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Agreed, literally toying with the Villa defenders. If he can do this to a top-seven defense then he'll certainly be good this season.

New signings? We don't need no goddamn new signings

OMFGWTF :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Might as well tell Tiote to go back home, Nolan and Barton are obviously world class

WE"RE GANNA WIN THE FUCKING LEAGUE :fwap::fwap::fwap:

Other than Smith somehow being invisible and visibly terrible at the same time, this is very encouraging.

Gonna have to do something about those long balls lobbed in through the center

That's the most beautiful goal I've seen us score in a while.

This is a text representation of the sound you make while ejaculating by the way

WPOEIRUHPO)#W*@$U@#()*$&@#)($*_)@#(*$_)@#(*$_()@#IUR)(OIEJF)(@#*$_()@#*$

lady luck on our side

W000000000T! :lol: :fwap:

what a nice, suicidal way to start the match.

Could have dropped Nolan into midfield and given Vuckic a chance in behind. Or played Ameobi up front with Carroll. Obviously he's not just going to throw on Vuckic to make his Premiership debut as a starter. Really can't say as to whether Ameobi would be appreciably better than Nolan. Worth a shot I suppose.

I don't know about anyone else but that was pretty much the lineup I was expecting. Guthrie and Lovenkrands not fully fit, what other options have we got?

So fired up for this match now. I really think we could nick a close win and it's on early enough that I'll still be able to watch it and go to work at 5AM tomorrow without dying.

David Nugent and Richard Hughes?

I think he'll end up staying at Marseille just so we can go through another one of these in the winter.

I'm just saying the club could be selling it/planning it a bit better. I'm all for the idea of "gradual progress" but "0 net spend for five years and we might be about where we were in 2006/2007" is just depressing. You cannot just set it down in stone that you're not spending money for five years. There has to be some sort of wiggle room for acceptable risk when a good opportunity comes along. Obviously that club statement at the end of last season was a disaster on all counts.

Spot on. I don't disagree with this either. The business of Football is ultimately about selling dreams. The dream NUFC is currently selling is "we'll spend absolutely f*** all money on transfers for the next five years and if we haven't imploded in the mean time maybe then we'll have established ourselves as a lower mid-table Premiership club who might be able to spunk up 5m a window."

I agree, i still think we will stay up.....i have to think that or i would just be some daft t*** sitting in a crowd for no reason but its not panic to see and discuss the situation as it stands imo A lot of people just assume that anyone with a different opinion is an idiot. That's a problem for most on here, including myself at times... Obviously for some more than others though.

Yes and no imo. We look a bit more settled in defence, we look to have a decent pair of wingers this time around, and Carroll may be able to get 10+ goals this year if we're lucky. However, Harper looks too easy to beat, we have a clear problem with the right back slot, our midfielders are all very slow, lacking in creativity, and none of them are good at protecting the back defense, and aside from Carroll, we're probably going to be hopeless in attack. Furthermore, if we get a couple of injuries to the likes of Jonas/Enrique/Carroll, we're probably f***ed. It's a complete crapshot anyway. The team that got relegated was significantly better than the s*** Roeder had to work with for the majority of 2006/2007. If anything, I'd be more worried that the rest of the Premiership is a lot stronger this season. that is absolute bollocks that compare the midfield and forward's we had that season and it's far far better It's debatable. The relegated team was far stronger in defense and up front. The midfield was better at times but Parker, Dyer, and Emre were all injured for long spells and N'Zogbia was non-existent. We were filling the gaps with the likes of Matty Pattison. Milner was probably the best player in that team but everybody seemed to think he was shit anyway. The keyword there being debatable, as it's obviously all "either/or" for you. Either we're signing some brilliant, unrealistic player or we're signing nobody at all. Either we're comfortably staying up or we're nailed on to be relegated. What you're saying is truth and what I'm saying is complete bollocks. Why do I even bother.

There has been one game of the season and still two weeks left of the transfer window. Hatem Ben Arfa might not be signing -> we're not going to sign any players -> we're going to be relegated -> the club will disappear into obscurity. Awesome.

Yes and no imo. We look a bit more settled in defence, we look to have a decent pair of wingers this time around, and Carroll may be able to get 10+ goals this year if we're lucky. However, Harper looks too easy to beat, we have a clear problem with the right back slot, our midfielders are all very slow, lacking in creativity, and none of them are good at protecting the back defense, and aside from Carroll, we're probably going to be hopeless in attack. Furthermore, if we get a couple of injuries to the likes of Jonas/Enrique/Carroll, we're probably f***ed. It's a complete crapshot anyway. The team that got relegated was significantly better than the shit Roeder had to work with for the majority of 2006/2007. If anything, I'd be more worried that the rest of the Premiership is a lot stronger this season.

when does everyone panic, 31st august perhaps That's actually not a bad idea, actually waiting to see whether or not we'll make more signings rather than automatically assume that we won't. remember january 2009, that's exactly what happened - No signings and we got relegated So? no lessons seem to have been learnt then The lesson from the fact that a year and a half ago, we signed two players who unfortunately turned out to be less than satisfactory is that we'll never make any good signings again? The problem is that those two signings were made because Ashley refused to pay the money for our top targets, allegedly M'Bia and Veloso. The same happened with Victor Moses when we plumped for Leon Best as a cheap alternative. Can you honestly say this won't happen again in the next two weeks if the Arfa deal is allowed to die? No, I don't like our owner either and I realistically I think this transfer window will end with us getting a few signings at nominal cost who will boost numbers. I haven't convinced myself that "we're not going to make any singings, our current squad is going to fail miserably, and we're nailed on to be relegated so we might as well all go top ourselves now" though. i'd be more concerned if people were just happy with the situation as it is, show's at least our fan's care and want this situation to improve No, it shows that people are panicked and shitting in their pants. There's a difference between being unhappy with the current situation and "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" this if NUFC were talking about, a club that has screwed it fans more over than probably any set in the country Fine, do it your way. I'd rather not assume that the club I support is doomed to failure on all counts.