Newcastle’s Oba Martins has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at Coventry – although the news may be a little better on Irishman Damien Duff.
Oba Martins - groin strain will keep him out 2-3 weeks
It looks like Martins’ groin strain could keep him out for a couple of weeks, so it’s not as bad as it could have been, as Martins was injured trying to take a chance in the 53rd minute on Saturday.
Damien Duff got a bad hit on his knee from his Irish team-mate, Alan O’Brien, the former Newcastle center-back, but it may not be as serious as first thought.
We may be a little short on strikers for tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at Coventry, but Kevin Keegan told the Evening Chronicle today:
“Oba’s struggling. He tried to play on in the second half against Bolton but all we would have done if we had left him on is damage it further.”
“He’s a brave lad. He wanted to go and give it a try, even though, I think, the physios knew he couldn’t play on with it and he has got no chance for Coventry.”
“We had Michael Owen, who I had promised I would only use for 10 minutes, on the bench. But when you’ve got a problem, and you see Michael there, suddenly the problem doesn’t look as bad.”
“Damien Duff got a knock. He was very brave to go in there, or stupid, whichever way you want to put it.” “I wouldn’t have gone in for that!”
“He’s a quick healer, and I know he’ll want to play. He’s very fit and energetic at the moment, so he’ll have a slight chance.” “And we will have to think long and hard what we do about Michael.”
However, we’d be very surprised if Duff makes it tomorrow night, so not sure who our two up front may be – probably Ameobi and Owen, unless Kevin wants to give young 17 year-old Ryan Donaldson a run out. Ryan looked quite impressive in the couple of times he’s come on in pre-season.
Steve Harper will be in goal, and we‘ll have to wait and see what team Kevin will play tomorrow night, which is a game we would like to win, but must not lose.
Comments welcome.
97 responses so far ↓
1 IrishMan // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:37
Play Smith - to redeem all……….
2 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:40
Play Zamblera
3 ed_speed // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:42
play donaldson
4 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:44
…then we have more than enough.
5 Dan13 // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:46
all the listed so far are poor
6 Ross // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:47
dont play owen. play jose at LB, stick zogs on the left, and play jonas and duff up front. might aswell give spiderman his first proper chance to get on the scoresheet for us.
maybe play jonas a little deeper, so he can pick the ball up and run at coventry. to be blunt, they’ll sh!te themselves.
7 dick // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:50
is amiobi fit, everybody on here always says the championship is his level, perfect time to play him
8 obaistheman // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:52
What are you on about donaldson did nothing when he came on, stop playing him up. Carrol is a load of bollox in my opinion aswell.
9 Punk Skunk // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:53
smith…that’s not even funny!..
…Do y’wanna lose?..
…Mmmmm, how many games have we won with smith on the pitch?..
10 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:54
@Dan13, I wouldn’t agree about that these are not good players. In fact, we are talking about playing Coventry City and we need to have the tryouts for our future players.
11 CDN MAGPIE // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:56
thata boy dan keep the optimism going you prat
12 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:58
put some youngsters on the bench, and lets see if they can step up
13 DARREN FROM MALTA // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:58
where are the 3/4 players that keegan said he is going to bring ? who is the wow signing ?
WE NEED REALITY NOT ONLY TALKING AND BLUFFING
mike ashley’s needs to talks by signing good players
WARNOCK MALOUDA SAVIOLA DI MARIA
these are the players newcastle united realy needs mr ashley !
14 toon head // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:59
play smith agianst coventry perfect match to get confidence bakk
15 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 22:59
@Spyro
yes, that’s very true. I want to see Kadar and Tozer and LuaLua to be featuring, from the bench to be more realistic.
Otherwise, it will not make sense that we keep buying young players!!!!
16 toon head // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:00
we shud get saviola vargas and riquelme !!!
17 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:00
i wouldnt mind all those players Malta, but i doubt it. I can see Malouda coming when Chelsea sign Robinho, and i can see Saviola coming as he basically stated that he would like to, but i highly doubt the other two
18 Robert // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:01
My team:
Harper
Edgar Taylor Bassong Enrique
Milner Guthrie N’zogbia Jonas
Ameobi Owen
19 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:02
me too skunk, hopefully they have a place on the bench.
By the way, what happened with nile ranger? and also those two european trialists?
20 Ross // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:02
spyro-if i was gonna have any youngsters on the bench, it would be lua lua and donaldson. i’d also give bassong a game.
i dont wanna put out some sort of second string team though, because in all honesty cups are the only thing we can have a solid run in, and i’d be devestated to go out the cup at the first hurdle. getting arsenal early on was bad enough last year.
21 scott9 // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:03
play one of the youngsters like zambrela
luks like senderos is of to milan o well hopefully we will b ring some players in in the next 8 days i aint gettin my hopes up cause we always get disapointed
22 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:04
Robert why would you remove Shay and Coloccini when they are both on form?
23 Tom4Nufc // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:08
Spyro, surely its coz if they got injured for the Arsenal game it would be a nightmare? Or am I missing the point?
24 SwedeEric // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:09
From what I have seen in the reservs not even close to be good enough for the A-team! Much rather have Smith and Ameobi!
25 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:09
oh never mind robert, i see you are just playing a weakened team to give some a rest.
I would play
Harper
Beye—–Coloccini—–Bassong—–Enrique
Lua Lua——-Guthrie——Butt——-Zoggy
——————-Milner————————-
————————–Owen——————–
subs: Donaldson, Edgar, Krul, Smith, Taylor, Jonas, Carroll
26 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:09
yeah just realised Tom
27 Punk Skunk // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:12
Nile Ranger played for the reserves & scored, i think Spyro!..
28 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:12
@ Spyro, would there be another striker instead of Owen? I wanna play him, but we have to be more cautious since we don’t want him to be injured before the Arsenal game.
29 Rosco // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:13
This was on the cards…… We’ve needed a new striker all summer….. time to pull one out your arse Kev cos fat MA aint gonna provide one!
30 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:14
i agree patrick, i think he should play 45mins. However, this is a strong Coventry side that could beat our best 11 on their day so i dont want to leave too many class players out. If they look at a teamsheet without Jonas, Owen, Coloccini, Given they are going to be well up for it, and we may just end up getting thrashed.
31 Adam B // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:14
harper
bassong taylor Colo Enrique
geremi butt guthrie Zoggers
Ameobi Smith
32 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:15
thanks Skunk, yeah i heard this Nile kid is class
33 Punk Skunk // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:16
Aye, y’never know, scoring on y’debut is always good like!..
34 Keegan is King // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:16
Berba’s mum Margarita, 45, a former champion handball player, recalls how the Shearer shirt became her boy’s prized possession.
She said: “Dimitar wore this shirt all the time.
“He even used to sleep in his Newcastle shirt! It’s that special to him.
“Dimitar told me it was his dream to play for Newcastle United one day and wear the same shirt as Alan Shearer, who is my son’s hero.
just read that about berbatov, wouldnt it be awesome if we could sign him
35 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:17
@Spyro
Yea. In tthe recent days, CL can’t be underestimated. I was watching Reading vs Charlton from Setanta the other day and I was amazed by the speed of football they are playing.
36 Tom4Nufc // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:18
I would play:
Harper
Beye—–Taylor—–Bassong—–Enrique
Lua Lua——-Guthrie——-Zoggy
——————-Milner————————-
—————Smith——Ameobi——————–
Would see if Guthrie can hold his own against a weak team, Milner can wonder forward, and hopefully… One of the two strikers can bag a goal, otherwise bring Owen on after 70 mins, if is 1-0 or we are losing!
37 Terry // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:18
Spyro - Nile Ranger scored for the U18’s a few days ago on his debut for us.
38 Tom4Nufc // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:20
Correction- If we are drawing 0-0, or losing, bring Owen on after 70 mins.
39 TOONARMYTOM // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:21
Hey my mate plays for the academy, and he told me nile ranger got done for armed robery
you wanna watch outt for my mate he captins under 16,s and plays for under 18’s sometimes
40 Patrick // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:22
@Tom4Nufc
but I thought Ameobi’s injured, and that’s why he’s not signed by Ipswich.
41 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:22
if we were losing i would want Owen on as soon as the ball is back at the centre circle, forget waiting until the 70th minute
42 Spyro // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:23
thanks Terry, lets have him signed then, because i think he is only on trial with us.
43 toonfanjonny // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:24
http://www.soccernews.com/arsenal-and-newcastle-chasing-another-barca-wonder-kid/5967/
Him of youtube looks good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZyIH6dNkbU
44 hammy // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:25
Thought I’d re-post this excellent article by Billy, looks to have been lost in the moderation zone…..
108 billy // Aug 25, 2008 at 21:52
Has anyone read this from a meeting MA had with corporate fans
There has been a massive reduction in sales of corporate box renewals
> so last night NUFC had a meeting with 20 corporate clients last night
> to try to get them to renew. Ashley, Wise and Lambidas where all there
> to give their vision for Newcastle. My mates, father was one of the
> people invited. It was supposed to be an hour long meeting but it went
> on for 3 and Ashely didn’t duck any questions.
>
>
> On Newcastle - He was asked why he bought the Toon. He said wanted a
> football club but originally he was not interested in Newcastle simply
> because he never thought he could get it. His advisors rang him on the
> Friday and asked him if he was interested in the Toon, he said yes and
they
> said he’d have to wire £150m there and then. By the following week he
> has also spent another 100m of his money to pay off the debts. He
> doesn’t expect to make money as most premier league clubs haemorrhage
> it. Everton last season finished about 7th, spent nothing in transfers
> and still only made £2m, their chairman is getting sick and looking to
> sell. Apparently Liverpool are “in the sh!t” with no money. Benitiez
> has spent all his
money
> on Keane and has no more for Barry. He also said under Shepherd’s
> regime NUFC could have quite easily gone under.
>
>
> On the papers - Don’t believe anything you read in them, for example
> apparently the Sun had rang him a couple of weeks ago to ask about the
> takeover story that they where going to print . Ashley said it was
rubbish
> but they still printed it anyway. The only press they do is the Sky
Sports
> commitments. The only paper that they do talk to is the chronicle,
however
> he said only believe them if the story is an “exclusive” and they are
> directly quoted.
>
>
> On Investors - He is looking to sell 25%, preferably to Newcastle
> based investors. He would also be willing to loan another 100m of his
> own cash for transfers, this would need to be paid back. He doesn’t
> want any Asian investors because he doesn’t trust them (look at Man
> city) but would be willing to look at an African deal as no-one is
> doing that at the moment (offer them exclusive rights to market NUFC
> in their country) but there isn’t much taking off on this so far.
>
>
> On Keegan and Wise - Keegan makes all decisions on players coming and
> going. All wise is charged with is bringing in 6 under 17 players a
season
>
>
> On players - Ashley wanted to sack Barton, Keegan said no as he said
> he
was
> good at Man City and expects him to be a good player here.
>
>
> Smith - Ashley wants to sell him to Everton, Keegan said no as he said
> he is the best trainer, very popular in the dressing room and thinks
> if he scores he will get his confidence back, become better on the
> fans will
like
> him ala Nicky Butt.
>
>
> Guitterrez - There was about 7 clubs in the Premier League after him,
> including the top 4 but he wanted to come here. Keegan is delighted
> with him as he thinks he is class.
>
>
> Coloccini - said it’s a done deal. Keegan is thinking of playing him
> in midfield as a playmaker as apparently he is very good at it.
>
>
> On Transfers - There is lots of money available but the trouble is
> attracting players because we are not in Europe. Keegan lists the
> players he wants and puts a valuation of them. They obviously try and
> get them
for
> less but if the selling club wants more money it’s Keegan decision to
> say if they are worth more or not. There is no wage limit, if they
> think someone is worth 120k a week they would get it, but at the same
> time they won’t be held to ransom and offer more than that.
>
>
> He still has to pay £3m a year for the next few years to Deportivo for
> Luque Modric had agreed on terms and was willing to sign but as he was
> waiting
at
> the Malmaison for the paperwork to be raised, Tottenham offered him a
deal
> and he flew down to London, apparently Ashley is furious with spurs
> and Modric as once a deal has been agreed that should be sealed.
>
>
> Aimar and his agent had agreed on 70k a week and they were delighted
> but his wife said no as she wouldn’t move here. Apparently they had a
> blazing argument in front of Ashley. He moved to Benfica for half the
> wages we offered him.
>
>
> He said we should get 3 big transfers in before the end of the season
> and one of them is going to be such a nig name that no-one will
> believe it.
He
> expects it to happen nearer the end of the transfer deadline.
>
>
> Overall the opinion was that he was very convincing and positive, so
> much so that this guy has decided to renew his box. It sounds good
> that he is backing Keegan. I’m not sure about Smith and Barton,
> personally I didn’t want either of them when we bought them.
>
>
> I guess the proof in the pudding regarding the transfers will be if we
get
> these big names in. I hope we do because at the moment I think we will
have
> another poor season as our squad is terrible and we are desperate for
> new players.
Sounds sensible……
45 ScottyT // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:26
why would we play a weakened team? ffs we havnt won a domestic trophy in 50 odd years. any piece of silverware has got to be chased to the full.
i agree maybe play harps but apart from him got to play strongest team possible. for me:
harper
beye coloccini taylor/bassong enrique
milner butt guthrie gutierrez
owen duff/nzogbia/zamblera/donaldson
46 Dan13 // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:31
aww god
Zamblera isn’t the greatest, he has only scored for the reserve team in pens as i recall, apologies if wrong.
but he certainly aint ready
47 ScottyT // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:36
well tbh id rather give him a chance than play smith or shola. only think donaldson or a youngster should be given a start if zog/duff/jonas or milner cant play up wit owen.
actually wud giv geremi a game 4gt bwt him. youngsters on bench yes but we cant play a weakened team.
48 Ross // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:37
toonfanjonny-never heard of him, but i’d never heard of crosas either and he looked decent. he has however gone to celtic so how good he actually was is anyones guess, surely prem teams would have been after him if he was that impressive.
hopefully this lad is a good’n!
49 AlexW // Aug 25, 2008 at 23:56
hammy where did you get that from?
50 51times // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:01
Ross - Crosas is actually quite good, shame he’s at Celtic though. Good player, sh*te club.
I would be happy with Iago, my only complaint would be that I don’t think he’s old enough to go straight into the first team, he’d have to be eased in I think.
51 LoonyToon // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:10
ED:
“Damien Duff got a bad hit on his knee from his Irish team-mate, Alan O’Brien, the former Newcastle center-back”
It was Andy O’Brien and not Alan O’Brien who used to play for us.
52 Ross // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:22
51 times-rangers are your scottish club then? haha.
i live in edinburgh these days and my best mate is a big rangers fan, my dad also, so if i had a scottish team, it would be them.
i tend to follow them as best i can, watch them if theyre on, keep an eye on their scores n that, just so i’m not clueless when my mate starts banging on at me!
53 brutooooon // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:36
play zoggy as a free role behind owen….jose enrique at left back
54 Warwick Hunt // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:41
Play me, anywhere. HAHAAH
55 little willie // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:43
I watched the under 18’s game and nile Ranger was excellent, reminded me of Kenwyne Jones the way he put himself about.
A real handful but will need to fill out more for the first team.
56 sirjasontoon // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:43
Threadbare again and 2 games in zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
57 scottynine // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:52
read what you want Into this but I was at the training ground this morning ( Mon ) and the whole squad was there including oba & cacapa ( just jogging ) but there was no alan smith any where to be seen. Any way the players were in to different teams bibs was what looked like our starting line up for cov it was harper , beys , coloccini , bassong , enrique , milner , Guthrie , nzog , spiderman , ameobi , owen if it is kk it taking the game very seriouly
58 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:52
People are forgetting Danquah, he deserves a chance more than Fabio ‘I barely get any reserve minutes so why are people insistent on me getting a chance of Danquah and Donaldson’ Zamblera.
59 51times // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:54
Ross - Yes, yes they are. I’ve supported both Newcastle and Rangers since I was a small child. I had a mate at my primary school from Glasgow and he supported Rangers so I thought I’d take them on as well, I can’t remember why exactly, oh well, here we are.
I’ve got a soft spot for Hearts too though I must say.
60 Patrick // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:58
@LoonyToon, Andy O’Brien did play for us a long time ago when we still had Andy Griffin and Aaron Hughes.
For whoever watching the U18 game, did you see Aaron Spear?
61 51times // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:59
TT - I see your point, for whatever reason Zamblera has only got like 3 or 4 games for us, if that. I think there was trouble with his registration actually, Atalanta were kind of pissed he came to us IIRC.
62 Patrick // Aug 26, 2008 at 0:59
@TT yea that’s true. Danquah actually has signed a prof contract earlier this year, right?
63 shearerstwin // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:03
I have just been out with a few mates and one happens to be kev bell physio at sup and he rekons nufc have booked in three full medicals & scans at the Nuffield hospital for Friday morning
64 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:06
Yerp.
65 Dan4Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:08
My team:
Harper
edgar taylor bassong enrique
milner geremi guthrie n’zogbia
ameobi smith
PEOPLE AGREE ??
66 Ross // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:11
dan4toon-aye if you wanna go out the cup at the first hurdle,lol.
where are the goals coming from!?
no one to score them and no one to set them up. jonas is our biggest threat in midfield.
67 scottynine // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:13
don’t think that will happen dan as tayls was sitting at the side of the training pitch with his ankle heavly strapped
68 Dan4Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:14
Yer true, jst think tht smith n ameobi cud handle a champo team n with milner n zog dwn the wings we cud cause problems even with smith n ameobi upfront mayb owen on bench to come on ! = )
69 Ross // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:19
i’d play
given
beye——colo—-bassong——enrique
milner—–guthrie—-butt——charlie
jonas
Owen
i dunno if i wanna play owen, probably duff up front with jonas. but, if he thinks he’s fit, and KK is confident he’s good for 90 minutes, then go for it. i’d play jonas just behind him purely because i think he could pick the ball up, run at the back 4 and cause them alot of problems. play enrique at the back, give him a game, and let charlie cut inside from the wing and cause them problems.
70 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:20
Harper
Beye-Bassong-Coloccini-Enrique
Geremi-Edgar-Guthrie
Milner-Danquah-N’Zogbia
Thats the team id give a go.
71 51times // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:22
TT - Edgar in midfield?
72 Ross // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:27
dan4toon-sadly i dont think they could even beat a championship team and get us the win. alot of people underestimate the championship, coventry will give us a real go tomorrow, especially at home. i’m not taking anything for granted with them.
why are they televising us? because they know theres a chance of an upset. we need to play a team of decent strength, not do anything daft, and win.
73 Dan4Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:35
Yer i agree, but a wudnt risk owen n with martins injured, no 1 else reli a also think we shud giv butt a rest coz he is gettin on a bit lol. but yer agree ross jst get the win, 2bh a dnt care if its 1-0 coz then we wudnt av conceded n then move on, we jst dnt want it 2 go 2 extra time n penalty’s coz we r jst nt good at tht lol.
Tom_Toon - Swap coloccini n edgar n a dnt reli think we cud play danquah coz if we were 2 play a youngest at leest go for donaldson hu keegan has had on the bench agenst man u or even ranger or zambrella !
74 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:41
Danquah warrants a place over Zamblera and Ranger.
Zamblera has barely had any minutes in the reserves and only scored for the u18.
Ranger has just joined and only scored for u18.
Danuah has been in the reserves fo 2 years, just been awarded a pro contract and scored a fair bit in the reserves.
We saw Donaldson pre-season its now time to look at Danquah.
75 Dan4Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:46
Dna personally a dnt think keegan wil go with a youngest b’coz he wants 2 take it seriously n even win it this yr ! but didnt think danquah had been there tht long lyk a new he had a contract now n jst thort tht donaldson scored loadsa goals last season for reserves but we ava alot ov good young ones now =)
76 AndyNUFC // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:59
I’d like to see us give it a real good go in the cups this year… But early rounds would mean a good idea to use youngsters considering our injuries/small squad.
77 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 2:03
Danquah has been with us for about 2 and a half year and just got new pro contract.
78 MichaelOWaN // Aug 26, 2008 at 2:08
Im just wondering if Smith is ever going to play for us again.
79 ScottyT // Aug 26, 2008 at 2:16
wats goin on with ppl?! weve got to take it seriously if we want to win silverware. its not a ‘risk’ to play owen bcoz all the cup comps are vital to us. id much rather win a cup surely any n’castle fan would??
80 HATE PRAN SANDWICHES // Aug 26, 2008 at 3:32
my team would be:
Harper
Beye / Taylor / Bassong / Enrique
———–Curly
Jonas———————–Milner
—————-N’zogbia
—–Ranger
——————–Danquah
Subs: Krul, Gutherie, Geremi, Lua Lua, Butt, Donaldson, Zamblera
81 T-Nem // Aug 26, 2008 at 3:44
Zamblera!!! lets get some italian flair on the pitch
82 Danish_Magpie // Aug 26, 2008 at 4:45
The team tomorrow should be:
…………………..Harper…………………..
Edgar…..Coloccini….Bassong…Enrique
Jonas…….Geremi…….Guthrie…Zoggy
……………….Ameobi……Smith……………
I know we don’t like Smith, but if we are going to keep him, we might as well try to get him going. As for playing Edgar, Bassong, Enrique, these kids need games.
Butt is getting on a bit and needs to be rested when possible.
The Argentinean lads need games and to get used to England, so keep them in there. Bring on Owen at half-time or with half an hour left so he can get some minutes without too much pressure.
83 Danish_Magpie // Aug 26, 2008 at 4:50
We should move for Stephen Appiah. He is a available on a free since he terminated his contract with Fenerbache. He is angling for a move to Juve, but let’s make him an offer. He is a quality player and would add something else to our CM. Physically very strong, good tackler, good distribution, great experience from Juve, Champions League etc. Sign him up!
We should have moved for Lars Jacobsen as well, as cover for Beye. He was free, is an international defender and is a decent player (have watched him lots).
84 obamagic // Aug 26, 2008 at 5:17
Smith needs to play tomorrow…and hopefully he scores so that he can get some confidence of his back.
85 Ericles // Aug 26, 2008 at 7:54
A lot of sense in what Danish-Magpie is saying.
86 ELFER // Aug 26, 2008 at 7:57
Well personally I would play AMEOBI (hope he scores and can with that complete his move to ipswich!) and Smith up front.
Don’t risk Owen!! Instead give our young lads some time to run out.
87 lesh // Aug 26, 2008 at 8:32
But surely playing Shola and Smith’d carling cup-tie them and wouldn’t that affect their value?
Ha! Goddit - is KK implicitly saying that to those who hold the purse strings?
88 bennufc // Aug 26, 2008 at 8:37
danquar is injured and defo cannot play and hu ever it was tht sed alan obrien neva played 4 th toon u r mistaken oh if only he to had scored agenst th mackems!!!
89 WesToon // Aug 26, 2008 at 8:53
@ shearerstwin // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:03
Mate,thats awesome news!! I really really hope you aint taking the P#ss mate!!
Ho’way The Lads!!!
Danquah(Agreed) Its his turn now,let him have a place on the bench!!
90 Ian // Aug 26, 2008 at 9:12
Fabio needs an outing he may be brilliant when it comes to the first team and no-one knows it!
We have seen Carroll and Pattinson who had everything going for them look poor, Fabio may be brilliant when it comes to the first team, give him 15 minutes then replace with Smith unless he scores, these are the times when he should be given a chance, he should have been in the friendlies already, Wesley Baheng could have been tried too.
91 Ian // Aug 26, 2008 at 9:13
Nzogbia must be in midfield not at the back.
92 neeraj // Aug 26, 2008 at 9:50
smith against coventru
given
edgar tayls bassong enrique
lua lua guthrie butt zog
smith owen/caroll
cant go upfront with two strikers searching for their forms……..
keep smith up front, can be used in mid
and we all know we need him to get his form back , not only for himself but for kk
93 Ross // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:14
51times-living in edinburgh i’ve plenty of mates who are hearts fans too, but they’re not liked in the spl for some reason, alot of people i know group them with rangers who they also hate?
i dont really understand to be honest, i just keep an eye on rangers for him, because he keeps up with us for me,haha
94 Tom // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:17
For me:
Given
Beye, Bassong, Taylor, Enrique
Milner, Guthrie, N’Zogbia, Jonas
Ameobi, Donaldson
Subs: Harper, Colo, Geremi, Duff, Owen
For anyone who watches the reserves or U-18s, what about playing Jonny Godsmark? He is meant to be very very quick isn’t he? I’d like to see any of Zamblera/Donaldson/Godsmark/ Danquah get a run out tbh, not Nile Ranger though, the guy just signed!
What do people who watched the U-18s at the weekend think of him and Spear?
95 Tom // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:18
Also, Baheng is injured Ian, unfortunately
96 GEORDIE69 // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:46
Tom Toon Danquah is a right sided midfielder not a centre forward!
97 Tom_Toon // Aug 26, 2008 at 10:47
He plays upfront a lot.
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