Lush Vlad

Excellent, excellent indeed. I really hope HBA gets his favorite role next season (AM). He will do more damage in that role than as a wide man. His speed, technique and shot will create havoc. When he has the ball, the defenders must push, which creates space and a disorganized line. This gives HBA the possibility to play the lm and rm through on goal. If HBA plays on the lm it's easier to double mark him, like Manure did with Bale. They led him into the middle of the pitch, forcing him to finish/deliver with his right foot. On the other hand HBA's technique is better. That should enable him to a greater extent to deal with such problems. Still I want him as a AM... Spot on this. Would also mean we don't have to blow a shit load on two quality strikers, maybe just one quality one and just a good one as a second striker/back up. I'd play HBA off the front man in the free role, or in the middle of an attacking 3 behind a lone striker. Do you mean this, or actually stick him in centre mid in a 4-4-2?

April Fools? He did his press conference yesterday mind, and that's where the quotes are from. Best also trained yesterday, if his injury is that bad, why did he take part in a full session??

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2011/04/01/leon-best-may-be-out-for-rest-of-season-says-alan-pardew-61634-28439974/ O dear, fucking hell, Shola, Lovenkrands and Nil Ranger to score enough to keep us up then

So he broke down training with Ireland over a week ago, he trained yesterday, and now he's out for the season? Sounds like a load of bollocks that

Thought it was Jarvis Perch hacked down? One of the most blatant pens you'll ever see. http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/News/Gallery/0,,10278~2327873,00.html Best and Jose both took part in full contact training, good news if they both got through it ok.

Best, Ireland and Enrique all still doubtful. So much for his new approach of ruling players out by the Wednesday before a game! Hopefully Jose and Best are both fit, bring Best in for Lovenkrands and Guthrie for Tiote.

Plus an extra leg for stability, like a bloody tripod man!

When he scored at Swansea last season he had a massive boner then as well! Like the opposite to sports cock, it's meant to shrink surely?!

Realistically he could make the bench for Liverpool. Ramsey was out for far longer and he was playing again a month after returning to training (albeit in the reserves). If his cardio is at a good level and he is able to join in contact training from monday then he might be available before the end of the season. Just hope we don't rush him back and that we don't end up relying on him to get us points to keep us up.

How could I forget Xisco! What a waste of money.

He was s***. According to nufcblog he cost us £40 mill and scored 30 goals. That's some expensive goals. Owen is good when he got a midfielder that is able to thread the breakthrough passes he needs. But Owen is not the kind of player that stands out if the rest of the team has problems. Then he's the weakest link. One expects more from a player that is paid £100 000 a week. A player on that salary must be a notch above the rest, delivering good football even though the rest have problems. But he was just as bad as the others when we went down. He was in fact invisible. That c***! His goalscoring record was something like 1 in every 2.5 games, hence the fact I put 'when fit'. There is no doubt he exagerated injuries, didn't want to play for us and was only interested in horses and England. However, I'm trying to not let my hatred for the man get in the way, there has been far worse players for us IMO.

Boumsong and Luque. As much as I hated Owen and everything about him, he actually had a half decent scoring record (when fit).

Assuming we keep the likes of Barton, Tiote and Enrique. I would say we need a new striker, probably two would be required, cover for the wings and cover at full back. Would like to see us sign a player like Kranjcar for wing cover and maybe the utility man Pardew speaks of could be Jamie O'Hara, not a bad player and can cover three positions. Once Ben Arfa is back fit I would imagine he would play off the front in a 4-4-1-1 or 4-2-3-1 formation as the attacking mid/free role is his best position, that is why I think we need a winger. Being linked with Matt Jarvis, looks a canny little player to me. Genuine wide mean, two footed and has a bit of pace as well, end ball looks far better than Jonas' as well. Problem is, I think one of the first three mentioned will leave, so we will need to replace them. Can't say I agree with dropping Nolan like, he does seem to be a bit of a passenger at times, but we look unorganised, uinterested and generally just a complete shambles when he doesn't play, his leadership qualities are outstanding and he weighs in with important goals. Shame he's such a fat bugger, I really don't get how he is so unfit, he's a pro footballer FFS!