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Anita would be more suited to a more advanced role in the team. He isn't a holding midfielder or a midfielder who is going to win you a midfield battle. When he has looked good, it's when he has been pressing forward. Couple of times in his first season with us he was brought on a as a sub and played wide right, he looked great going forward and actually had a canny cross on him. Now I'm not saying play him as a winger, but certainly to get the best out of him he needs to be played further forward as he really doesn't look comfortable sitting deep as he gets bullied and then just ends up hiding for the whole game.

Thread title should be changed to "NUFC thinking about monitoring rumours in the press".

Probably heard what our super board had to say and pissed off back to Spain.

I think they prefer the term monitoring mate. [/quote Oh aye, we love a good monitor.

It seems we're just sitting there watching everyone else buy and bid for players. Literally just sitting, watching.

Wonder who's fault that is?

Isn't he already contracted til beyond necessary? He'll be classed as one of our new signings.

Loan? He's out of contract isn't he and hasn't signed the contract we offered him yet has he?

Ryder really does just spout bollocks on a daily basis. "hopeful"

At this rate it looks like McClaren will be doing all the pissing training by himself next Wednesday.

Is this fucken transfer saga still on-going? Boring as shit now.

Excellent goalkeeping.

I'm guessing it's due to the Sky TV deal(s) To be honest the fact we have to stop relegation every season, coupled with that we're in an unattractive part of the country means we go one of two ways when signing players. a) We sign young, hungry players who see us as a stepping stone and replace them with proper planning in place OR b) we rely on loans and those on their last legs or not wanted by anyone else. Brown, O'Shea etc. It's the way it is now. No one will ever get close to the elite You should atleast go for option 1. I'm not trying to be funny but we managed to sign a few hungry players soon after we came up, Stoke manage to do decent. Stoke is tauter like you, not exactly a club anyone without any affiliation towards the club would jump at he chance to go too and not in a desirable area. However Stoke is near Burmingham which may sway players and you are close to Newcastle which could sway players. As much as Sunderland are our rivals you should be doing better. There are smaller clubs in fairly undesirable areas coming in to the Premier League which have out done you. You can't keep blaming the blame game, yes some players won't see past London or mega unrealistic wages, but you should be getting better than what you get. You only have your board and your DOF who has links to some of the dodgiest agents in the game to blame. 9-1, 5 in a row, 1992, FTM. marra

The guy has completely lost the plot.

Owen was £16M. I remember looking on the stock exchange website at the time and the price was £16M

That cunt is an idiot!

1st, so next Wednesday.

Divvy!

Joke of a paper

Yep. We just need to monitor some new players. Rumour has it that we are doing just that. Only a rumour mind...

Sell to buy, same old same old.

That's an article softening us up for no new defenders this summer if I've ever seen one. It's actually laughable that the club are even thinking like that.

They make a big song and dance about everything.

I now hope he doesn't sign!