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No players in (for the first Team) and Roz out. Nice to see a bit of ambition. I can see where he is coming from, an international who needs games to play in Euro 2008. Being a central midfielder in a failing and losing team will not ensure he keeps his place. We have only lost out, as there are no central defenders other than Faye better than him at the club. Scapegoat foreigner as always. I liked the comparison earlier with G. Pallister crucified in his first season and became a stalwart and legend. Oh, for a little bit of patience rather than knee jerk reactions. No doubt he will now go on and have a great Euro 2008. I cannot understand the preoccupation with the defenders as scapegoats, surely as so many fail here the reasons for this could be outside their ability (anyone thought of the poor quality of defensive coaching), especially as so many of the errors made by our back 4 re positioning seem so basic. I also think that the problem lies in our persistent manner of hoofing the ball to our little forwards who are unable to hold the ball up, and our midfield who are always going to ground leaving the defense uncovered. These are all basic footballing errors that would be evident in a sunday league team coached by the local retard.

Just read this in the gruniad, still it makes no sense to me at all except that it is jobs for the boys. Nothing more nothing less. But think on after the Uncle Robson debacle, sourmess, roeder the motivator and BSA it is good to see that we are still a laughing stock. Can this be good for business and hence success? Continuous Belly Laughing, and £10m For Alan Hutton Scott Murray and Sean Ingle Tuesday January 29, 2008 Guardian Unlimited DENNIS WISE: A TIMELINE [Ambient note - the following story should only be read while listening to this piece of music] Monday January 28, 2008: 11.59am Newcastle owner Mike Ashley goes to lunch. 3.17pm Mike Ashley finishes lunch. 3.18pm Mike Ashley decides to put on his replica shirt. 3.19pm-3.27pm Mike Ashley squeezes into his replica shirt. 3.28pm The replica shirt restricts Ashley’s lungs to such an extent that the blood supply to his brain is cut off. 3.37pm Tragedy is thankfully averted as Mrs Ellen Shearer, the suspicious-looking Newcastle tea lady, pops round with Ashley’s mid-afternoon buns, finds a distressed Ashley thrashing about, and cuts him out of the replica shirt (using the sword of Damocles she was on her way to hang in the manager’s office). 3.38pm It transpires Mrs Shearer did not in fact arrive in time to avert tragedy totally, as while the blood supply to Ashley’s brain was cut off, he phoned Leeds manager Dennis Wise, giving him a £1.5m-per-year rolling contract and a seat on the board as an “executive director on football-related matters”. 3.39pm-11.59pm Continuous belly laughing can be heard from the south-east, approximately 12 miles away. Tuesday January 29, 2008: 9am A new morning. Kevin Keegan insists he is “very happy” about the Wise affair, despite having said, upon being asked three months ago if he would assist then-manager Sam Allardyce as director of football, that Allardyce “would be a fool to let it happen and the guy who goes in would be a fool to accept it. The chairman, who is not a fool, would be a fool to go and do it, too. It doesn’t work.” 9.01am Keegan disappears from view for the entire day - absolutely not, y’know, to draft, y’know, a resignation letter, y’know, just in case - in a large puff of smoke which blasts from his lugs. 9.02am-12.13pm Continuous belly laughing can be heard from the south, approximately 100 miles away, where not only has never-popular ex-Chelsea legend Wise left Elland Road for good, Dave Bassett - blamed by many Leeds fans for a dreadful run of form which is jiggering their automatic promotion push - ends his stint in charge as caretaker boss after 36.73 seconds. 12.14pm Someone at Newcastle - Wise? Keegan? Shearer? Ashley? Cobley? - makes a verbal offer to Derby County for highly-rated 19-year-old winger Giles Barnes. 12.15pm-1.32pm Continuous belly laughing can be heard from the south, approximately 167 miles away, in the Pride Park manager’s office. 1.33pm Paul Jewell wipes a tear from his eye and gathers his composure long enough to explain: “When I see other players leaving for £4m or £5m what we want is not unreasonable. He is not going to leave here on the cheap because he is a player we would like to keep. But if Giles wants to go and play somewhere else, he wants to play in the Premier League, we won’t stand in his way, as long as that is right for the club.” 1.34pm Back up north, Newcastle suit Chris Mort tries to reassure Keegan and explain why the club have employed Wise: “Two of the conclusions of our strategic review, since acquiring the club, were that the club would benefit from having a football person involved at board level. Dennis would like to move away from day-to-day football management to a board role and, with his considerable energy and intelligence ...” 1.34pm and 17 seconds Continuous belly laughing can be heard from around the country, in 360-degree surround sound. 5.04pm Surround-sound laughter suddenly moves up an entire octave in pitch thanks to increased wave oscillations in the Leeds area, where guffawing becomes increasingly manic due to managerial appointment of Gary McAllister, a former fans’ favourite and more importantly Not Dennis Wise.

Sorry mate but you obviously don't have a full grasp on the Dennis Wise history and have some bias. Even on the basis just of the Swindon fact which is that he had them first place by a clear way which is a damn site better than just not getting relegated. And Poyet didn't just become his assistant this season, he was Wise's assistant since Swindon. Does this mean that Wise gets the blame for the relegation and Poyet gets the credit for the good form? Like i said you seem biased. Well I may be biased, but re Swindon both Poyet and Wise left in Oct 2006 from Swindon to Leeds yes swindon were doing well then (but didnt we have our best start to a season in Oct 2007 and that did not make BSA a good manager in anyones eyes). It is impossible to judge the quality of a team by Oct due to the lottery of the fixture lists. My blood is still boiling, if Wise arrives and makes a success I will not only swim the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans but also swim up the Tyne from here in Peru. I would love to be wrong but 30000 odd yorkies think the same. nerestng how when Poyet left the results have dipped dramatically. Biased maybe, but the grain of truth is out there.

Well Cahill i good in certain areas of thepitch> I d not think that he is the ort of player that would be favoured here. If BSA was till here Cahill would be an excellent addition, but as we are supposedly heading for free flowing football I do not think he is an option. So I rat him for certain jobs if you see what I mean

I am sorry supertoon but I have to disagree with you on your comments. Got Milwall to the FA Cup Final (Yes he did and well done for that) and near play offs (no they were not, they never were in a position to seriously challenge) had some very good players like Cahill (perhaps if you think Cahill is a very good player) did well at his short time at swindon (in what sense? dfidnt get them relegated true)and has took leeds near promotion despite 15 point deduction - no he took them to relegation, even his captain wanted to leave playing some of the worst football played at Elland road in the last 40 years. Poyet comes in and things make an improvement. I will concede that Wise chose Poyet and should take the credit for this. Leeds form since Poyet has left has been relegation form. Now if we are looking at ayne from Div 1 Martinez must be an option - low budget, great team ethic,always is positive and by all accounts are playing football on the deck with movement (this is almost unheard of in this division)

Not much gets my blood boiling, but this does to such an extent. Wise has no football ability. Those who think he has done a good job at Leeds yeah you are right he took them down playing awful football (only good to Leeds haters), only the professionalism of Poyet has made a difference his season,and guess what as soon as Poyet leaves what happens - you cannot make this up Basset comes in and their form has been relegation form since. To those who say he is a good coach WTF Poyet was the coach Not Wise. I cannot believe this nor can I believe that Kev would be that destructive towards us. Wise is a throw back to the bad old days of rut one football (and havent we all realised that that was no good). I know this rumour has been around Leeds for a while and their fans are praying for it to be true. How can such a talentless individualbe associated with us. Thinks er (well soumess) yes it could be true. Gutted by even the smallest grain of truth in this tbh. Off o have a shower hopefully when i get out all will be denied andwe can all dream happily again

Because the ACN is slap bang in the middle of the domestic season for most of these players perhaps? So that means he doesn't deserve to have adequate time to get his squad sorted? He has to wait until the thing starts before calling his squad together, purely to appease European football fans? Seems a little arrogant, no? Absolutely, but the fact of the matter is that the European leagues are much more important than the ACN, if they wanted preparation time then they should hold it the same time as the European Championships. So Africa should arrange their own Continental Championships to fit in with the European domestic leagues? TDF Yes they should, this Competition could be held at any time of the year - so historically it is in Jan and Feb, but one should not bite the hand that feeds you. Surely having a competition in this time would put clubs off buying African talent. It certainly did for Kalusha Bwalya - one of the greatest African players that I have ever had the fortune to see. He ended up only in Qatar. What a pity for the rest of us. I think that many managers would think twice about selecting an African player who represents his country - or even worse persuade him to change international allegiences.

Tim Krul and enrique - but guess that he is in the first team so is already reaching his potential, but think there is alot more from him in the years to come. Tim hopefully will be our No 1 for a long time in a couple of years. He has the lot for a goal keepeer and just needs some experience.

Well at least the FA will pay his wages for this amount of time - however long it turns out to be. He has not had the best of luck with injuries. I for one am quite pleased that he will be missing for the Croatia game as it may well give Smith a game up front for England!!!! There is always going to be accusation against little mic when he appears to always tie his come back games perfectly for England, so pleased that he misses this one. The thought now of Smith up front for us is even more horrific than missing Owen. I for one would welcome shola with open arms

This is a very difficult one, for sheer joy it had to be Grimsby, for excitement Cole first game, for relief the game against Leicester, for a treat the championship home tie vs barnsley - but my all time favourite was Aldershot Town vs S******land in 1987? I think, the shots twice came from behind to equalise making it 2-2 at half time. Somehow I had got myself in the Sunderalnd end and was finding it hard to keep quiet when two minutes into the second half Steve Berry (who i think played for the scum before) hit the ball first time from about 25 yards into the bottom right corner - such joy and the looks on their faces even better.

Congrats on the win. That and the draw in the other game put you guys in a really strong position. Sorry, for my ignorance but I assumed that Uruguay were the favorites in the group. Is that correct? The feeling here was that Uruguay were the clear favourites to the group, but of course with Venezuela being the hosts, they should have a chance. We were very worried about Forlorn and recoba - but with Recoba missing, and Peru playing a fabulous game, it was our night. We have just got rid of the crowd favourite Roberto Palacios who has retired (and in my opinion all that is worng with football here - showing off to please the crowd El Teatro (the theatre). Chile won 3-2, and could have had more - but do not be decieved, two very poor second half goals, one with two players unmarked at the far post, and another decent freekick left the keeper seriously flapping, this was after ecuadorean player somehow cleared off the chilean line. Some very dodgy refereeing decisions as per normal here. Looking forward to the next game.

Watched the Peru game last night, amid great scenes here in Lima. Probably the best that we have played in the last few years (except famous draws home and away to Brazil). Farfan was his usual self - quick and strong, Pizarro with deft flicks and a set up for a disallowed goal, and Paolo G. - looking a great prospect. My only concern is that we are after defenders and the likes of John Galliquio who was touted by Portsmouth - is big strong, fast, likes going forward but .... well he plays for my team, and I wouldn't dream of him playing for the toon.

Half-time 2-1 to Ecuador, shocking defending all round. Ecuador moving the ball quickly, Chile are a poor team though and have been for a fair while.

Would only want him as a back up to others already here, and I suppose his physical approach could reap rewards away from home against soem of the smaller clubs. But against the top clubs - no thanks, he just not possess enough quality, either as a striker or a link midfielder. Fergie is rarely wrong when releasing players. There is also a huge doubt as to whether he has recovered fully from that horrific leg injury. I hope that this is just one of those rumours that will see him eventually going to soemwhere that his talents deserve - back to Leeds or the mackems.

just got to laugh. All clubs today need to spend big time to win. The only difference is whether the money is sustainable or not. ManUs probably is whilst Chalseas is not. We have all seen (and laughed) at Leeds misfortune when they systematically overspent. TBH I would love to see a more level playingfield, like when Forest (RIP) and even everton were flying high. With the new windfalls, some clubs will spend recklessly, while others will take their time and spend on the right players - just hope that we do not go down the panic buying line of our last two managers.

He is one of those sad individuals that cannot take responsibility for his own inadequacies. I just loved it when he left!! He, however, does make a couple of fairly valid points. Firstly the team does need to be rebuilt, and have a fair amount of money spent on it. This is mainly HIS doing as he ripped the heart and soul from our club, getting rid of our better players and buying in absolute pap. He also appears to have a dig at shepard, quite rightly in my opinion for interferring in the transfer market. This is clearly still continuing as we appear to be after many of the same targets as under roeder. Lets hope that the evaluation of the club gets rid of the dead wood at the top.

Just cannot make my mind up about Bellemy, yes he is fast, yes he is an irritant. I was surprised that he didnt start the CLF for Liverpool (so perhaps I do rate him), so think that he has no future there at all. This makes me think that the way managers deal with problems is crucial to success. Liverpool will recoup their money, whilst we sold himk for a song. I cannot see him coming if owen leaves, as his pace would only help owen.

Taking players directly from S America to England will always be a risk due to the different technical aspects of the game. Here, in SA, the game is generally slower and less physical when compared to the premiership. I have not been impressed with Boca this year, but perhaps this is compounded by the inclusion of Riquelme who has been an absolute waste of space, although Roberto Palacio has caught my eye a few times (winger who can player either side). River Plate again have not been at their best this season, though i am a big fan of their stricker Farias. I have only watched San Lorenzo a coupple of times, and they do look good going forward, although they are not a team I really follow. Here in Peru we are going through a dearth of talent in the National leagues. The quality is poor. I am very surprised that Farfan though has not been touted for the premiership as I think that he has all the requisites to succeed (power, pace, great upperbody strength, and a good mentality too), although Pizarro appears to be the one moving on (there were newspaper articles here a few months ago stating that Bayern were not renewing his contract due to his inappropriate lifestyle - drink).