Shak

My opinion summed up. He's hardly played this season though.

Utter nonsense. This is typical media spin Rodent and his circus started putting out when they realised they had pushed Zoggy too far. He is one of the best young players in this league and we/the new man should do all to keep him. I'd rather get rid of Parker or Dyer (gone anyway). Don't think its utter nonsence at all. Zog was one of our best players last season and is/was one of our brightest prospects but just because a player is good it doesn't mean he should be allowed to get away with whatever the hell he likes. What, exactly, did N'Zogbia do that was so reprehensible? Must have missed something.

He had a lot of potential, and still does, but he's obviously not the finished article. Yet.

No we didn't. We had Milner, Zoggy, Solano and Dyer who could all do a job on the wings. Milner and N'Zogbia aren't exactly bad options down th left. Considering we tried to boot Milner off to Villa, we would've been left with Luque as cover. Better than Duff tbh. Better than Duff? He's not even better than Pattison. I'd have him ahead of Pattison tbh, though I was joking with the origianl post, obviously.

No we didn't. We had Milner, Zoggy, Solano and Dyer who could all do a job on the wings. Milner and N'Zogbia aren't exactly bad options down th left. Considering we tried to boot Milner off to Villa, we would've been left with Luque as cover. Better than Duff tbh.

Duff aged 22-25 was a quality player, so if we could have him then I'd be happy. But he's past it, while N'Zogbia has his best years ahead of him. N'Zogbia aged 19 is five times the player Duff was at that age.

No we didn't. We had Milner, Zoggy, Solano and Dyer who could all do a job on the wings. Milner and N'Zogbia aren't exactly bad options down th left.

No he wasn't injured, he only got injured after the season started. We had Milner who is quite capable of playing on the left, while Dyer or Solano could then take over on the right. Meanwhile we had 1 defender with potential and a trio of CM's who can't make a good pairing between them. So a LW was the priority? I'd say it was more of the case when quality had become available, I think most people at the time said that and I was one of them I won't lie. That's only cos you're stupid tbh. And Duff is quality? Despite his injury problems many of us at the time thought we were in for a quality player, that is correct. That was the general feeling at the time for the price he went for. Obviously perhaps you knew different Shak due to seeing him more for Ireland but most of us weren't judging him on that. He has been horrendous for Ireland since the 2002 WC tbh, but even then that's not the point. The price was a good one, considering his reputation, but fact is he was a player we just didn't need who removed one of our best young players from the team while several other positions desperately needed strenghtening.

Not particulalrly solid logic. It'd make John O'Shea one of the best players in the Premiership if it was, but it's not.

No he wasn't injured, he only got injured after the season started. We had Milner who is quite capable of playing on the left, while Dyer or Solano could then take over on the right. Meanwhile we had 1 defender with potential and a trio of CM's who can't make a good pairing between them. So a LW was the priority? I'd say it was more of the case when quality had become available, I think most people at the time said that and I was one of them I won't lie. That's only cos you're stupid tbh. And Duff is quality?

Looked to me like he was dropped because we bought Duff to play in his place, for some reason. Then his attitude began to stink, and understandably so tbh. Well he could have got his head down and tried to make the position his by putting in a performance when he got the chance. At the end of the day he is young and if you can find a balance between giving a player a decent amount of chances without putting too much pressure on him then it will be beneficial for him and the club. The player has to have the right attitude though. By that logic Man U should have sold Ronaldo last summer, considering he wanted out. And Milner has played more than anyone this season, and he's flourished in it. So I'd say it benefits players to play more rather than 'protecting' them.

No he wasn't injured, he only got injured after the season started. We had Milner who is quite capable of playing on the left, while Dyer or Solano could then take over on the right. Meanwhile we had 1 defender with potential and a trio of CM's who can't make a good pairing between them. So a LW was the priority?

I really couldn't give a shit if our managers are nice guys. You could argue that Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger are all tossers, but I'm sure the fans of their clubs really don't give a shit. Roeder was the alledged nice guy, I'd rather a succesful tosser take over than sit through another Roeder.

Looked to me like he was dropped because we bought Duff to play in his place, for some reason. Then his attitude began to stink, and understandably so tbh.

Finding a way to keep this lad at the club this summer should be one of the first orders of business for our new manager, be it Big Sam or otherwise. It's the one real aspect of Roeder's reign that I'll look back on with true disdain, how he's let Zoggy go from our brightest young talent at the club this time last year to a guy who can't get a game for love nor money as the season ends, to the point that he's just an afterthought in most fans minds, one who will be likely sold for a relative pittance in the summer. You can argue about his alledged attitude problem all you want, but the treatement he has recieved has been appaling. Our best player last season, he gets replaced by a largely past it signing who has played absolutely useless all season only to be given chance after chance in the team while Roeder peddles us some crap about how important it is to look after our young players and not overplay them, while at the same time playing Milner week in week out. His situation is very similiar to that of Milner last season, who was widely expected to leave and most fans weren't arsed. Only a combination of Doug Ellis and Boro between them managed to contrive to keep him at the club, where he's blossomed this season and is now one of our key players. We won't get so lucky this summer, teams will want N'Zogbia. Our new manager needs to come in and tell him he's going nowhere.

As is the case with most succesful teams these days, Allardyce likes to play a formation that is very flexible depending on the opposition and how the game is going. 4-5-1 could work for us with Owen up front, but only if we get a group of players capable of playing really good football. If we play long ball with Owen as he lone striker we'll obviously fail. We'd need someone like Kaka or Tevez to make it work tbh, someone who always provides an option for his defenders or midfielders to avoid them hoofing it long. Dyer is the closest we have to that player at the moment, so we'd need an upgrade. But Milner, Parker, Dyer, Emre, Duff and possibly even Martins are players that would benefit from a switch to 4-5-1. Not going to happen, but theoretically swap Owen for Berbatov and we'd be looking like a prime candidate for 4-5-1. Gonna be interesting to see what happens if Sam gets the job.

"Would you like a pat on the back James?" Who the fuck offers to pat someone on the back?

Not so sure about him. Of course, he's got a very impressive CV. But, he has spent shitlot of money at Chelsea, I don't think we could afford that, atm. Also, his last year has been very disappointing.

Anyone else find it unusual that Beni McCarthy's family haven't moved to Blackburn? Sounds like he's very unhappy there. And Carr's a twat, get him sold and replaced.

I'm attending the game, so we'll definitely lose. Always have done beforehand. Hope we win though, of course.

'Time To Roll The Dyce'

Bolton's is nice. Simple but effective. Arsenal's is nice too, that Liverpool top is horrendous though.

Liverpool I think. Correct, I believe. And the notion that people in Ireland support Celtic is toshtastic, at least these days. Everyone is Man U, Liverpool or Arsenal. I know about 3 or 4 people who support anyone outside those clubs. Was in Dublin last weekend and must have seen about three or four cunts walking around in Sunderland jerseys, really has me worried.

yeah, well done Glenn, you clueless c***. You're a year too late, and not capable of the job, but well done. Its like a teacher saying well done to a retarded kid who has just managed to understand that 1+1 = 2 a year after his classmates started learning pythagoras and calculus. Not really, to be fair. Well, LITERALLY, its like saying well done to a stupid, crap, useless, worthless manager, who has realised a year too late soemthing that pretty much everyone else in the country knew ages ago. But you get tmonkey's point. I do, yeah. God damn monkeys, always sticking up for each other.

yeah, well done Glenn, you clueless c***. You're a year too late, and not capable of the job, but well done. Its like a teacher saying well done to a retarded kid who has just managed to understand that 1+1 = 2 a year after his classmates started learning pythagoras and calculus. Not really, to be fair.