Dr Gloom

keane's done a decent job man. the mackems looked like they were going down at the start of the season

things could get even more depressing next season. i can see the mackems coming up, beating us and finishing in the top half under keane while we continue to languish under roeder

take dyer out of the side and we are a far poorer outfit. he's not world class but his pace and energy give us a different dimension. i agree with alex - he's definitely one of our better players

would anyone be arsed about a stadium name change if it brought in a shitload of extra cash? everyone will carry on calling it st james anyway

carr, parker, babayaro and bramble can all go. we should keep duff, dyer and emre as they can all play a bit. sign ashton, wayne bridge and a couple of new centre halfs, preferably not anton ferdinand

never been the quickest so i was always somewhere down the spine. centre forward at school (in the tony cascarino mould), then centre half and occasional holding midfilder for my uni team. i only really play 5 a side these days.

It's not OUR money it's from private finance. could well be a loan tbh. sounds like fat fred is claiming credit for this so i'm not sure if it is connected to the takeover talk...

the dwindling atmosphere will probably worsen too. although i honestly belive that 60k is about the right capacity for us IF we put a half decent team out. not many clubs would sell out a 52k capacity stadium for so long with as shite a side as we've had over the past few years.

i actually think it's a good idea. the stadium will feel more uniform and it should bring the club more money. the east stand problem will never go away so it is the logical 'next step' in the ground's redevelopment but i can't get my head around the timing. i imagine the loan for the work will be secured against future season ticket sales. this part of the development should have been done last time, not when attendances are going down for the first time in years. i can't see ticket prices going down any time soon now. but hey, evem though our team is shite at least we'll be able to say we've got a half decent ground.

i reckon all the teams in the relegation battle must be wishing they can play us right about now. guaranteed 3 points against rollover utd

i like the design but the sponsor logo looks gash. i'll probably buy it - i didn't bother with the last one

roeder seems to think it's out of the question. i'm not so sure. there's always one club that sinks like a stone at this tome of year. but surely even we can pick up the required 5 or so points to secure top flight status before the end of the season?

-------------Given Solano--Taylor--Gooch---Babayaro ------------Butt-----Emre--- Milner--------------------------Duff -----------Martins----Dyer throw zog and sib on second half if we need to chase it...and by that i mean give make substitutions shortly after half time, not 5-10 minutes from the end.

i'd like to see any cull at the club starting with the chairman and manager

half a bottle of jim beam usually does the trick for me

we should have made him him our skipper instead of parker tbh; then roeder might have the bottle to drop parker occasionally

JOY TO THE WORLD

it's the fact that you have suggested that ne5 and leazesmag are different people that is disturbing, not that you use different names on different boards...

what a monumental waste of money. nice one shepherd

conceding that penalty means the tie is still alive but they have to come at us. if we can keep a clean sheet until ahalf time, i fancy our chances of picking them off on the break - their defence looked even worse than ours at times.

i think we're only michael owen away from being able to field our strongest side. it's debatable as to whether babayaro would start ahead of carr or taylor at left back. goes to show that left back is probably our weakest position now. i would have said right back too earlier in the season before nobby made the position his own.

i don't think there's a lot of pessimism...more like realism. this is newcastle utd don't forget.

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keeping solano is an absolute must. gooch looks like he can do a job. i'm no too bothered abotu the others. bramble can go for me. maybe hand le sib another year for his efforts.

i think that was one of our best attacking performances of the season. the way we moved the ball around was reminiscent of a four or five years ago at times. butt was immense, dyer, martins and duff were all lively. le sib showed some nice touches, won loads in the air and held the ball up well - bit of a shearer-esque performance tbh. solano should now always be first choice right back and even carr had a steady game at left back. the only weak link for me was parker. can't fault his effort but his first touch was heavy and he failed to hit the target with his two efforts on goal. if he's playing alongside butt in the middle i think he needs to support the strikers more often and improve his finishing.