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Milners been better than Steven Taylor over the last 2 seasons yet Taylor kicks up such stink about it and never shuts up about it. I cant see Milner doing the same here.

I dont see Chelsea as a 'top 4' club but I might as well accept that for the foreseeable future the are. F*ckin cheats.

Agreed, I remember that very well also. Parker was Unbelievable. A real battler. And by the final whistle he was probably only half conscious!

Problem though is that Parker is horribly limited in possession. Can't pick a pass to save his life and has an appalling first touch. Comparing him to Rob Lee is absolutely absurd in the extreme. At best he could have been a decent holding midfielder, very good energy about him and well able to tackle and close people down. Lacks a good enough reading of the game to ever be top class in that position, but he good have been pretty decent. Unfortunately either he or Roeder got it into their heads that he could be our box-to-box, driving force playmaker in midfield, which is a truly laughable concept, given his aforementioned f***ing uselessness going forward. Fair enough, fair enough. Your right mate about Scotty being very limited in possession. I remember when he used to pick the ball up in and around the halfway, and it was a chance to break away or spray it to the wings, he always used to turn around and look for a 5-10 yard pass behind him. That was incredibly frustrating. He had a bad habit of killing our momentum at times. He had one hell of a long range shot on him though. That goal he scored for us against Charlton was a feckin bullet. I actually thought he read the game well enough for us though. He was always very good at breaking up player for us. Big shame him and Emre never got enough games together imo. But yeah, your post sums him up pretty well, Shak.

I think we're a big club. A) The amount of attention we get from the media and nation. B) We're in the top 10 most successful English clubs in terms of trophies. C) Massive fan base and stadium. Thats gotta count. But as people have said on this thread, who cares what other non NUFC fans think. Its our club, we can think what we want about it so fuck them.

Aye thats a good call Dazza. I was gutted when Parker left for the Spammers, he was a very honest and hard-working player. He was always going to struggle when he had Glenn Roeder as manager, Nicky Butt as his CM partner and carrying a captaincy he wasnt able for. We never replaced Gary Speed. Sadly the clubs idea of his replacement was Lee Bowyer. We never replaced Rob Lee properly as well. But yeah, under KK I think he would be a quality player. Especially with the right midfield partnership. Cant ever see him coming back though.

Agreed. Although I can see the likes of Duff and Smith earning twice as much. I hope we can get Jimmys contract sorted out soon, along with Harpers and Owens. Nothing worse than key players contracts dragging on.

You would have seen them by now if they existed. True. I'll be on the lookout though.

You would have seen them by now if they existed. True.

Blackburn away one is class. Bit like Chelseas old away one. Boro's away one would be very nice if it wasnt for the tacky look. It looks like one of those kits you buy in a Spanish market in Majorca or something! On another note, does anyone have any 'leaked' pics of our 3rd one coming out in August?

I went for cautious. Its almost inevitable that we'll get more bodies in but its a case of how many thats worrying me. Hopefully we'll see a few more bodies in in the next week. The only thing thats keeping me sane is that other clubs in the PL havnt gone completely transfer crazy.

Not better than Jose but nonetheless he'd be a canny signing and would strengthen our squad in general. For under 5m Id really like him here. Cant see it though considering Blackburn have Europe and hes starts for them every week.