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Is Kaka really any better than Juninho?

Is there any need to go down that tangent. NE5 gets vilified for always bringing Old Board/New Board arguments into completely unrelated threads. Plenty of people on here like him yet avoid criticism. EDIT :Not trying to specifically point the finger at you O-N but I just didnt think that kind of comment was required or relevant It was funny though, which I'm guessing was his intention?

Fucking hell, what a mentalist beats me why so many people read the shite that she puts out, never mind the rag full stop I bet you were enjoying it until you got to this bit though: I do remember some people claiming that Phil Gartside was a good chairman. Don't really know where they got the idea from, probably on account of the fact that Allardyce did a great job at Bolton, who then promoted Sammy Lee, like lots of other chairman who appoint number 2's into the number 1. When was the last time we promoted a number 2 to a number 1? I'm failing to see if you're meaning it's positive or negative tbh.

I dont know! Martins, Owen, Coloccini, Duff, Viduka, Butt and Beye on paper at least, make us look like a big club. Apart from Arteta and Yak i dont think they have anyone of that profile I was thinking more about the league table. Someone needs to go all NE5 on you Dave!

That's the main issue. We haven't had a good manager since Robson.

Sitting on that fence again Dave? Just winds me up. Some of these idiots have been registered for a long, long time. No chance of a link then? *whistles*

Sitting on that fence again Dave?

Playing isn't he?

Shame. As soon as that deal goes through (which it still might) Billy can go back to Scunny

Doesn't really matter when our wingers can't cross tbh

Its a fear shared by many. Our home form against the other relegation candidates has been s****. Home and away weve only beaten one of the clubs who people seem conceived are worse than us? If were not well clear of the relegation zone by the time we go to WHL anything can happen. Wonder goals, flukey goals, dodgy pens, sleepy linesmen, injury problems, flared tempers. Surviving the relegation run in is a question of nerve. It's a pressure cooker and I cant see NUFC being up to the challenge - both supporters and players are already battered and bruised by this seasons events. Clubs like Stoke and Hull have a far better sense of purpose and direction, and a far greater strength of unity. NUFC is on its knees. Having three or four top quality players is our one advantage. How many of them will still be here next month remains to be seen. This is also spot-on - you just have to look at Stoke's battling effort to get a point from Liverpool to see the difference ; they are making up for supposed 'lack of quality' by fighting for their lives, a quality that NUFC clearly don't possess . People talk about WBA being 'already gone' but in many games they have actually played better passing football than NUFC ; back in 1986, we were in danger of relegation but Paul Goddard, never a recognised prolific goal-scorer, went on a scoring run from about Feb which saved our bacon...Goddard was, however, a very good player - we have nobody in that mould now, and if WBA were to unearth someone who can get goals better than their current squad, they will be able to mount a recovery ; Bolton have a record of escaping in the past and Wigan are picking up results... Its going to be tough unless the team is strengthened considerably... Is your head that far up your arse you cant remember Chelsea away? And is yours so far up your own(not uncommon for you either..)that you don't remember Liverpool at home, or have you just discovered selective memory loss...? You said a battling effort to get a point was a quality we dont possess. I never said falling apart and playing like s*** was a quality we did not possess. Not like you to lose the train of logic. The difference is that when Stoke played us at SJP, they battled right to the end and got a point - people keep saying that they have so-called 'inferior' players to us, but that means nothing unless so-called 'superiority' is combined with determination and organization ; they HAVE battled better than us , and OK, we had a poor side out against Liverpool, but nobody can deny that Stoke gave them a MUCH tougher game at the Britannia then we did at SJP ; they tried to win the game right to the end, even if it wasn't pretty to watch, and those qualities are the ones that will keep you up in a tight battle. Did anyone really expect us to surrender 1-5 at home, even with some first-teamers missing? The above comments can also be applied to clubs like Wigan and Fulham... In any case, a club like NUFC should NOT have such a thin, threadbare squad - that is why I am so annoyed at the policy(or lack of it) that the club has adopted. But you surely dont deny that going to Chelsea and sealing a draw away from home demonstrates the squad has the sort of battling qualities that Stoke displayed at home against Liverpool? I can point at Stoke's 5-0 demolition at Old Trafford to make a point that there squad is s*** and they cant battle the way we do, hence demonstrating the complete futility of highlighting one game to make a general point about the abilities and characteristics of a squad. The loss against Liverpool was particularly distressing for me since i'd given up my usual seat to accomodate someone who hadnt been for a few years and bought two extra tickets as xmas presents, ended up sitting next to someone who clearly had learning difficulities as he spent the entire match informing me that his "mam is cooking him roast potatoes at 4" and "he was having chicken for his dinner on new years" and other such pearls of footballing wisdom. Tbf i don't think it was our qualities that preserved a point at Chelsea, it was more our good luck and their lack of finishing. Could easily have been a Liverpool score line. You could say the same thing about a lot of matches. However, I think the table is based on the final result?

Yeah, but, ignoring the stats....

This guy is a comedian. I'd say it's about the same. Taking away the two freak injuries, they've probably missed a similar number of games the past couple of seasons through niggly injuries. And still Owen gets stick....

It would finish 8-1 though id probably be happy with that, seeing as the first finished 1-5 Hey hey, good point

Thats more of a demand then a question. I did put a question mark... can I still have it? If not, will you buy me a pint? A pint of what? You'd probably need to specify tbh

Is that in the right thread?

Stick Gerrard in our team and automatically improve. Playing their system with our players would be just as bad as "our" system.

It would finish 8-1 though

This

Time? That goes without saying, 47K there against Spurs doing exactly that, the same if not more going today to do exactly that. John Beresford in this month THE MAG said "even with everything going on the fans have always backed the team, unlike other clubs where they sometimes turn on the players". TBH this months Mag is well worth read. And he's right. That's one thing guaranteed with us - we'll support the club if not always the man or men. It's only a few moths ago since you said you'd given up on the club (for the umpteenth time) ffs. f***ing spare me. please god dig up that quote. it'll go great with his "newcastle are the best club in my world" rant a few weeks ago. And they are the best club in the world, to me and to all those that follow the club. Muppets like you however take such throw away comments literally and store them in your tiny brain waiting to trip someone up one day because that's all this forum is about these days, point scoring, bringing up what people said in the past and trying to use it against them and to be honest its sad. No wonder a good number of good posters no longer seem to post here. "please god dig up that quote" You sound like a right little bitch. I'll try and find it for you if it means that much to you. So in effect, you've given up on the best club in the world? No pleasing some people....

I expect us to sign none of that list tbh

Bassong or Taylor?

mid-table at best? The team is mid-table at best, the club ain't. This is a top 6 club. What's so wrong about that? Newcastle is a top 6 club, the team isn't but the club most certainly is and its about time we started acting like one. Pretty sure you started a thread recently saying that Newcastle were the biggest club in the world? You could do with a bit of realism tbh mate. Fuck off back to whatever ground Scunthorpe play in "mate", can't be arsed with the likes of you. So nothing to answer about the actual post then?