James

Yes, but I dont think its got anything to do with this thread

I thought you had started to talk about yourself in the third person for a moment then.

More importantly I dont have a job, and its raining, and I'd rather spend my day analysing Newcastle goals than watching Jeremy Kyle and This Morning

All a bit stupid really. Says a Crotian has failed a drugs test and England have qualified for Euro2008, and when you scroll down it turns into one of those really rubbishy Carlsberg jokes.

it is certainly a good thing that Nelsen is supended, Martins enjoys playing against Ooijer.

All as good as goals. He is not a goalscorer though. None of our central midfielders are really scoring goals, so other variables need to be taken account, and as far as these stats are concerned, Geremi wins the ball in the right places and does something effective with the ball, whereas the same can not be said about Nicky Butt.

vs Manchester City - Long weighted ball to Martins who controls it and sticks it away vs Middlesbough - Cross to Viduka who turns and slots it in. vs Bolton - Forces LB into mishitting long pass to Martins near half way, who scores via lucky deflection vs Bolton - Through pass from 35 yards out to Smith on left wing who passes short to Milner who is in a better crossing position who crosses for Martins bicycle kick vs Everton - wins 50-50 ball, plays simple pass to N'Zogbia who plays in Smith wide right, Everton struggle to deal with the cross and Butt tucks it home. vs West Ham - wins ball and plays it 35 yards diagonally for N'Zogbia who crosses to Martins vs West Ham - wins ball and plays 15 yards diagonally to N'Zogbia who crosses for Viduka after exchanging a one-two with Milner

I can tell you that discounting simple sideways passes only deducts 1 from Geremi's total. Most of of his KC's come from good forward passes, usually towards the wide left area. Smith, Rozehnal and Butt would lose out the most from discounting sideways passes.

Per game ratio: Emre - 0.71 N'Zogbia - 0.62 Geremi - 0.58 Owen - 0.5 Viduka - 0.5 Martins - 0.46 Milner - 0.46 Enrique - 0.43 Smith - 0.42 Rozehnal - 0.33 Butt - 0.25 Taylor - 0.22 Barton - 0.2 Faye - 0.14 Cacapa - 0.11

I thought I'd rewatch all our goals this season and see who the people are that are really contributing to our goals this season. Of course, goals and assists are important, but it takes good play to work the ball into positions from which a goal can be created. Thus you get a key contribution if you: Score Assist Win a free kick, corner or penalty that leads to a goal Win back possession and the opponents dont get control of the ball before a goal is scored Pass the ball between possession being won and the goal being scored Force the opposition into making a mistake that leads to a goal. And having tallied up the contributions the table (Premiership only) currently stands at: N'Zogbia 8 (13 games) Geremi 7 (12 games) Martins 6 (13 games) Milner 6 (13 games) Emre 5 (7 games) Owen 5 (10 games) Smith 5 (12 games) Viduka 4 (8 games) Rozehnal 4 (12 games) Butt 3 (12 games) Enrique 3 (7 games) Taylor 2 (9 games) Faye 1 (7 games) Cacapa 1 (9 games) Barton 1 (5 games)

Yeah, i know what you mean. When i chose my team i put Geremi on the right-wing simply to have him in the team, because i think he's important for retaining possession (forget Liverpool, Geremi's the best at doing that in our team even if he isn't particularly creative). But he really should be in the centre if he plays. It might be worth playing him and Butt instead of Emre (i initially had Butt/Emre as preferred combo), because we're away from home and Emre doesn't turn up then. Plus, as i've said before, Butt and Geremi worked earlier in the season, didn't it? I would never have Geremi on the right personally, as he is only good keeping possession in the central are where he has shown that he is good at offerring a short option for the defence, and then delivering a simple pass to someone in a position the bring the ball forward and put some pressure on the opposition. Thus he helps our team take charge of the match. With Butt, it is an endless cycle of stopping the opposition attacking, losing the ball, stopping the opposition attacking, losing the ball, and this just puts the team under pressure that will lead to us eventually conceding. Geremi is someone who can really help us by converting pressure on us into pressure on them, especially when he has mobile players all around him which is the criteria I have used when selecting my team. Its a shame that people like olliemort and warrenbartoncentrepartin only judge players on goals and assists. I could see these two people wanting to throw Gary Speed out of the team before every match in the Robson era. A few facts about Geremi when he had been playing in the centre: Received more passes than any other player Has the second best passing accuracy in the team (Owen is best) Made more interceptions than any other player Made several key contributions to goals scored while on the pitch. For me, those facts explain why we have been playing badly since he has been on the right.

Yes, of course he had to miss an England game just so he didn't have to play Liverpool - a club he has played against before with no difficulties.

At the time, I think Sven was too expensive for us given the financial difficulty we had fallen into under the old board.

It's shocking how many people on here exclude Geremi from central midfield. Given Beye Faye Whoever Enrique Geremi Barton Emre Martins N'Zogbia Smith

Apparently the issue here is the fact that allegedly Portsmouth seems to have been some sort of financial stepping stone for a transfer of an Auxerre player represented by Willie McKay to Newcastle. Given that similar can be said for the Boumsong transfer, and Rangers had also been raided, we may have to expect further arrests.

Thats not very PC now is it. Forgive me Ally, and thanks for the suggestion, only Dave brought the level of this thread down a notch.

Dave, I am deaf, not a retard.

We could have worse people with an interest in us than Richard Branson.

Hopefully there will be a reason to lock up Jamie and Fat Frank as well.

I agree with Dave under the assumption that he isn't being sarcastic.

Seems like we are the fucking victims in all of this. We should sue Pompey and maybe try and get them a points deduction.

Three brilliant reasons to not sign a defender.

Even Souness has achieved more in management than Sam Allardyce.

I can foresee potential problems for myself regarding future interaction with the box office, and I am sure there are others out there facing the same difficulties. If I have wanted to go to an away game - and I go to more away than at home, I have had to get somebody to phone for me, and I can be grateful that I have had friends and family willing to sit it out on hold for me. However, I have become independent since going to university, and although I was able to get friends to help me out while they were students like me, they are mostly now in full time jobs, so unable to help me during the day, which is the only time the box office is open. I'm facing some really difficult barriers at the moment with people expecting to use the phone, even though using the internet doesn't take up much more effort, and I know that these same barriers exist with the box office. Therefore it would be great if NUFC expanded its online ticket service to include away games.

I'd say ask the London supporters club what they think. Maybe also suggest advertising the increased allocation on .cock, so people know they have a better chance of getting tickets. I personally get put off some London games as I reckon I wont be able to get tickets and cant be bothered to go through the crappy box office phone service. The sooner .cock sells away tickets online the better in my point of view.