James

If these NUFC players were playing today and at their best, how much would other clubs be willing to pay? Peter Beardsley Kevin Keegan Paul Gascoigne Chris Waddle Phillipe Albert David Ginola Les Ferdinand Alan Shearer Rob Lee Gary Speed

One of the key tests will be how well Routledge, Simpson and Williamson turn out. And we must get a striker as we can't just rely on Carroll and Lovenkrands.

I like the look of Tom Cleverley, a one season loan at a promoted PL Club looks like the next logical step for him.

"BRAAP" followed by "oh my god, he has farted again"

You see, if I go and buy HD and BluRay and 3D and 5D and 360 degrees 3D panoramic, in twenty years time I won't be able to afford walk-in TV, where you can walk into the screen and interact with the actresses. That is what I'm saving up for.

Well sales over time with a few choice retentions below would have got the pot to £45m Given Harper Krul Bramble Taylor N'Zogbia Milner Butt Bowyer Owen Ameobi Also I would buy and sell Bassong to give £53m. These players would make a good bunch to have in the squad, but first team would need drastic improvement. As per usual, goalkeepers are fine, but the defence needs some sorting. First, Harry-Norway needs listening to. In comes Brede Hangeland for £2m Jose Enrique, Habib Beye, and Abdoulaye Faye were all good choices for us, and cost a combined £10m Finding an additional full back or two is harder, but Chimbonda at £4.5m and Warnock at £2.5m do the job. Next up is midfield. We have decent wide players in need of some back-up. Zoltan Gera on a free transfer is an obvious choice.Also Clint Dempsey at £2m. So that is £21m with £32m left. We'd need 3 strikers. Jermaine Defoe - £6m Emile Heskey - £5.5m Roque Santa Cruz - £3.5m That leaves us with £17m Time for some big money. In ahead of West Ham for Mascherano at £12m. Niko Kranjcar £2.5m. And with just a cople of million left and lack of inspiration, Guthrie and Lovenkrands for £2m. It is scary really what we spent on cack, when we could and should have been so much wiser.

Why not just leave it, if people don't like it will drop to the bottom and be forgotten about. It isn't offensive is it?

It was Andy that did that. I'm completely innocent there.

OK, this thread will either fall flat on its arse or pretty interesting, but is worth a try so be nice You are Glenn Roeder. It is 2006. Alan Shearer has just had his testimonial. You've had a bit to drink and fall into a deep sleep. In your sleep, you dream about the next 3 and a half years. You see whats gone wrong at Newcastle, and you see all the transfers that happen at other clubs. Then you wake up. The challenge, is to use that knowledge from your 'dream' to produce the best 2010 team possible using a transfer pot of £15m (approximate net spend pre-relegation) You can only buy players for the fee they were bought for by a club since Summer 2006. Plus you have to realistically justify that player signing for a UEFA Cup level club. Additionally, you can only sell players for the exact fee you sold them. The squad is: Given Harper Krul Carr Babayaro Bramble Taylor Moore Boumsong Ramage Huntington Elliott Solano N'Zogbia Dyer Parker Emre Patisson Butt Faye Clark O'Brien Bowyer Owen Luque Ameobi Chopra

Obviously we'd prefer to be in the Champions League ourselves due to the money and the prestige, but which tournament is more of a spectacle? I prefer the UEFA Cup personally, more attacking games, worser defences, random teams, random moments and hard to predict.

Well done Fulham. Huge credit to Hodgson who simply has to be the best English manager still in the game. Best since Robson probably. I respect his shrewdness and optimism and style of play.

Gera is an example of a player we should have signed, but were too snooty to.

After Heskey, who else is there in the 'big aerial target man' mould? - Crouch is decent in the air but much more than your standard 'lump it at...' target man. Different sort of player. - Carlton Cole isn't good enough imo and Capello has used him sparingly. - K.Davies is good but a bit old now and doesn't seem to get a look in. Carroll would be right to ignore the Scottish call-up imo. He could easily be challenging for England caps within a few years. Bobby Zamora

simply the worst, worser than all the rest worser than everyone etc

If we don't win 27-0 it will be a disgrace.

We don't really get into the box on the ball much though do we. A lot of our chances are crafted outside the area and our forwards are quick to shoot.

Notable FourFourTwo list: 50. Cian Hughton (Son of Chris) 24. Alan Smith 23. Leon Best 14. Darren Ambrose 13. Steven Taylor 11. Steve Harper 8. Michael Chopra 5. Peter Whittingham 4. Lee Camp 3. Jermaine Beckford 2. Graham Dorrans 1. Kevin Nolan

The FourFourTwo list is completely different and factors in votes from fans, players and managers. Plus they removed a load of Newcastle players 'because they have too many fans' Only printed vote from a pro for Coloccini?

Do we need a new song for when he scores, or is Tina Turner sufficient?

Hi Mrs. Butt

Hi Nicky

Don't really care about Forest to be honest. Can only see West Brom catching us and they won. We'll be promoted, but I want us to go up as Champions. May help us get the upperhand over the other promotion candidates on transfer targets if we win the league.

Who was it who said 2-2?

Cloudy and rainy if we are away.

Who did he touch? Was it appropriate?