Ronaldo

last season Berbatov was probably as good as Shearer in any given season he played for us not for Blackburn though, in those days he was one of the top 3 strikers in the world

I'm sure we have got money, Gudjohnsen is vey much a luxury signing get the impression Allardyce is giving a lot of thought as to who he spends the big money on, still only 6th July

he did say he wanted 2 new LB's as back-up, Quedrue is fine

cunting hell

We really need a top class CB (worth £10m+) and one Premiership CB for back-up Ramage should not be forth choice CB. If he is we're asking/begging for trouble

Ramage in the starting Xl

10 goals, 4 assits for Milan in 13 games if he can improve on that.....

See post above! Why the f*** are you here? Perhaps he's here to share his opinions on football in general? To be perfectly honest, he seems like he's got his head screwed on and quite sensible. He's talked an awful lot of sense and he certainly doesn't deserve some of the s*** that's been slung in his direction. His opinion is just as valid as anyone else's on here. Give the bloke a break. he's also shown a lot of bitterness, 'planet newcastle, fifth highest tally' etc rival fans sharing opinions on football in general is fine and I enjoy reading by posts from such members, but an awful lot use this site as a depository for envy and resentment and I've detected a hint of that in this thread

good to see so many people agree that Emre should play ahead of Butt not that I dislike Butt or anything

we shouldn't be looking at any players under contract at premiership clubs there are defenders in Italy twice as good as Yobo and Lescott that we could get for £6m

i'm 20 and have seen all mentioned Sorin isn't as good defensively Lahm (see above) Zambrotta - prefer him aat RB, lacks aggression at times Henize, Evra - don't make me fucking laugh

The best centre-back in the world in my opinion. yep, easily for me

I'd love a dominating world class CB who could organize the defence, be our lynchpin with class and tenacity what I wouldn't give for a cheeky £10m bid for Alessandro Nesta

I think Bridge is the best left-back in the world. He would be the signing of the summer imo. Much, much better than Baines. All Baines has over Bridge is youth. imo he's defnitely one of the top 3 LB's I've ever watched, easily world class I'll assume that's sarcasm. Hope so anyway. you really are a pathetic individual

I think Bridge is the best left-back in the world. He would be the signing of the summer imo. Much, much better than Baines. All Baines has over Bridge is youth. imo he's defnitely one of the top 3 LB's I've ever watched, easily world class

Given Solano Taylor Rozenhal Geremi Milner Barton Emre Duff (Dyer when not fit) Owen Viduka

all this board needed was another bitter rival fan to add to the collection "well our accumulated points tally is 5th best" "how well have you done playing 4-4-2" "planet newcastle...." ffs nobody gives a shit

Because it's generally accepted that the position a team finishes is an indication of how good they are. Except of course on 'Planet Newcastle' where much better players produce season after season of failure! during those years you never had; a) an out and out goalscorer, guarenteed to get a goal every two games b) two penetrative wingers who could cross we do, that's what I meant, we have the players to play 4-4-2

I suspect that the facts are 'irrelevant' because they don't support your argument that you have better players. You really don't know much about Big Sam do you? Name one club where he has played 4-4-2? We also have three strikers. Davies, Diouff and Anelka but we played 4-5-1. Big Sam has achieved all his success with this formation so why would he switch to a formation he isn't familiar with? Is it effective? Yes. Is it pretty to watch? No. they are irrelevant because they don't support or contradict anything i said you didn't have the players that we have. Then you start going on about points accumulated??? why?

Again the facts don't support your opinion. We have finished in the top eight for each of the last four seasons and qualified for the UEFA Cup in two of the last three seasons. During that time the only teams who have accumulated more points than us are, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. So statistically, over the last four seasons, we are the fifth best team in the Premier League. completely irrelevant the players make the formation, not the other way around we have the players to play 4-4-2 or 4-3-3, so you cannot project any 'facts' of your team onto ours

Our personel changed massively over the last eight seasons, our formation didn't. My opinion is based on fact, yours appears to be based on fantasy. well your 'personel' could never touch ours so don't make silly assumptions welcome to the board though

I don't think Nobby's going to be anywhere near the starting 11 next season. If he was he'd be my first choice

Sol Campbell has mentioned Shola being a handfull on more than one occasion tbh. I can imagine him being widely considered a difficult opponent because of his unpredictability. he's going to be a hell of a lot stronger this season as well, not that i'm a big fan

Given Geremi Taylor Rozenhal New LB Milner Barton Emre Dyer Owen Martins is probably how we'll line up come August

Luque's goal against Sunderland was hilarious, both CB's including Caldwell missing simple headers