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Jonas in Nolan's place? God almighty.

Absolute nonsense. Smith was invisible against Wolves but for a few typically misplaced passes. He doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the team.

Routledge offers twice what Jonas does going forward.

No sure how you can say with certainly that Hughton is learning from his mistakes. He essentially picked a player on saturday that clearly held us back in The Championship.

Aye, I loved Robert's against Everton too.

Was it bollocks his best performance in a toon shirt. Home to Brum and Chelsea twice in consecutive seasons stick out. A fantastic ball to Bernard at the Gallowgate rounding off a magnificent game in particular.

Can't comment on Blackpool, saw 20 mins via a terrible stream in a joke of an internet cafe.

I remember his fantastic cross for Bellamy which made it 5-1.

Against Villa, perhaps. Against Wolves and Man U, no.

5-1 with 3 late goals.

Another toptoon classic there.

Speed's short passing game was atrocious? What a load of nonsense.

Malandro doing his best to look ridiculous, as usual.

Never said it was 'bad' as such. But we can all agree that Shearer was rarely effective unless the players behind him were doing their bit. Best striker in the league by a mile for a good few years, don't get me wrong.

Have you ever considered that those Chelsea players look so good because of Drogba? Look at his assists.

Do you have Shearer's away goals stats (92-97) to hand? No? Your response was shit.

Neesy would get a sizeable grant if we sent all of his posts to his local council/authority.

It's an old arguement, but his 4 league goals from open play from 3O apps in 04-05 tell you everything you need to know about him going on too long. A season later I think he managed about 6. Anyway, that's all irrelevant in this thread.

Full marks for originality as always, Spence. Idiot.

The other thing, Shearer was a little too reliant on those around him, which is why he was often anonymous away from home.

What have I started? There's little between them, but today's Drogba guarentees goals and he get the best out of those around him, he creates an astonishing amount of chances/goals for others. He's the most complete striker I've ever seen in the prem. I'd be more tempted to take Henry out of my team.

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You must be insane, James.

Just proves that the journos are just as stupid and lazy as we give them credit for.

Based on?