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Souness! Souness! "The Souness Brand" Howay lads he just gave it his best shot.

Would he really be a massive loss? It is like he needs everything laid on a plate for him, you want your strikers to be able to come up with a moment of individual magic the odd time. But then again it would be very interesting to see him & Viduka together.

The captain dosent have to play every game. If Solano is captain & Sam wants to drop him or rest him so be it, its no big deal. For me Solano should be playing a canny amount of games next season & is a big player for us. Just because your captain dosent mean your definetely going to start every game no matter what.

Butt & Solano are the candidates imo. Butt is in the Gary Speed mould, he showed real character last season, and he takes responsibility. When things were going tits up last season he was one of the few he was demanding the ball and trying to make something happen, and should his quality. Solano is black & white through and through, has been such a brilliant servant, consistantly giving us quality over something like 8 years. Again he was one of the few to try and take games by the scruff of the neck last season and proved how good he is at RB. He does lead aswell, not only with his play, but you see him talking on the pitch giving out instructions. It would be superb to see Solano leading us out, only justice imo.

Kevin Nolan anyone?

Totally spot on.

Err, his track record isn't as good as previous managers who were backed to the hilt but who ultimately didn't bring the club a trohpy. Its just it seemed so obvious he was the perfect man to sort out the dressing room & structure of the club, perfect timing, & I dont see how Mike Ashley changes that. The way he is so detailed with his preparation, covers absolutely everything and is known for his man management. Its what weve been crying out for, someone who leaves no stone unturned and makes sure the players have no excuses not to play to their standard.

Its not on, Allardyce is a long term plan, money cant buy you team spirit and organisation & its a disgrace if Ashley is only willing to give him one season.

Take advantage and sell him when getting a decent enough price. It really is crazy he gets picked, its totally true - living off his reputation.

I would still like to see a new right back come in, Nobby dod well but still think positionally and against pace he a bit suspect Postionally he was a master at it, thats why not bieng lightning quick didnt matter.

He was Vieira's brother that day man

Brilliant? Fair enough not consistantly brilliant but yes at times, its easy to forget really imo, when the season is remebered for bad reasons, but performances in games like AZ first leg, Pompey home, Boro away, Blackburn away off the top of my head were imo.

Yup, proved me wrong, brilliant shift for the season.

Brilliant stuff, hopefully Big Sam is able to get all the backroom staff he wants.

I know its about opinion but no way is he like for me. Sibierski was much better and I'd rather he was playing instead of Ameobi. Fact is, he can link things up, he's great with his head and simply has good control unlike Shola. I reckon people forget how bad he is when he's injured for a bit, its like Dyer. Shola simply cant link the play up, cant head the ball, cant shoot, he's bloody terrible and it was such a relief when he was out for the rest of last season.

Solano? Not the best for an away day. Maybe the odd game, but overall thats a bit harsh imo. In fact, I'd say we need someone like him with his determination & intelligence at RB for away days, he showed up al of his fellow defenders. Remember his gola-line clearnce v Spurs right before Berbatov scored? He's up for the fight dont worry about that, and not many players at all had the beating of him. And his calmness and quality on the ball is invaluable at a time when we need to keep the ball for a bit and make sure its not coming straight back at us.

Solano?

We need to get rid of Dyer, he dosent do the business, and plays so half heartedly. I cant believe how Dyer can still be seen in a good light in any nufc fans' eyes, if he was a foreigner he'd have been hounded out by now thats for sure. Sidwell would be a pointless buy imo, no better than Butt or Parker when Ive seen him anyway, we need to buy a centre mid with much more creative flair to play next to Butt imo. Anelka would be good, especially seen as though Allardyce managed him last season.

Yup, publicity stunt really. Should have dropped him from the team not squad. and like someone aaid, the real issue is dropping either Gerrard or Lampard and he's hidden from it, should blatently be Lampard though.

Distin is so over-rated, really error prone imo.

Fair enough ... The thing is though ... we could do with some 'decent' players at this club. We have "decent" players in Shola and Carroll. What we need is proven goalscorers. Thats bieng very kind, he shouldnt be anywhere near the team next season.

Souness! Souness! Seriously though your right, and how annoying is Jamie Redknapp? Rabbit Rabbit, babbling on coming out with every cliche you can use and licking the top teams' arses.

You never know whats going to happen really, but is it not safe to say that Butt & Solano are consistant enough performers and in general you wouldnt want them out the team too much?

If Sam decides to play 4-3-3 what about a midfield of: -------------Butt----------- Barton---------------Emre ?