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Says we were carrying 3 or 4 players today. Who do you think they were? I would think he was referring to N'Zogbia, Emre and maybe Moore...can't imagine who else he was referring to. Can't have included any of his golden boys like Duff, Butt, Carr or Solano. Roeder was idiotic today and here's why... We all noticed that when Dyer went off in the last match and N'Zogbia was played off Martins it didn't work so why start the game like this today??? Martins is so much better when he has another striker with a bit of stature alongside him, because he doesn't have to waste so much energy fighting bigger guys to try and hold the ball up. Roeder should have had Luque or Carroll up there with him to start. N'Zogbia was the worst option because unlike Dyer, who will occassionally, maintain good posession of the ball, N'Zobia hardly ever does this in the middle of the park as his first touch isn't great. N'Zogbia has to understand that he is best as a winger where his greatest strength, his direct and aggressive running at players, can be used to best effect. It is going to be fascinating to see who Roeder intends to get rid off this summer should he stay. I believe Emre & N'Zogbia will be amongst those he has recently suggested should move on.

Could it be the Director of Football position we have courted Sven for? I wouldn't be at all surprised...I think Freddy is happy having his 'adopted Geordie' Glenn Roeder as manager and rather than get rid of him, irregardless of how the team performs, I could see Freddy trying out a DoF to gove Roeder some assistance and support. I recall Roeder saying that he thought the Director of Football position was an important and valuable one as management has become a very big job in football today. Also, with our scouting network and what appears to be Glenn's lack of contacts in worldwide football, I wouldn't be surprised if a DoF is something we are looking at. Could this have been the role we wnated Houllier to take up? Could this be what the club might want Sven for? Lastly, do you think Freddy is even having a pop at convincing Sir Bobby Robson to take up this task? I think hiring someone legitimate and with a decent profile in the DoF position would be worthwhile and would be better than carrying on as we are at the moment. What do you think? And if you are in favour of this who would you like to see in the DoF position?

"Transformers...more than meets the eye"

Might be where Sven is going to end up!

I know not a lot of people are impressed with Roeder at the moment, me being one of them! However, people keep goign on about the under 25 thing...I'm sure Roeder didn't mean he would never sign anyone over this age. I think what he meant was that large amounts of money shuldn't be spent on these kinds of players. For example Campbell was on a free but he would have commanded significantly high wages especially if he knew we were interested in him. I have no doubt we will be looking at bringing in a top left back. if we are looking at the likes of this guy it will mean that Babayaro won't evem be kept around as backup. It's such a shame Roeder has made a mess of things lately because it actually looks like we were prepared to sort out the squad nice and early this summer. Oh well...

Stunningly accurate.

If Roeder had any sense he would play a 4-3-3 with Butt as the defensive midfielder, and Emre and Parker given more freedom to move forward when they can. Then play Duff, Martins and Dyer as the front three. Yes, yes we all know Martins isn't a target man but I believe it will work better than any of the other rubbish Roeder has been peddling especially as he insists on playing Butt and Parker. Besides Chelsea have occassionally played the 4-3-3 with Shevchenko as the striker and Martins is 10 times better at plating that role then Sheva and as long as Emre is on the field we will not be punting it up to Martins all game even if we might still do it occasionally. 4-3-3 for me. It's about time we tried this.

I for one am glad everyone has been passed fit today i.e. Moore and Carr because Roeder will have to make the decision of who to pick from a fully fit squad again and the pressure will be on him to get it right. Will he learn from his mistakes? Or will he just pick all the senior players i.e. Carr, Solano, Butt and Parker just so he can keep them happy and because it is always easier to drop the youngsters. For all his threats and big talk Roeder has only ever dropped youngsters which is easy to do and Bramble who was easy to drop because he is such a scape goat anyway. The question is can he drop the likes of Carr, Parker, Butt, Solano or even Dyer in order to make us more effective? We will learn a lot about the man this weekend... He had a full team for the first time last weekend and he couldn't handle it. Will he learn from his mistake and be gutsy enough to make the right calls this time around irregardless of reputations or not? I for one cannot wait to find out!

Pardew is a strange one, last season West Ham were excellent and he had them playing really good football too, none of this long ball rubbish you see promoted teams playing but a good, pass and move game. This season he just couldn't get them going, he also left out Carlos Tevez for Bobby Zamora which is shocking when you think about it, he does seem to have Charlton on the right track now though. Houllier would be my choice, Sven would be a good alternative as he's always impressed at club level, if we had to go down the British route I'd say Allardyce or Hughes, maybe even Coleman. I would like Houllier too.

This is worrying because Roeder will only go and get rid of the wrong players. Our problem with scoring goals clearly stems from the midfield of Parker and Butt but Roeder won't change that! He will probably get rid of the likes of Emre, N'Zogbia and Dyer or something ridiculous like that!!! and leave us with the most uncreative and unexciting team ever!!! Roeder out...

Probably came over to see Gooch too.

The sad thing is that he hasn't even figured out Parker is a defensive midfielder... Still thinks Parker will become our Gerrard. God help us.

Good point! Quite a scary thought.

Ranieri was actually desperate for the job and was baffled as to why he hadn't heard back from Shepherd. Houllier talked of wanting to come back to the premiership and seemed to be genuinely interested in the job. Unfortunately Shepherd turned his nose up at them despit their premiership success, as a matter of fact a lot of fans did too. I would have gladly had either one of them back then and I still would.

I didn't say that you had broke any. Thanks for clearing that up...

please ban this junkhead Yup, he just crossed the line. No excuse for that irregardless of what Roeder does. He hasn't broken any rules from what I can see, unlike some. Are you saying I broke a rule? I didn't break no rule buddy...

please ban this junkhead Yup, he just crossed the line. No excuse for that irregardless of what Roeder does.

Not being funny here, but I would actually have Aidy Boothroyd or Steve Coppell over Roeder...

Maybe you might like to turn that same critical logic on yourself after having read your defence of his team selection in the match thread. Bipolar-tastic tbh. Blind optimism. I was actually trying to convince myself that we would be alright. It's not working anymore though. I am infuriated!!! I did like the original defensive lineup though. Why the hell he took off Moore I will never know. Apparently, even with Dyer, Solano, Martins and Duff, Parker and Butt are so ineffective they still have a negative effect on us! To be fair though if I was bipolar it would be down to watching this tripe week in and week out...

Roeder actually complained about them sitting back??? He still will not accept that it is th eplayers he selected (Parker & Butt) who are not capable of opening up any team??? He has COMPLETELY lost it. He has to go...

Roeder's gone and done me over man. Parker and Butt? I had no chance. I got to have soemthng to work with you know...

Roeder out... There is no guarantee he will stop playing Butt and Parker together. I mean he didn't even change it in the 87th minute as he usually does. He is getting worse! Taxi for Roeder. According to the Guardian todays game was the Strachan sweepstakes. Whoever tanked at the end of the season between oureselves and Man City supposedly goes after Strachan. I just hope we are at least thinking of making a change irregardless of who comes in, at the moment I just want Roeder gone.

Why the hell did Moore go off anyway??? Was he injured??? Why the hell would you tamper with a defence that hasn't conceded and put in an inexperienced player who your not sure about. Onyewu should have only come on if we were comfortably winning the game. ROEDER OUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!

Hilarious dude....

What's Ranieri up to nowadays? He was openly campaigning for the job last time around right? Hopefully he's still desperate. Get him in!