Football FanCast guest columnist David Rees is concerned at the lack of transfer activity at St James Park.

I'm sure that I am not the only Newcastle United fan who is slightly bemused with events at St James Park.
Every given day something new seems to occur, whether it is Chairman resigning, Taylor's contract talks or Ashley insisting players buy their suits, all important club matters no doubt but is it not about time we started buying players?

Football FanCast columnist Chris Mackin wonders if football management is really that high on the agenda for Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer.

Late on in the 2000-01 season, Newcastle United travelled to Sunderland's smashing little Stadium of Light for the second time in the ground's history. As befitting the occasion, the game was dreadful and quality deprived fare, all rough challenges and misplaced passes, raw intensity and nerves merging to create a blur out of the ball itself; at one point Warren Barton clattered into Sunderland's left winger, picked himself up and took a long and gazing look at his surroundings, as if reminding himself exactly what sport it was he was supposed to be competing in again.

Football FanCast columnist Chris Mackin reacts to the arrival of next season's fixture lists in the way he knows best.

Always the sporting highlight of any international free summer, next season's fixture list nevertheless feels like an uninvited intruder when it arrives during a major tournament football watching binge, propping itself up on the stool by the fridge and hoarding all the decent larger. "What? But, no, it's Austria Germany tonight, what are you doing here?" we ask, unapologetic with our curt tone and checking our watches pointedly. "Come back later, yeah?"

Football FanCast columnist Chris Mackin pays tribute to Newcastle United legend, Nolberto Solano and feels he will always be remembered fondly at St James Park.

As the Cristiano Ronaldo saga hurtles on with the quiet disposition and level headed calm of Davina on eviction night, Newcastle United supporters were left alone with their thoughts last week, forced to mourn the lack of contract renewal for Nolberto Solano at West Ham unaided by hyper active media coverage, commemorative middle page spreads or pushy relatives assuring us that they're there if we ever need to talk.

Football FanCast columnist and Toon fan Chris Mackin looks back at a rather eventful season at St James Park.

As Portsmouth FA Cup victory brought down the curtain for yet another domestic season, it gives us all an opportunity to let the dust settle and work out where it all went wrong for our respective clubs. We at Football FanCast are doing our own review of each clubs season; and pinpointing all the positives and negatives to be taken from the 2007/08 campaign.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry cannot understand why Newcastle United never get the respect they duly deserve.

Kevin Keegan is very much an enigma in football and you really either love or loath him. I personally have great admiration and respect for the man, for the simple reason that in the modern day game it is rare that you are treated to such honesty. He is a man of principle, belief and wants his football club to play the right way without having to sacrifice style and effort to achieve his goals. What is so wrong with that? The Premier League would be a much better place, if managers all shared that philosophy.

Football FanCast columnist Jim McKendry is baffled as to why clubs feel the need to appoint a Director of Football.

If there is one role within the beautiful game that needs to be defined, then it has to be that of the Director of football. What is their role? What are their duties and more importantly why does it always seem to end in tears?

Football FanCast Rob Facey reacts to Kevin Keegan's latest comments and suggests that Newcastle fans might want to keep their voices down when it comes to discussing the so-called Kevolution to avoid embarrassment.

Kevin Keegan last week declared the Premier League boring. However, reflecting on a day that saw the title won and two relegation spots filled, the one thing that was boring and predictable was Newcastle's abject performance at the hands of Everton, as the Toon Army once again contemplate another summer of rebuilding.