Not to mention some of the rubbish that's worn the number 9 over the years (although admittedly not since squads were introduced). It's not been all Shearers and Milburns. I liked Martins anyway.
as did I. I've been lambasted for defending the guy on here many a time and I'll continue to defend him tbh. Everyone could see his limitations, everyone knew he was unpredictable, but at the end of the the day he scored goals at a consistent rate in the number nine shirt. Fair play to him.
Fucking hell, what's with the Martins bashing? Yes, he was unbearably shit at times but his goalscoring record here was 39 in 105, which is 1 in 2.6. You can't argue with that figure, really.
There was this brilliant time against man city when he slid to keep the ball in, stood up, whipped in this perfect cross and shearer i think it was planted the header in. sublime it was
Perch at left-back away at Spurs wasn't too bad an experiment. He wasn't brilliant by any stretch, but he coped okay. I do hope Ferguson starts on the left side of midfield, however.
Pardew's comments on .co.uk suggest to me we'll be seeing Perch or Simpson at left-back and not Ferguson. He says he needs 'big headers of the ball and the team selection will reflect that' or something of that ilk.
Harper
Simpson
Coloccini
Williamson
Perch
Guthrie
Nolan
Tiote
Ferguson
Best
Ameobi
Subs: Krul, S.Taylor, Kuqi, Lovenkrands, Richardson, Newton, Airey
Best we can hope for tbh.