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Dalglish is a cunt, does that upset you some more? The fact that it upsets them to the point where they want to delete that thread really amuses me, honestly DutchRed you and your muppet pals need to get a grip imagine if we reacted the way you just have anytime people give Keegan abuse ffs in the same thread about how we're disrespectful there are people abusing Keegan . You lot need to wake up you're not media darlings, I'm not from North Shields for the mug that said we are I grew up in Benwell and there's fuck all wrong with Shields anyway it's far nicer than the vast majority of what I've seen of your hellhole. Aye we could have been nice and civil about Dalglish for your precious feelings but the fact is even if we know it's going onto your forum you came onto OUR forum we can say whatever we want on here, people have very different opinions of the same people because of the side they're on it shouldn't bother you what we say or think about your manager. The bloke calling us deluded cracked me up, pot calling kettle.

Aye I think if one post ever made defined scousers, it was Pacinofan's just there. Come over ter arrr boards la shoutin der odds ayym and we'll give ya what for ye little blehhhht! Fuckin arsehole. Anyway win lose or draw we'll always be geordie and 20% of them will always be scouse. Class And aye if they think we're going there looking to nick a draw like at Old Trafford they're having a laugh they just drew 1-1 with Blackburn at home, we'll have a good go at them I reckon.

But regardless like Tom said why does it matter? it's not like if you went on there and called them all scum it'd make you a hard man it's not like they can do much about it aside from ban you .

Aye he's a canny lad in all. It was either him or some lad from Whitley Bay (think Lee was at Newcastle Blue star at the time).

Didn't we give a similar trial to Lee Novak or someone a few year back? I doubt they're seeing this as a replacement for the Maiga deal, even Ashley wouldn't be that mental surely

He's not a forward for a start so no he wont cost as much but he's still a top Brazilian talent, the top European clubs are possibly just waiting for him to mature a bit or move to a top division side in any case we'd never get him.

Brazilian clubs demand big fees now that their economy has improved, plus the lad is on the radars of big clubs may as well go for those Neymar and Ganso lads while we're at it.

This. Think it was the Swansea game (nowt sure) and he was at times just having it lugged up to him and he was constantly keeping his man away long enough to control it and shoot on the turn. He's got strength, decent pace, very good finisher, good touch and most of all is a very intelligent player the injury issue is the only question mark but luckily it's not been a problem so far for us. Aside from the ramadan/finding his feet period I cant remember ever feeling any frustration with him in a game for us.

But even if he is a flash in a pan (which he isn't btw) we paid nowt for him. In any case you just have to watch Ba to see he isn't comparable to someone like Zaki

I prefer to pretend he doesn't exist, one of the biggest arseholes in the history of football. The youtube videos of him singing in the car before driving to games say nee more.

So a deal collapses 6-7 weeks or so before the end of the January window and we're done We're only capable of looking at one target at a time it seems despite the fact we've been searching for a new striker for 2 year and they acknowledged we needed a defender with the Ridgewell interest in the summer. We needed a striker before Carroll left which is why it surprised me last year that they seemingly had no interest in loaning Sturridge when Bolton were in for him and like a few on here have mentioned a loan deal would be a logical move if you think the prices are too steep and you've not got 2 year to scout someone. Even a 1 month loan over February just to cover the time Ba is away as I shudder to think what it's going to be like with just Best (out of his purple patch), shola, lovenkrands and Sammy (who's really a winger).

Agreed, players like them warrant inclusion simply because when they turn up they can destroy a team (like Robert vs Spurs when he scored the 2 screamers) or create something out of nothing in a game that is heading for a loss or draw. I agree with Mattm4 that Best did deserve to be included as he was playing well in the system at the start of the season and like Mattm4 also said I think the tactic has been found out and he's become pretty unaffective now.

Was just about to say this myself. Seriously man they may as well let Kermit the frog talk about football if they're going to give this doylem air time. Well, can't really argue against attendance stats from the 70s can we? Nice find this one pointing to 'celebrity fans' sums them up man Tom Hanks ffs. Villa fans love owt like this because it makes them relevant for 5 minutes I'd be ashamed to have their accent I SERIOUSLY would. Think he's forgetting that we were loaning Milner out to them and he wasn't all that preferred at the time.

Neither Best nor Obertan contributed anymore than Ben Arfa defensively yet Ben Arfa made us a threat on the attack as opposed to looking like there was nothing about us in the 60 minutes preceding him. Obertan looks disinterested when he has possession let alone without it. Why comment about this when you've not watched the game? it was clear as day we were a completely different side when Ben Arfa came on, before he come on they were marking Ba very heavily and not really worrying about Best as he was squandering every chance that come to him which made Ba drop deep to get the ball and made him ineffective. I said to myself after just 10 minutes of the game it was exactly the sort of game Ben Arfa would excel in, we were controlling possession and the ball was in Boltons half constantly yet there was nothing about us. If you think Ben Arfa can only contribute as an impact sub you're wrong.

Did you watch the game? he just come on and won us a match that had 0-0 written all over it, Best was shocking all match and contributed nowt offensively or defensively which makes him far more of a luxury that Ben Arfa was when he come on. Ben Arfa freed up Ba as soon as he come onto the pitch, if he'd of started today we'd of been up at the half.

Ben Arfa would really open this game up for us, Best couldn't finish his dinner the day.

This, they really do make it seem this way. Only this collection of self righteous mugs would defend one of their players who racially abused a fellow professional player by racially abusing that same player, seriously man you couldn't make this stuff up. Aye I know the twitter comments aren't every single scouser but imagine the uproar us lot would be getting if a bunch of our fans did this, pretty much every support base in the country would get ripped to pieces by this except this lot because like stevie said I'm sure papers are restricted about what they can say about this rabble. If the FA are actually serious about the let's kick racism out of football campaign (which they should be) there is no possible way that a bloke who has admitted racially abusing a fellow pro should see his ban shortened. I think it was Monkeys fist who said it and he was bang on, it doesn't matter if this is normally a 'nice' term in his home country Suarez brought race into play and anyone who seriously believes Suarez was repeating a term of endearment to Evra 10-15 times during an argument is an idiot.

You need some creativity man, playing Ben Arfa ahead of Best or Obertan wouldn't make us much weaker defensively at all. Given a good run of games Cabaye and Ben Arfa with Tiote in his defensive role could be very good.

Scousers.

Agreed he looked a proper player tonight, hope he gets more chances whenever there are injuries/bans in the team.

It's known as humour, you fermented trout. well I think it's distasteful...and that says a lot. I find it distasteful that you used the word retarded so it evens out.

Aye think he's starting to show his true level, I like the bloke he's a good professional but he just doesn't seem a constant enough threat to be a premiership forward. Agreed, especially in the 1st half.

we are missing Steven Taylor. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't rate him. Agreed, I like Taylor particularly alongside Colocinni but Williamson/Perch are both poor back up and who knows when Taylor will be back with the injury he has.

A striker and a Centre Back are a must in this window, could do with a full back and a winger (to replace Obertan seeing as Ben Arfa wont be playing there). If the forward and CB aren't signed it's just yet another confirmation of what we already expect MA to be.