Mick

I also have faith in out scouting system, after all, they did find Ireland.

His head.

Which English clubs are better? I can understand Man U, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs for what they have done or because of financial clout. Other then that, I don't see any better than us if we're at a level a club of our size should be at. People talk about Liverpool, they've only spent money they brought in from the sale of a player, they have spent next to nothing other than that yet they are being talked up as ambitious.

I doubt that Enrique has any expectations of us playing CL football very soon, I think if we finish the season reasonably and spend the Carroll money well then he'll see that as progress. The only things he's mentioned that I've seen regarding a new contract is for us to remain in the division before talks can even begin and he's mentioned playing for Spain.

Exactly and one of the reasons we should be holding on to him.

Where's Enrique wanting £80k come from?

I was commenting on what you'd said earlier and we do know some of his reasons as he said he wouldn't beging negotiating until we had reached safety.

I thought we already had £35 million to spend, do we need £15 million to spend on the positions you mention?

When has he ever said his ambition is for Champions League next season? He has mentioned wanting to play for his country and he can do that here if we are giving him enough recognition through our profile.

We could try to make the players feel we are actually going in the right direction as a club. Bring in good players and our better players will want to stay.

It's pathetic that fans of our club are happy to see one of our best players go if the price is seen as being right when we have no track record of spending incoming transfer fee's.

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Did Ranger not show something against Liverpool and Arsenal? Did he not show something when he scored againt a Chelsea team which included John Terry?

you get a grip, you've got to accept anything that happens as being good enough, you clearly don't.

Yet from what I've read they peak at 27 or 28, I'm not saying it's all to do with Stamin but it will have a lot to do with it.

At this level, Peter Beardsley and Les Ferdinand weren't cutting the mustard as you put it.

Name them.

How many 19 year olds play Premiership football? The answer is not many on a regular basis.

Most males are still growing at 19 and still have to build up stamina. That's why sportsmen don't usually peak at 19.

You seem to forget that Ireland was a long term injury before we signed him yet he was the biggest signing in January. Maybe, just maybe, we should have looked at bringing in fit players during the last transfer window.

He had options, he just chose the wrong one, again.

It's his first start in the Premiership.

Most 19 year olds lack stamina.

Why does Pardew keep bringing Steve Taylor back into our settled defence? I could have sworn that Pardew admitted that it was a mistake the last time he did it yet here we are again within a matter of weeks.

He's clearly still carrying the knock to his ankle as he kept stopping and looking down at it, he was doing the same against Wolves when he came on.