morpeth mag

Reckon the non-signing is pending the outcome of his court case

Pearson. We'll win 3-0 and say he doesn't want the job full time. Shep will claim there are 257 world class managers in the frame, but no Hitzfield then...............

Agree with the original post and I think that most fans know that Solano is a better RB than Carr and that when Milner came on it should have been for the round one. I think most fans also knew we needed Emre to help unlock the Man City rearguard etc

Not just knocking Roeder, we all knew Souness would fail; we all knew Duff was passed it...oh well, fans can be wrong too!

I think we had the same problem as against Lisbon - we can't control the ball. Should have played Emre instead of Sib and flooded midfield. Mind you a better team would always exploit our lack of a LB.

I'll generally not say too much against roeder but he p1sses me off when he doesn't play solano at RB. I know he might not win any headers but full backs are the key to retaining the ball in the moden game and we have no LB so when we have no RB as well it bodes ill.

solano for me

The only way to get rid is for retrospective video evidence. Automatic 2 week salary fine (maximum allowed) for first offence, all subsequent offences a 5 match ban and one point deduction for the club in the Premiership.

Make the onus on the clubs to stop this.

IMO Taylor is the only defender guarenteed a long term future at NUFC (accept he is still learning). So play him in his long term position, CB. Use the next 12 games to see if Gooch will be a long term partner for Taylor.

We should have made our minds up about Bramble a long while ago. If he's staying give him a contract. For me he goes and I'd only play him when Taylor or Gooch are out.

After his recent displays Solano has to be RB. In the summer we need to sign another RB.

The biggest disappointment for me was the failure to sign a LB. All our decent play is down the right and even though Duff has been poor so far part of this must be the quality of the various LB he's being asked to play with. I'd have started Carr at LB yesterday and accepted I'd have got that wrong. Edgar for me next time.

I think it will be the team andy pipkin lists. Attack is the best form of defence. Keep the ball.

Facts are Taylor is in front of Zog and only has one defender  (keeper) in front of him. Zog plays the ball backwards. Speculation. Since the ball is clearly not for Taylor, being hit backwards when Taylor is in front of him then Taylor is not active in this period of play. By time the ball hits MGP's hand Taylor is onside and scores with ease. Clearly the correct decision.

I hate the way the post match interviews just let the managers talk crap. So when Hughes says both goals were offside and Henchoz was unlucky the interviewer should have said

'Mark, the TV replays show both goals are onside and that Hechoz deliberatly fouls Martins and if the referee had seen this (shows clip of Pedersen fouling Emre) you'll agree you were lucky to keep 10 men on the field.'

That would put the f**ker in his place

Am I the only person here who thinks Butt has done OK but no more. His tackling and committment are back where they should be but I find much of his passing poor. When we play the top teams or away in Europe I'd play Butt in a five man midfield but otherwise it's Parker and Emre for me.

will Zakora be banned when they play us?

My team to attack and entertain

                  Given

Solano Bramble Taylor Ramage

        Dyer  Parker  Emre

Milner        Martins      Luque

Just make dissent, wherever it occurs, punishable by a direct freekick 25 yards out and see how quickly clubs reign in players behaviour.

just checked the Uefa Cup rules and its GOAL DIFFERENCE used as the first factor in seperating teams on the same points. We need one more point to finish top.

Does anyone know the rules of this competition? As only Fenebache can get to 9 pts is it goal difference or head to head results that count. If this was CL we'd have won the group.

Would settle for some goals on any day of the week tbh

He got a two year contract in the summer.

He's a mouthpiece for the Board. As I recall hitzfield and O'Neill dominated every poll. But even if it were true Speherd is paid £500k pa to get appointments right - you don't just listen to the fans - though it would be better if he did.

FS would move him upstairs to DoF and bring in Shearer as first team coach as the only way of saving his skin.

On a lighter note - the slogan for the campaign a la Blue Peter

'Time for walkies Shep'

or am I showing my age?

Can't understand why he didn'y come on today for the last 20 mins when we'd clearly run out of ideas. For me I'd have brought him on for charlie who had a quiet game. He could have played left or swopped with Duff. He may not be everyone's cup of tea but we needed a change today and he was it. The squad is thin enough as it is without the manager making it one lighter. All I can presume is that the club are still p*ssed he turned down Bordeaux.

Keith Lamb (CEO, boro) has just said as part of the woodgate press conference that Viduka is staying at boro for the whole season for sure.