TRon

You've got that twat in your avatar and you are asking me to show common sense?

Agree with all of that. Although some of the players we've shed we are better off without whether £15m or not.

I don't think he lacks confidence. I'll bet he's got a lot more than Guthrie. But yeah with Nolan in the team it would be hard to put him into that line up.

Your first sentence answers the second tbf.

Get him into the match squad while Barton's out. We need some life in that midfield and going back to the bad old days of Smith and Nolan in the centre has exposed our reliance on Tiote badly. I doubt anybody is surprised we are getting twatted today with that line up. What's there to lose?

I'm just going to put this down to one of those days.

Smith Nolan and Guthrie regularly made up our most worst ever midfield along with the now departed Nicky Butt. This is like a throwback to the nightmare years not so long ago. Tiote, Barton, Ben Arfa and arguably Gosling would be ahead of at least two of those, being fair. This is merely an example of how poor our backup players are, but there's not much you can do about that when the budget is so low. Can't argue that. The first team is ok but the subs are a tired bunch.

Smith Nolan and Guthrie regularly made up our most worst ever midfield along with the now departed Nicky Butt. This is like a throwback to the nightmare years not so long ago.

I think Guthrie's just as big a problem. I'm not watching this game but I'll be surprised if he's shown any appetite for it. He's one of the most gutless wankers I've seen in a toon shirt.

Is Carroll ok then?

A lot of members were saying the same thing about Carroll less than a year ago.

Yes basically.

Lovencrap? Classy way to decribe an honest pro who was key to getting us promoted. And people wonder why our "fans" attract derision from elsewhere... Ignore him.... this is the same person that once said that he thinks Alan Shearer wants NUFC to be successful only when he's involved. There was a good article in the Sunday Times about Barton this week where Ron Liddle (usually a wanker) pointed out that on MOTD, because it was Barton no one minded when Henri Camara engaged in 90 mins of physical assaults on our player. Shearer could have put his Newcastle hat on and quietly said it was out of order, but he sat there giggling with the rest. Yeah... that was idiotic and immature by, not just Shearer, but Hansen and Lineker too. we're pretty sure that Barton and Shearer don't get on after Barton's sending off at Anfield..... but this dosen't mean all of the sudden that Shearer wants NUFC to fail! Don't know how you work that one out, tbh. But it does show that Shearer puts his own ego above Newcastle United. He didn't defend OUR player against a leg-breaking thug in order to appease his MOTD audience.

I knew I should have googled it.

Lovencrap? Classy way to decribe an honest pro who was key to getting us promoted. And people wonder why our "fans" attract derision from elsewhere... Ignore him.... this is the same person that once said that he thinks Alan Shearer wants NUFC to be successful only when he's involved. There was a good article in the Sunday Times about Barton this week where Ron Liddle (usually a wanker) pointed out that on MOTD, because it was Barton no one minded when Henri Camara engaged in 90 mins of physical assaults on our player. Shearer could have put his Newcastle hat on and quietly said it was out of order, but he sat there giggling with the rest.

I would much prefer Ranger up front tbh, because he contributes a lot more to the game and brings in other players. He might not score but he might well set up Carroll or Nolan. Lovencrap is only a goal poacher who scores very few goals, but at the moment it's probably better that he starts as I can see Ranger getting stick if he doesn't score goals.

I didn't realise he was playing until I saw the highlights later on MOTD. He was invisible other than the fluffed chance. Carroll looked far too isolated something which has been a problem all season but looked much better since Shola came in as a strike partner in recent game.

We generally dealt with Johnson pretty well but his desire and running put Lovencrap to shame.

Fulham were very well organised, they are a tough team to break down. Add to that they had Andy Johnson back after a year out and I think you'll find they will be getting some good results at other grounds this season. We weren't great, but we badly missed Shola and Barton. Lovenkrands didn't turn up and Guthrie disappeared up his own arse as usual.

I like the idea of that. A season of retribution. It's seemed very much that way so far. The combined axis of Sundervilla has already been well and truly torn to shreds and pissed all over. These are all good points. I hereby change my prediction from a low scoring draw to a thumping 3-1 win to devastate Tubby Custard.

Allardyce's team of big bastards is probably one of those well equipped to deal with our twin tower strike force. Unless someone can produce an exceptional pice of skill I can see this one being a low scoring draw. One of those games where a Ben Arfa off the bench could have been useful.

Nolan's work rate is above criticism, he does get up and down the pitch and always has. My criticism has always been that he does it too slowly at this level. I still feel that it's a weakness but the current set up of the team means that it's not a big problem and it makes the most of his strengths, which are positioning, goal threat and hard work.

For all the talk of him being a midfield hard man, he's actually the one who is making us pass the ball so well. He keeps the ball under pressure then finds space and passes intelligently. The rest are all taking up the cue now.

Tiote would be a steal even at six million iyam. or double it again and even £12m sounds too cheap.