Syrette Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 What joker voted for Krul? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 voted cacapa because if we dont have 4 centre backs better than him we will be fooked again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Voted Barton - horrible useless little runt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Voted for Carr. But interesting that Carr, Ameobi & Ramage are all in the top 10 (or bottom 10?) but none of them featured regularly in our relegation worthy team this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 What wanker voted Habib Beye ? - Hes gotta be our best defender by a mile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Tough one..came down between Carr and Ramage but I picked Ramage! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Emre. Constantly picking up injuries. Never ever plays well away from home and only rarely plays well at home. A total Emperor's New Clothes of a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 What wanker voted Habib Beye ? - Hes gotta be our best defender by a mile You're right of course, but its not that much of a compliment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 No one has shown themselves to be less capable than Smith under the current regime. Even though we all know that Carr is shite, he hasn't played as much as Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Owen. He's not the worst player by any means, but he's far more limited than his reputation would suggest. He seems to have an undroppable status which inhibits our thinking and planning. Trading him in would feel like a fresh start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hellhammer Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Owen. He's not the worst player by any means, but he's far more limited than his reputation would suggest. He seems to have an undroppable status which inhibits our thinking and planning. Trading him in would feel like a fresh start. Agree 100%, nice to see more people agree on us selling him would be a good thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Owen. He's not the worst player by any means, but he's far more limited than his reputation would suggest. He seems to have an undroppable status which inhibits our thinking and planning. Trading him in would feel like a fresh start. Wouldn't be sad to see Owen go... but if that's your criteria, how on earth can you pick Owen over the likes of Smith/Butt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 West Ham want Newcastle full-back Stephen Carr, who will be a free agent in the summer. (Daily Mirror) By the way, are we West Ham's feeder club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 West Ham want Newcastle full-back Stephen Carr, who will be a free agent in the summer. (Daily Mirror) By the way, are we West Ham's feeder club? West Ham are now Newcastle reserves Bowyer, Dyer, Bellamy, Parker, Solano (although I've nothing against Nobby ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And landslides ahead of us in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And landslides ahead of us in the PL. Not sure how. In the summer, West Ham seemed willing to wave ridiculous amounts of money at any player that might score a goal for them one day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And landslides ahead of us in the PL. Not sure how. In the summer, West Ham seemed willing to wave ridiculous amounts of money at any player that might score a goal for them one day. Yeah, regardless of whether or not they're ahead of us, their transfer policy has been pretty naff. They've spent a lot of money on a lot of players, who are generally nowt more than mid-table/maybe top 8. I can't really think of any of their signings, since their recent influx of imports, that i can look on and say "Christ, that was a quality signing for them." Only Nobby really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Terry Mac and maybe Chris Mort, id keep the rest for litter picking duties Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 And landslides ahead of us in the PL. Not sure how. In the summer, West Ham seemed willing to wave ridiculous amounts of money at any player that might score a goal for them one day. Yeah, regardless of whether or not they're ahead of us, their transfer policy has been pretty naff. They've spent a lot of money on a lot of players, who are generally nowt more than mid-table/maybe top 8. I can't really think of any of their signings, since their recent influx of imports, that i can look on and say "Christ, that was a quality signing for them." Only Nobby really. Faubert seemed like a good buy to me, but he's been on the treatment table a lot, along with half the rest of their squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob X Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 So much dead wood in there that it's virtually impossible to make a choice. I was torn between ameobi who is total waste of space and should have been gone years ago, emre because we can still get some cash from the the turks who actually think he's a good player and geremi because it pisses me off seeing him waste every dead ball situation. If keegan revamps the squad and replaces them all it wouldn't bother me as there's nobody I desperately want for next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Owen. He's not the worst player by any means, but he's far more limited than his reputation would suggest. He seems to have an undroppable status which inhibits our thinking and planning. Trading him in would feel like a fresh start. Wouldn't be sad to see Owen go... but if that's your criteria, how on earth can you pick Owen over the likes of Smith/Butt? I think there's a pressure to pick Owen that doesn't exist with any of the other players. If he was an automatic choice on merit, or if he was the sort of player that suits our situation, then fine, but I don't think he is. I also feel that Owen's an old-fashioned 4-4-2 man, and if he's picked, that limits our options. I know Keegan tried him out in a 4-3-3 on Monday, but I'm not convinced that's the best way forward. The failure to solve the Owen conundrum was a big factor in Allardyce's downfall, and IMO Keegan is struggling with it as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Viduka can hold the ball up for Owen or Martins to run onto. It will work, given a few games. Trust me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Viduka can hold the ball up for Owen or Martins to run onto. It will work, given a few games. Trust me. this season Owen seems to have accepted he is not the sort of player to "run onto" passes or knock-downs anymore as his body is not what it was. he might get one or two a season this way but even then it is likely to be when opposition defences get caught out playing the offside trap as i can't think of many premiership centre-halves Owen could outpace and/or outmuscle over 30 yards. when he started off in his career the space he exploited was in behind the opposition defence and he did this using his pace. now that he doesn't have this the space he works in is inbetween midfield and defence. the question is, does he have the strength, control, vision and creativity to effectively work in this congested area? while he is a 'tidy' player he doesn't exactly have amazing skill or vision, nor the physical attributes to bully players. also, can he perform that role while still being able to fulfil his traditional role of goal-poacher? so far this season his goals have been scraps, from set-pieces when the physical aspect is removed and anticipation and movement becomes more important, or being the first to react from parried shots. remains to be seen, while people have trumpeted the fact he's scored 3 goals in the last 6 games, it is also 3 goals from the last 15 games. saying that there are far more worthy candidates in our squad for players who deserve to be shipped out. the likes of smith, carr, barton etc have done less for us while we also need to set about replacing the likes of Rozehnal, Butt, Emre, Viduka, Given and Milner before we start on the other positions. i'd be against selling Owen currently, as despite his fitness troubles, the squad doesn't have many goals in it and there is no guarantee we'd spend the money on a good replacement. only if we bring in other players first would i consider it. Owen and Martins competing for the striker role alongside a bigger more classy centre-forward sounds good to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamesyJazz Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Those of you wanting to sell Owen ahead of the likes of Carr,Ramage n Ameobi really should think again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 The Troll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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