Keefaz

Positives? Beye, Enrique, Faye, Given and Emre all got much-needed match practice.

Put in the cross of the game, I heard. Other than that, I don't know.

I'd rather we got someone better in and people stopped trying to kid themselves that this lad is anything special. Seriously, there are people that think that this kid is a TOP talent. It's f****** ludicrous. Not having a go at you btw Dave, it just astounds me when I watch this kid play, the reputation he has with some of our fans. Were his 17 goals last seasona fluke then? Playing alongside Sibierski and Dyer? God gove me strength. You go and have a look over the goals he has scored for Newcastle and come back and tell me he can't finish. His situation reminds me of Adebayor's situation at Arsenal. All my friends who support Arsenal kept telling me he was crap and just like Shola and I kept telling them he just needed to play regularly and I would happily swap Shola for him anyday. They always laughed at me about it. This season they're wetting themselves over him the twats. Pisses me off something propa. I don't need to hear about the conversations you have with your mates at the back of the special bus tbh. Funny guy. I just don't like fickle people. Had either Drogba or Adebayor come to Newcastle you would have been the sort to run them out after their first season. Both similar players to Martins. Speed, athletic ability and power, but not the best touch or awareness. Surround them with the right players and play them often enough and they will be very productive though. Simple as that. We have no choice but to play Martins everygame now. Let's see what happens with him playing alongside Viduka regularly then. We'll talk about this again in aaround four weeks. So now he's as good as Drogba or Adebayor, it's just that he's playing with the wrong team mates? By the way, Adebayor's touch pisses all over Martins'. Please don't embarrass yourself by trying to say that Adebayor and Drogba "don't have the best touch or awareness" in an attempt to defend Martins. you have to be kidding me if we ask Ash now how good adebayors touch is, he would say absolutely shite, his touch is fucking awful as is drogbas who knees it everywhere. also last season adebayor was absolutely awful he missed plenty of sitters, coincedence that he was on the bench last season alot (apart from when henry was injured), like martins, i think not.

I'm enjoying this thread, tbh. I don't know if that has anything to do with the 15 Lemsips I've had today or what.

Someone resurrect that thread about Martins being a decent goalscorer for someone who is actually one of the worst footballers you'll see.

Btw... YOU'RE'S ALL ASS-HATS!

His current one, or the one where we gave him a year's worth of rehab?

I don't know where you came from, but since your arrival here you've posted some of the biggest shit I've ever read in my life. WOOOOSH! You took it serious, you moron. In all seriousness though, it's the Carling Cup - do we care that much about it? I'd sooner take a higher league placing than a good run in this. I can only assume you've been sarcastic from the start as everything else you've said has been of the same quality.

I don't know where you came from, but since your arrival here you've posted some of the biggest shit I've ever read in my life.

Alright. Fuck off now.

The truth is that we haven't been able to keep the ball for about 3 years. We're always going to struggle.

Martins was exactly the same last season. He's completely unpredicatable: loses the ball a lot, doesn't look up, mis-passes, mis-controls, but is occasionally a genius.

We'll always struggle against Arsenal, tbh. It's like we're playing totally different sports.

Pretty depressing at the end of the day. Suspect our gameplan played into their hands.

Well, that's this cup out the window. Keep an eye on Arsenal in this competition: some of these kids sound class.

They've killed us second half. Another bad bit of play by Martins it seems. Sam will not be happy.

Denilson scores. 2-0

This is a very good Arsenal side, tbh. Some of these lads'll go on to be brilliant.

Sounds like another fucking howler.

Martins, you bell-end.

Martins misses a corking opportunity!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like some slack marking.

Bentdtdtdner scores.

How many shots have they actually had on target? Much less. If they had a scorer they'd be about 6 up by now.

Arsenal must've had a dozen near misses.