Ronaldo

Kinnear targeted both Bird and Hickman in that press conference

he missed half if not more of 07-08 and still managed to get 16 goals from open play. Last season was a bad one for him in the league but he misssed the first 3 months of the campaign and after that was recovering from a string of injuries. Still managed another 16 goals though

None, he's only managed Aston Villa and Leeds. Got pedalled at Leeds before they got relegated. Although he'd be a slight upgrade on what we already have, I think it's a none starter. IF Ashley stays he has to make a decent fist of trying to get us promoted this season, otherwise the so-called derisory bids he's had for the club would look appealing. Problem is, he's burnt his bridges completely with the fans, and anything less than getting on bended knee to beg Shearer to come in would not curry him any favour at all. that's slightly misleading, Leeds got relegated at least 18 months after O'Leary f***ed off iirc EDIT: 2 years

awesome footballer. a right f***ing powerhouse. Who looks absolutely useless against good defenders. Only scored in 1 game out of 7 in the world cup, 0 out of 4 in the euros and lets not mention his 0 in 3 'performances' in the Confed cup. Does well in the Bundesliga, which means very little basically

Bramble is quite good at kicking a football, too. how is that relevant?

fair enough, would have said that at 5:30 yesterday?

What? Guthrie was one of the best midfielders we had last year and has bags of potential! Only 22 years old. He is one of few positive things about the club at the moment. no chance. last season i'd have been happy to have him as a squad player, but first team? no. he's s***. who do we have that's better? Just Barton tbh Doesn't make Guthrie a good player you said you didn't want him in the first team though. Who is better?

dropped yesterday, argued with manager and assistant last season, suspended by us last season, kung fu kicked a sunderland player, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7122616.stm , investigated by the FA for racial abuse etc. i'll edit this in a week or 2 the part in bold is all one incident, the rest is speculation. As for the kung fu kick, are you honestly going to tell me you've never kicked someone in red and white?

What? Guthrie was one of the best midfielders we had last year and has bags of potential! Only 22 years old. He is one of few positive things about the club at the moment. no chance. last season i'd have been happy to have him as a squad player, but first team? no. he's s***. who do we have that's better? Just Barton tbh

I'd love for Jonas to become a good crosser, but despite approaching his peak as a winger, he strikes the ball as weakly as anyone i've seen at nufc, and the accuracy is just woeful man.

Smith does well in the holding role so we stick him up front for the next game, despite not scoring in about 70 league games. Keep it coming matey

yep, just about the nonsense i'd expect

With the massive exception of that brawl in late 2007, Barton has been pretty well-behaved for us

You never stop learning though. Shearer was older when he wasn't scoring goals and needed to be coached by Robson, and obviously he's more of a player than Jonas is. Based on that, and a whole host of other players who have been rejuvinated while in the twilight of their career, I dont think its optimistic at all. He delivers (no pun intended) when he's playing for Argentina because he plays in a different way. Shearer just needed the team to play to his strengths, and abandon the target man role somewhat. Jonas actually needs to learn how to kick a football at 26.

I honestly can't believe that so much was made of that tackle at Liverpool. Far, far worse tackles have been punished with yellow cards

He's a 26 year old winger who can't cross, to say good management will correct this problem is being a tad optermistic

he's an inch bigger than Harper if that, and crossed clearly were a problem I cant believe the nonsense i've read on this board in the last day. I swear people just make stupid stuff up for the sake of increasing their post count

dejafuckingvu same opinion, he'd do a decent job

then why did you choose him for your team vs WBA?

Anyone playing Ameobi needs a fucking slap, honestly, what do you lot drink? Krul Taylor Taylor Colo Enrique Jonas Barton Smith Duff Xisco Carroll

to be fair, Coloccini may have looked lost at times but showed no lack of effort whatsoever yesterday

Honestly, what an absolute load of tripe.

I know it's a bit of a contradiction, but I felt more secure with Krul in goal at their set pieces, even though he flapped at a couple, than I ever have with either Given or Harper back there. At least he showed he has the ability and desire to command his box, and we haven't seen that from our goalkeeper for a very long time. words fail me, what the hell is going on today? Wise the fuck up man, if you commit yourself you NEED to get the fucking ball, otherwise the small matter of an empty net generally becomes apparent.

What extra hassle? I dont particularly give a damn if he has a go at a few players in training. As long as he's on the pitch for 30+ games, we'll be ok and he'll earn his wages.

to all those wanting to sell him, then what?