Newcastle Banter Archive February 10 2013

10 Feb 2013 13:47:49
we played well against Spurs they have only lost 2 games at home this season and we played well enough to earn a draw, the only changes we need are Marveaux for jonas and tiote for perch. I would also have Campbell on the bench shola offers nothing in fact he wasted time. Hope Goufran is ok

Ben Arfa for Jonas, Tiote for Perch, MbBiwa for either Colo or Taylor and we should be ready to match any team.
Agree about Shola - he is totally inept and shouldn't be anywhere near the squad. I know we bought some good players in the window but not buying another striker was a big mistake.
Regrettably we have nothing coming up from the reserves in the way of strikers and that has to be addressed by the club. Unfortunately, in my opinion, Campbell needs time before he can be considered.

Campbell could come on for 10-15 minuets like shola does even though young and inexperieced would do as good if not better than shola and I never want to see ranger in the shirt again

Leave Shola alone man. We know he's not the best, jeezzz we have put up with the lad for over ten years now. Let him finish his career off at us.

Don't forget that Shola does come up with the goods when we most need him, the very vital times. How many times has he rescued us from the Mackhams, or brought us back level against teams, or the fact that he is our 2nd top goal scorer in Europe only behind Shearer.

I know he is not world class (far from it) but his heart is in the right place, he does try and you can see that. We only have to put up with him for another 2 years now

For someone playing for his boy hood team I rekon he does not try! he wonders aroudn the pitch, looses a few headers, now even mis times a few tackles he should be told to retire at the end of the season

Quite frankly Shola is an absolute embarrassment and how the Toon management and staff can't see that is beyond me.
I'd sooner see Steven Taylor at centre forward, at least the opposing defence would know he was there and they were in a game.
I look forward to the day when I don't have to see him lazily ambling around the field as if he had all the time in the world.

10 Feb 2013 12:43:31
Right, 12 games left of the season, we've got 3 matches against top teams, home to liverpool which we need a win, home to arsenal which we can try and win at least get a draw. Away to man city try and get a draw but most likely loose. We need to try and get 7 wins, at least 2 draws. Maximum of 3 loses. So win our home games, win half of our away games, draw the rest, maybe lose 1 or 2, that will easily get us top 10 possibly 7th.

The key thing we're missing is that star player, someone who can give the team a lift and he will develop into a player that you just can't knock off the ball. Arsenal have Cazorla, walcott, podolski. Villa have benteke, chelsea have lampard, hazard, mata, everton have fellaini, liverpool have gerrard, suarez, city have aguero tevez toure man united have rooney rvp spurs have bale.
We do have ben arfa but we need a player like benteke, a target man that can give us the 442 option. To play a 442, you need proper decent wingers and someone who can bring the ball down and win most ariel battles. We've got ben arfa, but we need someone with pace, jeremain lens? AVB said he'll listen to offers for lennon, perhaps if qpr go down we could get hoilett. We need more flair players defo and actual decent ones not just marveaux.
Summer spending ideas:
Hoilett 6m
Benteke 10m
Remy 8m
Luuk De Jong (Hasn't settled) 10m
Siem de jong 9m
Okore 4m

We have a star player - Ben Arfa.

Yes that's what I said.

''The key thing we're missing is that star player''

We have a star player - Ben Arfa.

Sissoko? cabeye?

Why would you pay 8mil for remy when we would get him on a free when qpr get relegated. plus I wudnt want him now that he turn us dwn for more money

Yes that's what I said, but we can't just rely on HBA we should try and take lennon I think.

By missing I'm assuming he means HBA is injured. I think Cabaye is our key player, his distribution is top class as is his ball retention. Him and Sissoko are absolutely fantastic.

£6m for Hoilett what has he done at QPR to justify that price tag?