Ronaldo

We finally have two proper wingers in the side and you want to play one of them in defence?

Tell me about it, we'll run absolutely riot.

The above.

I hope he's on next to nowt.

He's absolutely brilliant in the championship and wasn't that bad in the premiership either. Looks like my neck's on the line again. He was very average at best in the premiership but he's hopefully a better player now and he's probably the best winger in the championship alongside Moses and Jonas.

Wow. Fair fucking play to all involved, fantastic signing. Made my day that has.

You might as well have just chosen a Bolton draw in a seperate bet, returns over £80.

£15 on Pool, Spurs, Brom, Forest. Returns £150.

Lovenkrands has to play, he should be the 2nd or 3rd name on the teamsheet the way he's been playing.

In an ideal world he'd have spent the last 6 months listening to wankers like Lee Dixon who think Enrique is a terrible player and thus plays Moses on the RW.

Yes, if Warnock has any sense.

I don't see Vaughan as being that much better than the 4 we have. I know he has pace but we're hardly likely to use it tbh.

'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.