Kimbo

£8m?! I would bite their whole top half off!!!

Leeds had a big fuck off debt. Thanks to Mr Ashley we don't have this problem.

That doesn't mean he'll come to us ffs. we have to look to the championship now do we? No, just not at CL standard players. If he leaves he'll go to a CL club in Spain or Italy, or even Chelsea(i think they could do with his type in midfield). Xabi Alonso is top class and out of our league.

That doesn't mean he'll come to us ffs.

Realistic Summer Targets

Since you ask.... --------------Harper-------------- Geremi--Beye--Faye--Enrique Milner--Butt--Emre--N'Zogbia --------Viduka--Martins--------- It will never happen ofcourse.

Why do people keep going on about Smith? Both N'Zogbia and Smith are pretty poor. Surely you're not telling me that the two players have a similar amount of talent?

Smith is a great lad and has a great attitude, we need more Smiths.

Before Allardyce was sacked i predicted that we would flirt with relegation. We had the easiest fixtures out of everyone in the first half of the season, and when i looked at the fixtures in the 2nd half i figured we would get around 42 points at most. We were always heading for a relegation battle.

Lampard has had his ban overturned.

Bolton have got some horrible fixtures in the run-in. I have to say them.

Beye is a tough bugger. I remember when he was at Marseille he got his teeth kicked out against Bolton and he just got up and played on without much fuss. I would back him against Pederson, TKO rd1.

I'm at a loss to explain why Martins didn't start today. We have 1 striker severely out of form and one that is useless, and we're up against a slow defence and one he has done well against in the past - and yet he still doesn't start.

FFS, i would do that for half the money!

Oba, for all his faults, makes things happen. He is easily our most dangerous player and i can't wait to see him back in the team. On the contract, i'm happy to see him sign because i think he should be in our long term plans and i'd guess the numbers are either speculation or are exaggerated, i doubt it will be that much.

I'm happy enough with Keegan thanks.

That article is shocking. The thing is millions of non-newcastle fans across the country will lap it up and take it as gospel.

He is a w******, but he has got talent. If price is right, we should get him in. I would stay the fuck away from Willy McKays players, they're nothing but trouble.

On the subject of refs, Aliadiere has just had his ban increased to 4 games, while Mascherano gets no punishment for grabbing his face and starting the incident. Petrov gets a 3 game ban basically nothing, but there is no punishment for Ade nutting Bendtner. There's no consistency in this league.

Try and sell this summer, fail, and wait for his contract to run out.

Based on our recent games do ANY of our players have ANY strengths? They've all been absolutely gash, i find it very hard to pick out one for extra criticism.

He's only 6'2, you can't expect him to be Samson - he's certainly strong enough to be a premiership defender in my eyes and like i said i have seen him out muscle guys like Drogba that are renowned for their strength. He doesn't read the game very well, but what young defender does? This is something that comes with years of experience, and as i have said i have seen improvement in this area. I also don't think he speed and distribution are as bad as you make out, the times he looks slow are the times he's either up against a super fast player like Petrov or when he's been caught out of position.

Because we don't bum an average player just because he's come through the youth system? Taylor should think himself lucky he's the local lad who came through the academy because that's what has stopped most getting on his back inside of the ground. So why do people rate Taylor as a prospect, but not Ramage? Because Ramage is a Champion standard defender at best, Taylor on the other hand looked a player that was rough around the edges but could turn out to be a decent player when he first came on the scene, yet here we are 100+ games later and he looks no better, in fact we've discovered that he's thick as s*** and has no sort of footballing brain at all. People still hope he's going to turn into the player they thought, that's why they don't get on his back. I think you're making too many assumptions about WHY people have the opinions they have. I don't favour players because they're from Newcastle, never have, and i'm sure alot of people that have the same views as me aren't that biased either. First and foremost when judging a young player i look at his attributes, not his performances, and i see positive things in Taylor - firstly his aerial ability, he's our biggest danger at set pieces - yes he sometimes loses his man when defending, BUT this is to be expected of a young player, he's reasonably fast(not lightening ofcourse), he's strong physically(i've seen him bully Drogba of all people out of a game), and i have seen improvement in his positioning and maturity(ie not flying into tackles as much). I think he has good potential, but i also think he's not going to fulfill it as long as our team is so unorganized and unsettled - NO young player would fulfill their potential in our current team.

Because we don't bum an average player just because he's come through the youth system? Taylor should think himself lucky he's the local lad who came through the academy because that's what has stopped most getting on his back inside of the ground. So why do people rate Taylor as a prospect, but not Ramage?

Taylor has had three times as many appearances for his club and the U21 side, though. Where is the improvement in his game? Well i see improvement, he doesn't make as many positional mistakes as he used to, under Roeder he got noticeably stronger physically, and he doesn't dwell on the ball as much as he used to. We've seen him put in great performances against the likes of Chelsea, Man U, and Arsenal in the past, so we know what he is capable of. He's still very young for a centerback and as he gets older(and as the team around him gets better, lets face it the midfield offers no protection and there has been to time for partnerships in the back 4 to build up) he will get more consistent. People just need to show patience, something which seems to be lacking on this board when it comes to young players.