Chris_R

£8m for Carroll? You're on glue mate. I neither suggested he was worth it or that we'd be able to get it. I'm simply saying that at this point in time, whilst we're having a push for promotion, he's our player, is under contract and I think there's no way on earth we should sell him. Offer us silly money (ie £8m) and he can go, but offer us what he's worth (£4m perhaps?) then we should hang on to him. No way should we sell players for their market value when we're trying so desperately to get out of this league.

No way would I sell for £4m. If we were offered twice that, 100% cash up front, and Ashley swore on a stack of bibles that we'd be allowed to spend all of that (Sod that, he'd still change his mind. Make it he's got to put the money into a seperate bank account that only Hughton had access to) and if Hughton then actually spent it wisely on a few good players in key positions (Esp the wings), then and ONLY then would I think it's a good move. Otherwise, fuck off West Ham, you snivelling cockney wankers.

The worst thing about the football league show is that they always leave our match until the end, presumably to keep viewing figures high until the end. If you only want the Newcastle game, there's sod all point watching it until the last 10 minutes. As for being in the Championship, the worst thing for me is getting access to the games. I've just moved to Bournemouth, so although I can get radio links easily enough, it's much harder to get any kind of stream as we're simply not televised. If we were in the Prem, that wouldn't be a problem.

No... It's probably disintegrated after being put through the washing machine so many times since he last wore it.

Any legal, UK-based radio links that'll have the match on? I've just moved down to Bournemouth last week so can't tune into local radio anymore (Or get to the match, for that matter!).

This. More chance of finding rocking horse shit though.

Whilst Ryan Taylor is far from being the solution to our lack of a right winger, he's a hell of a lot better there than Guthrie, who I predict will again spend the whole match drifting far too far inside to be of any use at all. We'll therefore have no option but to play everything through Jonas, Peterborough will recognise this and will stick 2 or 3 men on him. He'll therefore create nothing at all, and we'll all slate him saying he's s***. Guthrie will also be slated for doing nothing. We'll win 2-0 despite playing awful again, with goals from Harewood and Taylor.

Worst idea ever. Crap sides should be relegated, if that includes us (Which it did last year) then so be it.

I'd say that if there was any money at all going into the team then I could accept it. However I think there's fuck all chance of that happening, given Fat Mick's track record there.

Thank fuck I'm moving 375 miles away on Friday.

Whilst I agree his shooting and crossing have been nothing short of woeful, I don't think that chance on Saturday was that easy. He was sliding in, tried to hook his foot round it and had men in front of him that he needed to get the ball past. Sure, it wasn't the hardest chance in the world but it wasn't exactly a sitter either. I also think that the majority of his problems are brought about by playing on the left. The lad's right footed, and he's having to either cut back inside and cross with his right or else try to put a ball in with his unfavoured foot. I'd like to see him given a spell on the right wing, see if that makes a difference or not.

I'd still take him over Hughton.

Went to the match yesterday then out on the drink all night so only just surfaced. First 45 we were absolutely shocking, don't think I can remember us being more inept. Once Ranger came on we seemed to go up a gear, not sure why that was because Ranger didn't exactly set the world alight but he looked lively and at least managed to keep possession once he got the ball. Ryan Taylor seemed to be playing right fullback and right wing, as there was nobody on the right of midfield. Guthrie was nearest, but he never got out wide. It meant we were very one dimensional, Taylor didn't dare (Or perhaps didn't have the ability to) get to the by-line, so could only cross from deep outside the box and it wasn't very effective. Not sure if Guthrie was just ignoring that he was supposed to be a winger yesterday or if he was told to stay inside but we need to push someone one wide to give us balance. Guthrie may not be the best right winger in the world but he'll be better than what we did yesterday. Also, it would give the opposition someone else to have to worry about and give us another option in attack. Currently Jonas gets 2 men stuck on him at all times, and if we offered something down the other flank then it might give Jonas more space to be able to have an impact on the game. Carroll missed a sitter, sure, but even before his goal and assist I thought he played pretty well. He gives 100%, puts himself about and actually wants the ball. Compare that to Marlon Harewood... If that's the performance of a man trying to impress a potential new club then I'd hate to see how shit he'd be if we signed him full time. He looked like he didn't care and didn't want the ball. When he got the ball, he couldn't run at a man, lacked pace and had a shocking first touch. I didn't boo him because I'd never boo a player in black and white, but it was hard to argue against those that did.

Also surprised at this. But I guess it shows ambition from the board, something we're completely bereft of.

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00051/hught_280x420_51117a.jpg

Probably because so many others have failed to do theirs.

Can't disagree with a single word of that.

Plenty seem to be saying "No" to Keegan, but I don't think I've yet seen anyone suggest an alternative. Past Shearer, of course. For me, it's the following: - Keegan - We all know what you get with him, the good and the bad. - Shearer - Completely and utterly unproven. Unless you count an 8 game winless spell which consigned us to relegation. - Hughton - Thanks for everything you've done but simply not cut out for it. - Someone else - Yeah, easy to say "Someone else" but who? For me, there's nobody out there that is a realistic managerial target that I'd rather have than Keegan. That's not to say that I don't acknowledge his failings, of which there are plenty, but the good outweighs the bad and at this point in time I am confident he'd have us tearing up this league playing great football. Give him some money and let him get his own players, and we'd be out of this league and safe next year in the Prem. What more, at this stage, can anyone ask?

The PDF? Do we have to spell it out for you ? http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/c0/3f/0,,12306~147392,00.pdf Seems you do. With it being in quotation marks, I thought it might be an acronym like ITK or the like.

Really, really hope it's not Moat. From what I understand the guy is having to look behind his settee and empty his penny jars to scrape together the asking price. Hardly bodes well for any activity in the transfer market.

The PDF?

Pretty much my opinion. He's fucked up. Repeatedly. But not maliciously. He's lost a couple of hundred million quid so he's probably as gutted as we are that the decisions he's made have been so bad. Some people act like he's doing all these things deliberately, just with the sole intention of destroying the club. He's a walking disaster, but it's incompetence not malice.

Indeed you do. Have a cookie to go with them. For some reason I thought that after finishing 2nd in 95/96 we'd have qualified for the Champions League, and that Keegan would have led us out before he resigned in January 97. Time dulls the memory, it was 12 years ago in my defence. However, my general point, though admittedly somewhat weakened by my own alcohol-addled memory, STILL stands!

We're a Championship club. Keegan has managed clubs in the Champions league and finished within an ace of winning the title, as well as managing England. He's also secured several promotions. Out of interest, which manager do you think is better, available and likely to come here? Which Champions League clubs were those again? Congratulations. You get 1 pedant point for noticing the incorrect pluralising of the word "Club". But my point stands. Keegan's CV is infinitely better than that of any manager we could ever hope to attract to this club at this point in time. Plus the football he plays is better than anything else I've ever seen.