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Altidore's rubbish, man. He has three goals the past two seasons in around 30 appearances. The only time he can score is in qualifiers against El Salvador and other no hopers. Against serious players he is not up to much.

I don't know if he can play on the right as well, but he's a very left footed player. He's been playing on the left whenever I've seen him at Lens or Pompey./

Use ESPN soccernet. Americans love stats and they are the best with them.

We should go for Belhadj definitely. Quick, creative player who can play on the left wing and also provide cover for Jose.

He hasn't?

I'm personally very much against the idea of paying any kind of money for Zayatte. Below average player. Any random defender from a lower level team in France could do as well as him.

I've been supporting Tottenham for fourth place, but I couldn't give a damn about their fortunes after their weak showing aganst Manchester United, which greatly annoyed me.

Am I still a trophy virgin in reagrds to Newcastle? I feel like the club's first trophy (in my lifetime I mean) being the second division title is a bit like having your first time with a prostitute.

It's ok. There's always one team that finishes comfortably mid-table the previous season who then struggles against relegation the next season. Birmingham=Reading mk. II

I feel sorry for anyone who has their career and livelihood messed about with because of the kind of nonsense that's gone on at this club recently. Feel very bad for him as a footballer. I won't be putting on a benefit gig though.

Mouyokolo seemed decent when I saw him before.

It always surprises me how tiny Christopher Hughton is. Maybe that's why people don't think of him as an authoritative prescence.

I just hope these two Premiership years have been the best trip Hull has ever been on. It's time to go home and back to the nothingness from whcih they came.

Wait till someone like messi scores, I had them for the barca madrid game and some of the lines they came off with was unreal Are you talking about Ray Hudson? He's brilliant He'll go on about the "orgasmic brilliance released from Messi beautiful little Argentine foot" or something similar.

I love how Ryan Taylor has managed to look totally emotionless and unaffected. I know it's not for a good reason, but seeing an NUFC side celebrate with a trophy still warms my heart.

We had similar crowds for 2006 as well (when the matches were on after midnight.) 2002 was such a profound shared cultural experience for us... It's basically imprinted into our DNA to flock to the streets when world cup footy is on now. I personally think we have a very good chance of making the second round. We've got our best team ever and Greece and Nigeria(sorry babatunde ) both look very beatable to me. Of course, it'll still require some good form and plenty of luck on our part. I definitely feel the same emotions about the World Cup, man. In a country with so many divisions and problems, supporting the Super Eagles is one thing every can agree about. I feel the same about our group as well. I'm not scared of Greece, and Togo gave you lot fits last time before the red card, so I'm confident that we can finish the job that our little brothers started. We have a score to settle with Argentina after all that we've gone through against them. I hope our boys can go win that one on the bask of supporters from Nigerians all over the world and all on the continent of Africa.

Comparing Smith to Butt is like comparing a bad automobile to a diseased horse. Smith is not of the highest quality, but Nicky Butt is a 1000 times less effective despite Smith's flaws.

I agree. Is there anyway he stays? That just seems like a failed marriage. Divorce may be best for all.

I think it's more of: Were linked with a player most hadn't seen play. Most of us were skeptical. We saw him against our team, and he looked a very good player. Now people are comfortable with the idea.

That's a fair point, tbh. Still, Butt did provide our most skillful and athletic moment of the season.

He's been a moderate success at Lyon, man. Not that prolific, but he never has been. He's way way out of our league anyway. Gomis was absolute terrible from the buildup of Euro 2008 and throughout last season, but still commanded a large fee and seems to have found himself again this year.

I really don't get your Theirry Henry point, man. Henry is 6'2. Messi is 5'6. He's a pretty powerful player as well. He doesn't throw players around, but he runs like a horse and it is difficult to stop him when he's running. You don't have to be built like an NFL player to be strong and durable.

Yes, that is exacly what I mean, Decky. I have no problem with the club confronting Butt at that time and telling him that it is really unlikely he will play much more this season, and while he remains an important senior figure at the club, they would like to permanently handover the captaincy to a player with a larger role on the pitch. This happens at clubs all of the time. What doesn't happen is clubs telling their captain he can't lift a trophy because he didn't play a lot.

Give it a f***ing rest, man. I definitely agree it's not an ideal situation having the man as captain, but that's how things are. If the club didn't want things this way, they should have acted to give it to someone else when it became clear that Butt was no longer a serious part of our playing staff. However, I think it would be classless to not allow him to lift the trophy, when it is the club themselves who have made this situation.

Butt is our captain, and while he may not be out leader in a physical sense, he is a spiritual prescence at the club. He has been given this role for a reason. I certainly would not begrudge him if his last act as a Newcastle player was to lift the trophy.