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Refamiliarise yourselves with Smith, please.

UV or Pip? I'd be more inclined to take Pips but neither are entirely dependent on the activity of NUFC so it's f***ing nonsense - last year was widely recognised as an anomalous year for a lot of teams and based on that, if we stick as we are in the market, i reckon we'll end up doing worse despite having some better players on the books I was referring to UV's proposal FWIW. Quite comical watching people try and squirm it into something else. On the contrary I think most of those other people have explained their reasoning very well. UV's shallow point-scoring exercise of counting goals rather than results is petty at best. It says more about those who want to support such a narrow argument than it does about those who are disputing it. To be fair, his bet was targeted at the supposed improved quality of our ATTACK. I would say goals scored is a pretty good measure for this, certainly better than the possession stat nonsense others have been coming up to counter his argument, wouldn't you agree? No I wouldn't. While Carroll is a formidable centre forward, I have never rated Nolan so highly and neither it seems have the rest of the premiership clubs. Carroll and Nolan did provide an effective Stoke-style partnership but it severely limited our passing game due to Nolan's lack of movement. As Baggio pointed out earlier, we scored more goals than Spurs, does that mean our attacking play was more effective than theirs? Yes, it means exactly that. Not sure how you could argue this... May not have been as pleasing on the eye as Barcelona style attacking, but effective it was. Would you rather we still had last years' team than the current one then (plus the two signings we are supposedly still to bring in)? As I've argued before and based on how it currently stands: a resounding yes. In attack, we have lost Carroll, by far our best and most promising striker, and got in Ba, somebody with a decent enough record but not at the same level. Conclusion: degression In midfield we have lost Nolan, our captain and scorer of many important goals for us in the last 2 seasons, and got in Cabaye and Marveaux, who look like good additions but have it all to prove in the Premiership. Conclusion: slight progress In defense we have lost cover in Campbell and not got anybody in. Conclusion: slight degression. Overall: we have lost almost half of our goals from the past 2 seasons and brought in some promising players with a lot to prove at this level. So yes, I would take last year's squad over the current one. Speculating about the 2 players yet supposedly to come in and how they will affect the squad strength is pointless; they may or may not come (if you don't believe me, look up Pardew's statements in January about bringing in reinforcements), and we may just as well lose key players such as Tiote, Enrique and Barton before the end of the transfer window without replacing them, like we have done before multiple times. Like everybody else I will have to wait until the transfer window is shut to judge whether we have gone forward or backward, but right now I think people are kidding themselves if they think our squad is stronger than it was last season. Post falls down on that alone, Campbell proved to be a f***ing liability. Ridiculous statement. He was there as an option to bring on if we needed him. Who do you suggest we bring on now we need cover for centre back who we didn't have last season? What a stupid question. Then answer it if you can. You already answered it in a previous post in the quote. In defense we have lost cover in Campbell and not got anybody in. So if we've not brought anyone in at the back then nobody new can cover him obviously, which is why it was a stupid question. Isn't the stupidity originating from the person implicitly arguing the contrary, i.e. Mr Logic in this case? It was a stupid question asked by you that you already answered yourself earlier in the quote. I don't see him arguing the contrary either, unless he's saying a new player has come in to improve us in that position which I don't think he did. He is arguing the contrary because he doesn't seem to think losing a squad player and not bringing in another equates to a (slightly) weakened squad. You could say the same about losing any member of our squad though but reality with some of them is that they won't be a loss to us because they simply offer very little. I'd like a new centre back brought in btw however you have to wonder how much Campbell would feature next season with Kadar returning to fitness (I presume) and Huntington progressing. Huntington? I can't figure out what in the hell he means, either.

Best did in his first ever PL start what Shola's never looked like doing in 11 seasons. Best is to Shola what Tiote is to Smith.

Shearer didn't half get some abuse after that game in Cardiff. He was beyond a joke by that point and we never stood a chance away from SJP with him on the pitch.

He's basically the Cristiano Ronaldo of The Championship. We should ask for £3M.

Dyer wasn't a SBR signing. It's incredible how often that mistake is made on here.

:lol:

When you're a top player, exceptions are made. Dennis Irwin wouldn't have lasted long at Man Utd if he'd kicked a spectator, but Cantona was backed. Besides, Ranger's a nothing player with a lack of desire to improve. Bellamy was the complete opposite. .

He played every minute for Deportivo the season before we got him in, impressive. The last time he missed a top flight game through injury in England or Spain was in 2006. Nar, under Kinnear he came off for the stoppage time of the Tyne-Wear derby. Shoot him. Didn't miss the game, though.

What a load of crap. Bellamy by all accounts ran his bollocks off in training, and was the best player at the club by a distance. Ranger's a complete nobody who by several accounts is frequently late for training and isn't prepared to put in the hours to improve, in addition to being a complete cunt. What did Pedro say about him, Kevlaar?

Would like to see him do well after reading so much garbage like this tbh. The lad should have been on loan last season, never mind this. Depends on how accurate the stories of his behaviour are. As I said a couple of weeks back, not even a somewhat tolerant manager like Bobby would keep a prick like Ranger at the club.

Can't see it, but then I didn't see it with Carroll. That said, Carroll had 3 goals in 5 PL starts for us when he was Nile's age.

For the record, i'd rather have Jonas in a midfield 3 than Barton.

Folk still going on about Barton in CM? Pathetic.

would be a bit of a small CB pairing though. He's an inch at most shorter than Taylor. EDIT: Some sources say 6'1", some 5'11". Who knows?

what are reatrds ? Ask Gemmill, you reatrd so you don't know ? Well, yes, I know the answer. There are kids on here who talk utter s**** with very little substance to their arguments. When pressed, they disappear. No idea why? Yourself? You're not actually saying anything meaningful yourself. You started off by slagging off Wullie for not having a good enough understanding of what happened in the 80s and at the same time expecting better of the current board than the one we had in the 80s. I don't get the point you're making, other than that you're feeling brave and that everyone's talking s****. What do you think of the situation atm? That would be a good start. You only have to look at a few of Pie's posts to figure out what he's all about, man. He's not worth responding to in any context. A complete waste of flesh.

He played every minute for Deportivo the season before we got him in, impressive. The last time he missed a top flight game through injury in England or Spain was in 2006.

I'd personally rather have Coloccini on the pitch. Woodgate was very good but not quite the defender many on here make him out to be. I'd certainly like to see him behind Nicky Butt and Danny Guthrie.

URL is a tad misleading, like.

Yeah, i'm sure you saw loads of those players prior to Stoke.

Better looking too.

We can use the money far better.

PSG reject wants to play in Europe. So does Rob Earnshaw, no doubt.

Best scored a 30-yard volley in training today. Changed Pardew's mind about a new striker.

You'd have two players on one side who can't go outside and whip a cross in. Our standards should be way higher than that.