Kimbo

What would be the point in keeping Roeder? Fat Sam is superior when it comes to man-management and tactics aswell, so surely you would want him directly incharge of the team.

Fat Sam obviously, although i'm not a great fan of his. I'd take Sven over the pair of them.

For me it doesn't make a big difference who is captain, if you are a good leader then you lead, whether you have the armband or not. If Terry didn't have the armband at Chelsea would that stop him yelling at his teammates and leading the backline??? Parker probably won't be leaving in the summer anyway.

I was told that a good manager wouldn't need a Director of Football. Wenger is a top class coach, all this means is that he will have somebody there to organize the clubs scouting, negotiating etc, so that he can focus on what he does best.

No defensive midfielder, fantastic.

1. Roeder needs to go ofcourse and a competent manager needs to be brought in, it will be pointless though if we just bring in a plonker like Steve Bruce though. Personally i want Sven, but it looks i'm alone in that. 2. An attacking midfielder is only a priority if the new manager wants one, if his system requires one then ofcourse we should get one. I'm all for selling Emre though. All his set pieces end up hitting the first man, when he's pressured his passing goes all over the place, he's easily bullied out of the game, he's got temper problems, he hardly gets any goals or assists despite apparently being our most creative player, he's injury prone, and he's on ridiculous wages. Basically he's just not suited to the premiership and i see no reason to keep him. 3. The post mentioned earlier from 'Shamen' sums up my feelings on Owen-Martins, i'd wait to see if it works before i talk about selling one of them. Selling Martins would be quite foolish though IMO, what with Owens recent injuries.

No, he had 2 great seasons with Reading in the championship, he's the main man there and has been for a while. I'd also say he's more like Carrick than he is like Parker.

Good god man, what makes you think Sidwell is a defensive midfielder??? And if you're going to drop Parker because of poor form then the same has to apply to Duff.

Good going foward but gets skinned on a regular basis in La Liga, not the man for us.

People would prefer Big Sam to Sven. I'm mildy surprised at that.

I think i'd opt for the latter.

Atleast it means to Motson. Imagine Motson and Pleat in the same commentary box,... infact fuck it, imagine if they had their own Starsky and Hutch style cop show, it would be GREAT!

:clap: The commentary made me vomit today, especially when you compare it to the ridiculous coverage we got.

I thought thats the bar What the hell was Adraino doing there 4v1 and he dwells on it for like 10mins He was doing his best Damien Duff impression.

FANTASTIC GAME!!! VAMOS SEVILLA!!!

3rd to 5th i reckon. If England played a season in the premiership the team would gel more as a team, and considering the total lack of quality outside the top 4, i think they would probably be fighting Arsenal for 4th spot.

Who does then? FSS Ramage ofcourse FFS.

FFS Injured isn't he FFS?

Duff or Emre.

SJH has around 30%, not 70%.

He can't afford it. He'd have to borrow. The club would then be lumbered with paying off the debt. That combined with his proven ineptitude in various areas would condemn us to mid-table mediocrity (at best) for a generation. So, the same as now, then? Basically, yeah, but with even less possibility of anything changing. We would be stuck with him until he dies.

He can't afford it. He'd have to borrow. The club would then be lumbered with paying off the debt. That combined with his proven ineptitude in various areas would condemn us to mid-table mediocrity (at best) for a generation. Feck! Would SJH accept a deal like that?

How will Shepherd afford it??? He's rich but he's not that rich, and i think IF he could afford it he would've taken over already. I can't see it happening myself.

Sol Campbell mark II, i'd have him. We need an experianced head in the defence, i'd probably go for Distin and a nippy fullback to cover for his lack of pace aswell. Distin is as fast as shat off a stick. And whoever mentioned Mellberg. He'd be a very good option aswell, one of the most underrated players in the league IMO.

I wasn't talking about him specifically, was i? I said i haven't heard of us attempting to get a really good manager, only guys like Bruce, Allardyce etc. Why am i even bothering? I explained this in thread at the time. I asked you time and again who we should approach and you bottled it because you knew you were talking reactionary opionated utter s**** come on. 'world class managers' I think you said I do recall you couldn't decide whether we don't approach them, or just don't offer them enough money, but then again, you never let having a consistent opinion get in the way of a post There's MANY managers we could've approached, even Burley would've been good IMO, he's got a surprisingly good track record. "you never let having a consistent opinion get in the way of a post" - That parts a laugh seeing as that's the only "debate" i've been in on here, i haven't been posting here very long. Burley is a world class manager. End of thread. Don't darken my doors again. You said world class, not me. it was you. don't make me go and find it FFS I said good record. Burley wouldn't be my first choice, first i would approach guys like Hitzfeld and throw money at them, then if they were rejected i would look at promising guys closer to home like Burley who has done well at every club he's been at. I doubt i used the term "world class" as i hate the phrase, it means nothing. Hitzfeld FFS go away Good coach that was unemployed. But ok, i'll go away.