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Erm, it's not really a lie. A few mackems did actually play a part in forming Athletic Bilbao.

Every week someone mentions the Chelsea physio (with good reason tbf)

Hopefully. I'm conflicted, while i despise chelsea and their players and their manager I'm not all that fond of most of barcas players either (xavi iniesta messi and to a lesser extent puyol aside) As a unit, Barcelona are more likeable.

Hopefully. Can't stand seeing Di Matteo's smug face.

I'm looking forward to Clive's unbiased commentary tonight.

How delightful.

Don't remember this like, thought it was 0-0? Sure it was after the Palermo game? Yes it was, but we lost. Danny Webber scored. We were f***ing appalling. It p*ssed it down. Thankfully I got bladdered on the night time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6094108.stm It was a terrible night. I was in Sheffield at the time and I decided to watch the game in the student union bar. Was pretty much mocked by the Sheffield United fans there. The walk of shame back to my flat wasn't fun.

You don't think we have more important areas in the team where we need to improve if we want to become regular top 6 challengers? Goes like this to me of importance...... 1. Fullback 2.Centre back 3. Centre Midfielder 4. Depth. Same, though I'd say CB/FB are interchangeable in priority. Firstly, apart from Santon, the options we have at fullback (the likes of Simpson/Raylor/Perch) are hardly world beaters (as hardworking as they are) and secondly, we need a new first choice CB (Saylor would be it if it weren't for his recent injury record). Definitely need strengthening in defence, first and foremost. Yep i can definitely agree with all of that, i expect us to address all issues in the summer anyway especially with the extra revenue that europe will provide. Whether we keep all our key players or not is another entirely and one i dont think i can predict either way. Think we'll just about keep all of them. It's going to take a ridiculous offer (£20 million+) for one of our key players to go.

Oh. My. God. :lol: Ah, the people on RAWK and their views. They really do live in a fantasy world!

Tbf to Roeder, Souness did this more often (with his "Lady Luck" s**** and all that).

I thought Carr was actually decent at the beginning of his NUFC career. Then a combination of injuries/attitude issues on the pitch meant he was only ever going to go downhill.

You don't think we have more important areas in the team where we need to improve if we want to become regular top 6 challengers? Goes like this to me of importance...... 1. Fullback 2.Centre back 3. Centre Midfielder 4. Depth. Same, though I'd say CB/FB are interchangeable in priority. Firstly, apart from Santon, the options we have at fullback (the likes of Simpson/Raylor/Perch) are hardly world beaters (as hardworking as they are) and secondly, we need a new first choice CB (Saylor would be it if it weren't for his recent injury record). Definitely need strengthening in defence, first and foremost.

The moving scared yao made it just that tad funnier as well Oh Silvio.....

So, close to signing a new deal I hear? I honestly wouldn't mind that (just as long as he's being used as a backup option). The stick that Simpson does get on here is a bit OTT but I do understand some of the (sometimes justified) criticism that does come his way (backing off/unintelligent decisions). Ever since he "quit" Twitter, he has been alright really (admittedly, he did have a few bad performances prior to that) but now that we're near the end of the season, what I'll say about Danny Simpson is this: He is an unspectacular RB but he is actually quite decent defensively (would certainly have him over Raylor at RB). His attacking play though is very limited - whilst he does attempt some forward runs, his end product this season hasn't really been good enough (too many wayward/inaccurate crosses most of the time). So when we do have our strongest starting XI available, he is the weak link, it has to be said. I'm actually disappointed that he hasn't really shown any real signs of progression/improvement from last season. So, if we want to really progress in the future, Simpson should not be the first choice RB (I want to see Santon being given a runout there). But what I have seen this season are some solid/decent performances here and there and that has to count for something, yeah? So, I would keep him around because I can see him being decent backup (whether Simpson accepts this is another matter).

Promotional video for France's new home kit: L'Uniforme de l' Équipe de France. Le nouveau maillot Home 2012/2013.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4262880/Newcastle-line-up-summer-swoop-for-Gylfi-Sigurdsson.html And some more http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2131218/Newcastle-plotting-Sigurdsson-thwart-Swanseas-hopes-permanent-deal.html It's going to happen I would be happy with Sigurdsson, would excel in a midfield three imo. But is he really worth £8 million? Hmmm.

Reading promoted. Fair play to them!

Piss-up in France would go well methinks.

FT in the Bayern-Real game. Canny result.

Nice. Really hope they fuck it up!

Thank God for that. My personal seal of approval goes down well with everything. Haha.

http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/107.jpg Oh, it's on!

Same. N-O European Away trip anyone?

Tbh, I really hope we don't see a Real Madrid-Barcelona final. The game would inevitably descend into the players just falling over/cheating - once that happens, the final would be instantly ruined. So, on that note, howay Bayern.

Well, oatcakejamie has certainly put us in our place. Oh well.