James

I really believe that we can break into the top four next season, and after that, the world is our oyster.

Last night, the BBC, Sky sports news and the Chronicle all said that Allardyce will become the next manager.

Hierro is another example. He might have been past it, but he could probably able to recognise a good manager when he saw one, and through word of mouth, much bigger names on the continent will know all about Sam Allardyce.

Been mentioned several times already, and everyone is the unananimous agreement of: "No thankyou!"

Ivan Campo was Real Madrid reject Okocha and Djorkaeff at the time were above 30 and they were past their best The signings of Anelka,Meite,Ben Haim,Faye are more impressive for me. But, they are big names with big reputations. Players abroad will know about Sam Allardyce, and the quality of his managerial skills, because this information spreads by word of mouth.

hahaha! What a load of shite. Brilliant. Well they might turn down Newcastle, but not because its Allardyce.

you re-wrote it all yourself didnt you... Paste in word, select all, change caps. Easy.

Allardyce has signed big names Ivan Campo, Jay Jay Okocha, and Youri Djorkaeff. They all liked him, and word gets around other players. No top player would turn down Allardyce.

Allardyce has been appointed. It's not official due to contractual reasons, but it is football's worst kept secret that he will become manager next week. In other words, your obvious desperation will go unheeded, no need to use up this websites quota of capital letters over it.

Has featured regularly at left back for them

You have to look at the players in each team: Given = Jaaskelainen Carr < Hunt Babayaro < Speed Bramble < Ben Haim Taylor = Meite Milner > Stelios Duff > Gardner Emre > Campo Parker < Nolan Owen > Anelka Martins > Diouf Ameobi = Davies Sibierski < Pedersen Harper > Walker Krul > Al-Habsi Butt > Teymorian Dyer > Thompson N'Zogbia > Fortune Carroll < Vaz Te Ramage < Faye Solano > Joey O'Brien Huntington > Michalik Edgar < Cesar Martin So in a 23 man squad, three players are equal, eight Newcastle players are worse than their counterparts, and 12 players in our squad are better than their Bolton counterparts. Comments: Throughout the squad, Allardyce has better defenders, spending less money than we spent on Titus Bramble, and having a less productive youth uptake. Mediocre to good midfielders/strikers at Bolton are out performing what are considered as being good to excellent midfielders/strikers at Newcastle.

I wouldn't be paid to take him.

.com are currently on a two-man anti-Allardyce campaign, it would seem. Nobody listens to them any more, they have lost all credibility.

Can you delete that photo, as this site is not allowed to take photos direct from nufc.co.uk

Missing a couple of key facts in my opinion: Martins was linked up with Shola when he joined, who knows the city's Nigerian contingent. Also, there was a period when Speed had left that senior French/African Amady Faye had taken Zoggy under his wing. So there have been periods when there have been players to llok after theyoungsters, but youare right in saying that it is not too great at the moment.

I do go to (some) matches

OK, no problem, it was fun writing it anyway, others should have a go, just for the forum.

I'll do it.

They wouldn't dare! Its a PFA entitlement I believe. You get one after ten full seasons, although you can get it negotiated to an earlier date with contracts etc.

I hear the Dyer testimonial money is going to go to a really good cause though if he has one - COLDE Counsellors for the Owners of Lost Diamond Earrings

Just to consign all that Mackem rubbish to the scrapheap once and for all: Lee Clark has played more games for Sunderland than Sam Allardyce.

Allardyce is one of the few managers who I can see finding a way to effectively accomodate Dyer. It is therefore upto Dyer to buck his ideas up and produce the goods.

So absolutely nothing is different from this morning then ?? T27 said it was confirmed on the BBC then it wasnt. Apparently. Several people can back me up on that.

I'm having that.