Lenny

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unlucky mr nugent

Usually a chair when he's playing. witty!

i cringe seeing dyer in full flight, i think hes gonna pull up everytime!

Not necessarily the best team, more what I would like to see: Robinson Neville - Ferdinand - Terry - Cole Dyer - Gerrard - Hargreaves - Lennon Rooney - Owen Subs: Foster, Woodgate, Richards, Lampard, J. Cole, Beckham, Bent

Would probably be better for him if he didnt tbh

i prefer more white than black tbh

the current one is imo probably the nicest one we've had (apart from poss. the grandad shirt one). Dont particularly like the new one, maybe its a grower!

Do you honestly think Butt is rash in challenges compared to Parker? I still can't see the argument for playing Parker & Emre; regardless of your opinion on our midfielders individually, the partnership of Butt & Emre has consistently performed better than any we've fielded including the captain. I meant immobile in comparison but I do think for tackling ability Parker is probably better as well. As I said at the end of my post I accept that for the way Roeder uses his players Butt and Emre is probably better, but I think that if Parker was told to be strictly a DM then Emre would have freedom to roam and I think it would work well.

I agree with all of that except Nicky Butt. While I think he hasn't played badly, I don't think he has been as good as people have made out. I think he is really immobile in comparison to Parker and quite rash in his challenges. He's done alright but just hasn't really convinced me he should be a first choice CM. If I had to choose a CM pairing it would be Emre Parker with Parker as an out and out DM, though I concede that I would play Butt Emre going on how Roeder utilizes the players.

I see what your saying but I dont think it would really work like that. I think its silly to think that we wouldnt be points better off if Owen was fit but if you are starving the attack of service like we are then I dont think it matters who you have up there. We haven't looked like a team this season, even when we win most of our play has been very gritty with no fluidity. The only good football I recall seeing this season is the 1st 45 against Alkmaar at SJP where we saw what we are capable of.

Tbh, the Lighthouse Family have always made me want to top myself whenever they're played. That is very true, never a fan of them, but that song was just the worst because of that!

98/99 season for me with 97/98 coming close, in fact i would say end of 97 season and 98/99 season, was so depressing when we lost to arsenal in the cup final, I was in Gran Canaria packed out with geordies. They played High by The Lighthouse Family after the game, still makes me depressed listening to that song now. Only positive for me in that season was Hamann!

do u reckon the Chelsea players that stuck a boot in will get in trouble?

Its Roeder that doesnt know what the hell Parker is. I think if Parker was told he was an out and out DM then him and Emre has the potential to work very well!

We really cannot afford to lose Emre, I really happy and relieved hes not guilty!

While I agree that the club is going absolutley nowhere at this moment in time, I think its worth pointing out that we are in pretty much the same position as we were a couple of weeks ago, apart from being out of a competition. Granted that going out of that competition has effectively ended our season but it has taken for us to go out of this competition to actually realise that the paper over the cracks is very thin. I would consider myself quite an optimistic person and if I'm honest I find myself looking at what some people on here write and almost laughing thinking how quickly emotions can change, but I think realisation is starting to kick in from even the most optimistic of people. I think I am guilty of thinking that Roeder has done a pretty good job when we string a couple of results together and thinking that we should give him time, but its just not working. Even when we do string a couple of results together there is absolutely no fluidity in our play, and its not really entertaining to watch (bar the odd moment of magic from individuals). I know that it is considered a good thing when a team plays poorly and picks up results and we can hide behind that when we get results against the like of Spurs, and Aston Villa, but we were extremely lucky, and I personally thought we was so poor it was alarming and worrying that we was going to get found out, and we were against Birmingham even though we played probably as bad/well against them as we did against Villa and Spurs. Me and my dad are both pretty much as fanatical as we can be considering we live in the south, but even my dad is starting to lose interest and I'm beginning to just not be so fucked off about bad results because its almost expected. I think the thing that puts this into the most perspective for me is that I find myself seeing highlights of Spurs matches and thinking "they play some good football". I fucking hate Spurs!!! I don't know if this should be in this thread but I wanted to have my say.

As far as i know, there isn't a law stating that EVERY SINGLE inhabitant of a region that is fanmous for liking football HAS to be zealot. well i didnt actually say there was, i was more interested in what people who live around the area had to say about their reputation! According to your post, you're asking BECAUSE you got in a taxi, and the fella knew f*** all. Geordies aren't particularly fanatical compared to anyone else. Thats just one of those pathetic "sky lies". You're right the reason I am asking is primarily because I got in a taxi and the bloke knew fuck all, whats your point? It just prompted me think about whether it is all over hyped by the media or not and wanted the opinion of the locals.

dont like to dismiss peoples opinions without giving a valid response but that was just bullshit!

As far as i know, there isn't a law stating that EVERY SINGLE inhabitant of a region that is fanmous for liking football HAS to be zealot. well i didnt actually say there was, i was more interested in what people who live around the area had to say about their reputation!

Ditto. Had some personal bad news last night too, so this doesn't feel all that bad right now tbh. It'd feel better if we'd won it like. now theres a bit of perspective!

i actually thought of u at full time mate cos of how buzzing you was over the first leg!! lol

i think that might be what it is with me

I dont know why but i dont feel that angry at the mo, normally I would lay in bed thinkin about it for hours and just be pissed off, ignorin football in general, but this time it just feels like it was obviously going to happen!

Also, didnt Solano say the other day that you cant pump balls up to Dyer and Martins because they are small? wtf was he doing all game!!!