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Wembley looks fucking class on the tele, really good wide pitch. Can't wait to go

McClaren pretty much coached the England team under Sven. Sven just picked the team. Hence why the England we see now, and the style of football is IDENTICAL to the one that we've had for the past 5 years.

Seems the cool thing to do to not support England. I even heard someone today saying they'll be supporting Israel ffs! McClaren is a poor manager who should have never got the job, but i'll back him for now as we really need the wins to qualify.

"The injuries aren't an excuse, they're facts" Ok Mr Souness.

I think he's quite similar to Parker in the sense i've no idea if he's meant to be an AM or a DM. 'Box to box' is a polite way of saying shit

Those shorts are hideous, but the top is growing on me. The far black stripes look ridiculous though! Need to see the back though

That sponsor has so blatently just been photoshopped on like, fuck me.

The sponsor looks a bit shit, but the Adidas-Badge thing looks class, miles better than the logo at the top and the badge on the side.

Carr's mint, leave him alone.

Honest question - what was it that made you think he said that? He actually started a thread telling us to shout louder etc because the players will only respond to that

That looks utter shit, like really really shit. Whats with the thick stripe/thin stripe combo? That wasn't even fashionable when we used to have it!

Why do you resemble a rat?

Has he actually done anything at Villareal since that season he became top scorer? He was fucking toss for Man Utd.

Me too. And if you play the ball to his head he's likely to win it...unlike Crouch.

The socks are quality, but those shorts absolutely ming! Is there 2 parts left of this wonderful jigsaw or just 1?

Read what I say you idiot. My point was that we've fallen, but theres no reason to suggest we can't rise again like we have in the past. Were you really optimistic in about 2000 when we had the likes of Gallacher and Cordone upfront? Bet you'd have pissed yourself at the though of CL football 2 years later. You seem a bit dense so i'll spell it out - i'm not saying we haven't fallen or that there aren't problems. We don't have a divine right to be in Europe, and as an older supporter i'd have thought you'd appreciate that from the periods in the 80s etc when we really were shit. We're a mid-table team now, you're making out like we're fucking Sunderland.

GREAT comeback. No I wasn't, but I take it you were. Do you want a lolly?

Here you go again, get off your fucking highhorse. I know there are a lot of problems, but my point was that football is about ups and downs. No point feeling sorry for ourselves is there? In 2000 we had a lot of shit players, yet a couple of years later with the right players signed, we were challenging again. Have you just written off NUFC's future for the next 10 years, or do you not in this big ego of yours have the sense to think someone might do something about it? I'm not being delusional, just realistic If we signed a new backline and a better central midfielder, we'd have a decent side. I'm not saying we're going to win the title with it, but providing the defenders are good we should be able to challenge with Bolton etc for 5th/6th.

We've fallen in the last 4 years, but we've fallen and risen in the past aswell. In 1998, for 4 seasons we finished 13th twice and 11th twice, but then we rise again at get in the Champions League. Without meaning to sound like NE5/HTL, we've 'fallen', yet we still spent £15m last summer - far more than most clubs. We've been shit this season, but we've not exactly done a Leeds have we? If we were bottom of the Championship 4-5 years after being CL Semi Finalists, then we'd be able to worry! A few decent signings and we've got the potential to be a good team again.

Exactly what I was going to say. Its a good site and well-run, but they've got enormous super-fan egos.

Fair play to the lad for realising that he's been a spoilt little tosser, takes some bottle to basically come out and say i've been a wanker these past few years. And thats coming from ME!

First form of attack is defence, though.

One of the worst threads ever

.....and? "It can't be done on a shoestring. Mid-table stuff yes, top 5 NO." Are Bolton not 5th on a very small budget? Signing Anelka is the only big money purchase they've had.

Bolton don't though.