BlueStar

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Or we could look at it another way, he's injured his calf and can't play for a while.

Funnily enough, often the same people who are convinced their hooligan element is harder than ours.

Also consider that a 'long ball' up to advanced attacking players streaming forwards on the counter-attack against a stretched defence to create a goal-scoring chance is registered the same as a long ball aimlessly punted up the pitch to waiting defenders after tapping it about in your own half for five minutes and running out of ideas. There's more to a long ball game than just the length of the passes.

Surely a percentage would be a better indicator? We've played the same amount of long balls as Man City, but they've played 135 more short passes than us. By these stats you can make yourself less of a 'long ball team' just by hardly ever having possession to make a pass, long or short, in the first place.

He finds out tomorrow according to the Chronicle Alan Pardew will learn his FA fate tomorrow http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-learn-fa-fate-6794519

Thought you were going to ask how stupid he was to bet on us

Thought ball numbers are alphabetical?

Is it Bolton who call the mackems "Deluded FC" on their board? Love this pretence they keep up that they're some of the most respected fans in the country and everyone else hates the mags just as much as they do.

Yep. You can never have more than two free ones though.

Any timeframe for when they decide? Is this going to be like the Anelka thing where they dick about for ages? Just roll some dice, ban the twat for that many games and get it over with.

Everton will now be played 7:45pm, Tuesday March 25th. Cheers for the updates in the thread by the way Magpie, subscribed to email alerts from it to try and keep up to date.

Alan Pardew will punish himself with community service after technical area misdemeanors http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-punish-himself-community-6768456 Must be good being a kid on one of the youth teams, knowing that putting up with you is the coach's punishment for nutting someone

Not quite sure how you grow up supporting your dad's team's local rivals like, wouldn't even let a kid of mine decide to glory-hunt Man City or Chelsea. You'll stand in the pissing rain with me and watch us get humped by Spurs and fucking like it.

How does it compare with what Ince got his 5 match stadium ban for do we reckon, in terms of seriousness? Would have thought attacking an official was worse than a player. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/fa-evidence-reveals-stadium-ban-for-paul-ince-was-due-to-the-blackpool-manager-violently-shoving-an-official-and-threatening-to-knock-him-out-8886765.html

How the fuck did he get a ticket anyway? Sounds like someone's just found the photo and made up a story to go with it.

What 'rest of the season'? I could see a panic replacement if we were down the other end of the table, but we've already reached the 40-point finish line. Is Ashley going to sack him because he won't be able to guide us to Europe if he's not allowed in the ground? Pffft.

"I think they seriously believe that man for man their team is better than city's. Hell on" What?! Deluded Geordies marra, all think they're gonna win the league every season. Mag at work was going on about it.

Indeed, although we had a few like that who then lost their marbles after a derby defeat, that'll be the acid test

"How would the mags react to losing a cup final?" "They'd destroy the whole of London! They'd slaughter every horse in the country! They'd attack the opposing fans!" Seem to have completely forgotten it happened twice in living memory and the atmosphere afterwards was completely good natured. Can't remember anyone talking about Sunderland and if we'd made a better account of ourselves than they would have done in our personal fantasies though.

Yeah, I remember all the credit we got for our FA Cup runners up medals, especially from them lot.

aye, for them to cry over on the way home. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bhu8RQhIgAAJJdw.jpg

Hahaha, all those glory hunting cunts who came out the woodwork can go back to not giving a fuck again.

Cheesy chips, thrown away

Watching with a toon fan I've just got back from Hull with who wants them to win it because he "supports north east football". No words.