Nate

I'm getting increasingly worried that Roeder doesn't intend to bring in another striker at all. He's offering Sibierski a new deal, he plays Dyer upfront at every available opportunity and he keeps talking about how Martins is going to 'explode' next season when Owen and Ameobi are fit again. I imagine he'll see 5 'strikers' as enough.

Were you expecting something less? This is our biggest game of the season to date.

Why cant you see us beating them? They are a decent side but they aint the best around. People on here over rate AZ The two managers are worlds apart, ours being significantly inferior.

So criticising a player who is hilariously not good enough for the first team is now jumping on a bandwagon?

Harper - n/a Solano 5 - Too many careless passes. Taylor 6 Bramble 7 - MoM, i just hope Roeder doesn't do something stupid like give him a new contract on the back of recent performances. Babayaro 6 Milner 7 - Involved in everything, shame there was nobody to get on the end of his crosses. Dyer 6 Butt 6 - Good distribution again. Duff 6 - Slight improvement on last week, looking forward to seeing him in a big European game now. Martins 6 - Anonymous barring a very well taken goal. Luque 6 - No worse than several others, showed some nice touches as always. Pattison 1 - :lol: Carroll - n/a I guess that's it for Luque, let's just hope we finds a club to pay at least some of his wages in the Summer.

I can't see us beating AZ... at least it's a nice trip for the fans :unsure:

So who would you drop for him? N'Zogbia, Duff and even Rossi started in the following fixture ffs. Personally i would (have) drop(ped) Duff. A player whose performances in a black & white shirt have been as poor, arguably worse, than the Spaniard's. He seems to be let off due to efforts for his previous clubs though, a courtesy not extended to Luque. No. He probably shows a better attitude on a daily basis and comes across to the manager as though he gives a shit and wants to play for the club. Is that all that should matter, then? To the extent where we have talentless little fat men like Pattison in the first team?

So who would you drop for him? N'Zogbia, Duff and even Rossi started in the following fixture ffs. Personally i would (have) drop(ped) Duff. A player whose performances in a black & white shirt have been as poor, arguably worse, than the Spaniard's. He seems to be let off due to efforts for his previous clubs though, a courtesy not extended to Luque.

I don't see the argmuent in him 'not looking too bothered', he's never going to be a player that screams and shouts and chases down every ball, and he never has been. I still think the time Luque had every right to feel aggrieved was after the Palermo game. Roeder had virtually said beforehand that he had to score or show a considerable improvement in performance to save his Newcastle career - he did. Ofcourse, that wasn't enough for Glenn and he was immediately dropped from the side, consequently ending any remaining hope he had of reviving his career here. That decision almost guarenteed we'd be paying him millions of pounds for doing absolutely nothing until his contract ran out: I still find it bemusing so many were happy with it.

Ah, sorry, i didn't read that.

We'd be very lucky to just get Bendtner.

Why? We're paying him £40k a week until the end of the season and more realistically for the next 18 months. I can't understand anyone not willing Luque to do well now, even if you think he's incapable of it.

Moore & Babayaro. I'd want to keep those two as 4th choice centre-back & 2nd choice left-back respectively.

Liverpool through, in my opinion. Hardly suprising either.

He's just been sent off for Real Madrid.

Cech Given James Van Der Sar Isakson I also like Niemi & Foster.

Just what Newcastle United need. A change of manager. We're already a f****** laughing stock ffs! And we'll continue to be one with such an incompetent manager at the helm. A laughing stock who's team is in the last 16 of the UEFA cup. Has a good chance of qualifying for Europe again. And has performed heroics with the worst injury pileup in the clubs history. Word. I'd say we have little chance of progressing further than the next round of the Uefa Cup, and mid table mediocrity bekons in the league. As for injuries, they've only be highlighted to such an extent because Roeder has failed to address the gaping holes in our squad during the last two transfer windows.

Just what Newcastle United need. A change of manager. We're already a fucking laughing stock ffs! And we'll continue to be one with such an incompetent manager at the helm.

I didnt watch the game but from all the comments about Duff i dont think he was thah shit He wasn't far off. Completely baffled by some of the ratings he's received.

Duff was awful barring two decent runs in the second half, you can't have seen much of him at Blackburn to come out with that. Harper 6 Solano 8 - MoM, best player we have at the moment. Taylor 6 Bramble 7 - Uncharacteristically neat performance, nowhere near 'outstanding'. Babayaro 6 Milner 6 Butt 7 Dyer 6 - Faded badly, should have been taken off around the hour mark. Duff 5 Martins 5 Sibierski 7

He sounds about 8

You missed the inverted commas, then.

It's ok, he's 'just a shit Aaron Lennon'.

I predict a boring, uninspiring 1-0 victory.