Ronaldo

Shearer on a ferry, makes a change from Xisco and his pink shirts

going off his chance conversion percentages in the last 2 seasons, that's absolute nonsense

holding midfield requires intelligence, some passing abiltity and an engine but if it keeps him away from central defence, aye, why not

Near enough. He’s always trying to force the issue and it gets him into trouble. He’s never going to be the kind of player who hides when the going gets tough, but he needs to find a balance between his natural game and a more measured approach. He’s a decent player who gives a s***. Not many of those around. I completely disagree with that. indeed. There are plenty of tenacious, hearty players with his ability. Start watching the championship

wish he'd shut up, he's becoming just like Shola in the token, meaningless interview stakes

i'd love that

knew exactly what you were getting at when I saw the thread title. I'd gamble a couple of million for him tbh. He can really put his foot on the ball, asside from owt else

it amazes me that John Harton's face isn't censored from TV

christ that was horrible, fair play to West Brom for battling. No chance they'll survive in a million years though

ha

£2 on W Ham to win 3-0 at 12/1

I'd hazard a guess that Amdy Faye, Clark and Pattison must have started together at some point! Lee Clark scored more in 05-06 than Geremi, Butt, Nolan, Jonas and Smith have combined this season

Alves would probably excel with a player or two behind him who could really play a ball

The only reason I might disagree with that is because Nolan is more apt to score goals that Guthrie is. Nolan isn't the goal scoring threat he once was tbh. Guthrie will get better and better. I'd hate his development to be stunted to preserve the place of a no frills, stopgap midfielder like Nolan

Ah ok, we should never play him then, on that basis. Just incase he doesn't score. That's where substitutions come in. Unfortunately the cretin put Shola on instead of Lovenkrands. what I meant was, there are players out there that will make positive contributions throughout the game even if their sharpness and fitness is below par. Owen certainly isn't one of them and secondly, Owen should NEVER ever be an automatic choice if availble, like he clearly is at NUFC. He isn't a superstar and he isn't a great player that should be selected regardless of the situation

every striker on the planet doesn't rely on his goals to justify selection to the degree that Owen does. If he isn't scoring we're basically playing with 10 men

clearly wouldn't be anything approaching alright

5th when Hughton comes on 6th when Hughton registers with a different account

Barton should replace Nolan not Guthrie

Thank God Keegan didn't have that opinion last season else we might not be talking about relegation this season, because we might have done it a year earlier instead. things have changed Exactly. Owen's goals to games ratio is even better this season. with 1 in the last 9, yeah he's clearly found a new lease of life

you'd 'love' to see a team which would effectively revolve around Andy Caroll? yeah, genius

which idiot has voted yes?

come on, half the teams in the league are shite and at least 7 worse than ours on paper. We've been absolutely woeful in those 20 games, the stats dont adequately do justice how bad he's actually been.

This, they should torture the fucker who killed him to death.