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I missed out on the first 20 odd minutes of the second half, but I don't remember watching anything like that. Butt was invisible for most of the game for me, but stuck out like a sore fucking thumb when he had the ball. Barton wasn't great either, gave away the ball nearly as often and how many times was he caught in possession? Hope to see him improve on that as his fitness returns, though. Emre would be the first name on the teamsheet for me, being the only player in our side capable of hitting the ball over 10 yards without giving it back to the opposition.

Rates Glen and Southgate, says it all really.

Dawson OG my fragant asshole. Give me back my fantasy prem points you fuckers.

Hmm having the game cancelled might be good for the team. We could do with having Beye and Faye back, and having an extended break after being torn a new asshole at the emirates (twice even) can't be all that bad.

Maybe they meant Smith + 1.5 mil. I'd snap their hands for that.

Has no youtube vids, must be shit.

thought he was our best defender in both matches at the Emirates. Broke up more attacks than the rest of our team combined, possibly.

They can keep Huddlestone and Lennon... :-) I'd take them. Not for The Zog, mind.

Who, really? What will 15 mil buy us nowadays? Barbatov? Petrov? A hole in the space time continuum to send us back to 1996?

So Messi/Ronaldo/Kaka is the benchmark for all young players now?

Great transfer window this. We have no one good coming in, and our best player potentially leaving.

Also, who the fuck is Derek-Prince Boateng?

If we had signed Ronaldo I seriously doubt he'd still be with us now. Either that or he'll still be doing pointless step-overs like he first did when he signed for Man Utd. He'd probably end up swapping places with the current Hugo Viana, tbh.

Could say the same for half the squad. Milner isn't a bad player at all, but his technique really needs work. The ball moves about as fast as he does when he crosses it.

At the moment, yes. His technique looks much better than Milner's though.

If there's something you can't really fault Ameobi for, its effort tbh.

Smith all the way. At least Ameobi gets into decent positions from time to time.

Thought he did alright in the second half.

Bendtner looked offside for the 3rd goal, too.

Start Ameobi over Smith, PLEASE.

Have a look at Ameobis, he looks like Ronaldinho FFS. No he doesnt Ameobi's is funny There are a few. I agree, the Ameobi- legend one makes him look world class. Some of the others take a more balanced view Not really, he looks just about average in that one.

Ameobi is only playing because he's all we've got, better than smith, etc etc etc. Or maybe we could just send viduka on, crutches and all. Could still score if they forget to mark him.

According to wiki he's a forward in the Beardsley mould, I think we could do with a player like that.

Martins. I'd imagine that he packs quite the kung-fu kick. Then Samba and Bouba Diop.

Why not the whole Newcastle 96' team while we're at it?