Bad Mongo

Sorry, perhaps that means "he's shit" in some obtuse dialect of the moron language, but not in normal English.

Just logged in to say Gonzalez looks shit.

Did he?

Claus Lundekvam admitting to years of drug and alcohol abuse on Norwegian TV2. That would explain Gordon Strachan's quote about him: “He was carried off at Leicester and someone asked me if he was unconscious. I didn’t have a clue. That’s what he’s always like.”

Won league 1 golden glove award.

But what about the Puma deal? One would imagine that would give the club some money to spend.

In terms of schadenfreude, Shay Given counts more than Tottenham. Good result.

Both, but most of them are young and still learning, and Colo has had more time to adapt to the English game. As for Shola, he's now a senior player with no Shearer, Owen, Martins or Viduka ahead of him, which might have given him a bit more confidence. Hughton has no doubt done wonders for the overall team spirit, though.

Well done.

Testimonial apple-bicycle race?

Apart from insulting the fans. How come we need to lower our expectations? Believe me Chris, they are low. He doesn't actually say anything like that.

Blah blah blah. You could have said the same about Bobby Robson's team.

How about the perception among managers? Ashley'll be the one who sacked Sam Allardyce after giving him terrible support in the transfer market (postponing decisions forever), forced out club legend Kevin Keegan after not supporting him in the transfer market, hired an Irishman with unwashed hair, then made a profit in the transfer market with the club in a relegation battle, then sold everything that could walk during the next transfer window and only hired Chris Hughton when the transfer window was closed. And now you think it would be a wise idea -- fuck public perception -- to sack a manager who has done a good job considering the circumstances, so that Ashley could hire ... oh, Moronho? Who the fuck would want to work for the guy, apart from some absolute moron who spends all his time on football messageboards?

Would want to change my vote from Hull to West Ham, just for their fans' abuse towards Glenn Roeder. They deserve relegation just for that, even though he was and is an inept manager. Other vote goes to Burnley.

If you say so.

I just removed my 4.

Not bad.

Time to put on Pancrate and Ryan Taylor for their traditional late winner.

Duff's problem here was never lack of motivation. He was always willing to get the ball, and then ... delivering a cross to a static midget who's marked by two defenders? no, better track back and pass the ball into midfield. Or cross to thin air, like James Milner. The problem was a general lack of movement, to a degree due to a lack of pace in midfield. Nevertheless, Duff wasn't needed, and he was bad for N'Zogbia's development, and also much slower.

I'd not buy Duff and save £5M on transfer fees and £60K a week. Then I'd sell Fatty Pattison so that I wouldn't have to use him in an injury situation. I'd invest some of the money in a big TV and show the team highlights of Duff's game every week, letting them know that I could have bought him but oh look how shit he is. This would boost the team's morale so much that further transfers would be unnecessary, and then I'd spend the rest of the transfer budget on beer.

Still 0-0? I'm practically shaking with rage.

Thunder, not war.

Why can't we be a little bit more positive? To be completely honest, I was mostly joking. I always want our players to succeed here. Even Alan Smith.

Hope he scores a hat trick so that we can get some money for him in the summer.

The club would lose less money if Sports Direct paid properly for their advertising on St. James' Park.