Just checking out the comments on his forum: "Above all, don't go to Newcastle, there are much better teams over there", "Newcastle aren't ambitious and you'll never get into the World Cup squad if you play there". In fairness, they are bawling about the propsect of losing him.

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

Answers

I'm sure I'm typographically dyslexic - that should read "prospect".

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

What's the URL?

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

http://www.laurent-robert.com/

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

Oooh, they are now talking about him waving at them as he left the pitch and speculating that it may be a sign that he's off....

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

Oh, apparently the fans were whistling at him and booing him, too.

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

One of them will get a cyberslapping in a minute: he's just called SJP, a "stade de merde".

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

Thery're obviously getting mixed up with the mackems Dougal. I've tried the address you gave - why doesn't it work?

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

So I take it the whistling and booing is the fans' way of showing their love and begging Robert to stay. Those French are a funny lot.

-- Anonymous, July 28, 2001

Oh, they are taking it as a fait accompli and are saying that players who go to Newcastle are never heard of again (surely they've heard of Monsieur Domi?). We are a "little club" that's less important than PSG. They are accusing him of lying to them about his intentions and have a few choice words about his agent, too. The funniest thing is one of them calling the English people asking about him, a "bande d'encules anglais". Jacko - dunno - I just cut and pasted the address from my browser. Try going in on http://www.sportifsonline.com

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

This is bizarre - why will my browser not load any of the addresses Dougal has given. Is it an anti-European browser?

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

Dougal, Do you surmise they believe we are literally or figuratively "buggers"? ;-{)

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

Well, remember what that female Prime Minister they had a few yaers ago said about English men?

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

Some recent Euro-scandal for you.

That female Prime Minister Edit Cresson then became a European Commissioner. Unfortunately she sent several bungs, sorry, international contracts to her dentist/live-in whatsit.

Ze rest, as they say, est histoire. She was found out, wouldn't resign and thus the whole Commission had to resign.

Currently works on the turnstiles for PSG.

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

It's funny, I knew she was called Edith, but I couldn't quite remember what and almost called her Edith Piaf.

-- Anonymous, July 29, 2001

Nee probs getting to his site.

I still say he's a Kieron Dyer clone but. Lookswise, that is.

-- Anonymous, July 30, 2001