End of Term Report Part 2

Dyer – plenty of fight in him. From a footballing point of view got better as the season went on. Off field activities – ask Souness – 7/10 – keep him.
Boyer – see above re footballing point of view and Sounesses thoughts. 7/10 – keep him.
Faye – jury is still out on him. Flatters to deceive but may be too early to tell. 6/10 – keep him.
Butt – again coming from a successful club how does he motivate himself. Started season as best player until injured and wasn’t the worst at Cardiff. Give him another season as he can be class. 5/10 – keep him.
Robert – where would we be if he didn’t score from free kicks and put in some wonderful crosses for others to score? When he plays well the team plays well. But too inconsistent – 5/10 - if there is an offer take it.
Jenas – England class – my aaa….aunt. Two poor seasons now and hasn’t developed. Too negative and not a Speed type player – 3/10 - if there is an offer take it.
Milner – young and may do better but we haven’t seen this Leeds “wonder kid” yet. May develop but early signs are not good. Just a squad player. 4/10 –keep him.
Ambrose – see above but for Leeds read Ipswich 4/10 – keep him.
N’Zogbia – too early to tell but looks useful more as a substitute rather than class first team player. Just a squad player -5/10 – keep him.
Kluivert – not worth the Euros we pay him. May be class but we haven’t seen it or any commitment. 2/10 – move him on.
Ameobi – how he gets a place I will never know. Well maybe I do cos all the others are crap or naughty. Too anonymous. May be good at Darlington – 2/10 - if there is an offer take it.
Shearer – the text message was true. Past his best, no legs no speed, but can tell he was class. Just a target man. Retire now Alan and leave us with good memories. Am I the only one saying this about Statuesque Shearer? 3/10 - please retire.

Souness – better than Robson and better at playing footy rather than Robson's “hit the ball long to Shearer” tactics. Robson had to go. Some times good passing as a team but overall needs to learn to get the team moving so that the player with the ball has options to pass to and to learn to play the ball to a man facing their goal rather than facing ours with an opponent on his back.

Bellamy and Viana – bye, bye.