Lenny

phew!

shoddy they missed KO

well that is as instantaneous an answer as i can get!

anybody catch the bench?

its fuckin rainin men!

3+6 = 9 only reason I can think of Edit: just realised 18 is free... i hear 81 is free......but obviously steven taylor wanted to be number 9 too with his number choice.... ...c'mon man, does it realy matter who gets what number... I didnt say it did matter mate, was just tryin to see any sort of logic in the number.

3+6 = 9 only reason I can think of Edit: just realised 18 is free...

treading seriously close to Roeder territory there! I do agree with you though. But at the same time a high transfer fee for a well known player doesn't necessarily mean they are money grabbers, and it would be nice to see a reasonably high profile CB sign for us.

Id rather he didnt go at all but if he was to go I'd be much happier if it was to a team abroad.

My first choice would be Heinze, then Bridge. Can't see us getting Heinze though. I would be happy with Shorey, can't comment on Quedrue and Baines as I haven't seen enough of them. Shocking to see Babayaro even put in that list, more shocking that 3 people have voted for him!

That, hands down!

Probably just a standard response since he hasnt said anything on the issue since the Owen article.

This. Only i see him warming up from an angle, rather than right in front of me. He is in front me; running up & down at between say a 45 to 90 degree angle to the front of me, depending upon his running position on the cinder track. OK? ......and no matter what angle I see him from he looks like he couldn't give a sh*t. If Sam can make a decent PL player out of him he will deserve a medal. Confidence will not give him pace & I really don't think it will give him courage either. The 30 minutes or so he played against Manure on his debut was deeply disappointing; he clearly wasn't a winger & ducked out of every challenge. He was unfit in that game iirc wasn't he? Newcastle do have a tendancy to throw players in at the deep end in difficult circumstances. I agree with what the lad above said in that if you are more confident you are more likely to put better tackles in and not necessarily duck out of challenges. Also, although confidence cannot add pace, it can add that extra level of sharpness as you will be more determined and that little bit more explosive. Confidence plays a huge role in how a player performs.

From what I've seen of Shorey he looks like a solid confident full back, also seems willing to support the left mid by overlapping and sticking crosses in. Haven't seen much of Baines so I can't really compare, but I'd be very happy if we signed Shorey.

I see your point about him warming up, but I probably wouldn't be flying up and down the line warming up whole heartedly when I know that its more than likely I won't be going on. Its a vicious cycle at the end of the day, Luque doesn't want to bother because he thinks he won't be given a chance anyway, and Roeder doesn't want to give him a chance because he isn't trying. Hopefully that will change this season.

Owen - surplus to requirements even though fit Martins - 4th choice striker Viduka - money grabbing lazy c*** sort of like that you mean? How about Owen - Real Madrids top scorer Martins - Loved by Inter fans Viduka - Boro's best player Plus: Duff - League winner and regular with Chelsea Luque - Regarded as one of Depors best players Barton - Arguably Man City's best player Butt - Man Utd league winner, albeit not necessarily regular starter

Why I didnt bother responding tbh mate

Really does make you think, if you look at the players in our squad in the same light as they were regarded at their previous clubs, we really do potentially have a very good squad of players..... attacking wise! I'm pretty confident SA will get something out of the majority of them as well.

am I the only one that thinks that although Geremi is a good signing, if he is going to be used as a midfielder I dont particularly want him as a main starter? probably rather see him used as a right back.

freaky!

I would hate to see Martins playing for Arsenal, I think he can become world class player under a decent manager, if Allardyce can bring out his good attributes more consistently you wont get many better strikers than him.

like Stevieintoon vs. Sima? Dunno, when did that happen? I'll be pulling for you when the time comes Vic, God knows why mind you. over on tittastic, they challenged each other over stevie's Baines ITK shite, agreed whoever was wrong would be IP banned stevie lost, and came back under a different name Can't believe i missed that, fancy digging out a link? it's in that thread somewhere http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?showtopic=14189 Will have a look about. OT: Tecato simply has one of the very best sigs i've seen on the net. that sig is brilliant

Generally, I find .com tend not to put stuff on their site unless they think its reliable, so you never know....

I seriously doubt that. I kinda doubt it as well, but I can see where he is coming from, he has the engine and work rate to be able to overlap on the attacking front as well as stick in tackles.

quality!!!