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I reckon if sven gets the gig at portsmouth owen will end up there

More time wasting and more targets slip through our fingers - conspiracy theorists may take the view that this is the point but if Ashley fucks this up there can be no return - unless its to do with a takeover?

Some typical dippers Very similar to mackems actually. Christ on a bike thats the scariest thing i have ever read

when he ran the half the length of the pitch to embrace Shearer after scoring against Boro you mean ? I think the result in Rome tonight shows pretty conclusively that ball retention, movement, pace and passing ability in the midfield is essential for any team, even if you have a dodgy defence - its what screwed us this season and why all our strikers and defenders struggled

What point? that we are so obsessed with one of our own that its got to be Shearer - i think as detailed elswhere in this thread he looms large over the club and will always be there to hamstring future managers if he is not given the reins at some point - me personally i would have loved Martinez or terim or even Ketsbaia to be given a chance but if it is to be shearer then i will back him totally - its your choice of alternatives that is the point up for debate Ketsbaia has just signed up for Olypiakos I know - but his name came up a couple of weeks ago prior to his appointment to olympiakos and he could of come under consideration

What point? that we are so obsessed with one of our own that its got to be Shearer - i think as detailed elswhere in this thread he looms large over the club and will always be there to hamstring future managers if he is not given the reins at some point - me personally i would have loved Martinez or terim or even Ketsbaia to be given a chance but if it is to be shearer then i will back him totally - its your choice of alternatives that is the point up for debate

You're joking right? Coppell duffed it at man city cos of the pressure and boardroom upheaval - so he would last about as long as parking his car in the car park here Clough has just joined Derby Gregory is a nutter and a busted flush And dear oh dear where would you start with Glenda?

Its all speculation but its dressed up as fact - he has no idea how shearer will perform in the same way that we didn't with keegan first time round and fwiw roy hodgson was hardly flavour of the month until he had a good season just gone - now everyone reckons he is better than fergie - there are hundreds of examples when its turned to shite for perfectly respected managers at various clubs but when it comes to us its the fans fault cos they drink brown ale, are fat, have ugly women, are thick, have tattoos whatever its bollocks and totally uncalled for

Good post Its true aswell though - other clubs are deemed aspirational were just labelled as deluded losers

Be a great shame that like because he could pick a pass and judging by his record he knows where the goal is - goals from midfield eh! - haven't seen too many of them lately - i'd sit him down and tell him he is going to get his chance then blood him into it - might keep him interested

Have seen him in a couple of reserve games and he is really good - i said at the time he looked better than guthrie and smith who were also playing in one of the matches and that he was worth a go in the first team as a sub obviously

The amount of vitriol slung at us has been pretty sobering like - I reckon i would be a tad disappointed if some of the bigger clubs went down or at least ambivalent - like leeds we had some cracking games against those lot, plenty of passion and they are a bit of a miss - but dear me its been a bit ott from alleged fans of clubs who hold no rivalry particularly with us

Maybe together they have concluded that the best chance of getting ticket sales up and injecting some goodwill into things is to treat the fans with a bit of respect and communicate with them - this perhaps being the start of it-a season of goodwill

Me too as long as 3 of our four across midfield wasn't nolan, butt and smith

Sad but true mate - i was thinking the other day like when you look at some of the teams in the prem I know we took a couple of thumpings this season but could be nowt to next season - i reckon there could be some proper cricket scores - present company excepted of course

There's no debate about it I remember when we signed him and apparently people said out of the Georgian midfielders/attackers at the time he was the best they had and better than Kinkladze. Although tbf Kinkladze did just turn shite overnight. He was a good player like - could pass and shoot - puts our current lot to shame with just those attributes

Its a relief he is not going bareback to show he is at one with the fans tbh

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I saw a couple of games when krul was on loan to falkirk(?) he has excellent reactions - forster is all power and size very commanding and quite agile for a big lad-both are good players but knowing the club policy they will sell which ever one they can get the most for and keep harper no.1

class act o'neill like

Its the kind of reactionary bullshit journalism that thankfully we won't have to endure much longer now we have ceased to exist in the eyes of the premier league luvvies - what qualifications does that fuckwit have to cast judge and jury over shearer who will always be ten times the man that collymore will ever be -he should stick to sexual deviance and punching women

Thats is the only trump card that ashley has left - shearer is a big name and would attract signings on reputation - and i would trust shearer above anyone else - even yesterday his conduct was immaculate - how he didn't explode in rage at some of those players is beyond me - nice comments from MON too - another gentleman

Funny how it has taken till now to write an article that isn't cliche ridden - the timing is ironic - media agenda changes now we no longer matter - they will just move on to their next target

Fuck off back to Sam's tactical cock you pointless cunt. He's right man. Don't agree - we were being mocked when keegan was here the first time - easy targets - medias easiest target - wonder who will get it now

Comparisons with last year when Keegan took over would be fairer - the players were so far down it took a while for "the magic" to work - Shearer (even if he did have it) just did not have enough time imo. Aye it took eight games for him to get their heads up and the pressure wasn't the same