Leazes1986

Hopefully it wont come down to the last day. With our fixtures and Hull's fixtures where it wouldnt be surprising if they don't get another point this season (certainly no more than 1 or 2 imo) we should be looking to going into the last game of the season safe even if its just by goal difference.

Martins is much more of a threat than Owen playing further up stretching teams with his pace, and Owen is a lot more intelligent than Martins with his runs from deep so its a no brainer really

Edgar in the team ahead of R.Taylor wouldn't make sense to me either. Taylor has been shite since he came, but if S.Taylor is out and Colo isnt playing then it has to be R.Taylor at right back with Beye at centre back for me. Edgar had a canny game at Stoke but there was a reason he was playing that game and that was because of the team we were up against. Beye is a better centre back than Edgar, and R.Taylor is a better player than Edgar.

This I would say the same formation, with one exception. I think the formation should have Owen and Viduka swapped. Owen has been Mr Nobody when he's dropped back to help in midfield, yet Viduka's whole game these days is about getting possession, holding the ball for a bit and then feeding players making forward movement. So I'd put Viduka in that central forward role to act as a target man, to get the ball, hold it at his feet, allow Martins and Owen to make runs in to the box, and then passing it to Owen's or Martin's feet. So this for me: Harper Beye Colocinni Bassong Enrique Guthrie Barton Jonas Viduka Martins Owen On paper that is a top 10 team easily.

Guthrie must start, and obviously Barton is he's capable of starting.

I've got NUFC down my forearm

-----------Harper---------- Beye---Colo----Bassong----Duff R.Taylor--Butt---Nolan-----Jonas ---------Owen---Carroll/Martins--- Its possible

Duff at left back?

Nobody think them two Monday home matches being on a night might help the atmosphere a bit with some people being on the drink for longer than they would on a Saturday, which might in turn spill over onto the pitch?

They know nowt.

the problem is though both Raylor and Nolan were obtained to improve the team and imho they are not contributing at all ,they just clog up a midfield who run around like headless chickens with absolutely no creation or ability . They haven't contributed much at all that is true. You've already said the problem there though, they were bought to make a difference to a poor team but they don't have anything special about them to do that. Taylor is exactly the sort of player we should be signing to be cheap backup and he is the sort of signing we should be making before the season starts to bulk the squad up. You are in real trouble if you are signing these sort of players to make the difference to your team though. Because of what he's done in the past, Nolan clearly is a player who you would look at to make a difference (score goals for a start) but when was the last time he had a good season and scored a decent amount of goals? He's clearly overweight and he has no legs.

Taylor is decent but no more. He had a stinker on Saturday but he is a handy player to have in your squad (not as a regular though). He's a player who would slot into a good team nicely and do a decent job usually providing sound passing and a bit of composure. In other words, put him in the SBR team and at right back and he wouldn't have half looked a decent player at right back in a good team. He doesn't have anything outstanding about him to warrant being an important part of the team. I would imagine he is on a fairly lowish wage (maybe £25,000?), and he is not one of the teams problems. Its the huge earners who are meant to be the players capable of making the difference who are making this club rot on the pitch.

This is a game where we could really do with some height and strength in midfield. If we get the points it won't be because we outbattled them, we will have to go out and outplay them with attack the best form of defence.

Fucking rubbish We don't have a permanent manager, we don't know what division we will be in, and the poisoned dwarf is dead.

Aye, with Barton and Guthrie in the middle, not only would we be a lot more solid, but we'd see a lot better product from Jonas and Owen especially. Not so much Martins because he's usually the creator of his own wonder strikes but Owen can still make a perfect run if he's got someone who can pick a pass out no doubt about it.

He's quick, not lightning quick but he's definitely quick. Duff would still be a good player if he had the pace of him.

I say keep him whatever league we are in. Very handy player.

I dodn't realise we paid closer to £20m for him. Didn't get a very good deal after all then

Wasn't it around £15.6m?

Imagine him in Bobby Robsons team of 01-04 partnering Nobby down the right and playing next to Woodgate in defence with Bernard down the left.

Very leggy

Got us 3 points against Everton & Spurs which has given us a sniff of still staying up at least. I don't buy that though because for all of the games he's played where he's contributed or produced fuck all, we might have had someone else playing in his place who might have created and scored more given the chance.

I actually have a funny feeling that Beye might stay with us even if we are relegated. Most of them will be off as quick as they can get out of the door but I could see him giving up a season in the Championship given his age and how much he seems to love playing for us. I could be wrong like.

I know him, he used to go to my school and I used to play football with him. Went to a couple of away matches with him years ago as well. Was actually drinking with him before the Sunderland match, he's a good lad and a massive fan.

Do some people not realise that Ryan Taylor is actually a right back? Thats his favoured position. I think Beye would do a very good job in the middle actually. If he does end up playing there and does a good job then i wouldn't hesitate to keep him there for the rest of the season alongisde Bassong (if fit) and put S.Taylor or R.Taylor at right back. It might sound stupid putting S.Taylor at right back when you've got Beye in the middle but we've seen many times before how Taylors errors can cost us when he's in the middle. He is decent making runs foward though and I quitel ike the look of him at right back. I reckon Beye and Bassong would be very solid in the middle and we would have more pace than we would with Colo. I haven't given up on Colo but he is making some horrible decisios at the minute and he's totally of form.