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That might work in our favour tbh, they might be over confident and we don't play football so maybe we can bring them back down to earth with a physical battering - although we will probably need Smith in the side for that rather than old fart Nicky Butt.

All hail the super management at Newcastle United where we managed to make a whole host of players look shit while spending more money that 90% of the clubs in England.

We might scrap our way to some sort of result.

He clearly wasn't good enough to start matches for us. That sort of end product is frowned upon in these parts.

Gary megson has been sacked so if there was any interest in Nolan at Bolton it's probably dead now.

Which club do you think will give Shearer the sort of backing he would like?

They are still teaching him that he CAN pass the fkn ball. He does play like a brainless twat tbf.

Would have thought Lua Lua could have been used on one of the wings. Or at least got on the bench.

cheers.

He didn't get the job.

I think he picks the players who he's scared to leave out then tries to work out a formation from there.

Any evidence he wasn't?

It's another poorly balanced team picked to keep the seniors happy. Quite looking forward to seeing Ranger and Ameobi together for a full game though. I think they'll give Plymouth hell.

Why don't you tell me as you seem so certain the rags are making things up?

Believe whatever you like then if it serves your purpose.

Butt and Smith in the centre. Give me strength...

Yes we've pretty much got it by now that Ashley is a tight bastard, that stil doesn't mean Shearer is going to get a job anywhere else unless he lowers his expectations. If he takes the Blackburn job it will be on the chairman's terms not his. Assuming he's even offered it, which I highly doubt.

Wouldn't expect anything else from the horrible cunt.

I am pretty happy he wants to come for everything, it shows he's brave and wants to dominate the forwards like Schmeichel did in his heyday. Much better than hiding behind the defenders and pulling off flashy shot stoppers on the line. Krul will get better, although he needs more experience.

Harper's lack of authority in claiming crosses is starting to cost us goals, and his failure to distribute the ball quickly to his full backs means we end up playing long ball football, although that might be down to the coaches rather than himself. A keeper who commands his area makes the defenders look much better as well, so I hope Krul progresses sooner rather than later. I think a few games would do him the world of good.

It's not hard to put two and two together, given Shearer was pretty clear himself that he would be looking for financial backing and that the squad needed investment. No one is slagging him off btw, just pointing it out.

Hopefully he'll have a shit game and won't attract any attention.

We seem to have a fairly mediocre bunch of youngsters judging by their performance in the cup games earlier this season. When you consider how Man U's and Arsenals kids usually win the league cup it shows you the difference in standards.

I still don't see where Shearer is going to get his break as a club manager though. There are only a few clubs who can pay a big salary and apart from us I don't think any of them will pay it to a novice. Bobyule is dead right on that score, which is why the idea of Blackburn appointing him is laughable.

Ironic that we ended up with a novice anyway in Hughton. I agree though he deserves some credit for this season, however he will be judged properly next season. The football he is encouraging is dire and while I won't argue in this division, I wouldn't put up with it in the premier.