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Gamst surely?

Might turn out to be sort of true after all: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7122881.stm Fingers crossed that Croatia were involved.

I have worries about Viduka's fitness though, he was just so bad in the last game It's a short list of players who weren't. Still offered our biggest threat going forward imo.

If we hadn't dropped points at Reading, Derby, Boro and the SoS, people could take home defeats. It's going to those places with the attitude we have and putting in the performances we have that has people's backs up the most, as well as driving the confidence from the team going into the home games. Whose fault is that Joey?

I'd pick Given, Beye, Faye, Rozehnal, Enrique, Milner, Geremi, Barton, N'Zogbia, Martins, Vids. I don't expect to see that team for a second though.

He's talking bollocks in all honesty. How were the fans to blame for 3-0 down in 11 minutes? How does he explain being totally insipid on the road? How do Barcelona and Real cope under the pressure of some of the most demanding fans in the world? I thought Joey Barton didn't make excuses, doesn't sound like that to me.

For someone who doesn't care about England to spend 90% of their posts talking about them is a little suspicious.

Mint. Love the Chelsea execs trying to get him off the subject - "But he wants me to answer the question!"

And how many on this site who rubbish O'Neill as 'second-rate' STILL believe that ? I said last year that this season would see a vast improvement at Villa and so it has proved... Whether you like it or not, O'Neill is a really good manager and time will prove that to be the case. All those who preferred Allardyce(or anyone else of similar ilk)must be having a talk with themselves right now - if not, they SHOULD be... What happens if we go to Blackburn and get thumped ? Will you STILL continue to sneer at O'Neill !?? Haven't you sort of trampled all over your own point there?

That's bollocks though, because when you play good football, you win football matches. You don't win them all by any means but if you play well, you create chances and by extension score goals. This theory about "losing 4-3 every week" is rubbish, because if you score three goals every week, you'll win way more than you lose even with a shit defence. Keegan's team, where this myth about NUFC and 4-3s comes from, didn't finish bottom or tenth, they finished second and were the best team in the country for a considerable amount of time. You talk of "grinding out results" but that is a million miles away on current form because we're absolutely porous at the back. We are neither creating anything nor defending anything and you've got to do at least one of those! There is often hyperbole on this forum, as with all football forums, but we were at home on Saturday and we didn't have a corner or a single shot at goal, we've also conceded 7 in 2 at SJP while not scoring a single 'real' goal since Spurs. It is not over the top to say that what we've seen over the past month is just as bad as anything we have seen over the past 15 years. I'm still somewhat hopeful that he can turn it round but he needs to do it fast.

Oh piss off.

Away from home too and haven't Pompey won 5 away on the bounce? Bastards.

That's based on some book of statistics or something. Really? I thought it said that was a vote of the players or something? I can't get on it now, my internet's on the blink. So basically not worth a wank. Ah right.

That's based on some book of statistics or something. Really? I thought it said that was a vote of the players or something? I can't get on it now, my internet's on the blink. Orange? I can only get on Toontastic and this place for some bizarre reason. Yep! Glad it's not just me.

Do Speccy while you're there mate.

For me, brummie was only welcome because they were in the same boat. I'm off to ban him.

That's based on some book of statistics or something. Really? I thought it said that was a vote of the players or something? I can't get on it now, my internet's on the blink.

Not a Barry assist by any chance? Fuck's sake, why wasn't Young picked for England? Absolute class.

Was looking at this earlier, I knew it would be Shearer but I don't agree. Noticed the "25 best ever", There's no fucking way in the world Figo was better than Maradona like.

Fucking get in. Double points.

Have the Premiership introduced some sort of award for using the highest amount of different back fours in a season or something? If he drops Enrique, well, time is ticking Sam. You cannot keep fucking about like this and hope to get away with it, not at NUFC.

Whoopee.

Fair comment from Mort imo. Allardyce has to earn backing right now, because he's brought a lot of his own players in and they're not doing it. We're not asking for miracles, just not the disgraceful performances of the last month and Mort is right, get them playing as a unit and we'll climb the table because we do have good players. No point giving him loadsa money in the current situation, because it's not the ability of the players that is the problem at the moment.

What a fucking woeful article that is.