newton to me played best at right back, what a combination newton right back eckersley left back.

the trouble with eckersley v le saux was the different games they played, eckersley had to mark a winger, good wingers, who attacked him with speed and dribbling skills, which we hardly see in todays game, but le saux always had help from a winger who had to tackle back, in fact the wingers job ( wilcox ) was to stand by the post for corners and run the ball out. but eckersleys winger ( langton or macleod ) would stand on the halfway line at corners waiting for the ball to be passed to them, but thinking of le saux trying to stop tom finney-- not a cat in hells chance, but finney said eckersley was one of the hardest fullbacks he ever played against, all the votes for le saux must have come from supporters unlucky enough not to have seen eckersley in action.

strachan, why whats he done? robson, yes if he was young, like he was at ipswich. venables, l still think he's lou costello. we need someone new, with a young aproach to our young players, you know, like playing them, gally, jay mac, douglas etc.. start by getting rid of souness pups, boersma, and saunders, then go for a new man, l would try for gareth southgate as player manager, with his own choice of coaches, or coaches promoted from our academy, southgate is respected and can read a game, as can one of our own in tim sherwood. but please not a manager off the round- a- bout who talks good but does nowt.

the best thing cole did for us was missing the open goal near the end of the game at west ham, when playing for m.utd. in '95. next the winner at cardiff for the league cup. but after that, going down ewood and watching him standing offside, time after time, then sulking when the linesmans flag went up, it was just pathetic, and if he was paid 60k a week for that, l'm glad he's gone. l have every faith in stead, dickov, gally, and jansen, to be able to run onto through balls, off thomo and fergie, and crosses from both wings, this is the part of the game that will now count , and l am now really looking foward to this season.