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And set pieces?

13 goals before Christmas, man.

They don't call him Optimistic Nut for nothing. Be quite pleased if Pardew just works on defending set pieces for the remaining days left until the game. We might nick a goal anyway (even with our unconvincing attack). Counter-attack will probably work best against Bolton.

Wish I had something better to do than watch this inevitable shower of shite. For a second, I almost envied those football-less men who you see every now and again in shopping malls on weekends, holding their partner's shopping bags outside the store looking glumly at the other men outside the other stores who are also waiting for their partners to finish browsing inside.

I'll be the first to say it... Bolton are 11/8 for this weekend Monday

Seriously, what a shit Christmas.

Thought he actually looked better today, personally. Better than recently anyway - which isn't difficult, but still. The team performance and tactics were so poor that it was barely discernible though.

struggling to see how vuckic was a positive. Showed good ability. Not a CM though, clearly.

Man City? Man Utd? Anyway, 2 assists in 3.5 games (320ish minutes).

We've looked beyond vulnerable at the back since the moment Taylor pulled up against Chelsea. Manu was a valiant effort and City doesn't even count... it's the Chelsea game that has murdered us. That is the turning point as things stand. Disagree. We looked vulnerable long before then, we just weren't punished due to the outstanding form of Krul, Colo and Saylor. You mean our defense, then? No, our defence is a back five.

We've looked beyond vulnerable at the back since the moment Taylor pulled up against Chelsea. Manu was a valiant effort and City doesn't even count... it's the Chelsea game that has murdered us. That is the turning point as things stand. Disagree. We looked vulnerable long before then, we just weren't punished due to the outstanding form of Krul, Colo and Saylor.

Great prospect, makes things happen, should be more involved in the set-up than Sammy IMO. Now his injury problems seem behind him, let's hope he is. Definitely should be involved as an AM, not CM. The thought of him and Cabaye taking pops on their left and right foots respectively from outside the box is brilliant.

Score 2 goals [Picture of Demba] Pardew loses us game with shit decisions anyway

Always seems to play poorly against Mulumbu, Diame and Muamba.

Lucky Newcastle completely ballsed up their end of the deal otherwise me not having down 3-0 would have been rather irksome.

Pardew was shouting at Tim to kick it long.

Yeah, they haven't won comfortably in four years or so. Incidentally, I'm now through with Dortmund. Second time they cost me, last night!

3-0 Bolton.

Hughton was a fucking idiot to ever dare to lose to Blackpool though Sackable offence that. And the gall to lose away at West Brom!

Fantastic.

That makes it seem like we deserved a point. I'd have felt so hard done by if I was a WBA fan and didn't come away with three points. They were so much better than us. Pardew's management is at this point nothing short of a joke. That bollocks about HBA lacking sharpness was exposed as the complete horseshit I suspected it was too. He just got it tactically wrong, and couldn't 'fess up. Instead he came out with that 'sharpness' shit. Tiote had a 'mare. Colo had his worst game of the season by a country mile (in very similar circumstances to last season's worst game - Bolton (a), where he had Smith and Nolan ahead of him. This time he had a woeful Tiote and Vuckic. Vuckic was great going forward but understandably raw at CM in the Premiership, didn't drop back enough to give the team options on the ball). It's not going to get any brighter either. Those were our "better" fixtures.

Bit lucky in the end, but needed that. £117 profit.

No, Cajun will laugh at you for over-reacting.