James

I had a dream last night that Nile Ranger was amazing.

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Fuck Carroll

What a fucking joke.

Not suprising considering how little he's played in two years. Fatigue affects his knowledge of the offside rule? Yes, because beating the offside rule requires energy, and if you are tired you are more likely to try a fast one.

Not suprising considering how little he's played in two years.

Left to right tonight considering what happenned with the Mackems.

FWIW, I think Jonas is a much better left winger than right winger from what I've seen so far, and is miles better than the other left wing options, so I hope we get back into the habit of playing our best players in their best positions.

Given Beye Taylor Coloccini Bassong Geremi Barton Guthrie Jonas Martins Ameobi Bring on Duff for Geremi at half time, and Xisco when Shola tires.

What a ridiculous idea, wouldn't this mean that teams weren't keen to ever get their youngsters past 50 appearances? You wouldn't see them getting as many substitute outings surely. Basically, at the end of each window, each team would have to name a twenty man squad made up of over-25's or youngsters who have established themselves. Youngsters don't play 50 games if they aren't established.

There cetainly remains one DoF system in England that seems to be working (to an extent). Arnesen at Chelsea. With a clearly defined focus on youth, he has been able to draw in a lot of youth talent without stepping on toes when it comes to first team affairs. Shame it seems to be at a club where the pressures are to only select established players. I'd be all in favour of the FA capping squad sizes at 20 and telling clubs that any additional players must be under-25s with less than 50 first team appearances.

Avram Grant will be the new Pompey boss IMO.

Aye, it's almost as if some of us are from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. What a stupid f***ing thing to say. What? Now that was a stupid thing to say. Blaming the system, the owners, Kinnear etc is bloody stupid and pointless. They pretty much had their strongest team out and we didn't even come close. I think we would have beaten them easily otherwise. We played alright on the whole and they played well. But hey let's play the blame game all over again! That's so much more fun! I blame Owne for having muscle tissue made out of tissue paper! I blame Freddy Shepherd and John Hall for selling the club to that evil non-Geordie Mike Ashley! I blame Keegan for being a stroppy little man! yada, yada, yada, yada bollox. Two players (Owen, Viduka) from our best team. Sorry, but you can't blame injuries on this one. Jonas got 15 mins because he only just returned, as did Barton. If they are fit enough to play the 90, we win this game easily imo. Beye still isn't quite right either and Martins doesn't look very sharp. How would we win it easily? When they'd both probably be bypassed anyway with the ball being aimed far beyond their reaches. Did you watch the match? Did you see what happened after they both came on? You don't have the first clue what this means to people from this area so why bother offering comment? f***s sake What's your problem? Kaka thinks I'm overreacting. I say that when he's actually seen the Tyne Bridge, he'll have the right to tell me I'm overreacting to a derby defeat. Until then, he should keep his f***ing nose out. you're telling him he shouldnt even bother having an opinion because he's not local? classic. He's not allowed to tell me I'm overreacting, no. Fairly f***ing obvious iyam. mackems.gif Look mate - do you think Keegn would of lost that game? With players he bought? No. Not what i asked. Squirm as much as you like mate - but you know your way off with this one. f***ing disgraceful result, i know but JK is responsible for this one. The quality of the squad is not to blame for this result. Squirm? Of course Keegan would have won this game, like he did last year at a canter. So your point about Wise and the quality of squad is f***ing invalid if Keegan would of got a better result witht he exact same squad. Not rocket science like. Not really. The reason Ashley backed Wise instead of Keegan was because he thought the squad was so good that the manager didn't matter. Not rocket science like. Is that a reason or a wild guess? And what exactly has that got to do with this match?? If the squads the same yet you think you;d get 2 different results with different managers then the only variable here is the manager and therefore the manager is repsonsible for the loss. Rocket science is probably too much for you so how about we move it to "join the dots". Are you dim or something? Ashley is to blame for the squad situation, the manager situation and our first defeat off this lot for 8 years, first away for 28 years. Does that clear things up? mackems.gif Oh my god. that is embarressing logic, so Ashley is responsible for every single result we have this season be it good or bad? Thats borderline idiotic i'm afraid. You admit that another manager would of got a better result with the same squad but still go on to say the squad is the reason we're losing, scratch that, that is idiotic. So, same car, different drivers different results yet the cars and the builders of the car are the reason for the loss. Credit to you for being this passionate though, feel free to let that get in the way of logic. Honestly haven't got a clue what you're gibbering about now. The squad AND the manager both make a difference on the result of a football match. This is not a difficult concept. f*** me - this is impossible. do you even know how you started this debate, by blaming Wise and Asley for the quality of the squad and therefore this loss. Then you go on to say that Keegan would of got a result with the EXACT same squad. So how can you say the quality of the squad was the reason we lost this result. I've even simplified it for you and you still dont get it. Squad A + Keegan = Win (in your eyes) Squad A + JK = Loss The only variable here is the managers so that can be the only thing responsible for the differing results. That is scientific fact you bamp. :lol: I'm going to assume that the people who matter on this forum are able to understand how dim you look. Even if the managers were the only variables (which they're not), Ashley forced Keegan out by backing his slimey mates. So it's his fault. Right? Keegan wouldn't have lost against a dismal lot like these scumbags but even he wouldn't have been able to work miracles with the squad he was offered by Ashley and his chums to make any significant progress. Robson would have stayed.

Given 6 - Did OK Beye 5 - Still not at his best Coloccini - 5 - Too shaky, but still has classy moments Taylor - 6 - Did OK Bassong - 5 - Gave their right side too much space. Geremi - 5 - One good freekick otherwise anonymous Butt - 0 - Useless waste of space. Fuck off. Guthrie - 5 - Hid in midfield. Duff - 5 - Better on the right than on the left. Martins - 6 - Made the right runs and passes but let down by the ineptitude of those behind him. Shola - 6 - Game of two halves. Gutierrez - 6 - Good running, and now has to convince me that he is better than Dyer. Barton - 6 - More drive, determination, and intelligence than seen from Butt. Enrique - n/a but what is the point of the substitution, shouldhave been Zog.

Apparently he said that people in Southampton won't be talking about this game. Having lived there, I can categorically say that is not true, the game always packed the pubs out down there.

Kinnear did say that he isn't 100% for starting yet.

You don't need to delete the image, I just spent ten mins of my own time rehosting the damn thing!

Don't host images from .cock please. Thank you

Oh FFS.

Let's just not judge the manager/owners on the Jan transfer window, given how it is difficult to persuade players to move at that time of year.

Virtually unrelated, but people won't like this - Newcastle probably will get relegated in our lifetime, and we will have to live through it, as will fans of all clubs. For those to whom it does not happen, you are probably people who witnessedMcKeag and Westwood anyhow.

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Here is my opinion: Rob Styles caught his reflection in Robinho's boots, so wasn't looking properly at the incident.