Northern Monkey

He's the boy alright. blueyes.gif Told yous And the best is yet to come, although there are a few things that we won't like around the corner. Mick, aye, it will be very interesting to see how he handles a bigger budget and what kind of players he'll go for. I think if the money is available he'll be in for Diouf in January, look to offload Ameobi, will maybe listen to offers for Martins and spend big on a more mobile striker to fill the role Viduka currently occupies in the forward 3. He's no Hitzfeld, though... He's not but he has the ability to be as good a manager as he is, although achieving the levels of success Hitzfeld has will be a tall order for most regardless of their ability. In my defence Big Sam was second on my list to Hitzfeld as ideal managers to take over and I'd have been equally as delighted had we appointed him then as we have done now. I badly wanted Hitzfeld because, well, he has that pedigree few have, that class, but on reflection I'm not so sure he would have been the right man for the job after all, not at that given time anyway, the club was in more mess than we all imagined and for a foreign manager who would bring huge expectations due to his name and CV, that could be a potential minefield. Great manager though and any club worth their salt should aspire towards such managers to lead them. How are Bayern doing btw under him again? I'm happy with Sam and for once I can say with certainty we have a very very good manager running the show once again which is all that matters. not sure on the very very good manager thing: he's good enough for us, certainly, at the moment. Beynd that? I really don't know.

1 and 4, especially. Oh, and fans to be expelled from the ground if they sing that "we are the Geordies/the Geordie Bootboys" shite. And get rid of Carling from the bar. Its rank.

get a job, hippy!!

shearer had the right place/right time/making space knack down to a tee, for me. Aye, and added bravery and desire too. One of the best headerers of a ball I've seen. Sir Les wasn't bad either. big forhead, Sir Les. And impeccable timing.

you're wrong about Taylor. agree, lots of people on here are saying Taylor isnt very good He will eventually brake into englands starting 11 within 2-3 seasons also he is young and doesnt make many mistakes anymore anyone actually watching Taylor play, on and off the ball, can see that he has removed a lot of the problems he caused himself in the past, even as recently as the start of last season. he's a first team starter for me, shoudl have been captain as well, above Geremi, who can't even be given the excuse of being new to the PL for soem of his dismal showings so far. Come on...Taylor is OK but captain...Please he is JUST A KID you know... Better - in my opinion - than the current captain. and in fact, the best option for captain we had apart from Lil' Mikey.

one season, for a manager who didn't want him, in fairness. nah, the only chairman who interferes with the managers transfer dealings, according to the mackem WUM, was Shepherd mackems.gif He could have bought that Stephen Spence though, cracking player, apparently mackems.gif yes, i forgot that only our former chairman was involved in transfers.

mackems.gif the NUFC expert hits the stand You laughed that hard over Michael Ballack being free? It wasn't that funny. i think his bank manager thought it was fucking hilarious.

this. Then he'd inevitable start thinking about raising his profile through (different) club football. Didnt the French FA try and tell the under 21's and senior squad not to pick Zoggy because of the way he left Le Harve. Im sure they were really pissed at us and him for the way he left and Le Harve didnt even get much money. i think so. i blame Souness.

one season, for a manager who didn't want him, in fairness.

shearer had the right place/right time/making space knack down to a tee, for me.

looks like Ellis is stroking out there.

Agreed. Let's roll! I hope Luque is fucking mint for Ajax as I have nowt against the bloke personally and it should provide some good craic on here if he is. I blame Souness and Roeder, personally. Luque never got the 400 consecutive games he needed to prove himself. tbh.

this. Then he'd inevitable start thinking about raising his profile through (different) club football.

i thought Young was owned by Beletti on a number of occasions. he lost that battle (but they won the war, of course). I think Young is clearly still developing, but he's going to be good, very good.

you're wrong about Taylor. agree, lots of people on here are saying Taylor isnt very good He will eventually brake into englands starting 11 within 2-3 seasons also he is young and doesnt make many mistakes anymore anyone actually watching Taylor play, on and off the ball, can see that he has removed a lot of the problems he caused himself in the past, even as recently as the start of last season. he's a first team starter for me, shoudl have been captain as well, above Geremi, who can't even be given the excuse of being new to the PL for soem of his dismal showings so far.

with the added bonus of looking like he's very recently had a heart attack.

Luque is the worlds best striker/winger/left player in a 433/bio-chemical scientific pioneer EVER. Fact. Haddaway and shite, man. That's blatantly Laurent Robert. I thought Robert was a waste of space/lazy cunt/kicker of puppies in their eyes??? Or was that Bellamy? Oh, i get all confused.

Spot on. It's a myth that all tall players must be good in the air. It isn't even about height, it's about anticipation, timing and technique. Damned right.

you're wrong about Taylor.

he's a cheaper, better squad player than Smith, my far.

how about a mix of Sam, bigger club, potential to break into the starting XI, and of course: kerching!

Luque is the worlds best striker/winger/left player in a 433/bio-chemical scientific pioneer EVER. Fact.

nothing a big pie won't fix. Don't know what your problem is with Viduka, so far you have been proven wrong. I said he was a class player based on what he produced last season, which you laughed at. For us this season he's scored one goal against one of England's finest defenders and it was a goal that had class stamped all over it. These are the facts, plain and simple. You have got to be kidding? Other than score one admittedly good goal he has been very very disapointing. He's been marked out/completely dominated by his markers, he's not created anything or been able to hold the ball up and he'd looked as dangerous as..... pattison. Martins and Owen have to start imo and i'd have Shola in over Viduka Not created anything? He set up our best chance against Villa, a great chance for Martins against Boro, set up Owen twice on Saturday - once when he should have scored and then when his goal was wrongly disallowed. I have never seen a player as dominated as Viduka was against Villa, same as with Bolton and Boro, I missed Saturdays game so can't comment on that one. Shola would have created/scored more imo although i'd have Martins and Owen atm Yet he still slipped a beautiful through ball to Milner, whose lay off was scuffed by Smith when he should have scored. Only time we split their defence. I find it amazing that people can just dismiss years of shite performances from Ameobi, and I'm not even one of these people who thinks he's that bad. You don't think Ameobi would have been dominated by both Mellberg AND Laursen presumably? That's the two who dominated Drogba yesterday - in case you've forgotten. so Dorgba had a bad game. Doesn't make Viduka a good player. Better than Ameobi, but thats true of most forwards in this league.

yes, i think so.

he was in a bad car crash years ago. Now he looks a like Robert Earnshaws slghtly less unfortunate looking cousin.