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He's been poor, like. Still willing to give him a few more games before i'd say we should drop him.

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Agreed. To play effective 4-3-3 you need clever adaptable players. Oba is very instinctive and totally unflexible. Play him as a striker in a 4-4-2 or not at all. Yep. In a 4-4-2 he could basically be played as a luxery striker. Alongside someone who is guaranted to score goals, Martins could provide the 'special' and 'unpredictable' touch. In a 4-3-3, with Martins always wanting to come infield, it in effect nullifies half of any potential width for us, putting more pressure on the left flank. But he has scored the most goals for us this season, while being played out of position alot. Doesn't this make him the automatic starter in a 4-4-2? i think he is the main striker in a 4-4-2 that gets those goals. Another player should support him imo. I've just said, yes, i'd play him in a 4-4-2.

Agreed. To play effective 4-3-3 you need clever adaptable players. Oba is very instinctive and totally unflexible. Play him as a striker in a 4-4-2 or not at all. Yep. In a 4-4-2 he could basically be played as a luxery striker. Alongside someone who is guaranted to score goals, Martins could provide the 'special' and 'unpredictable' touch. In a 4-3-3, with Martins always wanting to come infield, it in effect nullifies half of any potential width for us, putting more pressure on the left flank.

He'll never fit into a 433 system.

Except for the fact that he is a clinical finisher. 3 half chances, 2 goals.

Worst thing today was the frigging leaks in the Gallowgate roof. Half my tier were getting dripped on all the way through

Needs a hair cut. Fantastic in his 20 mins today.

Was pathetic the amount of times players went down like they'd been shot, even when there was no-one near them. Dirty little cheats. Still doesn't excuse our performance.

Barring matches against us, Derby have 3 points from half a season of football. Extrapolate that and they are comfortably the worst team to ever have played Premiership football. For periods today they played us off the park. Pathetic. Duff was good.

Everton equalise. 1-1

Would be a quality addition to the squad, from what i've seen. Long term replacement for Butt.

I agree with Sam like, Milner is far more effective on the left.

what record would that be ? Most goals scored by a team in one game in the Premier League.

That's brilliant

smb losing

I new they would get beat, they aren't gonna win at home all season What a knew idea. k I think he no's, mate.

When were we regulars in the top 4?

Me too, now only us, man utd, liverpool and chelsea to win and I get some money for the weekend! Talk about playing it safe Well I've got 5 accumulators on, one "safe" one and 4 others.. I only get 15 quid off this one but the others are 20/30/40 quid off a couple of quid My cheeky European one comes in at 130/1. Thank god Konyaspor just beat Kasimpasa Quality, how much you put on that? My mate won a grand the other week off a tenner. All on the big teams aswell, plus a couple of others I'd consider to be bankers. Just got a quid on it. Arsenal, PAOK, PSV, Sporting Lisbon, Kontaspor, Fenerbahce, Toon, Rangers, St Etienne, Panathanikos, Fiorentina, Juve, Villarreal and Sivasspor

Me too, now only us, man utd, liverpool and chelsea to win and I get some money for the weekend! Talk about playing it safe Well I've got 5 accumulators on, one "safe" one and 4 others.. I only get 15 quid off this one but the others are 20/30/40 quid off a couple of quid My cheeky European one comes in at 130/1. Thank god Konyaspor just beat Kasimpasa

Me too, now only us, man utd, liverpool and chelsea to win and I get some money for the weekend! Talk about playing it safe

Get in, got Arsenal on my accum

Well we support our local team don't we ? Well i certainly do only living 10 minutes away from the ground Wouldn't that be Gateshead for you. Hartlepool for me etc Depends, 10 minutes in which direction? TBH

Opening post tbh

Hugely subjective that attendance thing on nufc.com. We spent 24 seasons in the second tier, our top flight average 37,000 is just behind Man Utd and well above the rest. In real terms we've been the second best supported club overall, WORLD RECORD average gates, three averages under 20000 in our entire history. If ever a support can claim to be the best in England it's us. No one takes nearly 7,000 fans to Blackburn in the run of form we were in.