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at a good price he would be a good enough squad player, and i would play him at rb ahead of carr anyday of the week

roeder wants him according to todays chron

get him. he is a goalscorer, out and out, and is young, i reckon £9m is decent value

i think we should definately go for him and keep nobby at full back

never seen him do particularly wll up here. kluivert for me

i was desperate for butt to do him after their little head to head

parker turns, and turns, and turns, and turns, and plays it backwards....AGAIN! emre and butt are our best pairing, no doubt

aye i'm at work :lol: good lad

Alladyce: "In the past when that sort of name has been attached to this club, people considered it as something that was never going to happen. "But cast your mind back to Youri Djorkaeff. People scoffed and said he would never come to play for Bolton, but he came. "So did Bruno N'Gotty, Ivan Campo and Fernando Hierro - we've attracted some fabulous players to the club. To be honest, none of them are in Beckhams league in terms of being a "Big Name" player. I'd be amazed if he signed for them and, to be honest, wonder why he'd want to? no-one really has a bigger name than Beckham but Anelka, Djorkaeff, Campo, Nakata, Okocha, Hierro, N'Gotty were all big name players Hierro was Real Madrid captain and about 50. the rest you have named had little other option but bolton if they wanted to play in the prem. beckham would not have that problem imo

doesn't seem to have been a problem with Anelka, Djorkaeff, Campo, Nakata, Okocha, Hierro, N'Gotty etc and do you think any of those players were on a beckham-esque wage??? i certainly dont

its a good job that doug ellis isnt/wasnt a builder then.........

I think any money like that should be spent on a forward or an attacking midfield player and it would be madness to spend such an amount on a defender. It will be interesting to see how many other shit boards back their managers with 10m to go with 15m last summer as well. So you ARE Freddy then That's the mentality that has left us with Carr and Babayaro as first teamers. Why is it silly to spend that kind of money on a defender? because we need forwards more, or quality forwards more. And quality forwards cost more than quality defenders. Simple. Or should I say, simpleton. Anyway I thought you were against spending big money on "trophy" players ? Is this another of your "yeh but no but" statement similar to those you made about interfering with managers ? We don't need to splash out big on a striker yet IMO, we could get someone in who will do an adequate job till the summer fairly cheap then we have Owen back (and Shola but lets not get into that). Fact is we don't have adequate full backs and they should be priority! Funnily enough, its that simple. Well if you gave me a choice between a good full back for 5 or 6m quid or a good forward for 5 or 6m quid I would take the forward and I find it amazing that anyone would spend that amount of money on a defender first. Man Utd spent £28m on one freddy. They win cups. We don't. See a link? they also spent £30m on a forward............ Yes but if they can spend £28m on a defender how can £6m on one seem so outrageous? i think the point was that quality attackers cost more than quality defenders, and that we should spend more on attack than defence. plus, comparing our current financial position, and the current player market, to that of man utd's in 2002 doesnt make much sense.

I've never understood this obsession with Lucas Neill. He's always seemed to be an average Premiership full back with a nasty streak to his game, yet his agent links him with Liverpool and one or two others and suddenly people assume he's a top player. Benitez and his board were willing to pay only £2m which says a lot IMO, I certainly wouldn't pay more than that. hence why i said we could pick both up for £3-£4m. neill is in a different league to any full back we have (apart from nobby if he wants to stay there), and he wouldnt cost much, hence strenthening the squad

I think any money like that should be spent on a forward or an attacking midfield player and it would be madness to spend such an amount on a defender. It will be interesting to see how many other shit boards back their managers with 10m to go with 15m last summer as well. So you ARE Freddy then That's the mentality that has left us with Carr and Babayaro as first teamers. Why is it silly to spend that kind of money on a defender? because we need forwards more, or quality forwards more. And quality forwards cost more than quality defenders. Simple. Or should I say, simpleton. Anyway I thought you were against spending big money on "trophy" players ? Is this another of your "yeh but no but" statement similar to those you made about interfering with managers ? We don't need to splash out big on a striker yet IMO, we could get someone in who will do an adequate job till the summer fairly cheap then we have Owen back (and Shola but lets not get into that). Fact is we don't have adequate full backs and they should be priority! Funnily enough, its that simple. Well if you gave me a choice between a good full back for 5 or 6m quid or a good forward for 5 or 6m quid I would take the forward and I find it amazing that anyone would spend that amount of money on a defender first. Man Utd spent £28m on one freddy. They win cups. We don't. See a link? they also spent £30m on a forward............

I think any money like that should be spent on a forward or an attacking midfield player and it would be madness to spend such an amount on a defender. It will be interesting to see how many other shit boards back their managers with 10m to go with 15m last summer as well. So you ARE Freddy then That's the mentality that has left us with Carr and Babayaro as first teamers. Why is it silly to spend that kind of money on a defender? because we need forwards more, or quality forwards more. And quality forwards cost more than quality defenders. Simple. Or should I say, simpleton. Anyway I thought you were against spending big money on "trophy" players ? Is this another of your "yeh but no but" statement similar to those you made about interfering with managers ? We don't need to splash out big on a striker yet IMO, we could get someone in who will do an adequate job till the summer fairly cheap then we have Owen back (and Shola but lets not get into that). Fact is we don't have adequate full backs and they should be priority! I'm not so sure. I think another quality forward is a must. And a quality attacking midfield player is too. I just think we should spend on these players first, and patch up at the back, we have shown lately it can be done. I'm not so sure Martins and Owen would play in the same team either, making a partner for one of them - whoever stays - the absolute priority. Plus cover. There are solid full backs around who we could get for small fees if the manager wants them etc etc Lucas neill for one, and keep the big money for the forward. Although I do agree that left back is a problem, but it depends on availability too, I would not spend big in this area, I would hold the cash for the forward players thats all. we could pick up neill and distin for about £3m-£4m combined, both of which can play at full back (neill, left or right) or centre half, leaving the rest for a big money forward. i agree, we need a partner for owen/martins

The worst injury list in years. Taking over when morale had to be in the depths after a period with the worst manager in living memory. 3 points behind the fantastic Martin O'Neill. Roeder wouldn't have been my choice and I still have reservations in the long term. But he's doing ok and hasn't been shown to be shit at all. nail on the head mate

your mental mate. fact. and as dave says, nice avatar.

the daily mail still seem to think its happening and they also say that tuesday is d-day so, nowt new again really bluebiggrin.gif

good, solid defender imo, nothing flash, but solid. i wouldnt be opposed to us signing him. i reckon we could get wes orange for that kind of money though and I owuld rtaher we got him

thanks for the in depth contribution

interesting...

its in teh main news section, near the front, rubbishing it basically

its almost as silly as thinking ruud gullit played for us in the prem eh :winking:

http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/chroniclelive/eveningchronicle/tm_headline=club-denies-%2Dpound%2D227m-deal%26method=full%26objectid=18268956%26siteid=50081-name_page.html

roeder in the chron dyer is back parker is back duff has made 'amazing recovery' and should be involved tomorrow emre has a chance of playing nobby is 50-50 sibierski will be assessed after the game