CaliMag

Not sure why you think its funny - He loves that system and relies heavily upon it to tell him who is performing and who is not. He uses it as an aid but im sure he doesn't use it directly to tell him who to pick each game Right. Its still an aid that he relies heavily upon - along with exhaustive fitness tests/ psychometric testing. My point was that he uses mechanical aids to justify who plays and who gets dropped. In the interviews I have read he seems to defer to them as opposed to use them soley for his own justification (like most managers would/do).

Not sure why you think its funny - He loves that system and relies heavily upon it to tell him who is performing and who is not.

I feel pretty nuetral about this appointment. I mostly think of the negatives of this appointment but there is one saving grace for Big Sam that I am clutching desperately at: Big Sam relies heavily on his ProZone system. In one respect its cowardice to rely on a mechanical measurement to say if players will start or not, but it also has given Allardyce the courage to drop players who are not performing. I am extremly confident that if ProZone is used at NUFC then Stephen Carr will never play a game again for us. I would say the biggest weaknesses of KK and SBR were their blue chip brigade. No matter how poorly Bez played (costing us games say at Anfield) and how well Elliot did at the time, Bez would start because he was one of the lads. SBR had a similar situation with Dyer who would start no matter how poorly he played or petulent he would behave (I think its possible Dyer is SBR's illigitimate son - Dyer was born in Ipswich the same year SBR won the UEFA Cup for them). Anyway Big Sam does nto have this weakness... he has a very dispassionate character when it comes to team selection and by simply playing our best players in their best positions we may yet achieve success.

Sam Allardyce will want to bring Speed in if possible. If he doesn't then it would entirely down to the fact that SA does not think Speed is good enough. I am thinking Speed will be offered the same position here though = First team coach and captain. That would suit me just fine personally. Also I would be pleased to see "lack of effort Duff" stripped of 11 so that it went beack to its rightful owner.

I totally agree. Especially with Klinsman - he would require NUFC to spend all of their off-season training in Southern California which would suit me fine. Both Sven and Big Sam have serious deficientcies. Between those two I would choose Big Sam just.

gutted tbh would rather any other team in the premiership won it.

All the best luck in the future Glenn. He couldn't do the job ... but then I am not sure who can. He is leaving us in better shape then Souness - so there is an improvement there. Didn't spend as much money and got us into Europe. Also he didn't hold out for compensation like Souness. In my mind he is still the second best manager we have had post-KK so I see no reason to berate him to the degree many on here have chosen to.

Not necessarily. In some countries it is illegal to advertise for alcohol at sporting events (I think France is one) so there have been ocassions where a new sponsor is made specifically for an away game there or no sponsor at all.

I still don't understand some of the dislike of Niall and Biffa. Just like Alex said about the Hitzfield campaign - you can't not participate or support it but at least it was an effort to try to do something. Niall & Biffa put in loads of effort into that site and if you disagree with it then read something else. Seems simple to me. Why slate them? Also some of the comments re: Roeder on here are becoming over the top. Roeder is not a great manager but he is better than Souness (and I was opposed to appointing him full time). He is a small improvement... the trick is to keep improving. Not sure of Big Sam.

For the record - my title is by far the most likely.

European GLORY Returns! 2006-2007 The Intertoto Cup Winning Season

I have thought about this as well. As far as I can work out the only way for this to happen would be an abandonment due to the behaviour of the players or fans resulting in the UEFA not awarding the trophy... I am thinking this is not very likely.

No you didn't. And for the record we have always been at war with Oceana.

I suppose that is the best we could hope for.

Steady on mate... you start talking about the glory days --> then we start talking about the Board --> and then this will be the #587 thread hijacked by NE5. Stay on subject.

I agree on both points. And all these people blathering on about how Liverpool - Man U would be the dream CL final should possibly remember that all that does is make the gap even wider. A deluded minority - please ignore them. FYI- Wullie is the authority on this subject.

God this sucks... no joy can come from this match unless it goes to pennos and both teams lose 5 players due to injury. I find myself mildly hoping Milan win this... and then pangs of guilt follow.

I could see any of them having a catastrophic event ending them. It could be ManU When Fergie retires they are f*cked. The Glazers don't know what the're doing, it'll be strapped with debt, the academy is nowhere near as good as say Liverpool or Arsenal (ManU's has been in decline for a while) and Quiroz has already shown that he hasn't a clue how to make it work at Real. ... on the other hand. One car bomb in Moscow could be the end of Chelsea. I can't see Roman's lifespan being very long personally.

I am completely comfortable with my bitterness though...

Dyer and Titus certainly both support Ipswich.

Nobby supports a team called "the Sport Boys" that is attached to the local University where he grew up... and no I am not taking the p!ss. Many teams in Latin America have silly english names like this.

Chelsea for the quadruple so we never have to hear about it again.

:lol: Stevie ... there seems to be one large English group missing from your list... care to share?

blueyes.gif I would choose Nobby over all of those lot. He actually understands the game - added bonus of him taking the majority of free kicks. My biggest gripe with most captains (like the David Beckham England fiasco as a good example) is that they were chosen because they are the most skilled or valuable asset to the team. Bullox - they need to be able to understand the game and be able to both play well (not necessarily the best) and watch how everyone else is doing and adjust those around them to make the team better during the course fo the game. I believe Nobby is one of the very few players we have that can do this and with him at RB even more so.

Congratulations everyone!