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I would assume we'll line up like this: Back 5 Sissoko Colback Cabella Ayoze Gouffran Cissé A lot of creativity in there. Hope we can pull it off tonight. Creativity definitely isn't the word for me like.

Don't think you need a "holding" player if you've got two true central midfield players, who work well as a partnership..... maybe Jack and Moussa have a connection we're unaware of.

The line up isn't my favourite but I've seen far worse. However, cap'n Jack as the most defensive of our midfielders is iffy, and Sissoko is much better in an attacking midfield position.

Should've gone with a Pardew classic in honour of his time as shit football manager at NUFC. http://i.imgur.com/yYFzZpb.jpg

"He should be in the team" is all that has been said. Exactly as you just said. OTT?

It's a part of our game when I'm picking the team.

Footballing ability. I'm a sucker for the old-fashioned footballing ability like.

Quite aware of that. But the fucks I give, there are none.

http://i.imgur.com/sRl2TA4.jpg FOR ME LIKE

I started taking an interest in watching Baseball a year or two ago. I decided last year to pick a team & follow / support them in an armchair, from a distance: I picked the NY Mets. I knew little about them other than they appear to be perennial underachievers whose odds of winning a world series were not short, to say the least. I got talking to an American bloke on holiday a few weeks ago & though his knowledge on English game wasn't great, he argued that I`ve probably inadvertently picked the US baseball version of NUFC. I just don't seem to do winning, in a sporting sense The real question is: Do they try and win things? If so, then I can see why you maintain the faith, if not... then yes, you have been sucked into a vacuum like the one we have at nufc Winning really is the ultimate end-game in American sports. It helps that we don't have systems of promotion/relegation, where merely staying in the top division is considered "winning." But it's nice starting a new NFL or MLB season not having a clue who'll be champions at the end of it all. And teams that do manage to build perennial contenders do so largely through excellent coaching and shrewd player acquisition (Baseball is a bit of an exception as teams are largely free to spend what they want. However, playoffs act as a great equalizer: the teams who met in the World Series this past season were 7th and 19th in total spending). There's certainly a lot less acceptance of just existing over here like. Most the teams & fans will be aiming to win the Superbowl, if not now, then soon. However, the flipside is the Jacksonville Jaguars/Cleveland Browns, who have decided to just be shit forever, and it doesn't make any difference to them as they collect their NFL monies anyway I assume. NUFC have basically taken on this model, with the caveat that they have to be ~5th worst in the league, rather than just be complete shite. Thankfully at least two of the three promoted teams are going to be fighting for those bottom 3 places anyway.

Worra cunt. Full of lies. Back the team.

I'm fine with it. I'm sure he got shit from sunderland fans, and he just nicely reminded them of his involvement in NUFC/SAFC folklore. Think people read far too much into this shit just because it's Joey Barton. I'm not sure it was any great attempt to garner attention, he's just doing what he wants to do, without punching people for a change.

Stability.

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they probably could've done with spreading those shots over 4 games tbh

Don't be calling Nigeria shit fam. Couldn't even get to the World Cup final marra. Must be shit.

Germany are shit iyam. Narrowly beat a shite argentina team in the final. Argentina only beat a shite netherlands team, a shite belgium team and a shite switzerland team. Having qualified against a shite nigeria team a shite bosnia team and a shite iran team. Germany themselves only managed to beat a shite host nation, a shite frog side, a shite Algerian team (AFTER EXTRA TIME - SHITE!), and they couldnt even beat a shite Ghana side in the group stage. SHITE.

That's just nonsense Calling Spain weak for a starters and also Argentina were not the first decent side they faced in the knockouts Spain lost every game except for a win against Australia. Basically, everyone was shit apart from Germany and Argentina, therefore Holland are also SHIT.

Aye, Costa Rica who managed to qualify ahead of Italy, England & Uruguay.

:lol: :lol: Literally, World Cup semis? Fuckin' shite.

World Cup final followed by World Cup semis. SHITE.

Makes you wonder why every Ajax fan under the sun was ranting about him going to a shite club like NUFC when he could be playing at a much higher level.

I hear he's got the media presence of Jose Mourinho, the tactical nous of Pep Guardiola, the experience of Carlo Ancelloti, the englishness of anyone born in england, the arse of Beyonce and the tits of Scarlett Johansson. He's no John Carver though.

He wont suffer because he wont give a shit given time.

That's what he's good at, and no, he isn't a particularly versatile midfield player. He shouldn't be in our team right now because we don't play in a way that will actually utilize him. However, I'd prefer to stubbornly hope we change our style of play, rather than remove him for a lesser option. ( / keep colback in the team)