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Richard Dunne, Mellberg, Upson, Ferdinand, Tel ben Hiem, Silvestre (Depending on age but can play left back and centre back), Brown and/or Davies. All of these players are at a good standard. Not great or world class but good. I'd make it priority to either sign two of these or one of these and a quality left back.

I think it's going to be our best in a long time. I prefer it when we have more black that white. Reminds me of the ntl one under bobby, ah those were better times.

Yes i thought he was pretty good against boro but still nothing spectacular.

Good point gejon. Its also worth remembering that the more he plays in that role, with a consistant partner then he will gain more experiance. I've said all along we should use Butt to tutor him. To be a top DM you need to be able to tackle, cover space as well as distribute the ball quickly and effectively. Parker is a fantastic tackler with a very good engine but he needs to learn how to take fewer touches on the ball and release it quicker. It doesn't matter if Parker decides to drop the ball off to a defender beacause at least that means we can create a new attack from the back. What he does do and should not do is takes to much time on the ball whilst making little ground.

Well in that case we need to ship out them two if we are going to sign Tevez. I don't think Roeder has that much transfer nouse tbh. Add the fact that hes a "bad boy" and i doubt it will happen. Spurs have berbatov who is class. Keane is very good and defoe is decent but neither are anywhere near Martins or Owen tbf.

You can have too many top forwards at a football club. We will hvae Owen and Martins next season. Add Sibers, Ameobi and Dyer (depending where you prefer him) to that list and your talking 5 strikers. If we signed Tevez then Owen or Martins would go, maybe not straight away but they would go. I'd prefer it if we resigned someone like Lua Lua who offers something different or a taller striker to give an ariel threat. Most importantly we should not be concentrating on strikers. We need a left back and centre mid first.

Steven Gerrard and Gary Neville

I believe it to be a bit of both. People not connected to the club see a hollywood defensive midfielder that all englishmen love. Tackles, works hard and has a voice on the pitch. As well as this because of the fact he is our captain they will think "he must be good". Where as your average toon fan is a pessimist to say the least. All he has to do is play one bad ball and us lot are on his back. However, there are some glaring flaws in parkers game that isn't quite worth rambling on about. Parker is a good player at a good standard. His problem is that he does not have a position.

WHAT! Bramble was no where near as good as gooch yesterday. Everytime Bramble got the ball he gave it to the opposition. Gooch looked composed, not at all shakey.

Bit late but here goes: Given 6 Not alot to do, kicking average at best. Nobby 7 After a sloppy start proved that he is still our best passer, nothing to show for it though. Gooch 7 Looked comfortable, even when making slight errors. Dominated. Bramble 6 Typical Titus good header, poor passer, poor footballer. Taylor 7 Can't remember him being beaten down the left once. Solid performance. Milner 6 Not his best day but still had more threatening moments than anyone else. Butt 6 Efficient if not spectacular. Parker 6 Would have got a 10 on dancing on ice for the twirls he does in the centre of the park. Zoggy 6 Not up to scatch but can be forgive due to unfitness. Dyer 6 Not on the ball often enough to influence the game. Should have played in midfield with sibers up front. Martins 7 Looked our closest match winner but not his explosive self. No service. MOM- Woodgate. Has not lost any talent.

I want: Given Nobby Gooch Taylor Baba Butt Parker Milner Zoggy Dyer Martins We will get: Given Taylor Bramble Gooch Hunty Parker Dyer Nobby Duff Sibierski Martins

Beckham should not play for england.

If we get through, do we play the first leg at home or away?

Solano, loads of nobby shirts. Owen will help us win the uefa cup i can feel it.

Sod players. I would sack myself as manager just before highering mourinho to take my place. A manager is more important at any football club than players. The rest would take care of itself.

McCarthy is a clas act. Good to see Martins in there too.

Agree with every word bellers. Although i must say our defensive distribution has vastly improved since nobby has played at right back.

I'd have Richard Dunne! *Tin hat fimly on*

Southerner thru and thru? He's from Liverpool...spent his entire playing career in the North West, and has already "managed" up here too... The detestable bit is bang on tho IMO Wow he wasn't a very good footballer if he only played for Carlisle throughout his career.

I think one of the most suicidal mistakes a manager can do is make wholesale changes to his squad. Arsene Wenger and Fergy both are fantastic at pinpointing their problems and signing players to suit. So taking this in mind i wouldn't sign any more than 2 or 3 first teamers. We have to the into account the improvement of youngsters. The priority, in my mind, has to be a left back. We have one left back and he's inconsistant and injury prone. My choice would be Bridge. After that i would look to target a centre half, whether or not Gooch is a success. I believe we need someone with a little bit of confidence/arrogance. When i've seen Ferdinand play he's been fantastic take into account he's already played with Taylor and is young, so he would be my choice. Thirdly, i'm of the opinion that Emre will be off in the summer which will mean we should sign a replacement.

Dean Ashton is a must should he be availible. However, it wouldn't suprise me if fergy didn't fancy him up front with Rooney. Reo Coker is over rated and inconsistant which is a bad combination. His transfer would depend on the price. I think Ferdinand is a good defender and would be a great partner to Taylor, i am basing my opinion on the blinder he had a sjp.

i think he will bag quite a few in the uefa cup tbh. 15 would be pleasant but i expect more. quick shout to sibierski whos not done bad with 8!

Souness was right Bellamy was a cancer at the club but it was said for all the wrong reasons. Personally, i dont think great managers give a flying fuck about whether a player is a trouble maker or not. SBR didn't mind, Fergi didn't mind with Keane or Cantona and Souness' problem was that he had no idea how to deal with this type of modern footballer. I fully agree that Bellamy is a little cunt but look around the premiership sadly these days all the best players are cunts. Drogba and Ronaldo are the two best players this year and i hate both of them with a passion. Souness would have drove them out the door too.

Obafemi martins would be our top goalscorer too and that we'd have duff.