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AZ are the better side so i suppose we'll play them They dont have any big names in their squad but are playing very good football under Van Gaal I think we can face english team in the last 8

Aye,moved to WBA for £1,500,000 in 26 Jul 05 He is 26 and he is having a great season Played 25 games =20 goals

It is well documented that the Magpies have in the past taken an interest in defender Curtis Davies, and it is believed the other target is free-scoring Senegalese international striker Diomansy Kamara. Guys what do you think about Kamara? I remember that recently Roma was interested in him Anyone seen him play?

I havent read A*AL shit for a long time

You forgot to mention Ramage who i think is worse than Bramble I prefer if we get rid of him instead of Titus Also i hope that WBA stay in the Championship .This way it would be easy to sign Davies

Thank you O0 Even Drogba,Henry,Kuyt losses possession so its not about this... Its about having quality in your defence The best defenders and the best goalkeepers are the one who makes less mistakes We need quality there and this will improve our squad When you see the likes of Ramage,Carr,Moore,Bramble...they are just not good enough Martins is class player We need something like this in the defence

Hahaha Bye-bye Spurs ;D

Is the draw today?

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=449109&CPID=8&clid=4&lid=&title=Nobby+targets+Toon+stay So what do you think? Should we give him a new contract or not.For me,I think he truly deserve it for his performance this season and I would love to see him ending his career with us as well.But the new contract should not be for too long just like Sibierski. Why not? I would love it if he plays for us until he is 34-35 as long as he is able to play at this high level

Strikers most important task is to score goals

We'll sell Luque too

Distin Can play both at CB and LB+he wont cost anything

He's good, potentially going to be better than Lom But anyone suggesting throwing a 16 year old kid into a vital European match is off their tits. We're playing amateurs though... We're playing European quality opposition, in a match potentially worth millions to the club. They didn't look quality on Thursday, and I doubt they will next Thursday either. Not saying we should consider this a given, or that we should start Kaz, but they are a really poor side and I can't see them scoring three times at SJP They've tonked 4+ goals past decent opposition before. I agree they are a weak side, but they are no mugs. When its the 80th minute of the game and we are leading by 2 goals then play Kazenga

Curtis Davies Wayne Bridge Giles Barnes Dean Ashton Ben Haim Distin Dusher Viduka We need LB,CD,CM(2 if we sell Emre),Striker

The only Ferdinand I would have is Rio,but that won't happen so signing Anton would be a huge mistake imo. I reckon we need someone with experience, a leader, an inspiration and someone with proven quality. And if we have to break the bank to get him then thats what we should do. All this AFTER signing a left back of course. I think Roeder will go for Curtis Davies I just hope that WBA stay in the Championship That way it would be more easy to sign him

They have good season so far but that doesnt mean Coppell is good for us Wigan and Birmingam had good first seasons in the Premiership and after that they were shit

The first game they beat us thanks to Titus The second game thanks to Butt

I think the priority is a quality forward/striker, by a million miles. Then an attacking midfield player, particularly if Emre goes, who isn't good enough anyway. Then a left back. I think that Taylor at centre back is more than good enough. I also think that to a degree defences can be "made" through players that have committment, courage, organisation and communication. I like what I see in Edgar. We are now talking 4 new players though, if you want a 2nd defender, and on a priority basis have to accept that bringing in quality costs money, possibly more than we can afford to find. And you have to find players who want to move north and play for Newcastle too. A half hearted defender is no good to anybody, we have seen enough of those in the last years to know this. Sir Alex Ferguson said it long time ago:Good defenders wins you titles and trophies How many points did we drop because we conceded stupid,late goals and how many points we drop after we had the lead? And as a ex-footballer i must tell you that the fullbacks are one of the most important positions in football because with them you can organise attacks and create chances better than any other position in the team.Thats why they are so important.Thats why Nobby is so important to us.This season our left flang is not functioning at all... See my last post. If you refer to the 1996 season, we also scored the killer goal on many occasions, by remaining positive, or continuing to play to our strenghts and in the manner of which put us in the winning position anyway. I believe we lost that lead that season because ultimately, we were the 2nd best team. We were not the best for many reasons, one being that the pressure situation was new to us, as it was to Manu themselves under Ferguson until he cracked it. Another is that he lost, or sold, Venison, the captain, inspiration and the one defensive player who had been there before, unlike Beresford, the ATTACKING full back. Also, by accomodating Arsprilla, he totally disturbed the winning pattern of the team. Ferdinand, Beardsley and Gillespie all suffered through it, when he played. Ginola also hit a bad patch. If you look through the results, you will see that we lost 2 big games near the end of the season which were given huge publicity live on sky. This tends to distort the picture of the whole season. And - manu had a fantastic run in, which it pains me to say, but they did brilliantly. The ONE BIG game we lost however, was the home defeat to them, and not those at Liverpool and Blackburn. As for your first comment, this is what I was thinking when I said a defenders first responsibility is to defend. When i said good defenders wins you think i was talking in general although i really think that 96 season if we had someone like Given as a goalkeeper maybe we could have had the chance of wining the title My point is that yes defenders first priority is to defend but when you are talking about fullbacks their functions are not only to defend but to support the atack too.I dont think Duff is bad signing i just think that the LB position cause us the biggest problem we have to deal with this season. I suppose you will agree with me that we need quality LB in the summer? I think if the club is going to spend money, serious money, it should target a top quality striker to play alongside Owen or Martins. I have doubts that they could play together, but I hope they can. If Owen goes, for instance, then we would need to replace him with part of his fee as well as a new player anyway, so that would make 2. The current situation in midfield, is that we lack a player to support the front men, quickly. We have Dyer, but in view of his injury record who can rely on his fitness ? So, assuming Emre goes, the need for another player in this area is also very important. Yes I know we need a left back. We really need 3 players for all these areas, minimum. But every team needs forwards and defenders mate !!!!!! Depending on the money the club has, and the availability, if they don't have the money to spend on all 3 positions I would concentrate on the 2 forward positions, because defenders are generally cheaper and would hope to pick up a decent left back for a small fee. We have to accept funds are limited. It may also be possible to pick up a forward for a small fee and pay a bit more for the defender ? We simply don't know, and it is nothing to do with "planning" as some people say, it is simply availability and desire to move on the part of the players concerned. Roeder - like everyone else - will know players he would like and those he would not want, for his own reasons, and act accordingly. When you look at our strikers for next season we have: Owen Martins Ameobi Sib Dyer Roeder is planing to extend Sib contract so i doubt it that he'll spend alot of money for a striker If we sell Emre i think we'll need at leat 2 CM and in the defence hopefully we'll have Gooch so i think we need to focus on the LB position(especially if we release Bernard like it was mentioned) But its very early to talk about the summer and everything is very relative

Why do you think that?

I think the priority is a quality forward/striker, by a million miles. Then an attacking midfield player, particularly if Emre goes, who isn't good enough anyway. Then a left back. I think that Taylor at centre back is more than good enough. I also think that to a degree defences can be "made" through players that have committment, courage, organisation and communication. I like what I see in Edgar. We are now talking 4 new players though, if you want a 2nd defender, and on a priority basis have to accept that bringing in quality costs money, possibly more than we can afford to find. And you have to find players who want to move north and play for Newcastle too. A half hearted defender is no good to anybody, we have seen enough of those in the last years to know this. Sir Alex Ferguson said it long time ago:Good defenders wins you titles and trophies How many points did we drop because we conceded stupid,late goals and how many points we drop after we had the lead? And as a ex-footballer i must tell you that the fullbacks are one of the most important positions in football because with them you can organise attacks and create chances better than any other position in the team.Thats why they are so important.Thats why Nobby is so important to us.This season our left flang is not functioning at all... See my last post. If you refer to the 1996 season, we also scored the killer goal on many occasions, by remaining positive, or continuing to play to our strenghts and in the manner of which put us in the winning position anyway. I believe we lost that lead that season because ultimately, we were the 2nd best team. We were not the best for many reasons, one being that the pressure situation was new to us, as it was to Manu themselves under Ferguson until he cracked it. Another is that he lost, or sold, Venison, the captain, inspiration and the one defensive player who had been there before, unlike Beresford, the ATTACKING full back. Also, by accomodating Arsprilla, he totally disturbed the winning pattern of the team. Ferdinand, Beardsley and Gillespie all suffered through it, when he played. Ginola also hit a bad patch. If you look through the results, you will see that we lost 2 big games near the end of the season which were given huge publicity live on sky. This tends to distort the picture of the whole season. And - manu had a fantastic run in, which it pains me to say, but they did brilliantly. The ONE BIG game we lost however, was the home defeat to them, and not those at Liverpool and Blackburn. As for your first comment, this is what I was thinking when I said a defenders first responsibility is to defend. When i said good defenders wins you think i was talking in general although i really think that 96 season if we had someone like Given as a goalkeeper maybe we could have had the chance of wining the title My point is that yes defenders first priority is to defend but when you are talking about fullbacks their functions are not only to defend but to support the atack too.I dont think Duff is bad signing i just think that the LB position cause us the biggest problem we have to deal with this season. I suppose you will agree with me that we need quality LB in the summer?

I'm not too sure that would be a good idea. As much as I would love to see him for the first team and think he could be an amazing talent we must not rush him or we could risk ruining him. I mean he was only 16 in December so there is no rush for him. If your good enough, your old enough. Is he good enough though? There is a BIG difference between playing in the U18's and Reserves to playing in the first team at any level. Not to mention he has only started in the Reserves twice. He is very young but if Roeder plays him for 10-15min the boy's confidence will rise tremendously Will it though. If he has a decent 15 mins confidence will rise but if he has a terrible 15 mins it would do him absolutely no good. Well you never know with young players but you have to start from somewhere.I also think its too early for him although it would be great to see Kazenga becoming our youngest ever player

I'm not too sure that would be a good idea. As much as I would love to see him for the first team and think he could be an amazing talent we must not rush him or we could risk ruining him. I mean he was only 16 in December so there is no rush for him. If your good enough, your old enough. Is he good enough though? There is a BIG difference between playing in the U18's and Reserves to playing in the first team at any level. Not to mention he has only started in the Reserves twice. He is very young but if Roeder plays him for 10-15min the boy's confidence will rise tremendously

i think the promising thing is that alot of our attacking academy players have alot of pace and speed O0 I hope some of them turn out to be good enough for the Premiership

I think the priority is a quality forward/striker, by a million miles. Then an attacking midfield player, particularly if Emre goes, who isn't good enough anyway. Then a left back. I think that Taylor at centre back is more than good enough. I also think that to a degree defences can be "made" through players that have committment, courage, organisation and communication. I like what I see in Edgar. We are now talking 4 new players though, if you want a 2nd defender, and on a priority basis have to accept that bringing in quality costs money, possibly more than we can afford to find. And you have to find players who want to move north and play for Newcastle too. A half hearted defender is no good to anybody, we have seen enough of those in the last years to know this. Sir Alex Ferguson said it long time ago:Good defenders wins you titles and trophies How many points did we drop because we conceded stupid,late goals and how many points we drop after we had the lead? And as a ex-footballer i must tell you that the fullbacks are one of the most important positions in football because with them you can organise attacks and create chances better than any other position in the team.Thats why they are so important.Thats why Nobby is so important to us.This season our left flang is not functioning at all...

I doubt it that 3 players wll accuse him with no reason whatsoever With all the players we have he is the one who is capable of doing something like this I'll mention also Bowyer who was a definite racist