James

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7210620.stm Enrique's fit apparently.

Both, by bringing in outsiders, it can only encourage home players to raise their game.

NE5, when we were looking for a manager, you said that the board should show its ambition by offering lucrative contracts to the best man for the job. I asked you who you thought the best man was. You said Arsene Wenger. As far as I can see, the board and Keegan have acted no differently to how Wenger and Arsenal act during transfer windows, ie a large amount was set aside for future players, and players with potential are purchased and developed into so called 'trophy players' rather than going for a ready-made 'trophy player.'

In the end of the day, the old regime, be it the management or the board neglected youth development making us one of the worst in the country in this respect. It is an ambitious and well thought out move to try to tackle this decline by filling our ranks with other clubs best youngsters. The board have moved to separate the recruitment of youth personnel away from the first team management, for a first team manager, unless settled in their job like Wenger, is always going to be willing to 'waste' any transfer funds on players that are going to help the club out after that manager has gone. The money was there, Keegan says so, he just didn't want to spend the money if he couldn't find anyone decent in two weeks, so that he can use it in the summer, with the belief that better players will come here in the summer. Lets see how the summer pans out shall we?

No.

The lack of defensive quality in our central midfielders is the worst problem we have had in our team this season.

Thew most important part of that article is hidden behind Alan Shearer: Paul Hart to be interviewed regarding an academy role.

This could be reliable or unreliable, but on Keegan's World Interview a lineup appeared to be on the tactics board. Viduka and Barton were in the first eleven, and Tozer and Baheng were on the bench.

Interview on World with Wise. Keegan gets the final say on everything. Vetere's focus is on European players. Jimenez negotiates, and has a say on when the club should back out. Wise's primary focus is on getting homegrown players good enough for the first team.

ITS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CAPITAL LETTERS

Yeah, not till 12:45 wasn't it? The club have no legal obligation to announce anyone

Probably waiting for a quiet photoshoot tomorrow morning, as it is a minor transfer. That, or international clearance.

Newcastle have actually won the third highest number of PFA Young Player of the Year awards.

Wembley is the best stadium I've been to.

Quick! Three hours left. Better than Milner.

We haven't got foreigners infiltrating the U16s. If the U16's that move to the U18s aren't as good as the foreigners brought in to bolster our ranks, then we are better off with the foreigners. We seem to have picked up a bad batch of Brits over a period of several years. Bringing foreigners in is more likely to motivate the Brits to raise their game to be honest, make them realise that they need to constantly improve. Our academy has a bad reputation in Britain. If we can get some artificially acquired foreign youngsters through the ranks, U17 starlets such as Daniel Rose may choose us over Spurs in the future.

I hope young Fabio doesn't look at this thread. Many fans seem to behave like spoilt brats.

Its possible that he asked to leave with Euro 2008 coming up.

Could be that lad from Le Harve! Already signed him.

Am I right in thinking that Zamblera is the first current U18 international from a major country that we have ever signed?

Blind hope, but with some logic behind it. More of this please people. I'm still daft enough myself to think something might happen. Probably going to do the bunch of youngsters together, so Zamblera, Soderberg, and maybe Kalouda.

Sunday, Monday, Habib Beye....

Are there only 13 players in the world? I reckon there might just be a midfielder out there better than the shite we've got. Not suprised we didn't get a striker or midfielder tbh, as Keegan pretty much listed every midfielder and striker during his first week here and announced that he rated them.

The other big question hidden beneath David Beckham's situation: Should/will Owen get into the England squad?

Anyone we do sign, we don't have to confirm on the stock exchange these days.