Gribz
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Jonc might just agree with you on that However id have started Miller first. He obviously showed a bit of hunger last night to do well and he could have scored.
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Totally agree they should be given a chance. The promising tag should get thrown out the window and if you have potential then show on the top stage. Lets get Lafferty, Fleck and Furman all in that team in place of Dailly, Adam and McCulloch.
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I see what Porno is getting at but it still stands to say that no fan should really have a say on the managers signings. But WS shouldnt be so blunt about it.
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Well here's Arsenals new midfielder they were after. Once again another youngster who doesnt raise eyebrows.
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I dont think he should be punished forever but I dont think he deserves to be rewarded with 50k a week. I agree Newcastle should have taken a stand but the problem is they see him as a business asset and if they sack him then he can join another rival club - sad state of affairs. Footballers who think they are bigger than the law deserved to be brought back down to the real world.
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Plymouth (i think) just sacked their keeper for a car accident while he was over the limit. This is the treatment id expect, but it seems Barton is being given a chance due to being a footballer, or Newcastle seem to think they will get something out of it. Footballers dont deserve extra treatment. However Barton has done his time here and has the chance to become a reformed character, shame its on about 50k a week.
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Id say WS will shuffle people around to cover the full back positions. I think we'll see Dailly and Broadfoot filling in at RB and Whittaker playing both sides when required as well as Papac at LB. Depending on Webster coming good we will also see a few shuffling round at centre half to partner a fit Carlos. We definatly need 2 centre midfielders plus a right sided midfielder to cover Novo. You'd think losing Burke and Naismith should have raised some alarms here.
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Pretty much the team I put down bar Cousin. But I can see this 4-5-1 coming back into things but he may play strikers in midfield.
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I still hope we get Davis and Varnynen. But if we do I cant work out what we will do with all the strikers, surely a few have to be offloaded.
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Why?? Look at the list on paper, its very impressive. Whether they perform or not is another matter, but would you swap Rangers midfield for this? I would in an instant!! Behrami - RM Etherington - LM Mullins - CM Bowyer - CM/RM Noble - CM Quashie - CM Parker - CM Faubert - RM Dyer - CM Ljungberg - RM / LM Boa Morte - LM
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It would make sense to update the team photo every 6 months or at the end of a transfer window.
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They lost Flamini and Gilberto aswell so thats a chunk out of the midfield. But as you say Eduardo will be back at one point (if he is the same player), plus Van persie was out for the most of last season so thats like a new signing. Also Rosicky will be back soon, who again, will be like a new signing.
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Gerrard would get in my Premier League XI for sure. I dont think Benitez liked Riise too much. Another team with an impressive midfield on paper is West Ham but the defence there lets us down badly.
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There was a great link on here for the Schalke game, i wonder if it will be used again.
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Yeah they dont sound bad players but they will be unproven to begin with. Riise leaving is a loss and i read today that Arbeloa is heading back to Spain. But the midfield is looking good, like the 4th best in England
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He's still the best striker we have at the club though and if it means he gets us into the CL then so be it. he may redeem himself a bit by this.
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You just said it yourself, you dont know too much about the players they have signed - so thats where Im coming from. The players they have signed coud be absolute average at best. They certainly arent exactly Ashley Cole or Patrice Evra or we would know about them. Plus Agger and Carragher are not a patch on Vidic & Ferdinand, Terry & Carvalho or Gallas & Toure.
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Naismith is out for almost the season Jon. Im sure it was originally a 12 month injury which was 2 months ago now. Once Beasley and Cuellar are back it makes us look stronger but we have to get a replacement for Ferguson
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Yip as mentioned on the other thread its a great signing for Liverpool. He has the quality to walk into their starting XI. I still dont think they are near good enough defensively or in the wide areas to match Chelsea or Man Utd, plus their strength in depth is way short of those 2.
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I agree McGregor should also start. If he was out the team due to a dip in form then yes he would have to win his shirt back but at the start of a season the message for the team should be that our strongest players will play. I can see WS going with somethig near Cammys first XI except I can see Broadfoot at RB with Whittaker in midfield in place of Novo. Thats certainly not a move id make. Its a tough one to pick but my team would be: McGregor Whittaker Dailly Weir Papac Novo Hemdani Thomson McCulloch Velicka Cousin
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Pete, do you think he would be worth paying 1m for him compared to 3.5m for Davis? He is one player I quite fancy and think we should go for. Im sure PSV would maybe take around 700k for him if they want him off the books.
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Either WH get a 20 or 25 point head start or just the individual matches - cant remember what we said.
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Well of course its if's and but's as we will never know how it would have turned out. They hit a bit of bad luck at the wrong time, had they not then they wouldnt have been caught IMO. Ive already got the west ham bet with you, but id consider cancelling it and swapping it with Arsenal.
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Maybe, and its all ifs and buts but if Eduardo didnt get injured Id say Arsenal would have went onto win it. That knocked the stuffing out of arsenal and a dodgy penalty set them on a run of 4 silly draws. The Wigan pitch was unplayable and the battered Middlesboro but couldnt score. Only Villa deserved to get something off them in the run. They they went to Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford and were the better team but lost. Van Persie will be like a new signing for them this year and as soon as they get Rosicky back thats a boost. The goons will still finish above Liverpool
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Agreed about Tevez. He looked different class at West Ham but then at Man Utd he hasnt looked near as much a stand out. I expect Nani to be an improved player this season. He is a bit like Ronaldo was to start with - showboating etc, but Sir Awex will sort that out in him aswell. I would still never write Arsene Wenger off, he is so clever. I backed them this time last year when they were expected to fall out of the top 4 but they were brilliant for 8 months of the season. If they get 1 or 2 more players in then they will be there or there abouts again.
