Mick

I've been to Scarborough once to see us play them in a friendly, the drinking was good but the football was as boring as hell, it's still a pity and like somebody said, we could have helped them by playing them pre-season. It's crap when we can't help the local'ish clubs out.

To be fair to kingxlnc, he did use a lower case "i" although it should have been upper case.

I think the FA or Premier League want shooting as much as West Ham, we all knew that Tevez was playing for them so how come nobody noticed a problem with his registration until so late on?

The last line is a bit unfortunate.

Thanks.

I agree that the midfield doesn't have a bone cruncher but they can still tackle. Remember that we'll be playing the mackems, Boro, Wigan, Man City etc, keep those teams under pressure and they'll buckle.

Two things, first is I've been drinking so have an excuse, second, I'd like to see them push further up so the centre halves would be closer to the midfield.

That midfield would be more than good enough against 80% of the teams we'll play against next season. We really need to get the middle of the defence sorted so that when we are put under pressure we have the confidence to live with it. The squad needs numbers who are capable of doing a job and we also need players who can come in when we're playing teams who are not in the 80% mentioned earlier, when we need to add grit and battle it out. If we are going to invest £250 million over 5 years then we should spend more now then reduce it as time goes on, we shouldn't need to spend as much during year 5 as we do during year 1.

I want 3 first team players as well as squad players, I don't want to see Babayaro as first choice and I don't want Ramage as first choice, I think if we get a new left back, centre half and creative midfielder/forward then we're laughing all the way to top 6. I really think that if we get the three sorted that I've mentioned and squad players in as cover then we'll do well. Given Nobby (get younger player in to learn and replace Nobby) Another (quality left back) Taylor Another (quality centre half with a good head and a big mouth) Barton Milner Another (creative player) Viduka Owen Nzogbia (new manager/new start, he clearly wasn't playing for Roeder)

I felt that Allardyce was a good decision by Shepherd, I'm not sure he would be the right choice now that our situation has changed but I'm still more than happy to support him as he's the best we've had since Sir Bobby, my reservations are about his ability to spend money, nobody can really question his ability to get the best out of free transfers or cheap players and I'm slightly concerned about the Quest stuff still being dragged up. I’m still more than happy to see him given a chance as long as he takes us forwards and tries to build the club from top to bottom. I'd like to see 3 more first team players signed before the season kicks off, I want two defenders and somebody to link with the forwards, somebody who can change a game with one pass, a Tevez who I don't expect to get but would love to see here. We don't have Eorope to offer big players but we should be able to offer Europe the season after.

I always try to help.

When I was a kid we watched Newcastle at St James's Park.

We need to sort our defence before we can challenge for the top 5, at the very minimum we need a centre back and left back.

I can't see any point in waiting for possible action after the Stevens Enquiry, I can't see anything happening soon as nothing Earth shattering has been revealed, the club must move on. The fact that adverts have been placed for some of the staff tends to suggest that people will be coming in.

Solano packed in International football when he fell out with the manager of Peru, he signed a new contract but decided to play for Peru again after the manager was sacked. Nobby was right and Bobby was wrong on thid one, he had no right asking him to not play for his Country when fit.

I couldn't care less what they call it, it will always be St James' Park to me in the same was as the Leazes will always be the Leazes, no matter what they call it.

2 signings before mid August would have been something to celebrate never mind mid June.

Keep it open macbeth and update it with guestimates.

Which one are you?

Hysterical, 1 place to make up before he got his hands on the team, how come nobody ever questions this sort of shite when they do an interview? The big problems we have today are much bigger than the ones he inherited, the bloke is a joke.

He's trying it on with that crap, we were 5th the season before he took over and I can still remember his saying how good the squad was that he took over and spent almost £50 million on.

Don't worry Lee Clark's been over.

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I don't know if my body can take too much of this, my heads still thudding after last night and I've got to go and do it all again. At least it's Friday tomorrow and I'll have a couple of days to recover before Monday, after a couple of top-up's obviously. + =