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Correct, Emre isn't any good at defending at all. From reading stuff written by people who go to away games it seems he's no good at anything in away games and only does something in home games. Generally that is. Perhaps geordiesned will pipe up here since he goes to away games? Or anyone else? If this is true, then ultiimately Emre needs to go as well but I'd shift Parker first because he's just a liability and a big lead weight around how the team plays. BTW the only midfield/attacker we have who can defend at all is Butt and there are some on here who wouldn't even select him. :uglystupid2: Pretty much spot on tbh. Yes, I am. I was referring to you. Parker's got no shining attributes whatsoever.

One of the Premier League strikers going on a free this season. Experienced, superb finisher, worked with Owen before - possibly worth a gamble. Not my cup of tea personally, but others might reckon it'd be a good signing. Discuss...

Correct, Emre isn't any good at defending at all. From reading stuff written by people who go to away games it seems he's no good at anything in away games and only does something in home games. Generally that is. Perhaps geordiesned will pipe up here since he goes to away games? Or anyone else? If this is true, then ultiimately Emre needs to go as well but I'd shift Parker first because he's just a liability and a big lead weight around how the team plays. BTW the only midfield/attacker we have who can defend at all is Butt and there are some on here who wouldn't even select him. :uglystupid2: Pretty much spot on tbh.

his disappearing act when we're against big clubs or losing? the lack of actual end product? Never/very rarely used properly in his time here. Could be so good for us and i really hope Sam gets the best out of him. let me guess, you used to watch a lot of Italian league and Turkish internaitonal football, so you know just how fantastic he is. :lol: Erm, no mate. I've watched Emre the Newcastle United player for the past two seasons, and have managed to pick up that he is far better for us, and on the whole far more effective, when played in an advanced position - somewhere where he simply hasn't played enough. Rather than deep central mid or out on the left. Hope that answers your query. so you've seen him go missing agianst the big clubs, and when we were losing. And thats whose fault exactly? To say he 'goes missing' isn't really a very good observation, if he isn't in the game already. Which he very rarely was when Roeder played him - largely down to how he was utilised and the tactics used. Emre needs to be in a flowing, attacking, passing team, with him being in an advanced position penetrating the defense - not deep in a long, defensive team. so, surprisingly, its not his fault. he shouldn't have any responsibility to get into the game, or anything else. and th away games that he's never even seemed arsed? oh, and if you accept he has not been involved, to the point of it not being his fault he has not turned up against the big teams, how can you claim to have seen enough since he's been with us to know what a great player he is?? I wasn't freeing Emre of all the blame, but in my opinion - from what i've seen of him - he was another good player in our squad victim of Roeder's poor systems. Unfortunately you're just cynical and think everyone's shit, anyway.

He wouldn't be the main man. And, we've got Michael Owen and Obefemi Martins to be our major benefactors for the EPL goals. His age his irrelevant, when we won't be relying on him as the main man - and when you consider that his game is nothing about pace, but presence. As i said previously - his strength and vision in the box, and quality infront/with his back to goal - makes him what he is, and is something we miss dearly since Shearer. Plus, Allardyce has got a nack of prolonging careers, and half the problem is solved when the quality of the player is this good. He's exactly the sort of striker we need.

his disappearing act when we're against big clubs or losing? the lack of actual end product? Never/very rarely used properly in his time here. Could be so good for us and i really hope Sam gets the best out of him. let me guess, you used to watch a lot of Italian league and Turkish internaitonal football, so you know just how fantastic he is. :lol: Erm, no mate. I've watched Emre the Newcastle United player for the past two seasons, and have managed to pick up that he is far better for us, and on the whole far more effective, when played in an advanced position - somewhere where he simply hasn't played enough. Rather than deep central mid or out on the left. Hope that answers your query. so you've seen him go missing agianst the big clubs, and when we were losing. And thats whose fault exactly? To say he 'goes missing' isn't really a very good observation, if he isn't in the game already. Which he very rarely was when Roeder played him - largely down to how he was utilised and the tactics used. Emre needs to be in a flowing, attacking, passing team, with him being in an advanced position penetrating the defense - not deep in a long, defensive team.

Ironic really - chastising people for knowing nothing about football - then with the next breath saying Luque is better than Viduka. Wake up, take your Albert Luque pyjamas off and join us in the real world. Viduka is lazy, and does not seem all that bothered, same with Luque, but Viduka has been given a chance in English football, Luque has not! There attitudes are similar, but Luque has for more ability. Utter, utter, utter drivel and bollocks. you.re right, of course. Yep. Viduka is not lazy. He puts himself about and is an absolute menace in the box. Only the cynics call him lazy, but the truth is he's given everything to Boro. Viduka is very much bothered, again - the cynics say that he doesn't care, he's playing for contracts and whatnot - but he's been scoring goals prolifically so season after season. He's not pushing himself to the limit just to play for contracts, he's just a damned good player. Viduka's attitude and Luque's attitudes are not in the slightest bit similar. I wouldn't say that Luque had far more ability either, but it's difficult to judge because they are two entirely different sorts of players. define prolific. oh, and quote in context, cheers. You said i was 'right, of course' - then put a full-stop. I picked up on that piece of information, whether it was sarcastic or not; the rest of the post was irrelevant - i wanted to pick up on that bit. Anyhow, Viduka's record in Britain, in all competitions: Celtic - 47 Apps, 35 Goals Leeds - 162 Apps, 72 Goals Middlesbrough - 80 Apps, 42 Goals And, for the three seasons that he has been at Boro - he has reached double figures. That's fairly good going... pretty much consistently prolific to me. But he's fat, lazy and only an decent-to-poor striker.

his disappearing act when we're against big clubs or losing? the lack of actual end product? Never/very rarely used properly in his time here. Could be so good for us and i really hope Sam gets the best out of him. let me guess, you used to watch a lot of Italian league and Turkish internaitonal football, so you know just how fantastic he is. :lol: Erm, no mate. I've watched Emre the Newcastle United player for the past two seasons, and have managed to pick up that he is far better for us, and on the whole far more effective, when played in an advanced position - somewhere where he simply hasn't played enough. Rather than deep central mid or out on the left. Hope that answers your query.

Ironic really - chastising people for knowing nothing about football - then with the next breath saying Luque is better than Viduka. Wake up, take your Albert Luque pyjamas off and join us in the real world. Viduka is lazy, and does not seem all that bothered, same with Luque, but Viduka has been given a chance in English football, Luque has not! There attitudes are similar, but Luque has for more ability. Utter, utter, utter drivel and bollocks. you.re right, of course. Yep. Viduka is not lazy. He puts himself about and is an absolute menace in the box. Only the cynics call him lazy, but the truth is he's given everything to Boro. Viduka is very much bothered, again - the cynics say that he doesn't care, he's playing for contracts and whatnot - but he's been scoring goals prolifically so season after season. He's not pushing himself to the limit just to play for contracts, he's just a damned good player. Viduka's attitude and Luque's attitudes are not in the slightest bit similar. I wouldn't say that Luque had far more ability either, but it's difficult to judge because they are two entirely different sorts of players.

his disappearing act when we're against big clubs or losing? the lack of actual end product? Never/very rarely used properly in his time here. Could be so good for us and i really hope Sam gets the best out of him.

Ironic really - chastising people for knowing nothing about football - then with the next breath saying Luque is better than Viduka. Wake up, take your Albert Luque pyjamas off and join us in the real world. Viduka is lazy, and does not seem all that bothered, same with Luque, but Viduka has been given a chance in English football, Luque has not! There attitudes are similar, but Luque has for more ability. Utter, utter, utter drivel and bollocks.

Yep - remember that.

Couldn't give a s***. Was s**** here, always was, always will have been. He won't anyway. He couldn't even play with Woodgate. What a load of bollocks. Hardly turned the corner when he was alongside him, did he?

Utterly, utterly awful football match.

Bramble OG is killing himself right about now.

Game didn't deserve a goal tbh.

Oh well.

I know... i haven't seen many... but i think this really is the most dreadful FA Cup final i've ever witnessed. Discounting the recent Newcastle ones, obviously. But even them were better games.

It's been a big disappointment? It was an absolute FARCE that you were brought back in the first place, Pav!

What an awful football match.

Ronaldo. What?

Booked now.

Robben - fucking faggot.

What do you expect, its Scholes. Ah yes, Paul Scholes. Renound for his handballs.