Obi Chris Kenobi

So Freddy Shepard goes for Big Sam, despite over half of the Geordie Nation saying no, despite Gerard Houillier saying he wouldn't mind the Newcastle job, despite the fact the FA are still investigating Big Sam in the 'Illegal Bung' ordeal. On top of that Michael Owen will almost definatly be gone before next season due to one of his agents 'letting slip' he can go for £9million since Newcastle didn't qualify for Europe. When will Newcastle ever have a nice easy drama free season...

Thing is, I don't feel the main event has a big match feel at all, as much as I like Christian I can't buy into him as champion. I'm not blaming it soley on Christian as to why I don't feel like its a big match, just he's had so many cheap finishes that I've lost interest.

Pretty accurate foresight of the PPV, imo. TNA is the perfect example of what bad booking can do to a promotion that, once, could do no wrong. Be interesting to see Tiger Mask tonight, thought not too sure how over he'll be.

Haha that's pretty neat Any news on Season1 DVD release yet?

Yup, fucking disgrace. Plus for some reason they've decided to redesign the GRAW2 Multiplayer maps, and those you have to pay for too. Don't mind paying for the new Gears of War map pack, at least that's something new.

What, I never said it was anything like Lost/24, but from the over the top preview of the plot, in my mind, it looked like they could take the piss out Lost/24 from how crazy it sounded. I said they could take the piss out of Lost, due to the 'Will' thing, with stupid backstories and stuff. 24 due to the fact that 24 is over the top crazy now, much like the initial plot post read, just really matter I guess, since this is a 'serious' show and not a spoof. But yes, it does scream of Prison Break. It was ok, but just seemed to be another by the numbers TV show.

ergh, this is what bugs me. Crackdown gets updates today, and the one you have to pay for is the one that 'completes' the game in terms of giving it 1000 achievement points. Xbox Marketplace really is annoying at times.

No idea, but I wouldn't be surprised if he used it as a Storyline. On a side note, how much have the divas improved over the last month? They've been really refreshing to watch

Probably trade in NBA and Dead Rising and pick up Lost Planet or Crackdown pre owned. Spiderman3 should be cheap in a few months time once the movie has faded away. Thanks for the feedback.

So, was it any good?

YAY Hopefully they don't tarnish the series by making Season 2 shit.

Nah, in my mind, while reading what the show was about, I was thinking it seemed so far fetched that it could be so easily done in a way that took the piss out of 24's over the top antics. As for the Lost mark, it could probably use the 'who is Will' thing like who is Alvo Hanso or whatever. It made sense in my mind, nevermind lol

haha that sounds like it should be a comedy, is it? Could be such an awesome piss take of 24, Lost, etc. I'll probably watch it to see what its like.

Lost Planet worth getting? Fancy getting a new game, but not sure what to get between: Spiderman3, Lost Planet and Crackdown (for Halo3 demo)

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Would make some sense, at least more sense then what the hell Jacob is anyway. To think at the least we'll have 2 weeks to wait, but I can't see us finding out more until next season now.

I'm betting she pulls Locke out of the hole as well, then they have secret island babies... wait, nah, that's just stupid. She'll pull him out of the hole though, with her hair. Be interesting if she blew the house up though, was it actually gunpowder around the house? I wasn't sure what it was, but for some reason thought it was some sort of 'salt' like ring of protection.

So Locke and Ben both have mothers called Emily.. Am I just fishing blindly?

Yeah defo gun smoke. The link to the easteregg page with 'Jacob' caps is pretty awesome, thanks for that. I can see why people might have thought Locke was Jacob somehow, but that would be a hard one to explain - even for Lost. The season Finale is going to drive me mental.

If you followed "Homicide: Life On The Street" ever, you'd see those cast members everywhere. It's kind of a hobby of mine. lol Nah never watched it, but I understand what you mean by Hobby. I can tie Ben into ER via SAW as well Ben played Jigsaws lacky in Saw, Jigsaw appears in ER as a consultant doctor (infact, alot of the ER people seem to be pysch consultants apart from Artz who was a patient). Ironicly, Artz wife in ER kinda blew herself up with lighter fluid, almost a foreshadow of things to come for Artz? I'm grabbing at straws.

Having recently been short of things to watch, I decided to start watching ER from the beginning again, its then I realised that Lost is nothing more then an extended episode of ER Christian Jin Artz Bernard Juliet I know its nothing major but I was bored, and only just realised how much ER and Lost have shared 'extra' cast over the years. It'd probably be the same for alot of shows if I was looking to find it. and all I can say about last nights episode is... the bastards.

Alias should have finished at the 3rd Season, 4th and 5th did nothing for me personally. It's good that we have time scale now, and we're not going to see 'wasteful' episodes thrown in to extend the run.

All this talk of Dead Rising got me playing it again, forgot how mindlessly fun it is!

32 Episodes to wrap it all up, that and they have a Lost game on the way? I'm glad they've called an end date to all it, as it should keep things pacey.

-Rant Typing Warning- The following might not make 100% sense. Wow, yet again Newcastle United are managerless again. Skysportnews are reporting that Roeder has resigned from his position, althought there's been no news from the club themselves. If this is the case that would make almost a new manager for each of the last 3 seasons; Souness, Roeder & whoever replaces him. Likely suspects: Sam Allaydice Stuart Pearce Sven Gorn Ericsson Alan Shearer w/ Rob Lee Personally, yet again, I'm not sure who's going to take over, a few years ago I wouldn't have predicted Graham Souness becoming manager, would never have guessed that Glenn Roeder would have replaced him. As it stands, if you were a manager, would you want to manage Newcastle United? Don't get me wrong, its the team I've supported since I was a kid, but we're not the club we were 10 years ago, we're not even the club we were 5 years ago, yet the chairman - Freddy Shepard - seems to think we are. As such, he's trigger happy when it comes to sacking managers. Would you want to step into a crosshair from day 1? It's a sad state of affiars but Newcastle United and fans need to realise we're not a top5 team anymore, we're mid table also ran wash outs. I have no idea why people insist on calling us a 'big club', the only thing I can see that would qualify us to be a 'Big Club' is the stupid over the top Glenn Roeder has done nothing wrong since he took over from Souness, he restored some belief in the players and did well with what he had. However, I do think his tranfers this season were a little questionable. The signings of Duff and Martins being the sum total of his transfer budget the beginning of this season at 15m (with Bernard and Sibs on a free), the least any Newcastle United manager has been given in an off season since we came up from the Old Division 1 as Champions back in 93 (maybes the writing was on the wall from the start of last season). When your talisman, Alan Shearer retires, and you witness your only remaning striker roll over and practically die on the pitch during an International, its strange that he'd go out and buy a Left Winger for 5m in Damien Duff. Left Wingers are certinaly something Newcastle United were screaming out for last season, Charles N'Zogbia had had a great season the season before Alan O'Brien looked promising, while Damien Duff looked nothing like the Damien Duff who played for Blackburn that made everyone sit up and take notice of him before Chelsea signed him. So that 5m was a waste of money, considering, we never got around to buying that defender we never get around to buying. To top of it off Duff was then out for most of this season with injury problems, something he is known for. Don't get me wrong, Duffs a good player, but he was an un needed player for us at the time. If we had signed him after had sorted our defence out I would have been pretty pleased with signing him as cheap as we did. Roeder then sat and said Sol Campbell was too old only to watch Sol Campbell but in an effort this season for Portsmouth to be a candidate for Premiership Team of the Season. He allowed Woodgate to go to Middlesboro, which is a double edged sword as if we had signed Woodgate, young James Milner would have went to Aston Villa, which would have been a huge lose for Newcastle - however, again that's a question transfer decision allowing a young promosing midfielder like James Milner go to Aston Villa. Come the Jan transfer window, Roeder went out and loaned in an American defender, who played 3 games and never looked good. Obi Martins? Personally think the guy has done well this season even if he has been a bit hit and miss, but I would never have thought he was the guy to replace Alan Shearer and take up the #9 shirt - a legacy in itself (there was talk of retiring it). Martins cost 10m , that's 10m for a striker who's age was disputed - is 22 or 33? - , that's 10m for a striker that never got a regular starting game at Milan so hadn't proven himself. 10m for a striker that's never played in the premiership and would have to adapt to the way the games played, which takes at least a season, a season he didn't have due to the fact that everyone else was injured. What Glenn Roder did during the World Cup is anyones guess, infact, whatever World Cup Glenn Roeder was watching is anyones guess as well. He decided that all the strikers he had watched weren't actually good for Newcastle United, however Kuyt was good enough for Liverpool, the young German leftback Lahm for me was player of the World Cup, as was the German Striker Oliver Neuville 10m could have got Andy Johnson, Ruud Van Nist, Dirk Kuyt... Oliver Bernard didn't even play a game for us this season. Sibs however has been a great team player and didn't cost us a penny. He scored some really vital goals, did his job, never complained and seemed to be thanking the club every week for saving his career. If the rumours are true and Roeder has resigned then, I'm not sure what's going to happen to Newcastle United. I personally don't want Big Sam to take over, don't want Stuart Pearce and don't want Sven Gorn. For all I've written about Glenn Roeder up top, I'd have liked him continue to be manager, as he is no worse then the guys they want to take over from him, he brings a bit of stability to the team, something the club hasn't had since Keegan and then Bobby Robson. What Newcastle United need to do is have the guts to stand up and sack the players that are ultimately the true failings behind our demise. Dyer? I was pleased he didn't have to retire through injury, I wouldn't wish that upon any sportsman at all, if anything his constant injuries have probably helped him grow up as a person and realise how much football is all he is. However, when you've been the 'next big thing' for almost 8 years, you've got to realise that you need to prove yourself when you're fit, he's just so hit and miss its fustrating. Stephan Carr - never been a fan of him, has done nothing for the club, is a horrible player to watch play certainly not a role model for kids. He shouts and balls at the ref, complains about everything, he's a right back that wants to play right wing and is often caught of position. When he is caught out of position he doesn't look like he can be bothered to run back to get into position. Babyaro - Needs to go. Needed to have went last season. Has no love for the club, no desire to succeed with us and it shows. I'm going to say this now, and I support Newcastle, Newcastle fans are fickle. You can be the worst player in the world, but if we see you're going to run yourself into the ground, run yourself through brickwalls for our club, we'll sing your name for years to come. Bramble - If I hear a commentator say 'He has everything it takes to be a top class defender' one more time, I'm going to throw the telly out of the window. The guy lacks the 1 thing it takes to be a top class defender and that's concentration. An Alan Shearer/Rob Lee partnership would be a fantasty for many Newcastle Fans, I'm not sure how well it would work. Would it be a return to the Keegan era? I read a while ago in a Newcastle Fanzine about a Toon fan that went on holiday over to the states and went to an American Football game - a Cleveland Browns game. He said that it was strangely odd how much the Cleveland Browns were like the Newcastle United of the NFL, and now that we've went through yet another 'head coach', I'm tempted to believe him.