Northern Monkey

Out of curiousity, which managers would you be happy with? Not defending anyone or anything here, I'm just genuinely interested in your opinion. I'd be happy with a GOOD manager. One who showed he coudl take us forward. It takes no more than a few months to illustrate that you have the plan and the ability to do that - reference Souness, Roeder, Allardyce, 3 in a row who completely failed to do so. Soemoen of the quality of Ramos, yes. Redknapp-quality, no.

and getting behind a manager who won't bring success is EXACTLY what helps, yes? Hwo can Spurs get Ramos, and we have to settle for fucking Redknapp??

Agreed Good manager, knows the premiership, loves attacking football. A more solid bet than any johnny foreigner What a load of shit. Absolute cobblers. Well done for spinning this shambles until its a GOOD managerial appointment. Jesus. Good job we don't want actual success, isn't it. Still, if he's our manager, he suddenly becoems ace, doesn't he. Same as the last few did to some cretins, same as some of the shite players do, just by wearing black and white. And THAT attitude, more than any pressure from fans, that stops us from being a genuinely big club, and keeps us from achieving the success we crave.

I thought Ashley was better than this, to be honest. The ridiculous "done well with no money, deserves a big club' is a fallacy spread by idiot journalists who kiss their mates' arses for them on a regualr basis. I really don;t want Redknapp - i was really looking forward to the future, to getting a really good manager in, and being one of the fans happliy giving him time to turn his vision into a successful future for us. As it is, if we get fucking Redknapp, no doubt he will suddenly becoem a world class manager, all the sleaze allegations will go away, and anyone who DARES question him will be called less of a fan - because we, as NUFC fans, are fucking idiots. Redknapp coming in will be the emperors new clothes - many of us will realise its wrong, but we won't be allowed to say. Fucking hell.

The current owner/board did not employ the manager. The manager wasted a lot of money very eraly, and showed very, very little competence. Surely best to get rid, get a decent manager in NOW, let them have the rest of the season to review the squad, plan (with the owner etc) the strategy for the next few years, and then, when he has shown he HAS a plan (unliek the previous few managers, who showed they DIDN'T), the new man shoudl get our full support and the time he needs.

Yeah, we wouldn't want a decent manager would we. We should have kept Allardyce. He miught have been shite - well, he WAS shite - but at least he was managing a club that was clearly beneath us, eh. Good riddance to a bad manager, for me. And to those who were haroing on about our best start to the season, etc - what a load of shite. Any difference was marginal, and the waste of money on shite like Smith and Geremi was criminal. Fuck off Allardyce - oh, you have. Good.

Hahahahahaahahahahahaa!! Comedy gold.

Very defeatist and highly dissapointing contribution. They won't all be 25m pound players will they? You don't think we have a right to compete fair enough. ....and no HP Roeder wasn't the answer. Sam spent £25m on 9 players. Going on his success rate so far, he'll be able to spend £100m on about 36 players, of whom 8 will be good enough for the top 6. So we MIGHT, just MIGHT, have a first team able to get us up there......just need the manager, and we're laughing. You said we could be above Arsenal , and battling for 4th this season. Now you think we need to spend £100m to compete. Make your mind up.

£25m on 9 players, only two of whom are good, would seem to reduce the chances of that....

Alan Smith.... hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

He's shit upfront as well, in fairness, HTL.

He acts liek a c***, he gets called a c***. Seems fair to me. PS - not "think" - he's CLEARLY not very good. i personally dont think you're a good poster but i refrain from calling you such words. grow up, eh? "such words" Some people use "such words", some don't. Get over it. You know he's shit, but you dug yourself in and now you can't admit it.

Taylor played well. Faye played ok (as a 5 - the MIDDLE score out of 10, showed), but he made a few ricks. Maybe shoudl have bene a 6, btu i'm not feeling very charitable this morning (apart from to Viduka, clearly).

He acts liek a cunt, he gets called a cunt. Seems fair to me. PS - not "think" - he's CLEARLY not very good.

Santini left because his wife was unwell. Perrin had a win ratio under 20%. Le Guen had Rangers' worst start in 30 years. Allardyce still has us higher than last year and in the cup. I think that's why the papers advocate patience. Because he deserves it more. hahahahaahahahaha!!! get to fuck. Higher in the league than last year?? Fucking brilliant, that. Well done Sam. £25m, 9 players in, and we're HOW MANY places better off? Allardyce is a fucking idiot, and the sooner he gets the bullet, the better.

Given - 8 - thank fuck we have him Rozenhal - 4 - not a good player, certainly not a good RB Taylor - 8 - our best defender by a mile. Faye - 5 - some good moments, some fucking awful ones. The Taylor-bashers will make up that he was better. He wasn't. Enrique - 5 - caught out far too much. N'Zogbia - 6 - does he need practice in playing in his actual position? Smith - 2 - shit. Not a forward, not a defender, not a "squad player". Just shit. Butt - 5 - at least he was prepared to have a pop. Duff - 3 - Fuck off. Owen - 4 - rusty as hell, but worryingly, this seemed to be mental as well as physical. Viduka - 3 - a "must have" signing? Was he fuck. Fat and lazy, like we knew he was when he played for the Beasts. Manager - 2 - He's really not very good, simple as that.

Simon Barnes, in fairness, is joint second (tied with Marcotti) only to Samuel at The Times for having an opinion of himself and his thoughts vastly outweighing his actual ability.

Duff has always been shit for us on the right. Milner is by far our best right winger, but a lot of people seem to have picked up on the myth that he is inferior. Oh, and Duff crocked again - what a fucking waste of wages that cunt is. Picks and chooses.

This......with the addition of his inability to buy decent players most of the time, and his tactical incompetence. I don't like Green, but he's spot on there, undeniable.

Nobby was nearly past it, and Dyer was over-rated and of no real value to the team. YES, we need to stick with a manager, yadda yadda....but sticking with the WRONG one is fucking lunacy.

Who bought Smith, Geremi and Barton (who have all been shit)? Who chooses the players? Who chooses the formation? Who chooses the tactics? Who chooses not to play Emre? Who chose to spend £25m on 9 players, only 2 of whom are any good? Get to fuck, Allardyce, you're an idiot.

Glad you put a smiley on that ..! I have ALWAYS thought he wasn't a top striker,nor ever would be... Not sure who exactly on here thought we had purchased a 'top striker'? Oh, there were some. Not you, though. You focussed your madness on spelling out how great our chances were of finishing above Arsenal, and in the process, fighting with Spurs for 4th place.

See what i mean? If we win, it'll be all rosy in the garden, then we'll make excuses when we're shit against a good side.

1) Premiership Winners Man Utd 2) FA Cup Winners Man Utd 3) Carling Cup Winners Chelsea 4) UEFA Champions League Winners Inter Milan 5) UEFA Cup Winners Bayern Munich (copied that, cos fuck knows) 6) Euro 2008 Winners Italy 7) Teams Promoted to premiership from championship West Brom, Watford, Palace 8) Teams Relegated from premiership to championship Derby, Sunderland, Fulham

He was woeful for the first team, but having said that, not many fans thought he was first team material, so it wasn't a big surprise. He came across as someone who'll do ok in a mid-Championship club, so good luck to him.