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He clearly wasn't though He is one of the most consistently unproductive attacking players that played for this club in this last decade. For all the criticism of Oba, Owen, Viduka, Milner, N'Zogbia, etc. for all these players you can point back to at least 7-10 matches in which they were truly class and among our best players. I'm not sure you can do that with Mr. Damien.

Good, Aguero has been in pretty s*** form lately. Up there with the likes of Drogba, Villa and Torres as the best striker in the world, don't you know? He's a very, very good player. This constant criticism of him is quite idiotic.

The US pundits constantly referred to little Theo as Arsenal's best player, which is more shocking than this, imo.

I thought Theo had a decent showing,tbh. Like it has been said, his limitations were on show against a superior side, but he created the best chances for his team in both legs. Would have looked better if others had performed up to standard. Still, this is nowhere near as interesting as Ron Atkinson and Marcel Desailly.

You should just remove Taylor from these players. Don't know why you have placed our third choice centreback with our three best players. Btw, what time of day is it?

They have about 3 different spines they can play. They can afford 2 first elevens whereas Arsenal don't have anywhere near the same strength in depth. I really don't think Barca is much deeper than Arsenal at all. They just have better players in general and some of Arsenal's best player seem heavily injury-prone. Lionel Messi is really good, btw. I'm just hoping he's having an off day on June 12. Really tired of playing such good teams in the first matches of the WC. Spain, Argentina, and Argentina in the last three

I hope for more than survival. I hope for us to survive in a manner in which the general perception of us will be that we are a club with a future in the division. This would lie a solid base upon which we can build the club back up to a good status.

Honestly, I'm stunned at how smoothly and easily this has gone. Credit to everyone involved. We had a goal in August and we reached that goal in an efficient and swift manner. This has not been the Newcastle way over the years, but it is certainly a style I can get used to.

These events are always well received in the major Us cities. If the atmosphere for this is anything like what it was in Baltimore for Chelsea-AC Milan last summer, it will be a fantastic event. The real interesting part was the massive interest from people who barely knew the game and couldn't name one international footballer. They were probaly the most excited group of people.

Surely it would be "Santa Roquing to the Toon!!" Hutton is good, but once again we could probaly get a similar player without paying the fee Spurs will want, which will probaly be ridiculous.

Cana is a bad example, really. We shipped him off because we bought in a player we thought was better in Stephane M'Bia, and the new regime seemed to have frozen him out anyway. Though he was captain, he was never one of the clubs' great assets. He was willfully sold/let go. Pretty sure Sunderland would have offered him outrageous wages as well, which is something we won't be doing. edit: I don't think we miss him at all, and he's been absolute;y awful for SAFC, which is nice to see.

Why would it be? Two London clubs. Kind of like supporting NUFC and Boro or Man U and Bolton. (I know these are not the same cities, but they are in close proximity). I know it is not a fierce rivalry or anything, but it seems weird to support another top flight team in such close proximity.

Looking back in it, was some great business swapping John Carew for Milan Baros. I'm definitely of the opinion, the O'Neill has about reached the limit of what he is capable of at that club. If Villa really want to step up and fight for consistent CL football, change in necessary. I have a feeling they are very content with their current position though.

Very, very odd for a Spurs supporter to put themselves behind Fulham. Isn't that game a bit of a derby?

Very true, our name still rings out. However, the players they were talking about are top, top prospects. The type that would be ambitious signings for the likes of Aston Villa and Everton.

I saw them mentioned on the last page, so I just want to say that there is not a chance in hell that Matuidi, Sissoko, or Loic Remy will come here. First of all, the clubs will want massive transfer fees as they are the biggest assets at their clubs. (Well gignac may be the biggest asset at Toulouse I suppose). Also, these players will likely only leave for top French clubs or European competeing clubs across the continent. I would be astounded if any of them consider a newly promoted team. (Unless we offer ridiculoous wages of course, but I'm hoping NUFC is abve that now)

It is best to read statistics like these with a bit of context. NBA basketball teams carry 12 to 15 players. NFL football teams carry 50 to 70 players I think, and I believe American baseball has somewhere around 30 players. Therefore, there is a massive difference as to what the teams are actually paying as total wages. Only American baseball is comparable. Also, all the American sports seasons, with the exception of baseball I believe are shorter than European football seasons.

That was brilliant. Seems so long ago. Oba, Owen, and Viduka combing for the third goal was brilliant and Martins solo run for the fourth was fantastic. Tonight is more special though, even if the performance isn't as memorable. That game was meaningless, this was the biggest match we have won for quite some time.

http://www.itsfootball.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ameobi-215x300.jpg OGA SHOLA!!!! TEN MORE YEARS!!! TEN MORE YEARS!!! TEN MORE YEARS!!!

Brilliant from Ameobi, what a back-heel!! ENRIQUE!!! To the Premiership!!

It actually amazes me how slow Ameobi is. I think Kanu would challenge him in foot race. However, just like Kanu he has magic in his boots so it doesn't matter.

Jonas really is everywhere It is good to see.

He's from Zaria. I'm claiming him at this point.

SholA!!!!!!! It's a brilliant goal!! Great finish!!

Calling it now: He'll come on, score twice in ten minutes and then get injured again and be out for the rest of the season. That's actually a good summation of his season. Good player at this level. It's unfortunate that the only consistency in his game is in the form of injuries.