James

I'm saying that you have a bad habit of overrating foreign players in comparison to their British counterparts.

You're such a massive hypocrite. One post you say you don't want such a high turnover of players because it's important to keep a core of players together, now you're adocating selling key components of our first XI to fund new signings. Make your fucking mind up. I think that of the midfield he's the only truly replaceable one. The rest are integral. Bollocks. Of course, I'm sure if Jonas was John Granger and Nolan was Kaka Nolina you'd be saying differently

You're such a massive hypocrite. One post you say you don't want such a high turnover of players because it's important to keep a core of players together, now you're adocating selling key components of our first XI to fund new signings. Make your fucking mind up. I think that of the midfield he's the only truly replaceable one. The rest are integral.

If we can get a good fee for Jonas and it gets spent on someone else (also including the Carroll money), I'm highly favourable to it.

I've had a feeling Jonas was vulnerable this summer for a few months.

Barton and/or Enrique signed new contracts?

Wayne Rooney has had a hair transplant http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3617800/Wayne-Rooneys-bald-cure.html

Loving the efforts so far guys

Yes, this needs a public inquiry.

BBC's african footbnall expert has him in the African team of the year. Highlights good attacking partnership with Cabaye and the others.

So by Dale Toon: http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8936/champselysees.jpg

Just for a laugh, as there is nothing really going on at the moment. I saw a decent effort in the Gervinho thread which inspired me. The challenge, is to get any photo of Steven Taylor and photoshop it. Anything you like. Look forward to seeing your efforts.

Park on the left is the most typical example of a hardworking wide player on the left you can get. Granted they have Nani or Valencia on the right, but they are Man Utd.

I don't care that Nolan goes missing, as when he has been found again he's done something that has got us the points to keep us up. I reckon he can do this even better if surrounded by better wingers and strikers so am looking forward to seeing him captain us on the pitch next season.

I would say you don't really get as many wingers in a 442 anymore, you have the hard working wide players like Barton, Jonas, Larsson etc, or you have the wide forwards (slightly less defensive wingers than the tradition) in a three up top formation

Man people bite to a little bit of light humour so easily.

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So: Krul Simpson Samba Coloccini Enrique Tiote Cabaye Nolan Gervinho Ben Arfa Berbatov Subs: Harper, Taylor, Williamson, Barton, N'Zogbia, Gameiro, Shola.

Don't be ridiculous. There's now way Ash would pay for a flight when its only 2 and 1/2 hours by car. He's arriving from London, been there all week with visiting family. Quick, someone get to the airport.

The ability to hold up the ball. Given though that Berbatov does not have the best aerial presence, but unless we want Carroll back there aren't many high quality strikers that give that.

Perhaps with Shola and Best, Pardew sees the nippy striker as being of more importance?

I think the difference is though that we actually somehow managed to keep Colo, Jose and Jonas, and had an excellent leader in Nolan. Plus that 6-2 defeat to Leyton Orient which has to go down as one of the best results in our history.

Bassong is overrated here. He made so many mistakes for us which contributed to the relegation much more than most.

The chance to be pointed at by Steven Taylor.