themanupstairs
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When I was a nipper, Denis Law.
My old man isn't really into footy anymore but he never stops ranting and raving about how good Denis Law was.
He's right. I thought of nominating him myself but I wasn't sure he met the criteria.
I'm trying to think of a modern equivilent to give you youngsters a guide, but I don't there is one.
Gareth Bale? Marc Overmars? only better and for a longer sustained period?
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Absolutely loved Enzo Scifo back in the day. Some of my other favorites were Claudio Caniggia, Renat Dassayev, Claudio Lopez and Trifon Ivanov (just for shits and giggles really)
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to which i duly replied
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Would they take Guus Hiddink on as manager? If they do, they can be a bit special in 3 yrs time.
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I quite like Dimitri Payet. Plays for St Etienne. Made his France debut recently against Romania. Exciting little winger/playmaker. Can hit free kicks too.
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Good to see Dan Gosling in the training pics
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If Keane was making a step up by joining us, (i.e. coming from a lesser form team), I would take him. I wouldn't take a Robbie Keane coming from Spurs though.
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AC will get done by Spurs. If their form dips, it will dip in the league, but they will dispatch Milan without many problems imo. One tie i'm willing to put big money on.
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better than getting rick rolled
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We need to get the whole squad of those faces, would look brilliant for the match day line ups
best idea ever
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What we saw out there was Chris Hughton's personality that has clearly rubbed off on the players. CH is a dignified man, and the players did the dignified thing by coming out and playing like they were behind Pardew. The new manager was spot on in saying some of them could well have hidden or not played for him. They didn't. It was like they asked themselves, "What would Hughton do?".....and duly put a poor (but resurgent) Liverpool outfit to the sword. (as poor a Liverpool side as I can remember seeing in the PL).
What has impressed me about Pardew is that he has not pretended to be oblivious to the vitriol being written and spoken about him and the entire situation. Has probably been more humble about it than I expected him to be. You can see his jitters in his interviews so far, where he has fumbled with words and mispronounced. He will grow in confidence provided he focuses on results and results only. I can't see him stamping his mark on the team though until the wretched window is shut end of next month.
Absolutely buzzing with this win as i was sat among 3 fellow supporters in a pub packed full of scouse fans. Nothing more pleasing to me than NUFC sticking it to this lot.
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Captain fantastic! Nolan is the most effective club captain we have had in a long long time. Has grown on me so much compared to a year and a half ago.
Absolutely vital to this football club at the moment.
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Tell you what, this kid just needs a goal from somewhere, and he will explode into life - so to speak.
At some point he was in the pen area, with his back to goal, had 4 red shirts around him, and he was itching to turn and lash it into the top corner, but instead he dallied and lost the ball. Once he gets the composure and confidence to turn and get the shot off on instinct, rather than wait, he will come good.
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I can see no reason not to play Power Ranger over Shola really.
still think he's better off coming on as an impact sub. His introduction won the game. For the time being, he shouldn't start so as not to think he's "made it".
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Nice image of SJP on City's website.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4423/stjamesnewcastle.jpg
Before the w*** on the roof ofc.
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Joined the wrong United then.
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Happy Birthday Chris Hughton. All the best wishes for every success in the future. Legend!!!
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Alan Pardew's pretty much been brought in with the agreement that certain players will be sold, which I doubt Hughton was willing to agree to. Might very well have been the sticking point. Ashley is finally going to be able to get rid of the high earners, who he was battling with Keegan to get rid off i.e. Barton, Smith, Nolan and Coloccini I would imagine.
Fortunately the really indespensable players i.e. Carroll, Enrique and Tiote do not fall under this group. Will likely mean we can then finally bring in some new players, but the club will have to make sure they are good enough. It's a risk as there is no guarantee this will be the case. However, of the ones they intend to move on, only Barton will be the real miss, so as long as they can replace him adequately it should be okay.
Nolan signed after Keegan left!!! JFK brought him here
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Just seen the press conference for the first time. I must say, if anything, it made my opinion of Pardew even lower than it was already. He's an ineloquent chancer who doesn't even have the presence of mind to get names right. It looks to me as if he is obviously lying when asked about his relationship with DLl.
And that accent .....
In conclusion, I doubt this waste of space will last 5 months let alone 5 years. He will have his work greatly cut out to convince me he's anything but a slimey impostor. Pardew Out!!
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Just had a look at the training photos with PB. Not so much as a f***ing smile in sight.
Actually, Best was smiling in one photo, probably knowing he'll get a game due to certain southampton connections anarl
noticed that as well, but that isn't a shocker really, quite normal tbh.
Just lost their coach
Well obviously you're right. I'm stupid
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Just had a look at the training photos with PB. Not so much as a fucking smile in sight.
Actually, Best was smiling in one photo, probably knowing he'll get a game due to certain southampton connections anarl
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Merry Christmas to all Newcastle fans the world over. Badabim badaboom