Shak

I don't agree with anything in this post.

Make that a full on. Should have let it run its course before posting.

Aye. Just given me a semi.

Is Duff out?

Can't blame Shearer. Wouldn't want to work under an incompetent wanker like Kinnear either, personally.

I can just picture Kinnear readin that thinking... "But... but, that doesn't sound like 4-4-2 to me."

Pretty much given up on the whole N'Zogbia issue tbh, far too depressing to give any serious thought to. But since I'm bored... Boat has probably sailed for him regarding becoming a top player, which I do believe he had the potential to be. Can beat a man, not lightning fast but quick enough and with the upper body strength to be a very good direct runner with the ball, decent crosser and has the knack for popping up with a goal more than most when he gets on the pitch. All the ingredients there to be a very, very good winger. Hard to feel particularly sorry for the guy, he seems a bit of a prat quite frankly, regardless of how he's been treated. But how anyone can't see what a mess we, as a club, have made of this talented youngster is beyond me. Aged 19, playing in a struggling side in a foreign country, he managed 5 goals and 7 assists in 40 (7 as sub) appearances during the 2005-2006 season. The established and familiar with the English game Damien Duff has 3 goals and 5 assists in 61 total appearances (9 as sub) for Newcastle btw, while as a 19 year old at Man U Ronaldo managed 9 goals and 4 assists in 50 appearances (10 as sub) in the 2004-2005 season. Man U were a wee bit better than us at the time as well. Now, Ronaldo obviously is a more gifted player than N'Zogbia and has become a better player than N'Zogbia could ever have, but the point is that as 19 year olds they were similiar enough. Raw products with a lot of ability but little maturity, and pretty self-centered attitudes. Players that need to be nurtured and made to feel wanted, because the ones with talent are worth it. Ferguson, being a good manager, knew this and has stood by Ronaldo and pretty much built a team around him and has been rewarded with a player that absolutely shreds teams week in-week out. Our solution was naturally to bring in an experienced veteran like Duff to compete with N'Zogbia and hopefully teach him some 'professionalism', or some such bullshit. Sit your best young player on the bench, or even at left-back for the laugh, that's obviously the best way for him to learn and build on an exceptional season the year before. I'd love to know how many games Charlie has started on the LW since the end of the 2005-2006 season. I'll bet it's 20, at the most. Sub appearances and LB roles. He's still managed more goals (4) and more assists (10) than Duff since we signed Duff btw, in spite of this. Baffling quite frankly, and a great representation of what a shit club we've been the last 3 years when an exciting young talent comes along and we somehow manage to make a complete fucking toaster-bath of the whole affair. I wouldn't mind if we'd stuck with him and he'd dipped in form and clearly not been that good. But no, he's been sat on the bench or playing LB while talentless wankers with good attitudes like Duff and Milner have been making a holy show of themselves on the flanks. He'll be off in January, and some past-it piece of shite similiar to Duff will be brought in. And most of the people on here will be happy about it.

http://www.diyplanner.com/files/180px-Simpsons_-_Nixon_Whacking_Day.jpg Is whacking day over yet?

Be madness letting Kinnear sell any players of significance in January, knowing he'll be gone within the next few months regardless. Still, Ashley has no reason to care, so I can see it now. We'll sell N'Zogbia for a couple of million and bring in a Butt/Duff-esque "veteran" in with the money, pretty much a cert to happen. Kinnear was a fine interim manager if he's only gonna be there 6 weeks or so. Come in, raise the spirits and keep things simple. But that won't go over for long. The feelgood factor wears off and players need some direction. Should have hired Alex's uncle Billy tbh, at least he's probably not a bit of a wanker, like JK seems to be. We'll be relegated if he stays until May IMO.

Ideally I'd become a multi-billionaire somehow and buy the club myself. Appoint NE5 as manager (on the condition that he legally has his name changed to NE5), give him a massive wedge of money to spend, and let him run with it as he sees fit. Not particularly plausible, but it'd be awesome nonetheless.

Fuck off and shut the fuck up you useless bag of shite Duff. Suppose Kinnear is the only cunt useless enough to think Duff is worth a shite, so I guess this makes sense.

Shearer-esque scoring feats.

Taylor hasn't been doing well like, he's been woeful as per usual. Cacapa was shite today, awful decision to start him ahead of Bassong, especially due to his lack of match practice. Give over. He'll never be a top or likely even a good defender, but to say he's been woeful the last few games is wank tbh. Having Coloccini has really helped him, similiar to how Titus often looked pretty decent alongside Woodgate.

Kinnear is extremely limited, anyone can see that. He's instilled a good spirit and brought some pride back to our performances. But that said, sooner we get taken over and get a real manager in the better.

There's real problems throughout the team, anyone can see that. That said, we were bossing it at 1-1 until Cacapa made Johnson look like Magnus Vermagnusson for the penalty. Think we would have gone on to win had it not happened, as Fulham looked lost.

Taylor has been doing pretty well alongside Colo, I see no reason not to keep them together once Taylor returns.

http://www.shipmentoffail.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/shipment_of_fail.jpg Today should put to bed any suggestion that he has any business playing for us. Weakest CB ever.

A truly pathetic player, contributes fucking nothing. Hope he gets injured soon tbh.

Pity Taylor is out tbh, he and Colo were definitely starting to click. My worry is that we'll struggle in the air, neither Cacapa or Colo are particularly good in that regard.

Poor Paul Robinson, life continues to find a way to make him look foolish.

The Kansas City Chiefs are pathetically run these days. The GM and Head Coach are both utterly hopeless, all sorts of nepotism going on within the club.

They've not played 4-4-2 for years tbh.

Too insecure to be a top manager in the long term IMO. Threatening to quit earlier in the year because he got a bit of stick from the fans, he takes criticism far too personally. The best managers can take it and get on with their job, Keane is too pre-occupied with his hard man/no nonsense reputation. Can't spend money either, which doesn't help.

The positive is that Ashley will know what getting relegated would do to the club's value, so if we've not found a buyer by January and are still close to the bottom then it's in his own interests to fund a signing or two. Nothing major though, obviously.

I hear he voted for McCain, the cunt.