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Have we got anything from .cock??

Which you are one of. And he calls other cretins ...halfwit. At page 33 and still going... Any FACTS yet? PK, please use any of the above to describe yourself... probably fall short???

17 pages b ased on funk all! What a bunch of cretins! Sorry, but it's the truth!

By the way, where did all these rumours come from? Why does everyone now believe the barstewards who are always spinning negative crap about us? Why is it strange to have a board meeting after a transfer window? I don't think he's resigning, he's probably having a go becuase he was promised something and that wasn't delivered, I would think that our scouting team and director of football would be in deeper shitee than Keegan for the lack of activity... I also agree with somebody's statement earlier that we will get better with Ashley at the helm but it will be slower than we expect!

Come on you mersey mackems!! Please take Smith, he'll fit in with the no nonsense abrasive style you have... P.S.

Coloccini...Coloccini Whoa oooo ooh What a perm.. (na na naaa na, na na naaa na....)

With 10 million in the bank I think we should be able to get a replacement as good as or better than Milner... He is a good hard worker and has some skills, would get into many first teams but for me he lacks the vital ingredient which is getting a decent pinpoint cross in, it is so hit and miss with James... Saying that, the people who want lennon in will get the same quality, he has the pace but his final ball is average!

Watched the Arsenal game and they were awful, totally dominated by a decent Fulham team, believe it or not! Van persie and adebayor didn't get any decent service and therefore no goal threat, Fulham pressured very well and made the midfield make a lot of mistakes, that denilson kid gave the ball away every other pass in thefirst half. If we pressure well we may get a nice result...

What surprised me yesterday was his commanding performance on corners and high balls into our box, seems like he can actually punch balls out...

Spot on comparison!! He's a subtle striker with pace, when he played for Barca he was used in quite a few positions and is very versatile, he has a calm head on him around the box and can play as a lone striker but I think he is best playing just behind the main striker (vids or Martins).

I agree completely, Butt's saving grace is that he can tackle well and harries well, but if we are to progress we need a DM who can actually pass the ball and who is more positive. Butt's experience is also an advantage but he's too slow and his passing is too limited, we need a cutting edge in the middle of the park. Guthries passing and ability to dictate the tempo is amazing for his age and his experience, I think Keegan just may have signed another Rob/Gary!!!!!!!!

We did very well today and a draw is an amazing result. Three good debuts aswell which makes me positive about the future. Anyway my bit: Given (9)- Glad he proved me wrong, i thought he was finished on his performances from last season but his reflex saves and his determination saved us early on. He has also developed his saves for crosses, was very commanding today. Only negative was his kicking late on. Beye (6) - Didn't look too good and they got a hell of a lot of crosses and corneers from him, he was complaining a lot by the looks aswell, suppose lack of pre-season could be something... Taylor (8) - Didn't do anyhting wrong and was very aggresive throughout, good partnership with colo for this game, complemented each other well. Pity he limped off and then they scored!! Coloccini (7) - Shaky start with some dodgy clearances, but improved immensly in the second half and looked very composed. Seems to have a knack of being in the right place... Great start considering where he was and his lack of pre-season with us! Zoggy (6) - He's not a left back , but he did well for most of the game and got forward to support Jonas which is what keegan will have wanted. Would like a decent left back before window closes. Enrique?? Jonas (9) - Change of pace, moves both inside and out, a winger who can actually take on the defender. This is what we have been missing since Ginola & Robert, except much better 'cos this bloke can also defend and isn't workshy...Go on yasell!!! Guthrie (7) - Didn't get an eight cos he didn't get forward enough for me, good tackle and good control of the game . Great signing?? We'll see. Butt (6) - was ok and did what he had to do, try and protect the back four... His negative passing is something that needs to be rectified if we want a cutting edge in midfield. Replace with somebody younger with more fight in them??? Milner (6) - worked his socks off but for me lacks that bit of "class" needed to get past a player and create openings. When owen/viduka come back I would have duff on the wing instead of him. Duff (7) - was involved in a lot of our attacking play but was playing too deep to be of any help to oba butthast could have been keegans gameplan to play 5 midfielders. Oba (8) - Great header and could have had a second but wasn't expecting it TBF. Very alone up front against the best central defenders in the league, desperately needs owen or vids. Keegan (8) - What a change! Going to Man utd and coming away with a point, going there and battling for 90 minutes, taking the game to them when we had the ball...Keegan is our King! Only negative was that we arrived quite a few times out wide and there was nobody waiting in the box, play went backwards and we consequently lost the ball. need another forward and a midfielder to arrive in the box...

Duff hasn't been playing badly, just he hasn't supported Oba at all, he plays better out wide...

I think we should put milner up front with martins and duff on the wing. I would also take butt off and put Geremi on, can't be any worse can he?

Butt has been very ordinary Jonas is god! Martins is all alone... Taylor has exquisite timing, otherwise we'd still be leading. Defence is doing well TBF Coloccini has looked shaky and has looked great... Guthrie is keeping the tempo and recovering balls well. man yoo are the champions of europe and although it galls me... they look very accomplished.

Petrol or the stake?

I like it!!!

COME ON!! ON TELLY ASWELL !!! WWOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! LET'S DO THAT DIRTY RED NOSED, TAGGART PIECE OF SHIIITE!!! ANYONE GOT A HELICOPTER? LOVE TO EXCREMENT ON THAT WHISKY SPONGE FROM A GREAT HEIGHT!!!!!!!! AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Good thread this...

I think we'll get a 1-1 draw and play relatively defensively: ---------------Harper-------------- Beye----Taylor---Colo----Enrique Guti-----Butt-----Guthrie---Duff -----------Smith----Oba------ Change any forward for Milner if injured /whatever...

CHAMPIONSHIP GOALSCORER THOUGH!! ONLY A COUPLE WITH BOLTON

They are spot on about Caulkin and Walker... decent non-biased journalists!

Big Geordie, I think as well as your comments there is a large dislike of Ashley in the financial circles in our country who also have a lot of clout and who "own" newspapers, anything to have a pop at him seems fair game to them... Like you say we won't see change until we're winning, but we WILL beat them and even if we don't we will still have our dignity and pride, which is a lot more than they can boast! (...am I Churchill in disguise?)

Man yoo have a lot of players out but they also have a lot of experienced players to come in and sub the others, they know each other very well and have been playing 4-3-3 for two years now with great success, a draw would be a great result and to score a goal against that defence would be a worthy achievement! First game and anything could happen but I am not getting my hopes up... 1-1 Hope to see: --------------Harper-------------- Beye--Taylor-- Coloccini--Enrique Jonas---Guthrie---Butt---Duff --------Martins---Owen-----

I quite like the way we are doing things at the moment, not giving anything until deals are done and dusted and when asked about possibilities giving nothing away so that anything the press do write is pure speculation. It leaves no scope for punishment if we are "gazumped" or whatever (transfers/buyouts) as this would leave us wide open for a press onslaught, which sadly is what the majority of the national papers thrive on. I think we have been treated very badly by the majority of the press and therefore should treat them with caution. This will only change when we start winning games, playing entertaining football and public favour turns towards us through our playing style and when we also don't have "priks" dragging our image through the mud with their bad behaviour (choose from: Dyer, bellamy, Barton..etc). When we are in the top six we can evade tabloid topics and just wax lyrical about football, the press will only be able to write positively about us or will be found out... Can't wait! I vote for the current method and I am quite enjoying Ashley's approach although I would like a few more quality signings (which could be lined up or couldn't? the intrigue is too much!!).

Back on thread, I still would prefer to be in the news with their speculation and gossip than be one of the teams that never gets mentioned... Roy does your lot still exist? I quite like the thought that everyone is talking about us and is interested in the next episode of the Newcastle saga, funk the lot of 'em and enjoy our "champions league" positioning on the back pages. Do we ever hear about Villa, Everton, SUNDERLAND? NO, they are not interesting to anyone apart from their own following!! I love it! I like ashley's style aswell... Are the press so funking thick that they can't interpret the owner having a shirt with colos name on it a a signal that "it's done but we're just waiting on the pàperwork"? Would Ashley do that if it wasn't 99.9% certain? Give the man credit... he's bypassed the press totally and sent us out a message in the way he see fit! Cool as a cucumber if you ask me. The fat boy has sung..bring it on!!