Herbie von Smalls

don't know too much about him, other than what i've mentioned. i guess his public profile isn't great, which makes me wary of him. i'm all for big investment in the club, but not at any cost.

mittal steel has a bit of a reputation for low quality products. not a good portent for his business ethics.

and risk losing the biggest teams in the division? unlikely.

why morgan?

there is more than one asian millionaire out there. anyway, mittal is british having bribed mandelson into awarding secured one a few years back.

now now, folks. no need to make any personal attacks on the guy. wouldn't want to fuel a vendetta.

i'm only telling you what happened

to shoot off at a tangent i was on an old machine at work last night and happened to click on the old link for this site. here it is: http://www.ynwa.info/ i'm not sure if it was entirely related but around the same time i saw that, i couldn't get the thought 'chip on shoulder' out of my mind.

thank god someone said that

you may be right - who can say? i reckon it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it is significantly less than what they paid because they had to act quite quickly at the end of that transfer window and they knew there was interest on our part to buy him. this was more than just a run of the mill signing. the fanfare surrounding owen's arrival suggested that this was as much about sending a message to the fans that newcastle are still 'a BiG cLUb' as it was about strengthening their squad. so they may have cut a few corners and sacrificed a bit of business acumen to secure that 'wow' factor.

i'll bet owen has an escape clause. quite probably for less than the barcodes paid for him and almost certainly triggerable if they don't qualify for european competition.

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not forgetting 'holden' their aussie marque

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christ! another 'PC gone mad' sentiment. you're one to talk about self-righteousness. you odious little prick

keEp THe jUrY oUt ON dJImI!

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a nation rejoices. a northern european nation. one that borders denmark and switzerland (among others).