LooneyToonArmy

I would have liked to have seen Nobby be given the captaincy. He's captain for his country and experienced in this position. Has Nobby captained us before? I reckon he'll be a bit disappointed he hasn't had the chance if that's been the case

Smoggies say Pogatetz has been better than Woodgate this season but doesn't get the recognition as all the focus is on Woodgate by the media I'd still have Drogba in there ahead of either Rooney or Martins (cue barrage of abuse).....more on the former though

heard he's one of the quietest players in the squad (not saying he has to be a shouter) but not sure how effective he will be as captain.....but as someone else has pointed out , there's not many other candidates

he was linked with Celtic and the Smogs before as well

would like them to come up for the derby games but they'll just go straght back down again. There squad is just not good enough , the same as last time ,and I'm not sure how much money Quinn would have avail to give to Keane to strengthen the unwashed

a couple years ago i don't believe there was a huge difference between Harper and Given for goalkeeping ability IMO. Back then I wasn't that bothered when Shay got injured as Harper normally put in some very solid and steady performances when he replaced him......but now it's different as most posters have pointed out, he seems to have gone backwards and I don't have the same confidence in Harper when he's behind the sticks as I used to.

don't want Ashton, just seems far too injury prone

all the London clubs to go down, less travel for us

would've preferred both tbh but I'm greedy. :icon_biggrin: . I'm still a big fan of Kuyt, big ,strong, holds the ball up, good in the air, gives 100%. Martins has the pace and strength which is probably more of what we needed at the moment in time. I reckon GR still wanted Kuyt despite his excuses when Liverpool nipped in......he was to busy fannying about undecided . all in all we still haven't seen the best of both players which bodes well for the future

Grosso was nowhere before the world cup, now being mentioned in the bracket of best left backs in the world. He played well, but come on, who's actually seen him week in week out? Same goes for Lahm. I post on Xtratime that has one of the biggest Inter forums around, according to them Grosso has been very poor for them this season, at least nowhere near his world cup form. They all went the Brazilian player Maxwell to play left back permanently as he has been recently

they just trashed Gooch's Standard Liege 3-1 (who are 3rd). Still think we'll come through but best not to be too overconfident and end up out the cup

looked like he had 1 too many beers at half time to me

probably reservations because he's playing in the Dutch league. Could be another Kezman......*flame war*

Diego Maradona's book is a great read

Henry is the same on the big occasion he chokes, like CL/World Cup/Euro champs finals

wont boo him. He is a tw@t but he gave 100% for us and played with his heart on his sleeve,something many current players don't have 1% of

knew someone bring up the old age thing

he has an Italian passport having lived there since he was 15

no chance they will ban him forever. It's happened before with some of their other big name players they have had and they ended up coming back They will re-call him up when they're doing $hit in the qualifiers, their coach gets sacked and the Nigerian fans will demand to see Oba reinstated.

with the same creativity and vision too

According to Villareal fans he was just plain lazy this season and lacked commitment according to Pellegrini.When a player begins to think he is more important then his team these things can happen. Good article about him here http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/01/22/the_end_is_nigh_for_a_player_u.html And as mentioned earlier, he would be ideal for Serie A if he got his motivation back.

Exactly, I wouldn't want to come here if I was them. It would be like 2 home games for Ceptic

I am everything but a Schalke fan, but how is Schalke a tiny club in comparison to Newcastle? I think the clubs have a lot in common - well except of the odd domestic and European trophy Schalke won in the last decade... They've won 1 UEFA Cup (97) and TWO INTERTOTO'S! (back to back! :icon_biggrin: )

YNWA - just does my head in And players waving imaginary cards to get the opposition player sent off and rolling around in agony like they've been shot by a sniper

aye give him time to settle in and get used to the English game lads