Ronaldo

Aye. Him, Welbeck, Walker....not the greatest crop. All youngish and regularly getting games for top 4 clubs. I don't see the problem. Since when did that make them anything other than totally average? York, you've admitted in the past that you don't watch much football outside of Toon games, mate, so stop it. All 3 are good players at good clubs with lots of potential to improve. Kyle Walker is not good and probably never will be. He's not as good as made out by some but he's better than our RB imo and he starts for France.

Aye. Him, Welbeck, Walker....not the greatest crop. All youngish and regularly getting games for top 4 clubs. I don't see the problem. Since when did that make them anything other than totally average? York, you've admitted in the past that you don't watch much football outside of Toon games, mate, so stop it. All 3 are good players at good clubs with lots of potential to improve.

Aye. Him, Welbeck, Walker....not the greatest crop. All youngish and regularly getting games for top 4 clubs. I don't see the problem.

Nowt like spending a few days away from the cold in sunny Argentina to remind you how great it would be to stay here.

I understand people liking Hughton because I do, but 'done incredibly'? Have a word. They're in the same position they finished last year under Lambert, having added some pretty good players in the summer.

Colo as a DM AGAIN? He's useless there, doesn't have the athleticism. Enough.

Where's that?

I don't remember much of it at all.

Less than a month since he said Bale's better than Ronaldo. Did he actually say that, and mean it?

Aye, long balls to Rooney and Defoe. England haven't played a significant amount of long ball football in decades.

Need him back.

There must be. What a guy he was.

If signing Carroll is conducive to matchwinners going unnoticed I'm all for it.

By 1500? Hardly the end of the world and they won't fill it anyway.

I always thought he was overrated, especially by the media and at SJP, though not so much on here. But yes, he was class. As a keeper and a bloke.

In an ideal world he'd have been sacked off years ago. In our current situation he fills a gap in the squad, sadly.

He's back every week, bro.

I don't think it's ideal, but it's not too far off the best we can do given our budget and Pardew's tactical limitations.

I'd quite happily have Carroll, Cisse and Gouffran interchanging in a front 3. Cisse and Gouffran would benefit immensely from someone who can turn long balls into half-chances.

Why on earth would you rather have Owen?

Don't see how someone who has scored 9 goals in his last 60 games is good for anyone, too much nostalgia and romanticism involved with Carroll for my liking and not enough clear thinking. We'd start attacking set-pieces, for a start. And it would get Jonas out of the team. Good partner for Cisse, to We would get raped if we tried that..... 2 strikers who don't drop deep and don't run behind and the 2 midfielders would get overrun at will. We cannot play 4-4-2 without natural width or having a striker who drops deep or runs in behind.... not to mention we would have 6 midfielders who never play. I never said I wanted to play 4-4-2. Carroll doesn't drop deep? Cisse doesn't run behind? What?

Need to send some of our lot to him asap, injured or not.

Don't see how someone who has scored 9 goals in his last 60 games is good for anyone, too much nostalgia and romanticism involved with Carroll for my liking and not enough clear thinking. We'd start attacking set-pieces, for a start. And it would get Jonas out of the team. Good partner for Cisse, too.

I can easily see him being back this summer, like.

Think he'll come back sooner rather than later. Think it'll be good for us, too.