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I need to stop betting.

i went city -1

Hull were the better team for half the game, it all went to shit pretty quickly.

Kane is my captain too, but given I'm #TeamEngland, I don't really have any better options as it stands.

obv 1,2. Although I think 2 has been jipped with the photo lighting a little, and 1 is covered in slap.

MLS rules man. They need to rip them up and start again. Regarding the Altidore transfer: "Toronto was ranked sixth in the allocation order, using their spot to land Altidore after the Montreal Impact, San Jose Earthquakes, Colorado Rapids, Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo declined to use their allocation spots on the two-time World Cup veteran." The way that the MLS negotiates the transfer is obscene. The way that any American joining the league has to be "allocated" to a team, and the way that it's so blatantly fucking fixed anyway, it's just so backward.

Don't think Defoe needs endless chances created. I think he's suited in every way to a bottom half team, much like Dazza Bent before him.

Wouldn't surprise me if Dozy gets something similar. Bradley Wright-Phillips has 27 in 32, and Robbie Keane 19 in 29. Shite league, and has to be hard to get back up to PL level. He will score maybes 4 goals the rest of the season, keep them up then be shite next year. Yes, scoring in the MLS is no guarantee of success in any other league, but short of scoring 35 goals, there's not much else Defoe could have done to show that he's still doing what he's always done. He's been gone for a very minimal amount of time, nothing has changed.

Lallana out, Downing in. #TeamEngland

Newcastle United FC ‏@NUFC 8m8 minutes ago "and I'll always remember them, even when I'm banging in goals for fun at the Bernabeu. PEACE"

Don't think that makes any difference at all, him not being given a chance doesn't exactly say he's not good enough anymore. When given the opportunity, he's scored goals at a decent rate, and hasn't looked like dropping off. He's just too one dimensional for a top-half team so ends up doing well somewhere and then failing into the fringes when a team is competing for greater things. He's Mike Ashley's ideal striker. 11 goals in 14 starts for Toronto in a period that Toronto were shit and that he wanted away & struggled with injuries. Seems reasonable to me. So far this season, Sunderland have 18 goals in the PL, 4 scored by Adam Johnson, 4 scored by Steven Fletcher. I'm pretty sure Jermain Defoe at 32 will be an improvement upon that. Not that I think he's all that much better than Fletcher, he's just not made of glass.

1 goal in the 14 games he played 13-14. He started 3 premier league games ffs I don't particularly like Jermain Defoe, he's obscenely one dimensional and only performs well in certain formations, but he's a perfectly serviceable striker for Sunderland, and a pretty massive improvement over Jozy Altidore. For this season at least.

I always think there is a cursor hanging over that chevvy logo. Just above the Registered symbol.

I like it. Seems so 80s.

Honestly, I'm sure he means well, but it's very apparent that he's not all there. He's best left alone.

Lucky bastard.

I'm going to post that wiki to Facebook. It won't get any likes, but I don't even give a f.. shit.

this team would be stellar with peter ramage at right back

Prick is gonna sign all the players we were too cheap to pay money for isn't he.

:lol: But also, I'd be absolutely fine with this plan. FC Newcastle it is.

I have no issue with the No Ambition award being named after Landon tbh

Youtube has some interesting titles for videos of that goal. Including Erik Edman VOLLEY vs Liverpool, and then a long argument in the comments about whether it was a volley. Though best title goes to "erik edman BOMBS liverpool with fuck hard shoot"

Sacked off Toon Army NYC facebook group over Hatem. Someone posted a BBC link regarding his latest plight and the responses were generally "couldnt have happened to a nicer guy", "hahalolz", & "he's overrated anyway, not a team player". Wanted to cut them all into many pieces. Decided it's not healthy that I remain a part of the group.

He will never be "back" because he is nothing more than an OK striker. He will continue to score buckets of goals in shit leagues when his confidence is high, and one day he'll probably get an offer to go to a good league again. If he had any sense, he'd reject it.

If they've put a payment down for a one year loan of the player and you cancel it after a week, it would be a little harsh.