Y2ant pretty much summed up most of what I feel. Bramble is starting to get his act together and Im not denying he can be shocking at time ECG but before his injury he was putting in some top quality performances. Certainly better anything that "England International" Luke Young was pulling out of his ass. Boumsong too looked shady but has slowly improved and if they both played together their performances improved no end. If they both can stay fit I feel fairly confident.
I echo the relative confidence in Babayaro and doubts over Carr. Seriously think Taylor might be a better bet at right back he gets stuck in and has no fear of anyone. Carr has more and more looked poor positionally and terrible with distribution.
A striker is needed too as Y2ant mentioned (yeah you're the man) although I was a Robert fan and still am
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And I have confidence that Newcastle as terrible as we are, and we are bad, can get no worse. Last season was a huge underperformance - no way are we the 14th best team in the Premiership. I think Souness is an idiot most of the time and hopefully we can get someone better in but I doubt even Souness could take us any lower than 14th. *fingers crossed*
I heard good things about Van Buyten, he looked quality at Man City and has just been voted into the Bundesliga team of the season so he cant be all bad.