Everytime it's the same

Like every team I support, just as they have torn at your heart strings to the point where you feel like a Corrs sisters violin, just when the most recent kick in the guts has you questioning your sanity for supporting them - they do something like this:

Newcastle today pulled off a sensational transfer coup when they finally managed to persuade England striker Michael Owen to keep his World Cup dreams alive on Tyneside.

In a move which dashed the hopes of former club Liverpool of securing the 25-year-old's return, the Magpies completed their club record swoop - believed to be in the region of £17million - for the Real Madrid star to hand manager Graeme Souness a massive boost.

Fan-bloody-tastic. A breif respite from the stream of bad news and mediocre performances! Wah hay - while some people laugh watching us get all excited, the smart ones are of down to the booky to put a fiver on a broken leg in his first game out.