Delima

You like a bit of vulgarity?

Are you jealous? Or illiterate? How is this scouting? And how is me suggesting a joke player equivalent to scouting for the club? If you want to live in your own tadpole well and restrict your own football knowledge purely onto the things you see first hand only on the pitch, that's your loss. Don't need to vent your jealousy at others.

What are you trying to imply? That I know him only from FM? Or that you only know him from FM? If the formal is the case, is libel and insinuation your hobbies? If the latter the case, not my fault if your knowledge is shallow.

1 I am already confused with my own identity the last thing I need is a new tag 2 Seems like no one echoes you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Barzagli This

Feel free. You can have my words I won't edit anything (if you trust me)

So I am a Boro fan, not a Man Utd fan?

Times Online 1. Wonder if Newcastle United are considered a club up north? Can't recall we could do such quality defending. Scott Parker does this but he is slated by everyone for doing this. 2. Honestly though, England is far far far from being a rainy country. WHen is the last time Newcastle rain??? 3. That's why England always produce quality centre backs.

Why are you telling this to me? Do you have any problem with Middlesbrough? If this is the case why relate it to me as what's my relation to Middlesbrough?

Don't think so there isn't any genious in Watford reserve as yet. Best player went to Aston Villa, 2nd best player still needs a lot more consistency and experience. A few nice players here and there but no one any better than our current lot in Newcastle United.

I seem to remember a typical class poacher goal from Michael Chopra who has just been introduced!

Wrong I am a Man U fan from smoggieland http://forums.icnewcastle.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=117&start=60

You mean them raping us? With Keane as their manager and Roeder as ours this is the likelier scenario.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Gnocchi

Please feel free to add. For Roeder's reference List of Central Defenders Tal Ben Haim (Bolton) - 25 Sylvain Distin (Man City) - 29 Cacapa (Lyon)- 31 Gabriel Heinze (Man U) - 28 Wes Brown (Man U) - 27 Khalid Boulahrouz (Chelsea) - 25 Jonathan Woodgate (Boro) - 27 Cris (Lyon) - 29 Pape Diakhate (AS Nancy) - 22 Juanito (Real Betis) - 30

On a more serious note though since Roeder is known to be good friend of Houllier, or Houllier to be a good friend of Roeder, Roeder could be there in Lyon seeking Houllier's suggestion. Houllier's vast contacts and knowledge can only be beneficial to Roeder.

go to dailymotion.com and search for Barcelona 2 - 0 Getafe 18.04.07 Messi The compare it to the Maradona's goal against England Seems like defenders never learnt from mistakes!

You don't see Blackburn playing a match with heads down, whereas you see this regularly in Newcastle Roeder spent 15M during the transfer windows on Martins, Duff, Sibierski, Bernard, Rossi, Srnicek and Onyewu. Roeder sold Faye, Boumsong, Bowyer, Chopra for 9.3M, net spending 5.7M. Hughes spent 11.5M on Ooijer, McCarthy, Nonda, Roberts, Samba, Warnock, Dunn, Henchoz, Jeffers and Brener. Mark Hughes sold Dickov, Bellamy, Douglas, Kuqi, Matteo, Neill, McEveley for 10.6M. Net spending 900k. Newcastle 34 games 41 pt, for 37 against 43. Blackburn 32 games 40pt, for 38 against 47. Newcastle have injuries problems Blackburn have equally disturbing injuries. Roeder more impressive than Hughes? Someone just says fans are stupid, indeed.

Hey don't be naughty. I wanted Spector on a cheap (500k). 3 years later if he hasn't progressed much then it is just a miserly 500k wasted!

Lyon players

He is scouting Gerard Houllier for Freddie Shepherd.

I would be glad if Roeder could take these players here 2 DF François Clerc 24 - nothing special right back 3 DF Cris 29 - Very good centre back. Perhaps worth spending maybe 10M on him 5 DF Caçapa 30 - Decent centre back but Cris is better 11 FW Fred 23 - Natural goal poacher, good replacement for Owen if he is injured again. But would the public and the Chronicle tolerate another stroller on the pitch? 12 DF Anthony Réveillère 27 - Nothing special right back 18 FW Hatem Ben Arfa 20 - Great talent with attitude porblems 19 FW Karim Benzema 19 - Even better talent than Ben Arfa 23 DF Jérémy Berthod 22 - Don't know him but he is a left back so must be good 29 DF Sébastien Squillaci 26 - Decent centre back. Maybe 5 to 10 millions?

1 GK Grégory Coupet 34 2 DF François Clerc 24 3 DF Cris 29 4 DF Patrick Müller 30 5 DF Caçapa 30 6 MF Kim Källström 24 7 FW Milan Baroš 25 8 MF Juninho 32 10 MF Florent Malouda 26 11 FW Fred 23 12 DF Anthony Réveillère 27 14 FW Sidney Govou 27 15 MF Alou Diarra 25 18 FW Hatem Ben Arfa 20 19 FW Karim Benzema 19 20 DF Éric Abidal 27 21 MF Tiago Mendes 25 22 FW Sylvain Wiltord 32 23 DF Jérémy Berthod 22 24 DF Romain Beynié 25 GK Joan Hartock 25 26 DF Fábio Santos 26 28 MF Jérémy Toulalan 23 29 DF Sébastien Squillaci 26 30 GK Rémy Vercoutre 26 34 FW Loïc Rémy 21 35 GK Alexandre Bouchard 19 36 MF Sylvain Idangar 23 38 DF Mourad Benhamida 21 39 FW Grégory Bettiol 21

Why would we want want a central midfielder though when we already have Emre, Parker, Butt, Dyer and the incoming Sidwell?

lol I prefer Freddy to pick up the phone to Dein and say "Hi" though