Not hard. Carrick is mediocre.

lolol..

We have signed Lamine Diatta on loan.

Bombscare Boumsong vol. 2

Newcastle need a decent midfield players...Geremi is horrendous...he can't even take corners properly. I really don't know why N'Zogbia isn't in the starting line most of the time.

Anyway, I don't know who they'll sign...but that's what needs attention following defense.

Did you miss Geremi's goal against Spurs?

Freekick delivery was alright, corners were up to scratch too. But yes generally he is below average...

Jenas and Dawson ive been told are both going to Newcastle, check Spurs thread if you want more info on Jenas situation.

i'd welcome dawson definately, not too sure on jenas though. he seems a little inconsistent. he'll have a good game about 1 in 3/4. not saying all our midfielders have great games all the time, but if we're going to sign players then they should be consistently good ones.

Carrick is a cracking player. Mediocre your having a laugh

Hey all, first post and I'm from Hull, (don't laugh, we might be playing you next year!) but what's going to happen at Newcastle has been interesting me more than most other stuff since Kev got back, so I'll give my 2 cents :

Kev's well known for his attacking style, and yeah they could get far by attacking the hell out of teams, but if Newcastle are really going to be pushing for the big trophies from next season, I don't think that's going to cut it at all. The standard is just too high all over the pitch when you get to the best clubs nowadays, so he should probably try his best to strengthen the whole side.

First I'd love to see Owen stay. Yeah he had a confidence thing under Keegan before, and he's not done too well, but niether have the whole side. If Kev makes that side better, Owen will get a lot more chances on goal, and there's a chance he could run into the best form he's ever had, so yeah, I really hope he stays up in Newcastle, and that could be a big factor in how well the Magpies do next season. Also : with what they did to Tottenham the other day : that side, and the situation with club as a whole, doesn't look anywhere near as bad as it did, as far as I see it.

As for who to bring in : no clue, but as a first guess I'm thinking he'll go overseas a bit as well as buying from the UK, and bring in one or more from there. I just hope he doesn't buy too many older players. He should really be setting the side up for years to come with younger and middle aged (in football terms of course.) ones aswell.

Where to strengthen? Not totally sure here, but I'd suggest : A world class midfielder. Someone who can really hold the side together, and that can defend and attack if needed. Someone who can help them dominate in the middle of the pitch, where so much of the game is going to be fought out. Then a really good central defender to help shore up that defence. Like I said, I don't think just attacking will cut it when they come up against the best teams. After that I'd say a good winger, and I'm guessing that will probably happen, then another good striker. Maybe a really expensive and world class one, but I don't think he should spend too much and leave himself short for other areas of the pitch.

If he does all that, then brings in two or three up and coming players, maybe not very well known but who are quality, and can help give the squad some depth and promise for the future a bit more, I think they could end up shocking a lot of people next season.

Will all that happen? Probably not, but hopefully something of that nature will, and next season Newcastle can start ripping up some of the best teams in the Premiership, because I'd love to see them back at the top again.

Welcome to the site Astral, and a great first post from you.
Why don't you introduce yourself in the newcomer section, and stick around?

hey there, and thanks! Am busy for a while today, but will probably introduce myself later on.

i hope you're implying that you coud get promoted

nice first post though mate.

mediocre/good.

Nothing more. Not very good, not superb, not world class.

Cheers, and haha, yep, was definitely meaning if we get promoted. I can't see Newcastle going down now.

mediocre/good? Not really the same or near either. You would have alrite in between that also me thinks.

To be in a Man United team you would have to be at least very good. Sir Alex wouldnt have it any other way

Huh?


And no, you don't have to be at least very good to get in the Man U team. All good teams have average players in them. Wes Brown i have been impressed with this season, but he certainly isn't ''very good''. He's proven that time and time against at International level. O'Shea, Kusczac, Pique, Carrick, Park, aren't all very good. All very good players to have, and most are good players, but a very good player is someone like Rosicky, Hleb, Bentley etc. And from last season - Smith and Richardson weren't very good. In fact Smith was and still is absolute garbage.

For a start how can you say Pique? Many times you seen him play?

Enough to not be impressed - at all. I wanted him to do well, because he's a young Spanish centre back, and it's good to see them do well in England. I do think he will become a good player though. He's just a bit young. Like Kaboul. I'm sure he will become a very good player.

Enough? Many games? i cant see how you could judge him when he has hardly played in England. So to bring him up is a joke.

Thats why he got rid of smith and richardson as they were good for him at some point then he felt they werent. Pretty obvious that?

No idea how many times i've seen him play. I've seen him enough to know he isn't ''very good''. I don't mean he isn't good, but he isn't what i would call very good from what i've seen. Players i think are very good are Lescott, Distin, Dunne etc.

Lescott and Dunne agree but Distan i disagree. He has to many games where he is either sh1t or really good

I was thinking more from last season though. Last season he impressed me more.

Now you never said last season? How would i know you think of last year? And why would i wanna think about last year?