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The last three home games we'll need 7 points from at the very least. Unrealistic to expect us to win all 3 really, but you couldn't ask for 3 more winnable fixtures at that time of year and if we can't win at least 2 then we'll deserve to go down. Pompey and Boro are both as shite as we are, and Fulham will be nicely stuck in mid-table with nothing to play for and hopefully already mentally checked out. A draw against Stoke at the least would be huge, keep them within touching distance. But Boro should be fucked, and the Mackems, Hull, Blackburn and Pompey are all pretty shit too so if we string some wins together we'll stay up. Of course, there's no real reason to believe we'll do that. Be very surprised if we stay up at this point tbh.

It'll help long term, no doubt. Amazed the lad hasn't been given a proper chance in the first team though. Or I would be if we weren't the worst managed club in the history of football, anyway.

Been looking forward to the day he leaves for a couple of years now. One of the worst signings we've ever made.

Aye, we're pretty much fucked. There's not a single player in our squad I'll be heartbroken to see leave though, one or two I'd have a minor affinity for but mostly they can all fuck off in my book.

Every cloud.

The last 3 home games will decide things, that's been obvious since September. Today changes nothing, really.

Not watching, the last few posts in this thread don't bode well... EDIT: Or perhaps they do.

TBF I doubt it was a conscious decision from Martins to take it with his right, he just ran at the ball and took a swing and it happened to be his right foot that made contact.

His mistakes seem to be playing on his mind, snowballing and getting worse as a result. Very Boumsong-esque, hope he can snap out of it before it does him. End of the season can't get here soon enough for him. We'll know a couple of months into next year what we have with him, unless we go down i which case he'll be off obviously.

Should've been taken by Nolan. Hell, even Duff. But that makes too much sense for Newcastle United. We're not allowed to do anything that's even remotely logical. Ryan Taylor surely? Good at set pieces usually. Anyone with a bit of composure really, big fan of Oba but not his best attribute at all.

Martins taking penalties after that effort at Goodison a few years back is hardly a good idea. The guy is made out of panic, not ideal for the dead ball situations.

I'm watching the rugby btw.

Good start, gonna be a hard fought affair IMO.

Looking at oldtype's signature gave me a thought. Mike Ashley's Underpants Knomes from South Park-esque business plan. Step 1 : Make Profit on Transfers Step 2 : ? Step 3 : VICTORY!

Tooj reminds me of Cartman and Mel Gibson when it comes to Keegan. "Es is zeit fur saubern..." "Wir mussen Mike Ashley ausrotten!"

It's 50-50 for me, at best, and will all come down to the last few games and whether our players have the bottle for it. If they do, they'll get enough points from the run-in to survive. We've better players than the other realistic candidates to go down, but nobody worth a shite to organise and motivate them. It'll be down to the players to do it themselves for the most part. Then, this was obvious when we decided back in September to play out the season without a manager. I'll be honest, I've sort of zoned out a bit the last few months. Was always gonna be touch and go come April with Kinnear in charge, fair play to anyone who had any hope we'd not be fighting for survival this year. Of the 5 away fixtures left, we'll get 4 points at the absolute maximum. That's assuming we get unbelievably jammy in one of them and get an undeserved win. Most likely we'll lose 4 and nick a point somewhere. The next 2 home games look a write-off, hopefully we can put up a performance in one of them and nick a point. It's the final three home games that'll decide this thing. All are very much winnable, but the way we've been this season we're just as likely to lose them. Let's hope we get it together and can pick up 6 points or more from them. Do that, and we'll probably be OK. Best thing is that if we do stay up Kinnear will be extended and we'll get to do it all again next year.

James is... right. What Jonas offers a team is fantastic movement and energy, great workrate defensively too. His game creates lots of room for others on the team. If we had midfielders who weren't complete retards, they'd take advantage of what he gives us. But we don't. It'd be nice if he had a great final ball and scored goals, but he'd basically be Cristiano Ronaldo then and wouldn't play for us.

"Wow, Joe was such a great manager. We need him back and fast." Absolutely nailed on that's how the retards in charge will see things.

We'll thump Man U actually, we match up quite well with them compared to most teams.

A friend of mine has 800 quid riding on this game. He's been doing this predictions thing for months, started off with 50 people and it's down to three. Whatever way the rules were set up, he had to pick a winner in this game to win the thing. He rang me looking for an honest opinion on how the game would go. So he needs Bolton to win, obviously.

Commentators having a canary over the Martins card waving.

Not impossible, I suppose, but it's very, very unlikely we win all those games tbf. Have you seen us play? We're absolutely shite like.

It's not stupidity on Kinnear's part, quite the opposite. He has no business managing a Premiership club, he'd basically be an average sort of manager in the lower divisions truth be told, and deep down he probbaly knows that. In his wildest dreams he can't have imagined he'd ever get the chance to manage a Premiership club again, and he'll hang on for dear life to the opportunity as long as he can. If that requires he tow the line and do what he's told by the guys in charge, not a problem. I reckon he'd suck Llambias off to keep the job if that's what was asked of him, because once he's gone from Newcastle he'll never have a job like it again. Shambles.

I'd love to believe that this is all just PR from the people in charge and that they have a different, better plan that they intend to implement in the summer and get a quality boss in. But when have this group ever done anything to warrant such hope? Fully believe Kinnear is the man for them, match made in heaven tbh.

Nah man, just a bit clumsy and poorly timed is all.