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That's good news but I wouldn't start him tbh. Bench duty please. On the day, we need to attack Wolves (their defence is woeful really) and Raylor, simply put, isn't the man to petrify their defence. Sure, bring him on if we're struggling, his set-piece deliveries would be valuable. One thing which I might go with though is that in future games, if we want to be "conservative", Raylor could be a good choice for a starting role hmmm.

looking unlikely Having looked at the table, I'd say they are still in a position to be promoted automatically. You never know what could happen, the Sheffield teams could hit a bad run of form between now and the end of the season but we shall see. its possible, i'd say similar chance of us getting champions league though.. Indeed but I reckon one thing that is safe to say is that Huddersfield will be in the playoff places come the end of the season. Although admittedly, that would depend on who they bring in as manager. If the "wrong" manager comes in, they could tail off badly but if the "right" one comes in (imo Simon Grayson), they could cement their place in the playoffs or even make a strong (final) push for the automatic place.

Has he made his West Ham debut yet? I'm actually quite interested to see how he does with regular first team football....

looking unlikely Having looked at the table, I'd say they are still in a position to be promoted automatically. You never know what could happen, the Sheffield teams could hit a bad run of form between now and the end of the season but we shall see.

Well, I did not see this coming like. Thought Clark was doing a decent job for them - after all, he got them to the brink of promotion last season and I really think he would have got them promoted automatically come the end of this season. He got the club to go on a nice unbeaten run at one point which itself is a great achievement but drawing one too many games (which seems to have been the case for Huddersfield) can be a detriment at times imo - we saw that with us in the 2003/04 season. We drew too many games on the road that season and that ultimately cost us 4th place. Mind you though, sacking him now is a bit odd - guess it's automatic promotion or bust for them. Hmmm. If Clark does end up going to Leeds, then best of luck to him (even though it is a shitty club with scummy fans).

Spurs have signed Bruno Uvini on loan from Sao Paulo.

This too from the other games thread: Well, looks like nothing's changed.

Nice

So many draws that season. That was probably the key factor really.

Was a decent loan signing on FM all those years ago though

I wonder if Carroll's like that at Liverpool.

This smiley is starting to grate. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,91677.0.html

Happy Birthday Kev

Of course its all conjecture, but I think playing HBA instead of Obertan gainst Spurs would have at least kept their defenders on their toes. With Obertan, their fullback was overlapping and we were under wave and wave of attacks. FWIW, I reckon that if Ben Arfa had started against Spurs, he would have made some sort of difference. A difference from an attacking perspective anyway, I'm sure Hatem would have given BAE a rough time down the right wing and guess that would have meant more chances for us. But, not sure if Ben Arfa's presence would have changed the overall outcome. We still would have lost imo as Spurs were simply too good - they exploited our weaknesses in CM (Guthrie/Perch were overwhelmed) and defence well. Whilst it could have been a different scoreline, it still would have been a Spurs win. Bringing Ben Arfa for Obertan in the first half wouldn't have made much difference either, the game was lost as soon as the second goal went in.

Anyone? I find it very hard to believe that the club will cease to exist. Same here, I honestly think that a club of Rangers' stature will be able to find an investor to buy them. Though I guess it's really not that simple, we'll see. Can't see them going under unless the HMRC want to make an example out of them.

Soderberg leaving doesn't come as a surprise really. Never got a proper look in (a few appearances on the substitutes bench was the best he got really) so it's best for both parties if he moves on. Still young like, so has plenty of time to develop elsewhere. Best of luck to him. Regarding his actual interview, it's good news that the camp now seems to be calmer than it was before. Whilst Barton was a team player and quite a good influence on the squad/team rapport, his Twitter ramblings were always going to be somewhat disruptive. Guess it also comes as no surprise that Carroll was a bit of a dick, what with him not "being afraid to pick a fight".

It just goes on! Brilliant stuff :lol:

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/3/5aae9696-4ac4-4ba9-a455-dad3f19ea200.jpg The AC Milan game is his last one so could yet get a fourth goal

Massive difference between this and the BBC article I posted above.

Well, it's pretty obvious (to me anyway) that it's not as simple as forgive and forget. Tevez is off in the summer imo.

Portsmouth are set to enter administration again.

mattypnufc thought otherwise.

There's one every week. As long as no-one pays attention to it, then he/the Chronicle may decide to scrap it methinks (here's hoping). Ryder's tweets are bad enough but his webchats really do take it up to the next level. He's an absolute idiot.

Taking Scholes to the Euros would be a massive step backwards. He never really managed to hit his club form at the international stage either (well, towards the end of his England career anyway). We have quite a few up and coming players too so I'd rather pick them.

Well it has been coming so this isn't really a surprise. Plus, someone is bound to buy them like so their future isn't in threat as such.