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It finally seemed to sink it at the start of last season tbf.

It's f***ing brilliant, reminds me of Taylor's early days when it was always somebody else's fault we were s*** at the back.

that, and the fact he's better looking than Kazenga

Lua Lua Guthrie Jonas Nolan Vuckic Ranger looks a little better to be honest, but i'd play R Taylor on the wing before Lua Lua any day of the week.

whereas Carroll's been fucking brilliant all season.

Kevin Nolan in a holding role? Very clever. that's not what he's done at all

The fact that i've pointed out that he's better than that useless pile of shite Carroll doesn't mean i particularly rate him. He's a good championship player who like all of our strikers is not nearly good enough for the premiership.

Khiz is a CB, as shite as he is in that position.

I agree, I just don't understand these idiots that don't want Harewood in the squad when the possible replacements are a lot worse

and leave us with Andy Carroll and Nile Ranger?

How on earth are Doncaster 6/1 for this?

I dont want him in the team either, but with Simpson needed at CB i'd consider letting Geremi sit at RB, allowing R Taylor to play RW

He's comfortable at RB though.

I'm sure you were saying play him rb yesterday. Coloccini is back for this one though. And Geremi will be knackered.

We basically need Hughton to realise a few things that many of us did 3 weeks back. Someone send him an email to help him out a bit.

I'f you'd have told me in June that come Scunthorpe in October the defence would consist of Zurab Kihzanishvilli and Danny Simpson with a central midfield of Smith and Geremi.....

Did you even read my original post? Carroll and Ranger may not be the most prolific scorers of all time, but when they play together and Nolan plays behind them we perform better. Who cares if Carroll or Ranger score, if by playing together they create the space and opportunity to lay it to Nolan? This is exactly the point I was trying to make at the start: making Carroll a scapegoat. And when he's benched next week, and Harewood and Lovenkrands look s*** by playing in an all-new, ill-practiced formation, we'll all be after Harewood and Lovenkrands as being s***. And then Ranger and Nolan the next week. And then we'll all want Carroll back, cause we've blamed everyone else since. These players are not all s***. They need a system to play to their strengths, and it's Hughton's job to recognise that. With the excpetion of the Ipswich game we've looked horrific with Carroll and Ranger up font. And even in the game most agreed that Carroll was poor. Wasn't it earlier someone said Nolan had scored 5 of his 7 goals this season behind Carroll and Ranger. They facilitate the team form that seems to work best. I would take issue with us looking "horrific" with Carroll and Ranger up front, and tbh, Carroll's looked better to me all season than his alternatives. So I don't see who'd replace him, which I wouldn't do anyway given that I think we need to stick to those tactics. I said that Nolan had scored 5 out of 6 with 2 or more strikers on the pitch. I don't see how that relates to Andy Carroll (a striker) getting away with scoring no goals.

I couldn't care less.

I'd question why Vukic isn't getting a look in, given that he seems to have something that nobody else in the squad does.

Did you even read my original post? Carroll and Ranger may not be the most prolific scorers of all time, but when they play together and Nolan plays behind them we perform better. Who cares if Carroll or Ranger score, if by playing together they create the space and opportunity to lay it to Nolan? This is exactly the point I was trying to make at the start: making Carroll a scapegoat. And when he's benched next week, and Harewood and Lovenkrands look s*** by playing in an all-new, ill-practiced formation, we'll all be after Harewood and Lovenkrands as being s***. And then Ranger and Nolan the next week. And then we'll all want Carroll back, cause we've blamed everyone else since. These players are not all s***. They need a system to play to their strengths, and it's Hughton's job to recognise that. With the exception of the Ipswich game we've looked horrific with Carroll and Ranger up font. And even in the game most agreed that Carroll was poor.

He's a striker who's never looked any genuine goal threat

[ you're wrong, thank f*** He's not you know. There were alot applauding eventually, I got a few hacky looks for simply looking away and refusing to applaud such s*** How aren't you in jail mate, fucking hell

Bramble and Carroll isn't a great comparison as Titus' talent was pretty evident from the start. Carroll isn't really demonstrating genuine ability to me. I wasn't trying to directly compare Bramble and Carroll. Bramble is an example of how a player can crack under the pressure of a system which doesn't play to their strengths. To say Carroll doesn't have any ability is symptomatic of what's wrong here. Carroll was one of the NE's brightest young talents, and Bufffon tipped him for a good future in the game. He CAN score, as he has shown over the last two seasons. But his talent is being stifled by the system we have at the moment, which doesn't work and fractures confidence. Carroll has scored 5 goals for NUFC, mate saying he CAN score is based on f*** all sadly

I think they're both shite CB's, but I have more confidence in Simpson to play alongside Coloccini and follow his lead. I've only ever heard incrediby negative things about Zurab's defending and i'm in total agreement based on his last 4 games.

Bramble and Carroll isn't a great comparison as Titus' talent was pretty evident from the start. Carroll isn't really demonstrating genuine ability to me.