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Hopefully he can speak good English. That might help. Aye like the rest of us does

fair enough. i'd still have emre, butt and nobby in midfield ahead of smith. yeah but thats playing 3 players instead of one Also, assuming Smith will be RM, there is only really Nobby to compete with (though Geremi can play there). Again, two people per position.

In the current climate I wouldnt consider £6M a big sum. He's 27, England irregular English etc. Plenty of the kind of experience we need.

sorry, I know I shouldnt enourage you but

Well, reading his comment about preferring 433 because you can defend at 451 and attack at 415 - ish - we would look good going forward but Im not totally sure about Martins/Owen dropping back. 433 is something we may need to get used to though from what Ive seen it looks more like 4321 - in that role I could see Milner and Smith supporting Viduka though that leaves no room for owen or martins. Back to the point though, I think Smith will be for midfield alongside geremi and barton and one other depending on the formation on the day. Either way it can only be good and as I mentioned before, Ill be much happier seeing our bench with the likes of duff/nobby/emre for example than lesib/acadamy no 1/acadamy no 2/butt

RM Milner seems to be our new LM. Nobby's role may be reducing.

Hmm, at 4-3-3 I would only assume Geremi-Barton-Smith/Milner Martins/Smith-Viduka-Owen Of course this is if everyone is fit, which would be rare. at 4-4-2 Smith - Geremi - Barton - Milner Viduka - Owen/Martins I suppose the likes of Duff and Zoggy would find their way in if we could relax our midfield slightly for more flare. Good to have these options though as opposed to wondering who will partner parker and le-sib. Looks like emre/Butt will be destined for the bench also. He said he wanted 2 for each position though, pretty much giving us Smith/NZogbia - Geremi/Emre - Barton/Butt - Milner/Duff Owen/Milner - Viduka/Ameobi

See, now I see him as a midfielder who also gives cover up front.

Gaaaaah will people stop doing that! We are signing (it seems) Smith as well as, not instead of a defender! Awooga.

Dunno like. 40 Min flight, but add the 90mins hanging around in the airports, traffic around london to get in and out. Delays and such. Its a pain in the arse. Still, while Id like to see him relocate, I dont see it as a big problem.

Cant really compare the two as Smith was playing more of a midfield role for Man U.

If anything at least we could get to use that song again which always humored me

Im happy with it. Adding quality to the squad can only be a good thing. Are there better players around? sure. Are there better players available to come to a team not in Europe? I think we'd be hard pushed. Another thing he gives us is options. Im happy that we are starting to build a squad. Not just a first 11. Someone said before about our bench being worthless usually, so again this and some of the other developments will go towards improving this.

Sure someone else mentioned this. Since the board change (here not nufc!), each time I come I need to log in (though as soon as I enter my name it knows the password). Then sometimes when I go to post it asks me to log in again even though Im logged in. Is it some setting Ive not seen yet? Only happens on this site so I assume my cookie settings are fine.

That good, good to hear, but the comments still make you think we need to see before we buy which contradicts his other comment about funds etc. Unless, he has agreed with Mort about not having too many players in on position. So, if we sell dyer we can get in another midfielder, but we can sign a few defenders as we are short.

Its quite likely our name has been thrown in because we made enquiries when we wernt sure if martins or owen were staying. Nothing really to say we are still after him now. Though Id rather have him than Smith. In fact, Id rather have him than most of our forward line.

Ill be happy to get 50% of the games from him. At least we have Martins to fill a similar role.

Four Eyed Cock Clown This whole episode is truely embarrassing though. I really wish these freaks would stick to the small scab on the city that has been allocated to them and not try to spread their scummy ways. Licence to breed really should be applied to some people like.

Burgers. At the friendlies Ive been sitting in the platinum club, but my season ticket is SJH middle tier. I noticed that the burgers in the PC are actually quite palatable compared to the hastely prepared shite that Im used to be served. So Im wondering, is this the new standard across the ground, or does the PC usually get the better burger?

FYP

Simonside Rothbury Newcastle Quayside Alnwick various green places in between all of these.

At first I read that thinking these things happened in theatre, was gonna say bloody hell sounds manic in there! I need to wake up...

and get back to bed its your birthday man woman man! Have a good un.

always makes me laugh when people scream about us signing x kind of player when we need y. FACT is the manager will identify several signing he wants. Lets say a CH, LB and AM/F. Now, lets say they are all wee balls thrown up in the air. Does it matter which one lands first? Plus consider that he may need to get new balls to replace ones he lost. It doesnt matter what order they fall so long as they do land before the window closes. You wouldnt want him to miss say the AM/F landing just because he was only waiting for the LB to land. something like that anyway. Have to agree though, we are not exactly the best prospect these days for players and its going to be a struggle to attract until we turn things around.