James

Why do you think that? Why can't we bring him on any further? He's 21 for crying out loud and has already shown a lot of potential. Bramble, on the other hand, will always be Bramble. I seriously hope i'm gonna get whooshed here, but i swear you're mixing Taylor up with Ramage. Taylor loses his man rather alot due to ball watching, and doesn't seem to be able to sort it out. That is why we have signed Gooch, and why we are playing him alongside Bramble. taylor would, should and must be number one choice CB once we get full backs worthy of the shirt, anything less and we deserve everything we get name me a better prospect, ENGLISH prospect, for his position at his age...please Curtis Davies, Micah Richards (whose natural position is centre back) right now, and David Edgar will be better by the time he reaches Taylor's age (yes, I know he is Canadian, but I dont get all this English s***). Another centre back that is better is Daniel Agger. Taylor is a good 6th to 16th placed club Premiership defender, but no more, and right now, he is only the third best centre back at the club if you look at both current ability and how the players gel together as a unit. At £7.5m+ we could buy an improvement on him. a) curtis davies has never played consistently and therefore been proven at the highest level b) micah richards is 3 years younger than him and to my knowledge has played primarily at right back and is actually considered a long term prospect for defensive midfield c) edgar has played a handfull of games and looks a good prospect agreed, but you can hardly suggest he's currently to be considered a better prospect than taylor d) agger is obviously not english, but is decent, agreed....albeit even he hasn't convinced for liverpool if you talk to their fans and this is his first full season at the club, a long way to go then.... e) who could we buy for 7.5m, at the same age, who is PROVEN to be better than him then? a) Davies consistently played well in the Premiership last season in a side that got relegated, and still plays consistently for the U21s. He also plays more U21 games than Taylor. b) Richards is versatile enough to play in many positions, but he will be a great player whereever he plays, so that makes him a better centre back. c) During his short stint at centre back, Edgar looked more composed and better in the air than Taylor ever has d) Agger has displaced Hyypia, and fans now like him afterhe had had a dissappointing start to his Liverpool career. Given Liverpool's good defensive record, he must be doing quite well. e) Age is irrelevant. Taylor is unlikely to get much better. Players do not significantly improve while at Newcastle United. I'm sure there are over 20 centre backs with more current ability than Taylor who would cost less than the bid I would accept from Chelsea. Taylor is a good player, but he is replaceable. Curtis Davies is one example of a same age player proven to be better. All just talk though, as there is no way that Chelsea are interested. Taylor is good, but not that good. Davies doesn't play more U21 games than Taylor, he has 3 caps Taylor has 14(and 3 goals). The last time Davies played he looked like Bramlbe at his worst, did you see the Spain game? It was a disaster for him. More caps perhaps, but that is because Taylor emerged a couple of years before Davies.

WHY?? If you read the next sentence, I have thoroughly explained that statement. Have you bollocks. It's an excuse for a reason. 'Players don't improve at Newcastle'. Load of shit, mate. You don't need a reason you just want to write him off and write the club off. Have I written the player or the club off? no I haven't. In fact, it is the job of a supporter to be vocal about how the club is run. Taylor is a good player, and has my support, but to reject a bid above a certain level is bad business, and I have to be realistic about the ability of our own playing staff, and when a chance arises to improve the club through good business, it is my duty to put all sentiment aside, and support what would in the long run improve our football club. If you cant do that, you are quite a bad fan for the club to have. Again, by pointing out that no player improves significantly at Newcastle, I am doing my club a favour, and I am doing Steven Taylor a favour, as if enough fans were to read this and agree with the points I'm making, there would perhaps be more pressure on the club to improve the management and coaching. Criticism is an important part of supporting a club. If people wont criticise bad management/bad business, then the club will never win anything. Incidentally, can anyone name a player who has improved (not regained form, actually improved) since Dalglish became manager?

WHY?? If you read the next sentence, I have thoroughly explained that statement.

Why do you think that? Why can't we bring him on any further? He's 21 for crying out loud and has already shown a lot of potential. Bramble, on the other hand, will always be Bramble. I seriously hope i'm gonna get whooshed here, but i swear you're mixing Taylor up with Ramage. Taylor loses his man rather alot due to ball watching, and doesn't seem to be able to sort it out. That is why we have signed Gooch, and why we are playing him alongside Bramble. taylor would, should and must be number one choice CB once we get full backs worthy of the shirt, anything less and we deserve everything we get name me a better prospect, ENGLISH prospect, for his position at his age...please Curtis Davies, Micah Richards (whose natural position is centre back) right now, and David Edgar will be better by the time he reaches Taylor's age (yes, I know he is Canadian, but I dont get all this English s***). Another centre back that is better is Daniel Agger. Taylor is a good 6th to 16th placed club Premiership defender, but no more, and right now, he is only the third best centre back at the club if you look at both current ability and how the players gel together as a unit. At £7.5m+ we could buy an improvement on him. a) curtis davies has never played consistently and therefore been proven at the highest level b) micah richards is 3 years younger than him and to my knowledge has played primarily at right back and is actually considered a long term prospect for defensive midfield c) edgar has played a handfull of games and looks a good prospect agreed, but you can hardly suggest he's currently to be considered a better prospect than taylor d) agger is obviously not english, but is decent, agreed....albeit even he hasn't convinced for liverpool if you talk to their fans and this is his first full season at the club, a long way to go then.... e) who could we buy for 7.5m, at the same age, who is PROVEN to be better than him then? a) Davies consistently played well in the Premiership last season in a side that got relegated, and still plays consistently for the U21s. He also plays more U21 games than Taylor. b) Richards is versatile enough to play in many positions, but he will be a great player whereever he plays, so that makes him a better centre back. c) During his short stint at centre back, Edgar looked more composed and better in the air than Taylor ever has d) Agger has displaced Hyypia, and fans now like him afterhe had had a dissappointing start to his Liverpool career. Given Liverpool's good defensive record, he must be doing quite well. e) Age is irrelevant. Taylor is unlikely to get much better. Players do not significantly improve while at Newcastle United. I'm sure there are over 20 centre backs with more current ability than Taylor who would cost less than the bid I would accept from Chelsea. Taylor is a good player, but he is replaceable. Curtis Davies is one example of a same age player proven to be better. All just talk though, as there is no way that Chelsea are interested. Taylor is good, but not that good.

Why do you think that? Why can't we bring him on any further? He's 21 for crying out loud and has already shown a lot of potential. Bramble, on the other hand, will always be Bramble. I seriously hope i'm gonna get whooshed here, but i swear you're mixing Taylor up with Ramage. Taylor loses his man rather alot due to ball watching, and doesn't seem to be able to sort it out. That is why we have signed Gooch, and why we are playing him alongside Bramble. taylor would, should and must be number one choice CB once we get full backs worthy of the shirt, anything less and we deserve everything we get name me a better prospect, ENGLISH prospect, for his position at his age...please Curtis Davies, Micah Richards (whose natural position is centre back) right now, and David Edgar will be better by the time he reaches Taylor's age (yes, I know he is Canadian, but I dont get all this English shit). Another centre back that is better is Daniel Agger. Taylor is a good 6th to 16th placed club Premiership defender, but no more, and right now, he is only the third best centre back at the club if you look at both current ability and how the players gel together as a unit. At £7.5m+ we could buy an improvement on him.

Why do you think that? Why can't we bring him on any further? He's 21 for crying out loud and has already shown a lot of potential. Bramble, on the other hand, will always be Bramble. I seriously hope i'm gonna get whooshed here, but i swear you're mixing Taylor up with Ramage. Taylor loses his man rather alot due to ball watching, and doesn't seem to be able to sort it out. That is why we have signed Gooch, and why we are playing him alongside Bramble.

Taylor isn't brilliant, especially at set pieces, and I dont think we could bring him on any further. Bramble is better. He's worth £5-6m considering his current age and ability though, so if Chelsea were to offer £7.5m+, I'd take it if I knew that the money was going to go straight back into the defence.

I think that is a good and fair deal for Leeds, and a bit ofa risk for us, but suggests we still have money to spend.

Would still agree with many of my comments, although I'd say he scores a few more, and creates a bit less, which is neither a good or bad thing. Still need another striker to take the burden off him with though.

http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/chroniclesport/tm_headline=boot-camp%26method=full%26objectid=18734567%26siteid=50081-name_page.html Good to see Shepherd say no to a seven-figure sum in favour of some decent preparation.

With Owen, Martins, Zoggy/Duff, Milner/Dyer looking to get behind a deep defence, we need a player who can exploit the large gap between defence and midfield. Martins can do that by dropping deep maybe, but it would also help if we had a central midfielder who could shoot from distance. I'd like to see Parker partnered by Pedro Mendes in the middle.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/03/10/sfnsve10.xml Interesting news there. Cant really see who it could be though. Possibly some agreement may have been made with West Ham, but things have probably changed since then. Otherwise, Chelsea perhaps? or perhaps the new Liverpool owners don't like Benitez.

Would laugh if it was Bayern, Manyoo, Liverpool and Chelsea in the semis, and Hitzfeld goes and stuffs shit down Freddy's throat by beating two top Premiership clubs on the way to Champions League glory.

Load of nonsense, stop trying to turn it into something its not.

He's always been excellent in the last few months of the season. However, for some reason, at the start of each new season, he's overweight and playing appallingly. He really needs to slow down during his holidays. Usually he just surrounds himself with his Ipswich friends, and messes around, inevitably getting on the front pages. Realistically, if he is ever going to be good for us all season, he needs to get some new friends.

I actually think that Butt and Parker are starting to gel together. It gives us a bit of backbone, and more possession, but we rely on our wingers and strikers to create all the chances. Last night, with Sibierski coming deep, and both Duff and Dyer roaming at times, we were very creative.

I've been keeping count - check my sig.

Even though we conceded two away goals, it is still ours to lose. The defence, like the rest of the team were outstanding tonight against an outstanding team. Their first goal was undefendable, the second was just one of those bad pieces of luck. Player ratings: Given 8 Solano 9 Bramble 9 Taylor 7 Carr 7 Dyer 8 Parker 9 Butt 8 Duff 8 Sibierski 8 Martins 9

It's going to be presented by Pele, who will be taking on Pavel Srnicek in a penalty shootout at half time.

Cornish pasty and hulahoops.

He is again basically saying that we have the ability to be successful, but we aren't there yet. He knows that if he wants to manage in England, he would have to go to a club like Newcastle United. He is preparing himself for that eventuality.

This guys been quite vocal about our club and our tradition, and his experiences with the club, even talking at length to .cock about it. He obviously has deep knowledge and deep respect for Newcastle United. If I didn't know better, I'd say that hes gone and put himself in the shop window, so that people inside our own club ie Shepherd will put him at the top of the list of possible foreign managers if Roeder was to depart sometime in the near future.

hes pretty damn good on Football Manager tbh! I reckon we should make a sneaky bid for Ibrahim Bakayoko while we're at it too. Now there is a Championship Manager 97/98 legend. Made up this song about him I used to sing when he scored.

Though actually, looking at it again, it might be Scott Parker.

Owen is training with the players. .cock accidentally putout a picture of the back of his head during yesterdays training session.