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BRIDGE DISTIN NIELL STRIKER FROM CHAMPIONSHIP 20 MILL WELL SPENT!!

When Fred talks it causes me to sigh in disbelief and stutter little laughs at the crap he comes out with. Call it what you like ...embarrassment, shame, hate, pride... whatever you like, but I generally just feel like telling him to sling his hook in the most sub-standard forms of english :wullie:

Aye, born n' bred. Next time I'm in the Bear I'll get you a pint! Sometimes known as the village idiot (for reasons unknown ) as well as my sig if you want to find out who I am...

JJ7, nice flag in the background there! Berwick gadge are we??

John Terry. More like adding two defenders to our defence, and would probably chip in more goals than our midfielders!!

Listen to the result and if we do do anything that merits a clap then you'll be even more eager to get home and get the telly on... Wouldn't get your hopes up like..

Sheperd just plays for the crowd (or thinks he does) and, albeit unwittingly, puts his big size ten in it every time. I agree with the thread starter that he is an annoying pric* when he comes out with this sycophantic "geordie - super race" type comments. Just shows himself up for what he really is - a thick (both meanings :winking:) cun*!!! I do think that he embarasses us and I also think that other supporters do laugh AT US and not with us...

Two early goals, a martins rocket after beating the slow carvalho and terry and then le sib slips between them to power home. Backs to the wall and teeth bared for a right good "up an at em". :winking: I really don't care much about this result, I just want to see the players putting in the effort like they have been doing lately!!!

Owen is a proven goalscorer in the premiership, if he were able to stay fit for the majority of a season there would be no argument whatsoever.... Potential and flashes of brilliance are nothing if it can't be consistent over a season, just like being injured during those inconsistent bits?? (Martins). Given that we have only seen a quarter of a season from him we can't really make a judgement yet surely? Solely hypothesis, not great criteria for this poll :roll: Can we include "A fit Owen"?

I would say they are almost the same ability wise with Reina being slightly better in the air and shay being more adept at the reflex saves. Nothing between the two if you ask me but I would still want shay over reina (my opinion only!).

Let's go kick some big fat blue ass muthafucka!!!! blueupset.gif -----------------Given------------------ Huntington-- Taylor-- Ramage----Baba Milner-----Butt-----Matty-----Zoggy -----------Sibs------------------- -----------------Martins-------------- On the bench: smeeagain.gif

Great game from the little man last night ! I often think emre is far too inconsistent and goes missing too easily in games but with retrospect it may be the partnership that affects him. He does seem to play a lot better with butt, perhaps this is due to more definition to his role in the team .i.e. playmaker and busbody with butt as his protective cover??? blueeek.gif

I thought the crowd played a big part last night in geeing up the players in the start of the second half. That was our best run of play and the martins penalty came soon after...

If he's that quick with all the birds....

Got a pass (half chance) in the dying minutes but bad control let him down.

Parker this year isn't a shade on the parker of last year! Maybe the jimmy bullard incident? Butt makes the passes without dithering...they always seem one touch two at most and generally meet their destination. On present form you couldn't break up the butt emre partnership!!

Actually saw the match live last night (cheers offshore!) and really enjoyed it. Atmosphere was allright and we gave the team a good kick up the arse in the second half which eventually brought the equaliser. The things that stuck out: We are capable of good slick passing football and looked shit hot at times. Our defense (Ramagae/Baba) were woefull and make too many simple mistakes. Heres my ratings: Given 7- Wrongfooted for the first goal. apart from that didn't do much wrong. Solano 7- Should have been quicker to the guy who scored their goal, didn't close him down or try and block the shot. Sublime cross for the goal (sibs). Great distribution from the back and always a good outlet.took pressure off defence many a time. F##k off Carr... Taylor 8 - I was impressed, won all his stuff in the air and was bossing the players in the defense. Ramage 6- Didn't play too badly to be honest but his distribution is awful and you get the sensation that the football is really a HOT POTATO when it falls at his feet!!! Babayaro 5- That air kick was sunday league. second to the ball a lot. Ring rusty or just sh##e?? Milner 6- Tried hard but his first touch and his ball control let him down a lot. Emre 8.5 - Best game I've seen him pl;ay, good in attack and tracked back and defended well. What a goal! Butt 9- Roll out the cliches... every blade of grass, engine room, backbone..etc..etc. Zoggy 6- Really looks out of sorts and didn't track back and defend much. Normally seems quite robust but didn't do a lot. Had a good last 15 minutes and had a couple of chances to put someone in score... Should have been subbed on 60 mins. Sibs 8.5- Worked his socks off, got a goal, won a lot of headers and held the ball up well when needed to. Impressed! Martins 7- Needs to get his foot in a bit more and needs to hassle defenders "a la Bellamy", I thought on at least three occasions he could have got to a 50/50 ball and there were too many times when he could have pressurized a defender and maybe have got a loose ball or forced a bad pass... Snatched his chances a bit. Needs to get closer to sibs when we launch the long balls up field, how many times were they at other side of the pitch to each other and sibs headers went straight to an opposition defender? Roeder 7.5 - Should have had zoggy off in second half.

It's crystal clear that both babayaro and ramage are not up to the minimum standard we want for our left back position. New left back in Jan is essential. As said above, charlie didn't help at all and should have been subbed around the 60 minute mark, as he was teargas.

Give him a new contract then sell him for 5 million in jan tongue.gif

The lads who told me this a couple of days ago are good friends and I doubt that both of them would invent the same story that really is of no interest to them (manc supporters). That is what they told me and I suppose they must have been back since the summer or one of their subbies...

Aye Zat Knight would be laughable!! tongue.gif Bridge and Distin plus a striker of some shape or form would do it for me....

Regards the G14 or whatewver it's called, Bayern Munich are looking to leave it soon as they think it offers nothing to them and does not fit in with thier socio-economic football ideas i.e. they are selfish and money grabbing wotsits who want to take a lot out of the game and not give much back, inevitably making themselves much richer and powerful and everyone else subordinates as such. Bayern think that there should be an even field with transfer spending limits imposed so that equilibrium is axchieved in the transfer market and the european cup is more competitive and aso the leagues. The ones who make more profits should pay more to the development in lower leagues etc. I quite like this german footballing utopia....

The blokes who told me this were with owen this summer (after world cup) and I assume that more of it is directed at souness and "not so much" at Roeder. The thing that gets me is that the defensive stuff must have been absolute garbage before physco pearson came in and given that Roeder was a defender it does make you wonder. P.S. The blokes in question don't support the toon (prawn sawnie manc supporters) and wouldn't have any reason to make it up...

Little Mickey Owen regards our training sessions as the worst he has had in his career (not specified if pre Roeder or not...). Also commented that pearson has turned around the defensive sessions by a country mile! He thinks we might be fighting for a UEFA place by the time he returns (on drugs I suppose), contrasts with what he said earlier? I'm back in the UK at the moment and have been talking to a couple of lads who do work for him and their crack was along those lines. He also said he's here for the long run as he likes it up here...

As somebody siad earlier in this thread Emre's problem is his consistency in going "missing" for periods in a game. He can be an excellent midfielder but this is all undone when he gets those ten minute spells where he does absolutely nothing, shirks tackles, stays static, doesn' t cover. These facets normally stick with me whilst watching him as his other qualities aren't of such a high standard to erase from my memory his absences. I would also sell him for 6 million plus in January, this would guarantee us an extra man or two in defence...