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Yeah we'd have gone down by 2 or 3 points instead You cant really argue that Shearer improved us overall, we looked more solid defensively but never genuinely looked like winning a game, Boro could have easily gone the other way. I'll be glad if Shearer becomes our manager but at the same time we only scored in 2 out of 8 games under Shearer. In 5 of those games a single goal would have won us a point or all 3.

what a f***ing laughable post. he is on £70k, a wage i doubt no other club will offer, no wonder he wants to stay. we need to get rid of the dross at this club who are burning a hole in the clubs pocket. he has done nothing, absolutley f***ing nothing to justify his wage packet. i f***ing hate the c***. keeping us up in 06-07 didn't justify it? He's been poor since his injury, and you hate him for it

What's that based on? He's said it often enough, he doesn't have to Don't be fooled by empty footballers spiel. His performances and work rate this season will tell you he doesn't give a toss about the club. How do you explain the 1 in 2 goal rate before his injury then? Out of sheer curiosity Didn't Owen have the same goal ratio? Its absolutely stupid to keep Martins. He loves the club? Yeah right, any offer comes in with similar wages and he'll be off as quick as anyone. We'd be paying 70k a week for someone who probably wouldn't even be top scorer in the Championship. Idiotic. Owen finished the season with a league goal ratio inferior to Martins'. Take away Owen's penalty against Blackburn and he actually scored less. Consider the fact that Beyond Decemeber Martins really shouldn't have been playing and it paints a pretty damning picture. A fully-fit Martins would terrorise the championship man, surely even the haters can see that

What's that based on? He's said it often enough, he doesn't have to Don't be fooled by empty footballers spiel. His performances and work rate this season will tell you he doesn't give a toss about the club. How do you explain the 1 in 2 goal rate before his injury then? Out of sheer curiosity

Why? Solano been quoted today that he want to be a coach here. I think he will do alright. Good on set pieces, technique and other skills. And if he have Spanish speaking players, he will be a help for them. You cant really teach skill, not after the player has hit 18. I saw no evidence of him having the personality to be a coach either

What's that based on? He's said it often enough, he doesn't have to

If we're picking old players for coaches then Gary Speed must surely be a better option than Solano

Same for me, i ordered a new copy of the entertainers 93-94 season a while back. It arrived the day before Villa away

He's less effective than Coloccini? (Bassong i'll give you)

I know your point, it'll just sicken me if we buy a striker for £4m+ and keep the likes of Duff (70k pw) with Martins sold to Everton or whoever

We bought Colo for 14 million euros. If he's going back to Spain, an asking price of 9 million euros should be enforced

Thinking hypothetically, Keeping Martins would not be such a financial disaster considering the amount it'll cost to replace him

We shouldn't be thinking that way at all

I'd absolutely love to keep him if at all feasable. It's a case of either paying £4M for Beckford or losing the £6M for Martins and paying his £70K a week

Ameobi did perform brilliantly for Stoke in the championship

You think we should keep him then? unless we're offered £8m plus, absolutely. He's still an big asset and well though of on the continent

Part of me saw that coming tbh, he seems to love the club and the area That said, they'll still try to sell him

Beckford and someone else would work better than any combination we could list out of the strikers likely to stay

We should not accept less than £8m for him to be honest

I think in a year from now we'll all be pretty happy. What happens after that, fuck knows

Hope you're not suggesting for one second that if we got Beckford in you'd play Carroll before him

Seems about £3m OTT. it does, but he's young and talented, if only we'd spent £6m on a player like that 2 years ago instead of Alan fkin Smith

I'd pay Lovenkrands out of my own pocket if it meant Shola being further away from the first Xl

I would only ever play Beye in the centre if we insisted on using S Taylor at RB

which bar in Orlando out of interest? You should have glassed him