Ronaldo

indeed

has been called the strongest player in the premiership by Robson and Souness in fairness, but fuck it, off-topic as you say

I know from personal experience that he is an arsehole of the highest order so I wont clap him or anything, wont boo either though in fairness, great player when he was here.

and has no strength whatsoever, yes

when was the last time you saw Bramble back out of a 50-50 When was the last game he didn't make twice as many tackles as anyone else in our team we're not playing Mortal Kombat here Dave

i'd happily drive an injured joe cole all the way up here, one of 5 prem players i'd do anything to have in our side

Aye. Some learned medical opinions here. When was the NO medical team granted access to examine Mr. Owen? Exactly. Stedders has said he expects him to return to his best, and to be honest I trust him. Stedders expects the KNEE to return to it's best He can't turn the clock back 4 years sadly

Bramble and gooch are as strong as they come, and they'll have to be against Viduka and Yakubu

sad for him, doesn't mean bollocks for England

you're right, as good as woodgate has been this season he's lost a hell of a lot of pace. Woodgate and Huth (when he returns) will be quite funny to watch in that respect Martins would have a field day if Emre was back

to be honest, out of the 7 goals he scored for us, 6 had very little to do with pace Owen's 'real' pace went 4 years ago, he's adapted - he's now an Inzaghi

Carrs back as well I think. Oh, joy. just ruined my weekend, cheers man

who mentioned last season?

nice one, al. meanwhile Shearer managed 4 from open play in the entire season Or 10, if you wanted to be correct of course. was refering to premiership to be honest, wasn't incorrect Bellamy had scored 10 by xmas, Shearer was in no position to attack Bellamy's goalscoring

the only things we can count on are............. 1. Parker and Butt will start in the centre of midfield 2. Given will be in goal 3. Martins will be up front 4. Bramble will start at CB 5. Duff will play some part

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nice one, al. meanwhile Shearer managed 4 from open play in the entire season

I think it does tbh. If you're making the point solely about personal abuse or something then fair enough, but he's an extremely poor player at this level. He's not what I would call competent backup for a Premiership side. His "defending" for West Ham's second goal a few weeks ago is one of the worst fundamental errors of defending I have ever seen at this level. Would have been hilarious if it wasn't us, saying it was schoolboy stuff would be harsh on 9 year olds. He is no worse than Shambles, but the big fella gets defender by people who still incorrectly think he had untapped pitential or something stupid. Ramage is by no means worse than Carr, Babayaro, Bramble, or Moore. yeah, i can see Ramage playing for the England U-21's like Bramble did but yes, he is in the same league as Carr, Babayaro and Moore Loads of players who are never going to be good play for the U21s. Ramage is not worse than Bramble, as any of the shambolic performances that our c.£5m "full of potential" ex-Ipswich man has put in shows. Bramble has proven himself to be a Championship player, just like Ramage is, and has utterly failed to meet his potential and our expectations, but for some reason he gets his leghumped off fans who still think he will get better. for the record i think he will get better, but that's irrelevant. In terms of ability he is way ahead of Ramage, way ahead. Bramble actually has two feet for one. But both of Brambles feet are rubbish. He hasn't improved a jot since he came. Neither of the fuckersare Premiership class. you really do spoil yourself with your criticism of the guy

I think it does tbh. If you're making the point solely about personal abuse or something then fair enough, but he's an extremely poor player at this level. He's not what I would call competent backup for a Premiership side. His "defending" for West Ham's second goal a few weeks ago is one of the worst fundamental errors of defending I have ever seen at this level. Would have been hilarious if it wasn't us, saying it was schoolboy stuff would be harsh on 9 year olds. He is no worse than Shambles, but the big fella gets defender by people who still incorrectly think he had untapped pitential or something stupid. Ramage is by no means worse than Carr, Babayaro, Bramble, or Moore. yeah, i can see Ramage playing for the England U-21's like Bramble did but yes, he is in the same league as Carr, Babayaro and Moore Loads of players who are never going to be good play for the U21s. Ramage is not worse than Bramble, as any of the shambolic performances that our c.£5m "full of potential" ex-Ipswich man has put in shows. Bramble has proven himself to be a Championship player, just like Ramage is, and has utterly failed to meet his potential and our expectations, but for some reason he gets his leghumped off fans who still think he will get better. for the record i think he will get better, but that's irrelevant. In terms of ability he is way ahead of Ramage, way ahead. Bramble actually has two feet for one.

I think it does tbh. If you're making the point solely about personal abuse or something then fair enough, but he's an extremely poor player at this level. He's not what I would call competent backup for a Premiership side. His "defending" for West Ham's second goal a few weeks ago is one of the worst fundamental errors of defending I have ever seen at this level. Would have been hilarious if it wasn't us, saying it was schoolboy stuff would be harsh on 9 year olds. He is no worse than Shambles, but the big fella gets defender by people who still incorrectly think he had untapped pitential or something stupid. Ramage is by no means worse than Carr, Babayaro, Bramble, or Moore. yeah, i can see Ramage playing for the England U-21's like Bramble did but yes, he is in the same league as Carr, Babayaro and Moore

very much in agreement with you

worst performance? that game showed him to be a league 1 player at best

Capitalised on some shocking goalkeeping by Shaka Hislop to score two goals in the last two minutes and send us crashing to a 2-1 defeat at Ewood in April (?) '96. More or less the final nail in our coffin. not half as shocking as some of Srnicek's goalkeeping that season

keep him as far away from a football as possible

half of the Nufc hatred comes from hellholes such as Hull, Stoke etc. The same clueless cunts who get the train up here for a night out. tossers