Cook wants to prove Roy wrong

You might not remember Lee Cook. He signed for a few million quid from QPR as part of Lawrie Sanchez’s rebuilding programme, played in a drab pre-season friendly against his beloved club and never appeared for us again. He was injured, unimpressive in training...

Right on the money

Just seen this in today’s Times: Joe Kinnear managed to disparage the entire refereeing profession on the basis of a foul that hardly anyone else noticed yesterday, an overreaction that is par for the course for the interim Newcastle United manager. So much for...

Showing the footskill

Bit of fun for a Monday for you all. Here’s a clip from this weekend’s Soccer AM where Matthew Briggs, a highly-regarded centre back who became our youngest league player when he come on against Middlesbrough at the end of the 2006-07 season, and Danny...

Going native

And whilst we’re having a bit of laugh, if you haven’t seen Steve McClaren masquerading as a Dutchman, you’re in for a real treat. Enjoy.