Mick

Highest scoring Nigerian adopted Geordie, fact?

Highest scoring Nigerian for Newcastle, fact.

I think we can have a good season, with or without new defenders, if we can get two good defenders and keep everybody fit then qualifying for Europe is possible. Having a good manager must be worth a few points which we dropped because of Roeder, our midfield looks better and with Owen fit we're going to get more goals. Sort out the defence and we will have a team which is well balanced, well trained and capable of beating most teams.

Oh no you can't.

He's a footballer, not a bull fighter.

Too many buts in that post,

I don't know why Edgar hasn't been given another game at left-back yet Huntington gets a chance and he's clearly not up to it.

It's working.

Read the article which was posted earlier where he says that he can't even spend the interest he's making, it looks like he just had money and decided that a football club was something he felt he wanted, I've got no idea if it's an ego trip or a possible income stream but we'll find out.

It says 2 people have voted yet is shows 3 votes, I haven't voted and can't, not that I'm bothered.

Not an option, try again.

Yes the booing of Dyer was more shameful.

True, Shepherds head dropped and his performance went down the pan that game.

I've heard that the soft Spanish bas***d broke a finger nail.

Of course it was a foul, the ball had gone so the keeper took the player out as he would have got past him and possibly picked up the ball in front of an empty net, he knew what he was doing.

14 people voted so far, 14 voted success. It couldn't be more 1 sided so vic might as well start now.

It was an excellent game again apart for the first 20 minutes after the break which isn't a surprise considering we had made so many changes. N'Zogbia had a brilliant game, Milner was excellent Geremi will be wasted if he's not played through the middle, Nobby wasn't too bad but he went missing at times. Martins caused Juve loads of problems and Luque had a good game and for Skirge, he showed plenty of bottle and won plenty of headers. Rozenhal is starting to look like a steal for us, he never flaps and reads the game well. The only negatives for me were our fullbacks, how Huntington gets a game before Edgar I'll never know, Carr may have been slightly better than his normal shit self but he's not good enough, some of his touches were poor and he's so slow he can't get back when the ball is played behind him. Ramage had a good game in the middle, I didn't see him do anything wrong, Pattison wasn't as bad as usual and actually made some nice passes, Troisi wasn't as involved but what he did was done well, he seems to have a good centre of gravity, he rarely goes to ground when tackling or turning at Speed. Carroll looked good without looking spectacular, if today had been anything other than a friendly they would have gone down to 10 men when Carroll was taken out by the keeper, the keeper knew what he was doing. What I liked about Carroll is that he was playing a team that has for years been regarded as one of the best in Europe yet he had no respect for anybody, he just gave everything he could to win the ball and try to put them under pressure. Man of the match for me was N'Zogbia, the booing of Dyer is pathetic, if he'd played 90 minutes the way he played when he came on, he would have pushed N'Zogbia for man of the match.

Where would we be today if we'd said that before he became manager?

No idea what I'm doing up, I just haven't felt like going to sleep but i'm starting to get whinged at.

He's always had you down for one.

I think this is the crucial point - the club AND KK have both moved on now - if Allardyce is to succeed or fail it should be under the circumstances that he personally is comfortable with. He is already working for a new regime - it would be different if he & KK had worked together before ; however you dress it up, Director of Football means that the manager is virtually responsible to him - a tricky situation unless ALL are happy with it... Definitely think its too late for KK to return as manager again, and as some have pointed out, there are personality problems - in addition, if Ashley wishes to develop the Academy side of things, he will find that KK is not a great believer in that - remember how he scrapped the Reserves and wound down the Youth team..? His views on younger players were the reason some left. Chris Macmenemy said that Keegan got rid of the reserves because our squad was so small as we'd just got promoted.

I think he's got you down as a pillow muncher.

What if he is? Does it stop him watching football?

I haven't seen anything yet but I wonder if this is the connection with Newcastle that Sir John mentioned?