Monroe Transfer

Yeah but not blessed with options on the wings either. I think Marveaux prefers the freedom of a more central role over being stuck on the wing.

I hope that's the case, would make sense. Sissoko should help him somewhat but I'll expect him to get his customary yellow card in every other game. Hopefully he'll just protect the back 4 from here on out, offensively he's woeful half the time and he appears to have to shoot on cue when the crowd shout the word.

As ill-disciplined off the pitch as he is on it, it seems.

Excellent gif posting skills

Must have been a really interesting image for you to feel the need to steal it.

He appears to be completely dependent on this forum.

F'king students

Maybe "needs to" was a bit strong, but I can't be the only one who finds him to be a limited footballer with a woeful disciplinary record.

Tiote needs to be replaced in the summer.

Made my evening this.

He's buying the Toon.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=303498.80 Love it "top 4 challenge is over now lad"

Liverplol

Should I care about what the Catholic church does?

Fergie?

Agreed. Couldn't understand why he didn't. Vuckic and Tav went out and did alright though.

CT, would you care to reply to my long-winded post a couple of pages back, or are you ignoring it because you know I'm right?

It doesn't work like that. You seem deeply afraid of criticising players outside of Jonas, putting all the blame at the manager's feet. Abeid hasn't played a single league game for us - what makes you think he should be playing? Vuckic has looked half decent to be fair, his problems are injuries, not the manager's fault. Gosling is injured all the time and has yet to really impress at any level - what makes you think he's better than that? In Pardew's first half-season, we had a fairly settled starting 11, and that continued into last season. This season we've been forced to use the younger players, they've had to play in testing times (never the best environment) and have struggled due to the circumstances perhaps, but possibly because they're not that good. I can't say right now that any one of our U21 side should go on to make it. I haven't seen enough of them and impressing at reserve and lower league level doesn't count for much. What I will say is that I wish we'd let more go out on loan, and I wish we'd done so earlier in the season. The failure to strengthen in the summer has not only cost us points but it forced us to use players like Tav and Sammy as opposed to easing them into a side in a good place, instead of sending them out loan so they can play first team football week in week out. Pointless having players like Abeid just playing in the U21 league and never really threatening the first team. Doesn't mean a great deal but we've got 2 players on our books who might well play at Wembley this season (Good for Bradford and Inman for Crewe if they get into the JPT final as it looks like they will). The experience they'll have gained will do wonders for their careers - it might not be at NUFC but they'll be far better equipped to play first team football next season than some of our other youngsters.

We've not been in a position recently where we could allow Ferguson to play but not in a shift defensively (i.e. "caution first", "reserved Jonas type"). He hadn't earned the right to haee a free Ben Arfa-like role and he's a left back by trade is he not?

This is brilliant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21401047 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014wnc3

Or Whitley Bay are really, really good.

Good. Should have been done a while ago. He's not good enough for our first team at the moment.

They're different colours but your point still stands.