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I'll think you will find Earnie scored goals in the Premiership for both West Brom and for Norwich and i wouldn't be suprised to see him score 10+ goals for a poor (at the mo) Derby team next season. from wiki: He is second only to Thierry Henry in terms of goals-per-minute in Premiership history.

Would pay through the nose to have a defender of his calibre here, not that he'd move (if he isn't happy playing for 3rd, he aint gonna be happy playing for 6th/7th)

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wouldnt be suprised if we aren't on the box much as it is based on position in the league from last season i believe plus we are 'another midtable team' so to speak.

come back when Berbatov has two back to back seasons scoring 20+ league goals then we'll debate KD.

seems like an uneccessary rule change in my eyes.

Remember this - it was on Sky, in the ZDS cup or something - the reporter was in the centre circle during the toss up which was weird. Got that match on video somewhere i think, may have to dig it out.

Derbyshire has looked a handy player whenever I have seen him. Excellent finisher, his goal tonight was typical of the ones he seems to score for Blackburn, pick the corner out with no bother. lookslike what would be a good version of Franny Jeffers with his style of play.

Can you really not bring on a keeper for an outfield player? Even in extreme shortages? Seems harsh. Obviously they wouldn't both be able to use their hands like. Aye, James did at City like Greg mentioned. He wasn't brought on as a goalkeeper though. The substitution was Nicky Weaver on for Claudio Reyna. Funniest thing about that was Reyna's reaction, he didnt have a clue what was going on good tactics like that, he should try becoming England manager...(wait a minute)

Must be taking pens, either that or the whole of Italian football are letting him have a wonder season as he made sure that France's only possibility to win the World Cup went walking down the tunnel after spectacularly headbutting him! He has taken them in games i have seen. Pretty handy on free kicks on too (or he used to be at Everton)

He's an overrated bellend imo. correct.

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Dunno why we need to play Carlisle at SJP, surely just play them at Brunton and let them keep the receipts, no other prem teams ever play shit lower league teams at home do they?

i quite enjoyed Joe Royle's so bad its good commentary on our games on 5 last season. The amateurish approach is a lot more endearing than John Motson reciting the 82/83 Rothmans year book every time he opens his mouth.

he'd be a mug to go to Fulham, can't see him enjoying Sanchez's crazy gang tactics.

the big question is though will he be accompanied by an oversize ice-cream if he is presenting a la Gazzetta.

Was gonna post more or less the exact same thing but didnt want to hijack the thread. Anyone who cant see that Jenas has improved as a player since joining us is massively deluded. still massively overrated though which i think is the problem ie. the constant England call ups despite him never concievably(sp?) going to play, etc.

Spot on. A good poacher will save his energy so that he can make a 100% burst to sneak a goal at any stage of the game. It gives me the shits when fans slate poachers for not chasing down lost causes or getting 'stuck in' in tackles. A good poacher will score you a goal in most games, whether you are on top or completely under the pump. Who cares whether they get stuck in or not. Started well on the poacher strikers but 2nd paragraph onwards was a load of bull. Cant believe someone actually agreed with that. Yes strikers do sometimes go under the radar to evade defenders but RVN lazy? Larsson lazy? Absolutely clueless. Inzaghi was lazy as fuck in that Champions League final.

already replaced him with Mart Poom tbh

Pearce wants shooting tbh, the fat cunt remeber when we were playing Croatia Zagreb in Zagreb and he was biased as fuck towards us in the commentary, really wanted us to go through. Went mental when Ketsbaia scored.

We haven't signed Viduka yet and no saying Owen or Martins is staying. On .com it's says Junventus bid for Martins. It actuallys save Juve are now unlikely to bid for him as they have changed their boss and i don't blame them. Viduka is pretty much nailed onto move but even if he doesn't i wouldn't want Smith here. Yes he tries hard and gets stuck in but i want a striker to be scoring and assisting goals not doing that something which Smith doesn't do enough of.

indeed, Barca usually give away their players that don't need/want n all for lower fees too to get them off the wage bill (riquelme,rochemback,saviola etc.), very good player who has a good cross/eye for goal/pace a plenty and can play both wings in a 442 and a 433. Would be a decent bit of a business. Prefer us to sort the defence first however.

wouldn't move unless he was guarenteed first team football so no point having him here as he isn't better than Owen, Martins and Viduka.

no chance, just like despite liking the clubs/being in the area never bought a PSV or Olympiakos shirt for the same reason. Why anyone would want to walk around looking like a deckchair is beyond me.