James

tell you what i've just looked at that poll about this and i'm blown away that 80% of people on here would go for allardyce, i really am... this, to me, can only be attributed to dissatisfaction with roeder rather than any affinity with allardyce and as for attractive football yeah, of course, but i never want us to become consumed by winning...when we were losing the league or cups to manu i never wanted to see toon players chasing refs about screaming, or seeing players diving or whatever to get the win... to allardyce, from my perspective, it's only about winning....when have we EVER been about that? and by the way bolton are 4 wins ahead of us in the table and we've had what is to be considered a travesty of a season, whereas bolton have had just about their best season ever.... are you that sure that given time in the summer to fulfil his plans, assuming he has them, and with michael owen playing say 20 games that we couldn't do just as well with roeder as we could with allardyce? i'm not.... You cant go from a poor, boring team to an attractive team overnight - it takes years of work on the training ground. Took Sir Bobby Robson 2 years and 3 months to get Newcastle flying. Same with all new managers - results come ahead of performances Sam Allardyce has, with limited resources got a team with lower ability playing more attractive football than we are right now. The whole boring direct Bolton is a pure myth based on Bolton's first two seasons in the Premiership. Would suggest that you dont watch many non-NUFC matches. You need to get rid of your ideology, as things wont happen the way you want, even if the idea of attractive football plus results is the best outcome. PS stop permanently contradicting yourself, you do this in every single thread, and makes you impossible to respond to.

replace one brand of soul destroying football with another, albeit more effective one? not for me plus allardyce is the prototypical manager who does well on a shoestring and then falls to pieces when given money to spend.... not what we need How do you know that he cant spend money - has he ever been given any? i didn't say i KNEW he won't able to spend money, read it again.... curbishley is allardyce without the chip on his shoulder, spent years building at charlton with nothing then got some money and didn't do anything at all with it...he's was given 16m or something this transfer window and frankly has spaffed it all on crap i feel, and it's only my opinon, that allardyce will do the same given a chance You made the following sentence as though it was a fact: "plus allardyce is the prototypical manager who does well on a shoestring and then falls to pieces when given money to spend...." That would suggest that you thought that he wouldn't be able to spend money. Now your recent post is a contradiction in itself, saying that you don't know that he wont be able to spend money, but as you perceive Allardyce as being like Curbishley, and Curbishley wasted £16m, you think Allardyce will do the same. You cant make such syllogisms about football. Until you give him money, you dont know what he is capable of doing.

replace one brand of soul destroying football with another, albeit more effective one? not for me plus allardyce is the prototypical manager who does well on a shoestring and then falls to pieces when given money to spend.... not what we need How do you know that he cant spend money - has he ever been given any?

Agreed, that was an absolute jewel of a pass. The weighting, the height, the angle, the direction and the timing, all 100% perfect.

Previous estimates of Dyer's wage have been £60,000-65,000. Common media practise it would seem to add £20,000 to estimated wages of high earners.

I take it that all the mix up is that people are mistakingly thinking that this thread is about the UEFA Cup, even though the thread title states that it is about the UFEA Cup?

Gerraway man. Away games- Stand up. If you don't like, don't go the away games. Did you read beyond the first line? If you did, you should have realised that I wasn't being serious.

To be honest, they are only thinking of the kids. If adults stand up, the kids wiill have to stand up to see, and that means that Dave wont be able to see with the gang of four year old kids in front of him.

Given's got a good chance of being fit. If not, Harper can play, with Krul on the bench. Back 4 versus Chelsea deserve to keep their place. Likewise for midfield four, although with Parker fit, someone is bound to go. Roeder will bottle any decisions by "resting" Milner. Martins will start. I think Reading will require a little experience to see off, so I'd keep Carroll out of the starting XI, and he'll probably only make the squad if Owen doesn't make it. Shola has come through two 70 min spells unscathed, and is probably the best man for this job.

Woodgate isn't fast, but isn't slow either. It is his quickness of thought that makes him look quick. His brain is as such that he could walk straight into the Newcastle XI after a 3 month layoff, and look a class ahead of all players, including Shearer. When Woodgate signed for us, he had the best current ability of any player in the squad.

Yeah, but he's a made a verbal agreement to sign for Real Madrid. Ah that makes more sense. I was reading it as 'Middlesborough sign Saviola from Real Madrid on a free transfer.'

Hold on, doesn't Saviola play for Barcelona?

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How many times do I have to tell people - he's not a full back - never has been, never will be. Seems to have a good goalscoring ratio though, if you also consider reserve matches.

This is why it would be ideal if we could get Owen fit and running from Reading onwards. He'll be lacking sharpness, but we need to see if he can help the team by linking with the wingers and Martins in such a way that he can push the opposition defence back, keep possession, and even get in goalscoring chances. I dont expect he'll immediately return as a megafit scoring machine, but there are going to be little signs that show that having him in the team is going to reduce the number of times the ball comes straight back at us. If there are no signs of this by August 20th, we should sign a striker (mess around with this striker a bit, making it look like we intend to go through with it, then cancel at the last minute if Owen and Martins seem to be working).

I thought Edgar deserved a new contract. I know Cav is off to the USA on a scholarship. Pure guesswork by nufc.com Roeder had already said that a contract offer was on the table for Edgar, and that they were looking at loaning him. .com are crap these days, they don't closely follow events, then make sweeping statements that turn self made speculation into facts.

Will be an absolute fiasco, building it, if things are similar to other Portsmouth seafront construction projects. Good design though. Conveys the ambition town officials have for the city, so getting planning permission will be easy. Council actually probably reccomended it.

Person he'd most like to meet: Tommo It's Porridge.

I've just had a look. That was written by Porridge - I know his style.

Thats a bit of a suprise. RIP

Crazy, isn't it. You can finish 6th and still qualify for the Champions League. Madness! 2nd - 5th in the playoff, isn't it? Aye, and 6-9 in a playoff for an Intertoto place That would be great if we had that in the Premiership tbh

How can you include Carroll, Patisson, O'Brien and Edgar in the poll who have all played less than 5 games, and then not include Luque who has played in more and scored?[/Luque-fanboy]

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Being Player of the Year automatically makes you better than the young player. Another youngster ought to have received recognition, the Premiership isn't solely about one player, no matter how good they are.