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My fantasy team strikers.

Open tryouts at SJP next week?

You don't seriously expect folks on here to say anything bad about Wor Al, do you? Or more to the point, for anyone (other than indi, perhaps) to be bold enough to suggest that maybe Ashley could see Shearer was clueless how to sort things out? Not at all, but I thought it was worth floating the idea to get people thinking and possibly debating. I just have a funny feeling in the meeting that Shearer went in with some ideas, Ashley said "here's what I've been told by my financial people" and Shearer said "well here are my ideas, take it or leave it" and it kind of went downhill from there. If Shearer's "demands" were anywhere near what Ashley's restraints were I think Shearer would be our boss right now, simple as. I don't buy all of that not being able to appoint a manager before the club was sold - because Ashley knew how long it was going to take to sell the club and we could be a much more ideal club to be taken over right now if we had a proper manager in place with at least some proper direction on the pitch.

Simpson - Campbell - Colo - Enrique then? Would be massive if he turned Everton down himself though. Although I don't even know if he's enough of a "Geordie" to do that.

Has anyone ever floated the idea that maybe Shearer himself didn't fancy the rebuilding here he'd have to do? I know this is blasphemy but I am just brain-storming out-loud here. Maybe the ideas he went to Ashley with were unrealistic for a Championship level. I don't have the exact quote but I remember in an interview Shearer did he said the ideas he brought to Ashley were if we were in the Prem or not. Maybe Shearer didn't want to have to lose all of these people that we almost have to lose to balance the wage bill. Maybe he didn't want to have to do it with a bunch of loanees and youngsters and that's why him and Ashley never came to an agreement? Rip away!

A non-story really. Of course he'll want the job if it comes mid-sept and we're top of the table playing his kind of football. I don't think he generally fancies having the job full-time but would take it if offered and we were in a reasonable position playing reasonably good football. I applaud him for staying around this long - he gets a lot of unnecessary schtick for just doing a job he's not even asked to be doing. They could've easily brought in Calderwood instead of Hughton.

Because it didn't really have much to do with our actual defence - it was the shit infront of them that ultimately caused the goals. Everyone in our preferred defenders last season (Beye, Taylor, Colo, Bassong, Enrique) are far too good for this club in its current state and that is why they are attracting bids from Prem clubs - they are Prem-level players.

Assuming everyone's fit, that's the team I expect to see the majority of the season.

This.

Hughton will put out Harper Simpson _ Taylor _ Colo _ Enrique Taylor _ Barton _ Smith _ Jonas _____ Nolan Shola or Harper Simpson _ Taylor _ Colo _ Enrique Taylor _ Smith _ Barton _ Jonas Shola _ Xisco If Barton is fit to play. Otherwise put Guthrie in for him in the first set-up and Nolan in for him in the second.

studs up

$$$

Would like to see Guthrie on for Nolan soon.

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Here's a fun anecdote from another forum concerning the dude heading that bid:

And people wonder why he has no confidence.

Yeah it does - they say over 40k too.

There's something really nostalgic about listening to matches on the radio. Love it.

Apparently his car is in the car park @ the training ground.

Why do we give a shit how many people show up? Are we in some big dick competition with Sunderland? Fuck 'em. There could be five people there, as long as we get three points I am happy.

How many of those played PL football last season? Wait, was that a serious question?

the amount of people reading nufcblog is scary.

Only saw the one where the guy took his shirt off after scoring and got his second yellow - in the first half.

good shout.

Bad agent most likely to be honest.