FOOTBALL: Season 2006/07 Discussion Thread

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:03 am 0

Zoot wrote:
mac monkey wrote:
Guru-Meditation wrote:Looks like Spurs are the bandwagon to jump on if you're a foreigner

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/060719
Good read that

Although he's making a school boy error supporting Spurs over Liverpool

Also Liverpool most hated rival is not any of the London teams IMO it just Chelsea, and nearer to home the mancs obviously, although since Mourinho came on the scene i have more time for the mancs....can't believe i wrote that...DAMN ITS TOO HOT!!
haha - first a name change, then this. Why, we'll have you in the Stretford End next. Come on Ronaldo!

...now you've put it into context, well i must admit i'm feeling a little faint

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:45 pm 0

So, is Duff going and if so, where?

Last I heard the Toon had outbid Spurs, but Liverpool are now interested.

Shouldn't Newcastle be looking for a striker?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:06 pm 0

indeed.

If Owen were fit he'd be a cracking player to add and we were after him last year. But Newcastle fans won't stand for a season of 4-5-1...

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:39 pm 0

cyric100 wrote:So, is Duff going and if so, where?

Last I heard the Toon had outbid Spurs, but Liverpool are now interested.

Shouldn't Newcastle be looking for a striker?

..no chance of him going to LFC, JM dislikes Liverpool FC to put it mildly.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 204958.stm

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:39 pm 0

Well, he's a bloody good buy, but I'm astonished if we have Â£8m to spend we're not spending it on a striker.

Then again, anyone we went to looking for a striker would probably charge us an extra Â£5m anyway cos they know we're desperate.

Guess it's Ameobi and two left-wingers as strikers this season then

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:00 pm 0

Duff's not a bad goalscorer, actually. Certainly not an out-and-out goalscorer, but he knows where the net is. Might be good playing off a striker? Basically playing where Luque would have been hoping to play....

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:08 pm 0

You know, Duff could make a pretty good avatar . . .

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:10 pm 0

Zen-Chan wrote:You know, Duff could make a pretty good avatar . . .

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:00 pm 0

mac monkey wrote:
cyric100 wrote:So, is Duff going and if so, where?

Last I heard the Toon had outbid Spurs, but Liverpool are now interested.

Shouldn't Newcastle be looking for a striker?
..no chance of him going to LFC, JM dislikes Liverpool FC to put it mildly.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 204958.stm

Not sure BenÃtez is a huge fan of Duff, to be honest. No hints locally as to LFC sniffing around at all. Not that that means a great deal

Duff was a cert Ged houllier target but not convinced the current rÃ©gime are that keen. Sort of surprising given the recent kafuffle re wide players/Simao etc.

No Name · Post by **No Name** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:47 pm 0

If Duff could recapture anything like his Blackburn form, he'd be an excellent buy for Newcastle. He can beat people, score goals, tackle, and he's a great crosser.

You just need a 24-year-old Alan Shearer in the middle to finish things off.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:14 pm 0

No Name wrote:If Duff could recapture anything like his Blackburn form, he'd be an excellent buy for Newcastle. He can beat people, score goals, tackle, and he's a great crosser.

You just need a 24-year-old Alan Shearer in the middle to finish things off.

Well, we've got Shola Ameobi....

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:16 pm 0

I'm wondering if they might try to push N'Zogbia up front - leave Duff to the wider duties.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:37 pm 0

Shola, Super Shola!

Fillyourboots · Post by **Fillyourboots** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:39 pm 0

Dio wrote:I'm wondering if they might try to push N'Zogbia up front - leave Duff to the wider duties.

I thought the opposite might be true.

Signing of the week for me is Joe Joyce as Academy boss, purely because he's a local lad. Apparently I met him years ago (I have no recollection of this) and later got a signed Barnsley programme (possibly from his mum, my junior school teacher at the time).

Lovely guy, with a lot to offer. Very pleased about this.

Welcome to Newcastle, Joe.

Cadmium Lemon · Post by **Cadmium Lemon** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:49 pm 0

I'm extremely sorry to see Duffadona leave Chelsea, but I have no idea why Newcastle have signed him. Duff does indeed know where the net is, but even in the extremely advanced wing position he played in our 4-3-3/4-5-1 formation, he'd never pick up more than a goal every five games or so.

Still. First Scotty Parker, and now Duff. Stop signing my favourite players, you lot.