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Perch has been woeful in this game, but I don't think he's being done any favours by Guthrie. Guthrie has been completely anonymous on that right hand side, leaving Perch to have to run forward all the time as Guthrie keeps disappearing and leaving Perch no one to pass to, this then gets Perch massively out of position. Perch is also being totally dominated by N'Zgobia. Whilst Perch has been pretty pathetic in this game, he has had some decent games too, so I think those who are calling for him to be dropped from the squad completely are over reacting just a tiny bit (mind you, he should definitely be subbed off from this game).

The solution to tackles like De Jong's, shirt pulling, diving, and other stains on the game is actually quite simple. If FIFA allowed FA's to operate post-match review committees that have the right to charge players with bringing the game in to disrepute then all of these problems will be got rid of. In a case like De Jong v. Ben Arfa the post-match review committee would be asked to review certain incidents by NUFC, they would review the available footage, would charge De Jong with bringing the game in to disrepute and would suspend him for a number of matches. If a player is alleged to have dived and been awarded a penalty, the victim club could request the incident be reviewed and the offending player (diver) could be charged with bringing the game in to disrepute and suspended for a number of matches. This approach does not affect the run of play, does not slow the game down, does not require new technology to be introduced, it doesn't change anything that affects the outcome of a game. It just allows the FA to weed out behaviors that it does not want in its league by suspending offending players. If individual players become repeat offenders then the FA could ratchet up the suspensions for repeat offences... i.e. a first bad tackle would be a 3 match ban, if they end up being charged again the panel awards a 6 match ban, etc... The repeat offender would get the message pretty quickly.

Even the ManCity website agrees that both penalty decisions were wrong. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Match-reports/2010/October/City-v-Newcastle?

The refereeing has been atrocious!!! The tackle on Ben Arfa was a complete hack job and the penalty was a complete con job. I keep expecting Tevez's mother to run a note out to the ref' to explain why Tevez should be getting more penalties. Dear Mr Referee, My son Carlos is a good boy and you should be doing more to support him in his career. Could you please be more nice and give him a few free kicks because he is terrible to live with when he has to work hard, especially if big meany defenders give him a hard time. Yours sincerely, Mrs Tevez

I don't think anyone is surprised.... Disgusted yes, surprised no.

Why is it that shit-house visiting goal keepers keep coming to St James' and having matches of their lives. It seems a definite trend that 3rd rate goalies keep coming to our ground and playing out of their skins... what the fark is going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I think Barton has been hamstrung by the need to come so deep to make up for Smith's ineptitude. Bringing Tiote on for Smith will free Barton up to push forward and attack more.

It's almost like Smith said to himself.... "oh, shite.... I 'avn't done much this arf..... I betta stick me foot out.... oh fook!!!"

I say No, but for this reason. If we're 17th at the end of the season then it means we stay in the PL, great, but it also means that we were involved in a dramatic fight to avoid relegation again, meaning we haven't really progressed beyond where we were two years prior. As a consequence whilst I would be happy we were not relegated, I'd also be sad that we haven't really developed and will likely be facing the same fight again the next season. I'd be much happier with 13th because that would mean the squad had developed and improved.

oh my farking god !!!!!!!!

Am very pleased with the job our midfield and forwards are doing.... but christ our defence needs to cut out these offside trap attempts.

Now that you've exposed them, is Rooney now going to helicopter in and kick some dingers?

One thing I am curious about..... Is it that copyright only applies to the fixture list prior to the competition, or does copyright apply for all time? If copyright does apply for all time to a fixture list how does the FA deal with the situation where an individual types a blog about their attendance at games, commenting on performance and their experience at the games, and by the end of the season they have what amounts to a fixture list for the season just past. i.e they now have a list on their blog (or website) of the clubs game dates and opposition. How do they deal with someone who lists the games they are going to be attending in the future, thereby creating a defacto fixture list? Can the FA force someone to not list on a website (blog or forum) what games they are attending because they risk producing a defacto fixture list when the authors intent was only to say what their personal plans were regarding their attendance at each game?

So, anyone who wants to know what a knee-jerk looks like..... go take a look at the first 6 or 7 pages of this thread.

Jonas crocked.

OK, so it seems getting a site heritage listed has nothing to do with the council, but it appears to be the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. According to English Heritage the way to get a place listed is to start by contacting the department by writing to: Listing Branch Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH Email: [email protected] (According to: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1684#howtolist ) Here's some instruction from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (which seems to point back to English Heritage. http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/historic_environment/4179.aspx Perhaps a write-in campaign to both of these groups could see them at least put a speed-bump in Ashleys plans. If they showed some interest in preserving the stadium as a site of cultural significance to the north east of England, with the name being an intrinsic part of that significance, it might slow Ashley up a bit.

I don't know how such things work in the U.K. But could the local council in some way heritage list the stadium, including its name? They could then revoke the heritage listing once Ashley is gone, but it'd sure mess with his plans in the meantime.

Auction positions in the team each week. Each week auction off the managers role. Neither of these would make us perform any worse on the pitch.

So far Ashley and Llambias have proved themselves to be so inept I'd expect that if Hughton gets the Management role full time his contract will be 4 or 5 years with a -huge- payout for early termination and no provision for if a new owner comes in or if the team gets promoted. So essentially I expect that if Hughton, as Manager, get's us promoted after this season we'll be stuck with him for another 3 or 4 years meaning a likely immediate drop back out of the PL. This may be overly pessimistic to some, but so far Ashley and Llambias have shown themselves to be dumb enough to give Hughton such a sweet deal, and Hughton has done nothing to suggest he can keep us in the PL if we get promoted.

That's like saying KFC is the health food of Ethiopia.

This just proves that God does exist.... and He's a bastard!!! God hates Geordies, so what He does is He makes the team play absolute gash for the whole of normal time. Geordie fans start concluding that we're completely shite so there's no point going through the heartache again next week, so God has us score the winner in the last few minutes just to suck us back in so He gets to taunt us again during the next game. Bastard!!!!!

This team and, more so, this whole league is a complete farce. The refereeing we've seen in this league makes the broader FA look like a complete pack of donkeys, and the standard of play makes the whole competition look like a pack of school-yard amateurs!

Yay... after 67 minutes we've scored a goal to be tied with -Doncaster-!!!!

*mega-sigh*

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