Wullie

Overweight, lazy and permanently crocked yet when he gets a football into his feet, the man is a genius.

Our goal return from midfield is disgusting.

Fucking hell. With that news and after watching them tonight, I think Man Utd will pick them off.

On there they seem to think they'll move Pornstar Bates back there, he's been playing in midfield.

Not sure about that; he was all over the place against Man Utd. He's a centre half though, they've not got any more.

http://www.fansonline.net/middlesbrough/mb/view.php?id=1131959 Great news for us if true.

Personally after that Barca game, I'm more confident than ever that Newcastle will stay up. There's no way I'm seeing that £300.

Unless I misunderstand, you're more likely to be throwing your money away betting against the big guns away from home for the sake of your pattern though surely?

Ditto, exactly the same amount too. Don't know what they've been playing at since the penalty, fucking shit. You'd never see Man Utd's arse drop out like this.

I've been thinking that for a while. Didn't we get Chelsea at the end of the season at home three times in a row fairly recently, and beat them twice..? That was when we weren't absolutely shit tbf. A weak Man Utd going to Hull is much more to worry about I think. A weak Man Utd is still good enough to beat all the teams in the Premiership, bar the remaining three of the top 4. Good enough yes, but it's by no means certain that they will. West Ham went to OT two years ago needing to win to stay up and Man Utd just rolled over.

I've been thinking that for a while. Didn't we get Chelsea at the end of the season at home three times in a row fairly recently, and beat them twice..? That was when we weren't absolutely shit tbf. A weak Man Utd going to Hull is much more to worry about I think.

:lol:

Could well transpire that the game at Villa Park is a better hope of a result than Fulham next week at home.

Well yeah, I just mean it's been bloody ages since we scored from a speculative smash at goal. Not since the beginning of last season, Butt and Emre against Everton were both pearlers and obviously Charlie at Boro before that, the latter probably being the only "speculative smash" in there.

How good would Faye and Bassong have been?

Beye's still made 20 league appearances. In comparison, Guthrie has 18, Martins 19, Owen 20, Jonas 21, Bassong 24. I think he's eligible - he has to be, he's the only one even vaguely competent.

Butt and O'Neill.

I'm assuming nothing but I've gone well beyond pessimism (realism) now. I'm confident we'll stay up now because I no longer see any point in looking at the negatives. Back in our hands now and I honestly think we'll do it.

Yep, hand me the rusty claw hammer.

Persecuted.

Thank fuck.

Just been informed that a defeat for Boro on Monday will be a new club record 11 away defeats. Just ripe for us to fuck it up.

The mail are the best for these arbitrary lists that bear no relation to reality. Sure they had one that included enrique as one of the flops of last season but didn't mention alan smith.

In fairness to Coloccini, it's only since around the middle of January that he's looked so poor. The stuff about Bassong and Duff is just moronic.