Optimistic Nut

Sorry but that is b*llocks. HE had Henrik Larsson who was 5 foot nowt for his most productive time there. He liked to play it out to wingers Alan Thompson and Didier agathe with 2 strong midfielders. Then have the wingers play it in for His big guy and Larsson. uch the same way we did when we had a fit Shearer and bellamy. 34267[/snapback] But he also had Hartson & Sutton and a lot of the game was long balls upto one of them for Larsson to feed off.

As I mentioned with the difference between Allardyce & Souness, what are the differences between O'Neill at Leicester & Celtic, and Souness at Blackburn & Rangers??? We HAVE to look abroad. There's nobody in Britain, barring the big 4 clubs' managers who could push us on. Ranieri anyone?

Depends on who the then manager will be.

I still don't think we've heard the last of "Anelka to Newcastle" myself.

I really fear for us if we're to rely on Clark & Faye in midfield. That is a fecking Coca Cola Championship standard midfield.

Ready to be hung drawn and quartered, but I think Ameobi or Shearer is just as difficult to choose from at the moment.

Or, like we played against Man U last season, stick Carr in the holding role and keep Taylor at right-back, and move Bowyer out wide.

How about going, for one game only, 3-5-2? Carr & Babayaro as wing-backs, Bramble, Boumsong & Taylor in the centre, with Clark, Bowyer & N'Zogbia in midfield? Anything's better than playing Faye!

Some of the names are wrong, but it looks like I got the injury thing almost spot on.

No he'd not think of playing someone who's preferred role is alongside or just off a natural goalscorer out wide... oh, hang on.

Is Hargreaves contribution for England any worse than Sinclair, Jenas, Gerrard, Dyer, Carrick, etc???

I hope Souness wasn't reading that website before. I bet he would have had kittens if he'd seen it with Emre's name up.

I think Shola would excel alongside Owen, Luque & Solano.

Why did Robinson try the spectacular "tip over the bar", when he could have easily palmed it away? It won't stand out as much as a James error, but it was costly.

How? Similar scoring records in Europe & in the Premiership. Both have flashes of brilliance but more often or not flatter to deceive.

I was talking about Shola.

Good news surely? At least it shows he's fit.

You've hit the nail on the head. They're almost identical. Both struggled in the Premiership, both excelled in Europe, and both should have done/ be doing a lot better. Yet one is considered a hero, and the other one is "crap".

I went down to see Nottingham Forest v Newcastle in a friendly a few years back. It looked very close to a sell-out, yet the "official" attendance was just 19,191. (not as if they put a lot of thought into the figure either!)

Kenny Miller has just put Scotland one up!

Nearly as bad as when Hoddle blamed losing a 3-0 lead to lose 5-3 on them scoring the third on the stroke of half-time meaning Man U had to go all out attack in the second-half.

Interesting that he's keeping Glen Johnson, a £7m right-back out of the side! I'm sure he could do a better job than Luke Young in the senior squad too.

Those who guide Bolton plan their strategy around one central fact - they guide Bolton. As Maynard Keynes said, "When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do?". Should the people at Bolton come to Newcastle, they would, in all likelihood, approach things in quite a different manner, applying their financial nouse in ways appropriate to their new surroundings. There would be greater income, greater natural momentum and, generally speaking, greater potential. 29433[/snapback] Sorry, I meant the Newcastle fans who went to the Reebok Stadium and were singing those songs.

Do people who were singing "Shepherd Out" and "Sack the Board" at Bolton honestly think a new chairman or board, with the same finances, would have gone and spent £28m in a week?

Why can't we just run the domestic season from September to May, and have the qualifiers during the summer, then the finals the next, that way the "proper" football doesn't get affected. I'm sure the players wouldn't mind playing 10-12 games over a 6-7 week period between the end of May & start of July, then have 5-6 weeks off before pre-season training starts in early August?