Nate

The Mirror.

Watch the Premier League revoke West Ham's £5.5m fine and give them a 2 point deduction.

Good points.

Yeah, selling the only world class player we currently have should help sway his decision...

No 'in form' player of Adriano's quality is going to come anywhere near Newcastle, though. As long as the fee isn't extortionate i'd go all out to get him.

8 million for a midfielder who can't tackle, pass, control the ball or shoot. And a total prick. I'd rather have Barton. Agreed. If we have to have an average, English, central midfielder here next season, i hope it's Barton rather than Reo-Coker, Parker or Nolan.

Unfortunately there is no chance whatsoever that Shearer will take a job below Championship level.

All that and your team has Emre and Parker in central midfield. Clueless.

Wrong, but i agree with the rest of it. I won't be too fussed if our concentration on more pressing needs means not bringing in another right-back. It isn't really a problem area at the moment. Difference here, is that he is so cheap. Worth a punt for sure. He's not on a free, £2m could yet be a significant part of our transfer budget, and we have an endless list of other areas that need strengthening. Would anyone really like to see Young start ahead of Solano? If not, is he two million pounds worth better than Carr as backup? Is he going to be happy with sitting on the bench for a year? When Solano goes back to South America, is he going to be good enough as first choice for a team with top 4 ambitions? I'd say no to all questions.

I'd rather Solano and Taylor cover the position next season, and hope we're able to prioritise buying a top right-back the following year. He isn't an improvement on what we have.

I didn't say he'd make them a top 4 team individually, although if he does cope with the step up he'll provide a long-term answer to their left-side problems. My main point was this a statement of intent from Tottenham, an ambitious signing, a signal they're not satisfied with 5th place and Uefa Cup football. He's one of the most promising talents in the country and they've done very well to get him; we have some catching up to do.

Thankfully, he's forced McClaren into making the correct decision regarding Beckham. Surely even he can't pick Beckham over Bentley after tonight? Can he? Surely he can't pick Beckham (who has been churning out good performances in La Liga) over Bentley, because he's had a good game against Albania? I am a fan of Bentley, though. He needs to be in the squad before Jenas, Lennon, Dyer, etc.

Massive coup for Tottenham. If they keep Berbatov and make a few more signings of this nature, they could well challenge the top four next season.

a word of advice from zogster - 'Dont talk unless i say you can talk.' Jesus wept

Why? I'd have probably said the same this time last year, but Baptista has proven to absolutely dreadful in the Premiership. martins is hopeless and so overated by newcastle supporters. baptista has more to his game than martins IMO TBH ok... martins= 43 starts 17 goals baptista= 17 starts 10 goals thats not too bad for someone thats absolutely dreadful TBH I said absolutely dreadful in the Premiership: 24 appearances, 3 goals. there is no way you only meant premiership and not the fa cup or carling cup and if your only taking into account the premiership his goal scoring record isnt much worse than martins; martins= 32 starts 11 goals baptista= 11 starts 3 goals give him the same amount of starts as martins and his goal scoring record would be 32 starts 9 goals Actually, I purposely specified 'in the Premier League' because i don't think 6 goals against Liverpool's reserves should be taken into account. You seem to be very reliant on statistics, have you actually seen much of Baptista play this season? He's become somewhat of a joke amongst Arsenal and Tottenham fans. By the way, i don't rate Martins, so there's no need to keep comparing them.

Why? I'd have probably said the same this time last year, but Baptista has proven to absolutely dreadful in the Premiership. martins is hopeless and so overated by newcastle supporters. baptista has more to his game than martins IMO TBH ok... martins= 43 starts 17 goals baptista= 17 starts 10 goals thats not too bad for someone thats absolutely dreadful TBH I said absolutely dreadful in the Premiership: 24 appearances, 3 goals.

WHAT?!

Why? I'd have probably said the same this time last year, but Baptista has proven to absolutely dreadful in the Premiership.

Houllier doesn't tick any of the boxes of what I'm looking for. I'm of the mind that even with a whole load of money we're still a long, long way from competing for honours. I'm looking for other qualities than just going for whoever has got the most pots in his cupboard. Houllier played ugly, counter attacking football. I don't want that. He spunked a load of money on a load of shite - Biscan, Traore, Cheyroux, etc. I don't want that. And he didn't do much of job with the young players. Gerrard, Carragher, came thru (And I thought the latter was very ordinary under his management), nowt else. We've got some good kids, I want someone with a track record of looking after them. Ranieri is definetly my #1 choice, failing him, probably someone from the continent. I don't follow enough european footie to know everyone with a similar record to Ranieri. See a lot of names trotted out - Le Guen, Adrianse, etc, but I don't really know enough about them. So, short answer, if not CR - Dunno Weren't you keen on Paul Simpson a while back?

Ashley to sack Allardyce and appoint Houllier.

He may not have the option of staying with Liverpool at all. I'm not sure he's still capable of a 40 game season.

Hyypia is slow, but he's never really been fast. He could probably manage another 20 game season, which would be fine as long as two more centre-halves are incoming. Bearing in mind we now only have 1 central defender anywhere near Premiership standard on our books, we can't afford to turn away someone of his quality and experience on a free.

Shorey has had a great season, the least he deserves is a starting place in the B team. I'd like to see Lescott in for Dawson, and Jagielka starting ahead of Neville - mainly because i can't see any value in Neville playing. It's a good a line-up overall, though. Karjala, i haven't seen Smith play anywhere else but upfront this season.

I agree, by the end of the match he had completely lost it. Still, best of a mediocre bunch in the first half, for me.