Will Sammy start to show his potential?
Sammy Ameobi, Sylvain Marveaux and Steven Taylor all succumbed to serious injury cutting short their respective season.
Sylvain Marveaux showed promise when playing, particularly when he set Yohan Cabaye up for his goal in the 1-0 victory over Wigan last year. Of course this was a player who has had trouble with injuries over a number of years but he had shown that he had skill. He has been involved in pre-season this year and looks set to play a part in the long campaign that the club is set for in the forthcoming season.
There may be doubts about his fitness, but he is an exciting player who has a very good left foot which should mean that he plays on the left side rather than playing a right-footer in that position. I could see him linking well with Papiss Cisse and Hatem Ben Arfa as Marveaux has shown that he has pace within him and that could produce some interesting counter attacks if joined with these two players. It will be interesting to see how Alan Pardew uses Marveaux next season, I think he is a player who has potential and if he manages to stay injury free then he could turn into a very good player for us.
Steven Taylor has had a torrid time with injuries. Most recent has been the achilles injury that he sustained when Newcastle were beaten 3-0 by Chelsea. It has been a long road back to full fitness and up until injury, Taylor had been playing better than I had ever seen him before. I never felt quite as comfortable with Mike Williamson at the back out it that way. There was something about the partnership between Coloccini and Taylor that oozed confidence. With him returning I think the defence will be a lot more solid than it has been.
There is no doubt that Steven Taylor gives his heart and soul for the black and white cause. He is a true Geordie lad who loves playing for the club and you can certainly see that whenever he plays. I expect him to find himself back alongside Fabricio Coloccini in our first game of the season, their bond seems to be one that works incredibly well together. However if Newcastle do a sign a pacey defender then I could see his place under threat but with a number of games to contend with this season I am sure we will see plenty of him regardless.
Sammy Ameobi is the final player who I believe can have an impact this season. He too found himself on the sidelines after showing promise in league and Carling Cup matches. Sammy is tall and lanky which allows him to use a lot of pace whilst keeping the ball under close control. He looked effective when playing on the left hand side of midfield and I could see him being brought on for the last ten minutes of Premier League games. I could see him playing a more important role in Carling Cup and Europa League games and he is certainly one for the future.
Will these players have an impact next season?
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Hope we sign a Centre Back – Saylor aint good enough.
@stardust
You were singing Saylors praises last season and actually admitted you called it wrong by criticising him.
@Zoe
If Saylor stays fit he’s good enough to form a great partnership with Colo.
Marcel Marveaux the mime artist. Came with an injury record and has lived up to his reputation.
Sammi is another Shola. Clearly not good enough but will fool many including the coaches for years. I haven’t seen anything to suggest he’s good enough for the premier yet or even close to it.
Colloccini makes Taylor look better than what he is a bit like when we had Woodgate made Bramble look decent ,but id rather have taylor than williamson anyday
@Shearclass
Dont think anyone will disagree that Colo is supreme compared to taylor but Taylor is supreme compared to Willo.
I reckon 2 of them might have a lot of games this season, and Sammy will get a few. Whether they’ll have an impact or not might well depend on how other, more influential, players perform.
I wonder which 2 or 3 players will get long term injuries this season.
Shearclaas – Saylor makes colo look better is more like it. Saylor is a proper english premiership centre half, Colo is a cultured reader of the game who is lost without a good big reliable player beside him. The results from last season show this too clearly.
I can’t wait for the return of Saylor! what a lad! Him and Colo are like a solid brick wall in defence. The amount of shots those two block! Plus his heart and soul is in the club, proper Geordie lad!
Saylor is the natural vocal leader of the team. With him in the squad I doubt we would have had as many collapses; Wigan/Spurs/Fulham etc.
Tiote has been here two years now, he plays like a warrior, he needs to lead as one as well this season.
Marv, strapped on his boots late last season so he has been fit for a while… Taylor seems to be getting a better and better player the longer he is out
If he had another 4 weeks out he would be good enough for a starting spot at Barca 
sammy is a great young player improving all the time,gona be a good player like shola i recon
Saylors a major boost him and colos styles compliment each other well and the stats were there for all to see last season, Marveaux gives us a classy option for either wing and Sammy is frustrating at times but has the talent to make an impact this season.
Also a relief to see Harper back in the picture after the farce last season, Why pardew put a pub player as number 2 and alienated an experienced safe and sound keeper who has played cup finals, Champions league, Uefa cup and 200 odd league appearances is anyones guess…
Zoe good read I believe 2 of 3 will make a difference if they stay fit, as for Sammi I just don’t have that much faith in him and think he’s just the younger version of strolla.
All three look like they could be real PL stars but the one I worry about most is Taylor. On his day he’s probably the best English CB in the league but he just struggles to maintain constant fitness, there’s always some injury, I just hope he doesn’t become our Ledley King.
Regarding our centre backs ,I don’t think it’s a case of who’s better than who but rather what makes the most effective pairing .For my money Saylor and Colo were one of the best in the PL last season and the stats prove it. Contrast when Willo came in , it sort of went to pot a bit and we never really looked comfy again ,for that reason we really need a quality CB in as I don’t want to see us in that predicament again when or if one of the pair gets injured again.
Really impressed with Ami, Tavs ,Marv and Biggy but not seen anything of Good to pass comment yet. We do look stronger in some respects but still need some quality in all the same.
Aussie ,Re previous thread ,I only put them figures up so we can all see how often we’ve made top 6 in the PL. It’s interesting as it’s even stevens really .All the years we only managed 13th was when we had rank management ,whenever we had a decent one Keegan, Robson ,Pards and to an extent Houghton in the fizzy pop we have done well.Kenny D ruined a great side and set us on a downward path not unlike what he did to Liverpool last season.
I see Antony Sweeney has been waxing lyrical about the Toon today saying how brilliant we are and so fluid with our play.
Kim, I agree re Kenny.
Aussie ,when you think ,Kenny ,Graham,Rudd, FatSam, Joe ,so much time wasted on building on what we had .That decent period in between with Bobby ,we should never of let him go really .
I felt sorry for Glenn and Chris and even Big AL they was expected to pick up the pieces of the various messes left behind. I feel it’s important we back Pards even if the road gets a bit rocky as he has proven he c an get us up high and we can’t go back to chopping and changing again with different players coming and going to suit different managers taste.
Zoe-The thing is with Marveux, he loves cutting in. Whenever I saw him in the French league and from what most people know of him, he’s far more in the “cut in” mould than the cross in, so he might actually prefer being on the right..
He’d actually probably be better than Benny on the right in a 4-4-2 as well, so depending on what formation we play there’s going to be some interesting selections
Kim, I can genuinely see Pardew becoming a Newcastle great. By the end of this season he’ll be our 3rd longest serving manager in the Prem era.
He provides unity to the club. And because he hasn’t wasted any money the board can’t sack him for any reason except an utterly horrendous showing in the league. They have made the decision not to splash so they would have to shoulder much blame if we didn’t meet fan targets.
Whereas in the past we splashed cash AND didn’t get much higher than mid table. It pains me to look at Fat Sam’s period at the club. Signings incl:
Viduka
Cacapa
Geremi
Barton
Smith
Must be 300k odd a week in wages there. I know Barton came good for that 1 season. And Smith was terrific in the Championship for us. But bloody hell, dark times.
Troy @4
Stardust rates Willo better than Saylor mate.
But ye, he’s the only one, in the world…
Newkie, I’ve heard he played right wing yesterday.
I’d like:
Krul
Simpson Saylor Colo Santon
Tiote Cabaye
Marveaux HBA Jonas/Ba
Cisse
Think we just need to allow HBA freedom of the park.
Kim, yeah, look at Arsenal and Man U , Same manager for a number of years and they have had success. The years post Sir Bobby have been a shambolic state of affairs…. Some of resposibility has to fall on the playing group as we had our share of has been’s and mercenaries. You can fault Ashley for a lot of things but we have a disciplined group of players and staff and are working and playing for each other..
i reckon if we can get owen and viduka fit we should stay up just
Solano-Aye I’d have gone for that one too…thing is mind Pardew said about playing Ba through the centre 90% of the time, so that either means we’re back to 4-4-2 or 4-3-1-2 or some other variant, be interesting to see what happens anyway.
Also back on topic-the transfer I’d like most is a new CB to replace Taylor and Willo, don’t think either are great personally.
Yeah really don’t understand the Ba in the centre comment. Surely if we are playing two up front we urgently need another striker?
Maybe he’s thinking Ba behind Cisse or 4-3-1-2 like you said. Buzzin for the new season now.
Solano-Aye, my only thought was that “Ba will be playing through the centre 90% of the time” would mean that Ba wouldn’t be playing very much, but when he did it would be through the centre
So he’d be leading the line in Europe and Cups and Cisse for the league 
Maybe he just didn’t expect to keep him….
I don’t want us sacrificing a good set up just because Ba wants to play through the middle though. Unfortunately he’s still a good asset out wide and Cisse is even better through the middle….
I guess maybe we’ll start the season with two in the middle, and if one gets injured we’ll go back to the 4-3-3 with one of them two leading the line?
It’s a tricky one Newkie. I tend to agree that as HBA was the one in form, we should be catering to him over Ba. Like when Ba was on fire at the start of last season I would have said the same. Ideally Pardew will find a way to utilise all three of them.
Looking forward to the arguments over who we should play rather than all this transfer bore talk.
Marveaux will play a huge part in our season I think. He looks such a good player, just hope he gets a bit of luck with injuries.
As for Taylor he’s our second best centre back but that doesn’t really give me much hope as the other is Williamson (no offence).
Sammy needs to push on as I think he has so much talent, it’s just a case of showing it an forcing a chance in the first team. Not ready for a sustained place in the team though.
I see there are reports that Ashley is looking to buy a 10% stake of Rangers.. seems like his kind of deal… buy some thing that is worth much less than it should be, build it back up and then sell for a proffit. Interesting move…
Solano-Aye, personally I’d start the season with
————————Krul——–
Simmo/Jonas-Taylor-Colo-Santon
————–Tiote——-Cabaye———-
—–Benny——–Ba———-Marv
——————Cisse————–
Means Ba would be through the middle, but in the no.10 role. Would suit Ba imo as he likes to drop back into the midfield and get a hold of the ball, keep Cisse up front where he can cause the most damage. Only problem is we may not get the most out of Cabaye in that situation…
I don’t get why people still knock Saylor. In the past he’s been a bit of a nob with all the play-acting and handballs – but before he was injured last season he was the perfect match with Colo – strong, determined, and best of all: scored more than Carroll
Willo, too, gets more stick than he deserves. He was part of the defensive partnership that kept loads of clean sheets and finished fifth. What’s to knock?
Marv is really a known quantity: bloody good, but fragile. While he’s fit, he’ll play a big part. But that won’t be enough of the time to upset Benny, Jonas or Obertan.
As for Sameobi – I really like this lad and think he’ll continue to get more and more 1st-team games over the next few seasons. He’s already shown what a great impact sub he can be, and he’ll get plenty of chances in cup games.
All in all, very excited about all three – but particularly buzzed to see Saylor back.
Aussie @31 Yes it’s a smart move as when they climb back up the leagues which they surely will ,they gonna be worth a fair few bob and he’ll have control of shirt sales too in his SD stores
. Still think he should be sorting out the club he owns befor investing in a second one though. Come on Ash ,where’s our CB and back up striker 
.
Whumpie-Agree that both get more stick than they deserve imo particularly Williamson. The thing that annoys me about the Taylor situation is that people are assuming that our defence at the start of the year was all down to him, when in reality it was a variety of factors, namely Jonas being ultra defensive and Obertan and Cabaye also being very defensive whilst we nicked the odd goal or two up front from some scrappy service.
Imo he’s a good player, defo our second best but just a constant injury risk really. I’d like a first teamer in because if we went down to a Taylor/Wilo partnership I wouldn’t have much confidence.
Yep, we have to realise that Colo ain’t getting any younger and won’t play anything like all our matches next season. Tayls is a natural leader, but will never be the same solid, consistent presence at the back as Colo. Just like Colo’s unlikely to get six goals.
Let’s face it, we’ve got some bloody good CBs!
Agree with Newkie..
Whumpie-Aye, ideally we would have had a young CB in the Colo mould who could be a third place CB or something but could cover and maybe challenge for a first team and in the long run would replace Colo, but with Good in at 19 we’ll have to wait a few years until he can effectively challenge…unless he’s amazing
Whumpie, where do you get the idea that Marv is fragile? He has had a lot of trouble with this groin injury, which has hopefully been fixed properly now at last. But I don’t know of anything to suggest that he is generally injury-prone, or that we can take it for granted he won’t be fit ‘enough of the time’ ??
Good article, Zoe
Another great article Zoe. Another lefty that I hope can stay injury-free to have an impact this season is Shane Ferguson. The lad has pace, dribbling skills, and loves getting forward
Toon can take title, says Hatem Ben Arfa
AOD@41 ,Let’s hope the whole squad have that mindset ,they may need it if we don’t get any more in.
I’m hoping Saylor will contribute some goals from corners–something we seem to be lacking, if memory serves…
Regarding the cb debate, Colo is obviously the classiest defender we have. In Saylor and Willi we have 2 good old fashioned English defenders who will put their big bodies around and hoof it out of trouble. Problem is that tends to lose us possession, with Willo doing it all the time, on top of grappling any opposition player he can find in the box.
Saylor offers a die-hard attitude, and a few goals from set pieces too. He’ll also look out for a pass rather than immediately hoof a ball away. But we really another classy defender when Colo is out. Playing Perch or even Tav might actually be an option for cup or Europa games to give us that different defensive element.
I just want us to bring in a couple defensive players to give us some more quality in depth
I must admit from what I’ve seen Douglas is another bruiser whilst M’Baiwa is classy and a natural successor to Colo
Spot on premandup @45 we need a quality CB more than anything else to strengthen the squad and give us depth for Europe. The penny pinching is getting old Ashley. Fork out some proper cash as the other top 6 teams are doing or we will slide this season. Loved to see Hatem’s comments. He clearly loves playing for us but let’s build the kind of squad that can truly compete for a top 4 position not just talk about it and then do nothing as far as first team transfers are concerned.
So is Mike ashely really intend to buy 10% stake of Rangers FC?
Just to check, Willo only gave away one penalty last season, for shirt pulling right? How many did we give away again, 5? Raylor vs City, Staylor vs Chelsea, Krul vs Fulham, Ba vs Stoke? Was that it?
Last season Newcastle became the eighth Premier League team to accrue 1000 points.
Probably a good judge for where we are as a club.
Big team
Alan Brazil @alanbrazilTS
The latest bit of gossip I have and I hope it’s untrue… Is that there’s problems between the owners and the manager at Newcastle
from Alan Brazil’s twitter feed
Marveaux came to NUFC with hip and groin problems.
Nufc sent him to Steadman in Colorado to have those problems sorted and I hope he will have an injury free season.
He will be like having a new signing
I expect Pards to be making noises due to the lack of transfer activity.
It was the same last window when he blew his top and went missing for a week and rumours were circulating he had walked out.
Get in Pards! That’s what we need. Not a puppet!
It’s Ashley’s cash, and if he feels he is being pressurised into paying over the top for players then he’s well within his rights to sit on his cash. The sooner Pardew recognises that the better. He has said himself he has a tremendous squad for the forthcoming new season, you can’t have everything.
And yet Ashley and Lambias did promise to spend all the Carroll money which has not been in my reckoning….Pards would have a point.
Well if he walks ,we are screwed as there will be a return to instability again
Never a dull moment with us is there.Just when things are looking brighter, transfers aside, the ability to self destruct rears it’s ugly head. Hopefully Brazil is talking crap on this occasion. 
If Pardswalks then he’s a fool. Ashley is the boss, always has been, he holds the purse strings.
Newkie Ashely is saving his football money for the once mighty Glasgow Rangers. It stands to reason that the Rangers 10% will come out of the NUFC coffers. That’s part of the Andy Carroll money taken care of.
Maybe that’s where the problem is.Pards may well be saying he needs to invest in his own club a little more befor buying into another.
As has been pointed out it’s MA cash and we can be sure it will go where he thinks he’ll make the most profit.
Ashley is buying into Rangers? For god’s sake.
Guess we know what took so long for Fraser Forster to sign for Celtic.
Kimtoon, I would be absolutely gutted if Pardew walked out. I think he has done a brilliant job in really difficult circumstances, especially at the beginning of his tenure.
Ashley needs to support him with 2 good signings to move the club forward, a centre half and perhaps a new striker. This transfer poker still has a long way to go.
I just mischeviously brought the Rangers / NUFC coffers scenario to the fore. It stands to reason that people will start to come to conclusions once the deal goes through…
I prefer to be a one man club…..
Wonder what the Ashley tartan looks like ?.. 
Ah well as long as its invested into some football team that’s alright then, it’s all about the game right?
Alan Brazil usually talks shite anyway so here’s hoping there’s nowt in it..
funkyjesus won’t it be boring for your lot for the next few years, nowt to beat up in Scottyland now that Rangers are out of it…
Newkie, I hope this is all cack from Brazil…
There again, if it gets Ashley’s pocket moving then it was all for a good cause…
Troy you were the one circulating those rumours if memory serves
Pards sure didn’t sound disgruntled regarding tranfers today:
“I don’t know if not signing anyone is bad news,” Pardew told The Sun. “I would say that bad news is losing a player, especially one of our top players and I do believe we are pretty strong in terms of that not happening.
“But if we get players in then great. I do need a couple of players, maybe three. However, I am very comfortable about going into our first game without any. If, to get a deal done, we need to show patience then that’s what we will do.
“It’s better to be patient with the ones that you want, rather than going down the list a little bit.”
Munich, it will be boring for Celtic.
We don’t do favourites well, we’ll flop and and lose to Dundee Utd and our best players will leave.
The whole scene is bonkers in Scotland now.
You could understand if Pards was pissed off mind ,how many times has he come out to say a couple expected in very soon.If he’s getting these promises and now the board are saying sorry nowt coming or something along those lines ,well you would be miffed wouldn’t you. Or maybe a top player is gonna leave
.Who knows what’s going on ,not us that’s for sure. 
@MDS
I did circulate those rumours and if you are still in the dark about it then more fool you.
@MM
Yes mate. State the obvious again. It’s Ashleys money and he shouldn’t pay over the odds.
However, Pardew is the football brain and knows what is required on the field.
You starting to get the picture Munich?
We had this crap about Pards last transfer window did we not.
I wouldn’t read too much into Brazil on twitter. Think its someone adding 1+1 and getting 5. We haven’t signed anyone of media note so there must be a problem between Pards and the board.
Ashley buying into Rangers would be more for sports direct than anything else. Can’t see it been a long term investment. The new owner of Rangers will sell for a.massive profit in a season or two. Think that is the plan there. Also I think there are rules from a person owning two clubs in the same competition so may cause a problem a few years down the line.
I thought the rules of ownership would not allow him having an interest in two clubs.
What happens if they drew each other in a euro competition.
I’m sure it’s not permitted.
I think so too troy
Maybe we should have done a pre-season tour in scotland this summer, seeing as even the scots will be bored by their football, they can travel to their local, quality football side instead
Woo hoooo
There is probably so much sculduggery going on behind the scenes that no-one really knows. It seems par for the course with our lot. Some clubs just go out there and spend the wedge, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs have all splashed the cash. However, the remainder of the clubs probably haven’t spent much either.
There’ll be a flurry of transfer activity as the season starts, whether we are involved time will show.
I think without doubt having Saylor back in defence will be a huge bonus. I think our defensive record at the start of last season with Taylor in the team provide how important he is to us. We had no replacement that offered a similar stability. I do think we need to buy another CB, but Taylor and Colo is one of the best CB partnerships in the league IMO.
I know we were only playing Hartlepool last night but seeing Marv first hand was great. He looked a real threat and looked a very intelligent player to be honest. He seemed to know where all of his team mates were and rarely picked the wrong pass but also knows where the goal is.
Sammy – Im not sure he will feature as much as the other 2. I think he’ll play but has a bit more to do to prove himself as a first team contender, but I think Pardew is handling him in the right way and will not rush him. I think he’ll play him in the games he thinks Sammy can have an influence and develop his confidence as he’s still a young lad.
I predict tho that it will be Amalfitano that we are all raving about this season – similar to Cabaye last season.
troy you cant be the majority share holder in 2 clubs
Troy my posts at 53, 56 & 57 were tongue in cheek aimed at the Alan Brazil twitter shoyt.
It only goes to show how much cafuffle can be created with a few loose words…. You being a purveyor of cafuffle and sculduggery, I knew you would like it and buy into it …
Sharpy17 I feel with a fit again STaylor at the back we will be stronger than last season. However, I still think we can improve on this position, but STaylor and Collo are imo currently the best centre back pairing we have at the club.
Not convinced that STaylor is fully fit yet, he’sgoing to need to be for the start of the season. Also hope he can prove to be not too injury prone…
Newcastle United FC @NUFCOfficial
Regarding Alan Brazil’s tweet, spoken to Derek and it’s complete and utter nonsense! Maybe a case of a drink too many?
@MM
I just tuned in and read your post so if you didn’t mean it then fair do’s.
Never read your earlier posts.
I read so much guff on here I sometimes pounce.
If you agree with my views which you clearly do, I forgive him.
well I take it we still haven’t signed any players
Forgive you, even.
MM – I’d agree with that, he only played the 1st half last night and was pretty quiet to be honest.
Fully fit tho and he’d defo be in coz even last night he never shut up. He wasn’t telling people what to do so much but the old ‘man on’ or ‘time’ heads up that players need and that nobody else in the team sees to really do so much. Think he’s a good partner for Colo.
Sharpy your right again lad I have been saying for yonks that Saylor has that leader inside him, will give it all for the Toon and expects everyone else to do the same
Sharpy
I agree, Colo’s got a captain’s tactical brain but Saylor’s got the leadership instinct, that’s partially what made them such a good partnership in the 1st half of the season.
Dave – couldn’t agree more mate. Think Colo is a better CB in the sense of his positioning, composure, control and footballing ability. But I think Taylor is better at communicating, pace and putting his body on the line to stop that ball cross the line – a bit similar to John Terry – who as much as I hate as a person – I do think has been a bloody good CB.
@BD
99% of the time we agree on matters but I think we shouldn’t criticise the owner until the window closes.
They’ve took us by surprise on a few occasions in the last couple of years, having been atrocious before that. Let’s give them til the window closes and if nothing happens then it’s time to criticise.
Who knows, we might be celebrating.
Sharpy spot on mate
Troy yeah you never know we could be in for a surprise, but I don’t think we will be surprised by 2-3 players that I believe we need, I think well be lucky to just get the CB in that even the fatman admitted himsel before the last window, so im sure that has been enough time for them to find one.
Reet thats me outtat here catch you’s tomorrow sometime
@Big Dave
No doubt the usual crew will criticise us for disagreeing with their views. They will find some positive out of it.
We won’t pay over the odds.
We have £40m in the bank.
We came fifth and there’s no reason why we won’t end up there next season.
We over achieved and we are levelling out.
It’s not your money it’s Mikes.
It’s his club.
We will strengthen in January.
The youth will come thru.
Mike saved us.
Mike won’t be made a mug of.
Mikes a great businessman.
We are lucky to have Mike.
We have made another profit this window.
No point in Saylor being vocal if he talks gash! His positioning has always been terrible – its a dangerous game when someone is loud for the sake of it – terribly unsettling for the back line. I’d rather play with a Colo – knowing where he will be and what he will be doing without even looking.
All 3 are looking good in pre-season I look forward to seeing their potential this season hopefully no injuries.
Wow!
Stardust states, “No good being vocal if you are talking Gash!
Now he’s a one to talk.
Agreed brian. I’m looking forward to seeing Marv especially. And more Taylor means less willo which is a positive. Not sure how I rate Sammy yet
@MDS
We are all looking forward to seeing Marcel Marveaux the mimic.
So were his previous clubs. :-/
Aye. The lad has had his issues with injuries. Hopefully he’s past that as he seems a cracking player
Woo hoo, Eminem caught himself a great big sucker fish earlier on didn’t he
not good eating tho, very bitter and has a high fat content 
Which performances – of which there must be loads – of Saylor the past 2…no 3 seasons….did you form your opinion on Stardy?
Big dollop of shite once again!
Past couple of season him and colo looked rock solid.
Never seen much evidence of the ‘shaky’ back line…particularly the start of this season that you harp on about!
…or last season I suppose it is now
we will be in for a few surprises this season …what a team last nite
! easy as that…….thats what the trainers and ap are looking for ,well done lads mite see same team at spuds game
.?attacking team…….yes attacking football thats wot we want keep it simple ….lots of goals and assists
who are pretty boys then
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20120808/freeview-stars-in-stripes-new-home-kit_2281670_2875386
Good to see Hatem going for gold. Let’s hope he makes a better fist of it than the Aussie swimmers.
settle down Vegas, those are fighting words
It’s funny, I’ve lived here for 30-odd years and have never really taken a shine to Australian sporting teams – except in football. I never really knew how much I hated Aussie cricketers in particular until I came here.
Maybe it’d be different if I lived overseas.
But I still call Australia home.
I never really knew how much I hated Aussie cricketers in particular until I came here.
Fair call, so I take it you just like the South African players that make up the majority of the English cricket team
yep multicultural teams are good. I don’t mind South Africans – except Kepler Wessels
Kepler Wessels
I thought you were going to say JJ for a moment there 
Sorry if it has already been mentioned but does anyone think Royston Drenthe might be worth a look on a free? He can play left back and both wings. He has good pace and a powerful shot still only 25 as well. I know he had a few problems at everton but im sure Pards could sort that.
Troy im sure we’ll be hearing a few of them excuses.
that twice in one day you managed to get your head outta Jabba’s ass, he’s good to you 
Stardy would you still prefer to have Willo in in stead of Saylor know the way you say he is better than Saylor
Volume – Taylor only played 14 premier league games last season how can you say taylor makes colloccini look good colloccini made 35 premier league appearences last season he is a different class of player than taylor Fact colloccini was in the top 3 centre halfs last season ,
appeared in a strange land
… fuck it, let’s go back another one…
……WWWWWWACKO!
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