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That's the way reporters work around here. They bug everyone except the Pope. Once they actually followed Modric to church and started bombarding him with questions regarding his transfer. at least they ask him.....over here they make it up while sat in the pub Has anyone else seen the kerfuffle on Football365 about the Sun's European Football Expert? no.......do tell

That's the way reporters work around here. They bug everyone except the Pope. Once they actually followed Modric to church and started bombarding him with questions regarding his transfer. at least they ask him.....over here they make it up while sat in the pub

summer ? spring hasn't sprung yet

the usual line is " we sign him....he's fantastic-----we don't sign him...over rated shite"

that the quote you mean ? i guess that means we wouldn't be looking to bring in someone like an owen or martins while so much else needs doing teamwise. something many said at the time and at that time would you rather have had anelka and a defender with the rest of that money ? fat freds gone,he done well for us for a while. ashleys first season (for me at least) has only been so bad because of freds managerial apppointments over the last few years,summer will answer a few questiona.......one of us will be eating a large slice of humble pie come august 31st

What the hell is this thread actually about? Well decky, its about Mort saying that the club won't sign players to appease the fans. Some of us are wondering just who he is talking about and discussing the merits of who we think he is referring to. Some people are just being daft and obstructive though, then they will accuse others of dragging it all down. Some people actually think that these signings to "appease the fans" are actually the whole idea of making good signings Shame its all gone a bit off track like, but I for one was quite intrigued by this one for a while. i read it that he is talking about the situation we were in in jnauary when some were clamouring for players...any players regardless of wether they were better than those we already had or not. well what do you know, an intelligent response, its been a while. We were in a bad position, at the time, and needed players, and if not for Keegan finding a way to play the front 3 that he did and keeping Owen fit, his lack of "appeasing the fans" may have spectacularly backfired. Thats the point under discussion. He obviously means that he thinks the club have brought these players before, shame they just happen to be players that got the club into the Champions League ? That did appease you I take it ? If you think he wasn't in fact talking about any current player(s) on the books, then I take it you mean the club bought good players with a genuine intention of building a good football club prior to Mort ? The clubs record buy, that many people have slated, has came along, produced the goods, and scored some vital goals, arguably saving the club and him from a barrage of criticism. So which is it ? we did need players...but not ANY players. many would have been happy in january for some they'd never heard of to come in.it may have backfired if we'd brought in players who didn't improve the situation. i think he means we won't buy for the sake of buying....january was a good example, couldn't get who we thought would improve things so don't buy anyone. i think fat fred would have bought and that would have been seen as saving us whereas many of us had more than a hunch than our squad was good enough already.

What the hell is this thread actually about? Well decky, its about Mort saying that the club won't sign players to appease the fans. Some of us are wondering just who he is talking about and discussing the merits of who we think he is referring to. Some people are just being daft and obstructive though, then they will accuse others of dragging it all down. Some people actually think that these signings to "appease the fans" are actually the whole idea of making good signings Shame its all gone a bit off track like, but I for one was quite intrigued by this one for a while. i read it that he is talking about the situation we were in in jnauary when some were clamouring for players...any players regardless of wether they were better than those we already had or not.

he did in the second half and we even had a spell in that game where we tried to pass and use vidukas touch instead of lumping it on to his head 40yds out. He set up both of Viduka's goals in the first half iirc. Second half he played further up the pitch, we brought Martins on and kept hitting them on the counter attack. played better in the second half for me....thats probably when i thought "if we play him...play him in midfield"

he did in the second half and we even had a spell in that game where we tried to pass and use vidukas touch instead of lumping it on to his head 40yds out.

http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=102238&st=0&sk=t&sd=a they aren't confident.

jubilee line and district line disruption for saturday apparently.......check with the tube site for more details

outside the top 4 we are as good an option as anyone...the UEFA cup isn't that much of a draw.

i don't remember him being a good full back (not even sure he was bought as a full back) at best an average defender with a ferocious if often wayward shot.

My dad wanted my christian and middle names to be Anthony Green, but my mam had none of it...bitch. interesting. that would have made you jennifer anthony green jeavons.

d'you want more dinner time games on sundays ?

It's not just about having the confidence in him to pull off a trick, I just think we're at that stage of the season where seeing what a few of our fringe players can do wouldn't do us any harm since we don't have much to play for. I'd be tempted to give the likes of Carroll and Edgar a start in one of our remaining games, just to give us a better idea of what they're about. i think he will for those two in particular and maybe lua lua. but not all three in one game.

haha Just been reading through their forum just now and its incredible the amount of bitterness, jealousy and pure hatred they have about us. Whats funny is that theres about 7 McShane threads on every page of their forum :lol: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/forumdisplay.php?f=86 aye. they don't get irony. they had a large thread on there about (and they have a point) mong NUFC fans waiting behind to goad them on their buses instead of going straight for a pint to celebrate without realising the delicious irony that the last time they won at home against us you had to hang around even to get a pint due to the licensing laws in 1980. And theres more...... I'm still sniggering at KK and predominatly the mags actually. Why? Because the delusional b'stds are an established prem team and could only beat us 2-0 with a weak team playing for us! They where poor as piss in the 2nd half and tactically very weak! A lucky 2 goals in the first does not make a good team , get a grip they are poor and in 2 years time will be doing a Derby County!! mackems.gif mackems.gif Was it really 1980 - jeez I was still a daft young lad then ! Instead of blaming everything on McShane they'd be better off having a look at the guy who bought him and the rest of the championship standard squad for ridiculously inflated prices. Keano theres only one Keano, Keano............................................. been thinking for a while keano might have got away with a bit because of who he is and he does give good interview (and he did well getting them up) but there play and his transfer record make you think next season will be make or break for him.

be interesting to see if keegan can keep them at a high thempo and wanting it as opposed to end of season nowt to play for stuff.

i'm an atheist who hates the idea that bead jigglers etc should have anything changed so we have to fit in with them but i'll back this if it means we have no more matches before 3pm

haha Just been reading through their forum just now and its incredible the amount of bitterness, jealousy and pure hatred they have about us. Whats funny is that theres about 7 McShane threads on every page of their forum :lol: http://www.readytogo.net/smb/forumdisplay.php?f=86 aye. they don't get irony. they had a large thread on there about (and they have a point) mong NUFC fans waiting behind to goad them on their buses instead of going straight for a pint to celebrate without realising the delicious irony that the last time they won at home against us you had to hang around even to get a pint due to the licensing laws in 1980.

nailed on now you've said that

Milner's been awful all season. even his two goals were the result of a mis-hit cross and an airkick that put off the spurs defence. there's a reason he has no votes. that reason is probably cos Gejon hasn't voted yet. milner was better than the majority pre-keegan (which isn't saying much) and gave it a go whilst the rest didn't seem to give a fuck.

1. beye (played well from about his 3rd game) 2.owen (owen of old since keegan) 3.milner (only one who still gave his all in the darkest of days)

I'd be happy with Kuyt like. Underrated imo. To replace who though? Not as clinical as Owen, not as athletic/unpredicatable as Martins and can't hold the ball up/win headers/hold players off like Viduka. I'm not totally against signing Kuyt but he wouldn't blow my socks off to be honest. As for Riise - :thdn: almost enough to give roeder credit for not going for kuyt

i'd be after a dragutinovic (spelling ?) type signing...experienced,can play at centre half aswell as full back and probably happy enough to be a squad player.