Just seen on Ceefax that Amaruso is not a happy little bunny cos he has had the captaincy taken off him at Rangers......would you have him in our team......I WOULD!

How much do you reckon?

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2000

Answers

Does he speak Spanish? Apparently that is now a pre-req at The Parko del Santiago Jimmio.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

It's very early and I'm just nit picking Pete, but Sant Iago is Saint James. :-))

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

He's okay when he's got his mind on the game but at Rangers he seems to have a problem quite often.

Sunlung nearly signed him in the pre-season so I wouldn't touch him, in case he turned out to be another Marcellino.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

Solid player. Swap for Goma?

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

When Sunlung were interested in the summer wasn't he available for about £4.5 million? I reckon he could be out of contract at the end of this season, because that would be one reason why Rangers were happy to sell him and also his agent has been talking about 'deciding his future'.

So for a knockdown £2 million cheeky bid and thinking about it we would piss the Hackems off because he said they weren't a big enough club for him!!

Barry Ferguson would do for me, but unfortunately he's another central midfielder and we've got a few of them.

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

Amoruso -- when he is good, he is very very good ,the problem is when he is bad -- he is very very bad. Gut feeling only but IMHO that the Toon Army would take to the guy, I mean who in their right mind would think he is better at dead ball sits than Jorg "The Hammer" Albertz?

Barry Ferguson (ITK), `just another central midfielder`, and then some Ken, a year ago I would have said this kid was just another Paul McStay, wide turns, non incisive, this year the kid is capt, added a lotta steel to his game, bosses his area , needs to improve his finishing, this will come and then ? Italy .Spain , my money in two years is the obvious replacement for Keane at Man U, SAF last act.

Someone asked about Negri ptuh, peckin order at Rangers is ... 1.Flo 2..Mols 3..Kenny Miller 4..Billy Dodds 5..Rodney Wallace 6..Seb Rosenthal 7..res striker? 8 Negri. Short term and if the toon was looking for a worker Billy Dodds never stops grafting ,probably get him on loan,can and does score goals.

Best young prospect up here - Kelgan Parker cf at St Johnstone. going to watch Scotland schoolboys on the 10th -v- New Zealand ,might even get to see a Newcastle scout at the game at Deveronvales Park Banff, did offer my services free of charge in Dagleish era -no reply

-- Anonymous, December 01, 2000

This thread has made me realise why aal these Spanish talkers want to come to the Toon. St James is, of course, the patron saint of Spain (which you all know 'cos you watched that posh lass on "Who wants to be a Millionaire). So they all THINK that St James Park is a holy place of pilgimage. We, on the other hand, KNOW it is!

-- Anonymous, December 02, 2000