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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE

Woodgate

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER

Robert

 

3) BEST STRIKER

Shearer

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER

Shearer

 

5) BEST MANAGER

Sir Bobby

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER

Boumsong (the worst player was Amdy Faye)

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...

Rooney

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...

Aaron Hughes, but only because I love him -- probably Bellamy, though, really.

 

9) BEST HOME GAME

Man U 4-3

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME

Feyenoord, Arsenal 3-1, Leeds 4-3

 

11) WORST GAME

Sporting Lisbon (a), Inter (h), Palace (h) - paper planes match, Villa(h) Taylor, Dyer, Bowyer sent off, Fulham (h) same season: absolutely battered them and somehow lost 4-1, Man Utd FA Cup semi, Partizan, lots...

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED

Any of Robert's, tbh. Agree with FTTW: Solano vs Charlton 02-03 is also great. And for sheer pleasure and utter fucking lunacy: Bellamy@Feyenoord will probably never be beaten.

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED

Dyer goal-line non-clearance v Barca, dunno... probably loads

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT

Parker's side parting

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT

Carroll

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER

Martins, just because he has muscles popping out all over

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER

Butt's pretty fucking ugly

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER

Carr (simply stupid, tbh) or Smith or Shearer

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE

 

---------------------- Given

 

Beye ----- Woodgate ---Faye------- Bernard

 

 

Solano --------Speed-------Dyer  ---------Robert

 

-----------------Shearer-----Bellamy

 

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL

 

Get promoted. Struggle for three or four seasons. Get to a final and lose. Get into Europe.  Flirt with relegation. The usual.

 

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

 

A decent manager instead of Souness. Everything was salvageable after SBR got the boot, but not by that cunt.

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE

Woodgate

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER

Robert

 

3) BEST STRIKER

Shearer

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER

Bellamy

 

5) BEST MANAGER

Bobby

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER

The c***

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...

Anelka instead

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...

Faye, N'zog, Bowyer, Parker, Bramble

 

9) BEST HOME GAME

4-3 vs Man U

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME

Feyenoord, Arsenal 3-1

 

11) WORST GAME

Villa, Fulham, Lisbon

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED

Only one contender, Robert's 2nd v Spurs

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED

Should be obvious

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT

Coloccini :colo:

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT

Bellamy's long hair

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER

Robert

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER

Nicky Butt, insult to god's varying style that both played on the same pitch

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER

Bowyer, loved him for it

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE

Given

Beye   Woodgate   Bassong   Bernard

Solano   Dyer   Speed   Robert

Shearer   Bellamy

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL

Less

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

Souness getting assasinated before 2004.

 

 

 

 

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE

Woodgate

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER

Rob Lee

 

3) BEST STRIKER

Shearer

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER

Shearer

 

5) BEST MANAGER

Sir Bobby

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER

Jean-Alain Boumsong

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...

Anelka

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...

Aaron Hughes

 

9) BEST HOME GAME

4-3 v Man Utd

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME

Cardiff in the semi for atmosphere

 

11) WORST GAME

Liverpool 1-5

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED

Shearer volley v Everton/Robert volley v Spurs

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED

Any that the Mackems scored

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT

Coloccini

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT

Coloccini

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER

Smudger, what a boy

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER

Coloccini

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER

Bellamy

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE

Given, Beye, Jose, Woodgate, Hughes, Robert, Speed, Lee, Solano, Bellamy, Shearer

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL

More shite

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

Should have removed SBR at the end of the previous season and brought in someone with a whole pre-season to prepare for the next

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE

Woody

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER

Speed

 

3) BEST STRIKER

Shearer

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER

Shearer

 

5) BEST MANAGER

Sir Bobby

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER

Emre and Martins, based on expectations when they signed.

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...

Rooney

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...

Bellamy

 

9) BEST HOME GAME

mackems 2-0

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME

All the CL-games. Just the feeling of beeing in the Champions League

 

11) WORST GAME

Fulham at SJP. I knew we were down that day,

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED

Shearer vs Everton / Robert x2 vs Spurs

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED

Kamara, Fulham

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT

Smudger

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT

Butt

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER

Smith

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER

Pattison

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER

Taylor

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE

Given, Beye, Woody, Bassong, Enrique, Nobby, Speed, Lee, Robert, Bellers, Shearer

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL

More

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

Mike Ashley

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Have to say i downright disagree with your choice for best goal, Ronaldo. I'd even say his first one in that game was better. Arguably the one at home to Fulham the same year, too. Never mind goal of the decade. Nobby's at home to Everton and Shearer's at home to Everton/Chelsea were alllll better iyam.

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE- Jonathan Woodgate was easily the best but Nikos Dabizas was my favourite, his goal against the Mackems being one of the all time great Toon fan celebrations.

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER- Nobby Solano, even if he was generally hopeless away from home.

 

3) BEST STRIKER- Alan Shearer kept us going for years.

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER- Even though, he left us in a shitty fashion, Shay Given was at the top of his game for the majority of the decade.

 

5) BEST MANAGER- Bobby. Probably just my age, but i loved his era and team even more than i did the Keegan 95 team.

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER- Emre. Once in a blue moon he looked a really good player but was generally absolute dogshit.

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED... Nikolas Anelka

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO... Gary Speed did a job for years after he left.

 

9) BEST HOME GAME- Man Utd 4-3 or the thrilling 2-1 game v PSV in the UEFA Cup 1/4 final.

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME- Inter was just an amazing experience and atmosphere.

 

11) WORST GAME- Losing 2-1 at the Mackems was pretty low.

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED- Roberts at Arsenal to put us 3-1 up. More for the moment than the actual quality of the goal.

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED- Duffs own goal at Villa just summed up a terrible season.

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT- Carroll's corn rows.

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT- Keegans bouffant.

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER- Gary Dreamboat Speed.

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER- Acuna was ugly as hell and dressed like a tramp.

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER- Bowyer was a vicious twat when he wanted to be.

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE- Given, Beye, Bernard, Woodgate, Dabizas, Robert, Spped, Jenas (early stuff by him was genuine quality), Solano, Shearer, Bellamy

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL- Promotion and then lowere Premier League plodders.

 

22) Thing I would have changed- Keegans comeback was just an obvious disaster waiting to happen and so it proved. Still not really his fault, but it was a daft decision based on sentiment rather than sense and marked the start of our downfall.

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Because Jenas turned downhill, a lot of people forget his early stuff which was really good. He won Player of the Year (Young) didn't he? Can't have been too bad.

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Not sure Jenas was ever any good for us, tbh. And Inter away was both equally amazing and depressing as it showed dirty cheating cunts will always prosper.

 

Did you got to Inter? The whole trip was fantastic and it was an excellent performance despite being twice pegged back.

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE- woody

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER-solano

 

3) BEST STRIKER-shearer

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER-shearer

 

5) BEST MANAGER-sir bobby

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER-luque/boumsong/owen all souness buys.................

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...- any from phillipe mexes/michael carrick/owen hargreaves/daniel van buyten

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...bellamy

 

9) BEST HOME GAME- my first- valarenga uefa cup 2004

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME-wba 3-0 2005

 

11) WORST GAME- aston villa

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED-laurent robert 1st v spuds

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED-damian duff og

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT- jonas

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT-cordone

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER-smith

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER-boumsong

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER- smith

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE-given-beye-woody-hughes-bernard-solano-speed-parker-robert-shearer-bellamy

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL-less

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

summer of 2003 we spent no money wherehas if we had we could have won the title

 

 

 

 

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Not sure Jenas was ever any good for us, tbh. And Inter away was both equally amazing and depressing as it showed dirty cheating cunts will always prosper.

 

Did you got to Inter? The whole trip was fantastic and it was an excellent performance despite being twice pegged back.

 

No, really wish I had. Just remember the frustration and pride and anger watching it.

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Because Jenas turned downhill, a lot of people forget his early stuff which was really good. He won Player of the Year (Young) didn't he? Can't have been too bad.

 

Most were surprised with that award, I seem to remember, as he hadn't even had a full season at the time. Most people accepted it as he was only young, but his performances weren't great, imo, and Speed had to work twice as hard with Jenas alongside him.

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I recall an Italian bloke walking round the away fans selling cartons of juice and crisps during the match. He had on one of those trays like old cinema ushers used to use and the whole lot went up when Shearer put us 2-1 up!

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1) BEST TOON DEFENDER FROM THE LAST DECADE

Woodgate

 

2) BEST MIDFIELDER

Solano

 

3) BEST STRIKER

Bellamy

 

4) BEST OVERALL PLAYER

Solano

 

5) BEST MANAGER

SBR

 

6) MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER

Luque

 

7) WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED...

Darren Bent several times

 

8) WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET GO...

Bellamy

Solano (1st time)

Robert

Speed

 

9) BEST HOME GAME

lots but 3-2 feyenoord wins because i cant be arsed to think harder.

 

 

10) BEST AWAY / NEUTRAL GAME

not sure go with one of the wins at WHL

 

 

11) WORST GAME

too many

 

12) BEST GOAL SCORED

Robert vs spurs (either), Shearer vs everton, chelsea and villa or solano vs everton (and forgot about martins vs spurs as well, great goal)

 

13) WORST GOAL CONCEDED

Gus poyet in the fa cup.

 

15) BEST HAIRCUT

Colo

 

16) WORST HAIRCUT

Andy carroll

 

17) BEST LOOKING PLAYER

Laurent Robert

 

18) UGLIEST PLAYER

James Milner

 

19) DIRTIEST PLAYER

Steven Taylor

 

20) BEST STARTING XI OF THE DECADE

Given

Beye Woodgate Bassong Enrique

Solano Speed Dyer Robert

Shearer Bellamy

 

21) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS - MORE /LESS / EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL

 

Less successful

 

22) IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING FROM THE LAST DECADE

 

Sacking of sbr and the selling of his best players.

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Because Jenas turned downhill, a lot of people forget his early stuff which was really good. He won Player of the Year (Young) didn't he? Can't have been too bad.

 

Indeed he did. Developed really quickly with us, remember his first goal took a while to come but after that he couldn't stop scoring in 02-03.

 

For me he edges out Dyer in our decade XI because he played more often and more consistently well.

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Should never have let Saha slip through the net

 

To be fair we didn't,  he came on loan,  we wanted to make it permanent,  his team in France, can't remember who, Metz or Lyon i think wouldn't sell,  6 months later Tigana managed to sign him for Fulham.

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