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L, W, D, W, L? Wigan - Loss 'Boro - Win Charlton - Loss Man City - Win Sheff Utd - Draw Newcastle have issues, I know.

I see 7 points from that.

:dance: :dance: Well done. Apologise for doubting you earlier. [like you care!!]

With who?

I think you got a bit greedy with that last one, mate!

It would be nice to give old Edgar a run out. Maybe Duff too, let him gain some confidence back. And of course, the big Sib.

Whassat? Just being generally pally and joking around. They did it during matchplay, too.

Just my two cents: Excellent second-half performance. Following the nature of the first two goals, I thought it was well-advised and acceptable that both sides resorted to long-ball tactics for various spells of the match. I thought that Milner might have had a few more pops at goal given how wet and windy it was. Both sides did really well, all things considered, and hosted a fantastic game. Playing out of defence was never really an option in those conditions with Bellamy and Martins at either end. Bramble really imposed himself on the game in the second-half and looks to be getting to match fitness. No one had a shocker really - and this was against top-class opposition too in awful conditions. I thought our midfield was highly industrious and our attack penetrative. It was quite funny to see the new Liverpool owner freezing his ass off at half-time. You could tell from his face he no longer cared about the match and he just wanted to survive the cold. Also heartening, was Nobby and Bellers at half-time. I was quite disappointed with some of the diving, and from what I saw, I don't think it was a penalty [but once again, I'm not 100% sure about that]. Good game though, tough on Liverpool.

Scholes or Gerrard. Scholes' one-touch play has made Man Utd dominate over the years. Absolutely sublime. I can't think of any Premiership player with more vision. In his pomp, I'd definitely have him over Gerrard as he really knows what attacking play is about. Gerrard is pretty great too, mind! Especially in terms of infuence to the side.

You should post that on the main site Well considered and entertaining read.

Aye,he is dutch international he is 20 years old and he is very talented I also think that not so long ago Roeder said that he looked at some players from Ajax and these players were Emanuelson and Huntelaar But i dont think Ajax want to sell him and i dont think that Roeder is after him HE would be class here though Ajax are a selling club to be fair. It would only take a four or five million, in my opinion. I don't rate Huntelaar so highly, good though he is. Does anyone happen to have a link to Roeder expressing interest in Ajax players?

There's a cracking left-back who plays for Ajax called Emanuelson who would be great at Newcastle. Crucially, he can attack and defend, and would at long long long long last provide the athlete we need at full-back. Given that he plays in a league that is essentially a cattle market, he would not be too hard to bring over either. That's who I'd get, but I'm sure Roeder & co. have never heard of him! I really do think we should shop abroad though. The English divisions have practically been sucked dry of what limited talent they bear already.

Great news - with Oba, Dyer, Milner, Shola, Solano and Emre our attack will be banging in goals left, right and centre \o/ Now if only we had new full-backs and decent cover at centre-back...

QUESTION!! As current champions *coughsplutterdie* of the Intertoto Cup, failing admittance to the Eufa cup this term, do we have an Intertoto spot waiting us as a fallback?

If this is just one big fat lie, then it must be said that only Newcastle could have this much publicity and newstime over such a nothing trophy as the Intertoto!

Wanted revenge tbh! We'll cream-cracker most teams in this competition - except Espanyol, Werder Bremen and maybe a couple of others - but even they're beatable. Aye, i really fear Espanyol. They're on top form. Don't get complacent, though. There's plenty of teams in this competition who are better than us. There are teams that can beat us, but there are very few that are better than us IMO.

Wanted revenge tbh! We'll cream-cracker most teams in this competition - except Espanyol, Werder Bremen and maybe a couple of others - but even they're beatable.

You could have got a couple of pasties from Greggs with that money.

Reckon we'd have a decent chance of getting a result if Dyer was playing. That said, I think this thread is just going to make tonight's result harder to take...!

My stance on this matter is, by now, crystal clear I would hope! It's good to see that everyone now agrees - yet the Karjalas/NMs/Obis/WUMs of the world continue to persist with anti-Bramble avatars, sigs, campaigns &c. instead..........

150% spot on. blueyes.gif

And Moyes. The attacking ability hasn't diminished [and if so, not substantially], it's just team ethos and tactics that have besmirched the game.

Calm down, chaps!

An unspectacular 1-0 victory.

Best Match: Newcastle 2 - 0 Pompey [Charles And Shearer] Worst Match: Home to Fulham. 2-1 loss. Best Goal Scored: Solano's outside of the foot curler Worst Goal Conceded: Alonso's Best Player: Shola Worst Player: CARR CARR CARR Best Overall Moment: Souey going Worst Overall Moment: Roeder's full-time appointment Best XI: Given, Bramble, Moore, Baba, Solano, Emre, Milner, Zog, Dyer, Shola, Shearer Best Signing made: Has to be Antoine. Biggest Mistake in the Transfer market (i.e. The one player we should have bought but didn't or the player we really shouldn't have bought): Sticking up for Carr and our depth at right-back. The point at which you were proudest to be a Toon fan: Playing entertaining football against Arsenal for the first time in yonks The point at which you were deeply embarassed of the club (if any): When Souness made us play like Everton/Bolton/Chelsea [and minus the relative success of the mentioned teams too!] Best Home atmosphere: Pompey game Best away atmosphere: Villa Toon Pros of this year: Dyer, Bramble and Shola Toon Cons of this year: Failure to even recognise the team's problems ie. full-back positions Overall Comment: Mixed fortunes ahead