James

Yes, back on topic, the better the taker, the lower the likelihood that they'll be on the pitch in my opinion.

Middlesbrough Aston Villa Leverkusen Belgrade Just four off the top of my head that he's saved against. 4 in ten years is crap though.

I'm kind of with GeJon here, Lee Clark wanted to be a coach since his early twenties, while other players were wasting their millions in the afternoons, Lee Clark was voluntarily helping to coach the kids, and trying to pick up tips from other coaches. Given the fact that he has also captained a Premiership club, hence assummed leadership qualities, he was certainly a better candidate than Gareth Southgate and Chris Coleman than when they started their non-player careers. However, I am disappointed with some of the comments regarding other players that have been attributed to him when off the training pitch, so I'm happy to see him go.

Thats really not why the top clubs play teams in Asia. Money as well of course, but they get less injuries, and are still well equiped for the start of the season.

To be honest, that is why the top clubs play the more technical and less aggressive teams from Asia, Scandinavia and the US, and not Carlisle United during pre-season.

It was the general consensus at the end of last season that single threads were the way forward. It certainly worked ok for the Hartlepool game. Opinions may have changed now, but I suggest we stick to single threads for pre-season at least, give it a try and all that.

I suspect we'll be trying lots of different combinations.

Abadoulaye Meite.

By the way, we aren't doing pre-match, during-match, post-match threads this season, as people didn't like the fact that they couldn't reply to something for the mere reason that the game had kicked off or ended. So this thread is a thread for the whole game.

I'd really like to see another club approach West Ham, and go "Carlos Tevez. 10 million pounds. Yes or No?"

Its just that this rumour isn't worth the time of day.

Nope, not a patch, but the shell would get it. Like I said, not the best pic, type in Ursula Andress, and you only get pictures from THAT beach scene in Dr. No.

There are better film stills in which they look similar, but I cant find them: http://www.nndb.com/people/897/000023828/ursula1-sized.jpg

Very OT, but does anyone else think that Hayden Pantierre looks a lot like Ursula Andress?

New discussable development, nothing wrong here. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Tbh, it could be merged with the 7 page "Club Captian" thread. It could also go in the Owen commits long term future thread. No point merging every single thread for having a minor relation to something else. Subject to the contents of the article, this thread has a much different slant to the two aforementioned threads. Threads: "Club Captian" and "Owen: I want to be Captain" are only slightly related? They are related, but there isa very different slant. This thread ismore about Owen's commitment to the club than the issue of club captaincy. Lots of different issues to discuss: What will happen if he doesn't get it? Should he be signing a new contract? Would he make a good captain? Is this a long term commitment to the club?

New discussable development, nothing wrong here. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. oh right, so you saying there was no Chroncile article the last time? As far as I was aware, your poll was just a piss take, on not on any level based on the contents of any article. apart from being an article about the realistic captain choices, and a poll listing those choices? Realistic with Deco as an option?

New discussable development, nothing wrong here. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Tbh, it could be merged with the 7 page "Club Captian" thread. It could also go in the Owen commits long term future thread. No point merging every single thread for having a minor relation to something else. Subject to the contents of the article, this thread has a much different slant to the two aforementioned threads.

New discussable development, nothing wrong here. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. oh right, so you saying there was no Chroncile article the last time? As far as I was aware, your poll was just a piss take, on not on any level based on the contents of any article.

New discussable development, nothing wrong here. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

All very well, but I'd like to think that a captain had a long term commitment through the good and bad, and he would really need to agree to a clause-less contract if that was the case.

Yup, I'm backing him to have a decent season this year. Depends on the formation, rotation and probably the form of Viduka but I can see him up around 15 goals this season. ameobi? Excellent goal ratio since he first got a serious look in from January 2006. If he gets enough regular spells on the pitch, he will get enough goals. but he wont score goals. he's never scored goals consistently in the past and that'll never change. the less games he plays for us the better. Form since January 2006 would suggest otherwise. how many games has he played since January 2006? 12 goals in 29 competitive starts with a crocked hip. An excellent ratio, up there with the best at this club over recent seasons. Although I doubt that will stop the continuation of your ridiculous vendetta which obviously has nothing to do with football. the way you said "since January 2006" was rather misleading as he hasnt played for large periods of the last year, so its only really half a season. if you want to judge him on that half a season then feel free to, ill judge him on the other 200 times where he's done hardly anything. plus, how can my view point have nothing to do with football? i dont know him personally so care to explain that further? The other 200 hundred times obviously being when he was making 15 minute substitute appearances, playing on the left wing, or generally being expected to play the part of Shearer's dogsbody. Only since Roeder took charge was he allowed to play a goalscoring role within the team. And if 29 games cannot be considered a full season what can? If it can only be considered a half season, the 12 goals can only be considered as outstanding. Like I say, you clearly have an irrational vendetta against Shola that cannot cease to end. If it was football related, you'd be willing to give him a chance. I'm guessing you're too stubborn to admit that you were wrong.

Yup, I'm backing him to have a decent season this year. Depends on the formation, rotation and probably the form of Viduka but I can see him up around 15 goals this season. ameobi? Excellent goal ratio since he first got a serious look in from January 2006. If he gets enough regular spells on the pitch, he will get enough goals. but he wont score goals. he's never scored goals consistently in the past and that'll never change. the less games he plays for us the better. Form since January 2006 would suggest otherwise. how many games has he played since January 2006? 12 goals in 29 competitive starts with a crocked hip. An excellent ratio, up there with the best at this club over recent seasons. Although I doubt that will stop the continuation of your ridiculous vendetta which obviously has nothing to do with football.

Yup, I'm backing him to have a decent season this year. Depends on the formation, rotation and probably the form of Viduka but I can see him up around 15 goals this season. ameobi? Excellent goal ratio since he first got a serious look in from January 2006. If he gets enough regular spells on the pitch, he will get enough goals. but he wont score goals. he's never scored goals consistently in the past and that'll never change. the less games he plays for us the better. Form since January 2006 would suggest otherwise.

"100% record, job done. Bye" Equals John Carver's record.

Mama, she's got a brand new hip by James Brown