James

Galaxy didn't pay for Beckham, the MLS did. If the league want Beckham to play so badly, they could easily reschedule their matches around Beckham.

Galaxy have no say due to FIFA rulings surely?

1. Improved set-pieces This has been a bug bear the last couple of seasons in that we often just waste them. We need to get players behind the ball that can issue a good delivery, and we need to organise everyone such that playersare in the right positions to receive the ball. Make the opposition scared to foul you, suchthat they make mistakes. By improving set pieces, we will also learn how to defend against them. We may have to splash out on someone here, and probably the role I'd pay £10m+ for rather than in other positions. 2. Get Steven Taylor more involved in the final third Looking at Taylor for the under-21's and Newcastle, it is clear that if you get Taylor on the ball in the eighteen yard box, he will hit the target with head or feet. I'd say that John Terry is more important for Chelsea because of his goalscoring ability rather than his defensive ability which in my opinion could have been bettered with Chelsea's billions. Taylor could become a very effective 'extra striker' at set pieces, if we solve point 1, and this could lead to a huge points increase. 3. Attack when we are defending corners. They say that the best form of attack is defence. Unless they are ahead, Chelsea do not pile their whole team into defending corners. That just lets the opposition come at you. Instead, they leave three players further forward, and the opposition generally keep 4 back. That means that there are less playersto attack you, and more players to attack them. With the pace of Martins, Dyer, and Owen, we could recreate the Chelsea fear factor.

I'm slightly bewildered by the fact that there is nothing on nufc.co.uk about this at all. I know this wont mean a hitch or anything mind. I suspect that Craig Hope isn't allowed to mention board room stories that haven't been written in person by those high up. Either there is no-one around to tell Hope what to do, or we can expect a more detailed announcement later.

The legendary Rangers central midfielder you mean? Anyway.....Whooooooooosh!

I am really dissapointed with this signing to be honest, I think we could do so much better by getting someone like Gattusso. Seriously, I'm really looking forward to seeing Allardyce working with a collection of high quality players.

Within five years, we'll be the best team in the world for at least ten years. We are not the new Chelsea, we are the new Barcelona.

Really guys, I was just reacting to: a) requests to lock that thread b) comments that the 110 pager was inaccessible and unfollowable c) The fact that 31 people had posted in the new thread as oppossed to 5 in the other since the new thread began. It really wouldn't be difficult to reply to anything in the other thread, just open a new window on your web browser, and paste it onto here. As I see it, this thread is slow because there are some big transferstories going on, and now Shepherd has sold, there isn't much to speculate about.

Anything before 2pm is England. Beckham. England. England. Beckham. Beckham. Beckham. McClaren. Posh Spice. Owen. Crouch. England. England. Terry Venables. England. England. Beckham. Beckham. Owen. Crouch. Rooney. Beckham. Beckham. England.

Ben Haim said: "Please can you make those mongs on Newcastle Online stop calling me Haim, that is not my name!"

Shit

http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/chroniclesport/tm_headline=united-made-me-fell-wanted%26method=full%26objectid=19254417%26siteid=50081-name_page.html

Seriously? Where's this like? Quotes in the Chronicle, let me dig them up...

He is still better than what we have already got.

The cynic in me tells me that no transfer will be completed today, as we wont want to be overshadowed by England.

Your grandma is ITK? http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2163/jun22005trueliesws8.jpg :lol:

Doubt it £70k - that is the usual explanation London press give for someone rejecting someone else to come here.

Pretty much seen that on certain occassions, and although I've imagined thedropping bit, the fining definitely happenned. Also seems though that there were players who Allardyce trusted with this ability, so it may not be too much of an issue.

I definitely have heard Allardyce say several times after a wonder goal that if the player had missed, they'd get punished.

Cantget a good right back for £3m without a very competent foreign scouting network.

...yeah but you have to choose. That basically means keep them all for their various options, but Martins is themost expendable of the three.

At Allardyce's Bolton, shoot from distance in open play, and miss, and you were out of the team, given the reduction in goalscoring probability when further out. Can we expect the same at Newcastle, or do you think Allardyce will give a free rein to those players with talent?

I see Owen as our Shearer, Viduka as our Ferdinand, and Martins as our Asprilla.

Probably found out that there wont be a press conference, so Jim White will be calling on all mongs to flock at St. James Park to protest against such a travesty.

I think Allardyce is being way too quick about this. He needs to watch Rozenhal play more games, and while he's at it, check out Feyenoord's Dirk Kuyt.