Kimbo

BINGO! I'd trial it until the end of the season atleast, if it continues to work then yeah why not, i like it. Why does it always have to be 442 says i?!

Half an hour and we've been shown two 1-0 games. Booooo!

Bravo! Bravo! I'm loving this formation and Owen, Geremi, and Viduka are looking worthy of being here next season. Still plenty that need to be kicked out though,

How would you chaps feel about this formation being kept on a more permanent basis? I know most are 4-4-2 die hards, but this is actually working!

Piss off. Quality cross, quality header, quality goal. He probably could have closed Malbranque down a bit but that really wasn't 'absolutely f****** awful' defending. Shouldn't have been a cross in the first place. We're not closing them down anywhere near fast enough. The guy only took 1 touch before his cross, it's not like he had the ball for ages.

Aye he's s***. Smith should definitely be in the top 5. What did people expect from him though? I knew he would be shite when we signed him. He's doing exactly what i thought he would do.

I don't think Lennon is underperforming, i just don't think he is that talented

He complained about the cold as well, which really wouldn't serve him well up here. Maybe he's grown up since then, i don't think comments he made a couple of years ago should be held against him too much. I mean who doesn't whine about the weather in England?

Unless he is buying a geordie i don't think the shirt number will be an issue.

Some of the goals Chopra scored in the championship were top drawer. I really don't think he's very talented tbh. And the national team ain't a great measure of talent, afterall Phil Neville has 59 caps.

Jussi has exactly the same weaknesses as Given and is having a bad season, bizarre choice. Same goes for Walcott who has shown nothing at Arsenal. Yeah, i doubt having the two quickest players in the Premier League up front would have any effect at all. Scrap that idea! There's no point in being quick if you don't know what to do with the ball. Walcott is a genuine pace merchant.

Really? If I was a Newcastle fan, I'd have a fit Ashton in the team ahead of any of your strikers bar Martins. I would have thought the only question mark is his ability to stay fit, not his ability in general. Ashton has been gash since he came back from his broken ankle. I wouldn't touch him.

Jussi has exactly the same weaknesses as Given and is having a bad season, bizarre choice. Same goes for Walcott who has shown nothing at Arsenal.

Unfortunately yes i think it is. I think him and Willie McKay are looking for a nice fat signing on fee and pay rise, and as we know with McKay if he wants a move he will do anything to make it happen, no matter how disruptive. McKay will force Newcastles hand.

mmm Owen A target man preferably.

We're merely speculating about speculation. Why not say I? Sooner or later one of these story has got to be true if you think about it.

Because, although talented, he is a bit of a lazy tart, i can't see him being a success on the wing in a 442, he would have to track back and make tackles. Robert did well so it is possible i suppose, but then he could be a bit like Luque and just not fit in anywhere.

For £5m he would be worth a punt, could end up being a bargin. The problem would be where to play him though, there's no i can see him playing left wing for us, so surely it would have to be upfront, but then we are surely looking for a target man there to partner Owen/Martins.

We've made the mistake of buying players apparently proven in the premiership that have turned out rubbish aswell. Smith, Barton, Duff etc. It makes no difference to me whether they are from the premiership, la liga, serie a, or the bunesliga, all have the same amount of risk involved IMO.

Bar McGeady, Dunne(unrealistic), Bentley, and Shorey that is a depressing list of players. I'd rather take a punt of foreign players that ARE proven in other leagues.

A non champions league club paying a player over 100k a week is pure lunacy IMO. To me that should be a massive obstacle as he's not worth anywhere near that.

What about Owen though?

Jerome? Bullard? Are we still preparing for the championship here?!

Hopefully the men upstairs have no say in it and let Keegan do his job without interfering. If a 100k+ a week contract is going to be handed out i would expect the men upstairs to have a say.

2 games? He's scored 4 in 7. Fair enough he played well in the Boro game aswell. But still this isn't enough to make me change my mind, i'll need to see a prolonged run of form to make me forget the previous 2 and a half years.