James

He is said to have made disparaging remarks about certain Newcastle players to any average Joe he met in the pub, so I'm pleased to see the back of him.

Relocation of Leazes Terrace? Or of the whole club? I suspect (hope) you mean the latter. The latter. Ah, I retract my earlier comment in that case. Personally I don't see the problem, we are not desperate for a new stadium nor are we likely to be in the foreseeable future. Then I retract my reply. I'd agree to leave it as it is for now, but demand will increase eventually, for Newcastle is a thriving city right now, and the most important thing about a stadium for me is that everyone who wants to watch gets to watch.

If you're slightly detached from reality perhaps. Stadium changes/relocations often seem to face heated discussion amongst fans, so no changes are going to satisfy everyone. In that sense their are no ultimate rights or wrongs here, just opinions.

Relocation of Leazes Terrace? Or of the whole club? I suspect (hope) you mean the latter. The latter.

Trouble with stadium developments is that often those paying for it see it as their long term legacy, and dont take into consideration any capacity changes that maybe needed in the future once they've gone.

All the arguments on here point to relocation being the best option in the long term.

Oh yeah. In that case, it has to be Michael Essien.

The last three players mentioned can not play centre back by the way. Michael Essien is clearly head and shoulders above them all.

Damien Duff

No mention of CM in the OP though.... Doesn't mean he cant be a CM as well though. He is certainly a back-up right winger who can also play as a full back or centre half.

Michael Essien

I think you have to understand scepticism about these things though. There are so many people with supposed rumours etc all the time that are rarely true. Also I could have told you Allardyce wants Crouch playing for him ages ago. Doesn't exactly take a genius to put together the pieces of Sam liking big target men and having raved about Crouch as one of England's most effective players. He broke the news of the Smith transfer before it had become widespread knowledge. This guy does get the occassional Manchester United tidbit.

Souness has rescued Southampton from relegation, brought up and kept up Blackburn Rovers, won a few trophies in a few countries, has developed one or two very good youngsters at most of the clubs he has managed, purchased players with big reputations, and has a winning and battling mentality that rubs off on some of the players, especially the young British ones. Roeder has done none of this, and shares many of the bad attributes of Souness in addition to an inability to take the initiative.

Its not Glenn Roeder. Delia Smith clearly fancies a go at the job, so has put a pair of glasses on and called herself Glenn Roeder to avoid sexism. The trick of course is that no sensible-minded manager wannabie would ever consider calling themselves Glenn Roeder.

Give us a link...

You're saying he's not very adaptable then and can only play one sort of game? Or that he's only a good defensive midfielder when there's not much defending to do? That he's not very adaptable. And I think the same applies to several other players in our squad. Which is why we'll be shit away from home if we play to defend draws.

Unacceptable comments.

Butt comes from a play to win background, and it must be a big shock to him to play away from home and finding his team playing not to lose.

I've never really looked at how they did other than when we've played them, I seem to remember somebody saying that they had a record for goals conceded which wasn't as good as ours last season although I may be wrong. Down to a very bad end of that season, but looking back at the past three seasons, they did that pretty well which was why the regularly finished in the top half.

Could Bolton defend draws? Not all the time (usually the refs fault according to Sam) but pretty often they did.

OK, it is now: P10, W5, D2, L3, F17, A13, GD4 = 17pts At this stage last season, we were: P10, W2, D2, L6, F7, A13, GD-6 = 8pts Or comparing the results so far this season to the results we got in those fixtures last season, we get: P10, W3, D4, L3, F13, A11, GD2 = 13pts

I'd class Owen, Butt, Cacapa, N'Zogbia, Geremi, Martins, Emre and Smith as players who play to win. N'Zogbia only plays well driving forwards, possibly explaining his exclusion from the team, while all the others mentioned have spent several years at clubs who are genuine league and cup challengers every year. These players are used to playing on the front foot, controlling the game home or away, and regularly winning matches. Can you really expect these players, especially considering their ages, to learn to sit back away at Reading, and play for a draw or a lucky win? It is just not in their nature, just like it is not in the nature of England players who win several trophies at club level to sit back an defend a slender lead during international matches. The players, and even the club play for death or glory and nothing else. Whereas Allardyce was able to get Bolton to defend draws, I dont believe it is in the nature of our players or our club, we just aren't comfortable, and never will be. The sooner Allardyce realises this, the better.

Cacapa disallowed for offside. I HATE YOU NEWCASTLE UNITED!!!!!!

I HATE YOU NEWCASTLE UNITED!

FUCK!