thomas

Loven it. Absolutely loven it.

Fantastic

Too many ifs and buts could change my opinion on it. IF we keep Hughton and IF we don't invest well in players, then yes. We should be happy with 17th place on goal difference. Move that finish up a few notches IF we replace Hughton and/or IF we flesh out the squad with quality. Being the eternal optimist/brain damaged manchild that I am, I went ahead and voted "No" in the hopes he'll be replaced and Ashley will put up £10m for players, before any sales.

Good.

Think Arsenal, of the top 3 right now, have the easiest sailing till the end of season. Would love them to sneak it, not because I like them any just hate the other two more.

You got a link for that mate? I'd be interested to see where Newcastle figure. Not to steal KSH's thunder, but I was just looking at them myself after that post : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_attendances_of_European_football_clubs a solid 18th.

If I remember from articles down the years, German clubs and the league itself are fantastically well run compared to their English/Spanish/Italian counterparts. Not surprising to see them make up 25% of that list despite not being considered a powerhouse league. Huge attendance numbers for clubs across the board.

Have you seen the size of Smith lately? I think the last thing he needs is to be hanging around Nolan anymore.

Not particularly bothered one way or the other. "He's proven down the years that he puts away chances like that" from Brackley though, almost made me put a fist through the monitor. No, our relegation didn't rest on the head of any one single player, but down the home stretch he let us down big time.

It was a standard win in that we were able to scrape a goal somehow and then rely on the only consistently good part of our team - the defense - to carry us. That's what the difference was.

sheeting down sweet jesus

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/tables/cc_champ.html

Williamson's been class.

Always disheartening to hear "if he would just look up" from a commentator

Glad we got the 2nd before the inevitable smith sending off.

Well done Andy. I can relax a little now.

could do without hearing someone eating a bag of chips

worst tackle of the game goes unpunished.

Jonas with a nice cross, Carroll off target :\

Can anyone who's seen Best confirm that he's got a bit of pace? I've not seen him live yet but I couldn't see much evidence of it on his youtube video. He seems to run into opposition defenders with startling alacrity.

Don't think we've been that bad. Last 10 or so we've shown a distinct lack of urgency imo. and I don't think playing it square for a teammate to clear at the top of our box is very clever either. That said I think we'll still go into the half in the lead and score a game killer early 2nd half.

22nd minute and we're playing like it's the 87th and we have a 5 goal lead. :\

Didn't look like one, tbh.

I think he came up through the academy. Mind being jogged about this, I remember someone posting a bit about him getting in a fight after a game? Subsequent posts about it were removed for libel/slander/whatever reason, but that coincided roughly with the time he vanished. Does anyone know if there was more to it and did the club let him go? PM if the details aren't postable. Sorry for the derail btw, but I just remember him being a huge deal that's disappeared. No different to dozens of others down the years I'm sure.

Slightly off-topic but for anyone knowledgeable in the subject, whatever happened to Mark Walton? I remember him being a huge deal 3 or 4 years ago; ripped the net off the posts with a goal in some tourney in Italy iirc. Looked like he would make the step up and then he literally disappeared.