James

Bloody hell I'm insane aren't I. It's an unfortunate set of affairs, but Kinnear's initial target at NUFC was to prove himself as good enough for his next job, and he included his health as one thing he needed to prove.

Hmm, Everton are on a high right now...

Seems like he might be the first decent support striker we've had for years.

4 points clear!

PHEW!

Perhaps Xisco has one of those £275k per game for 30 games transfer installment deals Nice show of defiance if this unlikely claim is true.

Gordon McKeag?

Bump for Mike.

Haven't you seen the other thread?

Bad way of putting it.

Squeaky Bum Time

It's not just the crosses and set pieces, the mere threat will give space to other players.

Lovenkrands Lucky Dip breaks that up a bit.

No half-time all-out defence instructions please.

SAYLOR! YES! RAYLOR ASSIST!!

Of the 5 goals scored so far today, four have been scored by players who have played for NUFC.

Nicky Butt

Sounds like Saylor nearly cost us again there.

Nice flick out wide, ball came over and Nolan volleyed it into the ground, rebounded twice to Lovenkrands and he tucked it away neatly into the corner. I thought it was Raylor with the volley?

YES!!! INSANITY!!

I presume this is Steven we are talking about Yep Saylor.

Silly.

YES!!

As has become usual over the last few months, we don't know what they've done to help him. We do know that Ashley has been at the training ground and Llambias has spent even more time with him. Nobody can put anybody under stress, the only person who can do that is the person who is potentially suffering. People can try but it's up to each individual to learn to cope with situations. I've had enough jobs and situations in life where I could have suffered but didn't allow it to happen, it wasn't because I didn't care, it was because allowing yourself to suffer does nobody any good and will only make matters worse. Some jobs are more likely than others to induce stress and that's when people who can deal with it usually do a better job, it's the same job or type of job but the people doing it are different. Absolutely, and it is very hard to disagree with you. But if I was an employer, I would now be assessing what I could be doing to take any unnecessary pressure off my employees to stop it happening again. For me, it's not about not putting people in stressful positions, it is about alleviating pressure. Joe Kinnear is a person, and a human being, and this week he was publically and proffessionally humiliated by Charles N'Zogbia. Now whether Kinnear's illness is stress related or not, it doesn't matter, Derek Llambias should have done more to publically protect his employee.