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Why is it everyone question manager who hasnt managed in the premiership? Benitez or Morinho hadnt managed in the premiership before they came here, so why shouldnt Ramos be a hit? Is the tempo to high for him, to physicall?

Think Jose Enrique has been excellent, and he is something we have missed for ages. When J.E comes on a "overlap", Zoggy should play him instead of try to dribble past 2-3 men... I also thought some of our players had more pace/accelration, but it seems like the tottenham players are faster than ours.

Why do Geremi take all the freekicks? :-[

Think SA will rest Owen in the first halv, after a hard week with the national team. Martins will be starting with Viduka is my guess

Looks like big sam has a hard on *shock*

Maybe some ppl should try to put themself in taylors shoes. Best defensive player all last season, always done his best, captein of u21 for england. And btw we dont know anything about the contract they put infront of him. But i guess 20-30K would i demand if i were him, with posibility to negotiate it after 2 year or so..

where's that from? Looking forward to seeing him, think it could be that spark we need in the middle. That's from Physioroom.com, and is purely based on the original estimate. Be a while yet imo. Yea i cant see SA playing Barton until he is fit, Like he did with Owen. Slowly ease him into games until he is fully fit and ready, He'll probably play a few reserve games Aye was from physioroom.com, think Barton will be a sub in that game. Maybe get 15-20 min is my guess.

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Krul for me

I hope we sell Emre, get around 3-5M for him. I hope we get a star playmaker in the likes of Deco, Riquelme etc. We need a big personality, with creativity to control the midfield. I also hope we do like Arsenal and Liverpool, and buy some young players for backup. We have to think of the future too, and it would be nice to get the future stars.

Taylor is really the right back we have been looking for, he has had a great game so far(when i say this, he will probably do a blunder in the second half :kasper:). Dont think Viduka has been all that, think Martins or Ameobi should have played ahead of him. Little Mickey comes to the odd chances, but what has happend to his finnishes? He kinda reminds me off rush, small thin guy upfront, hope he grow a mustage soon.. But we have played pretty well, just hope the goals will come soon.

Tbh I dont think we will be any better with Emre in the team, when has he really been the creative midfielder for us? I have big hopes for Barton, but i havent really watch him played, so if he is creative or not i cant say. But I hope he will take the central role in midfield and can control the bunch. We did well scoring 2 goals, but its to bad that we conceeded 2, especially thinking that we played with 3 defensive midfielders. I like that Big Sam stick to the system he knows, and i bet our players will adjust to it, but it will take some time. All i can say is that we need to give him time to work his magic, it will take time to get so many new players to know each other on the pitch. I think we should start next game with Taylor(or a new rb) on RB, Cacapa an Rozenahl in the middle, and Zoggy or enrique on the LB. And i hope to god that we dont play with 3 defensive midfielders at the same time. Milner looks like he lacks confidence, Martins seems afraid of going for the ball when a defender is close to him. What is it with Geremi running into our own players and getting the ball, and taking all freekicks, and throw ins? It never works chipping in the ball from 40 meters from a freekick, we need someone to do like robert, shoot the ball into the box, getting a head or a foot on it, then it will be a goal.

Forget about anelka, and keep Martins. Martins is young, and a good prospect for the future.

How about carr's first touch, im not sure if he even got a first touch or if he tries to pass the ball through and run after it himself *lol* *

Gerrard playes for the shirt? how is the man utd song for Gerrard? think it was something like: "Oh Gerrard Gerrard, He kisses the badge on his chest, then puts in a transfer request". I must agree with Carragher playing for the shirt though. Gerrard is playing for trophies and money...

I've been reading throug the whole thread. Like always the discussion of who are the 'REAL' fans come up, about where the 'REAL' fans sit and etc. What is a 'REAL' fan? Why argue about it, we are all 'REAL' fans, we all support the team and want what is best for the team. We all feel the passion for NUFC, so why not stick together? Why not try to get the noise back, does it hurt to try? I've also been watching the songs you guys make up, they are to difficult to learn at the match, alot of ppl will not be able to sing those songs because they dont know em. Good songs are the ones that are easy to remember, then even me who lives in norway, and attend to the odd matches can come to SJP are sing with you. When Newcastle when to play lillestrøm, I was there standing with the nufc section, the main problem was I didnt know most of the songs. But some i learned by listening to the fans, like the one: "shoes off if you love the toon". Its a simple and fun song, and I bet its one of the songs that make the most noise. I also like to say, dont be negative to everything that is new, it might actually work.

Who is this Michael Owen guy? Is it the guy who get shit load of money to watch our games when he feels like it?

I think we are an attractive club, we have some decent players that can attract others. But how is Big Sams reputation in Europe? And to be fair, I dont think he had the best rep. in Bolton. People consider his style as boring, only old players that could play for them etc. To attract big name players today, to get a great players, I think we need a great manager. Just look at Svennis, he can attract good players to a mediocre club. Look at Benitez, he could just pick anyone he liked from spain, and has done Liverpool in to a top european side( nr 2 in europe actually).

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I Think we still need to strengten our defence in the first place: 2 left backs, 1 central defender(experienced/star player), 1 Right back. I depends very much on which style Big Sam is thinking to play. If we are going to play 4-3-3 i think we need a playmaker and a midfielder right/left. If we play 4-4-2, i think we need a DMC(kind of vieira or kean kind of type) and a playmaker(star player). I think our strikers will work very well if we can keep the 4 of them. But that is my opinion. The way I think big sam would play today's squad: Goalkeepers: given, harper and krull Right back: Geremi, Solano, Carr Left Back: Babayaro Central Defender: Taylor, Rozehnal, Ramage,huntington and Edgar Rigt Midfield: Solano, Geremi, Milner, dyer left midffield: Zoggy, Milner, duff, pattison, Luque, emre Central midfield: Butt,barton, dyer, geremi, zoggy, emre Strikers: Owen, Martins, Viduka and Ameobi 4-3-3 / 4-5-1 Midfield: Zoggy, butt, barton, dyer, emre and geremi would be my choice Strikers/wingers: Milner, duff, Luque, martins, viduka, ameobi, and owen. I dont think martins, owen and Viduka would make a good partnership in a 4-3-3 formation, and I would just use one of them if we are going to play like that. Use Milner, duff and and Luque on the "wings". But that is just my opinion.. I really hope we get some star playmaker, and a star center back, then I think we will become one of the top 5 again

Neither of them really. But if I had to pick it would be Heinze. Riise is way way overrated imho, he got a decent shot, and work hard, but that is all! He cant pass the ball, defensivly he is shite, and more out of position than Carr. It must be a reason why Benitez is so eager to get a new left back if Riise is that "good".

-And of that reason he should have gone to a club where he have to perform at high level every match. In Rosenborg he haven't enough competiton about a place in the squad, and then he lose his great intensity. I'm sure Braaten could have an international carreer if he goes to a club where he have to stay focused to have a place in the squad. He need a strong manager. And I guess SamA is strong enough If that is the case, that he doesnt have enough competiton for the first team, why is he often putted on the bench? Braathen imho will never make it in the premiership, I think he is the simular type to luque= a lazy s... player with talent.

Braathen is playing for Rosenborg, doing ok. Been in and out of the team. He got what it takes to become a great player, great technique, accelration, strong, good tackler, but he is just to damn lazy. He is a real waste of talent...

That's being very optimistic regardless of the length of the contract tbh. Dunno when its going out, but would love us to get some money back. We have wasted to much money on players that are not playing.

Given Solano/Carr Hyypia Ben Haim/Campbell Babayaro Milner Butt Parker Duff Martins*/Owen* Ameobi/Luque* *Depends if those three would still be at our club the next season. Can easily see Owen going, think Liverpool will be taking him "home" now as Fowler is done. Its a nice way to win over some supporters too for Benitez. If Martins is unhappy, I think he will go. Luque is a big ? this season for me, if anyone can turn him around, its SA.