THE FRENCH FORRIN LEEEGIN!

Updated '7:30pm bells' Wednesday 23rd January 2013

"THE EIFFEL TOWER ON TYNE!"

News reaches 'The Geordie Times' from wor 'club insider' that at least TWO more Frenchmen are to join wor ranks today in the shape of Haidara and Gouffran who wor 'insider' tells us are undergannin medicals 'az we type'!

Fortha French Forrin Leeeginaires are aalso 'in the pipeline' we understand to add to the NINE we aaready have!

'THE NINE LEEGINAIRES' on wor books  
(so far!) (in numerical order!)

4 Yohan Cabaye
10 Hatem Ben Arfa
13 Mapou Yanga-Nbiwa
17 Romain Amalfitano
22 Sylvian Marveaux
25 Gabriel Obertan
26 Mathieu Debuchy
39 Mehdi Abeid
51 Yven Moyo

And just in case yih wonderin'---here are the  eleven nationalities of senior players on wor books.
1 England 19 players
2 France 9
3=Argentina 2
3=Holland 2
3=Australia 2
6=Italy 1
6= Senegal 1
6=Burundi 1
6=Slovenia 1
6=Northern Ireland 1
6=Spain 1

Wot!--that's NE Scottish players except for Steve Logan who iz English and waz born in Carlisle, but we believe he haz the option to play for Scotland instead ?
NE Welsh or Republic of Ireland players eetha?



Watch this space az usual for aall the latest news, second hand, forst!

"NEW SIGNIN'!***NEW SIGNIN'!"

Posted '10:00am bells' Wednesday 23rd January 2013

The second of the anticipated 'French Forrin Leeegin' players haz just signed a five and a half year contract for a reported fee of £6.7 million from Montpellier.
Mappou Yanga-Mbiwa<(try chantin' that 23 times after a pre match session!) iz a 23 years old centre half and iz a team mate of French Internationals Yohan Cabaye, Ben Arfa and recent signin' Matheiu Debuchy.

He will wear the number 13 shirt and he captained Montpellier to the French Leegue 1 Championship last season!---The forst time they've ever won it!

More signin's are expected in the next few days.("Er!"--can we have a quality centre forward pleeze!")

Az per usual watch this space for fortha transfor activity!

For the latest squad numbers gan to tool-bar at the top of the page and click onto 'NUFC Squad Numbers' 

TRANSFER WINDOW WAFFLE!***"DIVVINT HAAD YIH BREATH!"

Posted '8:25pm bells' Tuesday 22nd January 2013

With just TEN days left of the 'transfer window' to save wor season, speculation iz rife az to who we 'might'? sign in the next few days???
After the Remy fiasco and the Coloccini saga, 'The Geordie Times' will NOT speculate az to whom we may or may not sign or sell until it's 'done and dusted', 'so to speak'!

Tooneet French defenders Yanga-Mbiwa and Haidara were reported to have visited wor trainin' groond in Benton to inspect facilities!----Until they actually put pen to paper, we will cautiousleee assume that they arnt Toon players just yet! (ie: we'll NOT take ANYTHING for granted!)

We aall naa of course that we need a striker urgently to replace Ba and wor midfield and defence cud de with two or three new faces az well!<<<("Do yoo read me?---'Fat Controller'!?")

Watch this space in the next few days!
("But Pleeeze! pleeeze!---divvint haad yih breath!")

RANGER DANGER!

Posted '10:00am bells' Tuesday 22nd January 2013

Both 'I Beg Your Pardew' and 'The Lone Ranger' have made comments on the Toon fans reactions to the disasterous defeat against 'The Biscuitmen of Readin' on Saturday and both, I can tell yoo, are playin' a dangerous game, slaggin' fans off who have had ne success for decades!

'The Geordie Times' haz NEVER booed the team or anybody else for that matter associated with NUFC<(EVER!), but we DID voice wor opinions on tactical decisions made last Saturday afternoon!

We arnt gannih get into a slaggin' match online with eetha of them (especially the gun tottin' ranger!) but we think that loyal fans who have paid £500 plus for season tickets ARE entitled to voice their opinions in which way they choose, like anybody else!

The fact that Pardew said that he had ne option to bring defenders on, on Saturday, az he had ne strikers on the bench, speaks volumes, az Ranger (a striker we believe!?) waz one of the subs!

We rest wor case!***Wot more can we say!?

NUFC***"A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE!"

Posted 'high noon bells' Monday 21st January 2013

We're gettin' quite a few comments from Toon fans aboot the 'tone' of articles in recent weeks and the fact that 'The Geordie Times' iz gettin' angrier and angrier at 'The Toons' plight az the season gans by!

'Dava the Raver the Painter to Savour', haz in particular pointed this oot to us, az we discussed wor predicement ower a few pints of 'lubrication' in 'The Strawberry', 'The Porcy' and 'The Hotspor' @ 'Sunday liquid lunch time'!

We feel helpless at wor current situation, but just like the rest of yoo readin' this, we are powerless to de anything but show wor frustration at matches on Saturdays/Sundays/Mondays etc. or in the numerous NUFC websites and twitter pages!

Wot we didn't want waz anotha battle for survival---but that's exactleee wot we've got!
Many fans have 'had enough' and are wrappin' their season tickets in when they come up for renewal in February, but that isn't an option for many of us az we are NUFC 'diehards' til the day 'we pop wor clogs'!

'The Fat Controller' and the rest of them can sell the club and waalk away at anytime and the manager and players can leave at anytime az well, but that isn't possible for thoosands of us, who's lives revolve aroond the club completleee!

It's a life sentence!*****without parole!  

NE WHERE NEAR BOLTON RESORVES v THE TOON RESORVES***"OFF!"

Posted '2:45pm bells' Monday 21st January 2013

The scheduled Toon resorve match in Leyland, Lancashire tooneet against 'Ne Where Near' Bolton Wanderers resorves haz been caalled off because of a frozen pitch!---SO!---If yi were plannin' on gannin'***DIVVINT!

THE TOON 1 THE BISCUITMEN 2 ***"IT'S SNOW JOKE!"***""THIS REEELY TAKES THE BISCUIT!"

Updated '11:40am bells' Sunday 20th January 2013

"CABAYE'S FREE KICK HEEDS GOAL-BOUND!"

An absolutleee disasterous result for us and the dreaded 'R' word waz deein' the roonds in the clubs and pubs after the game az angry and disaloooshand<(Geordie Times spellin'!) fans droonded their sorrows!

THREE great chances which fell to Cisse in the forst half shud have sealed the game for us on a wintry afternoon @ 'The Park', but a combination of brilliant saves from 'The Biscuitmens' keeper and bad luck prevented hiz hat-trick!
Yohan Cabaye's free kick on the edge of the box @ The Gallowgate End (see 'Geordie Times' photo above) after Marveaux had been fouled, left their keeper rooted to the spot az it whizzed into the top corner of the goal and it looked at this point that we would gan on to win the game easily!

BUT! this iz NUFC and the substitution of Marveaux for James Perch telt us that we intended to haad on to wor one goal lead rather than gan for more goals---And this proved to be wor doonfaall when in the 70th minute the visitors made an inspired substitution when centre forward Le Fondre came on.
Within TWO minute he had equalised with a scrambled goal @ The Gallowgate End to the horror of 'yorz trulee' and 48,000 otha Toon fans!

An apparently injured Cabaye then went off to be replaced by Bigiramana in the 73rd minute and loud protests then enveloped the groond az wor manager stood forlornly on the touchline!----

But worse waz to follow fower minutes later when Le Fondre again beat wor defence after a sliced effort from anotha Readin' player fell nicely to him and he tucked the baall past an unsighted Tim Krul in the Toon goal, to send their 1,000 travellin' fans in level 7 of The Leazes End wild! 

This aalso sent the Toon fans 'wild' az wor manager got the brunt of abuse with chants <(for the forst time) of: "YI DON'T KNOW WOT YI DOIN'!" <(looks like yi 'honeymoon period' iz ower now, Alan!)

Anotha great chance by Cisse to level things near 'the death' ended up high in The Leazes stand and just after this the ref blew for full time to loud protest against wor manager AND owner!

The 'bleak mid-winter' continues!

Toon team: Krul, Santon, Debuchy, Williamson, *Coloccini?, Cabaye (Bigiramana 73), Anita (Obertan 79), Gutierrez, Marveaux (Perch 64), Shola Ameobi, Cisse
*We were suprized to see Colo in the line up az we were telt last week that the Norwich away game would be hiz last!

Attendance: 49,411 (highest in Britain on the day!) (1,000 'Biscuits' 'risked it' in the snow!)

PS: Unlucky 'mascots' 'John from Ireland' and hiz son Ciaran were at the match. They very rarely see 'The Toon' win on their visits to Tyneside from across the Irish Sea, which number aboot five or six a season!
(Their last 'win' waz against Liverpool on 'April Fools Day' last season!)
Their next intended visit IZ!----wait for it!----for wor derby game against the SMBs! this April!---"AARRGGHH!"<(it's time to pull yer 'hair oot' folks!)

PPS: On the otha hand, and because that's the last time they'd seen us win, the month of 'April' just might just prove to be a LUCKY omen!?)<(lets  hope so for their sake!!!)

THE TOON v THE BISCUITMEN ***THIS AFTERNOOON!

Updated '10:00am bells' Saturday 19th January 2013


LATEST VIEW FROM THE RIVER TYNE WEBCAM!

"THE MATCH IZ ON!"
In five hours time we are due to play yet anotha 'must f*****' win' game against 'The Biscuitmen of Readin' @ St James' Park @ '3 bells'!

"COMIN' SOON TO ST JAMES'!"

The match iz set to get the 'go ahead' and a pitch inspection iz gannin on az I write this!
Hailstones are faallin' @ the minute az aa look oot mee window across the Tyne, but aall shud be well and we will bring yoo the news of the pitch inspection az soon az wee get it!------Just hord!---IT'S ON!

Wor visitors (just like us!) are 'winless' on the road this season and have lost NINE of their eleven away games so far! (lets make sure it's TEN on Saturday!)

With ne new signin's apart from full back Debuchy, the failure to persuade Remy to sign for us for a mere £40,000 a week! and the departure of Demba Ba <(thanx to 'appy 'arry!---see below!) we are a club in crisis---ne doubt aboot that!

Steve Taylor iz expected to make a welcome come back afta missin' the last nine games and Shola iz available after servin' a one mach suspension.

Colocicini's imminent departure hazzent happened yet of course, but we were telt last week by wor 'secret undercover club sauce' that hiz appearence in the game at Norwich would be hiz last!?

In mid-week Sooothampton got an unexpected point at Chelski and move a little bit fortha away from us up the table!---and then they sack their manager! (this disruption cud be good news for us and will hopefully unsettle their players and fans!)

Premya Leegue table (bottom!)

11 The Jellied Eels Mob***21 played 26 points
12 The Canary Custards***22 played 26 points
13 The Wacko Jacko Jivers*22 played 25 points
14 The SMBs-----------------22 played 25 points
15 Sooothampton********22 played 22 points
16 THE TOON**********22 played 21 points
17 The Blue Wigs********22 played 19 points
The ABYSS!
18 The Hazbeens &Villians*22 played 19 points
19 The Biscuitmen********22 played 16 points
20 Rednoseknapp Rangers*22 played 14 points 

Match report to follow much later az per usual!

GEORDIE TIMES SNOW WATCH!

Updated '8:00pm bells' Friday 18th January 2013


SOMEWHERE DOON THE 'BIGG MARKET'!
(VIEW FROM 'THE GEORDIE TIMES' WEBCAM!)

The snow and freeezzzin' conditions which have engulfed the rest of England and Wales have finally arrived on Tyneside a few hours ago!
We will keep yoo posted az to wot the wetha conditions are like az time progresses for thoze of yoo who are travellin' to the game tomorrow from fortha afield!---and we can tell yoo that 'the flakes of the white stuff' are comin' doon agen in large numbers @ '8 bells' toneet!
The main roads are clear but the side roads are covered!---Toon Airport is still open az far az we naa at 'the mo' and train sorvices are not affected (so far!)
This wetha report waz brawt to yoo by 'The Geordie Times' Internashnil Wetha Stayshun!

"I BEG YOUR PARDEW!?---ARE WE HOYIN' THE TOWEL IN AALREADY???""

Updated '3:15pm bells' Friday 18th January 2013


'I BEG YOUR PARDEW'S' WASHIN' LINE-PERHAPS???

Wor beleagered manager's latest ramblin's make frightnin' readin' for aall Toon fans.
He tells us that: "QPR have a STRONGER squad than us for the relegation run-in!"

He aalso gans on to say: "We shouldn't be lost to the fact that we could be RELEGATED!"

Aall this taalk aboot 'hoyin' the towel in', in JANUARY and tryin' to prepare the fans for the worst case scenario, iz NOT wot we want to hear!!!

We aalso hear that we have 'downgraded' wor sorch for a quality striker to replace Demba Ba ---in the shape of David Ngog (above) from sixteenth placed CHAMPIONSHIP side Bolton Wanderers for £2 million!<("WOW!")
(Ngog haz scored a grand total of FOWER goals in 17 appearences for Bolton this season!)

A MESSAGE TO WOR MANAGER (AND OWNER!) FROM 'THE GEORDIE TIMES'!

"I beg your Pardew"--"Alan"--"but a 'second rate 'Championship' striker' iz NOT wot we need at the moment to get us oot of this mess!---and az you've aalready said, that's where we will surely end up IF we do gan for players of hiz 'calibre'!"