Dr Gloom

carr is a shower of shite. a squad player at best.

i can't see us selling our captain in mid-season like

looks like some weird mating ritual to me

a new defender or two should cure that Save conceeding two goals to a championship team though, eh. better possession and killing the game off and scoring a 3rd goal would as well... I could ask how many times you have seen the team play..... but it is blindlingly obvious that the trouble with this team is an inability to hold the ball up front, in todays case the game should have been dead and buried There are many troubles with the team, of which that is indeed one of them. However, it's also clear to see that even with Henry and Drogba up front, this team would still conceed goals with their current defenders. Personally, I'd love to see us sign a new striker, along with a couple of new midfielders and 4 new defenders. However, when you look at the squad, forgetting the injuries, we're much stronger up front than we are at the back. I think we should be looking to bring a cheap striker in (Viduka for example) and invest in a couple of good defenders. you don't want much from a shite board. I don't agree we are strong up front. Ameobi isn't good enough. Sibierski is playing above himself and is a midfield player anyway. Martins and Owen may not be able to play together. It doesn't leave much does it ? You should "plan" a bit better, we need at least one forward. The big money should be spent on that. The shite board is practically bankrupt after spunking up its money on Souness. We are losing a million a month - that's a fact based on NUFC accounts. Without selling players (and who can we afford to lose?) we aren't going to be buying any quality forwards or defenders. People are deluding themselves. i can't believe that's true. the 5th best chairman in the country wouldn't let it happen

leazesmag's new line about us not needing defenders is almost as funny as his mindless defence of shepherd

fuckity fucky fuckers

i know a lot of people advocate us signing upson, but i've never been a massive fan. doesn't look the quickest either - bellamy had him breathing out of his arsehole when we played brum a few seasons back.

we'll see

as much as i rate milner, i'd let him go if swp was coming in to replace him

he deserves it tbh

"some of our supporters would prefer us to win the FA Cup more than anything else." what a load of cobblers. would anyone honestly rather we won the fa cup than the league or the european cup?

apparently bayern wouldn't pay much more than £3-4m for him

pay increase to £75k... allegedly

what's everyone's thoughts? happy, or would you rather see him sold and barton signed as his replacement? i am personally pretty pleased that he will be staying. he's a much better footballer than parker.

Good cover? He is better than any of our defenders, bar none. I think he meant he can play in a few positions. He'd start when fit were he here, obviously. aye. he'd stroll in to our starting lineup ahead of the likes of carr, bramble, ramage etc

shame really. the orangeman would have provided good cover at full back and centre back.

how ironic that leazesmag makes no defence of shepherd in his appointment of souness. souness is a dreadful manager - we all knew that before he took the job - but it was fat fred that appointed him, when few other sane chairmen would. what does that say about shepherd?

when does he "go on about Owen all the time" ? Name me these "big name players" who have won us nothing, because the only one I can think of is in fact Owen, and I would like to have seen the reaction if we had replaced Shearer with someone of the calibre of Johnathon Stead ? The Geordie Nation stuff that he comes out with was also said by Sir John Hall, but that was alright, why ? Also, I consider the talking up of the club by Shepherd to be no more daft than the same things people say on message boards who also think the club have a divine right to win trophies which is what Shepherd says. The best thing you could do is just take no notice and realise nobody laughs at them like you think they do, unless you think message boards are the real world. Because I can tell you that I meet many supporters of many clubs, most of them are envious of the players we buy and regularly playing in europe and aren't interested in the slightest what Fred says. The time to moan is when he stops supporting and backing his managers, and hopefully the next board don't have that approach. leazes - shepherd is ridiculed across the country by supporters of all clubs. get over it.

shepherd expected souness to do better, otherwise he wouldn't have backed him to the hilt with cash. roeder is operating under less pressure. shepherd knows he's got a small squad and he isn't likely to sack him largely because of how much expectations were lowered by the souness debacle.

coloured? you couldn't make it up

I do actually forget he's still here sometimes when it comes to thinking who we have left! The injuries now have reached proportions that no football club thats existed could cope with, yet we have to, and not just in the league but the cup also. Its a good job we have a while till the UEFA cup starts again or we'd be unable to field a team in one of the competitons! In an ideal world we'd be 2 or 3 up at half time allowing Roeder to sub a couple of key players at half time for a rest and a third part the way through, but sadly this should be a tough game, likely to see us pick up more injuries and a tired team afterwards. I have no idea what the team will be for the match nor what i would pick for the match. Lets be honest you need to wait until about kick off time these days before you know if anyone else is going to drop out with an injury! it's so fucking annoying. i know it sounds like an excuse to fans of other clubs but can anyone remember the last time we put out something resembling our strongest eleven? i'm guessing it must have been during sir bobby's time.

usual drivel and lack of foresight from you assmuming emre doesn't go, it would be madness to blow the majority of our transfer budget on another midfielder when we're crying out for defenders and forwards. even a mind as small as yours should know that

bare bones in midfield as well as defence now with butt and parker out. only options are to play milner and dyer on the flanks with emre alongide pattison in the middle or drop le sib back and play (gulp) luque up front.

bramble has to go in the summer. i'd be looking to extend moore's contract by another year, sign one top class centre half and groom the young lads.