Amir_9

It's hardly unfair, that's what he's being paid to do :S I'm sure he'd love to be given the opportunity but as a fan I wouldn't want to be depending on him scoring...or Carroll for that matter. If we cant depend on a striker to score, then what do we expect him to do? Like I said earlier, at the current climate I expect Harewood to score more than him, if they had both started.

Dont think we can go ahead with this one in January, but would love us to go for Roger Johnson of Birmingham in January, one of the main reasons of their tight defence this season.

So what if they were 6 yards infront of goal? Ranger's one and only goal this season was a tap in, im not biased towards anyone, but in my opinion on a good day Harewood is capable of more than Ranger. Ranger actually has intelligence on the pitch and work rate. He can take on defenders and run with the ball, the only thing lacking has been goals but with every game he is getting in better positions and creating chances for others. The only thing Harewood did, was tap the ball into the net, otherwise he was non-exist. Zero ball retention with him in the side. Think this discussion has gone on and on for the last few pages in the thread, some folks are really overrating ranger as I mentioned in my original post, hes a lad with lots of potential and lots of talent, but I would rather start Harewood ahead of him because hes more likely to get a goal. As far as ball retention, Ranger or no Ranger, take a look at the stats of most of our games, the other team always have more possession we basically played the long ball throughout most of the season, and we did it against Boro as well and it worked for us, were unattractive to watch but effective.

So what if they were 6 yards infront of goal? Ranger's one and only goal this season was a tap in, im not biased towards anyone, but in my opinion on a good day Harewood is capable of more than Ranger.

Craig Gordon was on the same flight as me from Dubai straight to Newcastle with his bird, looked like a straight cocky wank. Whats funny was the shirt he was wearing "The only number 1"

I cant understand whats the hype about Ranger about, yes hes a promising lad, yes he has loads of talent and is a very talented CF who can hold the ball well, but hes not better than Harewood overall, how can anyone compare him with a accomplished striker is beyond me. Im happy for Ranger to come off the bench for the last 15-20 minutes and thats it really, or start in case of injuries or cup games. Harewood got loads of stick for his terrible game at Forest but all players have their offdays, definitely extend his loan until the end of the season, injuries throughout the season will occur where Ranger will have his chance. And I think we should send Ranger out on a season long loan next season if we get to the prem to a decent championship side so he can get proper game time.