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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.

No, not really. Had Anichebe's leg been snapped, as it could easily have been, would you feel the same. Say Lee Cattermole does that to Jonas and snaps his leg, would people feel the same? Doubt it like. Doubt it all you want... It was clumsy and he got there late. And for these things we have red cards.... Clumsy In my time playing football I did a number of clumsy things, but a two footed lunge was not among them. You don't just magically find yourself sailing through the air with your two feet together, about to stomp on some fucker. I'm sure he was intending to get the ball, but that's no excuse. Two footed tackles are outlawed for a reason. As a professional footballer, he has a duty to his other pros to not do what he did yesterday.

No, not really. Had Anichebe's leg been snapped, as it could easily have been, would you feel the same. Say Lee Cattermole does that to Jonas and snaps his leg, would people feel the same? Doubt it like.

Why, because he's said so? One of the worst tackles I've ever seen to be quite honest, Anichebe could easily have gotten an Eduardo-esque injury from it and considering he got him with both feet I'm surprised he didn't. Rotten, cowardly challenge. He's left the ground with both feet and drove them together in a stomping motion, it just doesn't get more dangerous than that. I'm sure he was trying to get the ball and all that but that doesn't excuse it, it was a horrific lunge and he should really get a lot more than the 3 game ban for it. Obviously it benefits us if he doesn't get a longer ban, he's a decent player who gives us a goal threat from midfield afterall. But if he does I'll have no complaints, because he'll deserve it and more tbh. Just out of interest, what makes it a cowardly challenge? Leaving the ground, leading with both feet in a way that pretty much assures that if anyone gets injured in what should be a 50-50 ball it's going to be Anichebe. Say he were to challenge for the ball in a legal way, try and nick it away before Anichebe gets to it. There's a chance that he clips the ball and then Anichebe takes him out getting there a fraction late. It happens, and is the nature of a contact sport like football. Go in liek Nolan did though, and you're going to be grand. Same can't be said for the other guy though. Defines cowardice to me, anyway.

Why, because he's said so? One of the worst tackles I've ever seen to be quite honest, Anichebe could easily have gotten an Eduardo-esque injury from it and considering he got him with both feet I'm surprised he didn't. Rotten, cowardly challenge. He's left the ground with both feet and drove them together in a stomping motion, it just doesn't get more dangerous than that. I'm sure he was trying to get the ball and all that but that doesn't excuse it, it was a horrific lunge and he should really get a lot more than the 3 game ban for it. Obviously it benefits us if he doesn't get a longer ban, he's a decent player who gives us a goal threat from midfield afterall. But if he does I'll have no complaints, because he'll deserve it and more tbh.

But could you put a keeper in the sin bin? We've Steven Taylor anyway, so we'd be covered in the meantime. It's a fair point though, I could envisage teams being allowed sacrifice someone else in the event that the keeper is sin binned. Or maybe the other team could pick which player has to go off so they get a real advantage.

Two absolutely awesome finishes from Raul.

Useless decision. Barca surely will take of Etoo or Henry at half time and bring on another midfielder. They've got a 4-2-3 going at the minute.

10 minute sin bins would be a good idea IMO. But I'd keep the yellow cards the way they are, and introuduce the sin-bin as the next step of punishment. Reserved for the more cynical/dangerous yellow card offenses. I'd not like to see a guy sin-binned for some of the things you can get booked for these days, but when you see guys commit cynical little trips to stop a dangerous counter-attack and happily take the booking then that's the type of thing that warrants an extra punishment. It'd be much fairer punishment as well for instance in those cases where a player who is last man makes a genuine attempt to win the ball but gets the man and gives away a penalty, especially keepers. Penalty and a red card pretty much kills the game off if it happens early, but at least a 10 minute sin bin gives you a chance to weather the storm and get back in the game.