Greg

He could have said "I'll give you an extra week to rest." "But boss I'm fit, I don't need any rest" The blame can only rest on Given's shoulders IMO He could have said "I'll give you an extra week to rest." "But boss I'm fit, I don't need any rest" The blame can only rest on Given's shoulders IMO And the medical staff.

Disagree: Habib Beye was poor, couldnt handle Ronaldo. Its easy to say many players cant, but Beye has been dodgey all season with regards to giving his winger too much space on the flank and hence relying on the recovery tackle. Petrov murdered him earlier on in the season, Ronaldo just had an easy ride. Beye is a good defender all round, but this is a major flaw in his game, you just cant give top wingers that sort of room to attack. Owen - f*** all. Too slow now to be effective at this level. He used to be a top forward, hes now mediocre when hes not scoring, and hes hard to set up because he lacks the pace to trouble defenders. Duff - at least he can run with a bit of pace, has decent technique, and doesnt loose the ball easily. But hes a feeble, wimp of a player now - if hes through down the wing, his pace seems to evaporate and he produces a s*** cross, if he has a chance to score his shooting is weak. Decent overall, but its pathetic how some people still consider him a good player. Average at best. Harper - conceded 5. Could have done better on some of the goals, so I wouldnt say he played well. Caroll - did nothing except win a corner by barging a player over and heading the ball into the ground. Harper conceded 3 not 5 and made a couple of very good saves. Nowt else he could do.

Taylor fucking awful there!

N'ZOGBIA ISN'T A FUCKING LEFT BACK!!!!

All morning I've been swanning around the house with blind faith and optimism winding up my manc house mates. After seeing our team I'm back to how I was yesterday, feeling we're going to get beat 0-6.

Them; VDS Brown Ferdinand Vidic Evra Ronaldo Carrick Fletcher Nani Tevez Rooney Subs: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Scholes, Anderson, Saha

For fucks sake

Not yet.

HOWAY UNITED!!!!

Picture of it.... http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5620/1963628uj6ww4gp4.jpg

I live with two fucking Man United fans, one plastic, one genuine.

Where did you hear/see/read this Mr Glory?

amybe it isnt so daft though? im starting ot believe more and more that he was just a puppet? For Douglas Hall? Aye, he did reckon we'd be relegated that season the numpty. if not douglas the hall family. i reckon freddy just did what he was told half the time, and he was the only one thick enough to put his face to half of the shit I don't think that's Robson's view of events. IIRC it was John Hall who wanted to appoint SBR when Keegan left but was persuaded towards Dalglish by Hall Jr and Fat Fred. Wasn't Robson approached but reluctant to leave Barcelona? Or was that later on?

KD tries to have these slight little digs all the time and it irritates me that's all. If we had signed Woodgate he would have been first on here to say he would never stay fit, but now he's here every second claiming he is immense. Immediately Hughton comes in KD can't wait to tell us how he is seen to be a clipboard holder. What does that really mean though? KD himself has just claimed he doesn't know much about the guy so why tell us such a thing, when it really isn't very meaningful? Jol actually knew a bit about the guy and so shared it with us. I'm not picking on KD at all. Just letting him know I'm onto him You ain't fooling me pal. I've had plenty of arguments with KD in the past to be honest but to be fair to the lad he is a much better poster than he was when he first came over here. In regards to Woodgate I'm pretty sure he voiced his concerns over his fitness when they signed him and he has looked very good and stayed injury free since he joined Spurs.

Could just as easily say he must be shit as he coached Spurs to many mid table finishes and flirts with relegation! Oooh, thought he was appointed by Jol. In that case: Chris Owttoon. He was on the coaching staff at Spurs under about 10 different managers!

Could just as easily say he must be shit as he coached Spurs to many mid table finishes and flirts with relegation!

How does your mate know he's a shit coach?

Martins back in training according to today's Getty pics. don't know how much he was involved but could make the bench? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/throwaway/martinstraining.jpg Keegan said he will not feature iirc, of course he could be telling porkies.

Keegan - 'Reputations don't mean too much when you talk about the yellow jersey, if you're an international you're almost certain to get it if you don't play well'

Training. http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7161/1678900qp8.jpg

Good to see this is back! Shay Given and Michael Owen the first two to get it! http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2286/79924097lb4.jpg

www.nufc.co.uk Sir Bobby To Mark 75th Birthday @ SJP SIR Bobby Robson will be presented to the St.James' Park crowd before Saturday's clash with Manchester United having this week celebrated his 75th birthday. So make sure you get down to the stadium a little bit earlier with the former Magpie manager due onto the pitch ten minutes before the 5.15pm kick-off. Robson took over the Toon reins in 1999 and during a five-year stay on Tyneside took the club to an FA Cup semi-final, UEFA Cup semi-final, back into the Champions League and 3rd place in the Premiership.

www.nufc.co.uk Sir Bobby To Mark 75th Birthday @ SJP SIR Bobby Robson will be presented to the St.James' Park crowd before Saturday's clash with Manchester United having this week celebrated his 75th birthday. So make sure you get down to the stadium a little bit earlier with the former Magpie manager due onto the pitch ten minutes before the 5.15pm kick-off. Robson took over the Toon reins in 1999 and during a five-year stay on Tyneside took the club to an FA Cup semi-final, UEFA Cup semi-final, back into the Champions League and 3rd place in the Premiership.

Emre and Martins set to miss out as well.