Ronaldo

Pretty strange how many mistakes get forgotten come the end of the season if it's a fan favourite making them, like.

I was practically Colo's biggest fan on here before we signed him and during his first 4 seasons or so. I've nowt against him other than he's significantly declined as a defender physically and otherwise, and the fact he's an awful captain.

Well I wouldn't sell Colo, actually. Nobody has ever wanted to buy him for a start. Do I want us to move past him and invest in a younger, more solid CB pairing including MYM? Yes, absolutely. The rest of the post is like you, not worth bothering to acknowledge.

Yeah, that's why I've spent the last year advocating a solid, physical CB signing like Shawcross that we can pair with Mbiwa. Quality nonsense as per.

Says the bloke who vigorously supported the bloke promoting that very philosophy. Debuchy's a good player. I just think if we'd got a defender less effective going forward and more effective defensively there'd have been less of a reluctance to start Ben Arfa in his rightful position on the RW.

His weakness is very much one-on-one situations and it's been evident throughout the season.

Don't think that has anything to do with it tbh, even when Debuchy was injured Ben Arfa still hardly played at all. Well, yeah, because the replacements were even worse in that respect.

If Debuchy was better at dealing with 'being exposed' we'd have seen more of HBA this season. And now they're leaving in the same window. Fucking typical, like.

Especially one who looks like Nasri, like.

Get to fuck.

Both Mancs have better RBs.

Mind, that's quite astute from Buffon based on one friendly game in which he played. Impressive.

This is true.

I've always thought Gerrard was overrated and he's certainly well past his best physically but that's a biased car crash of an article.

16th and 5th constitutes mid-table now?

He'll be 31 before the next one. What a waste.

Hitting the ball short distances instead of long ones, the true footballing barometer.

That stat doesn't surprise me. He's our best CM by a distance.

Yes he is and yes it is.

You don't like him, we got that 7 years ago, mate.

Because he's an effective whore.

Rooney was in superb form going into WC 2010 but he just didn't fire at all, unfortunately. I think we'll see the best of him this time round.

So all these managers getting the sack after a few months are s***? Nope but Mel was the wrong fit, . Sherwood wasn't good enought, ditto Moyes. Jol was s*** at fulham. Di Canio at Sunderland. I can't really think of any that didn't deserve it tbh Sherwood didn't deserve to keep his job with the best win percentage of any Spurs boss in PL history? No he lost too many to the teams above them and to top it off was completely unprofessional in everything he did. Pulling a fan out of the crowd to sit in the managers seat. Rank stupidity Oh, right. Who gives a s*** how many wins he got if he was losing to the teams above him. As for the fan, I suppose Keegan doing it several times while boss of us was rank stupidity too. well yes. You've answered your own question really. Not sure who you're arguing with really. Keegan took a fan, mid game and allowed them to sit and "manage" in a PL game "several times" did he? Got a link to that happening? http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php?topic=68275.0 That bloke would often be invited to sit in the dugout and nearby by Keegan in our promotion season and the first season in the PL. Honestly, as if having a bit of banter with a fan could be construed as a legitimate contributing factor in a bloke losing his job. Some of you need to put 'Footie Man' down and get out into the real world.