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One last push, in the non-childbirth sense

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:25:32 +0000

Beating Tottenham tomorrow would give me great pleasure for many reasons.

First, it would see us pull away to a comfortable distance from the mags and the rabble at the bottom.

But it would also allow us to bask in the glory of beating Harry - one of football's most misunderstood men.

Mange Tout Del Boy?

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:01:31 +0000

PAUL JAMES

OK at least Del boy - on behalf of Ashley - is showing some ambition.

But how much does that mean we're going to have to spend in the summer? And will it be JFK spending it?

Llambias to the slaughter

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:13:00 +0000

So Newcastle United "supremo" Derek Llambias has been doing a bit of grovelling in The Chronicle today.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the club's bosses have decided to fall prostrate before the supporters, claiming they always meant to call them back, they just never got around to it.

Llambias interview reaction

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:22:55 +0000

PAUL LORAINE:

Challenge for EVERYTHING?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Llambias interview reaction

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:22:55 +0000

PAUL JAMES:

Challenge for EVERYTHING?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Niall Quinn's genius knows no bounds

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:58:56 +0000

I'm reminded of that classic Salt-n-Pepper lyric: "What a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man."

The news that Niall Quinn has cut ticket prices for next season and is offering a ÃÂ£19 season ticket for under-16s has me smiling today.

The kids are alright

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:17:44 +0000

PAUL JAMES:

sunderland have today announced cuts in season ticket prices which will allow Under-16s to watch their team for just ÃÂ£1 a game. That's a season ticket for ÃÂ£19.

there are two things to note here...

Derby reaction and analysis

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:33:58 +0000

Paul James:

Andy Reid is fat.

Steven Taylor: the model Geordie hero

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:20:16 +0000

PAUL LORAINE:

"There were turning points in the game and I don't think - again - the big decisions have gone our way, but that's the way it is going for us at the moment."

No, not the words of Ricky nor any Sunderland player or fan, these are the words of Joe Kinnear. Never has a man so eloquently expressed his own derangement.

Finish them

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:20:42 +0000

PAUL LORAINE:

It's just too good to be true.

Charles Insomnia. Owen and that cheeky little scamp Barton injured. Given on his way.

And now the icing on the cake: Paul McShane is out of the derby with a hamstring problem. Hallelujah.

I'M SO EXCITED SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:15:13 +0000

PAUL JAMES:

Or maybe not.

I'm not sure I like football anymore.

Told you so JFK

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:53:50 +0000

PAUL JAMES:

Well I did. Not that losing to Fat Sam was wholly unpredictable.

McShane's back, just in time to ruin everything

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:27:34 +0000

What's the worst thing that could have happened?

McShane's first game back, the result in the balance, all he must have been thinking - all we were all thinking - was 'don't, whatever you do, kick someone in the face in the vicinity of the box'. Not, you might think, a tricky instruction to follow.

McShane's back, just in time to ruin everything

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:27:34 +0000

What's the worst thing that could have happened?

Crystalballs

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:20:56 +0000

PAUL JAMES:

I wonder what will happen when Newcastle travel to play against Fat Sam's new team? That's a rhetorical question by the way.

I would be grateful though if someone at the FA can confirm if they're going to name the new training centre at Burton after JFK, him having paid for it three times over with his fines.