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I don't like the fact that people on this board seem incapable of giving praise to one player without being vindictive about another. Coloccini and Jonas would both walk into a championship best Xl and showed against Palace how important they are to us. The Jury is still out on Jonas' attitude but Coloccini has demonstrated a willingness to adapt and work hard recently. I'm very, very glad that both are still here. WTF? All I said was Enqique wanted to stay, Colo and Jonas never said they did and I know they never said they wanted away but I bet both would have jumped at the chance to go. Me saying Jose is happy to stay where as the other MAY not be is not me being vindictive. fair enough mate, but there's far too much negativity towards the Argentines, they represent 2 out of our 6/7 key players tbh and we should get behind them

And I bet you also thought he'd never drop Owen.. he benched him for one game (when fit)

Look at his 3 goals. Man Utd, West Brom, Boro. All very good finishes in and around the 6 yard box. Looks like he's what you wanted. damn right, that was my point tbh

Hardly his fault his hip died on him. You clearly dont know the facts mate, at 24 he basically gave up trying to be a footballer FACT. I think you misunderstood, York

It was only eight games. If judgements are made from such a small amount of time then Hughton is probably better than Moyes. He certainly didn't do anything in that time to warrant replacing Hughton at this stage of the season

Leicester City (h) - WIN there's the clue

well, my answer will be same as yours if the question was about keeping Hughton (hey I got his name right first time ) and the team form dips? what then? If it isn't working with Hughton then we look at others for the job, including Shearer

That's because we were stupid enough to play him all last season, and give him the armband

Part of me is very, very pissed off that Shearer will get the job simply because the concensus wants him. It's embarassing tbh. Should Hughton continue to do well, then get demoted to accomodate Shearer, what the hell happens if form drops? Do we sack Shearer then appoint him in 5 years when he's polished his trade elsewhere? Give him the job when it isn't working, by all means, but beforehand would make no sense whatsoever. And I still think he'd play Nicky Butt

To be honest, I dont want a striker who'll run around, work hard for the team and close people down. We have plenty of those already. You have to have one striker who stays in the danger area and takes his chances when they arrive

Hardly his fault his hip died on him. You clearly dont know the facts mate, at 24 he basically gave up trying to be a footballer

There's no way he'll ever be an assistant and it wouldn't do him any good anyway. He needs to manage a lower league club right now

Bernard is 29 and has essentially been retired for 3 years, what an absolute waste

I'd personally offer Viduka a pay as you play contract and go for Danny Mills

Lovenkrands clearly has better acceleration than anyone in the squad. Enrique on the other hand is a very strong runner, perfect pace for a full-back

He played effectively every game last season and was arguably our worst player.. we judged Kinnear on the performances of 15-20 games why cant we be as critical with Colo? I dont think he was anywhere near as bad as Butt, or several others who i could mention. This was Coloccini's first season in english football man. He had good games and bad games, and so far is doing well in the championship. Kinnear is 63 years old on the back of 3 decades as a football manager, there's no room for improvment there and his past record is basically abysmal.

absolutely

when did you start saying this? an hour ago

His mental attributes are fine, he's just slow, clumsy and lacking in ability with the ball at his feet, doesn't mean he's a bad defender though.

I honestly couldn't care less anymore. But to be fair to Hughton one advantage he has over Shearer is his humility. The last thing we need is Shearer strutting in and laying down the law with the likes of Barton and the other underperformers, it doesn't work.

Fourth choice centre back behind Davies, Cuellar and Dunne? Who is Everton's fourth choice centre back? Or Spurs's? King, Woodgate, Bassong, Dawson........so Dawson. I'd be very surprised if Bassong gets benched to accomodate Woodgate

I don't see how, his concentration isn't bad and he rarely makes position errors. His lack of strength and pace is a problem but he appears to be adapting well and has definetly taken a more cynical approach in his first few championship games. Of course people like you will never give him a chance, you'll have a go at him constantly at the game then argue that every goal we concede is his fault, it's pathetic. Stop listening to Lawrenson and actually watch him, if of course you agree that it's possible to defend well without last ditch tackles.

I don't like the fact that people on this board seem incapable of giving praise to one player without being vindictive about another. Coloccini and Jonas would both walk into a championship best Xl and showed against Palace how important they are to us. The Jury is still out on Jonas' attitude but Coloccini has demonstrated a willingness to adapt and work hard recently. I'm very, very glad that both are still here.

Good signing. There'll be a good few saturday nights where we'll complain about the game passing him by but he'll defintely get goals. He'll also offer much needed penetration and somewhat intelligent movement alongside the brawn of Ameobi/Carroll/Ranger.