Shak

Fergie's a fucking laugh a minute. We've all seen the magic of Rafa to be fair, no point even mentioning him.

Testa, can you name one person whose a better prospect for the job that we could get?

What does being boring have to do with being a good manager like? I'd say Arsene Wenger is a right terror at house parties mind you.

If he keeps us up, he's obviously got something about him so the job is his. If we go down, can anyone name me a better managerial prospect that would have even the slightest bit of interest in coming to manage us?

I love this assumption that Hull won't get more than a point from their run-in. They've got two games, one at home, against bottom half teams who are pretty much sfae and will have nothing to play for. Furthermore, their final game is at home to a Man U team who'll likely have the title sown-up and could be three days away from competing in the CL final.

To be fair there was an effort made last night to keep it on the deck, just our three CM's were utterly incapable of picking a worthwhile ball forward when we got into an attacking position.

What I wouldn't give for one of those days where Liverpool just can't put the ball in the net despite dominating, with us nicking a fluke deflected goal. I reckon it'll be 3, maybe 4-0.

I have to say I thought Oba's miss was "the chance" like. Yeah it looked like a bad one. Was sat up in the Leazes so didn't get a clear view of it, but given the resulting corner i though it must have got a big deflection. Looking forward to the replay. Shouldn't have been a corner, went straight over.

Great post tmonkey, he'd be a quality sub to have if you're on top and really pushing for a goal.

Rangah is the bestest ftw! Internets lol!!

Upset the girlfriend shouting at the TV when he scuffed that chance. The roar of "Fucking Muppet!!" when Oba skied his sitter didn't go down well but the sheer viciousness with which I went after Owen seemed to really cause surprise.

Aye Guthrie was absolutely shite like. Still think his spot in that system is in the middle of the three, where his lack of mobility wouldn't hurt us as much and he can do what he usually is pretty decent at, pass the ball. For the run-in though, Butt will have the spot. Hopefully Barton can be ready to go by the Boro game. Barton -- Butt -- Smith/Jonas Is probably the best we can manage.

Enrique's reaction to pulling his hamstring was quality, starting punching himself in the leg and shouting at it. Nice to see someone at least look arsed. Anyone else think Duff looked pretty decent at LB? He'll be fine there, if we revert to 3 at the back I'll knife somebody.

Most of the team will leave tbh. Of last night's starting eleven, Harper will stay and possibly Butt. Most of the first team squad will be off though, although inevitably we'll get stuck with one or two due to their wages.

Barca v Arsenal in the final please. Gonna stick a fiver on the inevitable Chelsea v Man U outcome though, help soften the blow.

My guess is that KK wasn't completely blameless in the events leading up to him leaving, but to blame him for our predicament is pretty much laughable. Ashley and his co-horts are to blame, made a right mess of everything. The fans also have to shoulder some blame, as the reaction of the fanbase after KK's departure more or less made appointing a manager of any degree of competence an impossibility.

It's tough to watch when he tries to drop deep and get involved in the play. Destined to forever be and incredibly frustrating player to have on your team, just hope one of those moments of rare unpredictable quality gets produced in the next few weeks.

9 Only thing that gives me hope is that Hull and Sunderland are both playing very poorly at present as well, so if we can pick up a couple of wins then we still have every chance of surviving. But one win looks beyond us at the moment, never mind two. Need to pray that results go our way for the next two weeks, by the time Boro come to St. James' we could be up to 6 points adrift and effectively gone.

Saw last night how important Viduka is to that system, once he went off we were completely clueless. The midfield trio certainly didn't help, Butt and Smith didn't hit a good pass all night between them and Guthrie was pretty shit when he came on and all.

Looked like they just ran out of ideas last night as much as anything to me. Right about when Viduka went off, actually.

Would have dropped Butt for Guthrie personally. Playing Smith as DM. Good shout actually, had forgotten Guthrie. Would just play him in the holding role instead of Butt, I'd allow Smith some license to get forward as its his natural instinct while Guthrie is better suited to sitting and playing it around from deep.

Can't really fault that team like, considering Jonas' absence.

To be honest I'd rather we bring Viduka on in the second half than have to take him off before the hour mark. Can't imagine the fat fuck is up to 90 minutes anyway. So I can see the logic in the possibility of Shola starting, though I'd give Carroll a shot myself.

And enjoy the gig as well btw, seen them before and they're pretty damn good.