Rich

Locked by accident (iPhone on the train, it's easy to mis-click things sometimes as I'm sure a fair few people have noticed), sorry folks. Sorry for stifling the immense discussion with my clumsiness, more than anything.

World Cup year, innit? Can't afford to not be playing, even with his profile in Cameroon.

Did you miss the Ipswich match? No. I just thought we played better in the last 15 minutes against Boro. But I wasn't trying to start a debate about what was our best performance. My point was that we don't always play with the confidence that we're entitled to. When we do, the gap between us and the opposition looks huge. I agree. We started doing little dummies and breaking with speed, it's amazing how different we look with a bit of confidence. It's not, really, considering the enormous role confidence plays in football.

I'd swap Nolan and Smith's marks, but other than that 100% spot on. I'd take about 1 full point off everybody.

Get to fuck man, as Bluf would say. Credit where credit is due, he certainly wasn't as crap as usual.

Decent player playing out of position. Great cross for the second goal, cheeky little delivery for the first, always wanted the ball and looked lively. Some dodgy moments (particularly the pass that went through to Harper, just), but a good performance overall from someone without the natural attributes for playing out wide.

Do you have amnesia?

As soon as he came on he did an overhead kick in the middle of the pitch to put it out for no reason. A few mins afterwards from a corner he crossed it out of play towards the corner flag. Just have a look back in this thread man, you werent watching if you missed his mistakes. He got better as the game improved yes, boro were already down by that point. I personally liked the overhead kick. Was the most flair I'd seen by anyone in the entire game. "Majestic" would sum it up.

He's been excellent since he came on. Hes been OK, nowhere near excellent Hasnt put a foot wrong. Howay Chez, I love Nicky as much as any but a couple of his passes were stinking (particularly the one where Jonas was cutting in on goal). He was solid though, very solid. 'Boro had all but packed in by the time he came on like. As for the game on the whole, pretty bland, but another win and another clean sheet. Should have plenty left in the tank for Boxing Day, based on that. Rich, that was his only mistake and it wasnt really a mistake, it was a first time volleyed pass which swerved the wrong way for Jonas. He didnt give the ball away either so which was the other pass? Honestly mate he gave it away a good few times, perhaps even half a dozen in the spell he was on. He always does, unfortunately. I'm fairly certain the pass for Jonas was a run-of-the-mill five yard ball from the deck as well like, so maybe my memory is shot/I was seeing things. That's not me being funny, I honestly dunno about the technique of the pass, just that it nearly went out for a throw. By the same token, he did play a few nice passes and made some very decent tackles/interceptions! "Didn't put a foot wrong" is just a bit strong for me, although I always appreciate a good bit of optimism!

He's been excellent since he came on. Hes been OK, nowhere near excellent Hasnt put a foot wrong. Howay Chez, I love Nicky as much as any but a couple of his passes were stinking (particularly the one where Jonas was cutting in on goal). He was solid though, very solid. 'Boro had all but packed in by the time he came on like. As for the game on the whole, pretty bland, but another win and another clean sheet. Should have plenty left in the tank for Boxing Day, based on that.

Ah well, we were owed one or two after some dodgy decisions. What a pass from Nicky Butt. Fucking hell.

It's about time, Shola has been blowing out his arse for about 15 minutes. Lovely header like!

Get Nicky Butt on this man.

You think so? I think the entire back four has looked solid tbh. Probably harsh, but certainly the least convincing of the entire backline. Generally I'd say the right half is a fair bit weaker than the left side. I just don't rate the lad, so probably some negative bias coming into play. What a fucking tackle that is by Colo.

Colo has been excellent for the most part. Struggled a few times aerially against Kitson and Wheater, but that's to be expected unfortunately with the height differences. On the deck he's been outstanding, can't believe 'Boro haven't had the nouse to attack our other side, where Simpson has looked dodgy.

Horrendous performance so far. Absolutely no football being played. At least the referee loves us. Can't believe we're 1-0 up again playing like this.

Looking back, aye. Just shocking banter rather than shocking memory. My apologies.

He's got a point like, a lot was promised in the initial releases from the NUST, they have let things wane a great deal (at least from an online perspective). I'm not living in Newcastle at the minute so can't say what the activity has been like around the town. Suppose it wouldn't take much to get people's enthusiasm again, basically just some solid facts and figures about the progress that has been made and the backing NUST has in place. The more likely this all looks the more likely people are to throw their hats into the ring. I'm certainly waiting with baited breath for some solid information, and there are a few others in my family who are prepared to invest as well.

Latest from NUST, today.

That was the latest, from NUFC.com. Posted recently.

Shocking memory.

Llorik Cana? The Mackems love him. Class on FM as well...

Fuck off

Most players have been mentioned tbh. Not enough Everton players though, based on the hideously cynical nature of that reply! I'll venture Pienaar from your lot. Anyone said him?

Anyone said Matty Taylor yet? (Aye, just checked, billytray and wrightstuff83). He's the one that immediately came to mind, always seems to be involved in Bolton's goals.