Beren

Would probably take Higuain, Torres or Roberts tbh. Nah. Carroll ftw.

Drogba and Rooney... and Torres was shite too. OOOONE ANDY CARROLL...

After the tidal wave of sympathy for Hughton, Allardyce will be lucky to get a gob of spit.

I can stop hating Blackburn so much now. Disappointed the fat pleb probably got bundles of compensation.

I agree. Just look how Chelsea have suffered when you take a few key players out of their team. Look how Liverpool were against us without Gerrard and Carragher. Yes if we lose our key players all season we will be in a relegation scrap, that was true before and remains true now. Only some January signings will give us the kind of depth to lose key players and still put out a winning team.

Edit: Lampard did miss his last penalty pretty badly.

Lampard or Drogba?

No, never seen a young, talented, welsh left winger with pace to burn.

Good goal?

Depends on if you also bet on it, of course.

I'd love to see him score an o.g. winner for us next week the useless shit. Gutierrez should show a return to form skinning him down the left with el Enrique.

A small part of me looks forward to the day when all our other strikers are unavailable for a game (and we've already won the league with a couple of games to spare) and we have to play Ranger up front... as THE LONE RANGER. Theme music and all.

Did Joey say something to Chris to the camera after scoring?

Post of the day.

Barton is a bit of a legend for that Hope he doesn't get too much shit for it from the heirachy.

Good post

Campbell is a decent 4th choice centre-back for a club of our standing.

Lots to say - little time, so I'll bullet point it: - Importantly (to me), full credit for this win goes to Hughton - who made the Barton-Nolan-Carroll partnership develop as it did. Massive thanks. - Now at least someone can STFU up about Williamson-Colo starting. This individial was, as usual, massively wrong. Nothing against Taylor or Campbell, they try hard and have covered reasonably well for a club of our standing but they are nowhere near Williamson. - Just how fucking bent was that ref. Definitely some money under a table somewhere. - That game reminded me of the Man City game, and given the circumstances I wouldn't have celebrated the second so much had I not felt it to be thoroughly deserved (what with the ref playing in red). - Ranger was brilliant. I hope his teammates begin to respect him a bit more in the coming games. In this game and previous ones, it seems as though when he's been on the ball they begin to get back into defensive position with expectation he'll lose it immediately. He's showing a lot of talent and deserves a start ahead of Ameobi IMO. - IF Pardew does continue to persist with Ameobi-Carroll, I would suggest swapping them around as Barton can ping balls over to the far-side and Shola-Barton seemed to link up well (surprising and irrational, but true!). - FUCKING LOVED THE THIRD GOAL. Very worried about our perception as a set-piece team/long-ball side, and their standing off Carroll was a disrespect - and I think it's fair to say he handled it quite well. Oh, and then there's the other stuff: Still think Ashley is a twat, and Pardew has a helluva lot of work to do to win me over (as he should have to). Happy that we won though. Hughton lives on

I couldn't help myself, I sorta feel guilty for celebrating. The correct protocol was a muted/truncated celebration. A powerful fist clench and maybe a grunt of relief, then a slow unclenching and pensive countenance as you remember...

Agree, sadly. Think that's a hell of a fucking leap from playing badly, personally!

Talk about match-fixing, man. This fucking ref.

I think NUFC want the following results: Villa - West Brom draw Everton win (they're taking longer than usual to stop being shit, but they will climb soon enough anyway) Sunderland win (though it sticks in the throat) Stoke win Man City win

Fantastic and underrated player (and consequently in my FF team).

Don't know who to back anymore - don't want Villa to leapfrog us, but I'd be worried if West Brom are six points clear of us... Crazy league.

He's been terrible anyway - their replacement-replacement CB must be better.