Gallowgate Toon

Smith dosent deserve to be dropped Why not give him full 90 minutes tomorrow so he can get a goal and some confidence. Viduka should be our last option in attack. http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/laughs.gif Even if he dont score a single goal for rest of the season but still plays the passionate style like he did against Arsenal, i still would prefer him instead of Fatman Scoop. Viduka hasnt showed a shiiiit, he just looks fat and tired. wholeheartedly disagree on the viduka comment What kind of a message do we send in this time of revival if we drop or most passionate player though. Unless Smith is really knackered from Wednsday, he has to start. But apart from passion what does Smith offer, come on against Arsenal he wasn't productive at all, quite wasteful at times. A striker with just passion alone doesn't get you goals or create them, its good to play him against Arsenal as they create more space than teams like Brum so you need to defend from the front. Smith is ideal for this role, but Brum we should be in control of the game, with them defending from the front and against teams like this i'd prefer end product over work rate, as its the end product which gets the points. Smith is the best at the club work rate wise but what does he produce? unlike Viduka who in his limited appearances scored goals and will create something, as everyone knows its goals that win you games.

Given Beye Taylor Roz Enrique Geremi Barton Emre Martins Viduka Zoggy Might as well attack, its not as if Birmingham are going to try and bomb down the field. We can afford to have Viduka there tomorrow as Brum will be under the cosh so we need more quality compared to workrate therefore put Viduka instead of Smith. Use our pace too against their relatively slow defence put Zoggy and Martins there and use Barton & Emre's good passing to utilise the pace we have. That defence i feel is strong enough to hold off Brums attack but we must watch their danger man, Kapo. We should win, my guess is a 3-0 win. Martins with 2, Barton with 1.

Harsh on Martins i feel, he did some excellent long passes yesterday, some good skill, nice interchange outside the box, a couple good crosses, a dummy for the goal and a class run leaving half the arsenal side chasing him. He wasn't wasteful at all apart from when he should have passed to Geremi when he was clear through however he was good apart from that plus he was double marked in the second half too by Clichy and Traore(?) which is why he didn't do very much compared to the first half. Also did nobody see his take down from Butts long range pass he had it dead in one go, people need to stop saying his first touch is awful when really its not that bad, not the best touch in the world but certainly not the worst either. Don't forget he is still our top goalscorer this season with 6 goals thats very respectable for how far we are into the season.

Firstly Beye was MOTM today imo, Smith was good but too wasteful. Taylor and Rozy had to be tighter for their goal but both played fairly well. Zoggy well not his position but i can see why Sam put him there to combat their pace. Butt and Geremi broke down Arsenal. As for Geremi being wasteful sorry he wasn't he played well and kept it simple. Barton for me was excellent his game just went unnoticed because of Smith and Beye the way he creates his own space and picks a pass is great. Milner ran his butt off, and gave Sagna a tough time. Smith and Martins showed good signs together, Smith was full of passion yet a little wasteful and Martins had a good first half but a quiet second showed some good vision with nice passes and runs, scared their defence with his pace. Well done lads, and well in Sam.

I'm not annoyed at all tonight, eventhough we lost i couldn't care less because by the sounds of it we gave it a real go. All that matters really, if we keep doing what we did today, but with our strongest defence then the points are bound to come in.

8th and i would be happy with that, shows alot of progress imo.

The Booing today was pathetic and the people singing Big Sam for England are obviously totally inept at understanding football, i wouldnt be surprised if BS left the way our fickle fans have treated him, that would be horrific imo. Theres a bloke sitting behind me who pisses me right off, always on about how Sam hasn't got a clue when he thought Viduka should have gone off Barton. As for SA subs today, they weren't good decisions, but he had valid reasons for his decisions, Zoggy was having an absolute mare and Emre was just running into trouble, in fact i thought Barton was pretty good when he got on. He needs time, and i know we all want instant results but good things come to those who wait, we have to simply accept that BS needs more than 13 games.

Same i was at the game we were meant to get one, but i was late by 2 minutes and they ran out. Still it will be fantastic for our support to get lifted.

Does it matter? everyone knows what he is talking about. Nope not at all, Can someone tell me who the opposition was when we actually got the scarves?

Definately a good idea, should do the atmosphere some good. Also a minor point should it not be scarves?

we finished 3rd, 4th and 5th with Andy O'Brien, let's get him back Teddy Sheringham, been there and done that, let's sign him too Slight difference between O'Brien and Shay tbh. Shay single handedly won us alot of games to get us in that league position mainly thanks to O'Briens and Brambles silly mistakes. theres also a difference between a bit of experience and an OAP, Shay is only 32, Sheringham 41, whats wrong with Shay proving himself as a champions league keeper, as he has done, hence 'been there done that'.

We finished 3rd, 4th and 5th with Shay in net, how can we not get back to that level with him, he has already been there and done that.

Give him a chance, i doubt he has full fitness yet, because it certainly doesnt look like he is fully fit. However he has shown some glimpses of vision and skill, especially for that little intracate one-two with Milner before the goal, and a few passes and tackles spring to mind too.

sams tactics are a joke, but we still got a point, so who cares.

Poor delivery really.

Faye unlucky there.

When you think that most amateurs can get it past the first man, even i can get past the first man pretty much every time, its a wonder how a professional can't get height on it every single time.

Lawrenson says Sunderland today - twat

see above Sorry was doing an edit, I think Radio Newcastle are on drugs, lets hope they are anyway.. What the fk is Sam doing!! -------------------Harper -----Taylor-------Faye-------Roze Milner--Smith--Barton--Emre--Zoggy --------Owen-------------Viduka that team is quite good imo, when you look at it like that.

Going with Winbacks to try and get round his incredibly narrow midfield, quite similar to what portmouth did to us last week, use the full backs for width, and dictate the middle of the park with extra men.

i am quite confident actually that we will win, theres somethin about viduka when hes is in the team i feel alot more confident. 2-1 to us.

i seriously doubt we will be trounced tbh, infact i doubt we will lose, just over reaction. we will get at least one point.

Without pace we are absolutely shite really. Every team needs at least 2 pacey outlets. It forces defenders to think faster this causes more mistakes to be made, Pace is a necessity really and is massively beneficial when used effectvely, one of the most important aspects of the current game.

Cacapa has to be dropped, for this week at least, keep Faye on though with Roz they looked competent in the Pompey game together. Taylor nah, he will try too hard in the game, with it being a derby game and try to be the hero, could result in a mistake. Emre and Geremi for me in the middle, Butt is too much of a headless chicken, leaves massive gaps. Zog and Milner should have a field day with their poor backs. Viduka has to start really, not bothered between Martins edges it for me. Beye and Enrique should also start. Harper Beye Roz Faye Enrique Milner Geremi Emre Zoggy Vid Martins We should win really but who knows? I wouldnt mind seeing us use the same tactic as Pompey actually, using that 3 men in the middle to dictate the middle of the park, could work.