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Japan won it before we entered. It's all players from the lower divisions of college football, as amateur as possible basically. Still won the last final 50-7 Fuck sake.

Be nice if they were decent next summer, looks like they will be. Prefer a shit Brazil, tbh. One more team in the way of our trophy. "Your" You're not Irish man, give it up. Is Ireland allowed at the World Cup? I mean, you have a team and everything? You don't just send the field hockey players or some shit? Sadly we have to play actual teams to qualify though, can't all just get gifted a place like you lot.

Be nice if they were decent next summer, looks like they will be. Prefer a shit Brazil, tbh. One more team in the way of our trophy. "Your" You're not Irish man, give it up.

The fuck?!

Bring on Splitter!!

Be nice if they were decent next summer, looks like they will be.

Three good goals this half like.

Only one way to find out. Dave will get you immediately if it is. Shouldn't you know this?

Commentator still shouting 'Gol!'

Sorry.

Think your lot look pretty good Flip, playing some tidy stuff at times.

Stu just officially had himself removed from Ashley arse on Facebook. Please don't think less of me for being Stu's friend on Facebook...

Finally made myself listen to the interview. Think I have AIDS now.

I think many of us wish it was that simple. We've just had enough. In fact we'd had enough years ago and we've had the piss taken out of us regularly since. I might take up lawn bowls of a saturday. I reckon if this forum folded I'd be out pretty soon after in terms of NUFC. This place is the only real attachment I have anymore. Fuck you, Dave.

Jesus fucking Christ. Shambles of a football club, just embarrassing. Honestly close to just packing it all in, what an absolute shower of cunts we have running the club.

Aye, be shocked if Jonas goes anywhere. Pardew clearly loves him.

Muriel on for the last 10 minutes. Let's see what the fuss is about then.

Swot. Like the look of Cuadrado, is he highly rated?

Colombia two up, they play some nice stuff. The commentator though man, he's still shouting 'Goooooooooooolllll!!!'

I could have composed a much better OP than that. Poor grammar, average content. 3/10. WOULD NOT PUBLISH.

4 games on the bounce in the SA WCQ starting shortly. The big one being Argentina v Colombia in just over two hours. That's my day sorted.

I just think that with the right instructions he'd be passable in possession to justify what he brings defensively. He's not incapable of passing the ball, he just hasn't got the sort of vision\composure to do it in a way that's anything other than very basic.

Not sure about that, Cabaye generally looks a much better player when paired with Perch because he's given license to get forward a lot more. He still drops deep to start attacks, but the difference is that once the ball gets forward he's got license to go and support the play. Perch is arguably even more limited in possession than Tiote but we seem to manage fine with him playing the deeper role, the win against Chelsea for example had Perch and Cabaye in CM. That's what Tiote should be for us, basically a deluxe version of Perch. He, Cabaye and the team would all look so much better for it, I'm sure of it.

His attacking weaknesses shouldn't be that big a deal when he's a holding midfielder. Unfortunately they were because the midfield had Jonas and Nolan in it, two players that haven't got a creative bone in their footballing bodies. Tiote, for all his faults, doesn't hide so often he'd end up attempting to do a lot more in possession than he should have been. I think he's more or less rubbish in possession, but his presence in midfield should allow the players around him room to express themselves. There's no reason for Jonas and Tiote to ever be on the field at once, for example. But of course we know Pardew has looked at him and decided that his biggest weakness as footballer needs to be highlighted as a focal point of the team, and as a result he was shit last year. He's nowhere near as good as some made out when he joined, but I still believe there's a quality DM in him if he was utilised in any way correctly.

Stood up and applauded.