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If you take the lead 3 times and give it away each time you don't deserve to win.

Honestly can't see Harper playing for us again. Completely frozen out of the picture and only injuries to Krul and Elliot will see him back in the fold.

The absolute last person they will blame this on is Dalglish. They'll point the finger at the players, the opposition, the refs, the bobbly grounds, the weather, the media, past managers, the owners but they'll never, ever turn on Dalglish. My apologies, they'll blame him before themselves as fans. That's it.

I'd give Ben Arfa the whole of the second half regardless of what the score is. Needs too be eased back rather than thrown straight back into things.

It feels like the morning of a funeral on RTG. Downbeat doesn't even come close.

*Just cut and paste whatever shit I wrote before Scunthorpe. *

We miss him on the park but I don't miss the whole circus that follows everything he does.

From the outside it looks like as much of a circus as we are. Can't see him going for it.

3-0. Bent (2), Agbonlahor They'll convert the chances they make.

Knowing full well I'm going to sound like a cunt here but - it's something that's not even up for discussion tbh.

Got to expect to pick up injuries during the course of a season. It does, however, highlight the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in when it comes to having to dip into the squad when needs be. To be left without adequate cover at either CH or LB after only 4 games is out of order. Yet again we're crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.

No such thing as bad publicity. The more fuss that's kicked up (and he fucking knows there will be) the more it keeps his brand in the headlines. Doesn't make a blind bit of difference if it's positive or negative it's being talked about and that's all he's interested in. It's in the news. It's on the TV and it'll be mentioned whenever we play. He's already won.

Any excuse tbh: John Sitton - Angry Football Half-Time Team Talk - Leyton Orient F.C. Love this clip.

Bardsley looking at a 4 match ban (as opposed to the normal 3 gamer) because he's already been sent off once this season. Poor lad.

Always get the impression that the FA have already looked at it loads from different angles and already decided he meant it simply because they've charged him. Had they felt it was accidental then they wouldn't have charged him at all. They probably know he'll plead not guilty.

Definitely intentional like. Deserves everything he gets and hopefully he appeals it and they tack another one on too. Nasty little fucker.

Genuinely don't know how he gets a game any more. To just see him play at all is baffling, to be in a position where he's starting games and we're relying on him is evidence of the backward transfer policy of the cunts running the gaff. Him merely being on the pitch represents the failure of the board.

Fucking abject tonight like, got to be said. I know he scored against Sunderland but he's not immune from criticism. Dreadful stuff and quite possibly the worst player on the park tonight.

Thankful for the point tonight as we should, by rights, have lost that tonight. They created enough chances to expect to put at least one of them away. Which is the entire point - we're ok when we're keeping it tight and nicking goals to win games but what happens when we concede first? I'd have very little faith in them coming back and getting a result out of the game because the firepower is simply not there. We're crossing our fingers and hoping the opposition don't score and we either hold on or nick it. It won't last forever and I don't give a shit about the stats as they aren't a true reflection of how we're playing. We've got out of jail more than once and it'll turn.

Lucky to still be in this tbh, should be 3 or 4 down. Taylor is getting raped but Gutierrez is giving him no protection at all. The whole point of playing upfront is to have an advantage on the 2 CHs. Unfortunately, when one of those 2 strikers is Shola we may as well just play Best and by himself and bring Marveaux on to match their central 3 in the middle - or at least let us go 4-2-3-1. Needs changing or we'll get bummed again. They'll have the wind behind them this half too so they could quite easily pen us in a bit.

Any news on how much the income went up by?

2-2 Barton will either be superb and score or get sent off.

Was speaking to a mackem mate at a wedding last night. Lovely bloke, known him for 25 years, red and white daft and genuinely loves his club. He understands where the problems are and his feet are definitely on the ground where football is concerned. He works at the training ground and is friendly with a few of the players - it's his dream job. We got talking about Sunderland and he told me that he watched a bit of the training on Thursday and they were practising crossing and finishing and, in his words it were "fucking pitiful". Crosses going fucking everywhere and in the 15 minutes he watched them he only saw one cross converted despite there being no keeper stopping the shots. He was really downbeat about the club tbh.

Wait until he has a few drinks.... Don't really drink much marra and I live over your way so I'm used to getting shedloads of stick. Water off a ducks back. I'm just here to add to the debate and for a bit of crack. Good crack mind, not s*** crack. Good to hear I'm sure you're aware of the poster Wearside? Same bloke man. Just his second go. Err, it really isn't mate. I'm Randy Savage on here and the SMB. I know of a 'Wearsider' on the SMB, but I'm not sure about 'Wearside.'

Wait until he has a few drinks.... Don't really drink much marra and I live over your way so I'm used to getting shedloads of stick. Water off a ducks back. I'm just here to add to the debate and for a bit of crack. Good crack mind, not s*** crack. Good to hear I'm sure you're aware of the poster Wearside? Same bloke man. Just his second go.