Ronaldo

It should be noted that he had limited opportunities under Souness. Typical posturing by the Scot in not bringing him on against Chelsea on the last, probably the most pissed off i've been as a toon fan, until Fulham last season. All 5 of those goals in his final season were direct free kicks iirc. He still had some of the talent but just wasn't the same player once Souness arrived. Sounds like a pure coincidence that.

He was dreadful. His career has been a joke since he left us too. Magnificent under Sir Bobby though, him and Bellamy really turned that team around. Dreadful? So presumably you were happy that we left him out against Lisbon? He was having a decent season when he played, and was signed up by Benfica after us, which is where the decline truly started.

It should be noted that he had limited opportunities under Souness. Typical posturing by the Scot in not bringing him on against Chelsea on the last, probably the most pissed off i've been as a toon fan, until Fulham last season.

That striker you not keen on scored a few goals that season. Not keen on? I thought he should have retired two seasons before he did but I don't question his brilliance within the team from 97-04.

In 03-04 nobody came close. He got 12 goals and a s*** load of passes leading to goals. And was Booed off against Wolves.

An apology from him means nowt to me.

It is all relevant though as he maybe was not as good or consistent as others at that time but if he was playing now he would be our best attacking player easily. He was our best player back then tbh.

We need a strong squad, so we should pay it. Just meant in our current predicament.

He'd probably cost £3m, that's a lot for a squad player.

Kaboul, no deal.

Evidently not.

Who would you kill?

Owned.

The golden goal just isn't football man.

Bridge was on Chelsea's bench for 3 years, essentially. Ruined him, because he was absolutely brilliant at Southampton and then for Ranieri. His appearances for Chelsea at the start of 06-07 with Cole out were also pretty damn good, going forward and defending.

Love to see Dunne score the winner. (and Given's face)

Racist.

Perhaps it was before Le Mans then, but he definetly started as a RB.

We've been through this before like, Drogba started off as a defender and eventually became a striker at Le Mans, essentially playing catch-up until the age of 25 or so.

Blackburn are on borrowed time and have been for a few years.

You really are pathetic Dave. It's a miracle you haven't been turned into a wolly jumper yet.

Why on earth would he go to either one of those?

Lets just hope he doesn't do his 'improving' in our squad next season.

This would be the same Nolan who has 9 goals to Carroll's 4?

Referring only to strikers? No indication of that in the post.