Parky

You forgot their accent. Got to be the ugliest on earth. After South African Shirley?

Welcome to the heartland of delusion.

Do you know anything about real life? It's threads like this and idiots like you, that are the reason I've been trying to stay away from this forum . Fucking hell your team is top of the table with a big fight on their hands in what loks like a very tight 3 horse race and you are already talking about who we should get rid of, when we don't even know which division we'll be playing in. Wait till the end of the season for shit like this. OOooooooOOOO!!!

Aquilani now looks a massive gamble at 20m. you don't say

Aquilani now looks a massive gamble at 20m.

Do you know anything about real life?

What's gonna happen when the debt reaches 1billion notes??

Stick Jonas on there and you're not far off. I hope he has a good World Cup so we can flog him and bring in something with a vaguely creative streak. Wasn't hard to leave him off the list.

Which players are we keeping who will have a first team role. For me: Enrique Collo Taylor Nolan Harper Guthrie

It's a very tricky scenario balancing the wishes of the masses against the whirrings of business.

Yup.

He's been encouraged to roam more and looks fitter and slimmer.

Don't know the ins and outs of it but I think Benitez trying all summer to sign Barry 12 months earlier convinced Alonso to move on. Benitez didn't handle that situation well at all. I don't believe Alonso was the glue keeping it all together though. He was just a good player in a good team, and he is missed. But I think Torres has been a bigger miss and he seems to be Liverpool's only forward that scares opposition teams. Everything the team did went through him last season and he reminded me a bit of Henry at Arsenal in his heyday, the way their attacks revolved around one outstanding player. But amidst all the praise, did Benitez consider a contingency for losing his star player? They don't appear to have a plan B in case he gets injured. It's hard to say how Rodriguez will turn out but he's not a natural out and out striker and is unlikely to solve this problem. Who knows, he may recapture his form but he seems to be a bit of a panic signing. Maxi isn't the player he was 3/4 years ago. Too much reliance on Torres without a natural back up is crazy for a club normally gunning for 4 competitions. There really must be a shortage of money....Might have been better to manufacture a new RB from within than spend all that money on an average one.

His own squad and everything? What will he get his own pencil case with Hughton etched on it as well?

What are you babbling about. The PL isn't some place where people dote on stuff like loyalty. He simply isn't good enough at that level and as such will have to be replaced for the good of the club by a better manager if one can be found.

I doubt Hughton thinks he'll be in charge next season if we go up. If he is then prepare fully for a relegation of mackem proportions. We'll sink like shit. Not sure why people don't seem to get that. He is a good coach who gets on with the nuts and bolts and that is all.

On the whole, 'B' list Dutch and German managers seem to be streets ahead in tactics, planning and organisation compared to their British counterparts.

Hughes yes.

Not much tbf. Just a gut instinct. Also it might be difficult initially first season back getting a top manager who will agree not to spend much.

I wouldn't mind seeing an Arsenal side in full flow gunning for the title.

If Hughton stays in charge we'll be relegated and no mistake. The man is a danger to football.

All bases covered. He has his faults which I think won't match up to the Premiership but he is doing well now and every match/Newcastle thread seems to slag him off, his tactics, substitions, starting elevens etc every game. It's mental. This league is shit but I don't think we stand out that much from everyone but he has still managed to get us top. Yeah but Smith and Butt are picking the side and tactics are being relayed over the phone from Gazza at (*insert name of pub).

If they still had Adegunbattleayor they might have done it.

All bases covered.