James

He'd have no impact today. Spurs are masterful tonight, if anything we need better defensive players, not offensive ones.

Just going to have to forget about this game.

Benitez is the man for me, winning the Champions League with Liverpool.

john terry: nice to white guys So basically he is nice to people he likes

Ok. I have come up with my own shortlist. 1. Chris Hughton 2. Rafa Benitez

England need someone uncontroversial that will take orders from above and will enjoy the simple coaching of a group of lads.

He is out of the team because he kept losing the ball in areas most weak to counter attack and our defence struggles against pace through the centre. Pardew said pre Villa he was going to have to deal with the counter attacks. That was his solution. Ben Arfa has nowhere near the greatest ability at the club. He is behind Coloccini, Krul and Ba, while numerous other players are playing better and i would rather build the team around them than him.

We have still conceded 5 to Fulham and 4 to West Brom though so it can still happen even if we are much tighter than we used to be..

Look up the McLeish interview on BBC. He calls Cisse's goal a 1 in 10 fluke.

They are getting us when we lose the ball in midfield. For that reason, we must not bring on Ben Arfa. Also we definitely missed Taylor when he came off.

Gutted for Taylor

Best celebration ever.

Sunday Sun says it is 12 players going From the mixture of articles this week, it is now identified as Tamas Kadar, Joan Edmundsson, Jeff Henderson, Greg McDermott, Patrick Nzuzi, Dan Taylor, Phil Airey, Stephen Folan, Ryan Donaldson, Samuel Adjei, Ole Soderberg + A.N. Other that is not Tavernier, Streete, Inman, Richardson, Alnwick, Dummett.

Pardew talking about the reserve cull in the Sunday Sun. Says Tavernier will 100% be here next season.

Wants a new contract http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2012/02/05/ryan-taylor-i-d-love-to-be-offered-new-deal-79310-30267952/

Contract is joint priority No. 2 according to Sunday Sun.

Contract is joint priority No. 2 according to Sunday Sun.

New contract will have to wait according to Sunday Sun.

Will be offered a new contract in the near future according to the Sunday Sun - once Colo, Simpson, Guthrie reach their conclusion.

Will be offered a new contract in the near future according to the Sunday Sun - once Colo, Simpson, Guthrie reach their conclusion.

http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2012/02/05/coloccini-playing-hard-ball-over-new-contract-79310-30268415/ Only thing of any substance regarding Coloccini:

Krul Simpson Williamson Coloccini Santon Taylor Guthrie Perch Jonas Obertan Ba

Suggests there's a good chance of using Perch as a holding player to give the forwards a bit more freedom. Wouldn't be the worst idea IMO, but really hope he goes for it and plays Ba, Cisse and HBA That quote means no Ben Arfa who loses the ball when we are most vunerable to the counter attack.

Those teams seem very biased around the here and now. Certainly Woodgate, Given, Speed, Lee, Ginola, Batty, Bellamy, Ferdinand, Cole, Beardsley are all players you could argue a good case for.

Eh what? Just felt the need to say I find the use of the term 'mong' pretty offensive. The apparently flippant and repetitive use of it in this thread especially so. No biggie. I looked back ten pages and couldn't find one instance of it. Perhaps not this thread but is everywhere. The derogatory references to downs syndrome on this forum are horrific, specifically a recent picture a poster put on here mocking someone with the condition.