James

Parker is the better individual, but Butt has the experience tohelp him get the best out of the rest of the team.

I think Roeder is playing another one of those media games, just like hae has done against West Ham and Arsenal.

I'm out. No bonus points for Baines. Robbed in favour of an own goal.

Baines has been given the assist. It is now a case of waiting to see who gets any bonus points. Doyle wont get any, so I'm going to have to keep my fingers crossed for Baines.

If anyone sees the Wigan game, can they fill me in on the Baines 'goal', I'm desperate to know how my Fantasy Football points are going to end up.

I half-rate Babayaro (although we should get someone better for £5m rather than rely on £1m full backs), I thought he had a very very bad game today, but he is much much better than this.

Dont bother mentioning the game in hand by the way, as that is the Chelsea away game.

December could be a stop-start month, with some difficult ties, but you would expect a team with our players (not necessarily the management though) to pick up some points. We should be aiming to take 9 of the next 12 points, putting us in a good position to move forward in the new year with the introduction of some fresh legs. The Blackburn, Watford and Spurs games seem really important right now, it has to be said.

If Baines isn't given the goal, he'll get an assist, and if he was second best player on the pitch, I'm through.

Win is a win

Thanks to goals from Emre and Baines, I think I'm going through Edit: Baines goal might now be an own goal. If it is, I'm out

Carr, Babayaro, Bramble and Ramage make me shit my pants for 90 minutes - now that is dirty.

Blatantly done by a Spurs fan.

You are like Michael Owen. Despite some setbacks, life is is generally good and won't be long till you are back to your peak. Remember, height is never usually an issue (only length and girth). Some people find midgets sexy. Your lucky animal is a zebra.

He will do what he does. Nothing more, nothing less.

Still not in the first sixteen having missed several games with a STUBBED TOE. If he was fit, you would expect him to get in ahead of Huntington (although I'm glad he isn't) Like his hernia injury, where he was always due to return very soon, only didn't - took a couple months more than Shearer despite having similar injuries. Sounerss said at the time that they had similar complaints. During this time, there was a post on the forum stating that he saw Carr in a pub when Newcastle were playing live on the TV, and he chose to move into a room where the match wasn't on, preferring to shun his own team and team-mates. Dont know whether that was true or not though. Regardless, Carr is a fucking wastrel. Not only is he the worst player of our 20 or so seniors, he is totally uncommitted. Deserves to be booed in every game he plays.

Solano was first up for vs Watford iirc, and he took a few when Shearer has been injured also iirc so it'll be him.

It is on the Disclosure section. Basically, we have disclosed that Belgravia are in discussions regarding a takeover.

What do you mean, "for once"? Last winter we got nobody in, but then again I don't think Souness had any intention or money to do so, and the winter before that, didn't we have Boumsong & Babayaro signed by Jan 2nd? Ah, I had this stretched memory of them being last minute signings but you are right. At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens. O Nut 3-0 Taylor27 4-0 actually. (That makes it 4-1)

What do you mean, "for once"? Last winter we got nobody in, but then again I don't think Souness had any intention or money to do so, and the winter before that, didn't we have Boumsong & Babayaro signed by Jan 2nd? Ah, I had this stretched memory of them being last minute signings but you are right. At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens.

At least we are bidding for players before the transfer window opens for once.

So many unlikely player permutations needed to get me through. Galatasaray need to beat Dyer's Sore Hammy and my team, Jimbo's XI need to beat League Winners. Currently the scores are: Galatasaray 37 (39 after subs) - 46 (49 after subs) DSH Jimbo's XI 45 - 47 League Winners so if it stayed like that, I'm going out. The following players are yet to play for each team: Galatasaray - Taylor and Emre (vs Reading) - Kishishev (vs Blackburn) - Boateng and Yakubu (vs Tottenham) DSH - Friedel (vs Charlton) League Winners - Friedel (vs Charlton) - Seol and Doyle (vs Newcastle) - Bent © (vs Blackburn) Jimbo's XI - Baines (vs West Ham) - Doyle © (vs Newcastle) Everything is so intrinsically linked. I'll probably need: A Newcastle win and preferably a clean sheet with important contributions from Taylor and Emre (especially if we concede) against Reading. Seol must not score or set any up. Charlton to score and preferably keep a clean sheet vs Blackburn without Darren Bent scoring. A Wigan clean sheet at West Ham Good performances from Yakubu and Boateng at Middlesborough. I cant really ask for all that

There is only one proper celebration. The Shearer One-Arm Aloft one.

Some people end up hanging around the wrong friends, and I think that is vey much the case with Dyer and Bramble's Ipswich mates. If they both had any sense, they would both ditch their bloodsucking entourage.

On the contrary, you are wrong. We were only in the first month of the season. As much of a panic as sacking Gullit and replacing him with Robson ........ I don't expect you will understand that. Did you criticise the purchase of Owen at the time ? Perhaps you would prefer someone like Heskey, Jon Stead, or Viduka, as they aren't "trophy players" etc etc... Odd that you criticise this board yet you can't keep away from it For the last time, Gullit resigned.