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Seem to remember he was crowing about how much he was looking forward to the 5-1 match and telling people "Just wait and see what happens". The humiliation gave him a nervous breakdown.

Pretty sure it's gross. Yeah, makes you sick, doesn't it.

So we've got Andy Carroll £35m - Not part of the new managers plans, loaned to West Ham Charlie Adam £7m - Sold to Stoke Stewart Downing £20m - Can't get in the team, may be loaned to Boro Henderson £20m - Only featured 5 times in 12 games, only one of those appearances being for more than 25 minutes. Imagine what most managers could do with 80 million quid

Middlesbrough will offer Stewart Downing the chance of loan return to the Riverside http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8261917/ Another KK masterstroke that lad was

He'd be a lot better on the end of a lofted ball than Williamson at least

Scowling and swearing after being 'hauled off' tonight.

OptaJoe - Newcastle attempted 26 shots at goal vs Swansea (excl. blocked); the most by a side in a PL game since Jan 1st 2011. Unfortunate.

They should play against 10 men more often, it's a style that suits them. Fulham still had more shots on target

Speak for yourself, not everybody did. Always liked Routledge, was one of those players who, like N'Zogbia, would sometimes be the only person on the pitch actually trying to make something happen. Which seemed to be why he got berated - obviously if you don't try, you don't fail.

Suppose we had that good spell for the first ten minutes of the second half. Just befor they scored

A win would have put us level with Spurs as well

Not the first time he's had something furry around his elbow etc etc

My lasses brother put a photo on Facebook of him with Shearer in the Pitcher and Piano bogs last night.

Commentators from around the world react to the Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal (Audio) http://soundcloud.com/off-the-ball/commentators-from-around-the

Two teams without a Plan B, could be a frustrating game to watch.

Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse may not be allowed to play at the weekend due to a club-versus-country row with Senegal. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8249897/

We loved him so much that we signed his brother So when one retires we've still got another Like our Shola, la-la-la, la-Shola, la-la-la, la- Sholaaaa!

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has dismissed speculation Luis Suarez could sign for Manchester City in a £50m January deal. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8249709/

Maybe it's because I'm more into football because of the drinking and swearing than I am the intricacies, but sometimes I read stuff like Zonal Marking when they talk about why managers made certain choices and it fills me with a similar skepicism as when English teachers used to explain the hidden allusions behind every tiny detail in an author's work. "He called her that because it's a similar name to an egyptian God with a dog's head, symbolising her loyalty." rather than just liking the name. "He brought on his holding midfielder to adjust the pace of the game to further suit his modified peruvian Christmas tree formation and allow his goalkeeper to put additional pressure on the perpendicular channels." rather than because the guy he replaced looked a bit fucking knackered.

Used to just have to score more than the other lot, innit.

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Pretty much why they won't do it. Remember what happened last time Rooney got too close to a mic on the pitch? You'd have players Fing and blinding on TV at 2pm on a Sunday, you'd have awkward questions about why big team's players weren't getting booked and sent off and I think footballers are too thick and entitled to learn to speak to the ref like rugby players even after repeated punishment. Plus a load of ex-pros will write op eds about how it's a man's sport and swearing is part of the game.

The short corners are particularly baffling as they don't even fit with the rest of the play. If we're going to play this type of turgid football, wang it in the box and hope someone standing around in the middle gets a foot on it rather than expecting the two guys taking the corner to somehow magic the ball through a blind alley with no options, which ends up with us being torn apart on the break. Taking a short corner when we've got Krul in the opposition box sums that one up

Think the main thing for me is how fucking abysmal our movement off the ball is. Finally get a great cross in, no-one in the fucking box at all.

Mint drinking daft drinks like that, when we first got a round of the 1.5 litre vase things people were asking if they could take photos of our table