IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

NEWCASTLE UNITED

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: POT - KETTLE - BLACK

Why is it that you put Watt in feckin central defence every week ?

Sutherland has undoubted potential and has benefitted from a year on loan - even if it was to the low lifes of Scottish football - needs a rigorous pre season and regular first team opportunities next season although I fear that he will be a cover fer Imrie which could be a big mistake - Vigurs needs another season - and Rory - well sorry but he simply doesnt have the pace - the only forwards that could get away with that are the ones with old heads.

Now that is feckin debatable - If Brew thought he was getting "Ronaldo" to play fer him he would probably start him at left back.

Et tu brute. :019: This thread is waning as it has gone off topic and descended into irrelevant personalisation and name calling.

Well I suppose everybody has their own meaning of the word "mercenary" which I didnt actually mean in a derrogatory offence - what I was trying to put across is that my "values" are that if you have been supported and developed and got a good deal out of a contract then there should be a "pay back" in a loyalty sense - intead of making the most out of it and feckin off somewhere else. As I have alluded in most of my recent posts I really want Marius to stay. Give him a pre season training and we will see a different Marius from the "off". Of course Marius believes he can move up the ladder - I would be worried if he didnt - many punters on here might agree - I personally think that it would be a mistake for the reasons I have oft listed. Well I agree and have all season proclaimed that we are playing Marius in the wrong "system" - TBH I thought that would have been Marius wanting to play in a position that shows up his previous strengths - I will not repeat my observations on that and I have oft conceded that he does not get the right supply but often the wrong support. He was at his "best" IMHO when he had Cowie, Blackie and Rankin alll scurrying to support him and three players able to be on the same wavelength. Marius is at his most dangerous in the last third - on the last man - and he can win free kicks and pens in that area. TBH again the fact that Marius was clearly unfit for months spoiled my "enjoyment", the background issue are worse of late and of course - "the system". We have a HUGE opportunity to get it right this weekend with a very attacking formation against Gretna - Play Marius up front in this - with pacy support - and he could fair fill his feckin boots. :001: And tell the big man that one certain IHE will laud him if he does so - but will lambast him if he fecks it up - just like I would do to any of the others. As this is coming from your good self I can actually believe it - and it makes footballing sense. :001: Thank god I can have a sensible "debate" instead of personalised garbage.

Not far enuff - I would have said that he was trying to emphasise the point with Wyness - nobody would have complained if he had played marius in a 4-5-1 and dropped Denzil on both the grounds of a tactical decision and the fact that Denzil has failed to produce in the last two games - and potentially Patti as well who he took one to play wide right !!

FRASER TOKELY MUNRO MCBAIN DUNCAN BLACK PROCTOR COWIE VIGURS IMRIE NICULAE Play this formation - Gretna may score but we would get a barrowload - including a Niculae Hat trick. :023:

Best this season was the young lad Kissock for Gretna. I have to say that somebody that always impressed me was Naismith when he played for Killie and Samuel when he was on fire at Falkirk.

Totally agree there - May I also suggest that "reading between the lines" - this could mean that Charlie is being earmarked fer a coaching post - hopefully an assistant manager post in a new regime. :014: CC was another who was fired into the breech prematurely - the only thing that I find amusing is CC stating that the job wasnt getting to him - even when he had asked to be relieved of his duties twice - that is like CaleyD saying that some posters dont get to him. :rotflmao:

It actually started off that way Stevico !! - as you agreed on another thread the more I am positive about Marius the more flak I get. Am I not one of the main people trying to persuade him to stay ? My terminology of mercenary was clearly misinterpreted. I am a victim and nobody understands me. :019: :019: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: But at least I am not paranoid and over senstitive. :023:

Slating/Fair criticism...it's all semantics at the end of the day and I would still disagree that it is wholly justified. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Niculae is 100% effective every game, but what I am saying is that the only time he gets criticised is when he's having to play the role of dropping back to collect balls in midfield. I wouldn't call that drifting, I'd call it getting involved in the game and I'd far rather see a player do that than stand up front with his finger up his butt doing nothing for 90 minutes because he's getting no/poor service. Again, I fail to see how Niculae can be criticised for that. If it was Bayne having to do the chasing back then he'd be getting hailed for his 110% work rate and commitment, but hey, that doesn't suit the lack of loyalty/commitment argument you've been playing out all season so you like to put another slant on it. As you say, Niculae is "hot news", but regardless of which side of the fence you sit on he's hot news for all the wrong reasons. His performances have been judged all season through glasses which have been tinted by over hyped expectation and the belief that he should be doing more to earn a level of wage he isn't even receiving. That's poor management/naivety on the part of the club and some shocking reporting by the press who latched on the the figure of ?4000/?5000 per week which originated on this forums Rumour Mill. So to suggest that Niculae has EVER been subject to fair criticism is, IMO, bollocks. I never asked you to "curb your views", I was merely pointing out that your views appear to have a lot more to them than judging a man for his performance on the pitch. There appears to be a very strong hidden agenda underlying your "fair criticism" of the player, not just recently, but from day one....and it looks like your obsessed with criticising/commenting on the guy. Nearly every single topic you start or post you make involves the guy. That's not me being blind to the other things you've said, that's fact...and it's there for everyone to see. Your not upsetting people who have another perspective on things, your driving them away from the forum because, this season, you yourself have been unable to grasp the concept of reasoned footballing debate. When someone disagrees with you then you think it's perfectly acceptable to tell them to feck aff or call them names, but the moment someone does the same thing in your direction you play the victim card - "Nobody understands IHE and they are just out to slate him personally"....boo feckin hoo. Your not doing it because you can't take the craic, you've never done it on here before, and it only arises when people bring up your obsession with the whole Niculae thing....your the psychology expert, what kind of condition does that behaviour represent? Neither this post or the last one have anything to do with my being a site admin or site admin telling you what you can and can't say, it's not about curbing your views or slating you personally. Your a very clever man Johndo, you know how to play the game and stack the deck in your favour when it comes to discussion and disagreement. I spot it because I have been known to do the very same thing myself and I can quickly see through the BS. And you know what, under all this Niculae BS you have some very valid points to make and things to say about what's been happening and is still happening at the club, but it's being lost on the vast majority, and I think that's what's p!ssing you off more than anything else. Please use PM's for personal abuse / character assassination posts. But there again - YOU (CaleyD) are always right. :029:

I dont actually call that "slating" - it is fair criticism - I always am blunt in my positive and negative comments about everyone / everything - that was my observationfrom Saturday and one that was, after the game, widely supported. It has alot to do with how to play him but Marius often drifts - and shouldnt be allowed to. He has little movement and pace but has elements of pure class. I have said as much about a few others but tht has gone unnoticed - Unfortunately the members of this forum have become obsessed with Marius - from very different angles and very diverse opinions. Whether Marius likes it - he is hot news. I chuckle that I post and criticise others far more bluntly than Marius but everybody hones in any negative opinion / statement about Marius - fortunately a lot of people on here do not have dark glasses and can debate on the playing front rather than getting personal or "attacking" me. I have my opinions about loyalty - If Wyness was playing well and looking to go - I would be saying the same thing about him. I certainly aint going to curb my views cos I upset a few people who hve another perspective. And as per usual a thread ends up "slating" me personally - Perhaps Marius will relate to me. Victimisation is an absolute way over the top accusation - It would appear that even the Admin are now failing to understand the point of an independent fans forum.

My daughter has just gone to bed in tears :019:

I would go fer Bingham - lazy git at times but could change a game with a moment of class - closely followed by Brewster who had more of the qualities than anyone else.

But I have to admit that the female who appeared to be leading most of the songs and the stand up agaist the police looked mighty feckin scary but really impressed me - Who is she ? I have found her on photo 83 on CaleyJags.com - front middle with glasses and a grey wig.

Now I am being wholly serious - Who, in order, would you say are the most "gifted" players that you have seen at ICT - by "gifted" I mean skill, entertainment, wow factor, effect on the team and magic moments: BINGHAM; BREWSTER; JUANJO; WYNESS; CALDER.

No- I meant Marius has been a catalyst.

May I suggest that Washington State is a better user name.

A punctured ego and a P45 is what Brew needs - Brew and Black dont mix - Come on Down John Robertson.

:029: Denzil simply hasnt "done it" at the SPL level - He is a SFL "legend". His nerves and lack of confidence have been precipitated by Brewster. Do you think that Brew will bring in players of the quality of Proctor, Maguire and Imrie in the summer ?

I mind we played a 4 - 4 - 2 at Tynie with Brewster and Dargo and we murdered them in a 0 - 0 draw. I don't think we currently have the players to do that formation effectively away from home. WOW - I agree again :003: I was meaning with the squad that we have - A forward with pace and two forward players willing to work hard with movement and tracking back is different - but we dont have any at the moment.

Perhaps I am an ageing hoolie but ma I was fair proud of ma boys yesterday - three rows kept singing all the game and provided me - at least - with a few laffs. And there was no MOB members or the middle aged involved - And the boys fair stood up and were counted. The whole Hearts section stood fer the last half hour and Lothians finest were way over the top as ever. Without our support yesterday the place would have been like a feckin morgue - I talked to some Jam Tarts after the game and they said they had found some of the chants highly amusing. The fun has gone out of the game - and that is all it was yesterday - good feckin banter. Well done lads - at least IHE supports ya - and always will. :011:

Am I alone in feeling that Brew's treatment of Ian Black yesterday was disgraceful. The body language between the two was there to be seen. Black should have played from the start and gawd did we and the game need it. I thought that he was going to come on in the second half when Brew sent him to warm up four times - twice by himself - and then put on somebody else. I can understand the manager having to lay down the law but Brew is a feckin monster. Please stay Blackie - but perhaps it is now a choice of Brew or Black - No contest methinks.