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Absolutley so would i but i assumed he was a non starter once he had Chelsea sniffing around. No point even mentioning him!

You mean behind the front 2? I dont think he'd be mobile enough or hard working enough to do that role.

Woodgate was the only player to move this window who would of been completely suitable for us and we bid for him. There is absolutley no argument to be had here. Lets put that into some context, thats 1 signing in 31 days days who would be suitable. Wheres the lack of ambition in that?

I think, and i hope we'll see more of Owen and Martins, still convinced theres a partnership in there somewhere, having said that, i think that the best partnership we've seen is actually Smith Martins off the top of my head. Still think Martins and Owen could be a monstrous partnership. Has anyone noticed that Martins gets a lot more chances than Owen or Smith. That isnt coincidence.

How many players signed in this window would of been suitable for us? The team we should be competeing with at the moment, villa, portsmouth, Blackburn, Everton, even Man City have not signed anyone really outstanding, i can only think of Woodgate, and maybe at an absolute stretch Benjani or Defoe. Its wierd that NE5 has been pretty quiet the past few days then comes out all guns blazing when the thing we thought would happen and was told would happen has happened. Im just not sure what everyone else was expecting but its what i was expecting, we could have 4 outstanding players on our books and there doesnt look lik there were any players who were on Keegans radar who we could of signed who would of been an improvement for us. I was really hoping that Keegan would of been able to get his own signings in asap but i suppose with the lack of prep and time it hasnt come good which i can accept, i wont accept no activity in the summer, and i dont imiagine that Keegan Mort and Ashley will either.

this +1 , Lets not mention the fact that he gets fouled more than any other player as well. The boy is a walking target. Will get hit hard 5-6 times a game and will never retaliate or let it effect him.

As a player he has absoltuley everything, so ability wise its hard to disagree,however his achievements will never be as good as the likes of Maradonna who carried an entire team. Ronaldo will never have to carry a team either and that might go against him, that and the fact he may never win the huge prizes like the World Cup which would also go against him.

Not quite, by 2017(or whenever it is) they wont be looking to rely on Abramovichs billions meaning thy will invest using there own money, meaning they need to be able to spend as much as they have been. The days of £70m spent in one window will disappear, that to me suggests they will rely more on there youth as well as reasonable financial power. They have brought a lot in youth. By that time, they wont have the fiancila power to spend whatever they want on whatever player, how do you think investing youth will help them out when those times come? well when you invest in top quality youth, those players have a "must be in the first team by" date on them. so you can spend all the money you want signing 16 year olds but if they aren't getting first team games by 20 they will want to move on. they'll have to keep starting over because the previous batch will move on and then the quality of your youth signings drops because the players and their advisors know which clubs are developing young stars. What are you arguing here? That Chelsea's set up didnt take long to set up, or that they are bearing fruits of there youth set up already? All i said in my original post was that it didnt take long to set up, which is contrary to what other people are saying. We have to start somewhere. And if Chelsea start to make money by selling produts of there youth set up, like arsenal do, then they're in a win win situation becasue they either have top class first teamers or very very good youth with a big price.

Might sound a bit dramatic but i honestly think he's the best player by miles the premiership has ever seen. Full stop. I think he's an absolute legend in the making and might go on to be the best player to ever put on a shirt. He's only 22 and needs to get a full set of medals, but he could quite easily be put up there with the likes of Maradonna et al.

Unformtunately, Smith has lost his way a little positioning sense wise as a striker, i put that down to him being lumped in midfield for the key part of his career. Id haveto go for Smith though, he has a precedent of being a good striker who can score a decent amount of goals, ability wise id say he was better than Ameobi as well. Ameobi is an ok striker at best, has had 8 years of decent football to figure out what he's doing and hasnt quite ever got it right.

I agree, The centre of our midfield already has way too many attacking pacy players at the moment. Definitely one for the future, but i fear we wouldnt see the best of him in the centre where he likes to play because that role is near enough dependent on a DM. If he can play out on the wing where there is less pressure then i see no problems, all the people who are "desperate" for Barnes, what about Lua Lua, he seems liek a similar type of player?

Do you think our "alarming definiciencies" are the reason we are doing badly for the entire season? Or do you, like alot of other out here think its down to the way we've used player, or more specifically the way Allardyce used his players?

emre is such an enigma, but i just think that he would be exactly what we need, the boy is never short of confidence and is always looking for the ball, the biggest problemi saw in our midfiled last night was that no players wanted to come to the ball except for Duff, i think Emre has a natural want for the ball and Emre in possession is capable of anything, i think the problem we've have we Emre is that he hasnt been playing for a team which has had a lot of possession, we have alot of possession against arsenal the first game, and we had a decent amount the second half of the second game, thats a massive rarity for any team. Its these little things which are gonna make the differences. I still think he could be a key player for us, put a competent DM behind him and with a decent amount of possission and link up play i think we will see him flourish. We;re crying our for a link up man, Emre is the mna, im sure.

Barton > Milner > Emre > Butt Milner > Emre? Milner > Butt? In the centre of midfield, how do you know?

Are we actually saying that Milner has the ability to dominate the midfiled? If not, then he shouldnt be there full stop. Barton > Milner

Bytheway does anyone else not think that Zog has an absolutley terrible delivery, arguably worse than Milners. His actual crossing from deep is shocking, plus he holds onto the ball that little bit too long and doesnt pass quick enough, i think he is miles away from being the complete article.

I pay for a season ticket to watch the team I support. If KK can get us playing well with these players (he'll certainly be able to get us playing BETTER), then I'm happy. I only want us to sign players who will really improve us, and no-one (barring Woodgate and Anelka) have moved in this window that would improve us. And besides, we're not as bad as the doom mongers on here will have you believe. Well said, thats what i think, it'd only be Woodgate and Anelka who would fit the criterai that Keegan was after who would improve us, people are getting so negative because we havent signed Johnny Foriegner but Keegan has said from the start that not what he's after. Thats 2 players in a whole month who would of been suitable for us, and both went to clubs in infinitely better situations then us. If he gets us playing a like a team, then that would be a major improvement and better than any signing we could potetially of made. Thats the most important thing. Wait for summer, thats when we'll see the money.

Im sure this summer will be big, im dissappointed with this window,but not surprised,as for going down, looks possible but wont happen, we are playing football and our superior qulaity to temas lower than us will get us throught. Thereare realy only 2 relegation places left, and i cant see us being the worst out oflot of them, even though we are on the worst run out the lot, as soonas we get that first win, things will come to us.

Not quite, by 2017(or whenever it is) they wont be looking to rely on Abramovichs billions meaning thy will invest using there own money, meaning they need to be able to spend as much as they have been. The days of £70m spent in one window will disappear, that to me suggests they will rely more on there youth as well as reasonable financial power. They have brought a lot in youth. By that time, they wont have the fiancila power to spend whatever they want on whatever player, how do you think investing youth will help them out when those times come?

A lot of people wanting a new forward when we havent seen the centre forwards we have play in a comfortable system which suits them. I think the absolutely vital positions we need as an absolute minimum, in order of importances is DM RW AM That would be an absolute minimum that we desperately need, alto of what other people are saying are positions which we have but need improvingon, which arent vital in my opinion. After those 3 positions are filled then i would look at the CB and finally, the CF if the players we have arent prodcuing by then.

chelsea did what exactly? whenever they need a player to fill in for an injured one they go to the transfer market and buy. Chelsea have a very good youth set up and have been gearing themselves towards bringin inthe best youth for along time, they stole the priceless Frank Arnesen off Supds. They have said that they are looking to be a self sufficient club by the year 2017(?) meaning they wont have to rely on Abramovichs Billions.

No. Players have moved clubs who would have improved us imo. To try to pretend they weren't is absurd. Like who?

So is he the Faye type defender who wins everything? Like Terry and Vidic? Should be a good blend to go with Cacapa and Roz, especially Cacapa.

Spot on. We have too many of this type of player as it is. £17m is just stupid. Of maschereno's class? Who do we have like Masch?