to be what the Geordie-Tubbies want: 'We might lose 7-6, but at least we scored 6'.

That particular notion will wear off within about a month and 'King Kev' will do a bunk when the going gets tough, just like he did last time.

Those cocks and that fanny are made for each other...
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What is so funny with this whole 'Keegan is God' business is that even at their peak in the mid 90's the greatest era for the club with 'King Kevin' Newcastle were still ultimately losers.

He's a bit of a basket case with his tendency to leave jobs unfinished for the next poor sod to fix, and of course Newcastle United are the biggest basket in the Premiership sponsored by Northern Rock the biggest basket case in the banking sector...so you see it all fits nicely.

Like cocks and fannies.
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I expect to see Shearer in the mix somewhere, with Keegan as the guru to eventually handover to Shearer - whether Keegan hangs around long enough must be questionnable.

Sir Bobby would have been a better option IMO to guide Shearer but, as he's in my Totodeath squad, he'll be dead within the year!

Apparently Keegan is going to return Newcastle to the 'glory years'. I'm not exactly sure what that means.

Warren Barton cites the opening of new nightclubs and the development of new housing projects in Newcastle in the mid-nineties as a result of the positive vibe that Keegan brought to the city through football. Stop, please.

In the mid-nineties 'glory years' Newcastle probably had the second or third biggest spending budget (after Man Utd and Liverpool) and Keegan still failed to win an egg-cup. In 2008 the landscape of the English top-flight is very different since their budget is now also eclipsed by both Arsenal and Chelsea.

The only way Newcastle (or any club outside the top four) will challenge for title glory is a huge influx of money from sponsorship / tycoon. A truly sad indictment of top-flight English football.