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Luque will be able to copy and paste that for his press when he leaves.

Exceot when given the chance, Macarone actually did something.

Where do we think he'll be playing next season? I've a feeling we'll only see him at SJP once........

Havent played Football Manager?

Ah, yes. FM2007. The source of "factual" information for quite a few people on here.

Apaprently if we'd played Chopra and Luque together we'd have won the CL within 2 years.....

And Maccarone is probably the reason McClaren got the England job. (by scoring late winners in the UEFA cup)

 

McClaren is one of the most overrated managers I have ever seen. (No better than Souness or Roeder) Glad Shearer turned down the chance to work for him.

All on about a par for me. Not Premiershiop managers, and fucking definately NOT England quality.

Its his teeth that get me, as well. Frightening.

Solano is not only our best RB, he's our best fullback.

Having not seen the new loanee play, ever, i can only say with any confidence that we only have 2 premiership quality defenders.

You're full of shit mate.

 

Bad peformence today,but its the result that matters..

 

My Ratings:

 

Harper 8- Kept us in it with a couple of fantastic saves from Carew and Young,Didnt miss Given today

 

Huntington 6-lacked conentration,Average peformence

 

Bramble 7- Good game,looked Solid,would still try Gooch over him

 

Taylor 7-Our best defender today

 

Carr 6- Poor

 

Carr and Huntington both got sixes, yet you've worded it that Hunty's performance was actually better than Carr's?

 

Parker 7- Good peformence,not as solid as he used to be

 

Butt 6- Played well but got injured in the first half

 

Milner 8- MOTM,a quick goal and an assist and a very good peformence throw out the match

 

Duff 7- Was poor the whole 90 min,but he played a huge part in the Sibreski goal

 

Martins 7- Still can't understand why he was chosen as the sponsers MOTM,didnt have the best of games today

 

Didn't have the best of games, yet gets a seven?

 

Dyer 7-Well taken header for the goal,didnt do alot besides that

 

Subs:

 

Sibreski 7- Nice touchs,glad to see him score like he said he will do  8)

 

 

Overall team peformence 7 Team performance a seven, yet you say previously that it was a 'bad performance'...?

 

Total tripe, mate.

 

7= Average/not good yet not bad

 

Fixed carr's,was going to give him a 5,my bad

7 is average?? Qhats the top score then, 14??? 

Shola isnt half as bad as people make out!

No, you're right, he's WORSE than some admit.

Wow, im delighted with this news, Onyewu will bring soo much to our team, height, strength, composure, creativity, youth, and a very very long throw in.

How much have you seen this boy play then?

It will be said, so might as well get it out of the way.

 

"Horrible news, Shola should never ever play for us again" x1000

 

"Pointless news, Owen will be useless coming back from injury anyway." x1000

 

Three cheers for the optimism of the Toon Army

 

leave off shola you fannypack

 

People will, as soon as he's fucked off to a club he should be playing at - i.e. a Championship one.

 

Straight swap for Chopra! 

Good call. Replacing big tall shite, with little tiny shite.

Keefaz, as long as heading the ball is permitted, big, tall, physically intimidating central defenders like Gooch are going to be highly valued. He's almost impossible to win a header off of and will go a long way towards shoring up our central defense and clearing out all those crosses that our defenders usually muck up and let bounce around our box. And while his technique isn't terrific, he is not on of those defenders who panics with the ball at his feet and just hoofs it up the pitch. Think of him as someone who with a year or so of good coaching will become as good as Rio Ferdinand or Sol Campbell were in their primes. That's how promising he is.

 

Ah yes but this is our coaching staff.

 

So you're saying Pearson is over-rated? 

 

I didn't know he was rated at all, never mind over-rated.

 

Was he not tipped to take over the U21's?  I, like you, have no clue, but others around here

seem to think he's a genius. 

 

Tipped by who, the Chronicle?

 

The FA clearly went nowhere near him.

 

Nowhere near him in the sense that he's now England's U-21 assistant manager?

 

I would have said that's quite close personally.

Is he really?? Fuck me. Not literally. Thats a surprise. And not a particularly good one, to be honest.

You think he's a good assistant manager for us? time will tell, but i don't have a lot of faith in anyone Roeder brings in.

It will be said, so might as well get it out of the way.

 

"Horrible news, Shola should never ever play for us again" x1000

 

"Pointless news, Owen will be useless coming back from injury anyway." x1000

 

Three cheers for the optimism of the Toon Army

 

leave off shola you fannypack

People will, as soon as he's fucked off to a club he should be playing at - i.e. a Championship one.

Owen

Martins

Sibierski

New Players

in that order.

Not good enough: Ameobi

Not strikers. Ever: Milner, Dire, Duff.

Keefaz, as long as heading the ball is permitted, big, tall, physically intimidating central defenders like Gooch are going to be highly valued. He's almost impossible to win a header off of and will go a long way towards shoring up our central defense and clearing out all those crosses that our defenders usually muck up and let bounce around our box. And while his technique isn't terrific, he is not on of those defenders who panics with the ball at his feet and just hoofs it up the pitch. Think of him as someone who with a year or so of good coaching will become as good as Rio Ferdinand or Sol Campbell were in their primes. That's how promising he is.

 

Ah yes but this is our coaching staff.

 

So you're saying Pearson is over-rated? 

 

I didn't know he was rated at all, never mind over-rated.

 

Was he not tipped to take over the U21's?  I, like you, have no clue, but others around here

seem to think he's a genius. 

Tipped by who, the Chronicle?

The FA clearly went nowhere near him.

Some people on here think Luque is world class. You do the math, as the Americans probably don't say as much as i like to think they do.

He's the best centre half we currently have at the club.

 

Scary, but true.

Disagree. I think Taylor is a good centre half.

Keefaz, as long as heading the ball is permitted, big, tall, physically intimidating central defenders like Gooch are going to be highly valued. He's almost impossible to win a header off of and will go a long way towards shoring up our central defense and clearing out all those crosses that our defenders usually muck up and let bounce around our box. And while his technique isn't terrific, he is not on of those defenders who panics with the ball at his feet and just hoofs it up the pitch. Think of him as someone who with a year or so of good coaching will become as good as Rio Ferdinand or Sol Campbell were in their primes. That's how promising he is.

 

Ah yes but this is our coaching staff.

 

So you're saying Pearson is over-rated? 

I didn't know he was rated at all, never mind over-rated.

Very good news!!

 

Our choice of strikers then Owen, Martins, Dyer, Ameobi, Le sib we also have Duff and Milner who can play up  there too if needs be.

 

We just need a LB desperately now and a CB if a really good one is actually available.

 

Pav

Krul

Harper

Given

 

Car?        Moore                                    Bernard

Edgar    Ramage Bramble ?                  Baba

Nobby   Taylor   NewCB/Hunty/ Edgar  New LB

 

Troisi              Pattison?      Zoggy     O'brien

Milner/Dyer    Parker/Butt   Emre      Duff/Zoggy

 

                    Shola            Le Sib

                    Dyer              Martins

                    Owen

Good squad if we get at least one really top quality LB!

so 2 decent strikers. Thats brilliant.

If we are relying on Ameobi in the first team, we are totally fucked.

If Roeder seriously thinks Ameobiis good enough, he's a bigger fool than i thought.

We have some top quality players in depth in our midfield, i'd stick with Parker and Emre personally, Parker in a defensive role and Emre more forward creating.

 

 

Dyer   Parker   Emre   Duff     When we get Owen back i'd start with these four (untill then its Dyer and Martins up top imo and Milner on the RW) and if anyone's not up to it we have Butt and Zoggy too!

No crosses from the right, then.

I've seen Babel play a couple of times in the flesh and a lot on TV and as far as I'm concerned he's the real deal. He's strong, he's quick and he's got stacks of skills. He scored a number of magnificent individual goals in the last few seasons and gets the odd tap in as well.

 

At Ajax they have an addiction to 4-3-3 which means Babel ends up playing on the left wing trying to provide service to Huntelaar in the middle. To these English eyes Babel has the build and mentality to be an out an out striker, the kind of number 9 the Dutch don't like to produce (even Van Nisterlrooy has always said he wanted to be a number 10 like Bergkamp/Cryuff), and looks wasted on the wing.

 

Bearing in mind that he's only 20 I'd suggest that he's not going to be quite in the Martins class the moment we sign him, but he'll certainly be able to do a job up front. Within a few years if he develops well he could easily be a regular 20 goals a season player.

 

Sadly I can't support this move as my wife (Ajax fan) will never forgive me. Especially if we give them Luque.

What class do you think Martins is in, exactly?

Jet-lagged 

Does anyone actually KNOW how good this fella is, or are we all going of FM2007 and sketchy internet reports?

I've seeen him for the US a couple of times but that's it.

And you'd love it to be true?

I remember seeing Marcelino once in Europe. He looked ace.

And we've all seen the "Luque is world class" showreel.

I just worry about this sort of thing. We've been burnt too often before, and i have zero faith in Roeders ability.

Disgrace if he doesn't play for us before that date.

 

you WANT him to play for us??

Better than a few of our other defenders.

Doubtful, i reckon. He's maybe as good a defender as Ramage, and about as consistent. But slower.

Does anyone actually KNOW how good this fella is, or are we all going of FM2007 and sketchy internet reports?

Disgrace if he doesn't play for us before that date.

you WANT him to play for us??

We always knew he'd be a decent-to-good Championship player. That's his level.

 

He got a premiership recored tbh.. 

 

I wouldve kept him with us,at least he is better then Ameobi and Rossi..

 

 

Any c**t woudl be better than that pile of shite Ameobi. And Rossi? He'll be a good player in a few years. Us getting him when we did, then not using him properly, just highlighted what an idiot Roeder is.

 

Can't agree more..

chopra is not and will never be a prtemiership quality forward.

 

Huh? Neither of them were saying he was.

if he's not a prem player why was roeder an idiot for letting him go

You didn't really read that one through, did you.

He's one of many players we could have got who are in the "better than Ameobi, but still not really good enough beyond a season or so" bracket.