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I'll also go on record to say that Dummet won't 'make it' at this level and i reckon Sammy Ameobi will. My arse could be bit big time here

Tbf to Ron he reckoned Gosling would turn out to be a very good player. So far, that looks very, very far from true. We've all done it one way or another, calling a player out as potential sh*te or genius. After seeing Carroll's limp substitute apprearance against Man City a few years ago i said the long streak of p*ss would never amount to anything. Even i can be wrong.... hard to believe.

Not a great fan of Tiote but we've looked decidely worse without him. Would be great to get someone better than him but that's true of the other 10 positions too. Don't know anyone who is a fan of Jonas in football terms.

It's like watching an updated version of George Graham's Arsenal. Dull as dishwater tbh.

Think we'd be unlikely to replace him with a better keeper. He may have had a very average season but so did Cabaye last year. Didn't mean he was sh*te, just that he'd had a below par season. Same with Krul.

Clearly remember a large group of away support (think it was at Fulham) going for some lads who were giving Souness some stick. That element has and always will be there.

Laudrup with Colo as player coach. Colo to take over after 2 years when Laudrup has his seemingly obvious downturn. This is based on nothing but footie wanton daydreams

I'm with Brett on this. The sooner we can get players like MYM, Anita, HBA, Marveaux, Cisse off our books the better. They've just been an anchor around Pard's neck. He needs to able to choose from players he actually wants so he can shape the team with his own vision in mind!

Remy? Hardly a flair player tbh. Give over, course he is. Well he's a player with flair who is a piece of p*ss to manage. He even looked handy in that God-awful QPR team last year, in his first half-season in the best league he's ever played in. Well the question wasn't 'name me one flair player who is difficult to manage but Pardew has managed him well?' You got an answer to your question then twist it around and say he's p*ss easy to manage so that don't count Remy's got as much 'flair' as Gouf. It's just that Remy has got a little bit more in every dept. over Gouf except perhaps out and out workrate. Sammy's got more flair than Remy. Just lacking all the other things

I wouldn't consider Remy a flair player. Very athletic, yes.

Sounds like him criticising Ashley to me...

He seems very 'inbetween roles' to me.

Not really, Colo is quite probably leaving in the summer and he'll be first choice. Nah, think not myself. We've already been told that Colo's replacement has been lined up for this summer. Whoever he is i imagine he'll partner Willo/Tayls/Someone tall.

Pardew hadn't even heard of him when we signed him, apparently. Ridiculous system we have if true. He certainly doesn't look a 'Pards Player', that's for sure. Along with Marveaux, HBA, Cisse, Anita, Gouf (he doesn't play him as a striker...).

Time we moved him on and used the money for someone who will get games in their natural position.

Odd because that lad looked a very, very good prospect a couple of years ago. Great physicality. Wouldn't be surprised if he does carve out a prem career at some point.

Dat multitasking!

Just like us and Remy. They could replace Lukaku with Remy.

Would think Debuchey will have told his agent to find a new club. I reckon if we can get our money back then we'll let him go. Would also think MYM could be off. Pardew doesn't rate him so it would be better to sell him nsoon and see if Fat Bashley will reinvest any of that in CB he does want. Tomkins for example.

The General Chat forum? Yep. Club loyalties aren't on the agenda there, naturally enough.

Didn't Golfmag say that we already have a Colo replacement lined up?

Has Colo done his coaching badges?

Hithere & Stray Mackem seem decent posters to me. Hope they stick around. They'd probably get a more reasonable level of conversation if they posted a bit in General.

You seem to be under a misunderstanding. Lots of people want him sacked and replaced with someone better. Not everybody though, clearly.

It's amazing this club buys players the manager either hasn't heard of or isn't really interested in and the only way these newcomers get a look in is when cheaper players move on and they are all he's left with.