pattayadave

fans will turn on him

without doubt the most fickle unloyal fans in the world

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

u must be a mackem

Kevin Keegan, hey? You couldn't make it up! The feeling of adrenaline I felt when a colleague broke the news to me surged through my body like a David Ginola through-ball.

And that surprised me. Thoughts of Didier Deschamps and Gerard Houllier were what had got my blood pumping. Continental coaches with bags of European experience. Keegan? Pah, it will never work I thought. The game has moved on since Keegan led us all on a merry waltz up the Premier League over ten years ago.

It took today's announcement to realise I had let my brain rule my heart for too long. Keegan. His name in the same sentence as 'Newcastle' causes goosebumps to break out over my arms. Just say it. Keegan. Magic.

The quality of players he brought to our doorstep were simply magnificent. You didn't need bags of European experience to know that Ginola could cross a ball, that Asprilla had an extraordinary gift, that Peter Beardsley could shimmy like Travolta or that Alan Shearer was a bit handy in front of goal.

Allardyce had bags of experience. So did Souness and Dalglish. It got us nowhere. What they lacked, Keegan had in abundance.

It was inspiration, pure and simple. He could inspire. Players got excited, fans got excited, the media got excited, and the opposition fans got excited. They were exciting times.

Can he excite us again? Who knows? But the thought of going into the unknown is ultimately more exciting than the thought of a team led by the likes of Harry Redknapp and Mark Hughes. These are good managers. But they don't cause the adrenaline to flow.

The sight of Robert Lee scoring a hat-trick of headers against Antwerp away from home, Shearer scoring a hat-trick in 13 minutes against Leicester, Beardsley unleashing a 30-yard thunderbolt into the top corner against Norwich, Manchester United humiliated 5-0 at home, and Andy Cole scoring 41 times in his first season in the Premier League. A better player when he went to Manchester United? Never.

And Ginola's volley against Ferencvaros? Despite what Match of the Day thought, Zola and Beckham never scored better goals than that one in the 1996/97 season.

There will probably be accusations of Keegan being tactically naive floating around on the web right now, but how tactically naive can you be by finishing 2nd in the League? How bad can your defence be when you only concede two more goals than champions Manchester United in 1996?

If having a 'scientific approach' to football is hoofing the ball 50 yards to a big man, I'll take tactical naivety everytime.

It's been a long time since the feelgood factor was at St James' Park. It's been all downhill ever since Craig Bellamy scored that sensational winner against Feyenoord in 2002.

Yet it has taken Keegan just 30 seconds to make me anticipate, rather than dread, the rest of the season.

Welcome Back King Kev. You've been missed.

from bbc web site

Would love to see Sourness return to Newcastle as he did a fantastic job last time. Come on Ashley ... you know it makes sense.

The Toon are going doon!!

At least we'll have a soft landing knowing all the stadium of sh#te are there before us

the pair would often fool around on the balcony

not the greatest of ideas when your 20-30ft of the ground

Both appeared not to be injured and they made their way back to their room

bet the old chocolate wiz wang did a bit of fluttering on the way down though

So is it a good idea to buy gold? Gold always seems to keep it's value--any thoughts?

Its not the gold you should buy but shares in the gold companies 1998 most mines in africa were producing gold at around $199- $250 most shut up shop when the gold fell.

mines are opening again with the reserves already proven and they are producing at roughly the same price.

bugs me to say this but look at the smaller aussie companies.

inside info has the gold hitting $1000 troy ounce by end of march

fuc_k the farangs.

Anybman who lets a woman control his life is a whimp and gets his just deserts.

Fix them up but try then out for yourse;f to see iF they are suitable in bed.

Then make some long term arrangement for your self and let the idiot pay for your sexual adventures

????

Are you posting under the influence mr smithson?

Agree Nidge- looks like kheemao to me!

influence of no grey cell's me think's

do you still live in a cave

Come on gentlemen don't tar us all with the same brush

the two helmets that were supplied with the new bike i bought binned them and bought propper ones

i woulndnt even take the bike from the front of the house without putting it on

stick to all the speed limits etc etc

NOW the car drivers why is it they hog the middle of the road even in the smaller soi's wont give way to other vehicles and have the awful habit of driving with thier lights on full beam at night time, and the size of the bl@@dy things would house a third world country,

nearly got felled by one on soi wat boon sanphan 3 weeks ago pulled straight out of the junction at 7/11 never even bothered to look me thinks! her in doors nearly had kittens ! not talking about thai drivers here either.

now i'm not trying to stick up for the morons who do drive around with no shirts and flip flops or helmets but some expats do have considerations for other drivers while on motorbikes

Well, Pattayadave who the kcuf you think you are?

Read the the Web-Page (link) about his story and you may understand a little about why people applauding here....

100 DSI, police officers raid Koh Samui, arrest Briton

Koh Samui, Surat Thani: -- A team of 100 officers from the Crime Suppression Division, Anti-Money Laundering Office and Department of Investigation raided this tourist destination island Tuesday morning and arrested a Briton and three Thais.

The Briton, Peter Watkinjones, 40, was accused of leading a multinational mafia gang which bribed land officials to gain access to public land on the island for sale to foreigners.

The officers, divided into small teams, raided ten spots to try to arrest seven members of the so-called Bandidos gang.

DSI spokesman Pol Col Dussadee Arayawutthi said the three Thai men were identified as Pramual Somwong, a land official, and two ordinary people - Samroeng Buanak and Prateep Muangkaew.

He said a Briton and two Danish men were still elusive.

He said the seven were suspected of using influence to pressure local businesses and people to sell business and land to them and they paid bribe to land officials to use land documents elsewhere to forge ownership of public land on the island and sold them to foreigners at steep prices.

Dussadee said the sale contracts were undervalued as the buyers paid the rest of the money to the gang abroad.

--The Nation 2006-07-18

ok so what am i supposed to understand clever cloggs

No worries, may be just stay in your own regional forum.....

why is TV not open to all

Well, Pattayadave who the kcuf you think you are?

Read the the Web-Page (link) about his story and you may understand a little about why people applauding here....

100 DSI, police officers raid Koh Samui, arrest Briton

Koh Samui, Surat Thani: -- A team of 100 officers from the Crime Suppression Division, Anti-Money Laundering Office and Department of Investigation raided this tourist destination island Tuesday morning and arrested a Briton and three Thais.

The Briton, Peter Watkinjones, 40, was accused of leading a multinational mafia gang which bribed land officials to gain access to public land on the island for sale to foreigners.

The officers, divided into small teams, raided ten spots to try to arrest seven members of the so-called Bandidos gang.

DSI spokesman Pol Col Dussadee Arayawutthi said the three Thai men were identified as Pramual Somwong, a land official, and two ordinary people - Samroeng Buanak and Prateep Muangkaew.

He said a Briton and two Danish men were still elusive.

He said the seven were suspected of using influence to pressure local businesses and people to sell business and land to them and they paid bribe to land officials to use land documents elsewhere to forge ownership of public land on the island and sold them to foreigners at steep prices.

Dussadee said the sale contracts were undervalued as the buyers paid the rest of the money to the gang abroad.

--The Nation 2006-07-18

ok so what am i supposed to understand clever cloggs

Well, Pattayadave who the kcuf you think you are?

Read the the Web-Page (link) about his story and you may understand a little about why people applauding here....

inappropriate web content so cant read but why was he arrested in the first place , the mib must have some sort of evidence against him in the first place.

who is crispin

see Crispin

so why is everyone applauding his release

who the <deleted> is crispin

dont buy load of rubbish not WAP enabled and you cant download updates or the phone shuts down

Aussies just can't handle booze.

They should stay away from it.

They usually drink Fosters, so no probs

Actually you'll be hard pressed to find an Aussie anywhere who drinks Fosters.

Fosters is the rubbish left over from brewing the good stuff which we keep to ourselves.

what like VB! dross like that u can keep

here there hard keeped to drink water befor their crying to go home whinging bl##dy aussies

ok count me in with ere in doors

no stupid p###ed up not street wise silly little aussies would do it for me every time and they call us whinging poms

why couldnt they let the useless little c##t drown

ok people but where do you apply

Deciding to kill somebody is a unique decision.

Being against the death penalty does not make me an anarchist.

European countries have removed this shameful punishment.

They have not fallen into chaos.

I would feel much safer on a typical European street than an American one despite their eagerness to execute in many states.

would you make that unique decision if a member of your family were to be raped or murdered

Rescue workers used an excavator that was working nearby to clear the grass from the roadside, but the machine broke down - an incident that villagers attributed to the malevolence of the snakes. With the cobras presumably looking balefully on from the encroaching woodlands, work ceased for the day.

Better not show this to my Plant Manager - he'd use the excuse for the rest of the project.

so thats what happened to my RH 120 yesterday

Disagree with the sleaze factor, but different reasons for everyone.... I personally like being near the water/beach. Tis a beach resort after all and I like to stick to that sort of environment when having a few drinks. Open Air and outdoors for the most part. If I want a pub atmosphere, franky I'd go back to blighty for that.

What they doing with the old location????

agree totaly with the beach, sleaze its there if you want it if you dont stay away simple. try to keep away from expats while on leave, 10 weeks at atime in the bush eating drinking and working with expats 24hrs a day just gets a tad toooo much so i for one wont be in shenanighans simple.

to all of you out there if you like the old style pub theme why dont you stay at home simple! sure patters could manage with out you.

COMPUTER DATING A THAI DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN (as they say afool and his money)

I see Elton John is replacing pavoratti in the 3 tenors but they will now be called the 2 tenors and a 9 bob note

sorry to hear about your problems steve but you really need to get out of ther and get yourself sorted out.

sorry to sound so negative but did you take an HIV test yourself

Maybe I am missing something, but how can anyone be so stupid as to believe they have won a prize from a scheme they have not even participated in? Seriously, how can people be so fooled?

People do, amazingly, fall for these

I had a mail from an Indian collegue who had a friend who had fallen for one of the 'British lottery' scams (a standard pre-payment scam) and had sent a considerable (very considerable to them) sum by one of the money transfer systems, of course the scammer is now asking for more for 'additional paperwork'. I felt really awful telling this chap that his life savings was most likely beyond recovery

you'd be supprised even nigerians fall for it.

419 being the # for the act of parliment for the dealings of fraudulent acts (not supprisingly by goverment ministers)

My Ex was a BBC weather presenter.

i can just see it old ford capri mark and whincey

QUOTE(November Rain @ 2007-07-22 17:09:05) You're 19, but you make enough to rent a 100,000bt a month flat? Didn't you say in previous posts you had a girlfriend? Keep watching that television, it's certainly giving you some entertaining plotlines...

Either a daddys boy or a troll

if niether then <deleted> me i wouldnt like to be his niegbhour