Ronaldo

both players had fantastic first seasons and poor second seasons for us. i just seem to remember robert wasting so much more possession, playing fantastic crosses when he'd looked up and saw there was no-one there,taking ridiculous shots and free kicks which went nowhere near in the hope that 1 out of 10 might get somewhere near etc Too right. Obviously Ginola had his bad points; he didnt defend, he tried to do too much at times, and he didnt have that lightening turn of pace from his first season. But it was like he'd been trained in football etiquette, if that makes sense. I always got the impression that Ginola saw it as downright bad manners to misplace a pass or cross. I forgive him a lot of this stuff thought because you always knew it was there waiting to come out. With Robert I was never sure, and under Souness he was absolute dogshite. under Souness he was often benched for Darren Ambrose, Shearer was shite under Souness, Solano didn't look the same player until Roeder took over

Ginola wasn't fit to shine Robert's shoes man

Only just came back to me today that Everton missed relegation by beating Wimbledon 3-2 on the last day. Weren't they 2-0 down at one stage as well? Yes they were. I think it was one of the games in which the enquiry looked into Hans Seger's performance anyone who saw that game and knows anything about goalkeeping knows that Segers threw the game, twat

Looks like Owen's played his last game in black and white then. Cheers, you little cunt

No eye for goal was his main failing. He could get in the right place but didn't have killer instinct / touch. Always quite liked him, but it's almost pointless having a player that good who's that inconsistent with regards to fitness and performance. Yep,he was a very good player,in spite of his lack of confidence in his shooting ability,had he had the confidence to shoot,then he would have been an intrnational regular,probably usurping Lampard. Dyer, even at his absolute best isn't in the same league as Lampard

lubing up = Butt, R Taylor, Nolan, Owen and Duff in the same team

In terms of effort there's been an obvious improvement under Shearer. It's an easy thing to say, but it's absolutely true. And we've certainly looked more assured in defending as a team The problem is, effort doesn't get goals and never will

Hamann was brilliant for us, our best player by far in 98-99, just didn't want to be here Remember his sterling performance in the 1-1 against Arsenal at SJP. Scored the equaliser and looked classy all game, his tackling wasn't great back then but Speed next to him more than compensated for it

If they play smart and concentrate on wining the second ball instead of the first they should be ok. If they go shoulder to shoulder to Carew they'll both get anihilated

I'd honestly bring Oba on at half-time. Our most important player by a mile but really shouldn't be playing with that injury

one of the few to follow up free kicks incase the keeper spills it aswell. scored more than one for us that way. I actually only remember one tbh, Chelsea away in 2001

Acuna had a real knack of getting into exactly the right area, he was a real trier and had a lot of steel about him. He also looked like he might be dead, so obviously intimidated the opposition

Wigan's player of the year - Titus Bramble joins Faye, N'zogbia, Bellamy, Parker and Solano (first time round) on the list of players who were let go absolutely needlessly, and not replaced

It won't soften the blow in the slightest, and there'll be a piece of you fuming about the bet if we stay up. I don't know how people can bet against their own team, I did it once, never again. if we stay up I wont give a shite about the money, i'll be too busy enjoying the best day of my life I have £12 on Chelsea, Gers, Celtic, Barca, Arsenal and Pool, return of about £185 £10 on all the above plus West Ham, and Blackburn for a return of about £650, cant be arsed to check that one and of course £300 for us to go down which will get me a return of £530 should it happen

thank fuck, just got my ticket. I really dont think I could stand watching it on the TV

thought it was all nonsense, which is why I haven't commented until now

you were 7 when he left us. How did you see enough of him in a toon shirt to decide that?

Robert by a mile

Beardsley, Shearer, Speed, Robert, Solano, Albert, Lee

Ashley may have had a reputation as a shark and a wideboy, but how does that really pertain to his ability to own a football club? He's not a corporate raider, he isn't trying to liquidize NUFC. His business plan itself wasn't bad, it was just horribly, horribly executed. But yes, Hall's bullshit about ambition was just that. He saw the club's debt and waited for the high bidder

Werder looked absolutely awful in that game, very clear they were missing their main man

Ashley has to take 50% of the blame, the woeful squad takes 30% and Kinnear/Hughton 20%. Devide the other 10% whichever way you want

Dyer was an excellent ball winner

Nah its just called common sense. Thats why all you ever do is whine about me posting, instead of being able to argue against it. Bit embarassing for you. isn't it embarassing for you that you've basically had your tongue up Owen's arse for the last 4 months and he's proved you wrong, game after game if you had a brain youd get why that sentance you posted is moronic several of us have presented perfectly good arguments about Owen, you just don't acknowledge them