Dan Gleebals

Probably what we need... seemed to get the team and crowd going on Wednesday. Lets hope we get straight back into this!!!

How have we started?

Can't be arsed to read all of this but very well done to the players - great performance. Of more significance, the best performance goes to the fans. What a difference a good atmoshere has made. A repeat of that week in week out would soon have the place rocking again. The players and the fans owe it to each other to give it there all..

Our form has to change some time soon and after the shite of the last few weeks, I can see this game being just the game we suprise a few people. Hoping so anyway. If nothing else, it would be good for the fans to get behind the team and all give it a fookin good go. 5-0.

Zola still looks class.

Not sure this would be a good idea. Only think he is interested as no one else has come in. Sure he said a few months ago that he would only manage Portugal as a national team and that would not be for a few years yet!!!!!!!! I think we should jack the national team - it will take a miracle worker to sort out the shite we are. I would rather that person came to the toon to be honest!!!!!!!!!

Putting the fans opinions of sam aside, I think alot will depend on: - How good his relationship is with Mort and Co - How we are doing at the time - i.e. improving from here I personally think Jan is a bad time to buy and that you should only buy if - Injuries force you to - A player you really need is available at a price that is not over inflated as it is January Not many clubs wish to sell at this time of year so it pushes the price up. I would only really go for people that are in the last year of their contract with a view to them coming in Jan or in the summer.

Ashley was texting Lippi in the game.

They are third and conceded 2 away from home so far this season. Hardly a cock up is it.

You can blame the managers and rightly so. But what about the 11 over paid, prideless tw@ts that pulled the shirts on for much of the campaign. You can blame the manager for making 'tactical' or 'system' fook ups - but you cannot blame them for the s**** we saw last night and for other games in the qualifiers. The blame IMO falls completely with the 100k a week w@ankers that give it loads of verbals and think they deserve to win something by virtue of who they are. Simple fact, as a team we are nothing. EDIT: Wrong thread. On Bilic, for a team that had qualified he looked far the better man manager last night. Fair play to him. As others have said, clubs will be queing up for that kind of passion (and achievement)...

Jose also said he would never manage any other international team other than his home country. I think it would be an obbious move for the FA to want to at least speak to Sam. I for one think he would stay however.

Owen is always injured - fact. How can a manager get a team used to or a player used to a system when the player is always injured. There is no value what so ever in keeping Owen - just look at his record here. You certianly do not sack a manager for a player that has not even played 20+ games in two years.

The amount he is injured (Owen) I think it is likely that only a team like Wigan would come along. Can't wait to see the back of him after his latest setback.

NoGo if you love the toon

For all the reasons stated in the thread I wish people would just realise how lucky we are, stop the fooking moaning about big sam and give the whole operation a chance. Ashley is hardly going to keep pumping his money in to the manager if the fans are going to give the club and management shite after 12 games into a new set up. Would you? Fooking pathetic. Lets get behind the team and big sam ffs and the good times will return. Just not over night.

Happy with a point given the first half. Overall - still alot of work to be done on TACTICS and the players.

Terry Mac briefing the players!!! WTF

Good game now. We are starting to look like we can play football now.

best player off.

Will people Fook off with the sack big sam shit. Absolutely short sighted.

Fucking wank

Come on lads - this is better.

best chance so far really,. Unlucky.

Don't think it is. The FA can step in after the game if they think its worth looking at. I do not think the ref can as he or his assistants appreared to not see it.

How the fook can SMith have played shite? Are people watching the game and saying this. Saved a possible goal and is breaking the play up well. Faye has been awsome to say the least. We have not conceded a goal - this has to be a plus. I would take off Barton for Enrique and push Zog up. Think Martins has to come on for Viduka - he looks slow as fuck. For all the flicks he has got, there has been no one on the end of them anyway. Credit to the scum, they are quick to the ball and are not letting us play and are managing to play some ok football. I do not think our tactics are the problem, the players are. They are just not in the game - Milner, Owen, Barton, Emre etc - nearly half the fookin team. We need to create some chances and fast, otherwise we will loose this by the odd goal. We have proven over and over we cannot keep a clean sheet - time to go out there and play for the win and not a 0-0 draw.