Ronaldo

'Toying' with the idea? Well that's encouraging.

Yes.

I think certainly from last season's squad there were a few players who weren't showing the above to any real extent.

I've read one or two interviews, but i'm more than happy for him to stay silent. He wants to play football and do well, that type of footballer can play for my club any day of the week.

Can't be arsed? If all of our players cared as much as Barton we probably wouldn't have been relegated last season.

There have been at the very least, pretty strong hints of his talent.

Because he's by far our best fit CB?

Jonas has looked brilliant in our last two home games, i'd be very hesistant to use a system in which he's removed from his best position.

Probably worth a £2m punt yeah, but I wonder if certain people would be singing the same tune had they witnessed him failing to score against Wycombe and Exeter as opposed to the two big televised games.

I remember you saying something along those lines. Edit- http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,60651.msg1824119/topicseen.html#msg1824119 Didn't see that coming from such a classy and knowledgeable poster. I personally thought we had a much better team with him in it, there was no need whatsover to gamble and disrupt that.

As I said last week, we should have signed him on the 1st of Jan.

Not over Lovenkrands I wouldn't.

Is Shola fit? If so he's one of the first names on the teamsheet for me.

I'd honestly put Ranger on the RW ahead of Pancrate. He defintely looks like he could do a job there.

He's not the player he was, not that he was ever owt special like.

We most certainly will, unless he gets sold in the next week.

I'd love that, just to get my return from Skybet and to royally piss of my pals who're suddenly in a state of Beckford ecstacy since saturday.

That's far too strong, but he'll do well, better than the current legless trio.

He'll hopefully play against Palace then, good news.

Thank god.

Did Lehman even play that season for Milan?

Would have expected you to remember Pique like.

Beckham has a decent chance this season, or at least he did until 3 hours ago. Pique is missing from that list btw, he may do it one day.

Wages would rule that one out, you'd think.

Just remembered this: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,65010.0.html Fast forward a few months and it's pretty bang on, some coincidence like.