Dokko

I thought they both looked shite tonight, and the rut we were in Whitley Bay would of beat us that day. They made us look bad by the way they played, so credit's due when credits due, yes we were bad but they made us play like that All im saying is they aint relegated by any means yet, I think West Ham, who got alucky win against them at the weekend are a bigger candidate to get relegated. West Ham will spend in the window, like i said its key, especially for those down the bottom, its just whether the boards have the balls to commit, and i dont think any of the 3 will for whatever reason, while Us, West Ham, and a few other EPL regulars will have no choice. And sending in the window means what? Are they gonna bring in more players like Tevez and Mascherano?? :roll: Which board was that then eh? :roll: Besides, EVERYONE thought it was a class coup, i bet you did as well. The new board will have new ideas and money to spend, West Ham could quite easily push alongside Villa for what should be our 5th spot next season along with Spurs. EPL life just gets more difficult and the incompetence of our own board is now shining through more than ever due to other numpts leaving, and new boards getting it right. I'm saying that spending money doesnt mean you'll get victories in the Premiership, if you fail to see that, well I dont know :roll: You think am daft? I support NUFC, of course i know that. But new signings, especially some fresh faces in Jan when you are at the bottom can have huge impacts, do you not realise this? Steve Bruce did it in his 1st season with Brum, they spent, and rescued the club. Harry did it with pompy, and pulled them out of the soup, and they looked a certain to go down. If you don't spend in Jan, and your in the bottom 4 by then, you will struggle to get out. If you cannot see this, well i certainly dont fuking know :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

I thought they both looked shite tonight, and the rut we were in Whitley Bay would of beat us that day. They made us look bad by the way they played, so credit's due when credits due, yes we were bad but they made us play like that All im saying is they aint relegated by any means yet, I think West Ham, who got alucky win against them at the weekend are a bigger candidate to get relegated. West Ham will spend in the window, like i said its key, especially for those down the bottom, its just whether the boards have the balls to commit, and i dont think any of the 3 will for whatever reason, while Us, West Ham, and a few other EPL regulars will have no choice. And sending in the window means what? Are they gonna bring in more players like Tevez and Mascherano?? :roll: Which board was that then eh? :roll: Besides, EVERYONE thought it was a class coup, i bet you did as well. The new board will have new ideas and money to spend, West Ham could quite easily push alongside Villa for what should be our 5th spot next season along with Spurs. EPL life just gets more difficult and the incompetence of our own board is now shining through more than ever due to other numpts leaving, and new boards getting it right.

Fulham & City will be forever drawn to the drops zone like moths to a lightbulb. Fulham have a fairly weak team overall, but enough good players (niemi, Diop, Boa Morte & John) to pick some points at home. City should always do better with the squad they've got. A SWP's loan could see the stay well clear of the drop zone, but again it for yet another season for them it will be touch n go.

I thought they both looked shite tonight, and the rut we were in Whitley Bay would of beat us that day. They made us look bad by the way they played, so credit's due when credits due, yes we were bad but they made us play like that All im saying is they aint relegated by any means yet, I think West Ham, who got alucky win against them at the weekend are a bigger candidate to get relegated. West Ham will spend in the window, like i said its key, especially for those down the bottom, its just whether the boards have the balls to commit, and i dont think any of the 3 will for whatever reason, while Us, West Ham, and a few other EPL regulars will have no choice.

Huge gamble. Not one we can afford, and not particularly worth it in terms of his skill in his current suited division. £3-4m for that? No thanks. We can find better.

Well there wont be any bosmans, not in jan, but the likes of Bramble, Carr or Babayaro could be the kind of players they might be able to find a £1m or so for. It still wont help them, not for what they need. I want Sheff Utd to stay in the division, just to see Warnock blow up and go mad over and over again, he's pure entertainment, its a shame he's not more competitive with bigger teams (or with a bigger club) as his frustration would grow even bigger! Am mean i know, but hell, that would be me if i were a manager.

I fear that Watford would not be relegated, and I for one do not want to see them relegated. Boothroyd and Burkingshaw are capable of pulling rabbit out of the hat. Due to lack of money their suqad are thin and of low quality. Still, they have played some good football and were at the current position due to some poor lucks. Come this Janury, if they can reinforce their squads with some good signings, I think they might just remain in the premiership. They are extremely unluck that Ben Foster, Marlon King, Ashley Young and Clarke Carlisle their 4 major players expecially thier former three are all out injured. Apart from Young, the rest are suffering long term injuries. They wont spend. And the teams around them probably will. (us & other EPL teams)

I thought they both looked shite tonight, and the rut we were in Whitley Bay would of beat us that day.

1: Sheff Utd 2: Watford 3: Charlton Big headed to say so, especially since Sheff Utd beat us in our own backyard, Charlton managed to draw before their manager was sacked, and Watford took us to penalties, but the quality of these three teams is something we should be delighted at. Sheff Utd are plucky i give them that. But not enough was done in the transfer window to suggest they can do anything to keep them in the division. They are industrial, play hard, and work for their points, and sometimes they'll just end up taking pride home, but thats something they can build on. Warnock to the letter, and it shows. Warnock has been a good boy so far, but when things start going a bit tits up, the pressure will get to him, and he'll be like a boiling kettle on a stove come March when the heat steps up a notch. Question is, will the board allow him transfer funds, because i think with some decent money in the window, he could bring in 2-3 players that could make it tight and put pressure on whoever is down there come the final 3rd of the season. But i also think Sheff Utd will not spend in the window, so therefore when their small squad pick up a few key injuries, they'll fade fast and Warnock will blow a head gasket. Watford were very very lucky to come up this season, and it really is a case of just enjoy it while you can for them. Make some money, go back down and build again. Of course they are aiming to stay in the division, deluded Boothroyd would probably be a bit upset if he didn't at least take the FA cup with him, but seriously, avoiding the lowest points total would be an achievement for them, but one i expect them to do because of his drive. The squad however are a basic promotion chasing Championship team, and was one of seven teams who it could of been. Nothing has really changed much to suggest EPL is where they belong, the future could be bright for them in a couple of years, as long as they don't knee jerk and sack their manager when its not going well in their return to the Championship. The only team with any real quality is Charlton, but with Dowie blowing more money in two months than Curbs did in 15 years, they are proper fuked, and i just wonder if a couple of rats may jump ship in the jan window, before going down with the ship. I'd take the Bent rat & the Young one on board here if they wanted, the rest of their players i think will not fetch much. Jan is an important window, and with the ability to pick up better players than half the Charlton team for free at the end of the season, Charlton won't be able to give some of their players away, who are on huge wages sitting in nice posh houses in London. I don't think their new gaffer is up to scratch, and comes across very much as a teacher (which he is) and this really doesn't seem to be the kind of personality you really need to pull you out of the soup, so with an unknown manager, no money, and big big spending by the previous boss, things could get very tetchy if they don't start climbing the table very soon. So my three reasons to put to bed the fear of relegation. Takeover or not, money needs to be spent in the window, the fans will lynch FS if we dont get some more players in and its just a case of building up some decent home form now, and start climbing a very tight table, and get out of trouble. Easy eh? bluebiggrin.gif

100% agreed and really would like to see that team put out. fingers crossed GR will use some youngsters, he needs to, to help him through this injury crisis, its why he didn't loan em out, so bloody well use them!

I'd rather have Torres as well, but by god, what a choice. Chelsea should buy the pair of them.

Its mighty close. Ramage is shite, Babayaro is just plain crap.

no you wouldn't. Buy-out clauses are just a legal requirement. Doesn't mean that is what a player will go for in the end. But Barcelona don't need to sell him anyway, not for a good while! I really feel I've been unfairly quoted there! bluebiggrin.gif

ICF cup was replaced by the now known UEFA cup in 1971, Spuds were the 1st to win it under the new name. The difference between the two was simply the regulation was handed over to UEFA from ICF. So the difference is a governing body change, the format when we won it, and when you won it, was exactly the same.

Errr, they got higher bid than that rejected. Who by? Chelsea inquired with £65m. His buy out clause is £85m, you'd have to pay that to get him. Inquired = paper talk. Put a solid £60m cash up front in for Ronnie and it would be accepted, my only doubt is if he'd want to go.

Errr, they got higher bid than that rejected. Who by?

He's a snide, end of. Don't mind the brum we have, Dr Spec is class, and the two pool fans are canny as well, but we've got two Spurs fans who are like a bad case of herpes.

With you proudly showing around your signature about being geordie and bla bla bla, it doesn't mean that you can post whatever you want here related your beloved Spurs club (traitor then I can say?), which is not relevant at all to NUFC :roll: Talk about the players Spurs want, who NUFC also want, it's fine... Talk about the Spurs players who previously was in NUFC, or the other way around, it's fine... But this one... blueconfused.gif This was simply asking if any French based fans here if they had any info about him as I knew nothing about him, no more, no less. It wasn't a case of saying 'look who we've signed' because at the time I didn't know whether it was good news or not. As for my Geordie background, I'm London born and bred and proud of it. My mum was a Geordie through and through and equally proud of her roots, though I suspect that if she was alive today she would be less than impressed with some (and that's not including you) who regularly contribute here. Wow, ya ma wouldn't be impressed. Fuking hell, you stoop to new LOW levels of utter shit don't you! Do one will yer, have you not got the hint yet you sneaky fuking WUM? My Nana, who is alive, was born on Tottenham Court road for what its worth, and if she knew how to use a computer and saw the drivel you post on a now regular basis, she'd go down there and break every finger you currently have attached to your body, so I, and the rest of the Geordie nation would never have to put up with your shit again. End of, now fuk off.

This prompts Clark to add: "For a so-called professional to do this on the day of a match is unforgivable. And what right has Mark Lawrenson to talk about Newcastle United? "He has not managed or played in the Premiership and when he was a manager at Oxford he was hardly a success was he? And don't forget I was at United when he came here as a defensive coach. "It's easy sitting in a television studio and telling a manager how to manage but, as Lawrenson found out at Oxford, it's not easy when you are out there. Legend. Fuk you Lawrentson you dirty fuking muppet, sit on that you fuking prick. Clarky for PM. bluecool.gif

If you offered £35m he'd be sold within a flight to London. Same goes for Torres. Barca would accept £60m for Ronaldinho, you just have to at those kind of prices. Once it were talked or Bellamy £20m to Roma, and Dyer £25m to Chelsea or Manu...i fuking wish those deals went though.

For LB's & Rb's id go Greek & German. Seem to produce a good standard in those areas Imo. Usually good defenders, with good height and strength (not absolute necessary but a bonus) and usually steady going forward. Big fan of (RB) Seitaridis (soz for spelling) was class at Porto, didn't like Russia and failed to settle, and i think he's currently in Spain. There's another Greek lad who's younger and a LB and looks like a clone, but i have no idea who he was??? We should go for these options imo.

If belgravia came in before the window then yes, but in our current position? What a laugh. We NEED fullbacks and possibly a striker.

How old is he now? About 29 ish IIRC. Old (ish), out of form, not liked by fans, probably a high earner, i can see Everton selling for cheap, however i wouldn't pay more than £2m for him, and that would get less each window due to age. Big gamble.

Still aint got the balls to hold it up here?

Sometimes we would, other times we wouldn't. i'd swap Crouch for Ronaldinho though..... Am thinking along the lines of Rafa playing with Sissy & Xabi and Gerrard being the odd man out. With Sissy's injury Gerrard has now got his place back, but its not by managers choice. Ronnie on the left (slightly out of position) would benefit Liverpool more than Gerrard out of position on the right. All four would be lethal, I'd go diamond though. ---------Sissoko--------- ----Gerrard----Alonso--- -------Ronaldinho-------- You could say that would be the best midfield in the world.