Kimbo

Agreed, although Smith wasn't good enough for Manure so i don't get your point.

Wow, the creativity we would have then. Smith can't pass and has poor vision, so how in the name of hell would that work??? There's a reason SAF tried to turn him into a DM.

Are you worried? I'm not. The clauses are there incase a bigboy is interested, West Ham and Man City can bid for Owen and Martins all they want IMO. They'll be pissing into the wind. In Owen's case yes. If Martins is offered a big pay rise to move south where lots of his buddies probably live, who's to say? Owen isn't going to move to West Ham or Man City, not in a million years. He wants a move to a CL club. Same goes for Martins i think, if he was to leave he would want a step up probably to a club in Italy, also he seems alot more committed than Owen.

Are you worried? I'm not. The clauses are there incase a bigboy is interested, West Ham and Man City can bid for Owen and Martins all they want IMO. They'll be pissing into the wind.

He had Roeder written all over him, i don't think Sam will be interested though, he'll be after experiance. I hope that's the case.

Brown, Dawson, and Upson are awesome.

Shit. So what does he do now? Does he go back to Lagos for internationals, or does he stay away and retire from international football???

It's Chris Eubank.

We just don't need him. All we need is a bunch of defenders and a DM. We don't need strikers, forwards, or wingers and i'm bored of us being "linked" to them.

According to vitalfootball.

Emre.

How could Butt possibly not be a candidate. Personally i don't see why he would be a candidate. He basically shares all the weaknesses that the other 3 have, he's too quiet like Given, he's too rash and prone to the odd mistake like Taylor, and his place in the team isn't assured like Solano. Not a good candidate IMO.

Out of the players already here i'd say it's between Given, Taylor, and Solano. I'd wait to see who we bring in first though before coming to a decision.

He's not an out and out DM like a Makelele, he can carry the ball forward and can pass and shoot. And for a pork and cheeser he is surprisingly stong, Viana he is not - he's reasonably big and has proved he can handle the phyiscal side of the premiership at Pompey and Everton this season. Perfect player to partner Barton IMO.

Zenit signed him for some massive fee a few months ago, would've been a good signing from what i saw of him. Manuel Fernandes is the obvious choice, if Ashley wants to invest in the team at some point this is who he should look at first.

Butt isn't a leader in any way, why on earth would he be a good option!? You can't just throw the armband at someone after 1 good season, Parker is living proof of that.

My thoughts exactly, would Terry shut up if he didn't have the armband? Ofcourse not. Shay deserves it.

Smith is a poor player that would demand high wages and a first team place, and he is nowhere near the likes of Viduka/Martins/Owen in terms of ability. Someone tell me where he would fit in at Newcastle. We don't need another forward.

Forget what i said before, it's annoying me now. "i think once we talk to him he'll opt for us but i just hope we can get parker as well"

Bickering with West Ham fans, how depressing. A sign of how far we've fallen.

The unjustifiable arrogance in that kumb thread is MENTAL!!! They're not Chelsea and we're not bloody Fulham, absolute lunatics!

Decent player, but not one that has aspirations of finishing near or in the waffa cup spots. To be honest most of the names i see people talking about stink of midtable mediocrity - Barton/Jagielka/Reo-Coker/Diop etc. It's all very depressing. Why aren't people wanting players like Manuel Fernandes, genuine class?!

That Eggybertsen bloke is an idiot, apparently Benayouns new contract is worth 60k a week aswell. They're a mini Chelsea and will never break even. Madness.

I'm a big fan of Viduka,... but Barton! What is he good at??? He's a grafter, that's it, and we would never have heard of him if he was foreign.

The only problem with Sissoko is... he can't pass, oh and he has awful technique. That's 2 problems. He's not an improvement on Parker IMO.