Fatwax

thats seriously getting on my nerves But to be fair Newcastle away IS a fair old poke, isn't it.

The Plymouth fan

Like the transfer deadline really matters. As a championship club we can loan players outside of the official deadline date for an extended period and there's some half decent free agents still about that could do a job until the winter transfer window. Still very doubtful we'll get sold at all though.

Really? That's interesting. I personally don't think that Almunia is good enough to be their first choice goalie, and I also think that Diaby, Song and Ramsey are very poor as central midfielders to pair with Fabregas. I do however think that they are a CM and a GK away from a title challenge. I think they lack a striker, maybe a strong DM. Definitely a keeper. Walcott doesn't do it for you for striker? He should be back for the next game, another scorer there. I personally happen to think Song and/or Denilson is a fine pairing for Cesc, and that Arsenal don't really have weak spots, short of their very young bench, just an overall lack of experience will be the reason they don't win the league. But even though they probably won't win, they'll be the best team, if that makes any sense. Sort of like today, they were clearly better than ManU, but still managed to lose. I don't see Walcott as a natural goalscoring striker. They haven't replaced Henry in my eyes - or Viera arguably. They have goals from all over the pitch, especially with players like Arshavin, but I see him as more of a Beardsley. They need a Ferdinand/Cole/Shearer type striker... in my eyes anyway.

Carr is so fucking useless.

When the f*** was Glenn Roeder ever on MOTD? Post match interviews. That's right, I've slain you with my mighty technicality.

Really? That's interesting. I personally don't think that Almunia is good enough to be their first choice goalie, and I also think that Diaby, Song and Ramsey are very poor as central midfielders to pair with Fabregas. I do however think that they are a CM and a GK away from a title challenge. I think they lack a striker, maybe a strong DM. Definitely a keeper.

I rate him higher than Almunia, and not just because of that daft penalty just then. Almunia seems to suffer massively from crisp packet hands. There's no way either of them will win the league with the goalies they had today playing over 75% of their league games. Foster is f***ing dreadful Definitely. Manchester United have VDS to come back at least but I have no idea why Almunia is still first choice.

I rate him higher than Almunia, and not just because of that daft penalty just then. Almunia seems to suffer massively from crisp packet hands.

And on a bank holiday too. Will you hark at it. I wonder if I would be this cynical if there was no NUFC.

SHEARER ISN'T THERE. ARGHGHARHGHARHAGHARHGHGHHGHHGHGHGHARHGHGHGHGAG ARGH!!!H!H! He's on the M1 according to his Twitter.

Considering Man U had ranted against Abramovich after spending vast sums, while they did the same on the likes of Rooney, Ferdinand, and a host of others for prices pretty much at LEAST as high as what Chelea were spending, why is Abramovich any worse ? Like all the huge amounts of money WE spent, the Manchester United money was EARNED money (in football). The Abramovich money was just "given/donated" and had nothing to do with earned football money. It made a fairly grotty mid-table club into a superficial 'big' club (despite HUGE losses of about £300M in many individual years). To be honest they were hardly a mid-table club, they won the FA cup in 97, league cup in 98 and got to the Champions League quarter finals in 2000. On top of that they finished 4th in the 2002/2003 season. I know that the Russian bought them in 2003, but I forget when. Either way, they've been a good team for a long time. Man City however.. if it wasn't for Thaksin they'd be absolutely knackered. I miss the days of Pearce managing them and them having no money. Chelsea had been living way beyond their means for a few years prior to Abramovich buying them, they were rumoured to be very close to going into administration at the time. Still doesn't make them a grotty mid-table club. They were achieving good league finishes and had some really good players.

John Hall I think.

It'd be like the portrait of the staircases with a 4th dimension.

That video is stupid. The title is 'Hughton has Bale in Sights' and on it Hughton says that he hopes to add to the squad. When one of the reporters asks about possible targets such as Gareth Bale, Hughton says that any names talked about in the press are nothing more than speculation right now..

Didn't know they'd released Sheva.. ahh who am I kidding. I don't care. I was of the understanding he'd just been places on the transfer list. According to a Chelsea forum I just read he hasn't been released but Ancelotti has pretty much said that he's out the door and he appears to be leaving for his first club Dynamo Kyiv... it was Dynamo right?

Didn't know they'd released Sheva.. ahh who am I kidding. I don't care.

Surely a work permit would be pretty much impossible to get then?

You really are psychic.

Same here I think we'll see Nolan where Guthrie is, since Hughton seems to like playing Nolan in that slightly advanced role.

You talk bollocks. Harper has shipped 1 goal in 315 minutes of football. Krul has shipped 3 goals in 135 minutes. The 'odd mistake' can be the difference between 3 points and 0 points. What would have happened if the roles had been reversed? That's a stupid argument since you can't prove either way what Krul would have done in each situation. Either way it'd be probable that Krul would go for every single ball, whether he should or shouldn't and it would sooner or later lead to a mistake. But I can't say for sure. Your faith in Krul is good, but also blinded on the back of some impressive but giddy performances. You could even argue that Krul didn't deserve a yellow the other night because of an apparent dive, but it's still irrelevant. We should go with whats working right now.. if Ameobi was fit, I wouldn't want him dropped for Ranger because he's something of a better prospect. It's the same principle and such a needless gamble could cost in near future.

So you'd gladly lose say... 9 points this season just in order to bed Krul in? Unlikely to cost that many points as we are too good. Truth is that when the goalkeeper get exposed by our defence, Harper and Krul are on a par right now. Krul's springyness makes up for his lack of Harpers experience. Its even stevens between them right now and I'd rather do what is best for the future. You're so wrong its unbelievable. We are not too good at all. Krul and Harper are not on par right now and springyness is useless you don't have the experience to know where to spring to. I'm all for Krul learning, but not at this stage of the season. Harper doesn't deserve to be dropped. Simple as.

You talk bollocks. Harper has shipped 1 goal in 315 minutes of football. Krul has shipped 3 goals in 135 minutes. The 'odd mistake' can be the difference between 3 points and 0 points.

Considering Man U had ranted against Abramovich after spending vast sums, while they did the same on the likes of Rooney, Ferdinand, and a host of others for prices pretty much at LEAST as high as what Chelea were spending, why is Abramovich any worse ? Like all the huge amounts of money WE spent, the Manchester United money was EARNED money (in football). The Abramovich money was just "given/donated" and had nothing to do with earned football money. It made a fairly grotty mid-table club into a superficial 'big' club (despite HUGE losses of about £300M in many individual years). To be honest they were hardly a mid-table club, they won the FA cup in 97, league cup in 98 and got to the Champions League quarter finals in 2000. On top of that they finished 4th in the 2002/2003 season. I know that the Russian bought them in 2003, but I forget when. Either way, they've been a good team for a long time. Man City however.. if it wasn't for Thaksin they'd be absolutely knackered. I miss the days of Pearce managing them and them having no money.

I'd be disappointed if we paid that much for him given the position that we're in, but he is a very good player at this level.