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• 1 scott9 // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:40

  yep that is exackly the team i would like to see ed apart from i probably would rest taylor as he is making quit alot of mistakes recently so i would probably play diatta

• 2 Tom_Toon // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:42

  a shit one, thats for sure.

  Id like:

  Harper
  Beye Faye Edgar Enrique
  Lualua Butt Barton N’Zogbia
  Martins Carroll

• 3 scott9 // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:47

  however keegan will play this team im sure of it
  harper
  beye faye taylor enrique
  duff butt barton zog
  owen smith
  i would be very suprised if smith or butt were dropped

• 4 Eric // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:49

  Up to KK whether he picks an XI that will fight and win or chooses a P45 along with his Summer unemployed losers. So what is wrong with Harper, Beye, Diatta, acapa, Enrique, Geremi, Faye, NZogbia, Duff, Martins, Carroll. Will not be picked with Martins lucky to play. What has he got against Martins when he was such a fan of Tino?

• 5 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 12:51

  i want this team, dispite the fact i dont particularly like butt barton or smith

  harper

  beye faye diatta enrique

  duff butt barton nzogbia

  owen smith

  i would be elated though is smith was not in there, because he isnt good enough, ideally i would have viduka there, or maybe even martins because either have their positives, but im sure smith will be in there, because this so called contract insert…

  maybe craigg is write that keegan is only playing smith because martins and viduka arnt fit

  i hope so and i hope maybe tomorrow they are fully fit

• 6 Viper // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:01

  I have fear Smith will be there alongside MO, after his seeming ‘vote of confidene’ FOR smith.
  I also do not see KK playing ANOTHER radically different squad from his normal.
  We know and hope he does.
  On the lads (for us lot who care like religion)

• 7 scott9 // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:05

  martins has to play defenders just dont now what hes gonna do he can come up with something out of nothing in my opinion he is one of the most talented players in the premier league he is special he has a special talent something that ordinary players dont have he needs to play he could save us from relagation

• 8 Lee lee // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:15

  If Smith has got that clause , it has to be the daftest thing ive heard for a long time .Who would sign an average player and have a must play clause .I dont even mind the team Ed thinks We,ll play apart from Smith as a Striker.We may aswell field 10 players for all the good he,s been doing.

• 9 stanley // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:16

  i am getting sick to see Martins waste time on the bench again.In fact,i am wondering who’s the one to decide the start line up every march?!Is that Dennis Wise…?!@Gods know!

  Anyway,wish my choice as under can be appear in monday night

  Harper
  Beye Taylor/faye Cacapa Jose
  Geremi Barton Butt Duff
  Martins Owen/Viduka

  The selection between taylor and faye coz they are the same style of defender which will cause our defensive speed.

  And Owen absoultely lack of heart play for magpies,but i don’t think KK will drop him down

• 10 Sturla // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:18

  I pretty much agree with you on both your team selection and the team Keegan will put out. Of course it is easy for us fans to criticize the selection when things are going bad, but there is nothing that says that fans selection would to better. It might be the same or worse. Then we’d be complaining that Keegan should be consistent in his team selection. If Smith would be left out we would complain that the fighting spirit was missing with Smith out. The thing is we’ll always complain when things are going bad.

• 11 Hen // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:25

  I think Butt and Barton would make an adequate pairing in the middle IF Barton played to his old standards. Frankly we don’t see the training ground and I did rate the Barton of old, just taking his time to get back in to it after the injuries and his “new years holiday”.If not then Zog in the middle and Lua Lua on the right, we need attacking options in the centre of midfield and Geremi/Butt/Smith don’t cut it.
  KK cannot play Smith and Owen up front again, not now Martins and Viduka are fit. It wasn’t working end of story.

• 12 Nomis_jade // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:29

  i concur with most people. I reckonkk will pick this team;
  Harper
  Beye taylor faye enrique
  Duff butt barton nzog
  Duke Owen

  However, it will be very interesting to see if smith is involved in the starting 11. My team would be a little different;

  Harper
  Beye diatta faye enrique
  Duff geremi barton Nzog
  Duke Owen

  Diatta beye and faye have just played six good games with each other at the ACN so i reckon they could be pretty solid.
  Iv picked geremi over butt cos butt does my head in with his shit passing, regardless of his tackling and work rate.
  And i would prob start with Duke and owen, and bring martins on for Duke, who will undoubtably get tired!

• 13 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:33

  the team he will put out tomorrow is

  cech

  g.johnson terry toure clichy

  ronaldo carrick gerrard j.cole

  berbatov martins

  — oh well i chose one player correct…

  i heard a funny joke…

  what does a toon fan do after his side has just beat real madrid in the championsleague final…

  switch fifa 08 off

• 14 Tom Cairns // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:36

  I know Butt isn’t everyone’s favorite player but it is interesting to see so many backing geremi to replace him even after his abysmal displays pre-Christmas. have people just forgotten or are they hoping that he will just play better now after a pretty successful ACN?

• 15 Tom_Toon // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:45

  Leo i hope he will name this side:

  —————Ochoa——————–
  Dani Alves Mexes Kompany Chivu
  ————Mascherano————–
  ——Muntari———-Xavi———
  Ribery——————–van der Vaart
  ———-Ibrahimovic——————-

  

• 16 johny butler // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:45

  k.k needs a team with a least a bit fight in them there fore would go for harper,beye,faye,taylor,enrique,geremi,diatta,barton,zog,martins,carrol

• 17 dragoner // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:49

  if smith and owen is up front partnership kk is an idiot

• 18 si // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:49

  This is the team I’d like to see us play:

  Harper

  Beye Taylor Faye Enrique

  Geremi Barton Nzogbia Duff

  Owen Martins
  Subs: Forster, Diatta, Smith, Carroll, Viduka

  This is the team I think KK will play:

  harper
  beye faye taylor enrique
  duff barton butt zog
  owen Martins

  Subs: Forster, Smith, Diatta, Viduka, Geremi

• 19 Hadji // Mar 16, 2008 at 13:59

  Or maybe this one
  ……………………..Pinto………………………………….
  Maicon…………Meira……Puyol…………..Abidal
  ……………………….De Rossi…………………………..
  Quaresma……………………………….Capel………..
  …………………….Mutu………………………………….
  …………Luis Fabiano………….Mario Gomez……..

• 20 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:03

  Tony Cairns 100% agree about Geremi and people saying they want him in the team. He has not had 1 half decent game for us and has been a complete joke when he has played he has looked uninterested just like Duff instead of going looking for the ball he hides from the ball and when he recieves the ball he does not know what to do with it and rushes his passes always losing possesion i would rather have Smith or Barton or Butt or Emre in CM than Geremi i would be happy if he never kicked a ball again for us.

• 21 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:15

  Has anyone read about Dennis Wise on 1.5m a year wages payed by the club and spending saturday at the theatre what a fookng joke we have a team full of players getting payed millions and are a complete joke and now we have people who do not have much imput in the club also getting payed for fook all.

• 22 MIKE HOOPERS POOPER SCOOPER // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:32

  ————Harper
  -Beye– Faye –Taylor– Enrique
  ————-Butt———-
  -Martins- Barton—N’Zogbia-
  —–Viduka—–Owen—-

• 23 faustino // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:35

  My money’s on:

  ………….Harper
  Beye Taylor Feye Enrique
  Duff Smith Barton N’Zogbia
  ……Owen Viduka

  With Barton pushing on and Smith holding/kicking

• 24 milnerfan // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:46

  Heres a question, do you think that smith and butt will go in the summer if we bring in more mid fielders? And another striker? or do you think other players will have to make way for them to fit into the starting 11 each week?

• 25 nightfall // Mar 16, 2008 at 14:53

  harper
  beye (c) faye edgar enrique
  lualua geremi n’zogbia duff
  martins carroll

  subs: forster, taylor, butt, emre, shola

• 26 dragoner // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:03

  oh for f**k sake! now fulham are winning 1-0

• 27 Andreas // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:04

  My prediction:
  Harper
  Beye Faye Taylor Enrique
  Smith Butt Barton Duff
  Owen (c) Viduka
  Subs: whomever

  My choice (although I do not want to see Owen, Butt and possibly Barton playing next season):
  Harper
  Beye Faye Diatta/Capaca Enrique
  Duff Butt Barton N’Zogbia
  Owen (c) Martins
  Subs: Forster Geremi Viduka Carrol Edgar

• 28 ToonKing // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:07

  I’d like

  ——————-Buffon—————–
  Dani Alves Nesta Rio Taiwo

  Carrick—–Yaya Toure—–Muntari

  Quaresma———————C.Ronaldo
  —————van Nistelrooy————

  seriously now………i’d like to see

  Harper
  Beye Faye Cacapa Enrique
  Duff Barton Lua Lua Zog
  ——-Owen—-Viduka—-

  Subs: Forster, Diatta, Butt, Smith, Martins

• 29 daiv // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:12

  Dragoner,
  KK will pick Smith somewhere. Probably as a striker. In that case we deserve to get relegated because KKs team selections are peverse. Its no good saying we have players to get us out of trouble (Martins Viduka Lua Lua) if we KK keeps picking old farts like Smith and Butt. If he picks Smith again, it means that the guy has lost the plot. Bonkers. Hell bent on doing it his own way into oblivion…Championship. He does not want to be shown to be wrong, so he’ll keep picking Smith until he scores a goal and say “see, Smith is golddust.” 1 on 0 goals in 38 games is not really golddust. I’d back myself to score 1 goal a season even if it went in off my backside.

• 30 daiv // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:15

  Everybody is winning games except the Toon. its between us and Bolton for the 3rd place.

• 31 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:31

  alves was in my team as was kompany but decided to limit myself to prem players

• 32 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:36

  so what if wise is getting paid 1.5 million a year. for that money he cant be expected to work every hour god gives him… get off his back…

• 33 shirts // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:37

  Fulham have won and Bolton have just gone 1-0 down to 10 man Wigan… I don’t know what to hope for there… should I pray for a draw?

• 34 dragoner // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:40

  im watching wigan v bolton on the net, wigan have ten men yet bolton still cannot handle them, wigan should be 2 or 3 up, they continue to play really well

• 35 shirts // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:42

  What about

  Harper
  Beye, Diatta, Cacapa, Enrique
  Faye
  Duff, Emre, N’Zogbia
  Owen, Martins

  Duke off the bench

  Is Emre still injured?

• 36 nate dawg // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:43

  harper
  beye faye diatta enrique
  gerimi barton zog
  owen
  martin duke

  forster taylor carrol duff smith

  owen doesnt have his pace anymore but is a decent passer and has great eye for space so would be ideal pick out martins runs and playing into duke and might help link the whole squad cause gerimi and zog can be fairly defensive wen we aint got the ball

• 37 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:51

  Some of them teams people are suggesting we have more chance in signing Bin Laden and his 50 odd sons probalby still better than Smith.

• 38 Tripp // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:54

  Let Wigan win. They’re already ahead of us in the table and the way we’re playing we really need somebody else to suck as badly as we do. Fulham has just shutout everton (WTF happened to the Toffees today?) so they’re catching up. Makes the Fulham game that much more crucial.

• 39 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 15:55

  Leo i am not having a go at Wise it is prob just paper talk but it says the club want an explantion so if that is the case he was meant to be on club business not at the theatre . Whatever it is getting paid 1.5mil for watching football and sitting on your ass in your hometown with your family sounds like the best job in the world to me.

• 40 Bob // Mar 16, 2008 at 16:01

  Would be pleased if Wigan hold on for a win against Bolton…. would keep Bolton firmly in the third spot for relegation.

• 41 daiv // Mar 16, 2008 at 16:02

  cj
  it is a good job. not bad if you can get it. don’t blame wise if he can get away with it, blame the board. wise has no interest in this club.

• 42 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 16:04

  ooh oh. spirits are aparntly high! does that mean viduka has brought his drinks cabinet into work with him

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_3312180,00.html

• 43 Andy Graham // Mar 16, 2008 at 16:28

  Not too fussed on the teamsheet aslong as they put the effort in, that of course means no Smith (worst player ever in black and white) and no Duff (couldn’n pass someone on the high street)

  Harper
  Beye Taylor Feye Enrique
  Lua Lua Barton Butt N Zogbia
  Owen Martins

• 44 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 16:34

  Terry Mc must be buzzing that the spirits are high. Daiv exactly i thought there wasn’t something right when he left management as an up and coming manger who has done well at the clubs he has been at leaving a job where he was working day to day with the players i said at the time it was all about cash Wise prob hates Newcastle but if you get offered stupid amounts of money you will not say no we also reportedly have a scout on 300 grand and only works 2-3 months of the year another great job watching football and getting paid Mike Cashley should start paying us who go to watch a shit team and have to pay.

• 45 leavy // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:02

  this is the team he WILL PLAY going on his press releases this week

  harper

  beye faye taylor enrique

  smith barton butt duff

  owen viduka

  he has already spoke of smiths “determination and attitude this week” so he will play , owen is captain and will play as will viduka if keegans interview on nufc.co.uk is anything to go by
  harper, beye taylor faye enrique will rightfully start taylor will play as he in geordie and can do no wrong, also keegan has come out and said we need players like barton although i think hes right lastly duff and butt seem undroppable.

  personally id play

  harper

  beye faye cacapa/ diatta enrique

  lua lua barton geremi (i hate him but better than butt)

  owen viduka/carol martins

  will never happen

• 46 Steve_48 // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:03

  FT Wigan 1-0 Bolton (1500 GMT)

  Good result for us this is:

  13 Wigan 29 -16 28
  14 Reading 30 -22 28
  15 Newcastle 29 -26 28
  16 Sunderland 30 -22 27
  17 Birmingham 29 -12 26
  18 Bolton 28 -14 25
  19 Fulham 30 -22 23
  20 Derby 30 -50 10

• 47 Geordie Joe // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:04

  I personally don’t think monday is a must win game. as long as we beat fulhum reading and the scum at home we will be fine.

• 48 Steve_48 // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:05

  Hear what your saying Joe but 3 points tomorrow night is a great pressure release going into the home based fixtures

• 49 Tripp // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:13

  A win at brum would be massive. We just need points. The way Reading are playing those 3 points are anything but automatic. We need every win we can get, because we’re bound to cock something up, or somebody else gets a surprise win (like Fulham did today). So in that sense, Habib Beye was right. 9 cup finals until the end of the season.

• 50 toonfan1 // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:13

  steve48- wigan are now on 31 points not 28 and bolton have now played 29 games so they dont have a game in hand on us anymore but ur right- a great result for us in our bid to stay up

• 51 Jamie // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:15

  If we win against brum tomorrow, we are 5 clear of them and 6 clear of bolton and we could win, we are due a win after all. Its great that Wigan have won, gives us a bit more freedom knowing we are still 3 clears of bolton and have fulham, reading and sunderland all to play at home. I think we need a huge performance tomorrow and make sure we dont lose. thats the first priority.

• 52 holykev // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:23

  MIKE HOOPERS POOPER SCOOPER. thats the team i would play! best pick yet. pooper scooper for manager.

• 53 daiv // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:30

  If KK picks Butt Barton and Smith I will not be happy and recommend the manager consults a psychiatrist. Bonkers. One of them OK, but all three? All three proves the manager cannot see the wood for the trees and is determined to field the worst team he can without making it look obvious that he is on the Mackem payroll.

• 54 trojan // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:35

  From the Mail…
  Shannon Mathews from Dewsbury, the recently crowned ” Uk hide and Seek champion 2008″ first words to the police when found yesterday, ” Have newcastle won yet ???, Has Alan Smith scored??

  She was told “F*^K off you`ve only been gone a month . . . .

• 55 neil09 // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:45

  A message that’s totally off the subject, and from a rather dubious source (tribalfootball.com), but however, Barcelona are reputedly looking to offload Giovanni Dos Santos for 7 million in the summer, do you guys think we should be interested in him?

• 56 Obafan // Mar 16, 2008 at 17:57

  If he puts Martins on the bench, they can sack him immediately even before the game. We need Oba and he will once again pick Smith. Can’t they see that he is a waste of space. I really don’t know how they don’t see that. Managers get overpaid (same for players) and they need to pick the best team. KK has NEVER in the previous games picked his best formation available. For that I really doubt at his mangerial skills.

  KK has got his favourites and those will bring us down. Like the story of the Spanish manager; every manager would do better than KK has done.

  Hope for a win. I’m in Prague tomorrow so I will follow via mobile phone.

• 57 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:03

  The only good thing today that has happened is the yids getting beat i fooking hate them. Is anybody else sick to death of Allashite talking about NUFC he should be sitting happily on his multi million pound pay off he got the fat raggy tashed piece of horse piss.He should pay back the Alan Smith transfer fee he will be able to afford it.

• 58 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:08

  Ginger Mike Hooper Super Doopa Poopa Scoopa is now better and reliable than Given Goals away even though he will be in his 40’s and prob about 18 stone.

• 59 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:15

  on a total different note, has anyone seen that becks have had to change their beer advert… the one with the punks in and the girl with the tiny dress etc….

  any idea why they have cut the carnavel dancer out of the advert…

  i personally am gutted they did it because its the best bit!

• 60 domtoon // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:18

  any team that doesn’t include smith, butt, carr or cacapa. in my opinion martins MUST start. been watching some videos of him on youtube and he’s our best striker at the moment. not had much service but like it’s been mentioned previously in this thread, he can score from nothing.

• 61 GP // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:21

  Dos Santos for £7M? I’m not so sure that’d happen, he’s still young so why wouldn’t Barcelona want to keep him on for a little bit longer to see if he can make it in their team?

• 62 Michael // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:25

  I must need a new prescription as my eyes mislead me.
  This is the revered messiah about whom you write, surely
  he is very competent he needs not deploy any tactics.

  All of you think he knows football after all look what he did in the 90’s, yes?
  You suddenly have the audacity to tell Kev who to pick? If he is so master minded as you claim then you should be in support of his choices, he knows best not you. So if smith starts and Oba is on the bench then Keegan has a master plan after all this is KING KEV Always your KING.

• 63 Andreas // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:48

  Giovanni Dos Santos for 7 million will not happen, end of story. Dos Santos and Bojan Krkić are the future for Barca, and both play regulary this season.

• 64 dragoner // Mar 16, 2008 at 18:52

  DOS SANTOS FOR 7 MILLION!?! LOL!

  times that by 4 and you might just have a chance of gettin him…if your name is man united or arsenal that is

• 65 GP // Mar 16, 2008 at 19:00

  He’s not really proven himself yet imo, but it’s likely he will be at Barcelona for a long time.

• 66 Tom_Toon // Mar 16, 2008 at 19:12

  Dos Santos has been quite poor this season.

• 67 CJ // Mar 16, 2008 at 19:14

  We will sign Barry Scott from the sillit bang advert.

• 68 Luc // Mar 16, 2008 at 19:47

  Harper
  Beye Faye Cacapa Enrique
  Geremi Barton Zoggy Duff
  Owen Martins

• 69 Macca // Mar 16, 2008 at 20:13

  At this stage God only knows who he’ll play. But em in other news, and from a very..well.. unreliable source, apparently Shay Given has made a “shock USA dash” to Phoenix, a very “hush hush” trip to see another specialist. Unknown to the media and apparently unknown to his teammates. And apparently now there are question marks over his career and apparently they want to operate immediately despite Keegan’s wishes. Apparently though there are real, serious question marks over his career. But like I said it’s not the most reliable source so I wouldn’t take that much from it..yet. I hope he’s wrong.

• 70 king // Mar 16, 2008 at 20:37

  good line up boys……??? NOT!!!!!!

  SHOULD START WITH THIS ONE

  Harper
  Beye Diatta Faye Enrique
  Nzogbia Barton Smith (C) Duff
  Martins Viduka

  and dont blame smith for everything!!!

• 71 figsdad // Mar 16, 2008 at 21:15

  keegan out.

  if he plays smith and owen upfront

  when we got the likes of martins and carrol who can do more damage to the opposite defence..

• 72 T // Mar 16, 2008 at 21:27

  ……………….Harper
  ……..Beye Taylor Cacapa Enrique
  ……………….Barton
  …..Zog………………………Duff
  ……………….Smith
  …………..Owen Martins

• 73 Leo // Mar 16, 2008 at 21:38

  stop asking for keegans head. sheeeesh. its actually getting beyond a joke now. keep you campaign to harm the club to yourself. we will get no where by sacking him

• 74 richie // Mar 16, 2008 at 21:42

  probable team tomo:

  harper
  beye taylor faye enrique
  smith barton butt duff
  viduka owen

• 75 liam // Mar 16, 2008 at 21:58

  …………………….Harper…………………………………

  Beye……Taylor……….Faye………..Enrique………

  Duff……………….Butt……………….N’zogbia……..

  …………………….Smith…………………………………

  ………..Owen…………………Viduka…………………..

• 76 Ausgeordie // Mar 16, 2008 at 22:37

  I’d like

  ……………..Harper
  Beye….Diatta…Capaca…..Enrique
  Duff…..Faye……Barton…….Zogbia
  ………..Martins…..Owen

  Subs: Lua Lua incase Duff is playing like Shit, Taylor for Capaca or Diatta, Butt for Faye and Carroll for his impact off the bench.

• 77 Momo // Mar 16, 2008 at 23:25

  Surely people would prefer Luque to Smith at this very moment. At least Luque could score against sunderland. Keegan needs to think properly, does 2 men with a goal drought and a midfield which is too defensive an not creative going to keep them up. No of course not. Play Martins alongside owen and geremi instead of Butt because Barton can have good games at some point. Just please do not pick Smudge, im fed up of watching Smudge up front

• 78 Toooooooooooooooooon // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:56

  i think smith WILL always start, either striker or as a right midfielder…..

  can u remember when the last time alan smith trouble any keeper?

• 79 Toooooooooooooooooon // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:59

  btw luque score at least some goals eventho he don’t being gave enough games….

  If luque got Alan Smith every matches startup then i rekon Luque will score 30 goals

• 80 HeronMag // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:42

  GK Harper
  RB Beye
  CB Taylor
  CB Faye
  LB Enrique
  DM Butt
  AM Barton
  LM N’Zogbia
  RM Lua Lua
  CF Martins/Owen
  CF Viduka/Carroll

  Hope to God he picks this team. Owen and Martins are similar players (Martins is better at getting past his man, Owen the better finisher) and although Duff has been in better form I’d like to see K Lua Lua get a chance. I’ve always preferred at least one striker in the box to be strong in the air so would have to be either Carroll or Fat Duka partnering a pacey striker like Owen or Martins.

• 81 hanzemre // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:11

  Harper
  Beye Taylor Faye Enrique
  Smith Barton Butt Duff
  Owen Viduka

  Sub: Forster, Martins, Carroll, Geremi, N’Zogbia, Lua Lua, Emre

  If the like of Smith, Butt,Barton,Geremi to start hopefully this time they’d give the best performances of the season. Win it for us fans.

• 82 toonhitman // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:17

  if he picks smith were in the soup must start with owen and oba

• 83 Bjergvehn // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:41

  is EMRE still injured ? ? ?

  IMO We have to have Faye in there. We also have to have Geremi and Martins in the team. Thats for sure

  Give Barton and Smith a rest for this game. . !! !

• 84 Michael // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:43

  I must object at your harsh crticisms toward Alan Smith. Have you not considered that had he good service he would score? I ma not suggesting he would become prolific but he would surely get an odd goal now and again.

  Smith is not a natural goal getter and he knows this but it is not as though he is oblivious as to where the goal is. No doubt he has some knowledge but Service at Newcastle this season has been very very very bad, that our top goal scorer has what 5 - 6 goals is an insult.

  Owen and Viduka and Martins have not been firring on all cylinders surely this must be a case of a very very poor service from midfield.

  Yes strikers can create a chance or two from nothing but never before has a striker created all 20 + goals in a season on thier own, even the Great Thierry Henry could not make more than 5 - 7 Goals a season on hi own.

  Give him a break, if he scores tonight you will sing his praises.

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