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You are absolutely s**ting me. Thats the funniest thing i've ever read on these forums. Agreed. Apart from goalkeepers, they are far better from us in every department. I'd give anything to have their defence and midfield, infact there strikerforce is argueabley their weakest position. ........ don't change the fact we have better fans. bluewink.gif

Walked into a poll? More like he was punched by a team mate. blueyes.gif

Predictions? I reckon 1-2 King, Rossi and Duffa

Nearly perfect. Apart from Carr, instead of Moore. Shame the zog misses out.

At the Charlton game the other week i sat in bar 1892. I was within touching distance of Super Cac, wish i'd reached out and stabbed him TBH. I really dispise the man and his opinion. Where is the rule that says good footballlers no what they are talking about when it comes to managment. Although, we could do with him out on the pitch right now.

NUFC: Harper, Srnicek, Carr, Taylor, Ramage, Babayaro, Huntington, Moore, Bramble, Parker, Emre, Solano, N'Zogbia, Milner, Pattison, Duff, Rossi, Sibierski, Luque, Carroll, Butt. Harper Taylor Moore Ramage Babayaro Parker Emre Milner Duff Rossi Sibierski Sounds a little arrogant but i'm convinced that this is the best team that we can put out at the moment. Parker has to be told to cover the back four, no forward runs. Taylor and Baba shouldn't concentrate on getting beyond the wingers, they should stick to defending, this alows Milner and Duff to go forward more freely. When doing this they need to be told to stick to the wings and get crosses in even if that means to rely on Sibs aerial ability. As long as Sibers puts himself about a bit space will open, allowing shooting opportunities for Rossi. None of this back four are renowned for making mistakes, although they need to stay calm and work as a unit. Even if this means us playing alot of the game in our own half, i feel we have enough to nick a goal. I have a feeling roeder will start Carr, Butt and Bramble in a 451 formation, sibers up top on his own.

SWP was awesome at Man City a real contender for player of the year. He seems to have lost so much convidence in himself. He needs a move, where he is getting games. My guess would be Spurs, Liverpool or us. Mourinho knows how good he is and won't want Man Utd or Arsenal to get a hold of him.

If that's the case, the alcholic can take control of our club any day of the week.

Never said he was a great person, just a great manager. That is undesputed.

Deserves all the praise he gets TBH. One of the worlds greatest ever managers. My tribute. :clap:

Chris Kirkland has to be one of the best young keepers that this country has produced. If he hadn't got so many injuries i'm sure he would be Englands no1 right now. Out of them two............... it's bloody close but i'd say Foster. Just!

I was always of the impression that SWP was destined for Arsenal because of the Wright connection. Can't really see that now because we all know how well Arsenal and Chelsea get on when it comes to transfers. Maybe Arsenal will swoop for Lennon, would go down to well with the natives mind. P.S I'd much prefer Keane to Defoe.

Weird. A was just thinking about what a good little player Lennon was earlier, my second thought was how long it will take chelsea to swoop. However, the papers probably are also speculating. Lennon would probably fit in to Man Utd's style of play more than Chelsea.

Upson is a good shout. He is a standard Premiership defender, which is better than what we have got. I hate using that phraze but it is very true. With him and back four of : Taylor Moore Upson Bridge we may improve our fortunes.

Bridge 3-4m. Viduka 1m. Distin 1-2m Lucass neill 2-3m. Most importantly Bramble OUT!

We won't get relegated. We always have a part of the season where we talk about relegation and it never happens. Either Roeder will spark a revival or he will get sacked next sunday morning after we have been beaten against Man City away for the second year running.

How does that work then. The right price is the one you would sell them for surely? If you mean the players you would keep if even if it matched their value.

That's the problem you see. Our emphasis is on selling instead of trying to build a squad. Although, Bramble and Dyer would be the first out of the door.

lots of good points there too. Overall, we are missing Shearer far more than a lot of people thought. Despite buying new forwards, we still need more because they are either not playing or aren't what we want or aren't good enough. That is obvious. We don't need defenders anything like we need forwards. Zoggy has been disappointing but a lad his age was always likely to fade but he will come back stronger and better, I only hope he isn't tempted to join his fellow Frenchman at Arsenal in the meantime, it would be natural for him to be tempted by such a thing. Up front we need someone to make things happen, ie like Shearer did. We need someone who will put pressure on defenders, whether by strength, pace or both, we need to give them something to do and something to stop. We are still putting in crosses, and hitting the ball down the field but there is no one there to either muscle for the ball or get their first and enable the team to push out. We also need a box to box midfield man. Emre and Parker are not a good combination, as has been said before. While Parker obviously is a good player it is noticeable that we have played better on a few occasions without him. This is strange. Rossi was out of his depth physically yesterday, it isn't his fault, but he just was, so that formation against big defenders was a waste of time. I thought that Solano and Emre coming on may have brought in a more measured and thoughtful change in the way the team played and probably would have done but it was one of those days when everybody was poor. We need a forward and an attacking central midfield player in January, and quite simply, the club has to find the money from somewhere to do it. I agree,what we need is variety in attack. Shearer gaves us something that only didier drogba and possibly crouch posess in this league now, physical presence and the abilty to finish. If you look at our players up front we have some talent Rossi (very nippy and a good finisher), Martins (Pace and decent finishing), Ameobi (Aerial threat but not physical enough for me) and Sibierski (actualy quite decent at holding up the ball but not a great finisher on the ground) but not one of them give the same battering ram approach to shearer. We still play like Shearer is up front for us, constant long balls. If we are going to insist on this tactic then we need someone good enough in the front line to deploy it. The other option is to pass the ball about and actually beat the oppo playing proper footie but to do this we need goals from centre midfield. Cahill or Nolan would do nicley but i doubt we could afford them.

:clap: :clap: Agree were much with what you are saying here. Dunno about Keegan, would love for him to do great here again. But isnt he a bit loose on the money? I would actually love Kenny Dalglish back here as a DoF. Think he could do a very good job for us. And is a great person too. Would have suggested the ex argentinian coach as our new manager, only problem might be the language. Dalglishs a good shout. Boring but Level headed. TBH i know people hate him but i'd have Sven here in a flash as either a manager or DOF.

How to turn the club around: 1) Get rid of the chairman. Replaced by either an investor, preferabley young with a vision or one of the boards directors. Even if it is one of Sheppards yes men, at least he/she would give the club renewed optimism and a sense of light at the end of the tunnel. 2) Sack the cronnies. McDerrmot and Clark at this club for sentimental reasons only, they should not be coaching first team affairs. I don't know what Pearson is doing here. 3) Demote Roeder. Put him back in charge of the academy and alow Clark to learn coaching skills under his wing. 4) Hire a director of football. Someone with vast experiance in the game, yet won't attempt to stifle the managers descions, yet will advise on money. Suggestions: Keegan or Robson. 5) Hire and new manager. Vital that whoever it is comes in with his own people and has an emphasis on short term and long term success, as well as squad size, youth and Fooking good defenders. A PROVEN WINNER, SOMEONE THE FANS WANT! Suggestions: Ranieri, Houllier or Hitzfeld *Drool*

Did you cut yourself shaving? bluebiggrin.gif I agree, we should look to bring in more physical players, especially in midfield. Personally, i'd like to see us bring in someone like Kevin Nolan who provides strength from set pieces and goals from midfield.

Krul Taylor Moore Bramble Ramage Parker N'Zogbia Milner Duff Rossi Dyer Subs:Harper, Carr, Nobby, Luque and sibierski

Parker just needs to learn to make off the ball movement, in the attacking sense. When he's on the ball he does enough and when they have the ball he works his socks off but when his team mates have it he seems lost, because of that the team suffers. Still one of our best performers mind. blueyes.gif

Good result. I don't want Roeder to fanny about with the team by bringing injured players back in the starting line up. We start this team on sat and i will be happy: Krul Taylor Moore Bramble Ramage Butt Parker Milner Zoggy Rossi Luque