Beren

Please use the match thread now guys: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,91120.0.html

No. Just manager-spiel to placate the fans/media/everyone.

I'm still in mild disbelief Lovenkrands is starting. Yet it's very, very real. And quite believable, too. Meritocracy my arse.

Pardew has bitched out completely here. Lovenkrands was his "safe" choice. All his talk about beating a top side at home, taking the game to them etc - all undermined by his actions. Bosingwa isn't even starting ffs.

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Class Cath, thanks.

make the compilation, benarfanufc10?!

I'm still so profoundly disappointed in how Holland set up in that match. It was so intrinsically un-Dutch. Thought they played the more attractive football over the tournament (well, behind to Germany/Argentina) too. I guess the fear of playing Spain's possession football drove them to it.

So glad Colo is still tied up until 2013. Not that he'll be immune from purchase, but still - can you imagine the vultures swarming if his contract were to end in May.

.com's SJP-themed advent calendar is a nice touch

Not the same one, but as good as: https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?id=MN8PKOK8GQ0RS438VG2A50N6L8#anchor

Interesting choice. Was considering it myself, but Pardew will "haul" him off after 65 minutes when we're 2-0 up.

Captain choice is tough this week. Adebayor, RVP, Ba, VdV, Silva, Ben Arfa... Leaning towards RVP. His one-game drought must be bound to end at some point, Shirley.

Fucking love the Ameobis, man. What a family. Top professionals and so darn affable!

I'd Fumaca her brains out.

Timeline so far: 1. Ronaldo doesn't rate Pardew over Phil fucking Brown. 2. Pardew is appointed. 3. Pardew is better than Hughton from day one. (ie. before any person who wasn't being contrary/WUMing for the sake of it, could reasonably change their opinion on a manager OR Ronaldo decides to form an opinion which is the most contrary he can think of/attention-garnering: Pardew > Hughton) 4. Ronaldo encounters difficulty with his decision to be contrary as Pardew makes mistakes playing Lovenkrands OR Ronaldo's belief in Pardew somehow manages to increase - despite well-documented frustrations with his decision-making. 6. The present - Ronaldo tries to sell people on the idea he isn't an idiot or a WUM.

First round knockout, tbh.

Smilies? What have you done with the real madras?

Benfica lost though.

Main: Man City Spurs Side: Ba, NUFC win, 2.5+ goals (6/1 by itself) Man City -1 Man Utd -1 Spurs RVP to score Napoli £9 returns £1101

So roughly £45k a week? Seems vaguely plausible, I suppose.